The Last Two Years

Just some updates on our life, because I forgot about this blog for 2 years. A big one would be our first niece in the Van Pelt family was born, Tegan Alanna Van Pelt. As hard of an experience it has been for Cassie to be a single mom, after having a child with the craziest psycho path I have ever met, and doing it all on her own, we have seen so much growth in her and she is such an amazing mom. The situation could be better, but Tegan has so much love surrounding her by not only her mom but all of our family, we know that she came to our home for a reason. Austin and I have loved watching her grow up into such a cute happy little girl.

We also found out we are pregnant with a little girl due on September 12th. We are excited for the opportunity to be parents. I have been hesitant because I feel like I am not quite ready, but ready or not she is coming, and I know that when she comes she will be an awesome blessing. My pregnancy has been relatively easy in comparison to others, I have had no nausea or any other symptoms other than back pain and some heart burn. I have increasingly become more and more lazy, wearing basketball shorts and not doing my hair and makeup, which has been really comfortable :) Anyways we are really excited for the summer to be over so that I am not pregnant anymore and we have a cute little baby!

Zach's Chilean Adventure

This week we were able to experience sending out our little missionary Zach. He was called to Chile in March and has been so ready to leave and serve the people. We are so proud of him and his choice to give up two years of his life to serve The Lord and his children living on the other side of the world. His flight left at 6:00 AM so we all woke up at 2:00 AM to drive him to the airport, which most of you know, was the worst thing that could ever happen to me because I value my sleep more than gold. It was worth it though to see him off and give him one last hug.