Gratitude

We have had a pretty interesting April so far this month. The last few weeks have been especially busy and at some point random but grateful to be here. Literally.

Im going to talk about Phil for now, we are so blessed and grateful to have him here today. First Im gonig to add a small note, when we are driving sometimes he forgets to put his seatbelt on and when Im with him I get after him like crazy, it's just something you dont mess with I always tell him. Anyway, he was driving home from work and a tire from his breeding vehicle blew out. He drove beteween a power pole and a power box, barely grazing some plastic on the box. The car hit a wooden fence and he kept driving into a field, the car finally stopped because another tire blew and the rims wore down to nothing. While he was going through a the fence, a piece of it came through the driver side window and Phil was able to move fast enough out of the way. When he stopped and unbuckled his seatbelt he noticed there was a nail at the end of the pole. The only damage that happened to him was as the pole was coming he moved his hand up to protect his face and some glass scratched his hand.

All I can say right now is we are so happy he's alright, I just tear up when the story is repeated, Heavenly Father was watching over us that day. Phil is still tired but he is okay, he has been resting but he didnt have any bruises or scratches. Our boys knew something was going on during this time because they kept asking were daddy was, I told them that he had gotten hurt and will be home soon. When Phil came home they went rushing to him and wouldnt leave his side for a while.
This week it seemed we had a lot going on but after that none of it mattered. We have been just grateful for our blessings and holding on to the precious moments with our loved ones.

March 1, 2013

 

Weve had an enjoyable rest of February and great March 1st. At the end of the month, Phil's friend Nate who we met at BYU-I came down to stay with us for a couple days and brought his son Tucker, while his wife and little girl were getting ready to fly down and meet them in California. It was great catching up with him and meeting the little guy. Thanks Jessica for letting me snuggle with Tucker he is a sweetheart!

       

 

 

One of the days it snowed and we have windows were you can watch outside and so we got Phillip snuggled up and he enjoyed the snow falling from the kitchen. It doesnt last very long but it's still pretty to see.

It was finally warm enough to go out and play! The boys were still bundled up but theyre enjoying our big back yard they can run around and sometimes get muddy in.

Today was so warm that we got to go to a park! We invited our old neighbors Whitney and Emma and they brought their kiddos and played. It was so sunny and the boys all loved it. We are definitley ready for the sunshine to be out and playing outdoors again.

January and Feburary 2013

We have been busy the last couple of months with Christmas, an Oregon trip, Phillip starting sunbeams and preschool and our biggest adventure is that we moved! A couple of days after Christmas we headed up to Oregon and spent New Years with Phil's family. The boys did great on the drive up and nobody got car sick! YAY! (The last couple of drives I have gotten thrown up on by one of the boys) While there, we got to go to a bounce house were Phil and his brother Blake had a lot of fun wrestling and racing through things while Phillip and Jack mostly stayed on one area where they would go up sonme stairs and go down a slide. It definetly wore everyone out. We also went to the Oregon Zoo look at Christmas lights, it was so fun! We didnt see any animals but the lights were amazing, and we got to ride on a train through the zoo and see lights in the shape of animals. The boys loved it; while waiting in line we were almost to the entrance when the train was full and left, the boys were so heartbroken they didnt go on the train but shortly after, a second train came and soon they got happy again. We also got to spend time with Phil's Great Uncle Pat and Aunt Karen and his Uncle Chris, It's always fun to see them. Shortly before leaving the boys warmed up to Uncle Pat and were happy. We like to go Salem and ride on a carosal it's always fun and the boys are big enough they can both ride on it! They smile alot while we do that. There is also a park just outside the boys can play on and in the summer there is a place that shoots water out of the ground. I think our area needs something like that. New Years Eve, Phil's parents watched the boys and we got to go out on a date. It was great because I didnt know it was happening and it was a nice surprise, Phil and Shan always great like that. We went out to dinner the next evening with Phils Grandma, Phillip Arnold, Chris, Nichole, Ashely and Peyton. Its always good to see them. Well be going to Oregon in the Springtime again and are looking forward to it. The boys always like seeing Shan and Phil and their favorite uncles Blake and Grant, they always get to wrestle and play with them and Sierra spoils them.

Grandpa playing with Phillip and Jack

Im always catching Phillip organizing something

First day of school!

First day of Sunbeams

Phillip started J.E.E.P. (Jerome Early Education Program) He has a little language delay which is, he can understand and hear well, he just cant communicate or talk well. Phillip loves going and has improved so much already with little time he has been there. His favorite part of the day is riding the bus. He always has a big smile when he gets on and when he comes home. He is always bringing home pictures he has drawn and a story of something that I cant understand just yet :) He also started sunbeams class in church. He is still getting used to not going to nursery anymore, once his teacher wasnt there and he went into nursery just so he could be with Jackson. Jackson is getting used to Phillip being gone in the morning, but Theo usually shows up shortly after and he has someone to entertain him.




Phillip and Jack giving high fives

Jack being goofy

Valentines Day

Master bath, not fond of the paint
but love the tub!

Two weeks after we got home from Oregon we moved into a bigger home! Its still in Jerome and is only a few blocks away from our old home but were in a different ward and were closer to Phillips school. If there was not fence he could walk onto the playground. We love our new home and are so happy with it. The other home was fine but we needed more space and outgrew it. I still watch Theo and occasionally other children too. At one point I had a baby sleeping in my closet, one on the couch, two in another room, and one in the guest room, and there were other children awake. We want to have more babies someday (no Im not expecting) and we had filled absoultly every living and storage space possible. We were looking around randomly and found this new house. It was double the square footage and we only had to pay about $50.00 more a month. We prayed about it and it was what we needed to do. Im still sorting and finding homes for things but it's been great. Ill put photos up soon!

Phil's taking 2 classes this semester and one is online, so he's been busy too. One really busy days I help him out with his homework if I can. Not saying I do it but I help with research. This will be his last semester for a while, I'd like to go back to school sometime and take a couple classes at a time but well see. Ive always loved school and learning new things. I always say that Ill try and write more soon but I think Ill be able to keep up more now well see... xoxo Ana


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