We have had an interesting winter with very little snow that has actually stayed on the ground. Our Christmas wasn't white and we haven't had a chance to go sledding even though Cael has been dying to go to our hill that is nearby. Finally on the 18th of January we woke up to a good amount of snow so we quickly ran out and made a snow man, threw some snowballs and had a great time. The fun lasted about an hour when it began to rain and the snow disappeared except for the snowman piles we had in our front yard. It was fun while it lasted. Now we have a skiff of snow that is covering the ground and temperatures have been freezing cold, which always makes getting Brecon off to Kindergarten in the morning a bit of an ordeal, but we manage to get there in time, most mornings :)
Cael lost another tooth and I finally was the one to pull it out! This usually is a "Daddy" thing and Cael has even been the one to remove a few of his own teeth when they are ready, but somehow Cael let me "wiggle" his tooth and then a sudden movement and it was out. I have to say it felt pretty good to be the one to make a little more room in his mouth for some of his adult teeth to come in. You can tell he was feeling excited about the whole event.
Wrestling started up for Cael and with 3 practices a week PLUS all day meets on Saturdays our weeks have been quite busy. This was the first meet in Bamberg and the kids all loaded up on the bus at 5:30 AM, check-ins were to be before 8:00 and the meet to begin shortly after. A friend picked up Cael to ride on the bus and I loaded up Brecon and Connor after we got everything ready here at the house and into the car. We didn't leave the house until 8:45 and we made it into the gym at 10. I thought I would have missed Cael's first match at least by that time BUT they hadn't even started! I felt good about our late start, but then I realized that the rest of the day was going to be a long one. It was a good thing there was plenty of room for the little guys to run around and I had brought a good supply of sandwiches and fruit and granola bars to keep our tummy's happy for the whole day. Cael had 3 matches that day with the first one at 10:45, the second at 1:45 and the last at 3:45. His last match really was the best one of the day because he had to work hard to escape, get his take-downs, and he won it because he was able to score more points in the last 30 seconds. As soon as his match was over he had to hurry and get back home because I was giving a talk at a baptism at 6:00. It was a busy/slow day (with all the waiting between matches) and then to have it end in a good spiritual way made it all worth it.
Here is a little lunch date with some wonderful ladies we had last week. I have got to remember to tell everyone the SAME time when we are getting together. The guest of honor was at the restaurant a good 1/2 hour before I or any of the other ladies even arrived. It is a good thing we are friends or else I think something like that could make a person upset. It was a good time and good food to break up the usual peanut butter and jam!
AND of course I have been busy taking care of the family AND growing a human! This last Saturday I made the 32 week mark and I am still feeling pretty good most days. There are times when I am just ready to call it a day at 4:00 in the afternoon, but there are still places we need to go! It is hard to get a good picture of my belly as well, but Cael is doing the best that he can. Baby girl is wiggling all over and it has been fun for the boys to touch "baby" when she is really kicking around. It will be fun to see all these kiddos running all over the place together. We are all excited!
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