Still here.

It has been a while since I have blogged, but after a long break I am ready to start it again.

Many things have happened over this last year and a half. Here are some highlights:


We got baptized. All four of us. Together. It was an amazingly good day. Just look at us.

We are glowing. Brian and I want our kids to have everything.

Not stuff.

Everything like a safe, happy, loving, home. Unconditional love from both parents. A relationship with Jesus Christ. The important things.

I am pretty thin in this picture you might notice. I lost 35lbs as side effect of cutting out the processed foods. So I made a logical decision after losing that much weight. I got pregnant.

Introducing:

 

Elliott Beth.

 

Interesting facts about number 3:

 

We didn't find out gender, but were convinced it was a boy.

 

Although people like to tell you if you have one boy and one girl there is no reason to have a third, she is a perfect Striepling and we are glad to have her. This sweet girl is so perfect for us she makes us want more.

 

 I didn't get my epidural in time. (I may or may not have sounded like a cave woman. Of all the all natural child birth stories I have read out of curiosity ONLY, this was not mentioned.)

 

 Oh and sweet Elliott Beth was my Christmas Eve baby. Having her in a stocking made the lack of pain meds okay.

 

 

She is now close to 5 months.

 

 

 

Other news.

 

Lainey is now 3 1/2, and has quite a flair for the dramatic. She loves her baby sister very much, although her initial reaction was, "Why does it have to be a gurl?" She is known at church and school for always smiling. She brightens a room that girl.

 

 

 

Ellis just graduated preschool. He is doing great. He loves reading, dancing, and playing Wii.

He is very excited about kindergarten, and his mother is not. That subject can be a later post. He loves having two sisters, and treats them well as he should.

 

 

And last, but most certainly not least is Brian. This guy has taken up running, and I am so happy for him. And just to announce it to the world, he is planning on running his first marathon in the next year. I am so happy we have our separate interests and hobbies, because I can guarantee I will not take up running.

 

After running his first half marathon.

 

And this is us. Our family of 5. Blessed far more than we deserve to be.