Guess who is Three years old today...

Copper! Yay for Copper he is Three and he totally acts like it too! At least we have him potty trained! I don't know how many three year old's still eat food off the floor but Copper does! Here are a couple pictures from his little birthday celebration!



He got to blow the candle out... he used his ear!





Don't worry he didn't get to eat his birthday candle!

Sam's Sharing her feelings

I know I shouldn't be posting this without Josh here but I think it is time. Before we even got to post that we were having a baby he went back to heaven. It is a strange and sad thing. We were very surprised that we were even pregnant. It was what I called our Happy Surprise. We were excited and scared and happy and nervous. It was something we had wanted but didn't even know we were getting. We found out on Tuesday that we had lost the baby. I wont go into details because it isn't pretty. I now find myself over whelmed with sadness, but at the same time I feel like I don't have time to be sad. I have to go to school I need to go to work. I know that Heavenly Father has reasons for everything and I understand that his will is greater then mine. I am going to be OK. Josh and I are going to be OK. The strange part that I mentioned before is how grief works. I wake up in the morning feeling optimistic or happy. Today is the day I wont be sad, and I wont be for an hour or two, but then it just hits me. Like a punch in the stomach, and I cry and cry. An hour later I am happy again. I am sure Josh is wondering if I will ever stop crying. I will, but then something else will make me cry. It's hard to not cry so much when I used to cry all the time anyways. If any of you know me you would understand. If not I will give a couple examples; When I was a teenager whenever my mom asked me if I was on my period I would cry, When I moved to Utah and had to say good bye to my Family and Kristen I cried all the way to Idaho, I cry every time I share my testimony, I want to cry whenever anyone ask me if "I'm going to eat all that", and I cry whenever my feelings get hurt. So, sadness is all around, but there is still hope. We are hopeful we will have another chance. We still have happy times. I love Josh and he is really good at making me laugh. I love playing volleyball and I was able to pound some really hard serves on Tuesday night. We are sad but we are happy too. We are grateful for all of the kind words people have said to us. We are grateful for the prayers and support. We are grateful for all of our blessings that we have. In prayers last night Josh thanked the Lord for his love. It is a great thing to know our Father in Heaven loves us, and to feel that love is wonderful. Ever since Sunday I have had a Hymn stuck in my head,"Because I have been given much." It keeps repeating over and over. "Because I have been given much I too must give, because of thy great bounty Lord each day I live..." The lord has a plan for all of us. At times we have no Idea what is going on but he does. We are given trials and hard times and bitter moments but these compare to our great Joys and times of laughter. I know He loves us, He gave his only begotten son for us. Each time I read the scriptures I feel his love even stronger. This rocky place will pass and we will be stronger because we endured. The Lord has blessed us and we are grateful. I know now that I must pass my blessings on to those who are in need.

Don't be sad for us we are sad enough already. Be happy and smile and remember all of the blessings the Lord gives us.

For anyone who doesn't know today is Jordan's 15th birthday. I am pretty confident that if you have even talked to her in the last two months you would know! Jordan is one of the coolest people I know! She is smart and she makes people laugh. I know there is rule about telling stories of your own in our family, but I thought since it is her birthday I could share! So her are 15 fun facts about Jordan!!!!

1. When Jordan was little we used to be able to get her to snort and grunt like a pig.
2. Jordan used to lock herself in the bathroom and play in the sink naked.
3. As a toddler Jordan would sneak into the fridge and eat it butter by the stick.
4. Jordan Loves the color Pink!
5. Jordan wants to go to design school in San Francisco
6. Jordan is the worst person to have to sleep with, because she hits and moves around a lot.
7. When we were younger she would want to sneak out and meet boys.
8. She has gone on three dates with Cameron Glazier.
9. She used to be obsessed with Barney the purple dinosaur.
10. Jordan loves music.
11. She wrote a whole play all by herself.
12. Jordan Loves her best friends!
13. If you sang to Jordan when she was a baby she would cry.
14. Jordan used to put on ballet outfits, or get naked, and sneak out of the house.(I think she was two or three)
15. Jordan has 6 Toes on her left foot! Just kidding!
Jordan is the youngest in the family and totally my Dad's favorite.

Well Jordan this post was all for you! See you at your Birthday Party!!!!


Love Sam & Josh

Turkey Meat Loaf Surprise!!

Today, was Samantha's and Josh's 2 month Anniversary. It was my second day at my new job at Ace hardware, I did not go in until 3:30. It was a pretty easy day just unloading freight most of the day. Sam had school and work today also, She said she had a pretty easy day too. Copper got to enjoy what the mornings bring for the first time in a while. It was like he had never been out in the mornings before, he was crazy!! The cat just slept all day. Sam had a volleyball game Yesterday she did good, she slammed 5 aces in a row on her serve!! Anyways back to today. When I got home from work about 8:45ish Sam was waiting for me at the door wearing her moose apron. So we had a delightful dessert before the deliciously amazing turkey meat loaf Sam prepared herself. The food was very good, I am full to the max!! What Sam does not know is there is a wonderful surprise dessert waiting for her. Sam just said that she really likes the eggnog and brownies!! Right now we are about to head off to bed and get some rest... we have to get up early so our sink disposal can get replaced. Yep any ways that was our fun filled day in a peanut shell. Loves to our families and friends. Hugs-N-Kisses from Sam and Josh.