5 Years

Happy 5th anniversary to us. Going through my pictures made me realize we hardly have any of the 2 of us. We do have a family picture we had taken about 2 months ago, but we never ordered them and I can't put them on here digitally. We've had an interesting year. Clint graduated flight school, we drove 2000 miles straight in a Penske truck with a 6 month old baby and an 8 month old puppy, said goodbye to all our belongings, families and friends, moved to South Korea, celebrated Morgan's first birthday, found out we're having another baby, and now find ourselves once again seperated on our anniversary. I never knew my life would be such an adventure! Happy anniversary Clint. See you next week!

March 12, 2004 Oh to be young again ;)

November 2005
December 2008

Its True

Kids really do say the darnest things. I'm the 2nd counselor in the Primary presidency at church. That means I work with and teach kids between the ages of 3 and 12. Today we had a lesson about the father's role in a family. The teacher explained that a father provides, presides, and protects. While explaining the word preside to the kids, a male teacher said that it kind of means that the father is to LEAD the family. Very innocently and completely seriously, a young boy, probably 8 years old, said, "I thought that was the mom's job."

I was talking and laughing about this after church with a friend of mine and she told me another story.
While teaching about repentence, a teacher explained that anytime we make a really big mistake we can go to the bishop to talk to him and get help. A little girl raised her hand and said, "oh, my dad made the biggest mistake. It was really really bad." Of course everyone is thinking she's about to spill the family secret, when she says, "he went to the movie at the WRONG time!"

I love working with these little kids. They are so pure and so precious. I was scared to death to be in the primary at first, but I love every second of it and these little spirits of God have taught me so much about the pure love of Christ. They love unconditionally, even if they don't know it. I look at Morgan sometimes and I can see how much she loves me, even though I'm probably not as good of a mom as I could be. It amazes me that with all my imperfections she can have such a pure and perfect love for me. We can learn so much by watching children and applying their Christlike attributes to our own lives. I feel very blessed to be able to work with children every Sunday. They rejuvinate me and renew my spirit (while exhausting me all at the same time..lol).

Visiting Teaching Cartoon

Just thought this was cute. Thanks for the laugh Christine!

Helicopters and Tupperware

Whenever Morgan hears a helicopter flying overhead she gets excited and points out the window.

Morgan's new favorite thing to do...play in the Tupperware drawer.

On Sunday she was crawling around with this one on her head only it was covering her eyes. She ran into the cupboards and it left a bruise on her forehead.

Checking out the helicopters as they fly by. She's constantly jabbering these days and I love it. I swear sometimes she says real words, like 'bird' and 'done'. But who knows.

Update

I went to the dr. yesterday (Tuesday). I saw a different dr. because here on post you aren't assigned to a specific dr. you just see whoever is available. Well, this dr. had a completely different explanation for the bleeding. I won't tell you about it cause I'm sure you all don't want to hear about my female parts. But she seemed confident that it was nothing to worry about and that all is well. I'm not sure which dr. to believe. But I'm going to keep taking it easy just in case. She heard the baby's heartbeat and it was nice and strong. Thanks for all your support and concern and prayers. We love you all!

A Long Story...Shortened...Yet Still Long

We had a little scare last night and this morning. There is no such thing as an "on call" nurse here, so my only option was to call the ER, but they aren't allowed to give any advice over the phone. So it was either drive the 30 minutes to the ER or stick it out til morning. I decided to wait because I didn't think there was much they could do for me in the ER.

This morning I got ahold of someone in the OB clinic. I told them what was going on, got yelled at by a nurse for not going to the ER, and then was told to come ASAP to the lab to get some hormone levels drawn. Of course by this time I'm freaking out and totally emotional. Clint didn't have to be to work until 2, so luckily he was there to calm me down. He couldn't go with me to the hospital, but he ended up calling someone from church to go with me because he wanted me to have some support. She met me at the hospital 30 minutes later and I had my blood drawn around 1130. They told me I could see a dr. at 1245.

Went up to the OB clinic at 1245, finally saw the dr at 145. She did an ultrasound, listened to the baby's heartbeat for a minute, printed me a picture, and then said that everything looks okay and should get better within a week or 2. She said I need to take things extremely easy for the next 2 weeks. Too much activity may (or may not) cause more complications. The dr. didn't sound too worried because my hormone levels are very high, but then she said, "if you're gonna miscarry then you're gonna miscarry, no matter what." Which made me feel a little unsure about things.

So, luckily the baby is alive and well at this point. Clint is leaving tomorrow morning for a 3 week training thing up north, so it might be rough to take it easy. I was supposed to have a playdate with the Primary President from church this afternoon and when I called her to cancel and tell her what was happening she offered to find help for me and is going to look for some people willing to drive out here and help me with Morgan and keep me company.

I'm going back to the hospital for another blood test tomorrow and then again on Tuesday next week for a regular appointment.

If you could...just shoot a pray to the big guy upstairs for our little halfbaked bun. We'd really appreciate it.

We feel so blessed to have met so many amazing people here who care about us, worry about us, and are willing to support us in our times of need. We are so fortunate to be members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints, where we have met some wonderful friends who lift us up and strengthen us and guide us in the right direction. Who comfort us and give us a spiritual uplifting when we need it. I know that Heavenly Father sent us to this country for a reason and that He has placed these angels in our lives to teach us and guide us and help us understand the reason we're here. I've learned so much in the last 4 months and I'm sure I'll learn a lot more while we're here. I'm overwhelmed with joy and gratitude for all of the things we've been blessed with in our lives. We ARE very blessed and we know that all things come from our Father in Heaven.

Here's a picture of our little stinker winker. Official due date is September 21st. Kind of funny, its the exact same due date as our first pregnancy.

Military Spouse's Prayer

Lord, Grant me the greatness of heart to see,

The difference in duty and his love for me.

Give me the understanding to know,

That when duty calls he must go.

Give me the patience to know in my heart

That he's serving his country and doing his part.

Give me the strength to carry on

When he's working late or must be gone.

Give me a task to do each day

To fill the time while he is away.

Give me others who can share

The ups and down and who'll really care.

Give me the wisdom to get me through

When I'm not quite sure of what to do.

Lord, while our family is here

Keep us healthy, safe and full of cheer.

And when duty takes him far away

Keep him safe, this I pray.

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My little tiny baby brother got married on February 6. Its been hard for me to have not been able to be there to at least congratulate them and spend some time with them during their special occassion. I thought it might make me feel better to blog about it. So congratulations Tyler and Alicia. Love ya! Hope things are going well and then you're settling in to your new life as Newlyweds.