Scare

Since my miscarriage this spring Grayson and I have wary of this new pregnancy. Thursday morning I woke up and started spotting. Of course I freaked. After a call to the doctor they scheduled a ultrasound for early Friday and then I was to have an appoint. in the afternoon with my OBGYN. Since I had some mild cramping too and this felt just like how my last miscarriage had gone I pep talked myself all Thursday night to just accept the inevitable. So yesterday morning I walked into the ultrasound and told the tech I was positive I had miscarried and needed a confirmation. So she started poking around and low and behold the baby was totally fine. It even somersaulted a couple times just to prove its point. I am still flabbergasted today. They couldn't find any particular reason why I was spotting but everything looked normal so they decided it was probably implantation bleeding. This is not a guarantee towards a continued pregnancy but it sure gave me a unexpected kick in the butt...so Thanks again Heavenly Father, you really know how to throw the curve balls! (and I mean that respectfully!)

Cute Day

Sometimes there are those days when you really get your kids looking cute.

Justyna Visits

Before Fall session started, Justyna hitched a ride with us down to Las Vegas where Grayson decided to surprise me with a trip to see Phantom of the Opera for my birthday. It was awsome. Of course. Then she came back up with us for a couple weeks and spent some time with Adalei. As you can tell, Adalei loved that!

Funny Girl

One day Grayson and I were walking to the park and Adalei was off running ahead of us. Grayson was watching her and said, "Well, at least she runs like a girl." I started laughing because she twists and twirls, hops around and does anything but run in a straight determined line. We tried to take pictures, but they don't quite do her girly run justice.

Do your kids love your bed? Adie loved re-arranging our pillows. She makes forts, climbs over and under them and will spend quite a bit of time wrestling with her Dad all over the place.

Reed's Dairy Days

There is a large dairy store next to where Grayson's parents live and once a year they do "Dairy Days". Can you tell we live in a hick town when we are excited about this!??! However, they do have the most amazing ice cream and chocolate milk I have ever had. hands down.
They had all sorts of brand new baby animals, horse rides, samples, balloons, fiddlers, and races. It was really fun and Adalei tried to bring home a couple new pets.

Mini Update

Yes, Yes, I know I am a slacker! We have been so busy, this summer with my job and now that Grayson is back in school and going like crazy trying to finish this last "book year". Adalei keeps getting taller and although she adds a few more words to her vocab hasn't started really yaking up a storm ...yet! So here is my little question of the day- next year Grayson will be doing "rotations" (basically his residency) and we have to choose where to go. It is all a toss up of course, but if it was you and you had to move, which of these cities would you choose to go?
Reno, Nevada
Coeurdalene, Idaho
Boise, Idaho
Mind you, these are the only choices. We can't go back to Hawaii. (sniffle, sob, sigh.)

Summertime

Wow- is it just me or does it seem like summer just flies by?? Grayson and I went down to Utah (thanks for the crash Colleen!) to meet up with my family and drop Justyna off at BYU-Provo. She was pretty nervous but, of course, has instantly made friends and started to party just like a normal Freshman! My parents then came up for a visit after they dropped her off and later left for MN. Then Grayson's whole family came into town for the 4th of July celebration. And then our friends Abby and Daniel came for a quick visit. And then I studied and took my PRAXIS test for my biology Idaho teaching license. And I have been working this property management job and Grayson has been working and job shadowing. So, yeah. Flying by.