WE GOT A JOB!

In case you haven't heard, we got a job in St. Joseph, Missouri!

(yes I say "we". We got a job. We are graduating. Why not? Joe got to say "We are pregnant" and "we are having a baby" when in fact I did all the carrying and pushing out of the baby. So yes, I say again: WE got a job!)

Joe will be walking across the graduation stage in 13 days! Can you believe it?! I am so proud of him! Its been the best 4 years being here in Iowa. I'm sad to be closing this chapter of my life. Fortunately I won't have to leave the Midwest completely. Missouri has the lush foliage, the fireflies, the booming summer storms, the cornfields, and the warm humid air.  St. Joe's has all the basics as well. It has Target, Kohls, Hy-Vee (with awesome GF section), Sonic, Sam's Club, a mall, Buffalo Wild wings (which i just barely discovered had an extensive GF menu), etc.  Kansas City is just 40 minutes away so it has all of the big city attractions including an amusement park, an airport, and a brand new temple. I've also heard that the 4th of July firework show is insane.  We are pretty excited. It will only be 2 yrs there, but we intend to make the most of it.

other happenings:

I'm letting the boys dress themselves. Its so much easier, but oh how I hate how they look.  Not only do they NOT match each other, but they just plain don't match! look at these outfits?! shudder

  Joelle is super adorable, although she is looking less and less like me, and more and more like her brothers. Oh well.

Sorry, I can't figure out how to rotate this picture. Look how tubby she is! I love this girl.

And Noah has learned how to write his name. Ethan can do it too, but i didn't get a picture.  They are getting so big! Every day they say some new funny thing that I've never heard before. Today during breakfast prayer Noah said "bless that we can be so hungry, and bless that we won't eat poo, and bless that we can go to heaven and live with Jesus.".  Also the other day I called Noah a sweet pea.  He looked confused and said "sweepy? I'm not sweepy." I said "no, not sleepy. Sweet Pea." Then I heard Ethan down the hall yell "mommy you a poop!" I thought to myself "why would he say that random mean thing to me?" then i realized that he doesn't distinguish between sweet pea and sweet pee. oops. 
I love these boys. and my girl. and my Joe.