Well, it's official. We are in the Army! Jason reports for Basic Combat Training February 1, 2010! He is going to Ft. Benning, Georgia for 9 weeks and then goes to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma for his job training for another 10 weeks. July 1 he will be finished and we will report to our first duty station (which we don't know yet). We are very excited for this exciting change! God has opened all of the doors for all of this and we are so thankful! Please keep us in your prayers as we go through these next several months and I will keep you all updated! Thank you!

meRRy ChRistMas

Where has 2009 gone? I can't believe that it is already Christmas again! What a year we have had! We are so thankful for our families and friends. God has richly blessed us each and every year! Looking forward to see where we will be this time in 2010!

SepTemBer To oCtoBer

These last several weeks have been actually, pretty boring! Our lives are pretty mundane this time of year! Our weeks consist of church on Sunday, Bible study on Sunday night, young families group on Mondays, AWANA on Wednesdays and Friday nights with friends.

The past several weeks, Jason has been very seriously considering joining the U.S. Army! He is in the beginning stages - lots of testing and physical screenings. As scary as it seems, we are very excited! We have completely put it in God's hands and if it His will, the right doors will open! Please be praying for our family with many decisions to be made and especially for Jason who is going to be under alot of stress! I am SO proud of him! He is so determined to provide for our family and future!

Jason's brother in law is in the Army as well and at the end of the month his sister is moving to Colorado Springs to be with her husband! Paige and I will be going along to help her move! This month has been devoted to spending time with her and Dylan, her son who is Paige's age, before they leave!


Well, that being our only exciting news, there isn't much to report! :) Here are some pics from the last weeks!

Paige & Dylan - 2 years old

2 years old (already)

Summer and 2!

This summer has been a very big summer for us! We have been keeping cool in the pool! Paige took 3 weeks of swimming lessons and our local pool! We did the parent/tot class to get her used to being in the water without touching! :) She was amazing! She loves going under the water! My dad came with us a few times and she would "dive" under water and get balls from him and various other things! Her favorite thing to do is jump in the pool, climb out, and jump in again. We did lots of that.
Along with swimming lessons, Paige decided she wanted to go potty in the big potty! That was about a month ago and now we are totally in big girl panties (except at night, of course)! It has been quite an experience!
July 31, Paige got her very first haircut! It was mainly a trim, but a haircut nonetheless! :)
August 1, we celebrated Paige's 2nd birthday with a big party! (I know, I know, she's only 2) It was so much fun! We had a small pool party and lots of people over for a BBQ and cake and ice cream and, or course, presents!

iNdEpEnDeNcE dAy

Well, July is here! We celebrated the 4th together this year! :) We woke up early and made the trek downtown for the parade! We were there an hour before it began and barely found a spot! Being there with our daughter brought back memories of all the time we went with my parents as kids! Paige LOVED the big horses and fire trucks (she kept yelling "PAPA!!"when they would pass)! Later in the day we had a BBQ with great friends and played a form of golf and had a big tournament! After the BBQ we wen to Prescott Valley for the fireworks show! Granted, this is not Omaha in my sister's backyard, but they were good nonetheless! God Bless the USA!! We had our family picture taken on this truck when I was little!! :)

Rockin' the shades like her daddy! :)

Daddy's girl

Other milestones this month is Paige has begun potty training! We are in the 2nd week and she is doing GREAT!!! She is running around the house in dresses alot! :) We are still working on the big girl underwear - she has a hard time getting them off! haha It's hard to believe our little girl is old enough for this already! Two years has flown by and I find myself forgetting what it was like to have a newborn! (tear) She keeps life interesting! It's fun to have our conversations in the car and she actually understands all that I'm saying now! What a blessing she is!

MeMoRiAl DaY

It was so nice to have such good quality family time this Memorial Day weekend. Jason wound up having to work on Saturday, so that didn't leave us alot of time to do what we wanted - which was camping. We had a BBQ and got my truck fixed and played cards with friends while the kids played outside! Monday we visited Jason's parents and decided to take a drive to Flagstaff for lunch at Bun Huggers! :) It's a family favorite! What a great day it was! Gorgeous weather. Food. Family. On our way to Flagstaff

Daddy's Girl (eatin' at Bun Huggers)

Andrea & Dylan

Dylan & Paige (cousins)

The ride home from Flagstaff :)

PoOl DaYz!

MaY bEgInS

Well, May is here and it's spring! This past week we watched our trees begin to bloom and birds play all around our house! It's been wonderful to see God's beautiful creation and it's so refreshing. We have even planted a community garden with several neighbors and things have actually started growing already!! It's so fun! This month will be bridal showers and baby births! We are so grateful for all of God's wonderful provisions in the last months! He has been SO good! Paige is growing up so fast and is such a little girl now. She is outgrowing all of her baby traits! It's fun and sad at the same time! We are coming to terms with the fact that she will be 2 in August! She is so much fun and keeps us laughing! She finds new things to mimic from us-like the phone. Apparently I say "ya" alot! :) She is such a joy and a gift! We are so thankful for each and every day with her!

As for #2, it hasn't happened yet, but we are still working on it!:) I have done 3 fertility treatments, now, and we just wait! It's hard to do and sometimes gets very frustrating-especially when we have friends that get pregnant so easily, but we have totally put it in God's hands and know that He is in control! It has really given us a peace.

As May begins, we look forward to another prosperous month!

My new favorite! :)

ReCeNt EvEnTs

Well, April is here and we have already been very busy! The weekend of the 4th, Jason's sister, Andrea got married! Jason, Paige and I were all in the wedding and I sang! It was a great time with family to celebrate marriage!

Jason and I at the wedding! :)

Paige in her wedding attire! :) (she's posing)

After the wedding has come Resurrection Sunday a.k.a. Easter! We were going to go camping with Jason's family, but got wind that it was going to rain, so we decided to just hang out at home! We did go visit for a few hours and yes it did rain - alot! We had a lot of fun sliding off the road in the mud and getting the truck nice and dirty! Once up there, Paige and Dylan enjoyed their time together! They are growing up so fast and it's fun to see the differences in personalities and how different girls and boys really are. Paige does not like mud! Dylan loves it! :) Boys will be boys!

Sunday, we went to church for Easter and although they had an Easter egg hunt, Paige is just a little to young for it and didn't grasp the concept! :) Overall, we had a great weekend and wish we had more like them! God really is good and we praise Him for all He has done for us!