A New Adventure in Our Journey

I didn't realize I hadn't posted an update when Troy got his acceptance letter!  He received his acceptance to ISU's Doctor of Pharmacy program on April 6th during the afternoon session of General Conference.  We couldn't even wait to open it until Conference was over...so we opened it in the middle of a talk (shame on us!)

Here's a picture of Troy's graduation announcement.  We had a wonderful party for him afterward and had so many family and friends who came to support him.  We are abundantly blessed with great people in our lives!



We spent several months (because I knew my little body would need more time to pack) going through our things and dejunking our house.  We started in May and were successfully packed last weekend.  We've moved our belongings to our little on campus apartment for families and it is still in boxes.  We dropped everything off there and came back to Twin for Troy to work another week before we go this weekend for the school year.  I'm excited for this new adventure, but a bit nervous.  I was able to retire from nursing on August 3rd, which has been great!  It's such a blessing for me to be able to be home with our sweet baby girl when she comes in November...and it's nice to have a desire to cook dinner and wash laundry.  Washing the windows even sounds appealing these days.


Speaking of that sweet baby, here she is!

It was the most amazing experience to watch our little girl twist and jump and kick.  She wasn't a huge fan of the ultrasound tech pushing on her and invading her space, so she'd yawn, then kick or punch at the probe.  We joked about many things babies get away with at this stage of their lives--making mom sick, failing to hold still, being immodest (we hope they will be, this one time!), and being feisty.  We are so excited to see her grow (and watch from the outside as my tummy rolls around).  It is truly a miracle.  An experience of a lifetime.  One we are truly grateful for!

As for my incredible husband, and this adorable little girl's handsome daddy, he is as great and marvelous and handsome as ever!  We surely do love him and all he does for our little, growing family!!! 

He's pretty much a super hero, because he completed an entire semester of Physics in a little more than a month...and he got a stinkin' good grade!  Pretty sure I would have not only not finished, but I never would have made it out of that class with a grade I'd want to talk to anybody about.  To sum it up: he rocks!