We're having a girl!!

We had our ultrasound on November 17th and found out we are having a girl! She is due on April 9th. We are so excited and very shocked. I wanted a girl so bad but thought it would be another boy. So when the tech told us it was a girl, I was so excited. Rick is also excited to have a girl, but he's a little nervous. Brigham is also excited and loved looking at the pictures and the movie.

Halloween and Thanksgiving

I know, it's been a long time since I posted. So I decided to just post the most recent pictures instead of playing catch up. Our family is now in Chubbuck, ID and we are renting an apartment. It's nice to be living by ourselves again! Rick is working full time at an optical shop and getting his teacher's certificate online. He already has a bachelor's degree in biology, so he can become a biology teacher in 8-10 months with this program. Everything else is going great!

Egg Hunt

Well, Easter was 2 months ago and I'm finally posting the pictures! We went to the Ucon Easter egg hunt. Peyton went with the younger kids and Brigham with the older kids. Brigham was more excited about the toys at the playground than the egg hunt. He didn't want to do it. Oh well, maybe next year he'll like it. They both enjoyed the candy after. Also, they got coupons for Blastoff (a fun game place). Afterward, he talked about it and asked us about it over and over until we took the boys. And they had a blast.

Rick's Birthday

Rick's birthday was April 5th. We had a lot of fun and had family over later for a party. The boys were really excited for the birthday. I gave Rick the Joseph Smith Papers, which he's been wanting for a while.

Hop 2 it

On April 1st, my mom, me and the 2 boys went to Twin Falls for Braden's birthday (my sister Heidi's little boy). We took the kids to a place called Hop to it. It had about 6 different kinds of blow up toys. I wasn't sure if my boys would like it- sometimes they are hesitant about stuff- but they loved it! As you can see the picture of this huge slide, Brigham loved it. He was going crazy, going down it backwards and head first! We were there for a few hours and Brigham and Peyton never slowed down once. I also had a fun time visiting with my mom and sisters Heidi and Lindsey who are in the pictures above.

silly boys

I took these pictures back in March, but I thought they were all pretty cute!

Green Eggs for St. Patrick's Day

I'm posting this very late, but better now than never! The kids were hesitant to try these green eggs at first. I caught Brigham hiding under the chair in the living room (he wanted to taste them without me watching). Once they both tried the eggs, they loved them and wanted me to make them the next day!

Easter Bunny

Rick's brother, Curt, has a pet rabbit. Brigham and Peyton love his bunny just as much as the horses. I never knew rabbit's wore leashes before- but they do I guess! So Rick struggled to get the rabbit out of cage- the rabbit barely fit into the leash (I guess she eats well). Anyway, the boys had a blast walking around with it. Mostly she just sat, but occasionally she would run off. And the boys loved it and chased after her!

Cute Cowboys

Grandma Jensen is accumulating dress up clothes for the grandkids. She found this darling cowboy outfit. Peyton loved trying it on and looks so cute. Brigham only wanted to put on the cowboy hat and then he said, "I need a gun." So he came back in the room with my blowdryer! We thought it was pretty funny.

Birthdays and more birthdays!

Jen's birthday party on March 8th (Jen is Rick's sister). Jen, Brigham, Christian and Paige

Here we are at another birthday party near the end of February. This is at Marie's birthday party (a cousin). Peyton loved playing with this vacuum the entire night!

Brigham and Christian are good buds (this is also at the birthday party)! It seems like since we've been back home, there is a birthday party almost every week! It's crazy, but the kids never get sick of cake and ice cream.

Cute Kids

This is taken on Curt's birthday, (the end of February). Curt, Brigham, Christian and Paige
Curt is one of Rick's 5 brothers.

Brigham liked the static balloon effect!

Brigham got these glasses in primary- he looks so silly and cute!

I thought these pictures were so cute of the boys, just random and silly! Brigham and Peyton have so much fun together (they have their moments), but they really are great friends!

I never took pictures of Valentine's day, but I wanted to write something anyway. The boys got together with their cousins at Grandma Ward's house a few days before and had lots of candy and valentines from their cousins. Rick and I went night skiing on Valentine's day and had a blast! It was the first time we'd been skiing in about 6 years. We started out a little rusty, but by the end of the night, we weren't too bad( just frozen).

Snowman Time!

Boys lovin' the horses

The enormous snowman in progress- Rick setting Peyton on the snowman!

Well, there's the huge snowman we made! Actually, it was the guys who made it- we just observed. This was the end to a fun day out in the snow. The kids came inside freezing and had cold feet. So they all layed down with their feet up resting on the fireplace getting warm. It was pretty cute!

Boys lovin' the snow

Rick, Brigham, Peyton and their cousins Christian and Paige feeding the horses next to Grandma Jensen's house

Brigham loves the horses and loved the snow!

Peyton loved the snow but wasn't sure what to think about falling in it.

Brigham and his cousin Christian.

This is in Grandma and Grandpa Jensen's backyard. These pictures are taken near the end of January when we received a ton of snow. And the boys loved it (it was the first snow Peyton had seen, and Brigham was only 1 1/2 the last time he saw the snow!) They also love petting and feeding the neighbor horses!