Whipple Family Blog

So I'm playing catch up again. It's been a busy, crazy, but fun month. We had cousins out for a week and then the next week we were all so sick! Not fun at all! Especially since Raegan had it too, she is just barely getting over it (some stomach flu). Well, after our week of sickness and a fun, but busy, primary quarterly activity (carnival), we had a week visit from my wonderful in-laws! It was probably the first time that I have spent so much alone time with them and it was really fun to get to know them better. My girls especially loved it because of course they got spoiled (they only get to see them about once a year). They made it clear right from the start that they didn't want to wear us out, but mostly wanted to spend some time with us. That was great to know since my kids were still struggling with the sick. We decided to take each day as it comes and hopefully coincide with the weather. Here's a summary of our week. Saturday night we spent our time reacquaint...

The Coombs family (Brian's oldest sister, her husband, and four kids) came to visit last week and we had a great time. Let me recap our week... On Wednesday we picked them up and had a relaxing evening at home to give them a chance to rest. We also had a yummy BBQ and the girls were reacquainting themselves with their cute cousins. On Thursday we went to Sandy Point and played in the beach! It took a little while for the kids to get excited about it all, but after a few hours, we were ready to go and the kids seemed to be just getting started. I was a little nervous to take a newborn to the beach (I've had a few bad experiences), but Raegan did wonderful and hardly made a peep! When we got home, we had some yummy stuffed shells, a tradition in our family for visitors, and then all the kids had baths. The girls all slept downstairs and of course they loved that. It took them a few hours to fall asleep, but you just can't beat a good sleepover with cousins right? Friday we we...

Yes, it's been a while since I have written so I have quite a bit to catch up on. Feel free to skip to the interesting parts if you wish (: Eighth Anniversary Last Sunday (July 22nd) was our eighth anniversary. Pretty exciting huh? Well, I think it is because when we first got married eight years seemed so far away. I remember my oldest sister telling me that they were going to be married for five years (this was about eight years ago) and I couldn't believe that they were that old and had lived together that long (: . Now I can't believe how fast the time has gone for us. It seems like yesterday that we were still friends in college. Well, I was really hoping to go out to the new Harry Potter movie (I know, big splurge huh?) we were going to bring Raegan with us (crossing our fingers that she would be good) and get a babysitter. Well, I tried and tried, but it seems all the girls were either at youth conference or on vacation. We finally resorted to a night in at our kitch...

Yesterday Brian went to a stake youth conference as a supervisor. He left at 7:00 in the morning and said he wouldn't be home until about 11:00 that night. The girls and I decided to make a day out of it since we didn't have Bri with us. We had a fun day together and around 3:30 Teralyn went to her first piano lesson (she was so excited!) and then we went to the park to eat our dinner. We came home, watched Benji Unleashed, and had popcorn. We said family prayer and personal prayers where each of my girls prayed for their dad to come home safely. When I had some time alone, I quickly straightened the house and did the dishes. Then I got ready for bed and watched t.v. for a little while. About ten minutes later (around 11:00) I get a call from Brian. He asked me how I was doing and I said fine, but I knew right away something was wrong. I asked him how he was and he said, "I'm okay now, but I was just in an accident and I don't know how I made it alive". He wen...

We had some friends from our old ward come and visit last week. They were taking a break in between moves (from Vienna to Athens!), visiting family and friends and we were lucky enough to get to spend some time with them. My girls didn't remember them from three years ago, so it took some time for all the girls to get comfortable with each other, but they finally did. We have a cute picture of them at the pool. Have a great trip Christy and family, we sure miss you here! Independence Day was great. Our ward breakfast was awesome and then that night we had a fun BBQ with friends and I got to play Guitar Hero!! Yay! I have heard so much about it, and finally I got a chance to join in. It was great. I will definitely need some practice though! While I was enjoying Guitar Hero with the Turpins, Brian decided he would chance the hail, rain, and chance of a tornado and took all three girls out to see the fireworks! I couldn't believe they actually did it. He came home with three tire...

Well, it's been a crazy few last weeks! I have to say that I would love to talk to the person who once told me that after three kids, it's a breeze. I think they must have stopped around two! We have had our ups and downs, and sometimes I wonder if it's ever going to get easier, but there are definitely those times where everything seems worth it. Today was one of those days. Raegan was blessed today. Although we didn't have any family here to share it with, it didn't stop the wonderful spirit that was there. My mom made her a beautiful blessing dress and she was asleep through the whole thing! A couple of people from the ward jotted down notes of the blessing. I was glad to sit back with my girls and take it in. After church we took her outside and got some more photos. I'm going to play a little catch up. Brian is doing the dishes right now and all my kids are in bed! So, I will quickly summarize the last few weeks... Shaylee graduated from preschool. They did...

When we had Teralyn, six years ago, I had no idea what we were in for. We spent the first six months of her life wondering what had hit us. It seemed that every evening we would spend trying to keep her up to no avail, and then ten o'clock hit and we were all up all night! Brian would sleep with her on his chest making sure that binkie stayed put. I would desperately try to get a couple hours of sleep until she wanted to eat again. I thought we would never get through that time. After six months with a baby that cried all the time, Teralyn finally started to act like a "normal baby". I couldn't believe that she actually let me put her down. My family couldn't believe that she was smiling! It was so relieving to finally get a little time for myself and to be able to sleep at night. I promised myself I would figure out what was wrong. I read all the books and magazines on colic that I could get my hands on. I was determined to never have that happen to me again. A f...