In Case You Haven't Heard..

We're pregnant! We're excited to give Isaac a little sibling. The baby is due March 7, 2009.

IT FINALLY CAME!!

We have great news! Zach got his mission call - to the Philippines-Naga mission! He leaves October 1st. Although traditionally it's just immediate family opening the news, his friends have been inviting each other and their families over to join in the celebration - so that is what we did - several friends and their families, as well as a few on speaker phone gathered at 5:00 p.m. today and joined in the news! It was great having friends that have played such a huge part in his life here for this special time. He has taken Spanish for four years and loves languages, so he is excited that he gets to learn Tagalog - the official language there. I'm so excited for him, but I must admit, I keep thinking "Wow, the Philippines, that is so far away! But, that's the mom in me, I guess. Edward can't stop smiling! It brings back warm memories of his mission and the people he served with. We have already heard from a few people about them knowing people who went to the Philippines and how they loved the people and the land. An exciting time, to be sure! We wanted you to share in our happy day! :)

Oh the World of Blogging

Hey, thanks for inviting us on this blog! Hopefully we can update with some good news soon.

Christian with a fork

So this is Christian. He's almost 15. The fork is an important part of a picture of him because he can rarely be found without one. He's leaving us for the rest of the summer to work at Camp Loll, a scout camp near Yellowstone. As excited as he is and as happy as I am for him, I am going to miss him a lot! He is an awesome babysitter and general helper. He was supposed to leave a week ago, but there is too much snow up there to be able to get in!(do you believe it?!) Hopefully he'll get up there sometime this week.

What do you think?

Hey guys, just a quick question. Should we make this a private blog so only those who are invited can read? or will that limit things too much? I just wanted to get everyone's opinion before I do any changes.

Thanks! I'm loving hearing from everyone. I sent invites to at least one member of everyone's family, so hopefully the families we haven't heard from will be popping up soon.

Love you all.

jjacd

Eric and Sarah

Here is a picture of us.....most of you have probably seen it on my blog, but in case you haven't here we are. Hopefully others of you will post pictures. It took me a while to figure it out - call me computer dumb!! But I finally got it!! It's a little different than my blog - easier actually. Anyway, this is us and I will post pictures of the kids later.

Good morning!

Hey, if no one else wants those tickets, Sarah, we'll take them!

Sounds like some fun times in Salt Lake for lots of you - there is a lot to do here! In fact, we're planning to be tourists here for our mini-vacation. We're getting a hotel downtown (so it's more of a vacation for me) and just play for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. With the free trains downtown, we thought we would save on travelling gas and spend the money on things more enjoyable. Between the planetarium, climbing wall, hiking, church sites, and plays downtown, I think it will be a really fun vacation.

We are holding our breath for Zach's mission call . . . could be any day now!