How the Belly Grows!

I am about to do something that I swore I would NEVER do!  I am actually going to share some belly shots with you!  There is no guarantee how many times I will do this.  After all, I already feel like a whale and am only 12 weeks along.  By time 20, 30, almost 40 weeks roll around I may not have the nerve to post any more.  But for now, I will share an 8 week shot and then a 12 week shot.

With number ten…..that belly sure seems to pop out faster than I would like!   8 weeks, kinda cute but by 12 weeks, not so much! UGH!

Ten is a Beautiful Number

OK, I can’t keep quiet any longer!

I have known for a whole week!   The news has leaked out here in Alaska but now we are going public.  I found out two days AFTER my hubby left.  It would have been nice to celebrate together. I would have known sooner but just misread the physical symptoms as pre-deployment stress.   Obviously, that was not the case.  I can now literally say my I have my hands full.

Baby number ten is on the way.

I am feeling pretty good so far considering how sick I usually am.  I am nauseous, sleepy, having a few migraines, and I can no longer stand the taste of my regular diet coke, but thankfully that is all.  Of course, that is ALWAYS open to change!  I would love not to have months of the usual vomiting and dry heaving though!

We already have a boy’s name and have narrowed our girl name down to three.  Due date as of now is November 23.  We will be having a very thankful Thanksgiving!

Psalm 127:1a Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.

Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Psalm 139:13-16 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works;my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret,intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your book were written, every one of them,the days that were formed for me,when as yet there was none of them.

Praise the Lord with us! And please pray for our family.

Snow, Snow, Snow

Big beautiful snow! I love it when we get a big dumping of snow! I am one of those crazy people who loves the snow! Along with it being beautiful and FUN, I find it to be such a great reminder of what the Lord has done for me!

Psalm 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

With this in mind as we come to celebrate the first coming of our Savior looking forward to his return, here are some photos of our white, white snow! Enjoy!

The deck railing–two feet of snow…..

Tree covered in snow, look at the tree trunk to see how deep it is.

Children on a pile, notice the newspaper mailbox.

Inside the beginnings of our fort.

Come For A Visit

I thought I would share a bit of where we live! Enjoy!  This is a winter video.  I will have to periodically share the other seasons for you to get the full extent of the beauty of this place called Alaska!

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of this beautiful place I call home! 

Cold-Snap Excursions

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Snorta

I wanted to share with you all a must buy Christmas gift for your family. We bought this for our children a few Christmases ago and it is one of favorite games! Anyone we introduce it to loves it because the family cannot stop laughing! If you love to laugh and don’t mind looking a little bit crazy this is the game to buy!

Whalebone Carving