So much as happened since my last post. I guess the first major event was finding out that we were expecting another baby. I am due with baby #2 next month! My official due date is July 10th, but you know I would definitely be okay if baby decided to come a bit earlier than that. Also, we found out that baby #2 is a little girl. I am so excited to be adding a little girl to our family. Kason is already so cute with "Be-be." He loves to kiss my belly and call his sister by name, he also loves to throw all of his stuff into her crib for some reason. I hope these last 2 and 1/2 weeks fly by! We are so anxious to welcome the new baby into our home.
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| Kind of being shy and not wanting to show her face. |
The next major event was getting to spend Christmas in Croatia. It was so fun to be able to spend almost 3 weeks with Jake's parents and siblings. We were able to see and do so many fun things while we were there. There are some really beautiful sights in that part of the world that we were lucky enough to be able to see. The traveling over there was a bit of a stress. We had Kason who was 14 months old at the time and it was a tad bit stressful trying to travel 20 hours with a toddler. We had multiple layovers, a canceled flight, and hours spent waiting in line, but we finally made it, and considering the circumstances, Kason did really quite well.
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| Cathedral in Centar |
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| Christmas Decor in Centar |
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| Lake Bled in Slovenia |
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| Such a sweet picture! |
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| Lake Bohinj in Slovenia |
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| Adriatic Coast in Zadar, Croatia |
After returning from Croatia we spent time with family. We enjoyed having Jake's siblings visit us the month of February. Almost every weekend we had someone staying with us and it was so much fun. We really miss getting to spend time with the Grant family now that my in-laws are in Europe. We don't get to see everyone as much, and it is so fun when we get the opportunity to do so. Jake's brother was married in April and we were able to see everyone again for the wedding festivities. We also got to attend the Saturday morning session of General Conference while we were up there, what a neat experience that was!
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| Family picture at the SLC temple |
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| Saturday morning session of General Conference |
Jake graduated with his Bachelor's and Master's of Accounting degrees at the beginning of May. I am so proud of him and all of his hard work. He has balanced school work, working part-time, and being a father and a husband so gracefully. He has accomplished so much the last few years and it is great to see him succeeding. It is so so so great to be at the finish line of school. Even though I graduated a couple of years ago, it has still felt a bit like I have been in school with Jake. I worry along with him when he has a test or a lot of homework, I also read and edit any papers he writes.
The last few months have been a little more quiet. We are just anticipating and getting ready for new baby. Jake is working on his last few summer classes and doing so well. We are also getting excited to move in September. We are starting to think about places to live in Las Vegas and getting a new car to get us down there. We just found out today that our beast of a Saturn is finally in its final days. The transmission has been going out on it for the last four years and we were told that the car would not make it more than a year. Well here we are four years later and it is finally really about to die. We were hoping the car would get us through school and sure enough, it did! We took it in for an oil change just today and the mechanic said the car was not even worth an oil change, he recommended just driving it until it dies, or selling it to a junk yard. What a good car the Saturn has been, but it is time to move on. Big changes coming soon!
