Thank you oh so very much for having such insanely amazing insurance coverage. We love you.
Sincerely Grateful,
An Expectant Mother*
*person that knows next to nothing about insurance but is rapidly learning

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Yesterday at church during class, one of our Sunbeams jumped out of his chair and declared that he needed to “pee.” I rushed him to the bathroom, gave him his privacy and he did his business. He came out of the stall and declared he had “some more pee in there.” So back in he [...]

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A little while back, Dan (Steven’s older brother) and Scott (brother right under Steven) came for an extended weekend visit. Steven was still in Oklahoma their first day here, so I took them around to what touristy sites we have to offer. Saturday we hit up Chapel Hill and Maple View Farm in Hillsborough…yummy ice [...]

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Saturday night, Husband and I had tickets to the touring performance of Fiddler on the Roof with the original Tevye from the movie in his farewell tour.
We made it to our seats right as the house lights were going down; Topol (Tevye) was hilarious and on point, the music was overwhelming and the entire performance [...]

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Steven and I are thrilled, ecstatic and any other fabulous verb you can think of to announce that…
WE’RE HAVING A BABY!
That’s right folks, yours truly currently has the cutest little heir apparent growing in her tummy! We went to the doctor yesterday for our first appointment, because of a previous experience we had no idea [...]

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Steven’s youngest brother, Robert affectionately referred to as Bobbo, got his mission call last night! We were there via webcam for the exciting news…he’s serving in the Washington Everett mission English speaking!!!!!
This is perfect for Bobbo, in fact, it’s where he picked on our google map of guesses. He reports to the Missionary Training Center [...]

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the Bowman family is finally welcoming a baby girl into the mix! That’s right, after 5 nephews, Benj & Gretch will be bringing the first niece into the posse. We’re excited but don’t quite know what to do with ourselves.
They had the Dr. write the sex on a card and seal it in an envelope. [...]

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On Sunday, one of our Sunbeams (3-4 year old class) reached into his mini-backpack and handed us this:

He made it that morning to give to us; it also helps that he is one of the sweetest, cutest kids. I have no idea what the ‘W’ is for…maybe winner as in winner teachers?

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Some of you may have read/heard the news about HBO’s show Big Love showing detailed scenes of the LDS temple ceremony and clothing. When I first read it, my stomach got upset. I was frustrated that a) the sacred ceremony would be exploited for ratings and b) on a show about polygamy of all things. [...]

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Husband is in Okieland: grillin out with my dad, playin with my babies, chattin with mi familia, cruisin on my streets and eatin at Ted’s…
and I’m in North Carolina.
Isn’t there something wrong with this picture?

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