To Our 14 Readers:

Rebecca is pregnant. There, I said it, its out there, enjoy! We have a rough due date of early March. So with this tidbit of information, we need everyone's help (all 14 of you!) The current vehicle we have is going to be too small. We are curious what all of you, that have three car seats or more to tote around, are driving. Good or bad, give us the lowdown. There are however, some conditions. I absolutely refuse to drive a minivan. No offense to those that drive them, I am sure they are great vehicles, I just can't do it. Something in my genes I think. Any other cars, trucks, motorcycles, scooters-okay you are right, no scooters!- apply here. We will have three kids in car seats and need something that will work for us. Granted, we have some ideas, but really want to hear from you guys. What else can I update you on about Rebecca? Oh yes, another thing relating to being pregnant, we will not have any pregnancy tickers or fetal photos placed on the blog, again, no offense to those that do it, but don't expect it from us, okay? It just kind of creeps me out.

Rebecca finished the new Mormon Vampire book in about 1.75 days. It is sometimes annoying how she can't put any book down for 5 minutes. Remember that she is on a quest to read 52 books in 52 weeks, well, I am guessing she will have double that done-but we will see. Her garden is growing awesome. We have enjoyed a couple of grape tomatoes from it, as well as a cucumber. No pictures this time. I forgot to take some current ones. Instead, here is a picture of her at a recent Bees baseball game with some friends of ours, the Robinson's, and the Jensen's are back behind Rebecca who is square in the middle. (The Picture is up higher!)

Speaking of baseball, I am so excited because our kids finally made it through an entire game and actually had a good time. I am a huge baseball fan, to those that can't guess that on their own. Another cool thing about this that makes Daddy proud, is that one of the bedtime songs my children love to sing now before going to bed is now "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." One of the two songs you will hear me sing in public. (The other being the National Anthem.)

Ok, the kids: Tierra first I guess. Did I already mention she took swimming lessons this summer? If not, she did. She had a blast. She took level one and passed easily and took level two and didn't pass. This is a good thing because they are actually very strict with their requirements. Granted it is not Navy Seal Training, but at least I know she will get something out of the time and money it takes to get her there. I am not exactly sure what she lacked in level two, but we will get her back in sometime. She is excited to start preschool again as well. She misses the kindergarten deadline by two weeks. She turns 5 in mid September. Last night she did sit ups with me, she did about 15 really good sit ups. It was so funny. She was all tight faced, and grunting. The picture is another one of Tierra's poses. All I do is get the camera out and Tierra goes into action.


Eli turned 3 a few weeks back, but I think I already said that. He has really taken to watching movies. He loves watching Baby Einstein movies. He liked Pirates of the Carribean. He watches Disney's Aristocats at least once a day. He likes a lot of the different Disney ones we have as well. He is also quite the copycat. He says everything Tierra does. Right after Tierra asks a question and gets the answer, Eli is right there asking the same question. He sometimes makes me feel like I am living a scene out of Groundhogs Day (All time classic and favorite movie, if you have not seen it, rent it now!) He does the same thing every morning when I get ready for work. Asks the same question everyday, like what I am doing when I put deodorant on? Why do you do that? (comb hair), holds my towel til I get out of the shower,etc. I admit, if it were happening to someone else, I would laugh my butt off. The pictures are of him being cool and him riding the slip and slide at Great Grandma's House.

As for me...busy time at work right now. I have a lot of huge projects going on. Our department participates in every city event or celebration, and as far as the West Battalion goes, it is my job to coordinate, facilitate, organize and schedule. It can become quite a pain in the butt because all of our staffing is done by guys on their off days, and sometimes people just don't want to work their day off, even though they get paid overtime for it. Anyway, that's work for now. I do get some fun things out of it, like last Saturday when we played the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office in a "friendly" softball game. This was the second annual game. We won last year, so naturally I talked a lot of crap to the guys I know this year. Well, they beat us. Needless to say I have had to eat a lot of crow this week. Even tonight at one of the City Council meetings (I have to attend as part of my job) I got a few jabs. They only beat us 18-17. The included picture is of me about to field a grounder which I am sure led to a cop getting out! If you are interested in seeing all the pictures, go here: http://www.pbase.com/unifiedfire/cops_v_firefighters_08 The pictures are taken by a Captain for our fire department that does it as a hobby. If you need a password to view the pics, email me and I will give it to you, but I think he has removed the password requirement.


Other than that, things are normal. We are doing good. Rebecca is a little sick, but is overall doing better on this pregnancy than the first two. We just got a new Bishop last week, so I have a gut feeling that in the next few weeks, maybe months, both of our callings will change. I have wondered if it is possible to tell them no when they call you in to get released? I want to stay in Scouts a little longer because the boys I have worked with the last 4 years are all very near to getting their Eagle. I want to see that through.

Well, drop us a line and let us know how things are in your neck of the world.