We love being close to BYU again!! Last week we stopped by Pa's office to say hi and went to the Bean Museum (no it is not a museum for beans-love you Amie!!!) Eric takes Adam at least once a month because it is free and Adam loves the animals!! This week was great because we got there right in time for a show and Adam got to touch a snake! He thought that was pretty cool.He really wanted to pick the Rhino's nose

Adam showing off his hippo mouth

The crocodile is a favorite!

The cutest two year old ever!!

Touching the snake-he's braver than I am!

Tessa wasn't quite as thrilled as big brother, but she was a good sport!

Story Time

We love books in at our house! I started reading to Adam when he was a few weeks old and his love for books blows me away! We read at least 3 before bed every night and a few more during the day. We often find him "reading" to himself during the day as well. I am sad to say I have not been as diligent with Tessa, but hopefully that is something that will improve soon. She likes it when I remember to sit her on my lap with Adam. I am grateful I married someone who shares my love of books! I am grateful for parents who taught me to love books and to value them. I am grateful for a Mom who taught me to read....actually she taught all 8 of us kids to read! A lot of my memories of Dad involve books. He was always reading and that was a great example to me! Thanks Mom and Dad! Now I can enjoy reading with my own babies!!

Answered Prayers!!

Eric got a job!!! We feels so blessed and are so relieved!! Eric keeps joking that he was unemployed for 8 weeks....people in Europe get longer vacations than that. The job is with Progress Manufacturing and they are located in Provo, so we get to stay close to home which we are really happy about. Eric will be their production manager-he starts on Monday! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!!! Yeah!! We have a job!

Tessa Boo

Our Tessa Boo has had an eventful couple of weeks. She turned 5 months old on January 9th! (Yes, I am slightly behind with life.) She weighed in that morning at 14 lbs 4 oz and we are so grateful that she is growing and gaining weight so well now. She is such a sweet baby and we are so glad she is part of our family.

She also started getting rice cereal last week. It took her a few minutes to get the hang of it, but now she loves it!! Waiting for the spoon

Job News

Eric has a second interview with the company he interviewed with last week!!! It will be tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon, so pray that this goes well!!! We are so excited and nervous!

Job update

Eric's interview went really well today and we both feel this job is a perfect match. We should hear back the beginning of next week if they want to do a second interview, so please keep praying for us. This would be such a huge blessing for us!!! I'll let you know if we hear anything!

PRAYERS!!!

Eric has a job interview tomorrow!! Please keep us in your prayers! We are hoping this is our answer to many prayers! We will let you know what happens. Thanks for all your love and support!

Sleepy boy

It has snowed like crazy this past month here in Springville!! One day last week it snowed all day. I put Adam down for a nap and told him after he woke up we could go play outside. I checked on him a while later and found him asleep like this. He had pulled the blinds up (the cords are now hiding) and fell asleep watching the snow fall. They don't get much cuter than this!!!

After Christmas Adventure

The Thursday before Christmas my sweet Grandma Lemley passed away rather suddenly. We were devastated and frankly still are. Her funeral was the Saturday after Christmas, so Friday we headed down to California. My parents were able to rent a 15 passenger van and we all loaded up together for the trip down. 6 parents, 3 babies, 2 young adults, 3 teenagers and an eleven year old in one big car!! It was actually a lot of fun and the kids did amazingly well!! Weather on the way down was bad, so what should have been a 3 1/2 hour drive to St George took us 5 1/2 hours. We got to CA late that evening, had the service on Saturday and headed home Sunday!! The service was nice... I think Grandma would have been pleased. Danny and Kevin gave beautiful prayers, my uncle Brian spoke, my Mom spoke, my Dad conducted and offered some remarks and I sang with my brother David and sister Katy. We sang "Barrowd Angels" which is on the playlist right now....listen to the song. It describes my Grandma perfectly!!

I miss my Grandma so much! I was going down the end of the month to visit and show Tessa off. I am sad that she will never get to see her....but Tessa now has a guardian Angel. I was the oldest grandkid on my dad's side, so my Grandma and I have always been close. I will always remember her positive outlook on life, her desire to learn and her giggle! My Grandma had a not so ideal life from start to finish, but she never complained and she was one of the most selfless people I know. She was a wonderful Grandma!! She taught me so much about how to appreciate life and I feel so blessed to have had her as my Grandma.

Rose Marie Velker Lemley

Four generations: My Grandpa Lemley, my Daddy, me and Tessa-we luckily got a four generation picture with Adam and both my granparents a while back.

Grandpa Lemley, Dad, my brother Danny and his son Ares

My cute Grandpa Lemley

My cousin Kate

Christmas 2008

It has been weeks since I posted, but we have been busy! We have adjusted to life back in Utah, been applying for jobs (no luck yet), been to lots of Christmas parties, celebrated Christmas with our families, went to California the day after Christmas for my Grandma's funeral, went to Idaho to pack up our apartment, and rang in the new year! It has been a whirlwind 3 weeks!! Here is a look at what our Christmas was like. My holiday baking...not as much as I usually do, but it was still good!
Adam hiding under the Christmas tree at Spring Haven

Sledding on Christmas Eve....Adam LOVED it!!

Our Tessa Boo's first Christmas!

Adam having fun with Uncle Matt

Adam intently listening to Pa read Polar Express

Adam sampled the goodies for Santa and his reindeer

Christmas morning at Ma and Pa's house...Adam's stocking was full of fruit snacks! Tessa got formula. Poor Tessa!

Santa was good to Adam and left him a race track with race cars. He loved it!!

Uncle David was not very happy about the timpview shirt from his young men's president. Go Tigers!!

Tessa liked her stuffed hippo!

Merry Christmas!!

Tessa trying out her bumbo

Adam loved his bike-he calls it his Batman motorcycle even though it is Spiderman

Adam ended the day with that always tradition Christmas dinner of chicken nuggets, jell-o and olives. I love two year olds!

We had a great Christmas and were so grateful to be able to spend it with our families.