Fiddle Festival Parade

Fiddle Festival was the 3rd week in June. On Saturday, they have a parade. Lyndon drove the antique fire truck and I rode with him. At the last minute, my dad jumped in and rode the parade with us. It was fun! Johnny and Brogan were in the back of the fire truck and threw candy. It was about 100 degrees outside... HOT! And the truck has no air conditioning, not to mention we were going 5 mph. It was fun to see the nieces on the side of the road and Johnny threw candy to them.

Here is Johnny before the parade started in the back of the fire truck.



Here is the line-up of Fire Trucks

Community Service Project

Our church decided instead of having a traditional Sunday service, we would do Sunday "Service". We had 4 or 5 different projects around the Payette, Fruitland, Ontario area. Some included pealing paint off of a school building, pulling weeds and finishing a flower bed for an elderly woman, cleaning a yard and weed eating property for a man who was in the hospital, and cleaning and burning weeds for an elderly woman.

The projects went really well. We did them on Fathers Day. We started out at the church with a small breakfast of muffins and fruit and then everyone was divided into groups. there were about 8 to 15 people per group. We all went out for 2 hours and did our projects. We helped weed and finish the flower bed and clean and weed eat another house.

After the projects were over, everyone did there own thing for Fathers Day. It was such an amazing day. We were able to serve God by serving others, changing a Sunday around and showing people we care about them. It was great!!!

Here is everyone weeding the flower beds.


Here are the boys figuring out the cement blocks for the flower bed

Vacation Bible School

In June, West Valley Church put on Vacation Bible School. Lyndon was a leader for one of the groups. I was supposed to be a leader for the pre-school group but I had to back out because I was 8 to 9 weeks pregnant and miserable. I couldn't handle that much at that point.

Emma and Alexie went to VBS and were in the pre-school group. I came and picked them up a couple times and on the last day Sarah and I went and watched them the entire time. It looked like they really enjoyed themselves. Alexie loved the dancing and singing, and Emma enjoyed the crafts!

Here are some pictures that Lyndon took of his group....

Making crafts



Getting ready to play outside bowling...



SNACKS!!!



Making blankets for the people in Haiti...

15 Weeks

I have been horrible at not posting on my blog. Things have been crazy busy around our house.

I am 15 weeks yesterday. Morning sickness subsided around 10 or 11 weeks which I am extremely happy about. I am still fighting to stay in some of my regular pants but I think today will be my last day of the fight. I am sitting at work completely uncomfortable!

I have felt a little flutter here and there and a little movement! I was worried that I was getting excited over a little gas but I was told by someone.... Gas feels bad, baby feels amazing. It's definitely not an uncomfortable movement. Lyndon can't wait until he can feel the baby move.

This past week has been a busy one for us. On Saturday, Lyndon married Jenn and Tyler Laird in Weiser. I was one of the bridesmaids. It was a beautiful wedding! We had a wonderful time and we are so happy for them. It was a HOTTTT day! I drank lots of water! We took some pictures outside and then it got too hot and we left for the reception. On Sunday, Lyndon and I took a drive up to Cascade, Idaho to visit the church camps that are going on up there. It was the high school camp that we went to. This week (Mon-Fri) is the Junior High Camp. Lyndon is up there from today (Wed) until Friday.

On Monday, Lyndon went downstairs to the basement, a place we rarely go, and found a leak down there. It had flooded the basement and we weren't sure the damage. We pulled everything up and threw lots of stuff away. We now have everything in plastic bins in the shed. We had to pull the carpet out of one of the bedrooms and we bleached everything.

On Tuesday morning, we woke up and found that our washing machine was broken. It had filled with water and broke. So, we had to wring out all the clothes and dry them. Last night, we siphoned the water out of it.

Things just keep going wrong with this house. Hopefully nothing will happen for a while.

I will try to keep this updated a little more. Next week on Thursday is our 16 week appointment. We will hear the heart beat again!! :) We tried recording the heartbeat at our last appointment but it didn't record, so we are going to use our digital camera this time. I will post it if I can....!!!! :)

Then, next month we find out what we are having!!!! :):):):)

YAYYY!!!!

Until next time,

Lyndon, Stacy, and Baby

9 Weeks

I am now 9 weeks pregnant. I am getting a small baby bump. Lyndon finally noticed it the other day, which is not normal for him. He normally doesn't notice small things like that. I have grown out of most of my regular pants and I am wearing some of the smaller maternity clothes that my sister let me borrow.
We went to our prenatal visit last Thursday and everything went wonderfully. Lyndon had an interesting experience with his first "Girl-Doctor" appointment. But, he was definitely a trooper. The doctor checked my uterus and confirmed that I was 8 weeks along. They drew my blood and did all the fun tests that you have to do! They gave us a bag of a whole bunch of stuff to look at, magazines, DVD's, catalogs, etc. Lyndon and I watched all the videos. They were very 80's and very interesting.
I have had a little bit of morning sickness. Once 9 weeks hit, I was miserable. I haven't thrown up, just constant nausea all day. The things that are helping me with my morning sickness is hash browns with ketchup, refried beans, mashed potatoes, and of course the infamous saltine crackers. I DID actually eat hash browns with ketchup with refried beans. I thought Lyndon was going to hurl. He thought it was the grossest thing, but it tasted so good. One bite Hash Brown... One Bite Beans. :)
We have our next prenatal appointment on July 1st for our 12 week appointment. We are going to listen to the heart beat at this appointment.
I will try to start posting belly pictures now since I am getting a belly. I took a 5 week picture, and after that by belly hadn't changed so I thought there was no reason. I will now start taking them! :)
Until next week....

Stacy

8 Weeks

I am currently 8 weeks along. Lyndon and I are going to our first prenatal visit tomorrow morning. We are super excited. I am kind of nervous. I just want everything to be alright.

Of course, I'm not really showing yet. I have a tiny belly, but its nothing that anyone can notice. My morning sickness hasn't been too bad. There have been a few mornings and evenings when I have been not feeling good, but nothing to horrible.

Of course, I read the weekly details about what is happening with the baby. This week the baby has fingers, toes and eye lids. That just gets me. Its the size of a kidney bean or a raspberry. Its so amazing that something so incredibly tiny can have fingers and toes. The baby also started moving this week. Of course I can't feel it, but its just crazy.

Hopefully I will have some good news tomorrow about the baby. We go in at 8:45 in the morning.

More news tomorrow.


here is a picture of what the baby looks like right now.

Our Wonderful New Addition

On Friday, May 7th, Lyndon and I found out we are expecting our first child!
With my calculations, I am 5 weeks pregnant. Which means.... by my calculations, I am due around January 11, 2011.

We haven't gone to the doctor yet. Our first prenatal appointment is Friday, May 28.

We are both VERY VERY excited!!!

We will keep you updated with pictures as the weeks go on!

STACY AND LYNDON