Here we are in sunny Seaside!

Hello to one and all!
The kids and I arrived at our new home in Seaside, CA about a week ago, and things have been crazy! I just posted some pictures that we had taken a week after Halley was born. There were 50 cute ones, and I just picked 16!
I am planning to post some pics of our new house and our first couple visits to the beach, but I just haven't had time yet. Wes' brother, Garon, has been here visiting before he gets deployed to Afghanistan. We all went to the beach to fly a kite yesterday and the boys ended up playing in the sand instead. Connor LOVES the ocean. By the time we left he was absolutely soaking wet, and the water was freezing! It was so funny. I'll post some pics of our adventure later.
Halley is as cute as ever. She is a really good baby. I'm having a hard time because she has so many cute clothes that she won't fit in for much longer, and there isn't anyone here to show her off to! It'll be better after we meet some more people at church this week.
So, it is nice to be all together as a family, but I am really missing having everyone else so close. By the way, our cell phones don't work at our house - no reception. So, if you want to call, give us a call on our home phone. If you don't have long distance, we'll call you back. Love to all!!

More Cute Professional Pics

More Pics of the beautiful Princess Power

Halley Mae Power

Today a beautiful angel was born into the Power family! Halley Mae Power was born April 4, 2008 around 6:30 pm. Trisha was in labor for 4 hours and only had to push 4 times before she came into this world! She weigh's 10 lbs 6 oz and is 22 inches long. Yep, she's a big girl! Her actual due date was April 22nd, can you imagine how big she would have been if Trisha would have had to wait that long!?
Halley is named after her Great Great Grandma Lillywhite who passed away about two months ago and Trisha has been extremely close to her for a very long time. Trisha had this name picked out when she was pregnant with Bradley (if he were a girl of course). There is a pretty cool story behind the name but I'll let Trisha post that if she wants to.
Bradley and Connor are very excited to finally have a little sister. Connor is especially excited to be a big brother for the first time in his life. Trisha says she is feeling better than she has in weeks (yep, she said that two hours after Halley was born). The Power's are very excited to welcome this little angel into their family!

Fun Times!

Life is sure crazy right now, but it is definitely fun to be doing so many things and getting ready for all the changes in our lives.
Wes just left on Thursday with most of our things. His parents drove with him in the moving truck to our home in CA. I am really excited to get out there and see how everything is set up. Wes tries to describe things to me over the phone, but it just hasn't quite made sense in my head.
Last Saturday my sisters threw me a baby shower. It was really fun, and we got lots of cute clothes for our baby girl! I am so excited to have a girl, but sometimes I worry that I won't know how to take care of a girl. I'm sure I'll be fine, but it's definitely going to be an adjustment.
Between moving and being so far along in this pregnancy, life has been a little rough, and my feet constantly look like watermelons! It's ok though. Since today is Sunday I technically have only four full days left until we have the baby! Yep, today and Friday don't count so we're almost done! I can't wait!

My Family

A New Blogger

My sister is forcing me to create a blog since we're moving far, far away from our family here in Utah, so here it is. :) Just kidding, this will be fun. Hopefully I can keep up with my sister and keep this updated so everyone will know how our family is doing out in Monterey. I am really excited to move out there and be with Wes. So, we'll keep you posted! :)