Boy or Girl??

Today was the day of the ultra sound!!! I am 18 weeks and 2 days! (sorry not that cute of picture)We dropped Coleton off two doors down and headed to find out what we were having. They gave us huge print outs and i loved seeing the baby on the screen.
Now what we all have been wondering.. it is a.... BOY!!!
The ultra sound tech said that everything looks great the baby has everything that he needs all organs are there and working like they are suppose to. The baby has not been very active but i am sure that will change. As for now i cant plan on having two little boys running around the house and cant wait for this little guy to get here!!

Labor Day weekend in the truest form!

This past weekend was quite the weekend. My parents were so sweet to come and help us do some of the huge projects in our house. The were able to come down on a Friday afternoon with a truck load of tools and supplies to get our house looking nice.The big project was installing our new cherry wood cabinets and new stainless appliances. I wanted a electric range so Brandon and my dad had to wire the stove to work where a gas stove had been. We were amazed to find that Coleton could sleep right through all of the drilling, hammering, and sanding.They ran in to some problems when drilling one of the cabinets to the wall when they hit a water line and had a little flood, not to big of a problem if it would not have been Saturday night at nine thirty and home depot is half an hour away and closes at ten. Luckly Brandon made it there in time and got the parts needed to fix it! When they were all in it looked great! We still didnt have a sink, a dishwasher that could be used(since you need a sink to run it) or countertops but they would be installed by the company with in a week and a half.While boys were hard at work, my mom and i were organizing the extra bedroom with all of the boxes and extra stuff which was such a project but by the end of the weekend the room was usable and looked great. We also got all of the cabinets filled with kitchen supplies and the rest of the house cleaned up!My dad was also able to fix my dishwasher so i can wash clothes which was so nice because i had not been able to do laundry for almost three weeks at that point so life was good.By the end of the weekend everyone was exausted but the house looked great!! They did so much to get us organized, cleaned, and confident that we would be able to finish the house with only a few small projects.
We are so grateful for all of the help we have received from our families. We know we could not have done things with out them!!

We're Pregnant!

We are pregnant!!!!!!! After we have been trying got the past seven months we are finally pregnant! We actually found out while we were at the Comstock reunion. I had been sick all day so I had to take three test before i believed it because the first one i took turned out like this... I took a picture of the test weeks later so you can kind of see the second mark now but if you will notice the constant one (which you are suppose to compare the other to) is missing so i read it wrong. I actually had it up side down so i read it as "not pregnant" because i was in a hurry (since i was sharing the bathroom with another family) I can now claim that i was that 1 in 4 women who read a pregnancy test wrong:) After being devistated that i again was not pregnant Brandon convinced me that i needed to take another and come to find out i was pregnant!! Anyways i am due February 17th and am about 16 weeks along!! I had my first doctors appointment today (took me awhile to get a doctor with the move) and he says everything looks great and the baby and i are doing good so not much to report on. I go in, in two weeks to find out what i am having and i am so excited!!!!!

Moved in to stay!!

We are here!! I never thought we would make it!! This past week has been crazy. Brandon has been driving to hurricane and back everyday (45min drive one way) along with working on the house when he is done working at the seminary. Coleton and i (along with all of his family) have been cleaning the enoch house along with cleaning the hurricane house to get things ready. The living room is set up so Coleton and i can live here during the day since our basement is not yet finished. Rusty our painter is still working on the house along with working on the basement to tape and texture the walls so that we can lay the carpet down there.

The day we moved in we actually didnt have hot water, nor did we have a stove, cabinets, sink, or dishwasher. And the next day we learned that the two bathrooms upstairs did not have a working shower. This is a picture of our first meal in hurricane. It was a hot pocket that i cooked in the microwave which is the only thing i have to cook with! To add to the fixing list i went to use the washer and dryer that we got with the house, i came to learn that the washer floods over and that the dryer had to be rewired so we could plug in so we wont be using it for a week or so till my dad can come and try fixing it!!
Though it seems kind of rediculous that everything is not working we are really happy to finally be in our first home. We know that we have alot to work on and fix but we think we are up to the challenge and are so grateful for the chance we have be have this home!!

Carpet being layed while moving in!!

The truck has dropped off all of our stuff and boy do i have a lot to do. Or bedroom is for the most part together but not much else is...

The old cabinets have been ripped out so the new ones can be installed over labor day weekend and so that means i have no sink or dish washer.With the carpet being layed as we moved our stuff in, it is all in one room so i have a lot to organize. Right now we are staying at Brandons parents until i have more organized but we will be heading here to stay in a few days so i am going to have to really get to work!!

We are moving!!

Thought i would update how things are going with the move, man i hate moving!! Brandons family was so great and helped us clean and pack things up, we have a lot left to do but things are getting better even though it may not look like it!

Are ward has been so great about helping by taking Coleton so i can pack and man does it help not to have him unpacking while i am packing!

We only have a few more days till we move to the other house so i hope i can get everything packed and cleaned up so i dont have to travel back and forth to finish up, we shall see!!

Happy Birthday Brandon!!

Happy Birthday, Brandon!! He is now 25 years old!! Since we have been working on both houses to get them ready to move we took a break to celebrate his birthday and his parents house. I made him a ice cream cake that was so pretty but turned out to be a mess of a cake which melted all over but tasted ok in the end. Coleton and i gave Brandon a saw, ok i actually dont know what kind but he was super excited since we need one for home projects and his parents gave him....County guitar hero!!! He was really wanting it and so they were sweet enough to get him one with some money to buy a guitar for it... After getting a guitar off ebay he had some left over money so we got a mic and a drum set. Its a ton of fun and even Coleton loves it!!



Happy Birthday, Honey!!

Day to Day Fun!

With all of the things going on we have not just updated what has been going on day to day so here are some pictures of Coleton while i am home with him... He loves watering the grass (its having a hard time as you can tell).Him just playing outside in the enoch house..Coleton has just realized how fun stuffed animals are and here he istrying to teach the monkey how to play the piano which he loves to do..

I think the monkey finally figured it out..

We decided to do a little backyard camping...
Coleton did his best to help..
I dont think he was helping that much!He loved playing inside though! Coleton also realized how to use a crayon, yay!!Wait, thats not good!!Luckly it came off easy, now crayons are not where he can reach them. Here is a video from a while ago but i forgot we had, i thought it was pretty cute..

We bought a house!!

We finally found the house!! We just closed on it and will now be starting on repairs. We have alot that we want to do so hope everything goes as planned here is what it looks like now, hope you love it!!

Cheney Family Reunion!

This years cheney reunion went great. With all of the planning and preparations for it we knew it would be. Everyone was able to make it (except Bradley on his mission)This year, since the familys are getting so big, it was decided that we would try to be outside as much as we could so that it would not seem so caotic. My parents decide to trasform the shop in the back to a storage place for all of the activities and a eating area which worked great. All meals were eaten out side were we had burner, grills, warmers, sinks, tables, fridges, and everything else you would need for a meal. We also had all of the snack machines going for ice cream cones, snow cones, ice dispensers, water dispensers, cotton candy machine, and more. My mom also planned table decorations which corresponded to all the activities along with clothes for all of the grankids to wear so they would match so things looked great. Each day of the reunion had a theme like fiesta, birthday party, fourth of july, carnival, and more. The days were planned out to a T so that everyone would know the activites for the day even scheduling naps for the families so we would not get warn out. Along with the different parties that were planned for the evenings we had a great time doing little crafts like play dough, tye-dye, and decorating bags. The best thing of all was of course the pool!! With so many small children safety was first there was always at least two adults in the pool and a life guard on watch. Everyone stayed safe and had a blast. They also had snack breaks so no one would get to hungry.Things were so planned and it could not have gone any better then it did!! My parents did such a great job making these reunions special for everyone and we all had an amazing time! Thanks mom and dad!!

Here is an update of the five babies..