And here is my little princess. I don't think that I have ever met a little girl who loves being a girl more than her. It is a lot of fun! I hope the next one is the same.

And my Hadley - he will be turning 8 this month. My blue eyed little boy.

Latest picture of my handsome - Chase! I can't believe that he is over 10 years old.

Drum Roll Please!

So for all of you that are dieing to know.......drum roll please......
We are having a Girl! Can't begin to tell you how excited Elaina is. And she was the only one that was right in knowing that it was a girl. Everyone else was always guessing a boy. I guess that sometimes kids do know more than we do.
Anyway, she looks good and is growing right on schedule. Said that her weight is 14 ozs and she is 10 inches long. Right on the money. And now I have advanced to all maternity shirts - some pants I am still getting away with but not much.
Now we have the grueling task of names......................Any Help!

Butt

So I have to tell a little story about something funny my daughter said yesterday. We went for a drive into the mountains to take our yearly family pictures and while we were there Elaina had to go potty. Well, we couldn't really just let her drop down in the snow so we drove a bit until we found one of those nasty, stinky, cold outhouses and decided to stop there. We went inside and of course she was very afraid that she would fall in the stinky hole so I had to hold onto her as she went. Than I decided that I needed to go so I told Elaina to stay there while I went. I sat down and Laina said "You don't need someone to hold you, do you mommy?" I said "No" she than said "I wish I had a big butt like yours." I asked her why she would want my butt. She than told me that if she did than she wouldn't fall in either. You have to love what kids say. I told someday she will have a big butt like mine and she will wish didn't.

Promise

So I have made a promise to a very dear friend of mine that I would do better about posting on my blog. So to keep my promise is going to be very difficult but I will put my best foot forward and do it.
Life is always busy - not always exciting but busy. So with this pregnancy I have been having experiences. And not a lot of exciting ones. So far a cyst being drained on my ovaries, bladder infection, and I don't get through a day without taking medicine so I don't puke. Which I think that all of this is a bit ridiculous since I am now 20 weeks along. We just keep saying that this kid is coming in with a bang and making sure that this is the last one. (no problems there) Hopefully, I will hit that joyful time when you just feel good and love being pregnant. We get to find out what we are having next week. So I will post that as soon as I know.

So between my 3 kids, being sick all the time, work, and just everyday life I am busy. What I wouldn't give to take a day to go shopping and out to lunch and not stop to puke in between. Maybe someday - I will eventually have to go Christmas shopping. So to all of you who have had wonderful pregnancies like my first 3 - know that you have to have a least one that drains you. You might want to stop at 3.

Baby!

Ok Since I haven't been telling a whole lot of people I fiqured since I was updating my blog I would add my news. Yes, I am having my 4th and finally baby. I am about 11 weeks and the baby is due in April.
And for those of you are thinking I am a bit crazy. Well, that is what 3 other kids do to you!! HaHa! Just kidding. (not really).
This one was a little planned but not completely. We have been talking about it for about a year when I finallly said ok I will go off the pill and if we are pregnant by the end of the year than it was meant to be if not than we are done. See I was thinking that since I had been on the pill for 4 years that it would take a while and that it probably wouldn't happen. It was only 2 weeks after I stopped taking them that I was knocked up. So I have decided that all I really need to do to get pregnant is think about and it will happen.
Anyway, the sickness is starting to go away and the kids are all really exicted. That helps me be more ready!

Chase getting all geared up to hit the ball. He did win a challenge that they had that night to see who could hit the ball the farthest. He won a $200 bat that everyone had to use after that. It was great for his ego.

Here are a few more pics with me and kids as we are getting ready to go into the cave and inside. We were close to the caves because of Chase's All-Star baseball they had games in Bear Lake. Alot of fun!

Andrew and Elaina this summer in the Minnetonka Ice Caves. Aren't they so cute. Elaina really enjoyed the caves - but not when they turned out the lights.

Andrew and his brother Lars at the Lamani Ruins - They have strange looks on there faces because our tour guide was telling us how the Mayans used to make condoms out of rubber trees (that was his theroy). As you can tell we didn't really buy it.

We are on top of the main Lamani ruin here. We are completely surronded by jungle and water.

This is at a old Ruin - Lamani

We had to take a boat ride for 32 miles to the site.

This is the steps to the top they are only 8 inches wide so there is a rope to help you up. It was more like climbing a ladder.

Amazing though!!!!

Here we are going cave tubing. We all got on tubes and had flash lights on our heads to go floating through a lot of caves. It was interesting and fun. We also had to do a lot of hiking through the jungle saw Howler Monkeys and almost got bitten by a snake.

Me with my sister-in-laws Sarah & Angela at the Post office in San Ignacio. We sent home post cards from there and still have not got them.

Andrew deep sea fishing. He didn't catch anything - but had a big one on the line - but it got away.

Sunset on the Beach.

This is at the zoo in Belize. It is in the jungle so everything seem really real. We are standing in a trail that is covered with branches. Pretty Neat! We got to see lots of things that you don't see in most zoo's.

Here we are on our last day in Belize. We are just getting ready to leave on the boat to get the airplane. We were staying on an island called Caye Caulker. We did snokerling, fishing, swimming and just hung out a lot.

And of course here is the couple that started it all. Still in love today as much (no more) than ever before. Andrew is doing well. He is becoming a partner is a business here after he gets back from driving some propane truck in Utah. I am working at Fremont County as a Planner. I also stay busy with my Church callings and coaching Chase's backetball team. There never seems to be a dull moment for me. I know that a lot of you feel the same. I hope that I still make enough time for all of you. Know that everyone who sees this blog is always in my thoughts (somewhere).

And here is just a funny one. This is from Halloween
this year. The kid with the guitar is my nephew KJ
that lives with us. It was a pretty fun party -
we go to it each year at Andrews parents house.

Here is our baby Elaina. She is a lot of fun. She loves barbies and princesses and anything pink. Soooo Girly!!!

Hadley is now 7 years old and a really fun kid. We have our battles more than the others, I guess that he is just too much like me. Along with Chase he loves sports and hanging out with his big brother.

This is a great picture of Chase. He is 9 years old and loves all sports and playing around with his friends.

So here is my wonderful family. All growing up.

I guess that since everyone else is doing it I will too. Hope that this helps everyone stay updated with my family.