Pictures of the zoo trip

We had a blast at the zoo with everyone. We really missed Jason and Kelly and wished that they were there. It was kind of a spare of the moment thing that we all ended up going. ENjoy!!!

Sharing is Caring...

I have debated sharing this. Mostly because I don't want to be a crying wack-a-doo for the rest of my life, but life is about sharing the journey right? We aren't supposed to go it alone, we need each other. That is what life is all about. I have been listening to a few talks by Elder Holland over and over and over and they have really helped me during the last few months and especially last week. He says that God wants us to be strong as well as good. We can't control everything and those moments are for our growth. I know God wants me to be strong.

Last Monday night I found out I was pregnant. Tuesday morning it was confirmed again. I got my doctors appointment set for Friday after work and I had lost the baby by Thursday. Luckily my mom came up Thursday night. Jason had gone hunting Thursday morning. The doctor sent me to the hospital to get blood work done and to make sure it wasn't ectopic. I ended up getting sonograms and poked and prodded only to be told what I already knew. I had lost the baby very early on. As heart breaking and horrible this has been I am very lucky. I am very blessed that I lost it so early. I can't imagine loosing a baby further along. I don't know how I would handle that. I am also blessed because now it appears that there is a possibility of me actually getting pregnant, and as much as I had hoped it would stick I do know the Lord is looking out for me and eventually I am going to be blessed. Jason came home from his hunt early, Friday night late, I am very blessed to have such a loving and supportive husband.

Jason gave me a blessing last night. I was told I would have a family soon, that the Lord wants me to be strong and that I need to focus on my blessings. I had already restarted a gratitude journal, I was already on the right track. The key is going to be staying positive and hopeful while I wait. I am not sure how my family is coming but I am glad they are.

Rather than retreat and try to pretend this painful event didn't happen I come to you asking for your help. Please remember us in your prayers. We appreciate them and feel them help us. Also, my family is going to have a special fast for us on Sunday, if you would like to join us I would be very grateful. I am sorry I haven't been answering my phone much lately, I am getting better. It's just been hard to talk to people. I hope you will forgive me. :)

Thank you all for your love and support it means so very much. I love you all!

"Hope is critical to both faith and charity. When disobedience, disappointment, and procrastination erode faith, hope is there to uphold our faith. When frustration and impatience challenge charity, hope braces our resolve and urges us to care for our fellowmen even without expectation of reward. The brighter our hope, the greater our faith. The stronger our hope, the purer our charity."
--Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "The Infinite Power of Hope", Ensign, Nov 2008, 21–24

THE EVANS SNOW DAY!!!

We woke up too Snow!!!!Aubrey was so excited she wanted to build a snowman. Here it is shw named it Sally the Snowman. It was lots of fun, COLD but fun!!!

It's all about the good times!!!

Having fun with puppet shows!!! Aubrey loves the FHE Box and can't wait to choose something to talk about on Monday nights. I think it is now her favorite day of the week
She had a blast coloring!!!
Emily getting into the action she is all over the place now!!!
She crawls about 2 steps then gives up and will army crawl. She is so funny and guess what still no teeth good for me!!! Not so good for her. She has eating with her gums down pretty good though.

It's official!!!

Well It's official Luke got his first Subbing job today in Safford. It's High School English. He is excited and nervous but is glad that soon he can say the hard part is over with. Thank you everyone that has helped him along the way with encouragement prayers or whatever it might have been.
Before he left he said " I am a WORKING MAN!!! It was cute and funny. He is such a stud!!!
Aubrey and her lovely poses. She is definitely not afraid of the camera. She felt so pretty that day.
Ok so I got these awesome parents and grandma that gave Luke and I this awesome birthday present that makes awesome stuff. I LOVE MY PRESSURE COOKER!!!! Carol came over and helped me with my beans so so I could get familiar with it, thanks by the way. Anyways my first project was my beans. Only one didn't seal out of 18 pints and 7 quarts. I was exctied, ok maybe a lot excited and soaked up to many beans so we put some in the crock pot. I guess I know for next time. This week I am making chicken all by myself we shall see how it all turns out. THANKS AGAIN!!!!
MY BEANS, Well the start of them anyways. I feel like a real home maker now. I am working on my food starage YEAH FOR ME!!!!

We are definitely carrying on the Edington name!

So, if you haven't heard yet, Kevin and I are expecting boy #6! I should be more creative about announcing this, but I am too busy chasing little children. Isn't that wonderful?! I went to my first obstetrician appointment yesterday. I thought I was maybe 9-10 weeks pregnant. Of course, I was just speculating about how far along I was since I was nursing Aaron at the time and did not get my period back. I am 14 weeks pregnant--just starting my 4th month. The baby is due on July 16, 2009. Since I was farther along, we were able to figure out the sex of the baby. The doctor and I both knew almost instantaneously that it was a boy. It was pretty obvious!! I would scan in the pictures, but I haven't found where I put them yet. I'm a little disorganized lately! It's been kind of crazy at our house. The flu that went around took 5 weeks to make its way through each and every member of our family, and of course, mom got it last. I don't know if I was so extremely tired just from nursing AND being pregnant, or if I was just exhausted from chasing 5 little boys around and doing all the work involved when everyone gets sick and then getting sick myself--you know quadruple the laundry, dishes that pile up, toys strewn throughout the house. Anyway, I am finally STARTING to get caught up. I have 3 clean rooms right now, and am gradually working on the rest. Sadly, I just weaned Aaron last week. I feel a little guilty about that, but I really needed to be able to have more energy to take care of the rest of the family. It helps to just be pregnant, and not nursing too! It's only been about 4 days since I stopped nursing Aaron, but I already feel like I have more energy. I was also getting really moody (due to the hormone overload and extreme exhaustion), and I was trying to limit my contact with people so I wouldn't annoy anyone. So, poor Kevin has been very, very patient and extremely helpful lately (Thanks, Kevin).

Anyhow, yes we are very excited to have six little boys! We have been so blessed! My patriarchal blessing actually says that I would be surrounded and blessed by the strength of the priesthood in my home. Well, I can see how that blessing will come true. I feel so much joy and also so much exhaustion!! We will be great at scouts, the priesthood, and missionaries. We will have (10 years of scouting X 6 boys) 60 years worth of scouting (of course, the boys will overlap most of it). We will have (2 years X 6 boys) 12 years of missions. We will have (8 years X 6 boys) 48 years worth of Aaronic priesthood holders (overlapping). We enjoy our boys so much, and look forward to the times we will have in the future with them. It will surely be an adventure!! Looking back, we are so grateful to be so blessed by a loving Heavenly Father. I still remember the pain I felt many years ago when we were unable to have children for 3 years, but to look at how everything worked out now, my prayers have been more than just answered. Our blessings are overflowing!! As painful as those years of not having children were, it was all so worthwhile and we have been blessed beyond measure. Heavenly Father truly does know what is best for us, and he will bless us with what we desire if we are faithful and endure!

Pictures!!!

Emily Is army crawling everywhere and getting lost. I left for a few minutes and when I got back I couldn't find her she was behind the chair sucking on a marker. She is going to be good at hide and seek.

The girls hanging out together!!!

Aubrey is such a big helper she went and got a diaper and a wipe and changed Emily. It was so cute I had to take a picture. Emily was just sitting there smiling:)

SEE YOU ALL AT CHRISTMAS!!!!

For Kelsi...

Jason told me that Kelsi was very impressed that we actually had enough show to make a snow man so we thought we would give it a go between storms. They say we could get up to ten more inches tonight. Why do we live here?

Here she is in all of her snowy glory. It's a she because of the pink scarf and leafy hair...

Wow!

Wow! It has been a while since I looked at the blog. How fun it was to see the wonderful pictures and read what is happening in everyone's lives. Thanks for posting for the family to see. This is a wonderful way to share with everyone the good and bad happenings in your lives. Dad and I are sure proud of all of the wonderful things you are all doing with your families. We are grateful to the Lord for faithful sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters. We pray daily that each of you will have the desire to do those things that will bring us back as a family to live with Heavenly Father. Keep on working for exaltation and supporting each other in your efforts to do better each day. Dad and I love you all very much. Loads of love. MOM

Aaron is crawling!

It's official !! Aaron is crawling. He has been scooting forward and backwards for the past couple of weeks, and rolling around everywhere. He has been on the verge all week--almost taking off crawling. Well, today at my mom's house, he actually crawled. Yes, he was using his hands and his knees--no army crawling. We have several witnesses. Since he figured that out at my mom's today, he has gotten more confident and is now crawling all over the place. If I was smart enough to add some video, I would show some clips because it is oh, so cute! I love watching him move around. However, nothing is safe now. We are watching out for very small toys on the floor. The older boys have been warned to make sure all toys get put away so that Aaron will not choke! I'm not so worried about things that are edible--like crumbs. I know maybe I should be because eating food off the floor is just gross. I vacuum often and mop my floor, but remember Aaron is our 5th son. We have a lot of boys eating a lot of food. I pick up the messes as soon as I can, but sometimes that is not soon enough.So, here is Aaron crawling around. Watch out, here comes trouble. Now, he can chase his brothers a little easier and follow me all around the house. He is such a joy in our lives and we are so grateful he is a part of our family. Look at that smile and pretty blue eyes! Yes, Grandma and Grandpa I will bring him over tomorrow so you can watch him crawl. We were at my mom's house today fixing her computer for her so we did not get home until about 8 p.m. You can watch him tomorrow. He is so precious!! We had to take pictures in between him sitting up to dance/bounce to the music Kevin had playing in the background.

Hello!!!

Well as some of you allready know Luke got laid off from work along with 400 hundred other people. We are doing ok and looking at all the positives from this situation. The first thing Luke said was now I can watch the suns games. He is so funny. Hopefully we can find a job with better hours anyway. We have faith that every thing will be fine we will pay our tithing and pray and the lord will provide. We are so bless to be able to stay at grandma's right now and have family that loves us and is there for us. Many of the others that got laid off have rent and morgages due soon. So we are very lucky. We will keep moving forward.

New Kittens

Aaron is so cute with these kittens. They love to climb on him. He doesn't seem to mind.

Jacob is so good with the kittens. They adore him. He is our animal lover. Jacob used to wake up every morning (he's our early riser), and ask, "Can I play video games?" Now, he wakes up saying, "Can I get the kittens out and play with them?" Much better, I think.

So, these are our new kittens. We got them from the Trepanier's. They found 6 kittens abandoned near a water heater. When their kids came for piano, they asked us if we wanted some kittens. I told them, "We might. Let me call my husband and ask him." I knew what the kids answer would be. You see, about two weeks ago, the boys left the back door open ALL night long. Thank goodness it wasn't as cold then as it is now. I usually check all the doors before I go to bed, but I was exhausted that night. I went straight to bed. The next day, Kevin put out some mice traps and we caught three mice! I would much rather have cats than mice. I don't know why those tiny little animals terrify me, but they do. Jacob loves them. We have to not let Jacob know when we catch a mouse because he always wants to keep it. They are going to be outdoor cats. We may bring them in every now and then. I don't know. So far, I actually like the cats. They are now 8 weeks old. We got them when they were 6 weeks old. I am mildly allergic to the cats, I think Benjamin is too. The cat hair stings my eyes so I have been taking some medicine every now and then when it bothers me, but not too bad so far. I am trying to have the kids keep the cats on the linoleum so the cat hair will not affect Benjamin and I so much. We love the cats. I never thought I would be a cat owner, but I like cats more than mice. Kevin actually likes them a lot. He lets them climb all over him. I don't. Who would have thought Kevin would like cats someday? Enjoy the pictures!

Kevin and Kim's Family Halloween

So, this is Kimberly. I am totally new to this. Amy showed me how to add comments and pictures when she came to Pomerene last weekend. I don't know if this will work or not. Anyhow, these are pictures of our boys dressed in their various costumes. Andrew was Abraham Lincoln. Jacob was Darth Vader. Matthew was a Skeleton. Benjamin was Old McDonald. He has a belt around him that has stuffed farm animals on it. He is sitting on a tractor. Aaron was Old McDonald's cow. We thought they looked cute. Wait, I can't use the word cute--they are boys! They looked cool!! We went to the Pomerene Halloween Carnival--Grandma and Grandpa Edington were there, which was fun. They helped run the boys around. My mom also came. I need all the help I can get. The carnival was on Matthew's birthday, which was nice because I did not have to create a birthday dinner. We ate hamburgers and hot dogs at the school. We let Matthew open presents at 7 a.m. on his birthday so he could play with his presents all day and not drive me crazy asking me, "When can I open my presents?". On Halloween night, we went to City of Benson Parks and Recreation. Yes, Benson actually has a Parks and Recreation division now. It is wonderful! Anyhow, the city had free games, candy, cookies, punch, and they showed the movie Halloweentown. Then, we went to the Benson High School Football game. Mom and Dad were there, and we had a nice time. Benson won 45-0. I am going to add another post with pictures of our new kittens.

Halloween fun

We had a great Halloween this year. Here are some pictures highlighting the events.

The pumpkin we carved.

All lite up in the dark.

They had some little goats at the carnival for the kids to pet.

Shaylee went as Mulan.

Courtney was a pumpkin.

Kelsi went as a cowgirl.

Each year at the school they have a Halloween parade. All the kids dress in their costumes and walk around the block while several parents, grandparents and others stand around and watch. It is kind of fun to see all the different costumes. There were several Hannah Montanas, princesses and super heroes.

Halloween

These are the cutest girls ever!!! We had a blast at Halloween thanks grandma for the Cinderella dress Aubrey loved it.

School in Full Swing

Well, I had every intention of posting a back to school post but that didn't happen in a timely manner so I post a little now about school.

Kelsi is in Ms. Moore's 1st grade class and enjoying it. She is very social and has already had to have her desk moved to a different place in the classroom. She likes that she doesn't have to walk back from lunch with her teacher like in kindergarten. She has also informed me several times that in her words "Friday's rock!" because there is no homework and they have show and tell.

Shaylee is enjoying preschool. I was a little concerned at first because about a week before school was to start she cried for a good 5 to 10 minutes about not wanting to go because she would miss me. As the day got closer she seemed to be handling the idea better. That morning when I was getting her ready she surprised me with her deep concerns about school. She turned to me and said "Mom, will the other kids be nice to me? Will they play with me?" It about brought tears to my eyes. I had never realized she had such fear over such things. It all went well and yes the kids were nice and played with her. She now loves it and looks forward to it.

Courtney's Baby Blessing

We had Courtney's baby blessing on Sunday. Everything went really well. We spent the day on Saturday hanging out and swimming with Jeremy's family and Sunday after church we had Mexican food with my family. The kids seemed to really enjoy both days. Thanks to everyone for their love and support.

We are moved in...

Well we are pretty much moved into Grandmas's house. We have been enjoying every minute of our time here. Life is going good. Luke got grandma's yard all clean up and I have been trying to keep the inside clean for her. In fact grandma Luke and I started cleaning that deep freeze you know chipping the ice. It was going to to be a small project but then we ended up doing the whole thing. Crazy, but it is done now and that is good.

Aubrey has only asked a couple of times when we were going home. I explained to her that this is her new home now. She did say the other day when we drove up" look mom my new home" so I think that she is starting to understand. I know one thing she has enjoyed all of her cousins.

Luke is liking the smaller town, who wouldn't though. We just wanted to tell everyone thank you so much for all of your help we appreciate it so much. Thank you grandma Buck for letting us stay here and thanks to Mom and Dad for helping us get a truck. For all of those that helped us by moving babysitting whatever it was a big thanks too.

Courtney's Baby Blessing

Courtney is growing fast and is now two months old. We will be having her baby blessing on August 3rd. Church is at 8:30 and we would love for you all to be there if you are able. We will be having lunch after church. Don't know what we are having yet but I will try to make it good. We love you all.

Missing You

We sure hope that you all enjoy the 4th of July. Sorry we couldn't be there to enjoy it with you. We will be up to Alpine for sure next year. I already have a promise. We love you all. Happy Birthday to Jacob and Kayla. Enjoy the cool weather.

Back to the Mountain

Mom and I had to come down from the mountain so I could get a tooth fixed. It seems to be doing ok now. Also I had to get some stuff to fix the septic system. I think it will be working fine by the reunion. If not we will make a go of it anyway. Looking forward to seeing you all.

Love Dad

We are moving to Thatcher!!!

Well as most of you know Luke and I have decided to move to Thatcher for a little while and keep grandma Buck company. Thank you grandma for letting us stay with you. Carol and I have been talking about this for a little while, but just this week Luke and I have been praying and feel that this is the right move for us. This will open our minds to a whole new way of thinking without all the stress of finances. Now Luke can find out what he wants to be in life. Thanks for all of the love and support. We will see all of you in Thatcher really soon!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No more hot Mesa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHOO HOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOVE YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Courtney Is 1 Month Old!

On Friday, June 20th, Courtney turned 1 month old. She is growing fast and changing quickly. She is now 8ib 12oz and 21 inches long. She is smiling and cooing and we are really starting to see her personality. She is a really good baby and sleep well most days and nights. She is a blessing to us all.