We’re back from our week in Costa Rica, which was amazing! We highly recommend it as a vacation destination to anyone. Enjoy a few photos from our trip below!
An enormous thank you to my awesome in-laws for this wonderful trip full of memories that will last a lifetime!
In a few short days we are all headed to Costa Rica!!!! I can’t wait!
I’m 16 weeks along now with this little sweet pea. I’m so thankful to be through all the “morning” sickness and have some more energy. As far as the belly goes, I’d just like to say that my body is much less forgiving the third time around. I’ve been showing for weeks!
In January of 2008 I started reading through the Bible chronologically and after 4 years I have now finished reading through the entire Bible!! This was supposed to be a one year plan, but with two babies, other bible studies, and reading less each day than the plan suggests it took 4 years. I’m still excited!
The girl's made salt dough ornaments for gifts
Ellie decorating a cookie at Best Buy's Christmas Party
Making cookies with Oma
Christmas Eve at our house...the girl's got a dollhouse
The hot tub at Grandma's house. For some reason this is the only picture I took while we were there. Whoops!
For Dustin’s golden birthday a few days ago the whole family went to Fogo de Chao for lunch! If you’ve never been, and you like meat, you NEED to go! (Even if you don’t like meat, they have a great salad bar.) Fogo de Chao is a Brazilian steakhouse so Gauchos (waiters in funny pants) walk around with delicious meat on swords and slice pieces onto your plate. The whole experience is so fun and different. Needless to say, we were all stuffed by the end of our lunch. The photo is Dustin and Lydia enjoying a beef rib.
Our sweet little Lydia fell in the playroom a couple days ago and ended up with a hairline fracture in her collar bone. 
She has to wear this brace for 3 weeks, which means she’ll get to take it off the day before we leave for Costa Rica. She is being a real trooper.
Dustin and I have exciting news and just can’t wait until Christmas to share! We are PREGNANT with baby number 3!!! I’m about 12 weeks along and due June 19. The Dr. said everything looks great and the baby has a strong heartbeat! I’m thrilled to be nearing the end of the 1st trimester and hoping my energy will soon return and that the nauseousness will soon fade. We haven’t decided yet if we’ll find out if this baby is a boy or girl. Lydia is convinced it’s a girl. 
She is super excited that we’re having another baby, and possibly even more excited that she and Ellie will be getting bunk beds.
