May 2018

After my parents left, Kevin and his sweet wife Rachel (who was pregnant) came to help with the kids and help Spencer move things into our storage unit before we moved. 

Marie wanted a picture taken

The kids love their new baby sister

We went to the part. Charlotte slept

Marie wore a hair bow. She promptly took it out after this picture

Going on a walk around the apartment complet

Playing at the Children's museum after Spencer's doctor's appointment in Salt Lake City

Marie fell asleep sitting at the counter during dinner

Kids playing with baby Addie when David and Kellie came to meet Charlotte

visiting Spencer's grandparent's in Logan

driving out to Colorado/moving

visiting with my Uncle Jim and Aunt Marsha on the way from Utah to Colorado (in Rock Springs)

Visiting my Aunt Karen at work

before Church in Colorado

Cousin James holding Charlotte

cousins at the park

Grandma King got Marie to take a nap. She would only lay down under the dining room table. But she did take a good nap

Marie found Grandma Hess's dress up dresses

Grandma King, Uncle Stephen, and Aunt Nicole took the cousins to the zoo. They had so much fun!

So we are spending the summer in Colorado until we figure out where we are going next. Spencer did see an acupuncture and chiropractor doctor in Logan the week we left Utah and he did make significant progress, however, he's still struggling. We are hoping to continue to make progress. In the meantime, I'm working to figure out how to finish my graduate work, looking for additional work, and we are trying to figure out where to go next.

We are enjoying our new baby. She is a very good baby and I feel that we were very blessed with an easy delivers and recovery. There have been lots of prayers in our behalf and I credit that.

April 2018 - Baby Charlotte Anne and more

Marie's nursery leader from West Haven sent this. Her husband told us that Marie was her favorite, noting that she knows she shouldn't have favorites. She loved Marie's spiciness. 

We went to Provo for Addie's 1st birthday. Jacob and Marie love playing with their cousins

Jacob got to hold baby Alyssa in Logan while we were visiting

This was the town house we were renting when Jacob was born. Jacob asked if we could go see it, so we drove by while in Logan one afternoon.

Marie knew she wasn't supposed to leave the room at bedtime

More fun with baby Addie

Marie and Jacob joined us in our bedroom early one morning

This was the kids playing in an empty room during stake conference

This was up at the library and the kids wanted a picture with it

Jacob: take a picture of me in my new Mario pajamas and send it to grandma. Marie: Take a picture of me in my pajamas!

Went to Aunt Rachel's graduation. We had to be 2 hours early, so the kids played outside,

picked flowers, 

walked across a bridge, 

played with toys that Grandma Hess sent with Grandma King to give them, 

and then we went to dinner where Marie played on the stairs and had lots of fun playing with the water fountain (decorative) instead of eating...

And on April 27th, baby Charlotte was born at 1:47pm. She was induced a week early and everything went very well. My parents stayed after Rachel's graduation to take care of the kids. The delivery was my easiest and we are so happy to have here here. 

This is the progress of the townhouse we are supposed to get, but it has been delayed again and I didn't get the full time job at Weber State...

And this was Marie playing with Rosie in Logan