Book of the Month

"Anidora-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kilindree spent the first years of her life listening to her aunt's incredible stories, and learning the language of the birds. Little knowing how valuable her aunt's strange knowledge would prove to be when she grew older. From the Grimm's fairy tale of the princess who became a goose girl before she could become a queen."  (http://www.goodreads.com/).

This is the first book The Books of Bayern series. I really love this book. It was fun to watch Isi grow and gain her own back bone through out the book. This is a must read.

Bob's Wedding Weekend

 Bob and Debbie
January 2011

Everyone who went to give their love and support.

Ben, Cam Cam, Rob, Cameron, Ashlyn, Jesse, Lizzy, Emily and Chris.  Laura and Sawyer were taking the picture

With 11 kids, 3 in laws and 6 grand kids you can only imagine what an Egbert family gathering looks like. Luckily we didn't have to shock Debbie too much, only 11 out of the 20 attended Bob's wedding. over the weekend everybody stayed at Laura's apartment. Just to give you a picture of the sleeping conditions, Jesse slept by the refrigerator. The Thursday evening before the wedding Bob came over to Laura's to play games with the fam. As weddings go there was a lot of driving and not enough time, but Bob and Debbie were sealed that Saturday for time and eternity in the Portland Oregon Temple. Congratulations!



The Egbert Clan!

I sent Jesse with our camera and he only took 3 pictures and one video. Needless to say 2 pictures and the video were of Sawyer, Laura's cute little boy. Laura was kind enough to donate her pictures to me.

I thought I would include one of the pictures Jesse took. He may have not taken very many but he at least took some really cute ones. Isn't Sawyer so cute!!!

Welcome to the family, Debbie!!!

What's New with the Egberts

Life is busy, what more can I say? It seems like every time Jesse and I commit to slowing down our lives something is added to our list of things to accomplish. But no matter how much is thrown our way it will never be as bad as last semester. Over December break Jesse submited a grant proposal to the National Science Foundation. If all goes as planned he could be getting paid to do research with 2 very famous corpus linguists. We should find out in a few months if they get the grant. On Sunday Jesse calculated how long it would take to complete his PhD. If all goes according to plan Jesse will be done with his course work in a year and a half. His PhD should take about 3 more years.

It used to be a big bother when Landon walked into my bedroom every morning at 6:15 and turned on my light. Now, I look at it as a big blessing. I have been blessed with a 2 hour block to run and shower while Travis sleeps and Landon eats his breakfast. My kids are pretty scheduled so I can count on Travis waking up at 8:00 and Landon finishing his show and breakfast at 7:20. It has been pretty hard to get myself to run, but now I run 6 days a week and I hate and love every second of it. Recently I was called to serve as the Relief Society secretary. It has been a really special calling, and I can honestly say that I have grown and matured more then I ever have before over the last few months.

Jesse and I decided it was time to start potty training Landon. I really hate to talk about it, but I will be honest and just say that is frustrating and gross. One day...maybe. Landon is now a little boy it makes me so sad to see my first child growing so fast. But it is also extremely helpful to have him doing chores around the house and taking care of himself in some areas. He's mommy's little helper most of the day. Travis is a bundle of joy. He is mommy's chunky monkey. He has the cuttest baby rolls you have ever seen. Travis will start eating rice cereal within the next week. Wow, I Just can't believe how fast my kids are growing.