Fiiii-re!

Well, we got to see our house burn down today! And unlike probably 99% of house fires, this one was planned and greatly anticipated!

I could describe it all I want, but nothing will compare to the TONS of pics we took!

What's up?

Well, first of all, here's my little kidney bean:



Cute, right? Can't wait to meet him or her! The baby doesn't have a name nickname, like Kady was Arthur until we found out she was a girl, so I've just been calling him my kidney bean. He'll be joining us sometime between the 13th and 16th of July!

In other news, in the three months since I've posted (sorry to get so behind!) Stuff's happened. We moved in with Bob and Kristy, who are also hosting Karl, Saren, and Jace. And in April, they're going to be joined by their second child, who they should be finding out the sex of sometime in the next few weeks!

We still haven't had our house burned down, so that stinks, but it'll happen soon! We hope!

In November, my Grandma Fredrick finally passed away, after spending 1 year and 8 months in a hospital bed. We've really missed her, especially Gramps, who has moved back to MO. The holidays were hard, but we did our best to include her, and I think we all felt her spirit sharing her love with us.

Then, the day after her MO memorial, on my parent's 40th wedding anniversary, Sierra married her boyfriend Sean, who just left a few days ago for boot camp! Luckily Sierra has school, work, and family to keep her occupied, so hopefully she doesn't get too gloomy with out him around!

We spent Thanksgiving with my family this year because Bob and Kristy decided to go spend it in CA and see all the kids out West.

So, a few days after the memorial and the wedding, both of which had food, we had Thanksgiving! Mom was BUSY that week! The food was great, I just wish I could have eaten more! But my stomach's shrunk a bit from morning sickness, so I wasn't able to eat tons.

We went down early, and I was able to see Nikki! And her husband Michael, who is going to be going to school out here in IL only an hour away sometime this next summer! I'm excited to be living within a driving distance of her again! And I wish I didn't have to wait until July to see the baby she's going to be having next month, who will be named Joshua Reed Davison!

Then a few days before Christmas, Kyle and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary! My husband is the sweetest and best man I could have ever hoped to be sealed to for time and eternity, and I'm glad he loves me too! Poor guy, he wanted to go see Tron, but after we ate we ended up going back to my parents because my stomach started acting up.

Then Christmas! This year we spent with my family, and it was jam-packed with fun! Christmas Eve we all exchanged gifts with our families, and we had Mellisa and Adam again!

Kristy, with a little help from me, made car organizers for Abrahm, Matteo, and Santana, which they LOVED! Mellisa got some Avon stuff, and she also got a new embroidered name thing, since she gave her other one to her Mil, Soccoro. And for Adam we found a fun pack of spicy sauces, which he shared with everyone the next day at our Mexican fiesta!

Emily had us, and we got a very cute clock, Kyle got a keychain flashlight and Oreos, I got a little scrapbooking kit and some peppermint chocolates, and Kady got the cutest stuffed frog, and a neat little Noah and the Ark magnetic playset that we're putting to use on Sundays to keep her quiet during Sacrament.

Christmas Day of course we had fried bread! Kady didn't like her unsugared piece, but once she took a bite of a powdered sugar one she snatched off my plate, she loved them!

Then, at two, our Mexican Fiesta! Lots of wonderfully yummy food! I had a hard time stopping! And then we had a Scavenger Hunt for the kids under 10! I made up clues that led them from one place to another, then finally to a bag full of goodie bags for each of them, made lovingly by my mom. They had lots of fun! Then there was a White Elephant for the adults and kids over 10. Poor Ephraim, I don't think he's ever going to forget the Horny Goat Weed! And Kyle and I had to giggle, because we ended up with the books that we had put in! So much for getting rid of them! We left them at my parents' when we left.

Then, last night was New Year's Eve! We went over to Peter and Nichole Ivie's and all three of us enjoyed ourselves! We had to leave earlier then we would have liked though, because of me having the beginnings of a migraine.

So, not only has it been a crazy few months, it's been a crazy year! Here's hoping that 2011 is even better!