Monthly Temple trip

Brady and Wayne golfing

Making apple juice

Mariner's game with Niki and James and then the Crab Pot afterwards! Thanks Bakers!!!

Icye Coulston's Baptism!

Dinner at the Red DragonBrady serving at the Assisted Living Home in Cheney

Wow I cannot believe how long it's been since I've updated this! Since last July Brady and I have moved to Cheney Washington (just outside of Spokane) and are now going to school at Eastern Washington University. We love our one bedroom apartment with free cable (the guy before us was a cable guy and hooked up the cable Brady delivers at Rosa's pizza, a local pizza place, and loves it. It's been a great job to work around his schedule and give him the hours he needs! It's a fun place and I go visit him often while he works. We survived our first quarter of school, both making the Dean's list. But I did find that school is a lot harder than Big Bend and I have to study a lot in every class to maintain a good grade. We were enjoying our social life until our friends Cade and Kellee, whom we did everything with, moved to Rexburg so now we have a hard time even leaving our apartment!

We found out in August that we were pregnant and I am due on April 10th!!! We are so excited and I am counting down these last 3 months although the first 6 have really gone fast! I have not been sick the entire pregnancy which is a huge relief and blessing. I got big quickly and have just continued to get bigger and I am so thankful to Niki and Deanna for donating their clothes! We've had two ultra-sounds and know it is a big healthy boy! We are planning on naming him Scott Lance Coulston.

We have made many trips back to Moses Lake for Brady to work with his dad, to make apple juice, to butcher/wrap/package another beef, and just random trips to visit! We are planning another trip next weekend too. We have been able to have the Coulston's come visit us quite a bit and it is just a joy to see them everytime! We appreciate their visits and help and generosity everytime they come!

Brady and I also enjoyed a visit from my family in October when they came up for Susan's State volleyball, which she won, on the same day Icye got baptized. We had 7 people staying in our 1-bedroom apartment for 2 nights. It was packed and it took a lot of planning but it was very worth it and I'm so glad they were able to come. We spent Thanksgiving in Moses Lake with the Couslton's and then Christmas down in Idaho with my family. We have enjoyed great roads in all of our traveling (there has been NO snow since we bought snow tires!). Thank you so much to our families for all of your generosity during the holidays. We loved our gifts, all the delicious food, and especially the opportunity to spend time with family!

Brady and I have been able to maintain our monthly temple trips and frequent date nights. Last quarter our schedule was open on Friday mornings, so in conjunction with Brady's service learning for a communications class, we spent 2 hours in the local assisted living center almost every Friday. We sang, played the piano and guitar, and tried some other fun activities with them. It was a really good experience for us to serve and think about other people for awhile. I have also stayed busy piecing and sewing two quilts for Pam and Josh with the sewing machine Grandma Coulston gave me, making applesauce and fruit leather, organizing and cleaning our apartment regularly (I feel bad Brady has to deal with my OCD reguarding that), learning to budget and keep track of our spending, reading more, being pregnant, doing lots of homework, practicing and becoming a much better cook, and preparing lessons for my primary class.

Soon after we moved here I was called to teach the sunbeams. At the time I have 5 fairly easy to take care of sweethearts. With the new year I now have 9 new sunbeams, 6 of which attend regularly. The first week was a nightmare trying to chase kids going all directions and convincing them they didn't need to cry or talk while sitting in their chair. By the end of the day I had Brady, a dad, and a member of the primary presidency all helping. Brady is now my full time helper, moral supporter, and wrestler (one kid takes a good wrestling just to sit still on a lap). I appreciate him so much and all the help that he is in all parts of my life. I'm so lucky!

Mine and Brady's growth and learning together has picked up speed with the knowledge of a baby on the way. We want to be "perfect" parents by April which I know is impossible but it now seems to be our motivation in a lot that we do. It's still crazy to think we have been married over a year now 9definitely the best year of our lives) and are old enough to be parents. I am still so happy with the decisions we've made and where we have come in our lives. I'm sorry I won't guarantee to update this any more often but hopefully I will get some more pictures up soon after the baby is born!