Life Happenings

I know that it has been awhile since I have had a real post on here. Things have been rather busy around here lately. Everyone, with the exception of Justin, has been sick around here. The kids all had pink eye and various viruses and I have been having major sinus issues. The good news is that our insurance has kicked in just in time, so we have been making great use out of it. The ironic thing is that all last year I never had a need to see my doctor, but all of a sudden it is of the greatest necessity when our insurance is in limbo (we switched over to Kaiser, but had some hiccups in the process.)
I was finally able to have my first prenatal exam. I had put it off initially because I didn't want to get started with one doctor and then switch to another with the insurance change. Although the nurses were mortified that I had not seen a doctor yet, everything seems fine and the baby seems to be okay. I will have an ultrasound tomorrow to determine a due date. (I am too far along for them to determine in office.)
In other news, Justin has signed up for his first seminary class and will begin early next month. We are excited as he begins this new step in his life!
I will try to post some photos soon. The kids are growing and changing every day.

New Post

My husband has penned a new post; for all who are interested.

Uncle Joe Plays Rock Band

More from Jericho's Camera

Jericho's Camera

These random photos were taken by Jericho, Micheal, and Mitchell with a Fisher Price camera. Whenever one of these guys points the lens in your direction, BEWARE!

More Christmas Pics

Third Day of Christmas: Part 2

We spent the rest of Christmas day at my parents' house where the kids had fun riding on the quads.

Jericho shows off his new Thomas suitcase.

Hero had no problem riding the quad. She loved it, although she almost gave her mother a heartattack on more than one occasion.

Jericho was terrified of the thing. He had no desire to ride even the smaller quad by himself.

Ransom and Daddy.

Third Day of Christmas: Part 1

Christmas morning was a fun and relaxful time spent at home together.


Jericho and Hero get ready to open their stockings.

Ransom is not quite sure what is going on just yet.

Ransom is waiting patiently for the coffee cake to get done.

The Second Day of Christmas

Christmas Eve was spent at Grandpa and Grandma Gehring's house.


Ransom loves the singing Chipmunk.

Hero loves her soft new coat.

Uncle John shows his new gift to Hero (holding the camera.)

Grandma "Choo-Choo" gets a surprise from Hero-in-the-box.

First Day of Christmas

The First day of Christmas was spent at Grandma Gott's house on Sunday.


Hero and Sleeping Beauty.

Jericho watches Shem put his Lego ship together for him.

Yes, I'm related to them.

Grandma Gott got the picture she has always wanted.

Making Christmas Cookies

Fun Times

Ransom loves to watch Daddy as he writes his email.

I don't know how much Daddy enjoys it.

My two boys.

Our Anniversary

For our seventh anniversary we took a trip down to San Diego to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. We went with my Mom, my sister, our pastor and his wife. Oh yes, and Ransom got to go too. It was quite the experience. (Ransom seemed more interested in the displays at the discovery center.) By the way, Happy Birthday, Mom!

Jerichoism

Here are some recent comments by my son that I found humorous:

While wrapping a present for Grandpa Jericho asks when we are going to give it to him. I remind him that Christmas is coming up and that is what the present is for.
Jericho: "But I just want to give it to him."
Mommy: "We will, in five days when it is Christmas."
Jericho: (In the whiny voice.) "Oh, but five days is a really long time."

When I was driving my children home after they had an outing with my sister:
Jericho: "Aunt Heidi couldn't figure out how to open this thing." (Referring to Ransom's car seat.)
Mommy: "Did you help her?"
Jericho: "No, Ransom did."
Jericho: "Aunt Heidi is a crazy driver."
Mommy: "Really?"
Jericho: "Yeah, she doesn't know where she is going. "
Jericho: "She couldn't open the doors."
Mommy: "Did she figure it out?"
Jericho: "Yeah, it is hard to open doors with handles on them."

Later, once again describing the way Aunt Heidi drives:
Jericho: (Pretending to grab a steering wheel and steer right and left like a race car driver.) "Aunt Heidi does this, vroom, room, eeeehh!"


When asking Jericho if he would like Aunt Heidi to come over and watch him:
Jericho: "Yeah!"
Mommy: "Do you like Aunt Heidi?
Jericho: "Yeah..."
Mommy: "Is Aunt Heidi a lot of fun?"
Jericho: "Yeah, she lets us do anything we want!"

'Tis the Season

It is that time of year for us. We are busy, but enjoyably so. Our Christmas performance is over. (I have since taken the practice cd out of the car and burned it.) Our shopping is almost all done. All of the presents are wrapped. The pre-Christmas parties are all finished. I even mailed out the Christmas cards this year. (Hopefully in time.)
The rest of this week will be spent cleaning the house, baking cookies, and celebrating our anniversary on Friday. I will also have fun keeping Ransom away from the presents. He has given up taking the ornaments off the tree; they are all too high for him now. He has moved on to ripping the bows off of the gifts.
On a side note, our tree once again came from Salem, Oregon (courtesy of Lowe's.) So even if we can't be there, we will have a little piece of Oregon with us this Christmas.

Thanksgiving Program

I know it is a little late, but here is Hero's Thanksgiving program at school.

Thanksgiving Pics

Heidi climbing the Centurion.

Justin is all ready to go.

The pink dot in the middle is Hero hanging upside down.

Yes, my son has socks on his hands.