Life...oliviadadada

Well we are so glad that Jaron is done studying!! He took his test on Friday from 7:45- 5pm with a one hour lunch break. It was pretty hard. The first 4 hours he breezed through but the last 4 hours were quite challenging. We'll find out pretty soon if he passed. yeah today in 2009 with a multiple choice test, it will take 3 months for the Engineering Board to grade his exam! so crazy. but at least we can hang out again and watch the Office and work outside together and sleep through the night without awakening with anxiety!! I'm so excited our garden is in and Jaron installed a drip irrigation system. Pictures are coming soon! Wish us luck!!

So today in the car Olivia goes, "Mom, maybe when Daddy gets home he can figure out where I got this booboo on my leg from. He's really smart Mom. He's the smartest one in our family. He's even smarter than you Mom".

really Olivia, why do you think Daddy is smarter that me?

" Because he's an engineer Mom".

Yep, Daddy's really smart.


Last month she told me that someday she was going to get married and have a baby. I go, "Olivia and guess what, I will be her grandma!!"

No, Mommy, you will be her babysitter.

Sprinkler Day

Well the weather has been gorgeous the last two days (after 40 degree windy rain/snow!) so we are really happy! what a run on sentence! geez! So today the girls and I played outside, planted some lettuce and parsley and dill and then Olivia goes, "Mom! Can you turn on the sprinkler for us???" so they ran and got on their suits and played for around an hour in the sprinkler. Ellie doesn't really like getting wet lately so she kept crying when her swimsuit and her hair got wet. She's in a little OCD phase. but she still had fun! One nice thing about living in a warmer climate! Can't beat swimming outside in April! Oh and as we speak Jaron is putting our boxes in the garden for square foot gardening. It's supposed to rain tomorrow. so here I am updating our blog! ha! Well my tummy is starting to pooch. For those extremely interested, I'll post some pictures as soon as I take some!! love ya! Leslie

Our Budding Photographer

Our little Olivia has discovered the joys of photography!! So now we have hundreds of funny, odd pictures. Here are a few that she took of Ellie, herself and her friends Natasha and Nicole! Now we know what they are doing when they won't let me come and play with them.

Cousins!!

My dad and I. I really needed that shoulder rub! and who could live without their sisters! not me!

Classic Jaron shot. Kari, you are so cute!

Olivia, Kari and Ellie love each other!! We were lucky enough to go to Texas a few weeks ago for my niece Kaia's baptism. It was def worth the drive. The service was very spiritual. My dad gave an awesome talk on the Holy Ghost, Kaia was only dunked once and we had some really good family time. We missed my mom and Dave and Emily of course. Anne cooked some good BBQ ribs and we all slept on air mattresses on her house!! It was great. Jaron ended up going last minute. He changed his mind at 7 am the morning I was leaving. He's so sweet!!

Thank goodness he came too because we got a flat tire in Lafayette and even though I learned how to change a tire in Young Women's I really was glad my skills didn't have to be put to the test. So two tires, two hundred dollars and three hours later we were back on the road to Texas! It was quite the drive (12 1/2 hours) but worth the adventure and family time!!

Good News!!

Well, I just wanted to make an official announcement on my blog today....some of you already know but some of you don't!! So here it is......drum roll, Pam.......

I'm pregnant! Yay! Baby #3 will be coming supposedly on October 18. We shall see. So far I feel really hungry. The weird metallic taste has almost left my mouth and as long as I eat continuously whatever I'm craving or feel like eating at the time, I feel great. My belly is already getting a little fat. okay it already was!! ha ha!

Well there you go!! Olivia is convinced it's a girl and her name will be Maggie. Ellie wants to name her Lucy. If it's a boy (which it isn't according to Olivia), they will name him Peter. after Peter Pan. Love ya!!

Birthday Pictures

Here are a few pictures from Olivia's birthday party! We did face painting and painted nails and dressed up! The girls and the lone Prince William had a great time. He mostly stayed in the playroom away from all the chaos and princesses. Sorry I forgot to take a picture of the cake! woops! Olivia and her friends opened up all her presents in 30 seconds flat. It was amazing.