Wanna come to Hawaii?

I can't believe I'm about to write this... Jared and I went to Hawaii for a week! We are definitely tropical vacation dreamers, and always talked about going somewhere when we had the chance. Then, we blinked and had our TENTH wedding anniversary!

Would you believe we didn't pay for the flight OR the condo and the kids stayed with grandma? This is how it happened:

My brother/sister-n-law's family booked a trip for the 6 of them to go to Kauai. For the flights they used their saved up credit card points. Tyler and Taylor used their points from their newly acquired timeshare for the condo. Not too many weeks before the trip four of them had to cancel. Of course you can't get your points back once you've booked a trip. They actually offered to let us go instead. After we made sure they positively couldn't go, we said YES! How could we have said no?

Kauai is named the garden island. Once we got there it was easy to see why. We are so thankful to the Cox family and Tyler and Taylor for inviting us to Hawaii. How can you repay someone for taking you there for a week without the kids not to mention only having to pay for food and fun? We can't. But, I am trying to put together a really nice dvd of our whole trip to get started.

This is one of our pictures and to see a small slideshow scroll to the bottom of this blog!

Aloha, Preggo, Aristocats, and Spring! Details coming soon...

When we decided to rent our house I began doing a clean sweep. This included 3/4ths of the stuff in our garage. Believe it or not, this was all baby stuff. Of course I had kept everything along with my longtime dream of having 4 or more kids. However, over the summer and fall I started to LOVE the idea of just us four, for good. God had put a peace and even an excitement to be done having children. So, I began boxing things, taking pictures and posting ads. I sold EVERYTHING on craigslist! It was a blast. We made a few bucks in the process and were able to bless some other families. We sold our crib to a family who was pregnant with their 10 child!

Craigslist is "da bomb."

Besides making a little extra dough, what do you think happens when you clean your garage and sell all things baby? God says, "That's great you've got a little extra dough. I went ahead and put it towards that little bun in your oven. Surprise suprise!"







This is the size of our little surprise. Say hello to baby Hergie #3. He/She/They will reach 9 weeks on Saturday. So, when you decide to list your own baby stuff on Craigslist please shoot me an email so I can shop (I'll take care of it so you can use it again!).

Wow, this is a new feeling. With each previous pregnancy, we were waiting and expecting. This time it is very different and unexpected. It's a great time to remember that God "knows the plans He has for us. Plans for welfare and not for calamity to give us a future and a hope." What an awesome future this must be. We can't wait to meet our little unexpected miracle.

Hannah is extremely excited. It is more fun this time around since she's older. After it was setting in, she asked, "How did you know?" So I told her. Then when telling our in-laws she recited it perfectly, "Mommy went potty on a stick and it told her she was pregnant!" then I laughed out loud. Hudson likes to say, "Hi baby, hi baby" while he pats my tummy TWICE. Is that supposed to mean something? He also says, "The girl one is Hannah's baby and the boy one is my baby."

WHOOPIE! We are lovin' this exciting life.