Gram Cracker Houses

We had a great time making gram cracker houses this year. Jennifer and Adam got out their artistic abilities and spent hours perfecting their houses. It was so much fun watching them get so detailed with their designs.

Jennifer's wintry wrap around deck house.

Adam's inviting open door and take a seat house. Adam was going to take his house out and shoot it with his air soft gun until he ended up spending hours putting it together. :)

Eric even had fun making one because he knew he could dunk his in milk and eat it when he was done. :)

Joseph and Rachel both had a great time putting their houses together with little help. We were pretty amazed with Joseph's he put his together using only frosting (because he wanted to eat it later). Joseph insisted on doing his all by himself, five year olds are so independent I love their initiative. :) Jacob had a great time eating the gram crackers, frosting, and candy. I am paying for that now with him running all over with super hyperactivity but it was still a fun activity.

Eric and Rebekah

In the last 7 months we have had a couple big changes. Eric decided to take the Nevada bar which happened to be the same time we were due with our sixth baby. It all worked out, I was induced a week early and I was relieved to only have a 3 1/2 hour labor with her (probably because I had pre-term labor for five months). Rebekah Rose (named after her Great-Grandma Rose Day) was born July 15. Something that really amazed Eric and I was, when Rebekah was born she seemed to be born smiling. Now at 5 months old she still is smiling and she has such a wonderful personality. With five other siblings she gets lots of cuddles and hugs. It is so wonderful to watch them with her.

After Rebekah's birth Eric left a few days later to go back to Las Vegas to finish up his studies for the Bar and prepare to take the Bar the end of July. The Bar came and left, Eric felt he did good on it and packed up his things to come back home, we were all so happy to have him back. He was in Las Vegas for almost three months (I was SO thankful for all the help my mother in-law gave me. Looking back I don't know how I could have gotten through it, on bed-rest, with out her. She was amazing!) Then the waiting happened we wouldn't know the results till the beginning of November. That was a very long and painful 3 months the results came back and Eric passed the Bar with a pretty high score too, we were all very proud of him. I thought the rest would be a cake walk but it has proven to be a lesson in patience for me as Eric puts in lots of applications in a very competitive market and we just wait for someone to reply. It has only been a couple months since we found out he passed the Bar so I am sure he will find something soon.

We are all so happy to have our new baby girl Rebekah, to have Eric back with us, and to know he passed the Nevada Bar.