It's a boy! And they say he measured with the due date they had...September 16....I thought maybe beginning of October but September works! Jon and Avonlea and I went over to find out. It was pretty obvious it was a boy. :) everyone is so excited. J.T. fell on the flook when we had them open the pizza that had a b on it. :) all the girls are excited and Jon is SOOOOOOO excited! Life is pretty good. Book ends is what we'll have!

In 2 days we get to find out what our new little peanut is! I am excited and nervous! I hope the baby is healthy and perfect.
I am so grateful to be able to be having this baby. Jon and I both feel like this is our last one. Which is exciting, thinking this is our family, and also so very sad to me. Not because I want a million kids, or even that I want any more kids, but I realize this stage is almost over for us. A new chapter is starting. Which by the way, I am super excited about. But, oh how I will miss some of these things in this chapter. I will miss feeling the life moving inside of me... knowing there is a person counting on me. I will miss my husband rubbing my huge belly or laying his head on it and talking to our babies. I will miss watching my stomach look like an exorcism needs to happen. :) I actually will miss the terrifyingly wonderful moment when its time to meet our baby and knowing that jonathan is as excited and terrified as I am. ..for different reasons probably. ... I will miss those baby stretches and yawns. The baby smell. ..oh how I will miss the baby smell! I will miss the kids meeting their siblings and seeing bonds form that could melt my heart over and over. I will miss the moments of catching daddy asleep with the baby while supposed to be babysitting. :) I will miss the hippo teeth, the drunk from milk phase, the laughs and giggles of tiny voices, the moments I am sure life can't get any better while looking at my family that God blessed me with. I will miss the dressing themselves phase, the mobile vacuum they become, the pride even a baby feels in meeting milestones. The messy faces, the dirty hands and knees, nursing. ...I love nursing my babies! The bond with that is so strong if you take a moment to enjoy it!
There are so many moments I will miss. You see, most of my kids are out of this phase and it's true what they told me. ..I will miss it. So, even though things are busy, hard, tiresome and sometimes just plain stink. ..I will try a little harder to hold on to these moments. . . This last time. . . For a little longer.
I love every stage my children go through and will miss things from each. It is amazing and sad to see your children grow and do new things. . . Like. . . Start to care how they look, sing so loud, play outside with such imagination that I wish they could stay out til the sun comes back up, read books in bed even when lights were supposed to be out, seeing them sit together and talk like friends, even fight like enemies :), see them teach each other things like how to cast a spell with homemade harry potter wands, see them cheer each other on, watch them comfort each other when sad, see my children carry my babies around and take care of them with such love, seeing the love my babies have for their siblings, the tricks, the teasing, the messes, the fighting, the way they still want me to sing to them at night and want me to read to them.
You see, life is wonderful and I am oh so blessed. ..I will miss all of this. ..yet, I will enjoy all of this as well. ...:)

Today we cleaned up our yard and took loads of trash and wood to the dumps. All the kids helped and our yard looks so much better! I am so excited to have some grass this summer...since I will be super pregnant the whole summer!
 Yes, I am expecting again -our 6th baby-! We are really excited. I have not been to the Dr. Yet and won't until April 29...thats the earliest they could get me in...I will be approximately 18 weeks by then. :) should make for a speedy pregnancy.
I have felt really good this pregnancy! Best by far!! I was sick at first, but got a liquid B vitamin and it made all the difference! I am actually sad I did 5 pregnancies without it!
Jon has been busy working 2 jobs, kids are busy with school and Avonlea and I are busy taking care of the house while everyone is gone. :) It is crazy to think that all of my kiddos are in school! How sad! Alyvia in kindergarten, evanna in 2nd grade, avery in 4th and J.T. in 5th! Crazy, crazy, crazy! They are all doing so well in school and everything they are involved with...
JT- soccer, wrestling, football, basketball piano and spring wrestling
Avery- soccer,  ballet, piano and basketball
Evanna- soccer, ballet and piano
Alyvia- soccer ballet and piano
Busy, busy!
Jon is still coaching football, still works for midland and now is working another job with Rob at a hair place. We sure miss him when it's busy at both jobs!
JT missed his last wrestling tournament this year due to chicken pox... Evanna got them as well. . . good note, I was expecting it to be terrible, but they have acted totally normal, just have itchy spots! So in about 2 weeks we are expecting the others to get it since they didn't get it this round.
If I can think of anything else new, I will try to write it down!

Hello blog, I have stumbled upon you, and how has it been years since I wrote last? Life has been wonderful and crazy. 3 years, 2 dogs, 1 baby and a new house that jon built.

Life is good! :)

I haven't posted in a while. It is hard when you have four kids and a life to make time to write the good stuff. It's easier to just put a little note on Facebook! :) I do love looking back at my blog and seeing stuff that I may have forgotten! So I am going to try to do better.
Life has been pretty good around here. My kids are healthy, besides the occasional cavity (boo)....We are going to be so busy in June that I almost don't want summer to come! Although half the craziness should be fun vacation! We are doing Lake Powell with my family, Roosevelt Lake with Jon's family and my husband is doing Scouts and Football Camp...... I love summer! Jon has been so busy getting his truck and boat ready...I have to admit..................... Boats are fun! We have had so many fun memories going to the lake. I am so glad Jon forced a boat on me! :) Red Neck Yacht club! :) It is getting warm and I am loving that Summer will be here! I am so excited to have my kids home all day with no dance, ballet, tumbling or wrestling!
Evanna had her ballet recital and looked so cute! We couldn't help smile ear to ear to watch her! She is so full of life and joy! She makes me proud every day! And she didn't even fall in her recital! :)
J.T. got first place at the last wrestling tournament! We couldn't be prouder... That little boy has his Daddy's strength for sure! He sure loves wrestling, even though it makes me so nervous to watch him!!!!
Avery has performed with her dance class several times and is so cute to watch! She actually has coordination! And can I tell you that girl should be a track star! She was running the other day and Jonathan's and my jaw dropped open..... She has great form and can jump higher than anyone I know! 
Alyvia just makes us laugh everyday! She was so proud when she learned how to flip the bird (no one taught her, she just realized she can hold fingers down..) She makes everyone laugh! Although she is so sensitive that when people laugh at something funny she did, she cries because she thinks people are laughing at her... :)
Can I say how much I love my family?! I have moments where I actually step back and look instead of plow through, and lately I see how great my life is. Jonathan and I recently had our Anniversary. I cannot say how much I love my husband. I am sure every couple feels like every other marriage fails in comparison...I am sure just like everyone else that mine is the best. I never feel alone being married and loved by my best friend. I am so grateful for the last 9 years. Some days have been hard, some harder and most wonderful! Jonathan has never once made me feel less important than anything or anyone. He has never once fought back with me (I have tried to get that man to fight! Come on look at my hair.....Fighting runs in my blood :)) All the strengths I have ever lacked, I have found in him... Most days I am blinded by the craziness of life and I don't see or just don't stop to acknowledge what a good husband I have.....I hope I always stop at least every once in a while to see my life for what it is.....
My kids are smart, happy, fun, wild, needy, independant and amazing. I cannot believe that four little people depend on me! I am so glad my Father in heaven sent me good ones so far! :) It is not hard to love those little tiny persons! They are my world. I learn something new everyday from them. They are making me a better person. I hope I am doing the same for them!
Life is good right now.... :)

Albuquerque Zoo was a Blast!!!

We went to the zoo in Albuquerque and had so much fun! We got to ride a train (not that cool for jon) lol... but we rode it to the aquarium and the gardens! These are some pics of the fun time we had and some of our kids favorite animals! J.T.'s favorite was the Cockatoo that is clawing the cage. It talked to us so much and J.T. was floored! He has wanted a parrot or a bird to talk to forever! Avery's favorite was the Zebras! She had such a blast! She was ahead of everyone the WHOLE time. She was practically running to see the animals. Evanna's favorite animal was the Koala bear. She loved seeing it in the tree. She also love the seals that we only got video of. She loved being Lacey's buddy! She held her hand and walked by her the whole time! Alyvia's favorite was the Polar bears and the Giraffes. She definitely did not like the seals. She would SCREAM when they would swim toward the glass at us. She would run and scream! It was kind of funny and kind of sad.
They all loved the train ride and the aquarium! It was so fun to go with my sister Lacey and her baby Amrielle! I would totally recommend going!

Jonathan gets BAD DAD AWARD! :)

I help with a play here in town. I had practice on Monday. I asked Jon to make sure to get Avery to dance on time....4:45.....That he did, that he did....
I get back from the play around 5:40... Jon was at his parents working on his new/old truck :) I go looking and find all my kids except Avery. I go in the garage and ask him where she is. His eyes get big and says "What time was I supposed to pick her up?" "5:15!" I say. I run out the door as fast as I can....I am calling her teacher while driving and I get up the street and I see Avery walking....:( I stop the car. She had no coat on and her arms and face were red and freezing. She walked like a mile...I grabbed her and held her and said over and over how sorry I was. She just kept saying "my eyes are only wet because it's windy." I asked her why she didn't just tell her teacher I wasn't there and she said that her teacher was busy and so she walked.
She was so sad but wouldn't cry. I felt like BAD BAD MOTHER AWARD...And I wanted to PUNT my husband! I am so so proud of my daughter who knew which way to go and made it safely home. I am so glad we walk as a family a lot so she knew the roads a little bit. She did say "I almost went down one road but it didn't look right so I kept going"
Some parents probably think that is so stupid of me to worry, but when my Kindergartner is walking all the way across town by herself without a coat during winter, it makes my heart hurt. Those are the moments I am grateful I prayed for my kids to be safe and protected that day!