I will try to do better.....

Hi everyone! I will try to do better as far as updating our blog. I have so much to catch up on. I'll try to fit everything in. Taking you back to December.....We had a wonderful surprise. My mom, dad, Skip, and Anthony came up to spend Christmas with us. I can't begin to tell you how excited I was. We visited, shopped, went to the farmers market, and just enjoyed each other. Then on Dec 23 we received a call no one in the world wants to get. We found out Scott's oldest brother Donal was in a car accident and did not survive. It was devastating news and my heart hurt. There is no way to put into words what we felt and went through during that time. We cut our visit short and flew to Montana for the services. Services were held at 11:00am on Monday, December 31, 2007. I can't describe the love and warmth we felt. I know we will never forget. We will miss you Don. We love you! My dad stayed behind with Austin while we attended and when we got back we got to do some sightseeing in DC. We also found out on Dec 24th that we are having a baby! I truly believe Don gave us this gift of life. I will be forever grateful. We are due Sept 1st. We found out we are having a GIRL!!! I am soooo excited! I get to buy pink stuff and do her hair! I have felt pretty good this pregnancy. I am just now feeling the back aches and heartburn. Austin has begun flag football. His team is the Cowboys. We love the team and the coach is great! Coach tries to switch up positions and Austin has been Quarter back for the last 3 games. I'm blown away we have won the last 3 games...woohoo! Play offs are this weekend....Wish us luck! I want to keep him busy this summer so we will be taking guitar lessons as well as drum lessons. I wish you could hear him play he has a talent with music. He will start tackle football in August and I want to send him to a camp for a week where kids learn to work on the farm. We will see how that goes. The local vets office offers a program for kids Austins age to volunteer with the animals. I think he will love it. The kids clean the cages, walk the dogs, and wash the pets. I will let ya'll know. His last day of school is Friday, June 6th. Anthony is at Dollywood again this summer. He leaves for camp the evening of the 6th and will return to work at Dollywood around the 17th. I know he really enjoys his time there. I am so proud of his commitment to his kids. Once he returns to Johnson City he will enroll in school. Yay!!! All in all he is loving it in Tennessee. Austin and I got to visit him briefly in March. We had a nice time. Anthony is the only person that does not want to know the sex of the baby. I told him not to read this..lol. In March Scott's mom and dad came to visit. We had a wonderful time. We went sightseeing and shopping. We always stay busy. They are not traveling right now. They are spending the summer in Libby. I say good for them with gas prices the way they are and they have a diesel truck. The plans are cleaning up and getting rid of whats not needed. It's lots of work, but worth it. My mom and dad FINALLY found a house! We were so excited. Though I think Nanny and Honey were even more excited. It is in Covington near Aunt Linda, aunt Max, Nanny, and well most of the family. I know they are happy to be settled and thank goodness everyone came out to help move them. I want to say Thank you!!!!!!! Dad has a new riding mower and mom has her scrapbook spot....life is good. Today was Austin's 5th grade graduation ceremony. I am so proud of him. I had to giggle he told a complete stranger in McDonalds that was is now a 6th grader. I took a lot of pictures and will post them. I am still trying to figure out how to put a link so you can see all my pictures. I do have a few announcements.....

Birthdays.....From January-June.....

Jan 4th----Scott Croucher
Jan 9th----Ashley and Hailey Bender
Jan 15th---Sydney Croucher
Feb 2nd----Anthony
Feb 6th----Paw Paw
Feb 10th---Chase Miller
Feb 11th---Tana Croucher
Mar 2nd----Donna Meissner
Mar 3rd----Becky Dow(Hewitt)
Mar 3rd----Casey Lambert
Mar 7th----Joe Bender
Mar 9th----Paula
Mar 16th---Aunt Linda
Mar 18th---Austin
Mar 18th---Kevin Gilbert(why oh why)
Mar 21st---Gabrielle Gilbert
Apr 5th----Me
Apr 5th----Ed Croucher
Apr 15th---Lee Sutton
May 3rd----Brittany Meissner
June 11th--Maw Maw
June 13th--Kim Lambert
June 15th--Robin Miller( You are Beautiful!!!! )
June 25th--Aunt Karen

Anniversary.....

Jan 8th---Joe and Shana Bender
Feb 4th---Scott and me (1st)
Feb 25th--Mom and dad
Mar 26th--Nan and Honey

Grads....

Dezarae V. Dodd----Libby Senior High School
Taylor Renee Lambert----Mandeville High School
Austin Croucher-----Lettie Marshall Dent Elementary
Racheal Croucher
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

Baby news...
Scott and I
Delila and Mark Bruno

I really should keep up with these updates. My fingers are killing me. Scott has been busy. I am so proud of him. He loves the new command and is working very hard to get all of his qualifications. He received Sailor of the Quarter the 1st quarter he was there. He is working toward QAR and Instructor. Both are not easy and time consuming. I have to say he is getting his hands dirty and loves it. He is flying a lot now. The commute is not fun as I explained in a previous blog. I would say that is his biggest complaint. We are hoping to get lots of visitors this summer. I am hoping to see Donna and Brittany. My mom, dad, and Skip will be here for the arrival of the baby. Scott's mom and dad will be here shortly after. I'm not sure if anyone else is coming. Also I am going to start a baby registry at Target and we are thinking a virtual baby shower will have to work. I'm sure someone will keep you posted. I hope I remembered all announcements and will write again soon. We love and miss everyone!!!!