My Grandma

My Grandma Mead was my only living grandparent. My Grandma passed away today at 9:01 PDX time. My mom and sister had been by her side for the past couple days. I would've done everything in my power to have been there if my due date wasn't so darn close. I'm so glad we were able to go see her during Thanksgiving. I was able to talk to her on the phone last week when we knew that the time was getting close. My Grandma Foushee, Dad's mom, died one month before I was born the irony is not lost on me that I am now due to have my daughter in 1 month. My Grandma Mead has always made us things from blankets, doilies, bibs, embroidered pillow cases and many other crocheted and knitted things. I am so glad that I have almost all the things she made for me and my kids. I am sad that she didn't have enough time to do a blanket for our new baby but am thankful that my grandma got to know all but one of my kids. One of my favorite memories of my Grandma was when she moved in with us after my Grandpa passed away. We used to go in her room and watch every Lifetime show that came on and Rescue 911. We loved to make her laugh because once she got started she couldn't stop and anytime she would start so would the tears. I have always felt proud to have been given her middle name which is also my Mom's and I gave it to Payten. I know Payten always felt an extra connection as well at being the fourth generation May. My Grandma had 5 kids, 25 grandkids and next month my baby would've given her 57 great-grandkids. I know that my grandma is rejoicing at being reunited with her beloved husband who she had been without for the past 22yrs. How grateful I am to know that I will see her again. I can't imagine not belonging to a church that believes in the plan of salvation. We all have the ability to be with our families forever and truly there has never been a greater gift given.

Jason's new job!!!

For those that haven't heard of our good news Jason got a new job in Boise. He will be working in an Orthopedic Surgery Center. The experience and opportunity are without out saying fantastic! We have truly been blessed and are so grateful. So he put in his notice last Monday to work and for our rental. We have to stay in our rental until they can find new renters to take our place. We have the whole house all cleaned and ready to be shown so we are praying really really hard that we'll be able to hear some great news this week. If they rent to a military family we will only have 10 days to be out so we are trying to be as packed up as possible. We want to move ASAP so really it shouldn't be a problem unless you count that we can't sign on anything else until we get that 10 day notice and the fact that I am now 4wks to my due date! Our hope was to be all moved before the baby so we could have her at a hospital in Boise, but who knows? I'm trying to stay focused on the positive aspects and trying to shrug off the things I have no control over but at times that is rough! I can honestly say that I have never wanted to push my due date back so bad before. Hopefully my next post will be filled with exciting news and maybe I'll even have pics of our new ,to us, house to post!

New Years Photos

We had such a fun New Years! We played games had pizza then around 9pm we were starting to get bored so we decided to go to a park by our house and go sledding! We had about 7 inches of snow and it was still coming down. We all took turns and Jason decided that making a bump to fly over would definitely increase the fun so a big bump was constructed. Even Addalyn had a great time going down and playing this time. I did go down twice but I didn't have any snow pants and those sleds were cold! We had the park all to ourselves and it truly was so much fun, I'm so glad we'll all have that memory.