Welcome Logan!

My younger brother Derek and his wife Jaci had their 1st baby!  Do you know how wonderful this is?  Derek is the first sibling in 6 years, other than me, to have a baby.  It's so nice to finally have another nephew in the family.  I love all of my nieces and nephews so much, but us older 3 siblings are happy that the younger 3 siblings are starting to have children too.  It takes the pressure off of us a little... haha! But anyway, we were so excited for the big day!  I tried so hard not to be annoying and didn't want to keep asking them questions.  I always hate questions at the end of the pregnancy.  The due date came along and we were going crazy! I wanted to send a text that night and ask if there were any contractions, but, I didn't want to bother them.  When you ask if there are contractions, and there aren't, it's like a slap in the face or something.  So I got up Monday morning and saw that I had received a text from Derek that Jaci is in labor! YAY!! We waited and kept getting updates and finally, Logan Derek Meyer was born!  Weighing 8lbs 8oz. 20" long!  It was one of the happiest days that I had in a long time.

He is just so perfect! He doesn't look like any of my kids, except for his mouth. He and Ezra have the same mouth.  And that's because Ezra has the same mouth as Derek.  Genetics are definitely fascinating! We are just so happy and excited for Derek and Jaci!  Welcome to the family Logan!!! We're sure glad you're here!

Ciao Elder Jacoby

Right now, I have the opportunity to work with the missionaries in our ward.  It's such an amazing experience to be able to help people come closer to our Savior.  Of course since I work with the Elders, I get to know them.  They feel like nephews to me, since I'm way too young to be a mother figure. haha. I've always loved missionary work though, but didn't get a chance to work with them as much in the last few years since I just tried to focus on my family and my other callings at church.  Elder Duce and Elder Jacoby are just wonderful and I'm so thankful that they are setting such a great example for our children.  The kids hear stories about Jason's mission, but they can't even picture him being a missionary since he's a dad.  But they definitely can look up to our Elders.  So on a mission, missionaries get transferred to different towns to be able to learn different things.  This week, Elder Jacoby is leaving and we will be getting a new one.  We will definitely miss him, but are still thankful that Elder Duce is still here.

Isaiah, Elder Jacoby, Elder Duce, silly Ezra, Maci, Sadee, and Elijah

Ezra is so funny.  He found these posters near our church library and wanted them since they were giving them away.  He wants to hang them in his room. He is so proud of them.

New Year's Eve

Some pics from New Year's Eve.  Cami coming home.  Our annual Home Town Buffet tradition. And celebrating New Year's at Grandma and Grandpas.

Wiping Away The Tears

Our amazing photographer Celine hanging out with the fam.

Hermana with some of the nieces and nephews

Daddy and the lil boys

Uriah getting excited to eat.

Part of the crew at Home Town

The boys watching Joseph sleep

Shelby and Tony. Night night Tony.

Cami entering the house for the 1st time.

Hanging out

The kids love Uncle Spencer

Counting Down

Whooping and Hollering

We had a fun firework show with the neighbors

Daddy giving Uriah New Year hugs

It was a great day!  After midnight, we drove home so we could sleep in in the morning.  I love being able to create family memories.

Happy Birthday Aunt Carey

Jason's sister had a birthday.  We were able to go to Oroville to celebrate it.  It's so fun being close enough to family to where we can at times go and visit and celebrate birthdays.  Carey is now a Grandma, which is so weird to think about.  I love how the McOmber's do things.  I love joining a family and seeing how they do things compared to my family.  I love how Steve puts on his rubber gloves to keep his hands clean. I love how it's a store bought cake every time.  I love how we are all perfectly off key when we sing.  I love how there's always order to everything in that household.  I've learned many great things from the McOmber side of the family.  I'm just so thankful for family!  I couldn't imagine my life without them!  It's crazy how Maci looks so much like Carey.  She also has many of the same gifts and talents as Carey. It's awesome! Happy Birthday Aunt Carey! We love you!

Joalea Ran a Marathon

So who the heck is Joalea? And why in the world would I include her in our family blog.  Joalea used to live in PL.  She was one of my first friends here.  She helped me through my post partum depression after I had Elijah and Ezra. She was always there for me. She and I would send our kids to each other's houses.  When I was sick, she would make me soup and come and mop my floor. And then, she moved down to Rancho Cordova.  We still talk quite often and when I'm in that area, I'll stop by and see her.  I've never really done a whole lot for her though.  I've always felt like I owe her big time for all she's done for me.  On Saturday, I finally had the opportunity to be there for her and support her.  She and her friend Ashley have been training to run a Marathon in Death Valley.  When they went to sign up for it, it already had the max amount of runners and they closed registration. So they decided to do their own.  They mapped out their own trail and invited some friends to come and cheer them along.  There was no way I would miss out on something like this. Seriously, 26.2 miles? That's crazy!  So I was able to be there at the finish line for her huge accomplishment.  She is so modest though and still doesn't want the world to know about it, but I am so proud of her.  She's been training for this for forever!  I am so proud of her for being able to discipline herself to train for something like this. I know I could never do it. Way to go Joalea!!

Lynne, Joalea & I at the Finish Line!