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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Prayers for Gordon


Our dear neighbor, Gordon, who lives across the street is in need of prayers. He was in a serious accident Friday night involving his mixer for his pottery (much like a cement mixer). He was taken to St. Als by life flight and was in surgery the whole night. He later was flown to SLC for further care. We just received word that he is out of the ICU, but will have more surgeries on his arm and leg. Things are looking good that he will keep his arm, but it's still a long road ahead of him. He makes steps of progress, but good thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.


Gordon is the neighborhood "daddy". He is always out in his front yard, garage, or studio surrounded by lots of little kids. My girls spend several hours at a time over at their house and Ashley and his daughter, Gracie, (shown above) are the best of friends. Gordon is so kind to the kids and lets them interact with what he's doing. My girls have lots of little pottery things that he's helped them make. And the street seems a bit lonely with him away.


Amy, his wife, is currently with him and emails or texts when she can. Their daughters are in the care of their aunt and away from the house. This is something they are all struggling with and are need of prayers as well.


We love you all and remember you in our daily prayers.

9 Years!

Thursday Andy and I had our 9 year anniversary. We celebrated in low key... super low. We dropped the kids off at grandma's house and went to dinner at PF Chang's. It's not a favorite for either of us, not to say we don't like it, but my SIL just gave us a gift card to there and we decided to be cheap. After dinner we picked up the kids, put them to bed, snuggled up together, and watched one of our favorite shows... Survivor! Yep, that was it and we were so happy and chill about it. We're so glad we celebrated on our actual anniversary because the weekend got crazy!

Monday, March 5, 2012

Morning picture

What did I tell you? This picture was taken this morning... well, about noon today. Like I said, I double in size by bedtime. The picture from the last post was taken last night! Crazy, huh?

Sunday, March 4, 2012

11 Weeks

Just had to post a quick picture to show my 11 week belly. It's getting big already! I really should take morning and night pictures, though. I swear by bedtime I double in size. This morning I barely had a bump at all and then by evening and after dinner this is what I look like. Thank goodness my ankles haven't doubled in size... not yet at least.