HAPPY FRIDAY! It's almost the weekend!!! Well, for me and the girls it is the weekend, we have no school today! This week has flown for me. On M & T we had early dismissals at 2:00 b/c of Parent Teacher conferences and Wednesday was 1/2 day for the same reason and then today we have the day off. The other teachers deserve it after their crazy week of conferences! For me it it was a great week to EASE back into the classroom routine. Things have gone well for the most part, the students are adjusting and so am I, but teaching Math is STILL a HUGE weakness for me! It might just take a while to get my brain back to that level...the older we get the harder it is to adapt! I am feeling great, just a little tired and I have a little back ache, but still PRAISING the LORD for a great week! The teacher did all of my LP's for me and so that has made things sun a lot smoother for me. Last night, I graded 3 stacks of papers and that was it for the week. She only takes 1-2 grades per subject per week...I wish I would have thought of that when I was teaching...sure saves a TON of time! The teachers at G-view have been very welcoming and they check in on me often. The principal only stopped by once & so I feel like she trusts me in the classroom....that is a HUGE HELP! I may have to go over to my room on Sunday afternoon to do a few things...not more than and hour or so...and then I will be ready for Monday! Praise the LORD for the gifts he has given me in this area! What a blessing from HIM!

Today we are planning to just lay low at home. I am making a double batch of banana chocolate chip muffins (we had a good amount of dark bananas) b/c we LOVE them so much around here and when I make a single batch they just seem to disappear. This morning the girls are playing and hanging out in their pjs! Also, we are enjoying a cool & rainy spring morning and the smell of the muffins and the coffee brewing make me feel GREAT! It gives me the feeling like we are on vacation or something! Today we are running one errand to Target to pick up a b-day present for a cousin b/c her party is tomorrow @ Stoney Creek Inn. The girls are looking forward to swimming at the hotel after the PARTY! Good thing their Uncle works there!!!

It has also been a BIG week for my hubby! Here is a post from his own words from what happened at his work last Friday....

I wanted to share with you the events of yesterday and how God was so good to my family. Yesterday morning I was at work and our district manager stopped in for a routine visit. He and my boss had a meeting and then my boss came out and told me that they needed to talk to me. He quickly assured me that everything was fine, because I had a obvious "freaked out" look on my face.

The district manager informed me that some bigwigs up in corporate had decided to scale back the number of loan officers in Des Moines. Again, the "freaked out" looked appeared on my face. The district manager apologized for not letting me know immediately that I was in good standing with the company and was not being let go. There is a branch in the suburbs of Des Moines that had been trying to hire a new loan officer for several months. They had not been able to find someone qualified to take the position.

The branch that I currently work at is only large enough for four loan officers, but last year the company allowed the branch to hire a fifth loan officer, me. Suddenly, they had to lose one and that was again, me. Long story short, the district manager offered me the position at the other branch. I immediately agreed and will start on Monday. The change was immediate and I quickly cleaned out my desk and said goodbye to my co-workers.

The district manager took me to lunch and I was very humbled by his kind words. He was very complimentary of my performance and the new branch manager, Ben, was so excited when he heard that I was being added to his staff.

I want to reassure everyone that this was not a demotion or a negative in any way. My pay is the same, health benefits are unchanged, vacation time stays the same, pretty much, same company, different office.

Anyway, that was my whirlwind day yesterday. Jonna has been very supportive of this and has peace also about the change. God is so good. In this corporate age, jobs are eliminated very quickly. God is continuing to provide and I wanted to share this praise with you.

He has had an AMAZING week at work and God has really blessed in the transition to the new office! Tim thoroughly enjoys his new co-workers and things are so GREAT! Praise the Lord for how much HE LOVES US and CARES for us!

Praise Him, Praise Him, All ye little Children....

God is LOVE! GOD is LOVE! Today I am very thankful for God's love for us! His love in unconditional and unchangeable! WOWZA!

We have had a GLORIOUS Spring Break here in Iowa. The Lord have us some amazing weather....although rain was forecasted and came, God gave us warm days and plenty of sunshine, too! This morning we had a "Spring Storm" (that's what Morgan called it) and it was glorious to open my window, listen to the thunder, watch the lightning light up the early morning sky and sip a cup of warm coffee.

I found out today that I am headed to work at G-view on Monday. The teacher I am filling in for while she goes on Maternity leave had her baby and so here we go! Please pray for us in the next month as we all adjust to me being a "working" mom. I am not really nervous about anything, but I still covet your prayers in that I will do my best for GOD'S GLORY!

Here are a few pics of our Spring Break activities....

SPRING BREAK!

We are on Spring Break this week and the weather is supposed to be yucko! This morning we awoke to a cloudy and blustery day and so we are enjoying a chill out/comfy clothes day at home. (praise the Lord the SUN is SHINING NOW!!!) I am working on laundry, etc... and we are recouperating from a busy weekend with Grandma & Grandpa Shogren. My parents came down for the weekend and we had a great time. We went out to dinner at Ohana (japanese steakhouse), did some shopping, watched a lot of basketball and celebrated Morgan and Tim's b-days with them! FUN! Morgan got a new baby stroller & a little pack-n-play for her babies! The girls have been playing with that non-stop. Also, my parents brought home our baby swing that was on loan to my Minnesota siblings and so we put that up and they are using that for their babies! They have a whole nursery set up on the front porch! Very cute!

OUr other Spring breeak plans include, a playdate at McD's tomorrow with some friends, Wednesday is dentist appts, and Thursday is open (maybe a trip to the movies since it's supposed to be raining or the botanical center or historical museum) and Friday is the afternoon & evening at Gma & Gpa Stout's home. Tim is getting a haircut after work from Mom Stout and then we are just vegging out and watching some more basketball together!

We are hoping to paint our room this weekend (FINALLY!) , but we'll see if the weather holds out. Also, this week I will be doing a lot of prepping for my long term sub gig that is coming up. I met with the teacher on Friday and she was dilated to 3 (she's not due until April 1st) and so we are pretty much thinking I should be starting next Monday! She has all of the lesson plans written for me and so I am able to study up before i go in! Whew...trying not to get overwhelmed, but it will all be okay! I just have to TRUST God for the strength for every moment as we make the adjustment to me being a full-time working mom for about 4-6 weeks! Prais ethe Lord for the extra mooolah to help with Christian school bills!!! :)

A Baby update: 25 weeks today! Everything is going great...just a little backache here and there when I try to do too much! Baby is LOW and moving a lot! My next appt is April 6th and that's when they'll check for gestational diabetes (I get to drink that yummy glucose drink! YUCKO!) and I will get my Rhogam shot- OUCHY!!!!
We are still not planning to find out the SEX of our little one until delivery....I ma sooooo excited to know and it makes me soooo excited for the delivery! :)

THEY HAD A BLAST!

Well, this update is long overdue and I am not even sure where to start...

Tonight, Tim and some college guys (former students from the student ministry that we used to work with) lead worship for Youth Group tonight at church. In my biased opinion, they did a great job! Tim loves playing the drums for God's glory and he loves playing with this particular group of guys. Just last week, Tim went with these young men to see Kutless in concert in West Des Moines. THEY HAD A BLAST!

Speaking of last weekend, I headed home to Minnesota for a funeral of a young man from my home church. Derrik Kuschel, age 22, went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, March 3rd after a life-long battle with cystic fibrosis. Derrik NEVER EVER complained about his battle with CF, but instead used it to be a STRONG and FAITHFUL witness for Jesus Christ. You can read more about Derrik at his caring bridge website at
http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/inputSiteName.domethod=search&siteName=derrikkuschel.

This funeral was so special to me b/c Derrik's family has had a major impact on my life. Jodi, Derrik's mom, was my junior girls Sunday School teacher. She was cooller than cool (for the 80s). She always wore high heels, had amazing hair and freshly manicured nails, and dressed so beautiful. Not only that she showed an interest in me and the other lowly "bus kids." Jodi and Albie, even hosted slumber parties, scary Halloween activities and one time she even took me to the mother-daughter banquet as her daughter! before the banquet she even took me to Herberger's and bought me a brand new dress! (it wasn't on sale either!) I loved that class and studying God's word with her. You would have never known that Derrik (her then little son) was so ill and had to take medicines and treatments everyday! Also Their boys (they had two sons, Dustin was the oldest and Derrik the younger) made an impact on my life, they always had matching outfits and to this day I believe that's why my girls always match!!! :)
My favorite memory of this family, is when they shared their newly adopted daughter, Ashley with us in the form of a party in the Sunday school class. The kitchen where we met was COVERED in PINK!!! It was a HOOT! Eventually I quit attending that church as a bus kid and I don't remember quite why, but after about a year out of church I ran into the Kuschel family at the bowling alley and they invited me to their new church (they had switched churches, too). I said sure and that was the beginning of a year stint of riding in the car with them to church. It was at this church God introduced me to my three bestest girlfriends (we've been through it all together: the GOOD, the BAD and the ugly!) who were able to be home for this funeral as well. Also, while attending this new church, God introduced me to my second parents, Rod and Cathy Veith! Whew---I can't even put into words what this family has meant to my life! After a year of riding with the Kuschels, they took over and they ever-so-patient as I grew to understand what it meant to be a godly young lady! I am still working on that part, but I PRAISE the LORD for their faithful and patient hearts! Mom and Dad Veith- I LOVE you and you are so special to me! THANK YOU! All of these wonderful things would not have happened in my life if the Kuschel family would not have reached out to me! Thank you for your selflessness!

**My friend Kim (she's the writer) wrote an amazing tribute to Derrik and his family and you can find it here: http://kpblogopolis.blogspot.com ***

okay...i will finish this up later...I am going to visit with my hubby and settle my thoughts down...remember I am a pregnant woman and sometimes things go blank or we get too emotional...thank you for your patience....

it's a Blizzard....

Here in central and northwest Iowa there is a blizzard going on. In DSM we only had a few inches of snow, but we are now experiencing 50 mph winds. They have closed all of the area schools and even some major businesse like Wells Fargo & BLue Cross BLue Shield are closed. They have shut done most of the interstate surrounding the DSM area and the DOT is not recommending ANY TRAVEL!

However, Tim still went into work today b/c we are trying save up our vacation time for when the baby comes and this August when Tim's brother and his family come from California! Also, Tim is headed to California in April to attend the Long Beach Grand Prix with his brothers and what a time they will have! It has truly been a blessing to see the LORD provide the $$ for this trip for him!

Today is a low key day! I am watching a friends kiddos today b/c her babysitters kids are sick...throwing up...YUCKO! It is a little helpful to have someone for the girls to play with today, but a HUGE BUMMER that we can't really go outside or anywhere for that matter. I am trying to use my teacher brain and brainstorm some fun things for us to do! We may build some indoor forts before luncha nd then having book time and movie hour after lunch!

Tomorrow...Lord willing...we are starting the remodeling of our room! We are getting the paint and brushes tomorrow am and we plan to paint it all tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully the girls will cooperate...we may go by them a new movie so that have a distraction while Tim & I work! I do all of the trim edges and cutting in and Tim does the rolling....we have a good system!

Well- the troops are getting restless!
Everyone- STAY WARM!

P.S> Kim I do not want to hear anymore about your green grass in Washington!!! :)

new template....

In honor of the Month of March (first day of spring, St.Patrick's Day, etc....) the gemplate is now Green....but the weather man says we have another winter storm headed our way starting tomorrow night through Friday! Ugh! I NEED A VACATION!

It's a new day....

Well today was a NEW day for me as a mom....i was home alone this morning! Morgan has started preschool 2 days a week to help get her adjusted to school before I start subbing full-time at G-view, covering a teacher's maternity leave, and she sarts attending full-time. It was just weird! I felt a little NAKED! However, it was nice to run to the grocery store by myself and take a little time to alley hoot and just enjoy looking around!

It was a wake-up call too b/c I know those days will be few and far between once the newest Stout arrives this summer. Not that I don't want this baby, it just reminded me of how some of my "freedom" will be taken away for a short time! I have learned one thing as a mom, TIME FLIES!

Well- the girls are ready to dinidh up baths and get their PJs on. Tim will be hoem soon! I made a yummy dinner tonight: Bruschetta Chicken bake from Kraft recipes and Cheddar Garlic Biscuits (like Red Lobster)...it's a favorite meal around here!

all talk....we've got no game!

yep...it's true! All talk about fixin' about the house and no action!

ARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Well, with the weather as YUCKY as it was this weekend we didn't get much accomplished. We were planning to go out Saturday am to pick up supplies, but the weather had just barreled in so fast that we didn't get out. We praise the LORD that we kept our power all weekend, but we did lose our land phone line & Internet access from Saturday night until this am....I couldn't wait to check my e-mail this morning!!!! I felt so out of it! We did enjoy relaxing and vegging out. I had cleaned both Thursday and Friday this past week and I was zonked! Oh well, we'll try again this weekend. Oh and we did watch a triple header of basketball on Sunday! Ohhh....and the Oscars were fun to watch, but I fell asleep before they were over....they lasted FOREVER!!!!

One thought...we are repainting our sun porch....we have yellow now, any suggestions for a new color??? THANKS!

Good Morning!

Good morning! As you can see I am up before the troops this morning. Well, that's not entirely true b/c Tim left at six to go play b-ball with his church buddies. Anyway, I am up early b/c I couldn't sleep...not worried about anything, I think I am excited to get a jump on the day b/c we are doing some "little projects" around the house today! We are also going to the Homemaker's outlet to look around for a new coffee table b/c our broke the other day....it has a crack in it. I would love to order or go to IKEA b/c it would be cheaper, but we won't make it there anytime soon! Also, we are picking out blinds for our room, repaintig the baseboards on the porch and getting things ready out there to redo the ceiling soon! We are thinking about repainting the yellow color out there, but I am not sure to what yet! Here is a picture of what we want our bedroom to look like (we get to paint in a few weeks when the weather gets warmer and we can open some windows)... The walls will be all blue and I already have some similar bedding that I purchased at Target on Clearance a few months ago! Besides we already have the two kids and the puppy so this room fits us perfectly!

Well, the weather isn't helping us much these days! We have to stay indoors b/c the weather is turning NASTY! Rain today, ice tonight and SNOW tomorrow. 5-8 inches of snow tomorrow!!!!! We had a brief taste of Spring this week...it was mid-50s on Wednesday and so Morgan and I ran all over town with NO COATS on!!! I even bought the girls' Easter dresses!!! I was feeling a little inspired and they were on SALE! Also, it gives me some more time to find something to match them!!!!!!

Speaking of baby...we are doing great! We are 21 wks and 5 days today! My tummy is growing & this little one is a mover and a shaker these days. Last night he/she had the hiccups! I LOVE THAT FEELING!!!! God is sooooo good! We are getting ansty to KNOW what sex the baby is, but we are going to TRY and hold out and be surprised...we think we have the names nailed down so we're good. I am also getting antsy to buy a few things for this little one, but I think I will wait until all of the Spring clothes go to clearnace! Also, look out Des MOines area garage sales this summer, I will be in FULL FORCE!

more snow??more cold??? BRING IT ON!!!

Why yes, we are still in the arctic circle here and today we added about 5 more inches of snow to this frozen tundra! As a result of the snow, Madison has a SNOW day from school which wea re all really bummed about b/c they (grades K-2) were headed to Ames to see Suessical. I am not sure if it will be rescheduled or not. Also, today Tim took a "sick" day and we are all home enjuoying vegging out and enjoying the day as a family! We had a Valentine's breakfast this morning....pink pancakes, decorative paper plates, napkins and cups, and we exchanged cards and Valentine gifts. I gave Tim a pre-paid coupon to pick up the new Toby Mac CD when it comes out next week and he gave me the newest Rascal Flatts CD (yes, I still am a country girl!) We gave the girls their present last Friday night...they got the video, High School Musical. It has been a great day so far! I think we really need these "days" off once in a while!


We are half way through this pregnancy now (20 weeks yesterday) and I am feeling SUPER! I am at the energy stage and ready to get things done around this place...I have been cleaning cupboards out, cleaning closets, organizing clothes that are upstairs in storage and I feel like have to get more done before I get into teaching in April through May! Also, I was motivated to CLEAN and DECLUTTER after watching Oprah last week. She has some guests who lived in clutter messes to say the least and that motivated me a ton! I am getting antsy to finish painting our room (the last room to get done since we moved into this place 4 1/2 years ago) and redo the inside of our front porch celing (we have to redo the track celing, but we are going to drywall it now). Other than that, not much to share. Please pray for my husband's sanity as I am sooooo motivated these days!!!

Well- time to get back to the family! Have a great day!


P.S> I cannot wait for SPRING! I even bought paper towels with Daisies on them b/c I needed a SPRING pick-me-up!!!!!

baby it's COLD outside......

arrrrrrghhhhhhh....I am getting so tired of the cold. It's sooooo cold we can't go sledding, ice skating or anything!!! It's hard to even go to the grocery store or Target and so Tim usually stops at one or the other on his way home from work. What a sweet hubby!

So other than school, work, cleaning jobs, and PBS kids there is not much to report!

Have a great Tuesday!

bbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....it's cold!

Argh...the weather has turned frigid...YUCKO! I hate it being so cold b/c it makes it soooo difficult to go anywhere. We enjoyed a quiet weekend indoors. Tim had a work day on Saturday and so the girls and I enjoyed a Pajama day and watched movies! That was fun. Sunday we awoke to 20 below zero and decided to snuggle back under the covers and not go anywhere! Other than that, not much to report...Baby #3 is growing... we are about 18 weeks, 22 weeks from today baby is due (July1st). I am feeling him/her move now...I have missed that sooooo much! Also, I feel like I am actually starting to get a "bump" now... am a little apprehensive to buy any maternity clothes b/c they are expensive & I have quite a time to go wearing them...also I have 3 seasons to go through...winter, spring and summer....Has anyone ever bought clothes on e-bay??? Were you statisfied???

Well time for preschool....I'll leave you with a few pics from last weekend'sfun in the SNOW!!!

P.S> Gpa Stout's surgery went great! He is healing well and should have even better sight as a result of this surgery! Praise the Lord.

Grandpa Stout

Our family has a prayer request...Tim's dad is having eye surgery today to repair his torn retina...please be in prayer for Gma and Gpa Stout as they go through this day and pray that we will trust the LORD for EVERYTHING!

Here is an e-mail from Gma Stout describing what is going on in Gpa Stout's eye,

"The prognosis of his eye is not good. There are at least 2 tears in the retina and an area that is detached. The Dr. described the detachment as wallpaper coming off the wall.
Surgery is tomorrow at 1:30 - Mercy Out-Patient, downtown. We need to be there at 12:00. The surgery will take 1 1/2 - 2 hrs. Dr. Haupert will use laser to repair the tears, put a band around the eyeball to bring the wall toward the retina, extract the vitreous (gel like substance that fills up the eyeball. This pulling away from the retina causes the problems.) and inject a gas bubble to push the retina back in place. He will have a patch overnight, then see the Dr. Thurs. in his office - which is out on 50th-Westown Pkw. He will also be required to keep his head in an upright position all the time, until the gas bubble dissolves - several days.Complete healing will take several months. A cataract will probably form and have to be removed sometime down the road. Hopefully, Dad will gain back most of his vision, but not to expect to have clear vision in that eye.I think Dad is handling this better than I am. But we must continually look to the Lord for strength and to be able to maintain a godly testimony to all we come in contact with through this experience."

THANK YOU!!!!!

SNOW DAY!!!!

Happy Sunday! For the second week in a row we have awoke to SNOW! This time the snow was heavier and we got about 4 inches!!! Needless to say no church today for us...we are WHIMPS when it comes to going out in this stuff!!! Here is a pic of the outside of our house...check out how much snow the Lumina has on it...

Here are a few pics of Morgan's haircut from last Wednesday! She looks so grown up now!!! and her hair is much easier to fix!

Here are a few pics of our reading kindergartener...Madison is doing well...I think I remember reading that SAME book when I was her age...the copyright date is 1974!!! She will be bringing home these beginning reader books now every week....WOW...time sure flies!

2007 pics....

Cabbage Patch Kids....they love 'em.

Stout Family 2007- this one includes our family pet, Lulu

Christmas Cowgirls

Playing outside on a crisp 50 degree day in JANUARY- Wa-hoo!!!!

it's 2007???? aghhhhhhh.............

Time is flying past here at the Stout house....I cannot believe the holidays have come and gone and Valentine's day is rapidly approaching....I love the colors: red, pink, purple..and after Valentine's Day it sometimes means that Spring is only a month to a month and half away.
This update is long overdue, but at last I have FINALLY found a moment to sit and share our Holiday photos and excursions with you all! WE had a WONDERFUL Christmas season! We headed to Minnesota for Christmas and we enjoyed time with not only my family Christmas Eve morning, but some of my extended Shogren family as well. It was sooooo SPECIAL to spend time with my Auntie Laura and Uncle Oscar in their home. THEY SPOILED US ALL!!! We also spent that day with their children & grandchildren (my cousins and second cousins), Chad,Terri & Julia and Steve, Jessica, & Oskar! We had a fabulous time! The girls LOVED spending time with their little cousins!!! Christmas day we hung out with my parents and just vegged out and the girls played the WHOLE day with all of their amazing gifts. We returned home for a few days of work and then on New Year's Day we celebrated with Tim's parents! Boy oh Boy, did we get spoiled! Grandma & Grandpa Stout spoiled the girls rotten, too!!!!
Overall, we had a very blessed holiday! My favorite memory was making a birthday cake for Jesus with my girls at Gma and Gpa Shogren's house. It was a holiday cake, with green frosting and holiday sprinkles, and we even put a candle on the top and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus!

Also, just an update on Baby #3, we are at 15 1/2 weeks and last week we heard it's heartbeat. It was being a little wiggler, it wouldn't hold still!!!! The heart rate was 148....hmmmm????? We are not planning on finding out the gender of this baby.....we are going to be surprised! The girls are PRAYING for a baby brother, and I know deep down Tim is hoping for a son, but whatever gender this baby is we will rejoice & say THANK YOU to our LORD for the indescribable gift!

The Stout family now.....

Madison is in school ALL day now and LOVING it! Tomorrow she has her first library day and today she was telling all about "circus tag" that they played in P.E. today.... She is even starting to read...WOWZA! Madison loves to play on the computer these days and we LIMIT her to 15 minutes a day...she plays on PBS kids, Nick Junior and a few educational sights that I have found.

Morgan is still spunky and GROWING like a weed....she is loving having Mommy to herself all day, but she really misses her big sister. We are still working on some preschool work at home, 2-3 days a week, and she knows and recognizes all of her colors, numbers, letters and shapes...She is almost writing her name all by herself! Morgan loves to dance and listen to music...Her favorite toy right is her sit & spin... b/c it plays fast, peppy dance tunes and she can hit and dance forever. She'll even say, "Just a minute Mom, this is my favorite song!"

I am still cleaning every week (1-2 days) and then watching a friends kids the other three...I will be done cleaning in February sometime and I am done babysitting then too. I am looking forward to getting back into subbing 1-2 days a week and just getting some house cleaning & projects done before I start subbing full-time (a teacher will be on maternity leave) at Madison's school in late March/ early April. We have nursery themes picked out for both a boy and a girl and we have "HELP" all arranged for after our new one arrives. In the next few months we will begin work on the basement...we are putting in a bedroom for the girls, a full bath and small family room and small laundry area. Our small group has volunteered to help us as much as POSSIBLE! Praise the LORD!!!

Tim is doing GREAT at work and he is really enjoying his new job. I can't believe he has been with Beneficial for over a year now! Tim is busy being a great hubby and father. He LOVES taking the girls on "dates" to Petsmart and Target and sometimes out for ice cream or hot cocoa. He is playing basketball every Saturday and He is lovin' that! I wish he didn't work so late on M-T-TH nights (he works 9-7:30), but it'll be okay once it gets light out again.

Well- this is a book! Pics to follow.....

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....well....not really,

but here inside the Stout home, Christmas is in full swing! Saturday we finished up some shopping and today we mailed a package to California and we have packages ready north to Minnesota! Also, last week was been a busy one; Madison has had 2 Christmas Programs (school and church) and we had a family get-together last night at Gma & Gpa Stout's in Ankeny. There we made & decorated Christmas cookies, decorated a grandkids tree in the basement and ate and ate and ate! YUMMMY!!!!!! Here are a few pics from those festivities.....

Christmas Dresses 2006

Morgan and Momma before Big Sister's School Program

Grandpa Stout and Madison rolling out Christmas Cookies

Grandma Stout and Morgan rolling out cookies :)

Uncle Dan, Aunt Amy and Cousin Kylie with their "Pooh" cookies that we all made

The rest of this week is pretty low-key....and we will just being doing laundry, chores and packing as we get ready to head to Minnesota for the holidays....it will be soooooo FUN! They may have SNOW there this weekend! Maybe we will be able to take the girls sledding or something fun like that!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

SURPRISE!!!!

The month of November has flown past! I can't believe we are well in the swing of December
& holiday preparations!
There is not much to update on in the Stout house, butthe following picture says it all.....


















SURPRISE the Stouts are pregnant! Baby Stout #3 is due July 1st, 2007! We are
VERY EXCITED! The girls cannot wait to have a baby brother or sister!

Well-because I am pregnant there is more napping these days and less computer time....
so here I go off to rest!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Go here for pics....

Here is my other website so you can see our Halloween photos!

http://www.xanga.com/jonnastout

Have a great week!

Halloween Costumes

Here are a few pictures from our family's Halloween festivities.... there were supposed to be pics, but once again I can't get it work...AGGGHHHHHH!

Anyway....Halloween here was very COLD and VERY WINDY, but we had a BLAST! Morgan was a bit cranky (no nap) and she wouldn't wear her costume (that I made out of cardboard), but her spirits improved throughout the night... We went trick or treating in a nearby neighborhood for about an hour and then we headed up to see Gma and Gpa Stout and then we when we got home (about 9:00 p.m.) Uncle Dan, Aunt Amy and Kylie stopped over for a visit! It was great

I didn't know this until last year, but here in Iowa you have to tell a joke in order to get candy...This was Madison's joke Monday night...

KNOCK, KNOCK...
Who's there???
PHILLIP...
Phillip who????
Phillip my bag with candy, please!

We had a great night!