Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The boys put their green on, so no one would pinch them.

We had a feast of green food to celebrate the holiday: green popcorn, green grapes, green cupcakes, green jello, green salad, and even green ranch. Jake makes fun of me for being such a big kid. I just love any excuse to celebrate.

We are in Manti now, and getting settled. Jake is liking his new job, and the hours have been great. I love being able to see him a little after five instead of close to seven. He has a nice big corner office too. The boys have been having fun with their uncle Matthew. He has been so nice to share his room and all of his toys with them. We feel very blessed. Last week we found a renter for our house. They called on Thursday and asked if they could be in that Saturday. We were very busy Friday. It seemed like everything that could go wrong, did. Someone who had come to look at our house had knocked over our mailbox, Jake's license expired so we had to run him to the DMV before he could drive the moving truck, and we still hadn't fixed the window James broke. It was a little stressful, but we got everything moved out of the house Friday night. Then we drove down to Manti, unloaded some things until close to midnight, went to bed, got up and unloaded the rest. Then we rushed off to Vernal, Utah for my cousin's wedding. My beautiful cousin Lindsey was sealed in the Vernal Temple.

We were grateful that we were able to be there with her. Sunday morning we woke up bright and early so that we could drive back to Eagle Mountain in time for our stake conference. We said goodbye to many of our friends, and then drove down to Manti. Now here we are. Life is crazy, but life is good.

Two more weeks until Jake starts his new job. We have been busy packing and getting ready to move. Plus our house is up for rent, so we have been showing it to people almost every night. It is a blessing that people want to come see it, but a little stressful for me to try and keep it clean. Especially while I have been trying to pack, being pregnant, and having two little restless boys. It is an exciting and crazy time in our lives.

Here is a baby bump picture. I am 20 weeks. Half way there!!! My belly isn't the only thing that is swelling.

I am a mother of boys!

We had our big ultrasound today, and it was pretty obvious that this baby is a boy. He looked so healthy and strong. The lady doing our ultrasound said he already had pretty defined muscles in his arms, calves, and legs. He was being really cute for us. He was curled up on his belly, but he kept stretching his arms up over his head.

Boys, Boys, Boys! I am going to be surrounded by boys. I don't think I would know what to do with a girl if I had one.  We are very excited to have Austin or Keeton, (Keaton) come into our lives!

We are moving! Jake accepted a job offer at Snow College to be their internal auditor. It was a hard decision for our family because we didn't want to move right now. We love it in Eagle Mountain. We love our neighbors and friends. We love Taylor's school. We just prayed about it a lot last week, and Jake and I went to the temple, and we felt good about it. This means that Jake will be home more. He won't have to drive an hour to and from work every day, and he won't have to work late every night. We feel like we are heading on a big adventure, because we don't know how everything is going to work out. We will be living with Jake's family at first, and hopefully we can get someone to rent or buy our house. It is all so crazy, and hard to believe that it is really happening. Life is an adventure, and it is so nice to have someone to go through it with. I love my husband and kids, and as long as we are together, everything will work out.

We went for a walk the other day, and the boys got really quiet. I didn't realize until we were home that they had fallen asleep. They must have been really tuckered out. This is a picture of Taylor and Tristan. They are best friends at his little preschool. I got to meet him at a BEAR (Be Excited About Reading) party the school put on.