Its..going....to......be.....a..........

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everything looked great! I am 19 weeks along and the baby looks good. :) We are very excited!!

Busy Week!

Well this is going to be a busy and exciting week!
Tuesday we are finding out what we are having so we are praying the baby will cooperate! Will it be a boy or girl???
Thursday I have a doctors appointment, packing, and having a girls nite out to say goodbye to one of my dearest friends Natalie Messick. I am so sad you are leaving but I know you will do great in Singapore!! Thank goodness for email and phones. I will miss you!
Friday we go to AZ!! The kids just cant talk about it enough. They are counting down the days. We are going to the ranch on Saturday for a week and a half. My parents get home from their mission from Hawaii July 15th, and we cant wait! So this will be an extended trip for me. Not for Glen. Somehow he timed it so he would be home just before he got to see the inlaws. Just kidding. He didnt really plan it to be that way, he just needs to save vacation time for when the baby comes!
Congrats to Shallan and Randy on their new addition to their family! She is so adorable! I am excited for you guys! You will have to let me know what its like to have 4 kids!! ;) Will I survive??
Anyway, thats it for now!! I will write on Tuesday and let you know which it will be!!

Countdown to AZ!

Well we are getting close to our AZ trip! The kids are very excited to see their cousins and grandparents again. Especially Grandma and Grandpa Johnson who have served 3 missions and are finally coming home for an extended period of time.... we hope. :) We are excited to play at the ranch and eat Mattas and see all of our family and friends! We have a lot of catching up to do!

The fireflies are starting to come out! Elizabeth is so excited. She wants us to wake her up to see them. They come out around 9 or 9:30 and the kiddos are in bed by 8. :) Today we had a mommy and daughter date. We went to lunch and got our hair done. Elizabeth was so excited. She got her hair washed and loved that. She picked out what picture she wanted to look like and told the hairdresser what to do. Since I am cheap, I didnt want them to blow dry, so it was wet. She looked at herself in the mirror and said, you didnt do it like the picture! So tomorrow we will see how she likes her new haircut when we do it for church.

Two of my friends here had babies in the past couple of weeks! I am so excited for them. Now they are almost caught up to us!! :) My other good friend had her baby in AZ. We are catching up to them... :)

My dad had his birthday too! He is 71!!! Happy Birthday dad!

Elizabeth has been such a great big help these past couple of weeks. She cleans her room, makes her bed and Tanners bed, makes MY bed and straitens up the bathroom. All without me asking. She "surprises" me everyday. Hope it continues when she is a teenager!!

We are thinking of putting Tanner and Elizabeth in Vacation Bible school. Does anyone have any experience with this? Just wondered what other people experienced.

Anyway, thats it for now.

Cruise!!!!!!!

To celebrate our 10 year anniversary we went on a carnival carribean cruise for 7 days! It was great!

What an awesome cruise!! We loved it! Our first surprise was our room. We had paid for an interior room with no windows, but when we got there, we were put on the 11th deck with a wall that was all window! It was great!
The ship was HUGE! Lots of great food and fun. We enjoyed bingo, shows, yummy food all day long, and the excursions.

Our first stop was Jamaica. We went directly to Doctors Cave Beach. We went parasailing. It was great! Not scary at all, there were no butterflies in the stomach coming down or anything. It was rather peaceful and fun. Then we played around on the beach after that.

Next stop, our favorite was Grand Cayman and swimming and snorkling with sting rays!!

Finally our last stop was Cozumel. A very commercial mexico! No haggling here. They wouldnt take more than a dollar off their products. We went horseback riding. It was very hot and I was a little concerned about the cattle and horses. There were ribs showing through a lot of them. But we still had fun, though I think next time we will stick with the snorkling and water fun. The horseback riding was taking us through the mayan jungle which was more like Arizona desert brush to look at ruins (which were replicas). The interesting thing there was a lot of underground caves. That would have been fun to explore.

It was a great trip. But we will probably go again in 5 or 10 years to celebrate our 15 or 20 year anniversary..... anyone want to come with us? It was great to come home to our kiddos. Who wouldnt want to hurry home to these cute kids???? :)

Countdown!

Well we are on a countdown!
Tuesday: Last day of work! Hooray!
Thursday: Mom and Dad Gunnell come to watch the kiddos! Hooray!
Saturday: Leave for the CRUISE!! HOORAY!!!
We are so excited.
Well not much going on this week. Elizabeth is doing T-ball when its not raining, they have had 3 practices cancelled due to weather. Now they are playing games. Oh well. I guess eventually they may figure it out.
Tanner is our little singer. He just sings all the time. he is also a good big brother to Nathan and plays with him. He has his Parent teacher conference coming up as well.
Nathan turned 1!! He is having his personality come through loud and strong too. He seems to want to be more independant everyday and is frustrated that he cant be quite yet. I think learning to walk will help his frustration a little bit. He will stand, but not walk. Hopefully that will come soon.
Thats all for now! Will probably not post until after the cruise!

We are healthy!

Knock on wood, we are all healthy! Finally, the first time since November, no one is running a fever, coughing, or having any problems. :)
I am counting down... 2 weeks until tax season is over.... 14 days!
Also counting down to the cruise! Cant wait! Although I am really nervous about leaving Nathan. He will be just barely 1! I hope that he is good for Granny. :)
Elizabeth starts T-Ball this week. She is very excited. Her first practise got rained out, so she is hoping it doesnt rain tomorrow for her next practise.
Tanner was being so funny this morning. He was watching cartoons and a commercial came on for a cash service to get your settlement to you. Their phrase is " Its your money, get it now! Tanner started saying really loud, ITS MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOW! It was funny to hear him.
Nathan is starting to get a little more sure on his feet, although he wont stand very much, he will stand for a few seconds and smiles.
I am a great aunt again! (not that there was ever any doubt about that!) My nephew Jeremy and his wife Tif just had their 2nd baby boy. That means I am a great aunt to 5! Congrats guys!
Thats all for now!

Life happenings

Well shocks of all shocks, we are pregnant! Nathan doesnt even turn one until next month! Yikes. But we are very happy. I just hope I dont get the morning sickness. We are going on a cruise next month!! Carribean here we come!! We are going to Cozumel, Jamaica, and Grand Cayman on Carnival! We are very excited. We have not taken a trip like this since our honeymoon! We are celebrating our 10 year anniversary. Pretty crazy! Anyway, we are happy and excited for this trip!
Things are going pretty good, Nathan does have pneumonia again and is on antibiotics again, but hopefully that will clear up and we will all be healthy again!
Glens work is going good, and I am almost done with tax season (april 15th cant come soon enough!) Anyway, thats the news for now!