So - here are some highlights from July 2013 - October 30, 2014.
-We were accepted as foster parents - though through the entire year and a half we have only been contacted once to care for a child while his foster parents went out of town. They call this respite care.
-Josh started and finished 1st grade. He really blossomed in 1st grade. He had an AWESOME teacher, Mrs. Lemen, who really worked with his strengths and weaknesses. He became a bookworm and a writer. She also recommended him for the gifted program and he was accepted into it. I was so worried he wouldn't get in - I kept asking him if he really wanted to try to be in it and it was ok if he didn't get in. He would respond, well, Sage (his cousin) got into the program, so I will too. Sage has always been super smart so I told him that doesn't necessarily mean you will get in. I also prepped him for not getting in by saying he could always be tested again next year if he didn't get in. Anyway - he got in and he LOVES spending every Thursday with Mrs. Doyle.
- We had another Christmas where Josh got the flu (or sick for a week...I assume it was the flu). We are taking precautionary measures this year! He immediately washes his hands and face when he gets home from school and we switched his showers to AFTER school instead of before. I hope he will stay healthy this Christmas!
- Around Thanksgiving 2013 Patric came home and told me basically his boss told him to look for another job. I guess they had a disagreement and his rude boss told him to look elsewhere. Patric took him seriously - though I don't think he was expecting Patric to - because in January 2014 Patric gave his boss his two week notice and it caught his boss off guard.
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-Patric started going to school in January. Great program through BYU-Idaho - the Pathway program. For 10 years Patric has talked about going back to school. We even looked into it for the Spring/Summer 2013, but we couldn't get him a student loan because of some weird rule regarding him not signing up for the draft when he was 19 - even though he wasn't an American citizen. To fix that, we would need his passports from when he was 19 on to handle the situation and well...we don't have them. So I was like, well - you are going to have to figure something out - and he was again very frustrated. And then...over the pulpit at church, they announced this new Pathway program and I KNEW this is why he couldn't get a student loan just a few months earlier - because he wasn't supposed to go to school yet. And Pathway is cheap enough that we do not need student loans...so it worked out great! Patric is in his 3rd semester - he has gotten As in all of his classes - he is officially accepted into BYU-I now...just need to sign him up for classes for January - once we figure out which ones he should take. We still have about 3 years ahead of us of school for him - but it will be so very worth it to him when it is done.
- Oh - I am pregnant! 9 months pregnant to be exact. It was a SURPRISE! Of course, Patric quit in January and we got pregnant in February. Funny how things work! When we got pregnant with Josh, we got pregnant 3 months after I quit a job and started a new one. I think I should probably write another post just to document my pregnancy...but it has been so great!
- In January, shortly after Patric quit, I decided we needed to go visit family in Sweden over Josh's spring break - so I bought tickets. And we got to spend about 9 days in Sweden in April. I was still in my first trimester, and felt ok for the most part, but there were some days I didn't feel great. We got to spend time with all of Patric's family, a few of his friends and we even saw his 104 (103 at the time) grandma. Her brain isn't all there anymore, as she didn't know who we were, but I felt it was important for Patric and Josh to see her. The day we were leaving to go to Sweden, Josh got sick! I mean, projectile vomiting sick! I was like, GREAT! We get to go in an airplane with a sick kid! Luckily, he got the entire thing out of his system before we boarded the plane. I think he had a really good time in Sweden. He got to ride horses, see his cousin compete in a horse competition, go in a hot tub with the men and drink non-alcoholic beer, play with Patric's friend's kids, go to Stockholm, visit with his swedish cousins, etc.
- Josh played soccer again in the Fall and Spring. I coached the Fall but not the Spring - since we were going to miss too many games.
- Josh swam for the Montclair Seahawks this summer. He LOVED it. He also improved by the end of his season again. I have his ribbons and meet information in his scrapbook.
- We went to NC with my family again. Megan and Gregg weren't there - they had their fourth child, Greyson, in June. It is always sad when my sister doesn't come on vacation, but I can fully understand why she wouldn't! Also, my sister moved to Culpeper in February of this year. We helped them move, and I was having a hard time (physically)....little did I know I was going to find out I was pregnant shortly after that. The emotional part of her moving happened in the Fall/Winter of 2013. When I went to her house around Christmas time, I came home and told Patric...it is going to happen soon. Someone is going to buy her house...I just knew it. And not soon after that, she had an offer that they accepted. She loves it in Culpeper though and I feel like maybe her move has brought us closer.
- Josh started 2nd grade in early September. He has Ms. Blevins and he really likes her. Second grade is a lot more work than first grade! A lot more testing! We have to drill him on items he is going to be tested on daily. He has at least one test a week. I don't know if I agree with it, but what can I do? He is learning geometry terms...GEOMETRY TERMS? He will be tested on them on Friday. Kind of bizarre to me, since he probably won't even have geometry until he is in high school - but oh well! We decided not to do soccer this fall, with me being in my third trimester. He seemed to be ok with it - and it has been nice not having every Saturday devoted to a game!
- Last summer I was called to be the YW President. I enjoyed that calling and it is amazing how much you can love and care about a group of YW. I was only YW President for about a year, but I hope they had a good time while I was in there, and also grew spiritually. Patric was called as EQ President in July - and with me being pregnant and having to bring Josh to meetings, I knew with all that the YW President's role in the ward is, I just wouldn't be the best fit for the calling anymore and let my Bishopric know. They have an awesome new YW President and I am currently without a calling...and I can't say I am complaining too much about that! : )
- It is October 30. I am 39 weeks and 1 day pregnant. At this time with my pregnancy with Josh I was starting the steps to being induced. I had high blood pressure all throughout his pregnancy. It also ended up in a c-section. I am trying to avoid that this time around - and have a natural birth experience. My blood pressure has been great and my doctor is totally on board with letting nature take its course. She will just monitor things as I hit 40-41 weeks more (hopefully I won't hit 41 weeks...let alone 42 weeks!!). I keep telling myself I will have a baby by Thanksgiving. but in reality, I would LOVE for her to come Saturday or Sunday of this weekend. Josh was born at 39.5 weeks and he was 8 lbs 14 oz...I am not concerned about size at all!
- In October 2013, we decided it would be a good idea to remodel our master bathroom. We had gotten a line of credit on the house a year earlier, and spent the majority of that time researching what we would want to do. We got a few quotes and chose a nice guy. But unfortunately, things just didn't work out and Patric ended up firing him and finishing the project himself - with the help of a friend and my brother. It wasn't the most fun project and it took A LOT longer then it should have, but it is nice to have the bathroom done...and soon I hope to enjoy a nice HOT bath again in my clawfoot tub.
Let me see if I remember how to post pictures and I will get some going! These might be slightly out of order...
A bunch of Swedes in a hot tub
After picture of our bathroom remodel
Before picture of bathroom remodel
Before picture of bathroom remodel
Before picture of bathroom remodel
Beka told us about a tree farm where you can cut your own Christmas trees..Patric was all over it!
Josh sick around Christmas
Christmas morning with my sick boy
The cousins at the beach in 2013
In between remodel of bathroom
Josh and Ella at the park in December 2013
Ice skating with his girl 2013
Josh's first day of 1st grade
First day of first grade
First time Patric voted - it was a local election
Halloween 2013 - I'm batman
Marie and Harry's land in Sweden - from our trip in April 2014
Josh winning his heat for both Freestyle and Backstroke 2014 season
Josh riding his Aunt Marie's horse
I forgot! Johnny Fever came home from his mission this summer! Took a trip to the temple with him before he headed out to college.
Josh and Angelica (his friend in the neighborhood) Fall 2013
Josh and his 103 (now 104) great grandma in Sweden April 2014
We got A LOT of snow this winter - Josh enjoying it and a day off of school
Josh's first day of 2nd grade
Last swim meet for Josh of the 2014 season
Josh's swim team 2014
Josh's first grade pictures
Josh and Patric in Sweden April 2014
At Junibaken in Sweden April 2014
Josh finally lost some teeth!
Josh dragging poor Carlie in Winter 2014
Mom and I at the beach Summer 2013
Picking our tree for Christmas 2013
We got some professional pictures done in the Fall 2013
Went to Skyline Drive in October 2013
Look at all that snow! Winter 2014
Alright - well that is it for this post - I will post about the pregnancy next! And try to keep this updated now!
--Sasha
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Last summer I was called to be the YW President. I enjoyed that calling and it is amazing how much you can love and care about a group of YW. I was only YW President for about a year, but I hope they had a good time while I was in there, and also grew spiritually. fabric sourcing agent , t shirt sourcing ,
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