Heavenly Angel

Dear Hope,
Mommy and Daddy love you so much and we will see you soon. You are such a sweet little spirit and your Heavenly Father needs you. You are part of a great family who all love you too. Watch over your older brother or sister. Help each other to build God's kingdom in the spirit world and Daddy and Mommy will do the same here on Earth, that way when the time is right we can live together again. Thank you for letting us hold you and see your sweet little hands and feet. You have a determined and feisty spirit from Mommy and a kind and gentle heart from Daddy. You had a beautiful body that you will regain when Jesus comes to the Earth again. Thank you for helping Mommy with her testimony. Thank you for sitting with her while she was in pain. We can't say this enough but we love you Hope and we will see each other again.

With Greatest Love
Mommy & Daddy

21 Weeks

Well we are now at 21 weeks. We went to the doctors on Tuesday and she was able to find the heart beat of the baby right away and it is a strong one. The baby in fact was moving around so much she was having a hard time staying on it for us to hear it.
Can I just say that we have an amazing family and amazing friends. We have felt so much love and support the last week and a half. I appreciate all of you guys so much. I have never felt Heavenly Fathers love more prominent and strong then I have the last little bit. His hands are in everything! Even the little things that seem so mundane and not important He has happen for a reason. I love the Gospel and love my Father in Heaven. Thank you everyone who have been praying and fasting for us and this little angel. I will try and keep you updated on what's going on. Please remember to keep praying.

20 Weeks

Today the baby is 20 weeks. If you haven't heard already when we went in for our ultrasound the specialist didn't give Morley and I very good news. The baby has some problems with it enough to where they don't think it will make it much longer. He said that if we can make it to week 24 it might stand a chance of survival. So instead of counting down the weeks we are going to count up. Here is a picture of the baby's face.

Abraham's Mission to Guatemala

In tribute to Abraham serving his mission in Guatemala.  Compliments of Virginia!



When it rains it poors!

So I keep hearing that I need to do a blog update so you get to hear me complain. I don't think I can take much more first our fridge went out on Thursday so we had to magically come up with the money to get a new fridge. Then today the blower motor on our furnace went out which just so you all know also blows the cool air through out the house in the summer time and how we are going to afford to pay for that is beyond me. Luckily Cheryl is kind enough to let us stay at her house for the weekend because we couldn't get some to our house to fix it until sometime on Monday. All the while I am trying not to get too stressed because last time that happened I started bleeding and we thought I was going to loose the baby. So keep us in your prayers and feel free to let me know of ways to all the sudden earn lots of money so I can pay for these "fun" curve balls we keep getting thrown. I promise next post I will put some updated ultrasound pictures up for all to see.

Baby Time!

So if you read this blog and you haven't heard already Morley and I are expecting our long awaited addition to our family Feb 17th. We are so excited and can't wait! Morley has been such a sweet heart taking care of me while I have been sick, and I can't wait tell the sick part of the pregnancy is over. Keep your fingers crossed for us :)

It's Getting There (Slowly but Surely)

So as many of you may know, I love getting out in the yard and doing some work. After two years of being in our house, I can FINALLY say that the yard is getting there. It's not perfect yet, but to say so myself, I'm pretty pleased with what we've been able to do.

Here is our front yard, with the weeds finally going away!

We were pretty excited to see that these plants were doing so well this year. The one on the left is a bleeding heart, the center I don't remember, but we planted it last year and the one on the right was here when we bought the house. I don't know what it is, but it is doing much better this year than the last couple.

In this picture, you can kind of see our new garden sprinkling system that I installed. It is a micro sprinkler system and it works great!

This is our back yard that was about 65% weeds when we moved in. The yard as a whole, I would say, is down to only 5% - 10% weeds now (Yay!)

Here is our garden. We have 7 types of tomatoes planted, 4 types of peppers (Jalapeños, Anaheim's, Bell, and Habenero's), zucchini, yellow zucchini, yellow crookneck, banana squash, and brussel sprouts. On our side garden, we have peas, carrots, onions, chives, green onions, radishes, and lettuce. Hopefully we will be able to feast on our garden this year! We even have some tomatoes already ripening up. Virginia is very excited to be able to have fresh garden tomatoes again!

So there you have it, our yard. Two years and counting. Hopefully in another two, it will be just how I want it! Nice and green with no weeds.