Jarrett's Doctoral Graduation

Keepin' it classy with the shades!

Whoo Hoo! Graduation time finally arrived it was a gorgeous day overlooking the Pacific Ocean at our old home-sweet-home, Pepperdine! It was a blast hanging out with the extended family as we celebrated Jarrett's huge accomplishment.

It was a warm and bright day, and these cousins had a blast entertaining each other during the ceremony.

There it is!! The "book" as we fondly have been referring to it.. 200+ pages of  APA formatted goodness. 

Girls were yelling, "Hi Daddy! That's my Daddy up there!"

Waiting for his turn to be hooded...

The shots I got of the actual hooding process were blocked, but heard later that President Benton remembered working with him a few years back and gave Jarrett a big hug and said "Welcome Back, Congratulations Dr. Fisher!"

The girls made a beeline straight for their Daddy after the ceremony, and we got pictures with the family who have encouraged and cheered him along through this journey.

Jerry, Jarrett & Carol

Jarrett with sisters, Katie Diane & Sarah 

One proud Mama!! 

Jarrett & Carol

Jarrett and the Cross Family 

After the ceremony the family went up to the Sandbar Patio where the views are fantastic to hang out and eat Chipotle that Jerry & Carol catered.. YUM!

Sisters & Brother In Laws: Walker, Katie Diane, Peter & Sarah

Jerry, Uncle Ted, Uncle Mike, Mia, Aunt Jen

Sarah, Cousins Anna & Casssidy, Uncle Tim, Jennifer 

A few friends joined us too, Chris Holloway and Chris and Emily Burgy. We got to meet their darling daughter, Reece too!

To the Dr....
Wow! I can't believe it's finally done. I am in awe of the YEARS of dedication, endless requirements and hurdles you went through to achieve the goal of becoming Dr. Fisher. Your humble character, attention to detail and integrity are traits I deeply respect, and shine through in your writing and work. Thank you for working so hard for our family and our futures! As your wife, prayer warrior and best friend it has been an honor to walk with you through the highs and lows of this journey. My own faith has grown stronger year by year as I've witnessed countless prayers answered and doors opened in ways only our mighty God can do. I am so, so proud of you and can only imagine the ways you will use your many gifts to bring glory to our King. I love you always, K xo  

Mother's Day 2015

What a fantastic Mother's Day! This year was different from the past couple years in that A) I wasn't running a race and B) Was expecting another little person to make me a mother of 3?! I woke up to snuggles and a big, "Happy Mother's Day Mama!" from my little ladies. The went downstairs with Daddy and told me I must stay upstairs until they were finished with their surprise....

A treasure hunt!! As I walked down the stairs I saw envelopes stuffed with surprises! The first one said, "When Mommy doesn't feel like cooking" and it had a yummy gift card to order pizza!

Another one said, "When Mommy needs a new dress!" and it had a gift card to Old Navy!

Lindsay helped me open another one, "When Mommy needs something sparkly!" it was a gift card to Charming Charlies!

The last one said, "When Mommy has a craving.." and it was a gift card to Chipotle...YUM! What a sweet and thoughtful gifts, I will definitely be putting them to good use!

By far my favorite gift of all was a handmade gift from Lindsay that she made a preschool. She brought it home on Thursday after school and had to wait three LONG days before watching me open it. She was so patient, and proud of her hard work: a hand painted bag and card! Yep, I totally cried when I opened it up and saw her careful handwriting, the colors she chose (she explained they were my favorite colors) and the mis-spellings made it all the more precious to this Mama's heart ;)

After a yummy lunch at Red Robin (I have been dying for those fries and a big hunkin' burger..LOL) we skyped later in the day with Nonna, Grammie and Auntie to wish them Happy Mother's Day. Thank you family for a wonderful day, I felt so special and am positive I have the best job of all... Lindsay & Madison's Mama!! xo

It's a...

BABY BOY!! 

Look at that spine...amazing!

Sweet hand waving, "Hi Daddy!"

I am no ultrasound expert, but doesn't it look like he is giving us a thumbs up?! LOL.

We are shocked and thrilled to be adding a little blue to our family in the fall! When the tech told us, I just couldn't stop giggling. Apparently, everyone in our family thought it was a boy except Madison and I....LOL. Madison wasn't too disappointed, and told me later, "My Baby Brudda is going to LOVE me!" Madison and Lindsay have told anyone they meet, "Hey, we're going to have a Baby Brother!" Both girls are so loving and affectionate with the belly and like to "tickle" baby brother in my tummy or whisper sweet things. Hopefully he will be use to the noise when he gets here!  Jarrett told me he'd better start reading up on sport rules...he's a bit rusty ;) Here's to new adventures with our boy!

It's finally warming up around here...

Let's bust out the water table!!! The girls have been asking to do the water table all winter, and it was finally warm enough to use it this week! I don't think the mosquito's have gotten the memo that it's warming up yet, so we are taking every opportunity to enjoy the outdoors this spring! A couple of days ago it was in the 80's, and while I watered the yard the girls had fun putting their bathing suits on and playing in the backyard.

Our bathing beauties ;)

  I don't know if it was the bright sunlight or just me getting sentimental, but oh my, have my babies grown this winter?!? They are looking so grown up to me, and every now and then I get a glimpse of their round cheek baby-faces when they smile.  

Look at those lashes!

Lindsay looks so grown up here... Beautiful Girl!

 After they filled up the water table, I had to warn them this year they were getting way to big to climb in it. We got some squirt guns at the dollar store and they had a blast using them!

Target practice on our giant tree...

Madison "watered" all the plants for me. 

They had fun pretending to be Firemen and using the water to put out the imaginary fire in the playhouse.

And this little stinker thought it would be funny to squirt Mama. LOL. 

We are so looking forward to Summer and more sunny play days!! 

Easter 2015

Happy Easter!! Here are a few photos of our celebrations this year...

Last year we got a set of Resurrection Eggs at Hobby Lobby. We began it this Easter and the girls LOVED opening one each night as we recounted the story of Jesus's victory over sin and death.

The girls colored hard boiled eggs this year, and had the most fun putting stickers on them and decorating.

However, when it came to actually EATING a hard boiled egg, they weren't fans.. especially Lindsay. LOL.

Easter morning our two little buddies waited at the top of the stairs for Mama and Daddy to get their cameras and start the coffee before searching for their baskets...

Lindsay got a jump rope, night gowns, a movie and toothbrush this year!

She wanted to model her nightgown right away ;)

Madison got a playdoh set, jammies, hairbows and a toothbrush!

The way the girls opened their baskets cracked us up... they are so different! Lindsay tore into her basket and began trying on her stuff; Madison carefully lined up each item and had to check out everything before deciding which to play with first. LOL.

Giving her bunny a snuggle..

Sissy Love: Wearing their new PJ's  

After baskets we got ready for church and made it to the 9:30 service... good thing we are all early risers and morning people ;) The girls wanted me to curl their hair to match their fancy dresses.. Thank you Nonna!

Madison Grace, 3 years old

Lindsay Diane, 5 years old

This was a blooper shot that made me laugh...

After our service the Children's Ministry put on an egg hunt outside and the girls had fun collecting eggs...it was burr cold!

Fisher Family, Easter 2015

We came home and ate Honeybaked Ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, lemon butter green beans, rolls and topped it off with a cherry pineapple cobbler with vanilla ice cream. We had a second round later for dinner.

It was a sweet, quiet Easter reflective of Christ's ultimate sacrifice and eternal joy we have knowing we will be raised again with our King!

A HUGE Surprise and Tiny Blessing!!

WE'RE GOING TO BE BIG SISTERS!!! 

We got the surprise of our lives in February... we are expecting another BABY FISH!!! S/he will be arriving near October 6th and everyone is super excited, especially Madison Grace, a first-time Big Sis ;)

Sweet Baby, 12 weeks, 5 Days

Besides being in total shock for a few weeks, we are finally getting use to the idea of a family of 5. I've had all day nausea since 6 weeks along, and it's almost gone as I head into the 2nd trimester, similar with both of the girls. With this little baby, I have been super tired and craving weird stuff (for me at least!). I have embraced the inner cave-woman in me and been loving ribs, steak and meat...LOL. My favorites go-to foods are salty potato chips, any potatoes really, scrambled eggs and fresh fruit. Aversions: Coffee (?!), a lot of sweet and spicy.

This time around, Jarrett proved again how well he knows me, and how little I really know my own body... haha! I hadn't been feeling well for a couple weeks, super-tired, and emotional. I figured it could be because I've been watching our neighbor's little boy (whose 2!) and chasing him around the house. Jarrett suggested one evening that maybe (just maybe) I should get pregnancy test from CVS. So I drove around the corner and picked up the cheapest, generic brand I could find. I took the test with J (this was a first - I did it by myself both times before) when I got home after the girls went to bed and watched the clock... it came back positive! And we said, better get another test; these generic ones aren't working... LOL. The next day, and two tests later, it came back again... positive for a bun-in-the-oven!

Our little jelly bean is such a gift from God! I wanted share a bit as to why this Sweet Baby is such a testament to God's power and His great plan. Before becoming pregnant with Lindsay and Madison my OBGYN discovered I had cystic ovaries, which means I would rarely ovulate, and made conceiving on my own "highly unlikely" (the doctor's words exactly!).  Fortunately, with the help of some medication I was finally able to ovulate and conceive twice, once with Lindsay and again with Madison.

Fast forward to May of last year; my body was broken and definitely not functioning normally. My doctor wasn't sure what was going on, and I thought was possibly entering early menopause. I was grieved at the thought of being "finished" while I was so young, and so I just prayed for contentment with my beautiful life and two precious blessings, and God's plan (because His are so much better than ours!). We were so busy with family visiting for 1-2 weeks every month from Sept.-Jan., the girls birthday's, and Jarrett finishing his dissertation, plus his school loans coming due this fall....a baby was probably the furthest thing from our minds... But not from God's!!

Now, most people know that Jarrett and I are planners -- we had our children almost exactly two years apart and try our best to be good stewards of the resources God has given us to plan for the unknown. Our precious little one has us stepping out in faith and relying on God's provision and grace, which is a little scary and absolutely wonderful place to be. I marvel that God in His power was able to create a new life using my broken body. All Praise to Him! We already adore our precious little Jelly Bean, and can't wait to meet her/him!!