Whew!

Well what a whirlwind of events we've had here lately. Life got really crazy really fast and our emotions have been all over the place! I'll give a brief update on what's been going on.

First we had Jessica and Matt's Canyon bridal shower which was amazing and they got some beautiful things! Here's a couple of pictures.

Here's just a cute video of Jake and Jess playing at mom and dad's after the shower.

Then on April 21st my mom's sister Debbie passed away very suddenly. Family came in town and the entire family pretty much stayed at mom and dad's house together until after her funeral on Friday. It was so bittersweet in that it was so so good to catch up with family we haven't seen in a while, but I so wish it would have been under better circumstances. I want to say thank you for all of the support, prayers, the phone calls, flowers, and food that everyone brought. You are all such an amazing blessing. God is good...He is who He says He is and to our family that is so comforting. We have felt His arms around us and we have felt His love through ALL of you.






In the meantime, Jake has turned 15 months before our eyes! With everything going on this is probably as much of an update that's going to happen for now. He's still just as cute and smart and funny as ever! ;)

He started this new thing the past few days, he will just talk constantly. It's like he's trying to say something to us, and he KNOWS what he wants but doesn't know how to say it. So instead it's just "Mama...jibberish jibberish...dink (drink) or cacker (cracker)...jibberish jibberish" or whatever it is he's needing. I'm going to have to get it on video so you can really get the full effect because it's really hilarious. But he is saying SO SO many words now! Some of his new things are "ock" (sock), "soo" (shoe), "ank ew" (thank you...yes he can say this!!), "peeeess!" (please), "elbo" (which is actually elmo), "ose" (nose), "eye", "boy", and I'm SURE there's more but those are probably some of the most common.

Since it's been nice outside lately he's gotten to be out to run around and play...which he TOTALLY LOVES. It's really hard to get him to come back in!!

Jake LOVES shoes. I know I've said this before, but the kid is really serious about them. He always wants to wear them, carry them around, point to everyone's shoes they are wearing, trying to put them on...anything that has to do with shoes!! This may be something he got from his mommy...oops! :)

We watched that movie Marley & Me and we felt like we were watching a movie about our life! Seriously. But this picture just makes me think of that movie. Our dog Kasey has started sleeping in Jake's bed with him at night. It's just about the sweetest thing we've ever seen.

Ok well this ended up being longer than I had planned! Guess we just had a lot to update about! Thank you again for all the support and prayers...and we would appreciate continued prayer for our family during this time. Thanks so much. God bless!!