Happy New Year!!!

We rang the New Year with our friends the King's. We started our count down about 4 hours early, but had a blast. We ate lots of yummy food, played a game of Twister and had lots of confetti. Chloe was not a fan of the confetti shooters, but Ian sure loved them.
Some of our memories from 2013 were:
1: Ian started speech therapy
2: Matthew turned 27
3: Sam and Evan got married
4: Chloe joined out family
5: Ian turned 2
6: Matthew started his 4 year rotations
7: I turned 25
8: Cousin Easton was born
9: We spent the summer in Pullman for the first time since moving to Washington.
10: Cousin Paige was born
11: Ian was diagnosed with Autism in July. We were so happy to have an answer for him, so we could get him the help he needed.
12: Matthew's little brother Jacob left on his mission to Ukraine
13: Ian started going to speech twice a week, in home therapy twice a week and occupational therapy once a month. He has progressed so much. We are very proud of him.
14: We spent all of October in Wyoming having fun with our family there.
15: Matthew did a lot of traveling in October, November and December. He went to Circle Mt, Malta Mt and Billings Mt looking at job opportunities. He traveled to  Purdue, Indiana , Canada and Boise for a few of his rotations. He also was able to go to AVC conference in Denver.
16: We enjoyed our Christmas in Wyoming with all our family.
We had an great year in 2013. We had lot of fun as a family, lots of learning and challenging times. We are so thankful for our Savior and his example to us. We are so thankful for the gift of prayer, and the love of our Heavenly Father. Family is our greatest blessing. We are thankful for 2013 and memories that came with it. We can't wait to see the blessings, exciting times, new challenges and changes 2014 brings our little family.

Best friends :)

Chloe hated the confetti shooters

Lucky Girl

I sure do love Matthew so much. I am very blessed to have him in my life. He makes me the happiest girl alive. Love you baby love!

9 months

Chloe turned 9 months old on Saturday the 28th of December. She sure is growing up fast. She has such a sweet personality, but has some trouble maker in her as well. She knows exactly what no means to a kid. Smile at mom, and keep doing it. lol. She loves to do everything her brother does. While we were in Wyoming she learned how to climb stairs. Ian plays upstairs at Matthew's parents lots, so Chloe had to see what was going on up there. She crawls like a champ, and is walking along furniture as well. She will let go of things and stand all on her own as well. We are going to have a walker on our hands soon. She has two teeth on bottom and two on top. There is another one that is starting to pop through also. She is eating lots of big people food. She refuses baby food most days. She is still nursing, and I think I will make it to a year with her. I hope. She can sign all done, say mama, dada and baba. She loves music and will sing along with it while waving her arms in the air. We love our happy baby girl. Can't believe she will be a year old in three months.

9 month stats

Height: 28 1/2 inches: 75%

Weight: 17 lbs 6 oz: 25%

Head: 17.75: 75%

Chloe is nice and long, has a big head but still just a light weight!

Christmas 2013

We feel so blessed to be able to spend Christmas with both our families this year. We are pretty lucky that our families live in the same county, and we can see them all when we come to visit. The plan was to wake up around 7 to open presents and eat breakfast before Jacob skyped us. Well we didn't get up until 8. It all worked out because Jacob didn't get to skype until 9:30. We were so spoiled by Matthew's family. We are so thankful for all they got us. It was so nice to talk to Jacob, and he is doing great. Skype is an amazing thing.  After skyping Jacob we moved to my parents for a few days. We were spoiled by them as well. Thank you so much for all the presents, and love. My mom made a yummy Christmas dinner. My grandma Bullinger was there as well. I sure do love my family. We are thankful for the birth of our Savior this Christmas season.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve, we spent it with Matthew's family. We made our traditional gnocchi dish. It was so yummy as usual. It was kind of quite with out Michael and Daniel and their families. We ended the night reading the birth of our Savior from Stan's giant bible. The grandkids thought that it was pretty cool how big grandpa's bible was. We snapped pictures of our kids in their flannel Christmas jammies in from of the tree. Once the kids were in bed we played some cards.

Christmas Sunday

Aren't these guys cuties. They were all wearing Christmas church clothes, so we snap a few pictures.

Merry Christmas....

 We are so thankful for this time of year, and our Savior. Our family is our biggest blessing. We have had a wonderful year. In February, Matthew's brother Jared returned from his mission in Zimbabwe. We are happy to have him back. Just two weeks before Chloe was born my sister Sam was married to her husband Evan in the Salt Lake City temple. We were not able to attend, but so glad Evan is in our family now. We welcomed our sweet Chloe on March 28th, and we couldn't imagine our little family without her. Matthew ended his 3rd year of vet school, and started his 4th year rotations in May. Ian turned 2 years old in May. He was also diagnosed with Autism earlier this summer. He is doing wonderful with his therapy, and speech. He has come a long way in such a short time. He is constantly happy and enjoying life. In July, Matthew's little brother Jacob left on his mission to Ukraine. He is doing great, and loving being a missionary. We stayed in Pullman all summer while Matthew was on rotations at the vet hospital. We enjoyed visiting sites around the Pullman area, and lots of family time. The end of September we went to Wyoming for a whole month to spend with family. Matthew traveled around lots to different vet clinics in Montana, and Wyoming looking for job opportunities. He then flew to Purdue, Indiana for a three week rotation. The kids and I stayed with family for a few more weeks.After Matthew got back from Purdue, he headed to Canada for a week. He went to a week long beef rotation, and visited a vet clinic for a possible job opportunity. We spent Thanksgiving in Pullman, and enjoyed dinner with our friends the Kings. Matthew was able to attend the AVC conference in Denver for a few days. Shortly after that he left for Boise for a 2 week long rotation at the humane society. Chloe is growing so fast. She is will be 9 months old on the 28th. She is crawling, pulling herself up to things, and walking along things as well. She recently has started climbing  the stairs at her Grandma Asay's the past few days. Ian is our happy little boy. He go, go, goes all day long. He loves going to speech twice a week, and enjoys his home visits from his therapist twice a week as well. We are so lucky for all the time and effort his therapist put into helping him. We are so blessed to have both of our children. I love being able to be a stay at home mom and running around with them all day. They make my job the most amazing job ever. I sure do love it. We are excited to see where we will be in May for a job. We know that our Heavenly Father will know where is best for our family. We hope you all enjoy Christmas this year. Remembering the birth of our Savior and his sacrifice for us all. 

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!!!

Preg Checking

Yesterday, Matthew preg checked his dad's cows. It snowed most of the day, but they had a great day. Ian liked going down to the corrals to check it all out. He helped grandpa push cows up for a few minutes, but wasn't a fan. His favorite was to climb to gates, and the snow falling in his face. Chloe stayed in the house with grandma and cousin Paige. It was fun to have everyone down to play/ work with . We missed Michael and Emily and their kids though. I was also able to go watch my baby sister Bethany cheer at a basketball tournament in Lovell. So happy we got to come for Christmas.