Baby boy

I went to the doc and the ultra sound said the baby is a boy. I feel so blest. Sammi definitely will feel protected. The measurements said another week so the due date could be pushed back to Dec. 10. I don't like that! Tyler measured small too and they didn't move the due date. The doc said he will induce because of Joe's schedule.

My Dad came to visit

My Dad came to Indiana. He came with his girlfriend and her daughter. They are very nice. The kids and I met then here and went to the park so the kids could ride their bikes. Sam fell a lot and sried a lot. We just got home from St Louis and ate some lunch. 6 hrs in a car is tiering. We went to a chinese rest. for dinner and came home and showed GP Sam's baptism video. Then they left. We went the next day to go visit them and Nancy's Moms property is sure beautiful. Someday... We went to the fair and the kids went on rides. Sam went on some rides I thought she would never go on and most I didn't want her to go on. My heart was beating probably just as fast as hers on some of them. I was fine, she was with people I trusted and they fely comfortable with the responsibility. I just don't trust carni rides. The had tons of fun on the bumper cars and John drove his. He loved it and could have stayed there all day. Adam loved seing Grandpa almost hurl on the one ride I made him go on with the kids. I really think they could all have. Johnny wanted to go on one last ride and we were too late he was so sad.
We went back and fished at the lake for a while it rained while we fished. we didn't catch anything but we all had tons of fun and loved getting cooled off by all the rain.
The next day Joe joined us and we went back out to Nancy's Mom's house for a lovely bbq and met some of her family. They are really nice. Her mom crochets blankets they are amazing. I am glad Joe got to see my dad and and glad he got to meet Nancy. It is nice to have him meet her. It is very nice to have people meet face to face. I thing that is also why my dad came out. I really enjoyed seeing my dad and I know the kids enjoyed it too. I didn't talk to him as much as I'd like to but life has so many distractions, mine seem to be all under age 8.

St. Louis

St. Louis was fun we decided to go to a trade show of tree stuff. It wasnt exactly a trade show. It was a international competition for tree climbers. It was very fun to watch. Those competing would have certian spots to go to in the tree and it would be timed. Sam and Adam were able to go in the trees and climb over two days they went three times. Adam got blisters on his hands. He never gave up even when he had to advance the rope, he did it with two fingers.
The weather was very hot and humid and we decided to stand under the fire engine and get cool from the water it sprayed. That really took the edge off.
The competion was in an amazing park. People say everything is free. We went to the zoo two times. the first time only for an hour and a half and the next day for all day. The admission is free, unless you wanted to see something special, like the the sea lions, the train, childrens zoo etc. We decided to see the sea lions. Everyone liked it. I had a friend go with me to the zoo the second day named Debbie. She sure helped keep track of them with me. I met her through Joe's work. Wife of another tree guy. We get along and spent all the dinners and stuff together.
I am glad we went and had fun. I would love to have a park like that in my town. I just didn't love the city. You really need to know your way around to not get lost and end up in a bad part of town. Really hard to do. We were there at night with our get gas light coming on. :)
we really did have fun and we bought a kids harness and helmet and will continue the climbing when we get home. Johnny really wants to get up there too.

I had this picture on my phone for quite some time obviously. We were still in Glenrock.

All is well. I really don't have much to say. My Dad should be coming to visit in a few days and everyone is excited to see him. I think it is nice to see family.

I have not been very motivated to do things lately. I really have to motivate myself to clean and do house hold chores. The humidity is something I am not used to. Now that Sam can ride her bike, I have taken the kids to the park a couple of times and run with Tyler to keep up. I am glad she is riding now. It gives me another reason to make myself get out and let her ride. I also think the running is going to help me sleep better. I really don't sleep well when Joe is gone.

I have been craving foods this pregnancy. I have not with the others. I also had symptoms of pregnancy with all the others except this one so must be a trade off. The first was baked potato, butter, and cottage cheese. Now its california rolls. wierd !

We gave our welcome to the new ward talks on Sunday. Sooo glad they are over! I taught the Sunbeams also and I hope I have the patience. I know I will but I think I will need extra help.

Sammi rode her bike!

Sammi rode her bike today. Started, stopped and all in between all by her self. We are so happy. I know It's a little late, but she was so scared. She also accomplished jumping in the deep end this year too. We are so happy for her and are excited how much confidence it has given her. On one of the passes, she told me MOM! I RODE MY BIKE ON ONLY TWO SPECIAL TRIPS. IT DIDN'T TAKE ME VERY LONG AT ALL!
I am glad she thought it didn't take very long. I sure hope she will be motivated to do the next thing tons faster.

vacation

we went on a lovely vacation to Tennesee. We went to a hotel for the first few days because we didn't know where to go in the Smokies. We didn't realize it was the same town as Dollywood. It felt like Vegas on the strip and not a relaxing vacation like we wanted. We were able to get to the mountains, and it rained pretty much the entire time. We decided to spend the last two nights in a hotel in Ashford North Carolina. It is beautiful all over there. We went there to see the Biltmore. It is the largest home in America. It was amazing to see. Four acres of just home and on 9000 acres. I have pictures of our trip but Joe has the camera.
I am so glad we went the kids didn't care that the weather was awful. They sat in the rain sitting on wet chairs just having fun out side. They got upset when we told them we were going to pack up and head to a hotel. They asked if we could camp when we got to the hotel. I think they forgot about camping when we jumped in the pool. We had great bonding time and it was so needed. Joe saw how obsessed Adam can be. All Adam talked about was carving, pocket knifes, making a pocket knife out of wood.... We had a talk about letting our minds think of other things and to block out things that can be distracting. I really think he got it. Then and hour would pass and he would bring up it again and Sam would say is that a distraction to what we are doing right now? I love those little helpers. When we got to the hotel the tv came on before the pool time and Adam said to Joe, no distractions now turn that off we are going to go swimming and he wasn't about to miss a time in the pool.