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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Illinois to Oregon
Our 5 years in Illinois went so much faster than I thought they would when we first started out. They were wonderful years, but we are excited for Nate to be done with school!
We loaded up our stuff in U-Haul boxes so we wouldn't have to drive a truck across the country and headed out of Illinois on May 22nd.
I first felt Jessica moving inside me when we drove from Utah to Illinois almost 5 years ago. Now we left Illinois (in the same Buick--it lasted through grad school!!) with our back seat full of our 3 beautiful girls.
We must have taken at the beginning of the trip, looking at how content every one looks.
We had a couple big challenges on the trip:
1-Sarah isn't a fan of the car, and when she was awake, she was crying. The car didn't put her to sleep, but being bounced or swung in her car seat sometimes worked, so we had to stop often and Nate would swing her car seat around--I was amazed at his patience!!
2-Keeping Jessica and Emily from waking Sarah up when she was asleep. We tried to bring lots of tricks, but they wore out after awhile.
For Emily we had our most success with snacks, she ate a lot on the trip! Here is a picture of Jessica's favorite toys on the trip.
She entertained herself for hours making dresses for her dolls out of paper towels and packing tape. I had to rip off lots of pieces of tape and hand them back, but it was worth it--a lot easier than it would have been for me to keep them out of Sarah's car seat.
Emmy just wanted pieces of tape to put on like band-aids or to put on Sarah's car seat, or other places in the car!
We usually just stopped whenever Sarah was sad and drove when she was asleep, so the girls would just play in the grass or rocks by the side of the road, and we would pass by the exciting places. We did stop at Little America in Wyoming though and got ice cream cones!
We got to stop in Utah for a week and spend time with family--hooray!! Nate's Aunt Ruth made our girls darling princess dresses, which they have been running around in ever since.
We got to spend time with all of Nate's immediate family in Logan and then all of my immediate family in Salt Lake--it was wonderful!
They were all there together for Sarah's blessing, which was really special!
Jessi also made herself some shoes on our way to Oregon. We made it from Utah to Oregon in just one day, although we stopped 10 or 11 times! We made it here to Hillsboro, and are enjoying our new apartment.
The hot tub is really just warm, so Nate has taken the girls there many times, and they have had so much fun!!
I first felt Jessica moving inside me when we drove from Utah to Illinois almost 5 years ago. Now we left Illinois (in the same Buick--it lasted through grad school!!) with our back seat full of our 3 beautiful girls.
We must have taken at the beginning of the trip, looking at how content every one looks.
We had a couple big challenges on the trip:
1-Sarah isn't a fan of the car, and when she was awake, she was crying. The car didn't put her to sleep, but being bounced or swung in her car seat sometimes worked, so we had to stop often and Nate would swing her car seat around--I was amazed at his patience!!
2-Keeping Jessica and Emily from waking Sarah up when she was asleep. We tried to bring lots of tricks, but they wore out after awhile.
For Emily we had our most success with snacks, she ate a lot on the trip! Here is a picture of Jessica's favorite toys on the trip.
She entertained herself for hours making dresses for her dolls out of paper towels and packing tape. I had to rip off lots of pieces of tape and hand them back, but it was worth it--a lot easier than it would have been for me to keep them out of Sarah's car seat.
Emmy just wanted pieces of tape to put on like band-aids or to put on Sarah's car seat, or other places in the car!
We usually just stopped whenever Sarah was sad and drove when she was asleep, so the girls would just play in the grass or rocks by the side of the road, and we would pass by the exciting places. We did stop at Little America in Wyoming though and got ice cream cones!
We got to stop in Utah for a week and spend time with family--hooray!! Nate's Aunt Ruth made our girls darling princess dresses, which they have been running around in ever since.
We got to spend time with all of Nate's immediate family in Logan and then all of my immediate family in Salt Lake--it was wonderful!
They were all there together for Sarah's blessing, which was really special!
Jessi also made herself some shoes on our way to Oregon. We made it from Utah to Oregon in just one day, although we stopped 10 or 11 times! We made it here to Hillsboro, and are enjoying our new apartment.
The hot tub is really just warm, so Nate has taken the girls there many times, and they have had so much fun!!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Congratulations, Dr. Jack!!
Nate did it, he graduated with his Ph.D.!! 5 years ago, we thought this day would never come, but it did, and it was so wonderful!
I am so proud of Nate, he worked so hard, and sacrificed so much for his family, and with the Lord's help we made it!
Nate's parents came to celebrate with us, and we had a wonderful time together!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Introducing...Sarah Jack!!
Dr. Jack preparing for the surgery...well he just watched...some of it.
Sarah waited until the scheduled C-section to come, so we got to go to the hospital for a lot of preparation!
All went well with the surgery and Sarah was born at 12:30pm and weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces!
She has more hair than our other girls did and it is dark like Nate's...we'll see how long it lasts.
Her sisters were very excited to meet her. Jessica is saying, "ooooooooooooh she is too tiny teeny!"
Emily is super cute with her and always has something to tell me that Sarah is doing (or questions about why she is doing something or other.)
Easter Sunday at the hospital.
The Easter bunny found our house a little late this year, when everyone was home together again!
The older girls were a little more excited than Sarah was.
It is amazing how much we love our precious little girl when she has just arrived. She is an angel!
Sarah waited until the scheduled C-section to come, so we got to go to the hospital for a lot of preparation!
All went well with the surgery and Sarah was born at 12:30pm and weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces!
She has more hair than our other girls did and it is dark like Nate's...we'll see how long it lasts.
Her sisters were very excited to meet her. Jessica is saying, "ooooooooooooh she is too tiny teeny!"
Emily is super cute with her and always has something to tell me that Sarah is doing (or questions about why she is doing something or other.)
Easter Sunday at the hospital.
The Easter bunny found our house a little late this year, when everyone was home together again!
The older girls were a little more excited than Sarah was.
It is amazing how much we love our precious little girl when she has just arrived. She is an angel!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Celebrating Early
Since our baby is coming so soon and I will be in the hospital during Easter and Nate's birthday we have been celebrating early this week!!
Monday we died Easter eggs.
Today the girls and I made a cake for Nate.
We sang to him and let him blow the candles out early!!
Coming soon.......baby pictures!!!!
Monday we died Easter eggs.
Today the girls and I made a cake for Nate.
We sang to him and let him blow the candles out early!!
Coming soon.......baby pictures!!!!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Dr. Jack....almost
Nate defended his dissertation last Friday!! I got to go see him, which was pretty exciting! He got up in front of his committee (four professors who decide if he is eligible for a Ph.D.), students in his research group, and me, and talked for about 1 1/2 hours about his dissertation. I, of course, didn't understand much of it, but he did a really good job. One professor, especially asked him a lot of questions and he answered them all very well. Besides his own adviser, none of the professors had any changes for him to make--pretty amazing.
What an accomplishment to put together 5 years worth of work in a 130+ page dissertation and he's almost done...
Way to go Nate!! I'm so proud of you!
What an accomplishment to put together 5 years worth of work in a 130+ page dissertation and he's almost done...
Way to go Nate!! I'm so proud of you!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Goodbye Nauvoo
It has been so wonderful to be close to Nauvoo for the past 5 years and we have been to visit many times. We went this past weekend for probably the last time.
We saw several bald eagles on our drive by the Mississippi!
February 4, 1846 was the day the saints began the exodus from Nauvoo, so Saturday morning we got to participate in a reenactment of the exodus. We each wore a name of someone who was part of the exodus and walked from the cultural hall down to the Mississippi River. It was raining on us and pretty chilly, but I can't imagine what it would have been like for the pioneers outside in the freezing weather with only wagons and tents for shelter! We are so grateful for the strength and faith of the early pioneers and our ancestors who passed through so many trials for the gospel's sake and that because of them we are blessed to have the gospel.
We saw several bald eagles on our drive by the Mississippi!
February 4, 1846 was the day the saints began the exodus from Nauvoo, so Saturday morning we got to participate in a reenactment of the exodus. We each wore a name of someone who was part of the exodus and walked from the cultural hall down to the Mississippi River. It was raining on us and pretty chilly, but I can't imagine what it would have been like for the pioneers outside in the freezing weather with only wagons and tents for shelter! We are so grateful for the strength and faith of the early pioneers and our ancestors who passed through so many trials for the gospel's sake and that because of them we are blessed to have the gospel.
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