Dear Family, October 11, 2009
These past six months I have been getting bigger and bigger. (Aubrie 5yrs, said that I am beautiful. But then she asked if she could call me grandma, because her nieces do. I said “NO” 
This whole pregnancy, this little one has been hinting that we need to have a C-section, even though I was tempted to try a regular delivery again. 1st The hospital and doctor here in Port Angeles can’t do a regular delivery after a previous C-section, so we would have to deliver three hours away in Seattle for that. 2nd We had a placenta previa, which is an automatic C-Section, but that has since pulled up and out of the way. 3rd The doctor here finally communicated to us that he really didn’t want to deliver me here and sent me to the Seattle High Risk delivery anyway. (So once again I was considering a regular delivery again) But they said that they can’t “start” me two weeks early like I have been before, for fear of me rupturing and I have never gone into labor two weeks early on my own. And if I wait until my body wants to deliver, this little one would probably get stuck and end up in an emergency C-section like Hyrum did (only he was started two weeks early, so that chance would be higher). 4th A couple of weeks ago, when we were in Seattle for our consult and ultra sound, this little one was lying transverse, which means she would deliver shoulder first, which doesn’t work very well and would mean a C-section again. 5th, Because of my age and how many kids I have delivered, the doctors in Seattle would prefer to deliver me C-section anyway. And 6th Les is nervous about the baby getting stuck again and is voting a C-section too. We will let you know how it all turns out this week.
The next big news is that Jacob is getting ready to come home from his mission in the Philippines, November 18th and should arrive in Seattle the 19th. And Jared is getting excited to leave on his mission to the California Roseville Mission and is supposed to enter the MTC November 18th as well. They will be like “two ships that pass in the night”. So Jacob got permission to give Jared a phone call before Jared leaves for Utah. (Yes, we tried to work it out differently, but the boys seem OK with the phone call.)
Jared went through the Seattle Temple Saturday October 10th with his mom and dad, and Brother Blackham our home teacher. It was a long full day, but the three hour drive to get there was beautiful with the fall leaves and the ferry ride. The Seattle Temple grounds were also in full fall glory, with all the trees there covered in oranges, yellows and reds. The three hour drive home was starting to wear on baby and mom and we had contractions about every 8 min. making dad really nervous, but it all stopped the minute we got home and I lay down and rested a bit. Jared is also hoping to go through one of the temples in Utah with everyone who can go with him, just before he enters the MTC in November.
Parley has completed his Eagle Project! He is trying to get all the paper work and such completed and turned in now, he turns 18 on November 25th. He has also been doing really well on the Cross Country Team and he and Philip are looking forward to Track in the Spring. Parley and Joshua have also qualified to be part of the Running Start Program here and are now attending the Peninsula College full time, concurrently working on College credits and High School credits at the same time. The best part is that it is free!
Philip is also doing very well at the High School, his favorite things being Track, Woodworking and Choir. He will probably enter the Running Start program next year. The rest of us are enjoying homeschooling again this year.
Cory is doing well at BYU and has enjoyed spending time at both his grandparent’s homes and being able to see his aunts, uncles and cousins regularly.
We really enjoyed having Brittney & Cliff, Anabrie, Julie and Issac and Cory come and visit this summer. They got to see a lot of this beautiful area while they were here. They even brought their Kayaks and got to get a closer look at some whales that were hanging out at Crecent Beach while we were there.
Les has enjoyed his work for Peninsula College at the Clallam Bay Corrections Prison, as the GED administrator. He has also been teaching an Information Technology Core Class there at night. Les and the boys are working hard building a couple of storage sheds for all of our storage stuff. And has been working hard to keep our vehicles up and running. We enjoy living here and look forward to moving out of the mobile home and building a dream home here next to the creek on this beautiful property some day. We will let you know how those plans progress over the next few years.
Hope everyone has a wonderful fall 
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