I'm trying to put pictures on the blog, we'll see if I can do it. Anyway, here are some pictures from the last month.

Charlie starts his new job this week

We are still trying to buy that house in Racine. We haven't heard from the bank yet if they have accepted or rejected our offer. We think we might just go ahead and offer them full price for the house so we can just get the process going. If this falls through, we have looked at a couple of places we could rent until we find a different house to buy. Both Charlie and I don't want to live separately for too long again. This time the commute isn't as nice, and he won't be able to stay with family again. Charlie called the bishop of the Racine ward and asked him if he could find someone in the ward that Charlie could stay with for a week or two, just until we find something more permanent. He hasn't gotten back to us yet. I suppose Charlie could always stay in a rent by the week, cheap motel if he has to. We've even considered having him sleep in his classroom and showering in the locker room, but I highly doubt that could happen. The kids are getting excited to move. They seem excited to see what their new school will be like. I hope they like the new school.

We are going to Wisconsin this week for a little family trip. Charlie's first day is this Thursday and he suggested we all go over and stay with him in a hotel. So we plan on leaving Wednesday afternoon and staying until Saturday morning. He'll have to go back Sunday afternoon, so we hope to have some where for him to go to by then. We're going to bumb around Racine for the couple of days we are there and see what the city has to offer. The kids are excited to stay in the hotel. We made sure it had a pool. They are excited to swim.

The house is just about finished. We are still waiting to see if the lady from church still wants it and what exactly needs to happen for her to buy it. But she seems pretty excited about it, so this house should be sold in not the too distant future. I will be glad to be away from this house. It has really been an interesting experience living here and fixing it up.

Well, I hope all is well with everyone else. I hope Jana and Jason are settling in well, that Kari and Eric got home safe, that Kurt and Heather are getting their house ready for Harvey's arrival, and that Mom and Dad are enjoying having their house back to themselves. Someone needs to write something soon.

We're moving to Racine, Wi

Just wanted to let you know that Charlie was offered a job at a high school in Racine, Wi and he is going to accept it. His first day is Aug. 23, but the family probably won't move until the beginning of Sept. We have the paperwork started to purchase a home only about 1/2 mile from the school Charlie will be teaching at. The purchase agreement should go in today if our mortgage guy gets the pre-approval letter in on time. It's all kind of a whirl wind situation but it looks like it will work out well for our family. The lady from our ward who wants to buy the house we are in will have her grant dispursement on Tuesday next week. That means she can buy the house and move in as soon as we get out. Things are kind of falling into place. I feel really blessed. I'll write more later, I really need to go and do some painting. We are in a mad dash to finish the work we have left on this house. Thanks for all your prayers.

Finally, a post

I went out to lunch with my friend today at BYU and stopped in a computer lab. Yay! Finally, a new post from the Hairs. I'm sorry my husblond is not keeping you as up-to-date as I would like. We'll work on that.

Adelyn is doing great. She is getting bigger, spits up A LOT, and is growing strong neck muscles. She loves to look all around (which makes burping her that much more interesting) and we are eagerly awaiting the time when she'll give us her first intentional smile. She's such a miracle and we love being parents.

Jason is spending a lot of time finalizing the plans for our big move. We have the truck booked, apartment rented, help recruited, and now all we have to do is start packing boxes. You all know how small our apartment is, so we don't anticipate that taking us more than 3 or 4 good days of effort, but it is, by far, the least exciting part of moving. Ick. I'm not looking forward to the actual move, but it will be fun to be in Tennesse starting our new adventure. Hopefully I'll make friends quickly.

Wow, I don't type nearly as fast as I used to. It's amazing how much slower I've become after only a month being away...

I'm enjoying being a mom, for the most part. I love Adelyn, and am reminded daily how much love Heavenly Father has for us through her. I DON'T love, however, the NIGHTS. Every night, around 10, I get this sense of foreboding-- another long night ahead of me. I can't wait until she starts sleeping longer at night, and hopefully that will be sooner rather than later! Another thing which has been hard is staying home. It's hard to go from working and talking to people all day long to...well...watching Law & Order and reading Harry Potter. I like those things, but enjoy human interaction more. It will take some getting used to. I'll have to get up the energy to work on calligraphy and my other hobbies.

That's about it for the Hair family. It's been great reading about how you all are doing. I hope Heather and Kari continue to feel well and that the Hicks find a job soon. And the count down has begun, only 20 more days until we have the internet...wahoo!

It's Crunch Time

So the last school Charlie interviewed at was Belleville and we heard from them yesterday and it was a no. Charlie interviewed at a school here in Flint on Thursday. It's called Beecher High. They called yesterday too and it was a yes. They offered him the job, but we aren't that excited about it. It's in a super rough neighborhood and the principal wasn't very nice to Charlie during the interview. He really felt like she didn't like him. I'm so torn because if he took the job we could stay in the area. But, if he takes the job he could be miserable. I've had people say that he could take the job and stay for a year and try it out. But then next year when he goes to interview again all the schools will see that's he's only ever stayed for a year in both of his previous jobs; talk about being a major risk to hire. But if he doesn't take the job we really have to start looking out of state seriously because most other states start school before Michigan does, usually the middle of Aug. That means we'd have to move quickly. I really though he'd get a job here. We are kind of discouraged. Thanks for all the prayers. Please keep them coming. We really still need them.

I'm happy that Eric and Kari got to hear the heart beat of their baby. I know that was exciting for me too. I don't think osteopathic school will be such a bad alternative for Eric, and it's cool that you guys could still end up here (even if we aren't here). We will definitely keep praying for all to work out with schooling. We're excited to see you. I hope we're still around too.

IT'S ALIVE!

So yesterday was our first visit to the doctor's office and it went great. So far, everything looks fine. They did some blood work, but I'm sure that will come out okay too-hopefully. But the most exciting thing was that we got to hear the baby's heart beat. I was a little nervous because it took the lady what seemed like forever to find it, but after she found it the heart beat was beating strong. It made it all the more real to us that we really are going to be having a baby. And she only found one heart beat...so we're pretty sure that we are only having one. But I guess she could have missed the other, so I guess we won't know for sure until the ultrasound. So I can't have the ultrasoud as early as I thought. I'm kind of bummed. I won't have it until the last week in August or first week in September. So I won't know what the baby is when we come home. And by the way, we fly out for Michigan 2 weeks from yesterday!!!! YIPEE!!! Just wanted to keep you guys updated on that. We really like the nursery colors, Kurt and Heather. And we are praying for Charlie to find a job, Hillary. We hope you guys still live in Michigan in 2 weeks. :) And Eric got his MCAT scores back-they are not as good as he was hoping. So he's decided to only apply to osteopathic schools. I think that's a great choice because we might have spent close to $500 applying for medical schools, whereas now we will only be spending $150 on applications. So the fours options for us now are Missouri, Chicago, Lansing, and Maine. Any of those would be fine for both of us. Thanks for all your prayers and if I could be so bold as to ask you guys to pray now that he is accepted into at least one-that would be most helpful. Thanks! Well we'll see you guys in Michigan shortly...and we love ya!

Adelyn Kay pictures

I finally have a chance to load the pictures I took of Adelyn Kay while we were in Utah. She is a cutie. You will just love the picture of Uncle Jim bonding with her. Here goes (I hope they all fit)! We can't wait to add pictures for Harvey David and Kari and Eric's baby when they both arrive. Our family is really growing!

Work in Progress

Kurt and I started working on the nursery a couple weeks ago. He and my dad got the chair-rail cut and ready to hang this weekend. It still needs to be stained and re-hung, that's why there are all the purple tape pieces sticking to the wall, to mark where the nails should go for studs. We also got this cool rug from Ikea this weekend. We'll be sure to post more pictures as the room gets closer to being done.
The pregnancy is going great. I'm feeling good and all my tests are coming back looking good. I don't know if I posted it but they moved my due date to October 30th. I also started a new job today working as a receptionist at the Veterans' Affairs hospital in Ann Arbor. It is just a temporary contract until the end of September. Hopefully we can use the extra cash to put towards a new car for Kurt so that Harvey can actually ride in the car with his dad. That's about it from our end. We're loving visiting with Joe and Michele's new little one and I'm still plugging away at my thesis. There isn't much left to do but sometimes I feel like it is never going to get done.

Pinckney Update

Well the news finally came today. Unfortunately, it wasn't good news. Pinckney turned Charlie down. It's probably better this way anyway. We were having a hard time figuring out how to suppliment his income because he'd only be working part-time. Besides, neither of us could spell Pinckney correctly most of the time and that would start to get annoying after a while if he actually worked there :)! He had an interview today with Belleville High. We could actually move closer to Kurt and Heather if he worked there. He feels the interview went well, but he's felt that way with all the other ones too and he has yet to get a job offer. Maybe we are suppose to move out of state for a while, who knows. We appreciate all the prayers and thoughts. We know there is a job out there somewhere for him. We haven't lost hope yet.

Back home

We're back home in Michigan! Yea. It is soooo hot in Utah, with no relief in sight in the near future. We had a great visit with everyone though. Besides being able to spend a good deal of time with Jana, Jason, Adelyn, Kari and Eric, we saw all of Dad's brother's and sisters except Judy, and all of my brother's and sisters, except Loren. Erma and I and LaRee were able to find some more family history stories and the Hill's had a nice reunion. My Aunt Inez from Las Vegas was there with three of her seven children. It was so nice to see them all again. I went to a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat with Kendall's family. It was put on by a community theater group in Kaysville. It was really good. When they sang the song where Joseph gives his family food when they come to Egypt, they brought out signs that said, "potato pearls, jello, red wheat," and they carried it all in #10 cans (like you would dry pack it in). Only in Utah would that be funny, but it was. We also went to a production of Showboat with Kari and Eric in Logan. It was put on by an opera company, so it was very good. One of Jana and Kari's old room mates worked on the costumes for it. We took Kari and Eric out to eat at the same restaurant that we ate at on our honeymoon. We went to Park City hoping it would be cooler in the mountains, but it wasn't much better. Paul came home from his mission while we were there. He's the same old Paul, maybe a little bit more mature. Rodney also got baptized and Paul did it. We saw Angela's kids, they're very cute. She's due next month with the next one (the surprise). She seems to be handling it very well though. Jana arraigned to have Jim taken on a tour of BYU. Hopefully he will think about going away to college. Right now he wants to stay home and work the year before his mission. We think he'd be better off learning how to live on his own first. I'm sure having the girl friend here is a big reason why he doesn't want to go away to school. We'll see how it all works out. Anyway, it's wonderful to be home where it's so cool and nice. See you all soon I hope.

Fair Pictures

This is the first time our kids have rode amusement park rides. Alexis and Merrit both earned enough money to buy bracelets that allowed them unlimited rides. The younger kids only got to ride the Merry-go-round because we couldn't justify paying $74 for them to have bracelets. They had fun anyway. Alexis's goat weighed 66 lbs. and she sold it for $2 per pound. We didn't think that was too shabby. She'll have to save most of that for next year's goat though. Grandpa only gives their first goat free, the next ones they have to buy. They cost about $70 a goat. So if she decides to have one next year, she'll have to save up for it. I'm glad the fair is finally over and we can get back to normal again. I can't complain too loudly though because we had gorgeous weather and the kids actually behaved rather well considering. I hope it goes as well next year.

Now we have about a month to finish the rest of the house we are in. We made a list last night of what we still are going to do. It's kind of long so we will be working our butts off most every day. We will probably need a vacation from our summer vacation by the time we are finished. There is a woman at church who is interested in buying it. She is applying for a grant through the City of Flint in order to be able to afford it. She's suppose to find out if she's approved this coming Thursday or Friday. It would be nice to have it already sold. One less thing to worry about.

No word yet from Pinckney. Charlie tried to call the Asst. Superintendent today but he was busy. He'll try again tomorrow. Charlie has an interview at Belleville High tomorrow morning. We'll see how that pans out. We may have to start looking out of state. Les and Kristi want us to move to Texas with them. I'm not so sure I want to do that though.

Has anyone read the new Harry Potter book yet? We don't have a copy yet, but I'm pretty sure that Harry dies. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me if I'm right. I'll be mad if I am. I don't want Harry (or Ron and Hermione for that matter) to die.

Fair Week

We are half way through fair week and I wish it were finished already. We have some really long days at the fair. Unfortunately, we have until Saturday.

Yesterday was quite a memory making day. We went up the fair at about 6:30 p.m.-ish so the Lexi could help with the nightly chores. Just as we got there we were trying to figure out what needed to be done and where things were and about 5 minutes later Charlie asked me where Jaxson was. I didn't know. That's not uncommon for him to wander around the 4H small animals barn, usually with his cousins, so we weren't too concerned. We just walked around the barn and looked for him. We couldn't find him right away though and so we became concerned. We enlisted Charlie's parents to help us look and we broadened our search. Charlie's mom asked some of the other 4H-ers to help us and I found the patrolling sheriffs. They got on their walkie-talkies and notified the rest of the sheriffs of the missing Jaxson. We looked for probably 15 to 20 minutes and finally I found him at an old historical church building they have right across the way from the 4H small animal barn. He had followed Lexi over there and because she hadn't told us where she was going, I didn't even know where to find her. Needless to say I was so relieved when I saw him. Then we had to try and tell everyone who was searching that he was O.K. I notified the sheriffs, and the 4H-ers started passing the word along, but we couldn't find Charlie. I tried to call his cell but it didn't ring through. Eventually we all found each other and all was well. Thank Goodness and thanks to our Heavenly Father for watching out for Jaxson. What made me a little mad was that Lexi said she knew he was with her all along. So we had a little chat with her about letting someone know where she was going to be from now on.

Lexi did well in her showing. Her goat was grand champion of the light weight class. Hopefully that means she will get a good amount at the auction for him. I'll post pictures when I get them. Our camera died at the fair so we had to borrow Charlie's sister, Jocelyn's camera.

Charlie hasn't heard from Pinckney yet. We expect to hear by the end of the week. We'll let everyone know as soon as we hear.

A New West

Joe and Michele had their baby this morning, Simon Joseph West. I think the birth time was shortly after 4 a.m. and he weighs 8 lb 11 oz. Her water broke at 1:30 and they had planned on staying home for the first stages of labor, so when her contractions started coming really close together and she started feeling the urge to push only an hour or so into labor they high-tailed it to the hospital. She was already crowning when they did the first examination! They almost had that kid in the car. Kurt took the morning off and we went to meet him. Cute as a button.

Adelyn's Pictures

Well here are pictures of Adelyn, sorry it took so long for me to post--It looks like Kari took care of it though. It's great being a dad! We love her!!

Same old, same old

Hillary requested that everybody post things about their lives. Nothing really that exciting in ours. I am 3 months along now and doing much better than I was (I was pretty sick a couple of weeks ago). Eric is working as an orderly-I'm not sure that I posted that when it happened-for a little over a month now and he absolutely loves it. We should be receving his MCAT scores any day now and he's almost done with his applications. Umm...that's about it for us. Jana and Jason don't have the internet so I'll let you know how they're doing. They are tired. Adelyn is keeping them awake at night, but they absolutely love being parents. Jason is quite the doting father and Jana is just happy to have Adelyn here and safe. Jana and Jason are moving August 17-they hope-and do already have an apartment in Memphis (Kristina Northgrave and her husband live in that same apartment bldg.). So we're all doing well out here in Utah. Nothing really that exciting or new. We will know the sex of the baby in 4 weeks-hopefully the week when we come to Michigan. That's all. Eric and I can't wait to come out-it's been so yucky hot and dry here. No green and a lot of wild fires. We've started a count down-27 days! See you Michigan guys soon! Love ya!

House update

The siding is finished on the house. They actually finished on Tuesday, but Charlie has to put the front porch back on so I'm not going to post pictures until that happens. It looks so awesome though. It's a totally new house! We are so pleased.

Baby pictures!

Since Jana and Jason got some pictures of their cute new baby posted to the blog, we thought we'd share some of ours. Look how cute he is in his first one-sie!

Charlie and Pinckney

Just thought I'd let you know that Charlie had his third interview with Pinckney this morning. It was with the assistant superintendent. Charlie feels he did well, feels like the conversation flowed and that he answered the questions well. Unfortunately we won't find out whether or not he gets the job until late next week because the other candidate won't be interviewed until next week. We are a little disappointed, but understand that schools in Michigan can be as picky as they won't and run things as fast or as slow as they want because there aren't many job openings out there. So Charlie will continue to take interviews as they come up, although, they aren't coming a quickly as they were. If nothing pans out by the end of the month, we will start looking out of state. Charlie's brother, Les, took a job in Texas last week. So they will move out there at the beginning of August. Well, really, Les is going first and Kristi will follow in a couple of months, or so that's what we've been told. I think it will be good for them to go out there. We hope everyone is doing well. Maybe someone could post an update on their lives soon?

Charlie new job update

Pinckney called Charlie today and told him that he had been chosen to go before the assistant superintendent. His interview is at 9:30 am on July 12th. We are so excited that he is now 1 of 2 that has the possibility of getting this job. We'll keep you posted.

The house is coming along well. I've included some pictures of the progress.

Look At This!

Isn't she soo CUTE?! And yes, she has blonde hair-go figure.

The good news has finally arrived!!

I just got a call from Mom and Adelyn Hair was born about 6:15 AM (MDT) -- 8:15 AM (EDT) today. Jana went into the hospital about 3:00 AM (MDT) -- 5:00 AM (EDT) and it must not have been a terribly difficult labor (she did indicate that an epidural block was essential, something Mom has been advocating for low these many years). Adelyn was 6 lbs. 12 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long. Jana says she is long and skinny and looks like Jason but has Jana's nose. I'm sure we will all be anxious to she how that translates into actual looks. I suspect the happy couple will be posting pictures on the blog as soon as they are able to (maybe taking some pictures and having Kari post them until they get back online). Most of you won't remember but your aunt Judy now shares her birthday with Adelyn. I'm sure there will be more updates to come.

False Alarm

Sorry to get everyone's hopes up, but now it might be weeks before the baby comes. Jana was induced today but nothing was happening not even water breakage. The doctor said that they could break the water there or she could go home. They decided that it would be better to go home and wait it out. We will try and keep you updated as much as possible so check the blog every hour from here on out.

Get Ready!

I just talked to Jason and they were on their way to the hospital for Jana to be induced. She's been having high blood pressure and they found out that they had a little mess up and never told her that she had gestational diabetes. Soo, she was going in this morning to be checked and they said that it was a good possibility that they would induce her early this week. Jason said that they told them it would be a long day and a long night, but they should have a little baby sometime in the next day or so. YEAH! Just thought everyone should know, since Jana and Jason don't have the internet at home and can't tell you themselves. So, pray that she goes quickly. I'M SOO EXCITED!

Charlie job update

Charlie was called back for a second into view for Pinckney high school. His 2nd interview was this morning. He feels like he did well. The next step would be for the final three to be narrowed down to two and then presented to the superintendent. He'll know by Monday if he'll go on to the next step. Keep your fingers crossed!

House update

Charlie and Bro. Seaver (he's the contractor from our ward that we are paying to do the siding and some other work) started work on the house today. They are finishinig up the instillation of the front door right now. They already installed the back door. They look FABULOUS!!! And that even is an understatment. Tomorrow they will put insillation around the frame and put the trim back up then they will look even better. Tomorrow they plan on beginning the siding on the house too. Once that is complete it will be a whole new house. I can't wait to see what it will look like.

There is a sister in our ward who wants to buy the house. She is applying for a grant through the City of Flint to help her buy a house. The city is pushing home ownership and is giving grants of up $40K to help those who qualify. She is suppose to find out by July 14th is she is approved for the grant and then she says she wants to use that money to buy this house. We don't know what we'll do is the house is bought and Charlie doesn't have a job yet. But really, that won't be a huge problem to solve, as long as we have this house sold (which is the really hard part).

Charlie had a job interview in Hemlock, Mi last week and they turned him down for a more qualified candidate. We were pretty bummed about it because we drove around the area together after his interview and looked at some houses that were for sale. It was a nice area and we could picture ourselves there, but it wasn't meant to be. On Monday he had an interview at a Catholic school in St. Joseph. It's by Benton Harbor. He feels like it went well but we haven't heard from them yet. We aren't sure if we could live on what they pay though. They didn't have exact numbers but said they paid about 70% of what public schools pay which is about $25K a year and they only pay for Charlie's benefits. We'd have to pay for the rest of the family to have insurance. That just might be too much for us to afford on our own. Charlie would have a chance to teach Calculus though and that is very inticing to him. Tomorrow he has an interview in Pinckney. It's for a math position. We would love for him to be hired there because he could still commute from here if we needed him to for a little bit. It's a good area and good school too. So keep you fingers crossed and say bunches of prayers that he'll get the job (of course if it's the Lord's will).

The kids are enjoying their break. Alexis is showing a goat for 4-H this year at the Fowlerville Fair. She just spent a week at Charlie's parents' house learning how to work with the goat. She is going to enter in a couple of other categories such as photography and drawing and see if she can win a ribbon. She's really excited and Merrit is really jealous. He's not old enough to do it yet. You have to be 9 by Jan. 01 of the year you intend to show in. Merrit won't be able to do it for 2 more years. Hopefully Charlie's parents still have goats by then so he can have a chance.

Well sorry this is so long. Hope you haven't fallen asleep yet. See those of you here in Michigan at Kurt and Heather's house on Sunday!

another baby update

I just got back from the doctor. I am still dialated to1 cm and am 80% effaced, so no progress there. My doctor thinks I am showing the beginnings, however, of preeclampsia. It's not really a big deal, just a fancy term for high blood pressure during pregnancy. If it's not watched it can escalate and be bad, but I'm fine. She took some blood to be tested and is having me go back in on Thursday to get my blood pressure checked again. I am on strict orders to "take it easy."

That's all. I hope all is going well with you!

It's getting closer...

I hope this isn't too much information for anyone, but... I'm dialated to 1 cm and am 80% effaced! Yay! Mom said I could walk around this way for weeks still, but I'm excited that the process is starting!

A Trip!

Eric and I just bought tickets to come home in August. YAY!!! We will be there August 10 to August 19. YAY!!! It's official.
Eric's MCAT went well-he thinks. I asked him how he felt about it, and he said that he feels about the same as the last time he took it. It was a different test and the whole format was different too, so he's not sure. And now it will only take 1 month to get the score instead of 3 months-that will be nice. So, now we just sit and wait. That's that.
So anyway, we'll see all of you in Michigan in August and boy are we excited! "This will be good." (Beauty and the Beast, c/o Jimmy). See you cats in about a month! YAY!

Mayumi Clark was here visiting teaching me yesterday, and we discovered that we're flying out to Utah on the same plane! I'm glad, I don't like flying alone. Dad got his car back from the repair shop. In case you didn't know, he was rear-ended about 2 weeks ago on the freeway. He stopped for traffic and the man behind him didn't. The storehouse has been without a manager since the first of the month. We're all filling in, so they won't close it down. Because Marilyn Crofts is on vacation, and there's no manager, I'm going in Tuesdays and Thursdays, instead of just Thursdays. It's been kind of fun to tell everyone that no one's in charge, that way we don't have to make any decisions. Jim went to Cedar Point yesterday with a bunch of kids from the Plymouth and Westland Wards. Dad took his final last night, now he's done with school for the summer. That's all of the news, I'll see those of you in Utah in a week and a half.

Charlie's job search

Charlie had his first interview last Thursday. It was with an alternative high school in Auburn Hills. We haven't heard back from them yet so we are assuming that isn't very postitive. Charlie felt like the principal, who was part of the interview, didn't really like him. Charlie wasn't real excited for the job anyway. He just got finished teaching at-risk kids and isn't too keen on doing it again. He would have told them no had they offered him the job so it's probably just as well that they didn't. It was good practice for him though, to help him get into the interviewing frame of mind again. He has another interview set up for Hemlock schools this Wednesday. Hemlock is located just west of Saginaw and just south of Midland. Charlie would be teaching social studies there and would have the opportunity to coach freshmen football. We would have to move closer to there as it is about an hour and 10 minutes from Flint Charlie said. I think the kids and I will go with him on Wednesday and after his interview we can drive around and check out the area together. I'll let you know what happens.

The kids are out of school now. Their last day was Friday. I have added pictures of them and their teachers. They are pretty sad about leaving the school. Merrit and Makayla, especially, were having a hard day the last day because they probably won't see there friends again. It's a hard thing for them to understand that they will be able to make new friends.

Baby!

We're getting close! Adelyn is due in less than 3 weeks and Jason and I are frantically trying to get everything done in time. Our most pressing issue? We still need a car seat!

I've been feeling fine, this really has been such an easy pregancy and I feel so blessed. There are so many women in my ward that have had difficult pregnancies, that I can't complain. The only thing that has been difficult are my extremely swollen feet and ankles. Jason has been great about massaging them, but at the end of the day all I want is to put them up and not do anything because they are so sore.

I've had three baby showers (ward, friends, coworkers) and we've received so many gifts, it has been great. It's tough being poor! The only things we have left to buy are a car seat, crib sheets, bottles, and diaper bag. I think we're going to put off getting a stroller until we get to Memphis. We'll see. My coworkers made me a "diaper cake" and I'm including pictures. It is made out of diapers wrapped together with random baby items decorating it. Very clever and useful! There is a doll on top, thermometer, electric outlet plugs, ribbons for hair, BYU and UVSC onesies, lotion, pacifier, shoes, baby spoon, etc. It looked a little better when I first opened it, but I took some things off of it and tried to put them back on for the picture. I think it's adorable. I tried explaining it to Mom, but it's hard to picture, so here it is:

Vacation Pictures

I hope you've enjoyed the pictures! There will be more tomorrow of our adventure to donut falls...yipee! Love you guys!

Here are my pictures from the zoo and the DIA.

Kurt!

You said you would log on every day and post that you looked! Where are all your entries for this week? Just kidding.