Ross Family

Meet baby Ross. He/She is very energetic. I think he/she was just so happy to see us this morning! :) Spent most of the ultrasound upside down, and kicking those little legs. Looking forward to our due date of May 3, 2012!

Green Family

Glad to hear how everyone is doing! Not too much new here. Mom spoiled our news about getting the motorcycle but here is a picture :) It is started to get really cold but at 45 degrees and up we are still going for rides (Bryce could care less about how cold it is but I bundle in my biggest winter coat, scarf, and gloves).

Bryce is still working really hard, just going nonstop with work at the Lube, here, and at school. He is almost fluent in Mandarin these days!

I taught my little kindergarteners the Tony Chestnut song today. That song is such a hit in the elementaries. Who'd have known that grandma having us do that song as a family would become so valuable in my schooling.

We have been enjoying the season too! I put up all our fall decor including making a new cute bulletin and a little scarecrow, haystack scene out front (I'm really proud of both). Bryce also planned a Halloween date night for us last night complete with dirt cups and orange sherbet floats.

All is well, love you guys!

The Grand Baileys'

I am done with Jetblue, but seem to have even less time in my day! But I am really enjoying it! Charley and I loved our visit last week with Sydney/Bryce and Marrie/Jordan. Some of us did a fun craft project, of course mine was the "spookiest"! I think Marrie or Sydney has pictures. It was a great car ride with Charley, we got into some really deep gospel decussions, and that was really cool. And the best was, Bryce's new motorcycle. Love red, so it was really fun!
Ashley had a blind date last night that Jacquelle Rosquist set her up on. I think she was more excited about the dinner than the date. I can't pronounce the name of the restaraunt, but in her words "it was really! expensive", she got a lower end entree and it was still over $20. They went to dinner and then back to Ben's house (Jacquelle's date/lives with parents) and played games. Both boys are return missionaries. Joe, Ashley's date just got back from Brazil. Ashley said he was nice and she had a nice time but does not foresee a romantic interest. He drove her home and did the linger longer at the door, so she finally just said thanks and jumped in the door. Ha, that's our Ashley (I'm just happy, she's happy). She is making lots of new friends at school and I know that helps.
Dad is still really busy with church calling, and this week there's been more than normal meetings. So haven't seen him much. and he's so tired by the time he gets home, he just goes to relax in bed about 9pm and is out like a light in seconds. But last night he woke and asked me to feel his pulse. His heart rate was really irregular. Not sure what that is about. He says he has noticed it before, so I think we are going to need to get this checked out. He says he feels fine/nothing different or unusual.
I've been really busy getting ready for our Stake Auxilary meeting that was last night, I was in charge of invitations, decorations, food, name tags, and my talk. Yes as usual, I volunteered for everything! But it went great and I really think the sister's felt our message. We focused on Presidnet Utdorf's talk of the Forget Me knots, and not forgetting the "why" we do our callings. Now my focus is on my big Halloween Bunco Party this Saturday. So far everyone that rsvp'd has said yes, even Sam and Marcia are coming, that should be fun. I have a lot of work still to do on the house to get it ready, so I better get started! Love you guys! and we are so excited to see the Findley Clan at Thanksgiving!!!!

Ross Family

Well life is good in the Ross family! We had the opportunity to speak in church last Sunday, as well as like 3 Sunday's before that. Silly bishopric, didn't notice that we had just spoken. ha But we said yes and didn't seem to put too many people to sleep, so I call that a success!

Jordan is getting used to work at Jiffy Lube and is doing a great job, getting compliments from management so that's awesome!

I am loving not having to grade ALL of the time and getting to focus a little more on my school work! I have a big exam this Friday so keep me in your prayers! Tonight I got to go hear from a panel of principals and assistant principals about what they are looking for when hiring teachers. It was super informative and inspiring. I am really excited to work in the schools more!

We have our first doctors appointment on Thursday!!! Very much looking forward to that! (Not really looking forward to getting poked and prodded again though...) We'll let you know how it goes! Hope we get to see an ultrasound or hear a heartbeat to prove this thing is really in there! ha

Jordan and I were in the Halloween spirit this week. We carved pumpkins, made caramel apples, and roasted pumpkin seeds! I hope you all get to do some fun holiday activities. I wanna hear about them!

I also wanted to include our tender mercy of the day! We are borrowing the Envoy this week while the Allero is getting repaired. Since we don't have a parking sticker on it we have to park it on the road and you Loganites know that close to campus, (where we live) It is hard to find a spot while everyone is parked on the street for class. I finally found a spot to park a block away. Later, on our walk to work, I looked down the road at the car and saw a bright orange paper that I was sure must be a parking ticket! That made me upset but I tried really hard not to freak about it, reminding myself that I couldn't change it and that we would just have to pay it and be fine. On our way home from work that day, we walked to the car where we found all the contents of the following picture stuck in our windshield wiper.

I hope you can read the super nice note that this amazing person left us. What a great example! Do something nice for someone today! :) Love you all!

Findley Family

I wanted to share this video of Link helping Matt mow the lawn :) He is such a goof and loves to push anything, including a super loud lawn mower. He also loves to push this purple and pink stroller that we got from Goodwill. He calls it "push" {original, right?}, and it keeps him preoccupied for hours. Anyway, I guess he moved up from pink and purple to the John Deere mower, which dad is super grateful for since we all know how Matt feels about Link liking girly things :)

The other funny thing I wanted to share is this picture after Link an I left Walmart:

He is such a goof! {pushing the cart is another favorite thing to do} So I looked down while I was pushing and realized that this is where he decided to stick his walmart sticker, lol. He was just walking around with a sticker on his nose like "what? Isn't this where stickers go?". He is such a character, and a lot of fun to hang out with. 

As for Matt:  His study worked!!! He has been working really hard on this study and it is now ready to get ready for a Journal publication. He has been really stressed about it, and is now very excited to get writing his own paper {I say "own paper" because he is now currently working on about 10 for other people, which is still a benefit to him, but this way he is first author which is AWESOME!}. We are super proud of him. 

As for me: I am getting ready for the Etsy holidays trying to stock up on book clutches. Lucky for me the library had a book sale last weekend and I STOCKED UP on a ton of super awesome books for really cheap. I have already been working on them {in and out of migraine pains} and they are coming along quite nicely. I also got surprised when I went to get fabric and realized they were having a 50% sale. All in all the book clutches are working out great :)

I also still love teaching Seminary and I have been learning so much. I am also learning to be a morning person which I never thought could happen {I'm sure you all agree}. 

So that's our update for the week :) Can't wait to see more posts!

Love, The Findleys

Ross Family

Sorry it took so long for me to post! Life sure has been crazy!
Jordan has kept busy with school work, maintenance at Old Farm, and applying often for a second job.
I have been working super hard with school, managing the Old Farm office, and grading for the math department. When added daily exhaustion began to hit, I felt a bit overwhelmed. Jordan and I discussed for a while if we thought it would be okay for me to quit one of my grading jobs. We are making it by fine financially now, but need to save our pennies for our special delivery in May. It was a tough decision, discussed between us and the Lord. With faith that the Lord would provide, I gave my notice that I would no longer be able to grade. The very same week, Bryce informed Jordan of a possible job. Jordan interviewed today and was hired on the spot! We also received an email granting my financial aid for the year. We know the Lord is watching out for us. He has blessed out little family so much.
We also want to extend a special thanks to the Green family for all their help to get us going.
I am sure Jordan will be glad to give the homemaking duties back to me as we begin to adjust to these new opportunities. He has been such a great help!
We are also very much so looking forward to mom's Halloween party at the end of this month.
We are glad to report we are happy and healthy. Love you all!

Findley Family

Hello ladies!

Can't wait to see all the posts keep growing :) I don't have pics this time, just wanted to add a quick first blog for the Findley family :)

Link has been growing his vocabulary at an extremely fast rate lately, which has been fantastic for us because instead of him just saying "pleasies" for everything, he now actually tells us what he wants, which is usually, "show" {which then includes "wah, wah" (word world), "shwashwa" (spongebob)}, "juice", "toys", and the one we hear the most "The Park". He LOVES to play outside at the park, and mostly swing on the swings. He has just learned to swing on the big boys swing and he thinks that is pretty cool.

Matt just got some really great news because two of his studies worked which means that he now gets to start writing a paper to be published {hopefully}. He is REALLY excited about this, and he deserves it after all his hard work. We are very proud of him.

I am still LOVING seminary, even when I have to be tyrant Sis. Findley. I have learned SOO much while teaching, and I am really learning to love the Old Testament, which I never thought was possible. The other fun thing is that this Saturday is the opening party for the boutique The Art House, where my book clutches will be sold! I am REALLY excited about this, and hopefully they sell well :) Mostly it is just an excuse to party in Tulsa while Link plays with his sitter Koriane :)

So there is our quick update.

Love you!

The Findleys

Green Family

Yay! We are very excited and appreciative that ruby created this super cute blog :)

Our update is that we just got home from Virginia which was very fun but now we are trying to recuperate. We are both super busy with work and school but overall doing great!