Good Things To Come

Its been a long time since I have sat to actually put my thoughts into paper or in this case a blog. So much has happened. Some good things like i went back to school!!! Its kicking my butt.....but I will finish and actually have a degree. Jp is also going to school. He did BYU Pathways and is now a student at BYU Idaho (ONLINE). Eliza started to crawl about a week or so ago and now she is UNSTOPPABLE!! Brigham is talking more and of course with talking more comes all the "no,""I dont want that," but he is still super great!!

On January 7 2016 Jp was let go from work. It was rough!!! We spent a whole week applying everywhere...with no luck. We didn't even get interviews for jobs. It was heart breaking to see my husband so stressed about not having work, our future pretty much unclear. We considered every possible outcome: Selling our house moving in with our parents, moving to Idaho and work and go to school like a normal BYU Idaho student. We were just waiting for something or someone to come and help us. My sister told Jp about a company called Vivint, a friend of hers works for them and he does pretty good. So Jp decided to pursue that since sitting here at home he wasnt accomplishing anything.

Jp left for Kingman, and since we have been married that was the longest he has ever left me. It was hard on both of us and hard on our kids. I would wake up and go to sleep alone. Brigham would ask me daily where daddy was. It was heart breaking. What would break me more was that Jp was struggling in Kingman. He wasnt selling and started to regret the trip. All I could do was talk to him and tell him not to give up. That Saturday before coming home he made TWO sales which was the boost he needed to continue to work hard.

I cant say i have fully forgiven Jp's old boss. Now i know it may sound crazy like why would i need to forgive him.....well for one he knows our family well and the way that Jp was let go was BAD!!!!!! When Jp started working for this person he was honest about going to school and pursuing a degree in physical therapy. My husband is such a hard worker and when you put a task in front of him he will work hard no matter if it is something he doesnt have much interest in. Well that was the case here, Jp would work hard yet this person didnt care about how hard a person works. All he cares about is MONEY!!!! I mean when a person tells you to go find a job that you love where they teach you everything you need to know about that career even if just pays your $2-$3 an hour to take it. And support your family like that. Or when he tells you that all the time and money he has invested in you he will never make back. Yeah i know rough!!!!

This trial has truly been rough...I think about it every day!!! All i can really do is just hope and pray. Keep going and hope im going in the right direction. Pray daily for those who wronged us because in the end they probably need more help than us. Count our blessings!!!

There is a Mormon Message that really has helped Jp and I: Its Good Things To Come by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland.
https://youtu.be/8nczw6xHJ0I

Elizas Blessing Day

We blessed her August 16th. It was beautiful. My brother was able to be in the circle and that mean the world to me. He wasnt able to be in brighams because of his mission.

Our Dodge

In March Berta our Black Ford Escape Broke down. She blew a gasket and it was going to cost us alot of money to fix her. Jp and i decided to go a little crazy and buy a car. We go ourselves a Dodge Journey.

About two weeks ago, Jp got rear ended on his way to football Practice. Dont worry he was fine it was scary. Currently we have one car i cant wait for our Journey to be fixed.

Eliza Jane Beall

Elizas Pregnancy was so easy compare to Brighams. Except for all the morning sickness, and nausea. I found out i was pregnant while at work. I know that is weird but Jp and I had been trying with no results. At that time, I was always tired i would get home from work and sleep, and that was no normal. I knew something was up. So i decided i was going to test. I didn't want to test and get another negative. After dropping Brigham of at his babysitters I stopped at walmart and got the $.88 test. During my lunch I tested in the bathroom, I waited my 2 minutes. and before i knew it two little lines appeared. I was so excited, nervous, scared. I went into one of my closest friends and co-workers classroom and i told her. We sat there and talked about it. Then i went back to my classroom and called JP. At first he didnt believe me so i had to text him a picture of my test. We were again going to be parents. WE WOULD HAVE TWO KIDS!!!!!!

I was Due July 4th 2015....I was hoping...no no no no i was determined to have this baby before my due date. Sadly no matter how hard i tried it didnt happen.

On July 4th I started having irregular contractions. They would be a minute apart and the 10 minutes apart. It was so frustrating i went all day with contractions, yet nothing. I fell asleep and woke up Sunday morning having contraction every two hours. I was so upset, I bounced on the exercise ball i ate spicy food and nothing this little girl was stubborn and she was going to try my patience. On July 6th around 3 AM i was up having contractions about two minutes apart nothing was happening. After an hour of contractions with nothing happening i went back to sleep. Now many pregnant women go to the bathroom alot. So i was waking up and going to the bathroom thinking everything was normal. Brigham woke up i made him breakfast, we went to Target and the Library, Every time i would move a bunch of liquid would come out....i never thought it could be my water. On the way home i got a feeling i should call my OB. I did and explained what was happening...He told me to head to the hospital, that they would check to see if it was amniotic fluid. I called my doctor around 10 AM. I called my husband around 11 and told him what was happening that i would wait for him so we could go to the hospital together. Keep in mind i was having irregular contraction still. I called my mom and she wanted me to head to the hospital right there and then but i wanted to wait for Jp. By the time Jp got home Brig and i were in the car. We drove to my moms picked her up and left Brig there. When we got to the hospital i was in no pain they sent me to the triage We got there about 2:30 PM, i got checked i was at a 3. and there was literally no liquid coming out of me. They let me walk for an hour to try to get more liquid. while i was walking my contractions were coming every 2-3 minutes. When the hour passed i went back to triage and made a puddle for them. Yupp my water was leaking... It broke around 3 AM with out me knowing. Since my water broke i was admitted and i was gonna have the baby. I continued to walked and while walking i ate ice chips. Eventually the contractions were too painful i got my epidural. My epidural helped me dilate faster, I apparently dont dilate when i am in pain. I felt pressure every time i had a contraction, It was nice because i could feel them and there was no pain. at around 11:50 PM i kept telling my nurse i need to push so she checked me i was at a 10 she set up the room and we did a practice push but i had to stop because our little girl was coming out. My doctor came in at around midnight, four pushes later Eliza Jane Beall was born.

She weight 8 pounds 11 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long.

Now that i am a mom of two it seems like there is never time. Eliza cries ALOT nothing calms her down. Sometimes it feels like they have crying competition to see who can cry the longest. Brigham loves his sister so much. He defends her and kisses her and protects her.

Its almost been two months since this little girl joined our family and i can honestly say she fits right in we love our little Eliza Jane

Beall adventures

Its been over a year since i last blogged. I try my hardest to keep up with it but this last year was crazy. I started working at a new Charter school and it took most of my time. I will try my hardest to recap important memories.

In May my sister Monica had Ryker and Brigham officially had a friend for life. Someone who he could fight with, share cars with, and in the future play sports with. We love Ryker!!

We went to San Diego with my Husbands Family. It was so much fun. We stayed at a resort and were able to go to a lake and go tubing ( It was my first time tubing and it was sooo much fun).

We started a new family tradition. For FHE sometime during October we go to Vertuccio Farms.

In November we took our first international driving trip. We drove our Swagger wagon to Mexicali, Mexico. My mom, aunt and grandma came with us. Sadly our trip was just for one day we left at 3 AM Saturday November 8th and got home Sunday November 9th.

The rest of 2014 was pretty much just hanging out, Black Friday Shopping ( we bought a TV), We celebrated new years with our dear friends (The Navas), and we also went to Schnepf Farms.

We took Cousin Pictures and that same day did pictures of just Brigham ( Thank you Brooke Mortensen).

Brooke even designed our announcement. Thats right our Family would grow in 2015. At the time of the pictures we didn't know if it would be a girl or a boy. 

ITS A GIRL!!!! We found out that our little baby would be a little girl, and she liked to suck her thumb.

In April we went to Provo for JPs Mission Reunion. We flew it was mine and Brighams first time on an airplane. We also rented a car...loved our Dodge Dart!!!!

Once it was hot enough we started going to the Queen Creek Splash pad. Can you tell Brigham enjoys it!!!

My brother Miguel got home from his mission June 10th. He served a two year mission in the Chicago Illinois Mission.

July 4th 2015 Brig was still our only child. We spent our day with family, watched fireworks with the Mortensen's and Miguel.

On July 7th 2015 at 12:07 AM our little princess made her great entrance. 

Just some Random Pictures

Oh and for those of you who dont know We bought a car!!! The Swagger Wagon ( A Van)

Phoenix Zoo

We had the opportunity to take Brigham to the Phoenix Zoo on Presidents Day. We invited our Close friends the Ayelsworths. Brigham didnt really care much for it. I think he was still to young but it was his first time and we just really wanted to go. At the petting zoo Brig didnt really want to touch the Animals. It was funny! Thank goodness Kaleb was there to show Brig how to do it.