Saldivars April 2015

April, March, February, January, Decmember and so on...

Yay! I figured out how to get one here again. It only took me how many months? Anyways, I have enjoyed catching up on everyone and seeing all the exciting things going on in everyone lives. Jeremy and I are doing really and our baby is so far healthy and doesn't have any problems. At the last doctor's appointment, we got to here his heart beat for the first time. It beats fast, but it was such a wonderful experience. At least that part of the appointment was wonderful. I had to get a couple viles of blood drawn and, well, my veins don't like doing that.... This time my vein literally shot the needle out of my hand and blood started sputtering out for about a minute. It threw my nurse by surprise and she quickly put as much pressure on my vein as possible causing me to get light headed and sick. Jeremy actually got sick too just from the sight of the blood. But all is well now and hopefully she doesn't have to take my blood again otherwise I might die.

We started cleaning out and getting rid of a ton of stuff from our second bedroom so we can fill it with baby stuff. It is amazing how much stuff we have collected in the 3 years we have been married. The best part is that we have never had two bedrooms in our apartments or places we have lived until now and yet when we moved in, we filled that second room faster than any other room. Where did it all come from? We have done a little re-organizing to make it all fit. Our office is now in our living room and my craft table will stay in the baby's room as long as it can before I have to take it down. Hopefully we can start getting the crib, cradle, changing table and all the furniture from Nicole to start filling it up. I would like to say Thank you in advance to everyone who gave Nicole all their baby stuff (furniture, clothes, etc) because now I get them for little baby James. It is great! Oh yeah, for those who don't know, we plan on naming this little guy James Nelson Salidvar. James coming from family on Mom's side and because we both love that name, and Nelson which is Jeremy's middle name and his mom's maiden name. I hope we have lots of boys because I love love LOVE the boys names we have picked out. I only have a couple girls names though. Ha ha I know we are weird to have them all picked out and ready.

Jeremy and I are lucky to go visit Michelle next week. We are so excited! It will be so nice to get away from work and school and to just relax. We are really looking forward to it!

Barnards April 2015

Happy Spring! This spring has found us happy and busy as ever.
Blake had a birthday this month which he celebrated at Woodbadge.  (He is a party animal).  To prove he is still young, he entered a 56 mile gravel bike race and took 7th place. He has another race this weekend and one more in May. He enjoys training for these races and convinces April to join him on his "easy" days. (April doesn't have the same definition of "easy", but it all works out.)

April is busy finishing up her School Board term. Only 2 more months. She also accompanied high school and middle school soloists at the various competitions.
She is now preparing for girls'camp as a level certification leader and stake music leader.

Emisha is recovering from a sore back and just started running again this week. Between track, choir, orchestra, and homework, we don't see a lot of her. She practices her driving whenever Mom and Dad are brave enough to hand over the steering wheel. She is learning quickly and doing well...no crashes or injuries yet. 

 Emisha and Matthew made these "cheeseburgers" for April Fool's Day and a Young Women's bake sale/auction. Nothing tastes better than an brownie, peanut butter cookie, candy cheeseburger!

Abby just went to Worlds of Fun amusement park with her choir. She now has a facebook page and instagram account and would spend all day on them if we let her.

Matthew has been busy. 

 Here is his garden. Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers, Garlic, and peas. He loves working in the garden and growing things. (Grandma would be so proud!)

 He just earned his blue belt in karate.  He's very impressive. It was fun to watch him throw a 15 year old over his shoulder onto the mat. Don't mess with him.

 After the test, he gets to practice his board breaking skills. This test earned him 2 one inch boards stacked.

Haley got her cast off this week, but is still a little sore. She can now practice piano, wash dishes and shower by herself. I'm not sure how happy she is about it.

We love you all and hope all is well!

Original Ackermanns April 2015

  Hello everyone we have had some great times so I would like to share a few pictures with you. I know others have shared also but here is my version.............
                                                                   Monticello Temple

                                                            Newspaper Rock

                                                          Moab--- Dinosaur tracks

                     Kara and Jeremy made a cairn so that every one could find the dinosaur tracks

                                           Some carry walking sticks even if the aren't walking

                                                          Corona Arch

                                                                                          Delicate Arch

         First time that Tyler has gone around and stood in Delicate Arch.  He was pretty excited!

                                                                                    Sand Dune Arch

South Caroline-- Out to eat........Me and Michelle are eating shrimp and grits, Dad is eating steak and grits......mmm-good.  Jimmy is taking the picture

                                                             The Biltmore House

                  We got to see the boys practice baseball.  It was really fun. All four are on teams

 Dad just had to go to the Waffle House and have grits again before we came home.  Jimmy taking the picture again.

         Great times!

April 2015

Things are going well for all of us here.  We had our spring break last week and didn't do anything as far as traveling.  We just hung out here and did local things like aquarium, children's museum, movie, and parks.  We are back to life again tomorrow. 
Here are some pictures to share of what's happened in the last few months.

Aurie and Ian's birthday.  Aurie turned 13 and Ian 11.

Ian earned his Arrow of Light and has now moved onto the 11-year-old scouts.  He's excited to have Travis as his scout leader.

Our trip to Moab.  All of us at sand dune arch.

 

 

 

 

Aurie in front of Balanced Rock

Ian, Joshua, & Luke at Delicate Arch

Sophie and Alton