At last!

The moment you've all been waiting for...another blog! Well, we've finally hit some milestones. First off, we have the internet! After almost 4 weeks without having it in our home, we've realized it's really central to how we communicate with others! (At least Julie has!) Secondly, we have an apartment! We lived with Aaron's brother Jared and his family for about 2 months. We now have a two bedroom apartment, just a few minutes from Aaron's parent's home. It's really large and spacious. We absolutely love it and have tried to make it cozy and homey as quickly as possible. Thirdly, Aaron now has a full-time teaching job! He's teaching 4 classes (English and Spanish) at Glacier High School and 1 class (Spanish) at Flathead High School. (Aaron's Alma Mater) We are very excited for him to be full-time. Students begin classes tomorrow! Send him your best thoughts and wishes! That's a brief summary of the last 2 months for us. Now, for some pictures!

Joseph enjoying feeding the ducks after swim lessons.
Feeding those ducks!

Joseph's favorite puzzle after he did the whole thing by himself. (Granted, that was a few weeks ago. Now he can do all of his puzzles by himself.)

Playing at Whitefish Beach. Yes, I know you're thinking "Montana doesn't have beaches." That's the same thing I said the first time I went there. It's a lake.

Joseph decided he wanted to play ping pong while we were still living at Jared's. This ping pong table is directly outside of the bedrooms we were staying in. However, after a few tries with the ping pong paddle, he picked up this child's badmitton racket and said it would be easier. The kid's got a point!

By far, my favorite video from Joseph's Birthday Party.

It's kinda long, but sooo... cute!

Joseph at the Northwest Montana Fair. He had a blast!

Joseph after the fair... Good times!

So, it's super hard to get pictures of Emery because once she sees the camera she acts like a deer in headlights. But... I promise I will try better! I had one video of her smiling a ton, but the lighting is horrible and it's all black. But I will get at least one great picture of her for the next blog. (Just for you Stacie!) Now that we have the internet, expect regular posts from us once again. Thanks for all your love and support this summer. It was really tough, but has paid off!

More pictures at last!

We've been gone for a while, with Julie's family reunion at Hebgen Lake outside of Yellowstone National Park. But now that we're back and settled, we have more fun pictures to update with!

Wearing a sweater knit by Grandma Eris's co-worker

Emery looking so sweet!

Joseph enjoying the pool

Emery in her bathing suit

Playing dress-up with Aaron's things

Bison at Yellowstone

Old Faithful

Yellowstone Wipeout!

Julie and Joseph in the 3-legged race!

In her reunion shirt, at Hebgen Lake

Looking stylish in her headband and bow made by her aunts Stephanie and Stacie

Emery in her beautiful blessing dress, made by her Grandma Eris

Long awaited photos!

As promised, the digital camera has been located, as well as the cord needed to upload pictures. So here they are. These are from back in May in Missoula up until last Saturday. p.s. Emery update at the end of the post

Joseph wearing his big brother badge!

Emery relaxing in California

Joseph playing in the pool with Aaron

Preparing for a long needed haircut from Grandma Eris

Sitting so still

After a long hike at Lone Pine in Kalispell, MT

The happy hikers! (Mckenna-7, Jadalin-9, Joseph-2, Cadence-4)

There are more photos coming. We just got our computer set up, which is where we like to store all our photos. It's hard to get a cute photo of Emery for now unless she's sleeping because she just stares at the camera. But we'll post some more soon.

As of Emery's 2 month appointment, she weighed 11 lbs. 2 ozs. and was 24 inches long. For her head size and weight she is in the 50-75th percentile. For her height she is in the 95+ percentile. She is now wearing 3-6 month clothes. Unfortunately they don't really fit her belly, but lengthwise they are perfect. But I'm sure she's going to keep on growing quickly. Her face is really starting to fill out. We'll post some Emery pics real soon!

Where have we gone??

It's been a while since our last post, and with good reason. After Aaron officially finished school, we packed up our things and went to California on vacation. While we were there, Aaron got an interview with Glacier High School in Kalispell, Montana (his hometown and tourists dream) for an english position and a spanish position. Long story short, Aaron got a job there. It's just below full time, and he will be teaching english and spanish (awesome!). We stayed in California for a total of 2 weeks (during which Aaron was back here in Montana for 1 week doing his interviews and packing up our apartment and putting it in storage). We then packed up what little we had with us and drove back to Montana and up to Kalispell. We are going to be living in his brother's basement. It's quite the spacious arrangement, with a room for us and Emery, a room for Joseph, our own bathroom, living room and family room. They are super generous to share their home with us. Joseph is in heaven being around his cousins (Jaddie 9, Mckenna 7, and Cadence 4). We can tell he's happy knowing that we aren't leaving again. The past 2 days he gets distressed at nap and bedtimes because he thinks we're leaving. When we tell him we're not going anywhere and we'll see his cousins when he wakes up, he perks up a little bit. Emery has been handling the changes like a champ as well. Her sleeping schedule was a tad bit off, with all the time changes, but it seems like she's already getting back on track. Just last night she slept from 10:15 pm to 5:00 am. Unfortunately we don't have any pictures to post. For one, the camera is missing (but I think it's just at the in-laws here in Kalispell), and the cord we need to upload the pictures is in storage. But we'll be getting our things out of storage in about a week and a half, so after that we'll have a huge post just for pictures.

In an Emery update, she is now 11 pounds (we think) and healthy as ever. She's getting rolls on her legs, and plumping up a tiny bit. She's really long, so it keeps her middle from getting pudgy. She has an appointment in 2 weeks for her 2 month, so we'll get her official numbers then. She's really starting to get interactive and smiling pretty often. Once we find the camera, we'll get a picture of it!

We are so excited about Aaron's new job and about our new home. We are still super sad to have to leave California and our friends and family there. But we're sure to visit and keep in touch (even better than before!). Thank you to all those who have been so supportive and understanding during this crazy time in our family's life. Your love and friendship has made all of these hard decisions easier for us to make, and has made the changes easier on our kids. Thank you!!

3 weeks later

Well, I've been a slacker and have waited quite a while before adding more pictures. Things have been pretty busy since Emery was born. Aaron's mom stayed with us for a week after she was born, then we had a week alone, and then Julie's parents were here for 5 days. They just left last week. Then over the weekend we went to an 80th birthday party for Aaron's grandma. So, that's what's been keeping us so busy (aside from adjusting to having 2 kids).

Aaron is now done with his student teaching. His attention is now fully devoted to job hunting, applications, and interviews. We'll let you know when we have any solid leads as to where Aaron will be working. Julie also officially graduated from BYU, as of April 21. She now has a bachelor's degree. Woohoo! Anyhow, here are the latest pictures. Sorry, we don't have many. Emery really just loves to be swaddled, which doesn't make for the cutest of pictures. I'm sure as she starts to have more awake time we'll get some more.

In her super cute dress Aunt Stacie gave her.

Playing dress up at Grandma Denney's house

Complete with a murse (man-purse).

Joseph knows how cute Emery's clothes are. Unfortunately they won't be able to share.

Wearing the super cute shrug Grandma Eris made her.