wow, I don't know what I did to the spacing on that last one. Sorry

Pictures from Memorial Day weekend

Sweet Scarlet, Johns' daughter. She is so much fun. I always love seeing her. Look at her toothless smile. Hope you enjoy a peek into my family.








My Dad adn my brother John. See our tents. It was like a little tent village in their back yard. It was a lot of fun. John was sweet and played with my boys. It's kinda fun to see everyone all grown up. Mike was a telling stories in this picture or as his family says "yeller dawgs" that means he stretches it a bit.

Joe with his adorably, irresistably cute baby Sam. He's one chunky cute baby and so sweet. Joe is my archeologist brother. He's really smart and a lot of fun and pretty darn silly too.

Ed, my older brother. The brother who never calls back. He looks a little weird in this picture but he can't smile normal unless he's supposed to be making a funny face. It was really good to see him too though he disappeared before we left. Perhaps to a certain females house.

My baby brother Ben. He's ten years younger then me. He's currently at BYU and doing great. It was really nice to see him too. This was actually our first Stair family reunion that I can think of. We loved it. All except the part where Sam woke up and came to snuggle me then puked on my pillow. But hey what's a reunion without someone getting sick?

This is my Lovely sister Katy and her husband Bobby and their son Gabe. This trip Katy and Bobby were given the opportunity to adopt another baby. This time from Liberia. Hopefully things work out. It's a little girl and they will call her "Maggie" I love the name. Now that I'm pregnant I'm sure I'll be thinking of names too. Of course we have a girl name picked out. Kamber Rose. A combiniation of Mike's and my sister's names. :)

Oops I guess I didn't get the picture with the first attempt. Still new at this. :)

grandma

This is my Mother's Mother. Grandma Linder. She's an amazing person. She is almost 95 years old and is still healthy and sharp as ever. She has accomplished so much in her life and is an inspiration to me.

We visited for Memorial day this year. Grandma was a bit camera shy at first but I did get a few shots of her. She was pretty worried about some skin cancer she had removed from her face. She said she didn't want to scare my boys. I told her not to worry that they would find it all the more intriguing as they love to talk about their own owies.

I take after my Grandmother's side of the family so this could be me at 95, well maybe. She always says "It's no fun getting old!" She does it gracefully. :)

Morning Sickness

Oh how I love morning sickness, wrong bongo as we say in our house. I don't love it. But it sure does love me. I have not started puking just yet so I guess I should count myself lucky. I'm sitting here drinking a lovley crushed melon Jones Pure Cane Soda that a very sweet friend brought me today and to be honest, I think it's helping. That or the fact that my kids are asleep and I have the house all to myself might add to the improved feeling.

I actually am very lucky. First of all for those of you who don't know, I'm pregnant. Oh I guess you probably figured that out from the title. Some of you may know that Mike had a vasectomy less then a year ago. Well, I had decided to send a little prayer up to make sure we were doing the right thing and I asked that if we were to have more kids the surgery wouldn't work. Well, low and behold it didn't work. We found out I was expecting the week after MIke had his second Vasectomy. He told me I was no longer allowed to pray. He was in a bit of shock but has seemed to accept this change and is even thinking of the next vehicle we will purchase as our truck will no longer suffice.

I love our family and my boys are just beyond themselves with excitement. This morning Jack crawls into bed with me and says so sweetly, "mom , I love you and the baby" They keep saying cute things about the baby and ask every two minutes if my belly is getting bigger. Glad I won't be letting them down on that one. :) David is very watchful over SAm as he tells him not to jump on the baby. Jack and David seem to grasp that I feel pretty yucky too as they have been really good and I haven't been doing much. In fact tonight I was thinking about the mess they made with their art project and deciding I didn't feel like cleaning it up or asking them to when Jack said "mom I'll clean that up" then DAvid came to help. How perfect does it get! Well all the toys are still out but that's okay.