Yellowpine or Yellow Pine?

So I was reminded again last week about one of the many reasons why Drew and I were meant to be. :)

 

As many of you probably know, the house I grew up in was located on Yellowpine Road. 

What you may not know is … the town in Idaho where Drew’s family cabin is … Yellow Pine. 

Growing up, each year for Christmas Drew’s grandparents would give all their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren a Yellow Pine t-shirt for Christmas. Yellow Pine is a big deal to the Morgan Family. Many honeymoons, winter vacations, summer vacations, and holidays have been spent in Yellow Pine by someone in the Morgan family. There is a lot to love about Yellow Pine.

So obviously, when I met Teralin and Drew in college and saw them running around in their Yellow Pine t-shirts all the time, I knew it was only a matter of time until I would have my own — after all, I did grow up on Yellowpine Road. 

Maybe it was the Yellow Pine connection that brought Drew and I to start dating, maybe not. But …

The first time I took Drew home to meet my family, we came into Prineville by Ochoco reservoir and instead of go through town to get home, I said let’s just turn on Johnson Creek Road and go home the back way. 

Turns out, Johnson Creek Road is the road that leads you to Yellow Pine, Idaho as well.  

See what I mean … it was meant to be.

Anyway, this brings me to the real reason for this post and that is our trip to Yellow Pine last week. We spent the weekend in the mountains riding 4-wheelers, eating lots and lots of food, listening to Marty Robbins, playing genealogy (ask me later if you want an explanation of what this is) and just enjoying the cabin.

This was Aubrey’s first trip to Yellow Pine, Sammy’s second, my third, and Drew’s hundredth :).

Just for fun, this is the view from my backyard growing up on Yellowpine Road. I have a picture of our street sign somewhere, but cannot find it.

A Little Update

So I have a little catching up to do. It turns out I haven’t posted since January. Let’s just say a lot has happened since then, and the Lord has blessed us so much — probably the most prominent thing being the birth of our little Aubrey girl. Funny story … I always say “Sammy girl” and “Aubrey girl” when I am talking to or about the girls. The other day Sammy was talking and referred to me as “Mommy girl.”  :) Oh, how I love my life, the cute little things I get to witness daily from these two little girls.

I haven’t really determined a topic for this post yet, so I will probably just ramble for a while about what has been happening.

It seems like these last three months since Aubrey was born have flown by. We have been busy with a lot of random stuff, but nothing too noteworthy.  We spend a lot of time hanging out with family and doing random church stuff. I also started attending an exercise class twice a week with some of the gals from church, and have been walking one morning a week with the cousins. Between that, having Drew home for lunch and Sammy taking a 2-3 hour nap each afternoon, our days fly by.

Drew coming home for lunch every day is coming to an end this week though. He got a new job and will now be driving into Meridian for work.  We have been really lucky to get to spend that extra hour with him every day but are excited for this new job opportunity.

Drew is going to be working for a company based in Salt Lake City that just opened an office here in Idaho. It seems like it will be a good change for him. He will be working on projects that better fit his interests and will keep him busy.

Pause … shift … As I sit here and write this post, Sammy is sitting at the table eating her dinner singing about Jesus, and Aubrey is sitting on the couch with Drew, smiling from ear to ear. (See what I mean? I have the most amazing girls and husband.)

Anyway, it has been so fun to see Sammy adjust to having a sister. She loves her so much, and is always concerned about her. Sammy hasn’t been jealous at all. She loves to talk to Aubrey, read her stories, and her favorite, do tummy time with her. :)

Aubrey has been such a good baby. She eats well, sleeps well and smiles from ear to ear. What more can a mom ask for? She is lifting her head well and is close to rolling over.

So as some of you might know, Sammy loves letters, numbers, books, etc. She is obsessed with the Letter Factory and knows all her letters and the sounds they make. She can write several of her letters and even knows how to spell a few words, like mom, dad, Sammy, Aubrey, cat, stop,  etc. We were sitting at the table eating lunch the other day and she says, "Y-M-M-A-S that spells Sammy backwards." I was pretty impressed, I had never taught her how to spell backwards, she came up with it all on her own. Later I was telling this story to Drew and his parents, so grandma asks her how to spell mom and then dad backwards, which she does easily (those three letter palindromes, not too tough, right? BTW, does anyone remember my t-shirt I found that said backup you palindrome? I wish I still had that). So next grandma asks her how to spell Aubrey backwards. We watched her as she visualized it, and did it perfectly! She is so smart. I don't know where she learns these things, I don't teach her half the stuff she knows. One smart cookie that Sammy.

I am going to call this good for an update for now, and will hopefully be a little better about posting. Here are some pictures of what has been going on:

Not a great one, but this is the only picture I took of Aubrey on her blessing day. My great grandma made this dress for my mom for her girls to be blessed in. My two sisters, three nieces, two daughters and myself have all be blessed in it.

So I decided to take pictures of this cutie during church today :) Aubrey 3 months.

Sammy got to ride a pony all by herself at the Morgan family reunion.

Drew teaching Sammy how to build things with Lego's.

Sammy turns three. My first cake. The Letter Factory.