Happy Father's Day 2013

I'm so glad that my kids have such an awesome dad! They both love him to peices and look forward to seeing him every day! He is a constant example to me of patience, kindness and love. We let him sleep in on Sunday morning and the kids didn't even let him get down the stairs before they started showering him with hugs and kisses and gifts.

 Dad always is looking for his glasses so Mollie made him some special ones.

 He requested Ribeye steaks for dinner which was fine with me since I didnt have to cook and they were incredible! He was one happy papa! (Check him out! He's lost 15 pounds from waking up at 5 AM and doing Insanity every day!)

 Trying to get one good picture of the kids with Chad was a little challenging...

 And Carter filled out a little survey about his dad for Father's day.

My dad is 5 years old. He has black hair and his eyes are black. My dad likes to wear nikes. His favorite food is mac & cheese.  He is smart because he knows how to build tracks. My dad works hard at work. Daddy always tells me don't get in trouble. It makes my daddy happy when I tackle him. If he could go on a trip he would go camping and take stuff. I really love it when my dad goes on a hike. If I could give him anything it would be gum. My favorite thing about my dad is when he plays tracks with me.

A few new things

That's right! Baby #3 is expected this December!! We are excited, scared, and nervous for this new little one! (I hear that #3 is the one that thows your for a loop!) We got our first peek at baby a few weeks ago and everything looked perfect. He/she even waved at us right away.

Although it looks like it has a giant nose, its really just its arm up by its face! We can't wait to find out what gender it is! The kids love feeling my belly and hugging and to the baby. Hope they are as happy with the baby when it actually comes! Our lives are really up in the air right now so we are just trying to trust Heavenly Father and know he will take care of us!

 Another NEW thing is I did my first 5K with my cousin Ericka at 12 weeks pregnant!

 It was the Dirty Dash and oh man did we get dirty! I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. As adults we sometimes just need to take some time to play in the mud! I have been really worried about this race since I have been so sick and havent been able to train like i wanted to. But we actually ran most of the course and I was really happy with how I did! Considering it was my first race, I was pregnant, had a bad hip, didnt get much sleep the night before, it was hot and had LOTS of BIG hills I have to take a few moments to brag that I DID IT!

I was so happy to cross that finish line and hop in a cold shower!

Dressed in White

 The original 7:
This is me and my family. 4 boys, and me. April 27, 2013 was a BIG day for our family. We ALL were together in the Idaho Falls LDS temple for the first time. I remember feeling nervous with so many of us traveling that something was bound to happen to one of us to prevent us from all being together.

When I was finally dressed and seated in the temple I looked around and realized we all made it. We were all there! Its one of the few times I remember feeling perfect JOY.

I felt that we had beat Satan. He has worked hard on each of us at different times and with different struggles to keep us from this day. All growing up our family motto has been "No Empty Chairs." And this day was the closest we have come to fulfilling that goal. It was a perfect day.

 And now the family has doubled in size and I love each new sister my brothers have brought to our family. They have aided us in this goal of getting us all to the temple and were truly sent from heaven and meant for each of my brothers.

Lets remember our goal of NO EMPTY CHAIRS IN OUR HOME IN HEAVEN and keep on keepin on! Love you Reed family. I'm so blessed to have all of you.