Valentines Day

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

brookes sick
im tired and sore and dont feel like moving. but i wanna do something!
THREE VALENTINES THIS YEAR! woopwoop lol

i cant wait to hear about sarahs day! :]] lol

softball tryouts are this monday! im nervous! ill keep yall updated!

love and miss you
-Jordan

Soul Mate

"A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life."

Richard Bach

Well if pregnancy wasn't enough...

I now have gestational diabetes. Y.A.Y.

I found out last week and went to a class yesterday. Apparently this can just happen. So now I am on a strict diet until I have the baby.

I check my glucose levels 4 times a day and pee on some weird color changing stick (more info than you wanted to know, huh?) :)

So I will keep you updated. Not about the peeing thing though...that's kinda gross.

I'm officially 29 weeks. Apparently 37 weeks is full term! Cross your fingers!

~Apryl

Nose

I got my nose pierced yesterday!!

Feb. 2nd

It is February second.

-And another snow day, ughh its getting so annoying because now we have to take a day off of our spring break but screw that because im going to CLEAR WATER FLORIDA with my best friend :]]

-dad still doesnt want to no the sex of the baby! ughhh so hard to not say it, but hes living in a house with three girls and theres gonna be a baby shower....hmmmm. think bout that one dadio! :]]

-well ima go find something productive to do anyone no any interesting facts on GUATEMALA!?...Spanish Project :\

love you all
~Jordan

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!

Don told me earlier in the week that Saturday was going to be OUR DAY and he was planning it all. He said it was to make up for the hard week of homework, messed up Peru plans and crappy weather.

 

So Saturday morning came and we were up super earlier. Both of us ready to start the day! Don suggested a run and I went to check the weather outside while I let the dogs out. Since the Adventure Race in -5 degrees I have been very apprehensive to do ANYTHING in the cold (since I still have a funny feeling in two of my fingers). So I wimped out and we watched a movie until 10. He told me we were going Ice Skating in DC (an out door rink) but first we had to stop at the mall. We went to Potomac Mills to shop a little and get some lunch. We walked the ENTIRE MALL (weird I thought since we aren't really mall walkers or shoppers) but he told me it would be a nice treat to use the gift cards we got for Christmas on something for ourselves. I stopped in Harry and David's to look at some dishes and when I came out he told me that since today was OUR DAY we should get our photo taken at a the photo booth. So we sat down and went through all the options for background and size and everything. And as the camera on the machine started its count down, he said "Sarah Look!" (As photo #1 was being taken). And I looked down on a HUGE DIAMOND RING! All I could do was kiss him. The photo booth took 4 photos and of course I was kissing him in all but 1 of them. I didn't realize it was going to take 4 photos. I thought we were only going to get one, which he said in the being "let's kiss for it". LOL oh well!

 

After we were done kissing he said, "So did you say yes?!?!" J (Of Course I did!) We were both teary eyed (don't tell him I told you that!). I was shaking when he put the ring on my finger. It is BEAUTIFUL! I can't stop looking at it.

 

When we got in the car he told me EVERYONE KNEW! The neighbors, my family, his family, all ours friends! He has been going to see Eddie (the Jeweler) for 2 months. He picked it ALL OUT. From the band to the stone…EVERYTHING!  I was (and still am) amazed at all the work, time and love he put into putting this ring together. It is one of a kind. It's Amazing. I couldn't have picked out a better ring to depict our love.

 

After the mall he took me ice skating in DC. It was COLD but we lasted 30 minutes or so. Then he had a couples massage set up for us. It was great! He even scheduled a nap in after the massage for us. Although we didn't nap instead we emailed, my called, text people to let them now. Which in turn blew our phones up with congratulations text messages, but we loved it!

 

He had dinner reservations for us at a wonderful Steak and Wine restaurant in McLean VA, called Flemings. It was AMAZING! The food was wonderful and the environment was great!

 

We went home and decided we wanted to watch a movie. Well all we had from Netflix was a Mt Bike video and a documentary of S.W.A.T. teams…I chose the S.W.A.T. movie and was asleep in 15 minutes.

 

I woke up Sunday morning at 6am! Bright and early to start the day with my Fiancé!

 

 

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Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk...

 

Sarah Hostetler

Hello Family,

 

WOW lots of new news in the past few weeks from everyone. Apryl are having a girl. Jordan is driving. Ryan is ..... where?? (just kidding....)

 

Don and I have a trip to Peru scheduled for Feb....let me tell you what happened...

 

So I booked the tour for Peru. Then got plane tickets. I found a great price for tickets, booked them and we were home sweet  home...PERU HERE WE COME....until I was letting the tour company know the flight info and I realized (2 weeks later) that I booked the flights for MARCH not FEB....same 'number' dates in Feb as March...it was really only a mouse click mistake...

 

So I called Expedia and Continental and all in all it was going to cost us $200 EACH PERSON to change our tickets...not to mention the cost difference.  So last weekend when I was looking at the change costs trying to find other tickets we came to the conclusion that it is going to be a total of $750 mistake... So we contacted the tour company to change the trip to March and it was only going to cost us $50 to change (admin fee). So last night we went to call Expedia one more time to see about changing our tickets to Feb and it is now $2300 to change them....so we are now going to Peru in March....13-22.

 

Problem....March is when we are having Apryl's Baby shower. But......No Worries..  :) we already talked and we are going to have it Feb 28th weekend. AND Don is going to be able to come home with me!

 

 

 

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Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk...

 

Sarah Hostetler