School Daze

Shaylee finally started Pre-K today! She has been begging to go back to school for 2 months now...so this is all too welcome! Poor thing had to miss the first day because we all had a horrible case of the flu over the weekend and we wanted to make sure she was over it before sending her.

A lot is going on right now, yet I am still ALWAYS home it seems......go figure! We are getting ready for our 9th anniversary for the business. We are having a big event at our school to celebrate that is putting us in further debt, but hopefully it will be worth it and we will get some much needed business from it. We just had new wood flooring put in and the mats professionally cleaned for it and it looks SO NICE!!!! Very excited about it!

We are preparing to have my mom move in with us for a couple of months as well. She is moving back from Utah and is staying with us until she finds a new place and has some money saved for new furniture, etc. I love having my mom here! It helps break up the monotony.....I will be flying to Utah and driving back with her on the 25th. Very excited to see family and a couple of old friends!! Nice break from the kids too! BONUS!!!!

Adam's mom will be coming for a visit in November, which will also be fun. She has not seen Nathan yet and has not seen the girls since I was 7 months pregnant with him! She is staying for a week and will be able to be here for Shaylee's birthday too!

Mid-summer blues

Can we say hot?????? I can't wait to move up north....someday.....

Well, we won our court case thanks to the Lord. There is no other explanation for it. We were just as shocked as the other party when the judge told us his decision.....they have petitioned the court to reconsider....our lawyer doesn't think we have anything to worry about, but they still have 6 days left to appeal. We will see!

Unfortunately, I had an OB checkup the day after the trial, and found out that I had miscarried at 8 weeks. (I should be 11 weeks now.) I was sad, but I think the Lord prepared me for this. I have felt something for a few weeks, like I would not get to raise this baby in this life. I was too busy to dwell on it with the court case. We were not ready for another one, but the Lord kept pushing us until we complied. I think this baby just needed a body and the Lord needed him/her too much for something greater. We have made peace with it.

The kids are driving me nuts. I have got to get some play dates together or I think I will go insane!!!!! The girls are constantly fighting......Nate is now getting into EVERYTHING!!! **SIGH**

Pray for us that the Lord will soften the hearts of the other party and they will not succeed!!!!! Thank you all for your love and support and we love you all!!!!

Busy, Crazy Summer

Summer goes by so fast with all we jam into it! I only wish that the hot weather would go out as school comes in! It is supposed to get up to 115 degrees this week! Ugh!

My little Nater Tater Tot turns 1 tomorrow!!!! I cannot believe he is 1 already. This year has flown by so fast!!! A couple of weeks ago, my mom came for a visit to attend my niece, Alyssa's and my nephew, Jared's baptisms! All that is left are Debbie's 3 youngest (Tony, Aracelli, and Ricky), my kids and Dave's youngest, Jackson. So crazy!

While my mom was here, we decided to have a birthday party for Nate. My sister in law and her kids were going to be in Japan for all of July as well so we celebrated a few weeks early. We went to the Mesquite Groves Aquatic Center which was a lot of fun. Poor Nate didn't like it so much. He spent a lot of his time on Grandma's lap eating and sleeping. But the girls had a BLAST!!!!


Adam and I are preparing for our court case which will be heard next Tuesday. Can we say stress????? If we lose, we may have no choice but to file for personal bankruptcy. I know the Lord is on our side and has told us to have faith in Him, but it is still a scary thing. I don't know what we are supposed to learn from all of this, but I had better learn it quick! Patience and increased faith maybe??? Not to fear??? NO IDEA!!!! We have been told so much lately that fear is of the devil......I definitely struggle with it!

This month marks our 1st anniversary at our new karate location! We moved in the weekend after Nate was born. That seems weird too. It seems like last week......In August, we celebrate 6 years of having our own business location! Adam taught for the Parks & Rec for a few years before that. Time is so strange!

Shaylee starts Pre-K in September and can't wait to be back at school. She is so bored at home. She begged me all last week to go to school. Of course, she doesn't understand why she can't go now.....Especially when she sees her teacher at church every Sunday (she is in the Primary Presidency).

Wish us luck and pray for us that the court case will end well. Be happy and safe!!!!

Camping on the Rim

We had an unexpected but pleasant family outing with some friends this past weekend! We went to a friend's house to swim on Friday and she told us that a group from our ward was going camping, so we went with! We so desperately needed to get away and even though a couple of us were not feeling well and it was FREEZING, we had a blast and were able to take our minds off of our upcoming lawsuit. So desperately needed. The stress has definitely taken its toll and all we can do now is have faith that Heavenly Father knows what He is doing and everything will work out in the end. A little excursion and distraction was what we needed!

We had another unexpected surprise this past month......we are expecting our 4th baby! I go to the doc on Wed to confirm the due date but we think it will be Jan 24. We are scared and excited to add, what is hopefully, our last addition! It will be nice to have the freedom to get my body back to normal and the Lupus and other stuff under control for good! I have been limited in what I can and can't do due to pregnancy and nursing. I will miss it all but look forward to the next phase of parenting and life!

The joys of Arizona!

Well, even though rain was in the forecast....it said "chance of thunderstorms"....we decided to go camping anyway, however, when we got to Payson it was really coming down and there were no campfires allowed! It was too wet for one anyway! So, we decided to head back home. We got to see some beautiful scenery and experience rain...REAL rain for the first time in months still so not a total loss.

We stopped off at the Salt River for a bit and tried a bit of fishing on the way back. Not really fishing, just pretend. Shaylee got a Dora fishing pole for her birthday last year and she has gotten quite good at casting, so we let her cast a bit into the river. SHE LOVED IT!!! We decided to head back to the river on Monday and do a little swimming and "fishing", and have a little BBQ picnic. This time WITHOUT the dog/horse!

Then we went home and had a little campout in our backyard....hung up the hammock, cooked some hot dogs and foil dinners for dinner on the BBQ, and then made s'mores on the BBQ! It was still fun and I got to sleep in my own bed! Ahhhhh! Not exactly the adventure we were looking for, but still a fun family day!

What is the trial??

OK.....they say that trials are to teach us something and make us spiritually stronger.....I am wondering what we are needing to learn from the multiple illnesses we are all experiencing. Savannah got the flu on Friday and Saturday, Nate is getting another cold I think. He and Savannah are grabbing their ears, Shaylee says her tummy hurts and won't eat much, and all of us are having digestive/intestinal issues right now. What is the lesson to be learned???? Hmmmmmmm......NO CLUE!!!!! Anyone????

We are supposed to be going camping with some friends on Friday, but with everyone not feeling well...we will see! Our 6th wedding anniversary is coming up on the 30th of May! I cannot believe it has been 6 years already, and yet.....it seems like we have always been married! Strange isn't it? This camping trip was to be kind of a celebration of our anniversary.....

Not again!

Poor Nate has Croup again! This is the 3rd time this year already. Insanity! Not too much is new here. Shaylee is almost done with preschool this year. Savannah is still working on potty training. She seems to be reverting back.....Nate is so close to walking.

Adam is as stressed as ever and I am just as sleep deprived as well. Things are picking up at the karate studio which is good.

The girls are really loving playing together. And they are really enjoying their little brother. Shaylee and Nate are close, but up until now, Savannah would just ignore him. Now she pays a little too much attention to him!