I think most of you have seen these on Facebook but I thought I'd post here for those of you who avoid that medium. :) These are the engagement photos that Eric & I had taken in early October by a friend of Kimberly's. They were taken at the International Rose Garden in Washington Park in Portland and at Cathedral Park under the St. John's bridge in Portland. Beautiful day!

Here is the update from us!

Melia- She is absolutely LOVING school! I didn't think I would cry on the first day of school, but of course, I did on the walk there. We walk every day and now it has turned into her running all the way there with McKenzie. She goes from 8:20- 2:50 every day and has already made some great friends in her class. She has already had one incident of a 1st grader girl kind of making fun of her and she did not understand why they were being mean to her. It already has begun... But we talked to her and she now says it doesn't matter and that they can't hurt her. Melia is now into making videos where she sings songs and acts them out... making it up as she goes. I will have to post her "Bunny Tale" video soon.

McKenzie- She has had quite an adjustment with having Melia gone, but is also enjoying being pretty much the only one and the big helper at home. She is enjoying preschool and LOVES her new friends there. She is going to be playing soccer in the Winter with her friend Jovie and Amy (who is my co teacher at the preschool) is going to be the coach. She says she is going to be great since she runs so fast. A couple of weeks ago, McKenzie had her 4 year old check up. She was 3 foot 7 inches tall and 42 lbs. She got all her kindergarten shots (definitely did not like that part!) and now she is ready for next year!
Brie- She is 8 months old already and is crawling around and pulling up on things. She loves to walk along the couch and she REALLY likes the X-box which Treven is not happy about. We had our first ER trip for any of our kids with her a couple of weeks ago when she busted her eyelid open on the entertainment center. She ended up not needing any stitches because the cut was in the crease of her eyelid and by the time the doctor saw us, it had stopped bleeding. The doctor didn't want to cause any more pain so he said that it should close up on it's own. It did, very well too! She has been teething a lot, but no teeth have popped through yet. It is killer! She is now eating soft table food. We found that whenever she ate the baby food from the jars, she spits up... so we are cutting that out and going for all soft table food.
Treven- He is working really hard at work. He is going to the manager assessments at the beginning of October and hopefully that will cause something to happen with management. The District Manager told him 3 weeks ago that she is watching him for the next 6 weeks to see how he performs and that will determine the route she will take with his promotion. Pray for him, please! :)
As far as school goes,  he has been looking at BYU- Idaho's online programs. They now offer online degrees and he is thinking of switching to Health Administration as his Bachelor's. He really did not enjoy WSU Vancouver and needs to be able to love school and have the time to work a full time job as well which WSU Vancouver was not providing for him.

Kim- Preschool is doing great! I am still at Tiny Peas Preschool. I flirted with the idea of opening my own preschool out of our home, but I prayed about it and had a firm confirmation to speak with Amy before breaking away. I did, and she was feeling exactly the same way I was and we changed our curriculum and the way that we do things at the preschool. It has been amazing. Our preschool is full and our new kids mesh so well with the kids that have been with us for a while. I am looking for work on MWF to be able to bring in some extra money for our family. I will see if I got the job I interviewed for at Willamette Dental some time today or tomorrow. I started Weight Watchers with Mom about 4 weeks ago and I have lost a total of 9.8 lbs! I am loving it and really am feeling great. This week I am going to start back up on running. I wanted to lose 10 lbs before I did. 10 lbs is a lot and having that gone will definitely help! My goal is to lose 40 more lbs. We will see :) The cruise and Marnie's wedding are great motivators.


We are so thankful for everything that we have in our lives: family so close, a great home, great school nearby for the kids, our ward, and A LOT more. Thank you for all your support and love, it always means more than you know.

Ok, ok - I guess we'll jump on the bandwagon too with Adina's prompt. We do definitely need to be better about blogging but it's so hard when we are all so close and see each other so frequently!