WELL I GUESS I SHOULD UPDATE THIS ONCE IN A WHILE. I HOPE SOMEONE IS READING IT! ANYWAY OUR HOUSE IS THREE WEEKD AWAY FROM BEING DONE AND WE CAN CLOSE!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED TO MOVE IN. A HOUSE ALL OUR OWN AND BRAND NEW! I LOVE THE KITCHEN. THEY FINALLY GOT THE CABINETS IN AND WE JUST HAD THE LIGHT FIXTURES PUT IN TOO. WE HAD DEBATED TO GET GRANITE COUNTERTOPS BUT DECIDED TO USE THE MONEY IN A WISER MANNER. WE CAN ALWAYS UPGRADE LATER IF WE WANT. THIS WAY IF WE GET TIRED OF THE LOOK WE CAN CHANGE IT EASILY! THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND WE ARE STARTING TO GO EXPLORE. WE HAVE TRIED TO GO TO THE ZOO BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN RAINED OUT TWICE NOW! HOPEFULLY TOMORROW. SO ALIYAH GRADUATED FROM KINDERGARTEN AND JAKOB FROM SIXTH GRADE. THEY ARE BOTH EXCITED BUT NERVOUSE FOR NEXT YEAR. CALEB WANTED TO CONTINUE TO GO TO SCHOOL DURING THE SUMMER. HE LOVES SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY! I BETTER GO GET IN BED IT IS LATE! LOVE YOU ALL!

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OUR NEW HOUSE

i CANNOT BELIEVE HOW CLOSE OUR NEW HOUSE IS TO BEING FINISHED! THEY THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE IN THE HOUSE BY JUNE MAYBE THE BEGINNING OR THE 15TH. IT IS SUCH A DREAM COME TRUE! WE PAID OUR DUES AT THE LITTLE HOUSE ON WESTHILL NOW WE ARE ABEL TO GET ONE THAT WILL FIT US ALL. I CANNOT REMEMBER IF I HAVE MENTIONED THE SPECS, BUT WE WILL HAVE 6 BEDROOMS, AN UPASTAIRS LAUNDRY ROOM. A FOOD STORAGE ROOM AND A STORAGE ROOM FOR SUITCASES BOXES SLEEPING BAGS ETC. ALSO A DECK OUT BACK AND A TOY CLOSET FOR THE GIRLS DOWNSTAIRS. I THINK ALIYAH AND LYNDSEY WILL SHARE A BEDROOM UNTIL ONE OF THEM GETS BRAVE ENOUGH TO MOVE DOWNSTAIRS TO MY SCRAPBOOK ROOM. I AM HOPING THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN FOR A WHILE. I WANT MY SCRAPBOOK ROOM! WELL WE ARE STILL SHOCKED ABOUT BEING PREGNANT BUT I AM SLOWLY ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT THERE REALLY IS A LITTLE BABY INSIDE ME. IT STILL SEEMS CRAZY, I GUESS HEAVENLY FATHER HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA IN MIND FOR US. WISH ME LUCK! I BETTER GO. LOVE YOU ALL MELISSA

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MY COMPUTER DOES NOT WANT OT MAKE SLIDESHOWS SO I AM POSTING OICTURES THIS WAY. ANYWAY HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. THIS THURSDAY ALIYAH HAD A PROGRAM AT SCHOOL. SHE WAS THE BILLY GOAT IN THIS SONG. SHE DID SUCH A GOOD JOB! THEY WERE ALLSO CUTE DOING MOTIONS AND SINGING THEIR HEARTS OUT. SHE HAD A GREAT TIME PERFORMING. I ALSO GOT TO SEE THE BABY'S HEARTBEAT THSI THURSDAY AND GOT MORE ULTRASOUND PICTURES. IT MAKES IT MORE REAL TO SEE THE BABY'S HEARTBEATING. MY DUE DATE NOW IS DECEMBER 20TH. I GUESS WE ARE HAVING A CHRISTMAS BABY. LYNDSEY HAS BEEN TELLING GMA RHODES THAT SANTA WAS BRINGING HER A BABY FOR CHRISTMAS. WELL KIP AND I ARE SANTA SO I GUESS SHE IS RIGHT. I THINK SHE HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR A BABY SISTER OR BROTHER AND HEAVENLY FATHER HAS ANSWERED HER PRAYERS. SHE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED! THE OTHER GUYS ARE EXCITED TOO. THE BOYS WANT A BABY BROTHER. THE GIRLS WANT A BABY SISTER. I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IT IS JUST AS LONG AS IT IS HEALTHY! I ALSO THREW UP THE FIRST TIME TODAY. NO FUN!!!! KIP BOUGHT ME SOME GINGER ALE AND POPSICLES. HE WAS NICE ABOUT IT. I ALSO WANTEDTO POST THESE SCRAPBOOK LAYOUTS THAT I HAVE DONE. THEYARE FOR LYNDSEY'S ALBUM. THE ONE IS GMA RHODES READING TO LYNDSEY. SHE ABSOLUTLEY LOVES FOR GMA TO READ TO HER. GMA IS SO ACCOMADATING AND WILL READ TONS OF BOOKS TO HER. THE OTHER IS OF LYNDSEY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO PICKING MY FIRST TOMATO THAT I WAS GOING TO BEAT GPA RHODES WITH. I GOT TOO COCKY AND SHE JUST HAD TO PICK IT SO I DID NOT WIN OUR ANNUAL CONTEST OF WHO HAS THE BIGGEST TOMATO. OH WELL MAYBE NEXT TIME. ANYWAY LYNDSEY WAS SO PROUD OF HERSELF FOR FINDING IT AND GAVE IT TO ME. I LOVE HER ANYWAY!!!!! LITTLE FART! WELL I AM GOING TO GO AND I WILL POST AGAIN LATER. LOVE YOU ALL! MELISSA

We had Kip's birthday today and had fun with all of the family!

caleb had a program at school. he did such a good job and even danced with a girl willingly! They square danced for part of the program.Kip finished his birdhouse for Aliyah with Caleb's help(actually jakob and aliyah helped too!) KIp bought me roses to let me know how excited he is about us being pregnant. It being his fault completely! His boys got past all my defenses so I joke it is all his fault! I was concerned I am not looking forward to maybe getting fat again. I am hoping to exercise thru the entire time but I have had difficult pregnancies before. Today was absolutely gorgeous and we all wore shorts and short sleeves shirts and played all day in the back yard! We had conference today at church so it was not as long as normal. well i better go and get in bed.

I have not posted for a while. i have been very busy! Well Caleb has started his football games and is having a blast! He is so good too! We now have brick on our house and the wood floors and tile floors have been put in. Yeah! Aliyah has been riding her bike like crazy. She has so much fun riding around the circle. The craziest news of all is that I have found out I am pregnant again! I got pregnant with an IUD and had it taken out. Now we are just waiting until the baby is big enough to be able to tell where it is. whether it is ectopic or if it is in the uterus. I am praying that the baby is in the right place! I am not sure about having another baby but I will get used to the idea soon enough! Well I better go it is getting late but will try to update you again soon please pray for me and hope the baby is in the right place! love you all, Melissa!