SO BEHIND

I am SOOOOOO behind on blogging! Alot has been happening but I'll have to skip alot of details here.
I'm 16 weeks along and starting to feel better. Still occasionally nauseated and super tired - though a little less so than before. Our whole family is getting over a terrible cold. LAME. I think we're all on the mend though!
My mom came to visit and help at the beginning of this month and the boys had a great time! She was a great help and I was able to get some extra rest as well as accomplish things that are especially tricky if I have to take the boys along.
The weather has been a little nicer some days and so we have been able to get out more and to the playground which the boys love. Only trick is getting them home!
A couple weeks ago Jared accepted the position of part time worship pastor at Word of Life Church in Lynden (about 25 minutes from us). It's a long story but we felt God leading us to this next step and are extreemly grateful and excited about it for many reasons. At the same time it was super hard to leave Christ the King. I worked there a couple years and we attended for over three. Jared led worship there for a couple years (as a volunteer - CTK has a great worship pastor). They commissioned him during the service this weekend and that was hard/sad but we know this is the right thing. I also know that I see most of my CTK friends outside of the services anyway and we can always pop in on a Sat night so it's all good :) Jared will not be away from home much if any more than he currently was since he will no longer be volunteering at CTK which is also a blessing. Please pray for us in this exciting new venture.

On Jared's last night leading at CTK I took the boys in for the music because they love it - it's just hard to keep them still and quite that long. They did well and made it to almost the last song before I took them to class. On the way home Jackson gave a commentary on the whole evening which is funny because though they talk alot I don't think they've really "told a story" before. It went something like this.... "Big boy class (their new class at church). Sticker on (their name goes on the back of their shirt in sunday school). Igic on (music on). Daddy winging mucklebone (daddy singing microphone) Igic off (music off). Daddy eating rice (we had thai food after). Daddy all done. Daddy o car (daddy's in the other car)." It was pretty funny to listen to. He went through it several times to be sure we understood all the details :)
Speaking of "Mucklebones" In Jared's recording closet he has microphone stands. The boys know what they are and associate them with an actual microphone. One night Jared was on the computer and they went in there to sing on the microphone (even though there was no actual microphone and they sang into the wrong end :)) Here they are in action.


As I said, my mom visited earlier this month and here are some pictures from that...


Here are the boys eating pizza with their pal, Aubrey...


We were out the other night and Jaden got to wear a "cowboy hat" for a little while....


The boys have been learning to count to 10. Sometimes they do it on their own and soemtimes want to repeat us. They often get hung up on the number 3 for some reason but other than that they do quite well. Here they are...


My dad will be coming out in a couple weeks to visit and help which will be nice and then Jared and I are going to Vegas for several days in April. We are so looking forward to it. We haven't been away together in over 2 years and it will probably be that before we have a chance again. We'll get to visit my grandparents to which will be a special bonus! They boys will stay with Jared's parents.

The boys have been pretending alot which is SO funny. They often pretend to be making potatos which I think is funny. They also have become more attached to their teddy bears and blankets when they are sleeping or tired.

Well, that's all I can think of for now. I'll try to do better at updating, but we'll see how that goes.