Oct.
October was great Volleyball for me. We took third in our conference which I thought was pretty good considering Bonneville and Century took first and second at state in the 4A division. I'm looking forward to taking the poky volleyball program to a great place! I had a great team of fun girls who worked hard, we had some drama, but for the most part it was a great year. Lexi loved the girls and loved volleyball. She was a cute lil zebra for halloween.
Nov.
November was fun we enjoyed some free time with not volleyball. I didn't coach basketball this year for the first time in 6 years. It was really wierd but also nice to have some free time to spend with family! Matt worked like crazy and we had somefun. On November 3rd we did a really awesome thing. We had the entire Harding family in the temple together to do a session. We were also able to do a chapel session together before the session and then those of us who were married went and did a session together and the single boys and young kids did baptisms together it was such a neat experience to be in the temple as a family and to feel of the spirit there. We had our Harding family Christmas party that night after that and it was so fun to see Lexi dressed as an Angel in the traditional nativity! She made a cute angel and loved being in front of everyone and able to be like the big kids. I also potty trained Lexi in November. She had been going for a while in the toilet so I decided it was time to bit the bullet and do it all the time! She caught on quick and we stopped buying diapers. I was excited to not have to change diapers for 7 months of my life!!!
Dec.
December is always so crazy! Time goes so fast! It was no different this year. Lexi turned 2 this December which is just crazy I swear just the other day I was bringing home a tiney beautiful baby and now I have a busy energetic toddler! She loved having a birthday Party and loved opening presents. She got spoiled by her family and loved every minute of it. She also loves to sing " HAppy to you" The birthday song. She doesn't really care who it's for she just loves to sing it! Christmas was really fun and we enjoyed spending time with family. My parents went to Illinois for Christmas. For the first time in 25 years I spend Christmas without them. It was kind of weird but wonderful none the less! Lexi got spoiled again and made lots of memories!! Matt worked way way too much in December so we were grateful for Christmas break to have some daddy time! I got a new calling as the YW secretary. I was so excited to serve the youth of our ward and with some amazing women!
Jan.
New years day we went bowling with the Sutton's and it was so fun. Lexi loved bowling and she did pretty good with the bumpers. of course she wanted to do it "SElf OF ME" She loves to be independent! After we went to Tom and Ruths house and Roger brought out his 4-wheeler and took the kids around the yard on sleds! My little adrenaline Junkie LOVED THIS!!! If she wasn't on the sled she was on the 4-wheeler bossing someone around!! Matt and I had to take turns outside watching her because we got so cold but she refused to come inside! She loved every lap she got to take! Matt and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary in January and it was really nice. I can't believe all of this things we have done in 4 years! my how time flies! I couldn't be happier to be marrried to such a wonderful and loving husband and father!!! I can't wait to spend Eternity with Matt! He really is my best friend and I don't know what I would do without him! For our Anniversary we went to dinner and then we went to a HHS girls bball game. My husband knows how to keep me happy. I really missed watching the girls play ball this year so it was fun to get out and go watch them!!!
Feb.
Work and play happened in Feburary. Matt was doing some work for Ashlee and Shawn my cousins in Boise so Lexi and I were able to go with him and spend some time with Ashlee and her kids as well as see Daddy. It was really fun to get to know Ashlee and her kids better. Lexi loved playing with "THE KIDS" She thought she was just one of the bunch and they were so nice and always included her. Matt went back another week during girls state basketball to finish tileing so that was fun to get to watch state basketball. Highland took 3rd and it was nice to have Matt and Lexi there with me this year. Lexi loved the Chocolate milk and the free ice cream she kept getting!! We also found out the exciting news that we were going to have a baby boy in June! We couldn't be more excited to have another little one in our home and are so grateful to the lord for blessing our family at this time. We are excited to have one of each gender and will be excited to add more trains and trucks to our ever growing collection of pink princess things!!! I have felt a lot better this pregnancy so that has also been really nice to be a normal human being!
MARCH
Where is the year going! Wow its already March. I am almost in my 3rd trimester of pregnancy and can't wait for this little guy to get here. Ok I really can wait cuz I know its not time but I am really excited to have our family grow! I stopped skiing this month at Doctors request and I am sad to miss our at Targhee but it will still be fun to spend time with family and hopefully do some other fun things!! Keelie and her family just got here yesterday and I'm so excited to have them home for a few weeks! Her kids are getting so big and it's so fun to be around them. They will move home in June for sure and I can't wait. It's been a long time since they lived here and I can't wait to have them around! Matt started taking realtor classes this month and has had some job opportunities open up that we are really excited about!! He is ready for change and so are we. His body can't do tile forever and he has worked a lot of long hard hours and were all ready for some change. Change however is scary, especially when you figure were about to add one more person to his list of people he provides for. Matt is such a hard worker and is determined to succeed so I know he will do great at what ever he does!!! I am getting ready for the warm spring weather since I can't ski! Lexi and Zoe and I have started going on more walks and enjoying our time outside ! Lexi is a total jabber box and has finally got in her last front teeth! She took forever to get her teeth in. I will only be so lucky if the rest of our kids take that long. She loves to help around the house!! She liked to help vaccume, unload the dishwasher and clean up her toys! I love that she is such a big helper and I know it will be especially nice when she has a little brother to help take care of. She is like a sponge and wants to learn and explore everything I love it!!! more march pictures to come!!!
