Family fun!!

Matt and I have been so busy these past few months with traveling to Missouri and other things going on around base. We went to Missouri in march and had a very fun time! We got to play with cows, see Rachel and Jackson's family, visit Katie and the kiddos, and see Issac before he left for college!








When we returned from Missouri Matt got called as a team leader for a we care team project. It is a service project team that the Air Force has developed. This has been a fun yet exhausting project. It seems to be never ending!! Hopefully soon it will be over and he will have his Saturdays back! It has been fun to see the changes he has made on this lady's home and helping someone out who is not a fortunate as others! As for me I have been called as second councilor in young women's and over the beehives! Its been fun to get to know the young lady's of the ward and we constantly have things going on with them! I have also been asked to be a key spouse over Matt's squadron! This is a big privilege! I help other women in the squadron with anything and everything. I also help plan events such as Christmas party's, welcoming home airmen from deployments, and a long long long list of other things!! I really enjoy it a lot! Its been fun to get to know Matt's first shirt and squadron commander! They are both very nice men! It has also been very enjoyable getting to know other spouses. I love being a key spouse because I get a lot of information about the squadron that somehow doesn't make it home all the time!! (Guys don't really pay attention to wife stuff a lot)
We also had a air show this past weekend and it was such a blast! The weather was amazing and the air show was a ton of fun!! Friday evening they had a big BBQ for military only and we got to watch parachuters come in off of a C-130 and land right in front of everyone! Then on saturday we went to the air show to watch the Thunder birds (or thunder chickens a lot of people call them) They also had a part of the air show called Tora, Tora, Tora. It was a reenactment of what had happened at pearl harbor. It was an amazing show and if you ever have the chance I recommend watching it!!











Last but not least as many of you already know Matt and I are having a little BOY!!! We are so very excited and can not wait to meet the little man!! We hope everyone is doing well and we cant wait to see everyone again! We miss you all so very much!

A visit with a 4star!!

Today was a "big" day!! Matt's squadron got their very first C-130 J model! With the arrival of the new plain came The Chief of staff of the Air Force!! It was a big honer to meet him and he was as sweet as can be!! It was fun to be apart of this neat experience!! After all the speeches and watching the new plain come in we got to talk with the General one on one!! He was so sweet and told Matt that this was a team effort and that no matter your rank we couldn't serve our country without each other!! He also thanked me for allowing my husband to serve and thanked me for my support!

The new C-130 J plain

Matt and The Chief of staff of the Air Force General Schwartz

Baby Bird

Its been so much fun going to the DR about every week and having an ultra sound! Its fun to see the baby go from a little deformed gummy bear to a little baby with arms, fingers, hands and little toes I can not wait to kiss!! :)

6 weeks


7 weeks


9 1/2 weeks


I can not believe the Lord has blessed us with such an angel! I'm a little mad at my Dr who was so kind to let me see our baby almost every week make me wate 10 more weeks to see our baby bird again!! LOL He should not have spoiled us so!!

Today Matt and I got to see our baby for the second time!! Its exciting every time we go but this time instead of just seeing the babys heart beat we got to hear it!! We have another ultra sound schedualed in 2 weeks and the dr said that one will be really fun because the baby will have all its fingers and toes and be moving around like crazy!!

In this video hes describing wear the baby is and what it looks like.


This video is the babys heart beat!!

HAPPY DAY:)

Matt and I are excited to say we have one on the way!! The timing couldn't have been more perfect! We are so excited to go threw this new chapter in life! We still sometimes cant believe its true but we are so happy and just taking it easy!

Going back to school!!

This past week has been a little challenging for me trying to decide what I want to do with my life. After many hours of looking for a job and many tears of frustration I decided to let Heavenly Father take control! (I was being a little stubborn i admit) I decided to follow the little whisperings to put in an application at a local college to go back and get my nursing degree. Its something I have always wanted to do but we have just never had the money. So last Thursday I sent off my application and got accepted the following Wednesday!! I couldn't believe it!! Then I decided to call my good friend Jayne to ask her how much the air force was willing to dish out and hopped online only to find out that my tuition will be 100% covered!! THANK YOU JAYNE!!!! To make things even better with all my credits and classes i took for psychology they went along nicely with the nursing degree. So I only have 2 years till I'm completely done!!!! I have to take 4 classes half of this summer to catch up with the rest of the nursing students but if i pass those and do well i start my first semester of nursing at the beginning of this September!! I'm so excited and cant wait! Matt has been doing very well with the Air Force he has been working and studying hard! He has a big test coming up in about a week! Hes a smart guy so i know he will do just fine! Anyways that's a little update from our happy household:)

P.S. WELCOME HOME ELDER BIRD!!!!!

Everything in between!

Matt and I have been having such a fun time hear in Texas. We have met some very fun people and have tried a lot of new things! First of all to start things off I'm am training for a triathlon!! I work out about 2 days a week and am loving it!! My friend bethani told me about one that she did and said she loved every minute of it so her and i have been hitting the gym!! I have taken a water aerobics class for the first time and racket ball!! Both very very fun!!

Before Christmas we also had Randy and Cierra stop by! It was a blast they got us catan for Christmas!!! Its one of are favorite games ever so needless to say we played that a lot! They also introduced us to Chick-fil-a ya a horrible horrible thing to do its one of the worlds best fast food places ever!! it was soo sooo good! While they were hear we also built a ginger bread house! It was way fun!

We celebrated Matt's 28Th birthday! He was so excited to find out he got a wii for his birthday! He also got catch phrase from the halls, the sweetest text message from Jackson's family, and the best home made card from Maddie. It was a fun time!






For New Years you all know we went to fort worth/Dallas and had a blast!! We got to visit Cierra's family and eat at a real Texas BBQ pit! It was soo soo yummy!! We also got to visit the Dallas cowboys stadium! It was so amazing and so huge! The screens in the middle were so HUGE!!!! It was a good weekend!










Other then that we have been experimenting with new foods and are loving it! Last week I made stake and shrimp topped with provolone cheese! it was so tasty and not very healthy. I also made a yummy shrimp and chicken salad Friday night and it was so so yummy too!! Thank goodness it was much much healthier. Finally last night i made homemade BBQ sauce and my own dry rub for ribs. We slow cooked them and oh my it was so stinking good!! I was good and only had 2 ribs but i think Matt had about 10!! They were so amazing and i will defiantly be making them again!!




We hope 2010 is going good so far! We cant wait for Isaac to come home from his mission and hear all his neat stories! We miss everyone so much and hopefully get to see some of you very very soon!!