Spring Break and Easter 2017

All the kids enjoyed a Cheese Ben with Grandpa!

The kids had a good walk on the river trail with Grandpa and Grandma!

This is what I got when I told Henrik to smile for Grandpa.

Easter egg hunt at Grandma's.

Blowing bubbles with Grandpa on his new cement.

We're Having a Baby!

 To tell the kids about the baby we played some of the old baby shower games. Diaper a monkey, figure out what's in the diaper, etc. We asked them why they thought we were playing those games and they had no idea. So, we gave them certificates of promotion to Big Sister Level 2 and Big Brother. They still didn't get it. Finally, we just told them we were having a baby. They still didn't believe us. It took a few minutes to click. And then, it took a couple hours to sink in. After they got on board, they immediately started picking out names, deciding the gender, and became my little mother hens. This is going to be one of our greatest adventures yet!

Jake built the baby an amazing gliding cradle. It's so perfect and pretty. While I am still living in a world of disbelief myself, he did this to show me that he believes it and it's really going to happen. I'm grateful that he's letting me go through my own process of getting rid of fear and daring to be excited.

 

The kids have put the cradle through extensive testing. The few baby things we have are all in working order and have been nicely broken in. The monkey has had several bottles and Baymax has been diapered.

Valentine's Day 2017

Abbi chose a great new dress for her Valentine's Dance at school. She looks so grown up!

Noah chose some new church clothes because he also likes to look nice.

Our milk was pink and our toast was heart shaped for Valentine's breakfast.

Beautiful flowers were delivered to my work from my sweetheart!

Jake bought me lots of cute new clothes and arranged for a very special night out. We dressed up and went to Salt Lake for a reservation at a little Italian place. I loved every minute!

And, we had a date the very next night to see Jake's co-worker's band and the Bar J Wranglers! Two dates in one weekend!

Build Your Blog Conference

Right before the conference, I won a ticket from the Six Sisters! My boss was so nice and gave me the time off, last minute. The BYBC was held at the Marriott at City Creek in Salt Lake City. I was kind of nervous to go because I was alone but I've also been putting a lot of time into working on the Fruitland Home blog so I was really excited to go to the classes and learn more.

My sisters met me for dinner on Friday night and I over with them that night. Anne was nice and drove me back to the conference in the morning.

 

The little doodle was a reminder to write a post about being a friend to others who are alone. I was feeling kind of dorky by myself, ended up accidentally eating garbage and realized it would have been funny if I wasn't alone.

the Tracy 2017 profile