News!

I've been pretty absent from the blog recently, a lot has been happening around here!  I'll update with more pics soon, but here is the biggest news!

First, and foremost, we are excited to announce that we have another little one on the way!  We told the kids on Easter Sunday, it was adorable!  They sat on the couch going through their baskets, while Mike and I pulled the ottoman up and sat in front of them knee to knee.  Immediately the boys were saying they were hoping for a girl.  "Amelia needs a sister!"  I think it was the best surprise they got Easter morning!  Tanner said, "I think we should name the baby Lucifer!"  We've all had a good laugh about the name choice, but in his defense, we'd just watched Cinderella the week before.  


I'm due October 5th and had a rough start being very nauseated and sick.  Mike and I have agreed that pregnancies are hard on the whole family, but  we're just getting through a long, hot summer with a big pregnant mama!  The kids are so excited!  We are having another boy, so Amelia and I will definitely be outnumbered by the handsome boys in our family!  


Additionally, Mike has been called to serve as the bishop of our ward.  In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we have a lay leadership and wards are formed by geographical boundaries.  So, someone within the ward boundaries is called to be the leader of the congregation.  A bishop presides over the congregation, and attends to spiritual, physical and emotional welfare of the members.  This is a large responsibility, but it's something Mike and I both feel at peace about.  We love our Savior Jesus Christ and have committed to serve in whatever capacity called up on.

This new calling has been an adjustment for our family, as Mike is very busy, and he now sits on the stand at church, rather than with our family.  Thankfully, the members of our ward have been incredibly supportive and have stepped in to help out.  As I've watched Mike serve in this capacity, I have been reminded once again that I married a good man, a really really good man.  He's done a fantastic job balancing a young family, a pregnant wife, a busy and growing career, and now the needs of a ward.  I love being Mormon!  I know with all my heart that the teachings of this church are true.  I know that we have a loving Heavenly Father, and that our Savior Jesus Christ suffered for each of us so that we could return and live with God again.  I know that God wants us to be happy and this gospel brings more happiness and joy to me and my family than anything else.  It's not easy having Mike be bishop, it's actually really hard, but because we know these things are true, it's what we want to do.