Full Circle

All our summer plans just changed because exactly one month from today George will start work as a helicopter pilot in Florida! We are so, so, so excited!!! Finally the opportunity to get paid to fly instead of the other way around! On Monday George got a call from the Bristow Group for a phone interview, and later that day he got the offer letter (via email) to be a flight instructor for the MTP (military training program) at Bristow Academy in Titusville, Florida. He'd applied for this job over a month ago and hadn't heard anything, so we hadn't given it much thought. It's been almost exactly two years since he finished helicopter pilot school. We're both excited and overwhelmed. George has been busy getting 'current' again. Which means getting his medical, getting some air time and renewing his cfi (certified flight instructor) by taking an online course. He's also been brushing up on his Spanish, because some of his instructing will be in Spanish. My hover lover will be hovering in the air again, yay! I'm so proud of him! Life is such an adventure, we are truly grateful for this opportunity. We feel like this is a big step in the right direction of our eventual dream. Weehoo!!

We'd both put this on the back burner, so we were taken off guard by the offer. Moving across the country again is overwhelming, but shoot all it is is STUFF and I keep reminding myself of that. We do have a LOT more stuff now with two little boys though! We're excited to see a lot of our old friends there in Florida. It'll be fun to get to take Sawyer and Jack to the beach and get them swimming at such an early age. Bring on the heat and humidity! Apparently we like to live in Canada in the winter and Florida in the summer...what does that make us? The opposite of snowbirds...sunfish??

1462 Days

We celebrated 4 years of marriage together on June 7th. We had the most pleasant lunch outside at the Garden House. I'm so thankful for the love, commitment, forgiveness, joy, children, faith, generosity, adventures, and all the ups and downs and in betweens I get to share with George. We've learned and grown so much in our marriage. Here is a photo from our wedding day just for fun :)

 The newly weds just coming out of the temple. Whew what a day!

I love this picture - George came by on the morning of our wedding just to give me a hug...it helped so much to settle my nerves. He knows how to keep me calm. I'm so thankful to know I married the right man :)

Jack - 2 Months

Jack had his two-month appointment this morning, and his stats did not disappoint. He's gained nearly six pounds in two months. We sure love this kid. He's so good-natured and content. He's also very nice to his mama and will usually sleep from about 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. It looks like we gave him a buzz cut on the top of his head with all the new hair growth. He's very mellow and will hardly cry out when he's hungry, or for anything else for that matter. Although he does get ticked when he accidentally head butts you. He likes to sit up on the couch and watch the action or lay under his dangly toys and kick, kick, kick. Unfortunately he probably doesn't get as much floor time as he wants because Sawyer likes to play with him a little too much. We love having Jack in our family!

Weight: 15 lbs. 2 oz. - 98%

Length: 24 3/4 in. - 96%

Head Circ: 40 cm - 49%

 Jack flaunting his muscles and chubs.

"The doctor called me chubby, waaa!"

This picture cracks me up. It looks like Jack has been picking on Sawyer and is proud of it, haha. I'm sure his time will come. This was taken on our walk on Saturday from 10 am to noon. Definitely getting too hot to go that time of day! When I snapped this photo Sawyer had actually just woken up. It's so nice that they love riding together and stay content for hours in there! Whenever I put Sawyer in, he makes sure to ask that Jack sits next to him. It's already so fun seeing these two interact.

Jack's Baby Blessing

Today was a special Sunday for our family. Jack received his baby blessing. George gave Jack a beautiful, touching blessing. What a great father. Sawyer and Jack are so blessed to have him! Jack was an angel, like usual. He didn't make his first peep until about five minutes before church ended. I'm so lucky to have good babies!

So yesterday George went fishing - it was supposed to be just for the morning. He left at 6 a.m. and wasn't home until 9:30 p.m. He ended up helping fight a wildfire and it turned into a long day. By late afternoon we still hadn't heard from him so I tried as best as I could by myself to get the house clean, boys fed and bathed, and everything prepared so we'd be ready and on time for church by 9 a.m. next morning. Everything was great until a quarter to 9 when I reached in my purse for the car keys and they weren't there. I did a search throughout all the house to no avail. I blamed Sawyer because he loves to play with keys. I couldn't call George (he'd gone to church early to do some paperwork) because he'd dropped his phone in water last week and we're still waiting on the new one. I started calling around and thankfully was finally able to reach my sister, Sara, about five minutes before church started. So Joe drove over to give Jack and me a ride. They were singing the opening hymn when we walked in. We made it, whew!

This photo pretty much sums up how Jack acted all morning...such a good-natured boy!

George says this is the closest Jack will ever come to wearing a dress, haha.

We were finally able to get our first family picture today (besides in the hospital). It only took us two months, not too shabby!

The World Is My Canvas

Sawyer has taken the saying, "the world is my canvas" very seriously. He hones in on any writing utensils in the vicinity and insists on using them. He's left his mark on tables, nightstands, walls, himself, the floor, books, fridge, desk, and occasionally paper. If you didn't know, rubbing alcohol works great to take off permanent marker. He will fill a blank piece of paper with his art scribbles in less than a minute. It's impressive! We love this busy little man!

 He is ambidextrous. If you look closely at the top of his hands you will see pen. Somehow between bath time and bed time he made sure to get in some pen time. Probably the best thing I did was paint his toy box with chalkboard paint!

 Hard to see, but here is a paper that Saw filled with ink in 30 seconds flat.