Well, I have to say, we are very excited about our governor, Sarah Palin being chosen by John McCain to be his Vice Presidential running mate. Sarah Palin is a unique person involved in politics. Her life story says more about her pro-life record than anyone's voting record ever could. Two other things are especially great about her regarding her record. She sold the state jet on ebay because of the irresponsible waste that it was. She also fired the governer's chef because she said she can make sandwiches for her kids and herself. It's a great thing to have someone whose main focus is to stop corruption, and we think its long overdue!
Her nickname, Sarah Barracuda is well deserved, and if Joe Biden thinks he's going to run over her in the upcoming debate on October 2nd, he's going to be surprised. It will be interesting to watch, we can hardly wait!
Nathan and Beth.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Brianna was so happy to have her Grandpa Hendricks up here last month
Josh had a great birthday, he got what he REALLY wanted all along!
We went to the Alaska State Fair today with Josh, a rainy day but a real good time for everyone. Watching the kids getting to see all the cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats that they've read about all winter was a big thrill. They both loved the petting zoo, here they are keeping the pigs awake during their nap. They each got to feed a baby calf and goats, too.
Brianna loves to ride horses, can you tell?
Here's Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in the U.S. at 20,320 feet. It is unbelievable to see this every day I fly. Click on this one to see it full size.
That river below the mountain is a glacier, frozen of course, but still looks a lot like running water cutting through the valley.
And driving home after a great flight, there's a moose with her calf in the background. You gotta love Alaska!!
Here's a good picture of Nathan, I'll bet he's thinkin... "Dad, put down that camera, I want to play in the bathtub... PEEEZE " He's our "little man" that's for sure.
Well, that's our update, we'll try to do that more than once every 2 months! Ahem, yeah, I'm talking to you!!
Nathan, Beth, Brianna, and Nathan
Josh had a great birthday, he got what he REALLY wanted all along!
We went to the Alaska State Fair today with Josh, a rainy day but a real good time for everyone. Watching the kids getting to see all the cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats that they've read about all winter was a big thrill. They both loved the petting zoo, here they are keeping the pigs awake during their nap. They each got to feed a baby calf and goats, too.
Brianna loves to ride horses, can you tell?
Here's Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in the U.S. at 20,320 feet. It is unbelievable to see this every day I fly. Click on this one to see it full size.
That river below the mountain is a glacier, frozen of course, but still looks a lot like running water cutting through the valley.
And driving home after a great flight, there's a moose with her calf in the background. You gotta love Alaska!!
Here's a good picture of Nathan, I'll bet he's thinkin... "Dad, put down that camera, I want to play in the bathtub... PEEEZE " He's our "little man" that's for sure.
Well, that's our update, we'll try to do that more than once every 2 months! Ahem, yeah, I'm talking to you!!
Nathan, Beth, Brianna, and Nathan
Thursday, August 14, 2008
One More Thing...
So, I forgot a very important announcement in my last post. My brother Britt finally proposed to his girlfriend Lauren Werner, and they are now engaged to by married. We are totally excited for them!!! The big day is going to be next May 30, so that should make for a very exciting May for us. We are also due to PCS that month, so we will see what happens. If you want to read about the proposal you can check out my dad's blog for a really funny account of it (www.inthemasterpottershand.blogspot.com), my brother's blog (www.brittonclay.blogspot.com) for his view, or Lauren's blog (www.hisfootprintsmyguide.blogspot.com) for her view. They are all really good stories.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Just an Update
Well, I haven't posted in a long time. The last two posts were from Nathan, and I am so thankful for him keeping everyone up to date+ on what has been going on in our lives. Not that I haven't been capable of getting on the computer and posting, but I haven't been feeling the best these days. I have been very, very tired with this pregnancy. And then, of course, there are those fun moments of...well, throwing up. So, posting on our blog hasn't been at the top of my list of things to do.
Let me start by back tracking just a little bit. I went to Ft. Worth, TX a few weeks ago for a conference with Premier Designs. It was a wonderful, fun time. When I first walked in, I ran into Debbie Thompson, who is the mother of a dear friend, and she is a dear friend as well. She took me around and introduced me to all of the missionaries there and it was such a blessing to see how the Lord uses Premier to work in the lives of these missionaries all around the world. Throughout the conference, we were able to hear testimonies from them, and that blessed me so much. I cried a lot throughout those testimonies. Anyway, I had a great time, but I was so glad to get back home to my husband and children. I missed them so much!!!
The day after I got home, we had Mr. Todd Burgess up "in view of a call" (Nathan isn't quite sure why this phrase is used) at our church. We enjoyed a good week with he and his wife, and the next week the church did vote to extend the call, and the Burgess' accepted. So, once again we have a pastor and we are excited to have them up here as of August 15th.
We also had VBS the next week, and I was the helper for the kindergarten classroom. The other Miss Beth and I had a great time with our children for the week. But, because I was battling pregnancy sickness the whole time, I was glad to have that week end. But, my children had a great time in the preschool classroom, which was just for workers children. My good friends Nicole, Melissa and Robin took care of the children.
The only bad thing about VBS was that Nate contracted Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease from our time there. Oh, and I forgot the mention that the week of VBS, my father-in-law and brother-in-law came to town. Most of that week they were gone fishing with Nathan and my other brother-in-law. But, Monday we went on a glacier cruise through Prince William Sound. While on the boat, I noticed Nate had several spots on him. At first I thought it was the chicken pox. But, a quick call to the nurse's hotline told me that it was a viral rash. My friend Nicole's son Cutter also had it, and she took him to the doctor, where we got the official diagnosis. So, that was all kinds of fun. Brianna got a slight case of it, but hers wasn't bad at all.
Then, when we returned from the glacier cruise, we found out that the 3rd Wing Commander at Elmendorf passed away suddenly in his home on base late Sunday evening. Nathan worked fairly closely with him for the past year, so this was a very difficult thing for both Nathan and the entire Elmendorf family. We attended a memorial service for him last Thursday. It was a great celebration of his life, and his love for his family as well as his love for the air force and the people he served with.
This week has passed fairly uneventfully. I had an appointment with a nurse on base to check for the heartbeat on Tuesday, and I was able to have another ultrasound at that time. It is so amazing to see a baby so small have so many distinct features. I have one picture of the little one that shows head, body, arms, hands, legs and feet. And she (my guess is that it is a girl- but I may be wrong) is only about an inch and a half long at this point. Pregnancy and childbirth is such an amazing miracle!!! I look at those pictures and ask myself how anyone could ever think that is not a child?
OK, so enough of my rantings. Hopefully that updates you on what is going on in my life right now. I am going today to have a glucose test done, so pray that goes well. And, pray that I don't get too fatigued. It seems that if I can keep up on my sleep, then I don't get as sick.
Love to all!!!
Let me start by back tracking just a little bit. I went to Ft. Worth, TX a few weeks ago for a conference with Premier Designs. It was a wonderful, fun time. When I first walked in, I ran into Debbie Thompson, who is the mother of a dear friend, and she is a dear friend as well. She took me around and introduced me to all of the missionaries there and it was such a blessing to see how the Lord uses Premier to work in the lives of these missionaries all around the world. Throughout the conference, we were able to hear testimonies from them, and that blessed me so much. I cried a lot throughout those testimonies. Anyway, I had a great time, but I was so glad to get back home to my husband and children. I missed them so much!!!
The day after I got home, we had Mr. Todd Burgess up "in view of a call" (Nathan isn't quite sure why this phrase is used) at our church. We enjoyed a good week with he and his wife, and the next week the church did vote to extend the call, and the Burgess' accepted. So, once again we have a pastor and we are excited to have them up here as of August 15th.
We also had VBS the next week, and I was the helper for the kindergarten classroom. The other Miss Beth and I had a great time with our children for the week. But, because I was battling pregnancy sickness the whole time, I was glad to have that week end. But, my children had a great time in the preschool classroom, which was just for workers children. My good friends Nicole, Melissa and Robin took care of the children.
The only bad thing about VBS was that Nate contracted Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease from our time there. Oh, and I forgot the mention that the week of VBS, my father-in-law and brother-in-law came to town. Most of that week they were gone fishing with Nathan and my other brother-in-law. But, Monday we went on a glacier cruise through Prince William Sound. While on the boat, I noticed Nate had several spots on him. At first I thought it was the chicken pox. But, a quick call to the nurse's hotline told me that it was a viral rash. My friend Nicole's son Cutter also had it, and she took him to the doctor, where we got the official diagnosis. So, that was all kinds of fun. Brianna got a slight case of it, but hers wasn't bad at all.
Then, when we returned from the glacier cruise, we found out that the 3rd Wing Commander at Elmendorf passed away suddenly in his home on base late Sunday evening. Nathan worked fairly closely with him for the past year, so this was a very difficult thing for both Nathan and the entire Elmendorf family. We attended a memorial service for him last Thursday. It was a great celebration of his life, and his love for his family as well as his love for the air force and the people he served with.
This week has passed fairly uneventfully. I had an appointment with a nurse on base to check for the heartbeat on Tuesday, and I was able to have another ultrasound at that time. It is so amazing to see a baby so small have so many distinct features. I have one picture of the little one that shows head, body, arms, hands, legs and feet. And she (my guess is that it is a girl- but I may be wrong) is only about an inch and a half long at this point. Pregnancy and childbirth is such an amazing miracle!!! I look at those pictures and ask myself how anyone could ever think that is not a child?
OK, so enough of my rantings. Hopefully that updates you on what is going on in my life right now. I am going today to have a glucose test done, so pray that goes well. And, pray that I don't get too fatigued. It seems that if I can keep up on my sleep, then I don't get as sick.
Love to all!!!
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