Katie-
I used the Admin Privileges to update our "Fishers" picture, but the picture looks so big...do you know how to make it smaller to match the rest?

On Baby Watch!

Yes, it has been quite some time since we've checked in here...nine months to be sure! We just passed our due date on Dec. 1 and are excitedly awaiting the arrival of our little babe. However, I may be encouraging this extending pregnancy, as I am quite content with the state of things, and am not sure I want this pregnancy bliss to end~We've been enjoying this time of setting-up our little nest!

We'll keep you posted with the arrival!

Love,

Shay and Dave

What an amazing time I am having traveling to see grand babies and kids.
Love you all,
Thanks to the best husband ever for supporting this wonderful time for me.
Grandma Pam

Grant Admin Privileges

I just changed it so everybody can edit the settings and do fun stuff to the blog so have fun with that one. I'm excited to see what the blog looks like the next time I get on :0)

Yay I can post!!!

hello. We're posting to the blog.

The Lockhart Kids

delectable alfredo after a busy day

After a great Thanksgiving feast yesterday, today we ventured out into the madhouse of black Friday shopping. It was incredibly busy, and after we got home tonight we decided to make fettuccine Alfredo with chicken, using the yummy sauce recipe Katie gave us. It is one of our favorites... we're going to finish up with our cherry pie we made from scratch for dessert!!!

Happy Halloween

Love for Uncle Justin

Tonight we had a race for pj's and teethbrushing (a very good motivator for kids that don't want to go to bed!) When Zack bounded down the stairs and said "Mom, LOOK!" I naturally said, "Wow! Are you the first one?" To which he replied, "That's not it Mom, look (pointing to his pajamas plastered with fighter jet planes) I'm uncle Justin because he's a pilot!" He was quite pleased with himself and ran to tell Dad too.

Love,
Amy

Welcom Mason

Congrats to Katie and Russ... Mason we are so glad you are here and a part of our family... WE LOVE YOU MASON....

Good News for Mare and Dane

In Relief Society they have a "Good News Minute," where the women share an exciting moment or something good that is going on in their life... I thought I'd share a good news minute with you...

Today, Dane got his acceptance letter from the Secondary Education department. YEA!!!

Today, I met with the president of Family First and found out that my proposal to do an internship as a worksite wellness coordinator at FFFCU, was accepted. YEA!!!

Have a great night.

Love,
Dane and Mary Ann

The kids had a great time "Trick or Treating". However we did miss "our Dad".. Hope you all had a great one.

Halloween

Reeslyn couldn't decide which was more fun, handing out the candy to the trick or treaters or getting candy when she was trick or treating. Mallory just handed out candy with me and yes this is the only picture I was able to get of her with her costume on because the wings and antenna came off soon after it was taken.

Congrats Russ!!!

Tuition - $40,000
Diet Soda to stay awake while studying - $1000
Fee to take the PANCE exam - $600
PASSING THE TEST - PRICELESS

An extremely cozy couch, a really busy Saturday and a piano lesson ...

Saturday was one of those days that you just don't like to have, overscheduled with half of us going one way and half the other. By 8:10am I already wanted to go back to bed (yeah it was that bad!) but it was off to vote for me and then straight to piano for Zack.

As I sat on the cozy couch in that wonderful place where you have so many things to do but there is nothing you can do about them at the moment so you let it all go, you know those moments, my eyes were drawn to what I can only describe as a Norman Rockwell moment. ...

An enormous grand piano with two little legs hanging underneath crossed at the ankle, swinging effortlessly and joyfully with a pair of big teacher legs beside while a beautiful Sonatina duet steals me away.

It was one of those moments you wish you could capture but when you try it just doesn't quite feel the same. I suppose because in trying to capture it you've lost some of it already, funny thing. Anyway, it is a pleasure to be Zackary's Mom and to hear the beautiful music he plays and composes.

Today was a special treat as well. It was the Primary Program (at church once a year the primary children put on a 1 hour program for the sacrament, or worship service, part of our three hour block of meetings) and Zackary and Jacob had solos and special reading parts. They both did so well. They were confident and calm and sang so beautifully in front of about 300 people. I am not sure if I have ever smiled so big ever! Being a Primary teacher I get to sit on the stand with them so I could see Sam, and amidst the circus of Ellie and Addie he too had a sizeable grin :o)

Love to you all and happy parenthood!!

Amy :o)

Happy Birthday Dave!!!

Jake's Art Gallery

If I had a digital camera I could send a picture but instead I'll paint you a picture with words :o)

Jake decided a while back that he was going to build sculptures of dinosaurs with little rocks. We took one of our rock collecting walks today with our Halloween pumpkins and while we were out we saw quite a few people. It was so cute, he told each one all about his whole process and how "it makes me a paleontologist like my brother, but I am going to be an astronaut and go to space too." One lady invited him to come pick through her rock garden and find some special ones. He was so thrilled and was telling her all about the different pieces of fossilized bone that each one would work for. He was just beaming!

Most of the rocks are no bigger than a pea and when we get home he sits on the front porch with them all dumped out and meticulously works with them until he has it just right. He really works very hard at it and when he's done it looks amazingly like a dinosaur. What a cute little artist and quite the conversationalist as well!

Kids are so great,
Amy :o)

Ellie is at it again...

The kids and some friends were out playing with water guns and the like and when clean-up and dinner-time call came they were less than thrilled. Zack and Jake rogered-up pretty quickly but Ellie pulled out all the stops.

Long story short we were almost done with dinner when she finally decided, after a few time-outs and getting her pjs on for bed, that she would in fact clean-up all Jake's rocks she had dumped out all over the front porch.

After a while Sam went out to check on her (things were going a little too well if you know what I mean) She was cleaning up alright ... along with the help of two second grade boys!!

While we are not sure of her exact tactics we imagine it went something like this ...

Standing in her 'Ellie pose' with her weight shifted mostly on one hip, with a very pretty two dimpled smile resting on her perfect complexioned blue eyed face with her lovely curly blond hair waving in the wind, she offered her famous and extremely adorable "Hi guys!" and the rest was history. Including two second grade boys groveling on the ground picking up every last rock!

Let's just say that we completely realize that if she's like this at two we are in for the ride of our lives :o) Our only hope is that Addie doesn't learn from her. If you all want to start a fund so that we can send her to some all girls school in Antarctica that would be great!

Oh it's great to be parents :o)
Amy and Sam :o)

Updates

Come on blogger family, we need some updates! Mary Ann and Dane we haven't heard from you in a while...