I know it has been two months since we last posted. It has been a crazy two months with our Massachusetts trip, school starting and preparing for our little girl to come. I'll do a quick update and then hopefully be better at posting.
After we came back to Utah from Washington, Alex and I went to Monroe for two weeks.
During that time, we had my Grandmother Forbush's funeral and a family reunion. The funeral was so beautiful and sad. My Grandma had bone cancer and was ready to pass, but it is still so hard to have such an amazing woman gone from this life. Even though it's hard, I know she is much happier and feels better than she did here. It is so wonderful to have the knowledge of the gospel, specifically the plan of salvation. What a comfort it is to know I will get to see her again and just to know where she is right now. Because my Grandmother was such an amazing person, I am going to share a few things about her. She was a huge Jazz fan! Grandma knew about every player and she hardly ever missed a game. The only time she would miss a game was because she chose to watch her grandchild's game instead. She loved her grandchildren. Every time one of us got married, Grandma would hand stitch us a quilt. She loved to quilt and make booties and beanies for the humanitarian service. My Grandmother also loved to garden. She took great joy in her vegetable and flower garden. One of my fondest memories is playing cards with her. She loved to play all sorts of card games. The last time I ever saw her we played a few games of Hollywood Rummy. I am going to miss her so much, but I rejoice over her life and the knowledge I have that I will see her again. Here are a few pictures of her. In the first one she is on the far right and in the second one she is the grandma on the left.
For the remaining few weeks of summer, Alex and I took a trip to Massachusetts to visit with his family. We had a blast seeing all of the sites and just enjoying family. Isn't it funny how when you live somewhere you hardly ever go see the local sites? It takes a vacation back there to see what you had more time to see when you lived there. This was the case for us. We went to Sturbridge Village; which is a town setup like it would have been in colonial times. This is a picture of us playing one of the games found around the village.
We also went to New Port Beach in RI, a Paw Sox game, the Norman Rockwell Museum, and the North Bridge in Concord, MA. This is most of the family in Corncord having lunch.
Another exciting thing we did in Mass is have a baby shower! This was so much fun. Everything for a baby is tiny and adorable; I love it.
My mother-in-law, Sara made the most beautiful blessing dress. Here is a picture of it. Note: this is the only picture I have of the dress so you have to see the dorky face I am pulling in this picture. I'll have to post a better picture that allows you to see it better.
Since we've been back in Provo, our lives have been incredibly busy. Alex and I have been house hunting. It is not as much fun as I thought it would be. We have also been busy with school. Alex started the graduate program for computer science and I am still working on my bachelor's in early childhood ed. I applied for gratuation last week! That was very exciting.
The baby is doing very well. She is still due at Christmas time. I think she is going to be very active, because she sure kicks me a lot throughout the day. I will post some pregnancy pictures soon. Now that I am caught up, I will try to keep current posts. It may be a little bit hard this school year as I wrap up my degree.
