Temple

I have a request regarding family temple ordinances. There is a ton of work that needs to be done with our family history, especially since Mom found those hundreds of names! A lot of those names are reserved though, making it hard to do any of the work. Dave and I go to the temple once a month and we would love to do work for our own family instead of just having the temple give us names. Mom, I know you like to reserve names so that the kids can do baptisms on their temple trips and I totally get that. Sometimes I reserve a name so that I can do just the endowment portion. But I just realized that when you reserve a name, you are reserving ALL of the ordinances for that one person. So if Kristy does the baptism for a person Mom reserved, that means I can't do the endowment until she releases that name from reservation.

So what I'm proposing is this: If we have an upcoming temple trip that we know about, we reserve all the names we are planning on doing at that temple trip. For example, David takes a bunch of male names to the temple for baptisms and confirmations. But when we get back from the temple, we release all those names again so that other family members can do the other ordinances. Right now, Kelly, Mom, Dad, Roy, Dave and I are the only ones who can do the initiatories, endowments, and sealings (which is makes up for more than HALF of the ordinances that need to be done). And it will be that way for a while. So it makes sense to me that after the kids do their baptisms, the names get released again so that Kelly or my family can partake in doing their temple work. What do we think about this idea?

SurfAir update

Ok, so you all know we've been waiting for the FAA to give SurfAir their certification to fly...for like a year now. There are two parts of certification that have to be approved before they can start flying passengers. Yesterday, Dave was notified that they approved Part 1!!! What this essentially means is that SurfAir can start training their pilots on the planes. And the even better news is that once Part 1 is approved, they usually approve Part 2 in 6-8 weeks. So SurfAir could be up and running as soon as early May. Let's keep our fingers crossed, shall we?

Girls weekend

I need a break sometimes, but I don't want to go on vacation by myself. So I was thinking maybe it's time for the Deakyne girls to have a girl's weekend. It probably wouldn't happen anytime soon. But I was thinking, if we start planning now, maybe we can get a vacation together for spring break or summer 2014. What do you guys think? Where do you guys want to go? I would prefer to go somewhere where none of us have ever been. Here are a couple of places I have been thinking about:

Yellowstone National Park
Virginia/Washington DC
Renting a cabin in Colorado or the Apalachian mountains
Hawaii (but airfare is expensive and Kelly's already been there)
New York (even though I've done that, it's worth repeating)
South Padre Island (on the coast of Texas)
Beach house in Baja Mexico (Dave says it's beautiful. But this would require us to have passports)
Cruise to the Caribbean or the Pacific

The cruise is my favorite option because I think it will be the least expensive and the most fun. We could buy tickets for $600/per person for a 5 day cruise, that's pretty standard. And that price includes the food, the entertainment, the room and everything on the cruise ship. If we leave from Long Beach, you guys would just have to drive to California and that would be your only travel expense. We could also leave from Miami or Texas, but none of us are really within driving distance of that, so we'd have to buy a plane ticket. And since I've already been to the Caribbean, I would love to try a Pacific cruise. But that's just my favorite option, I'm totally up for other suggestions.

I don't have the money for a vacation right now, but I figured since this is a year out, we can all start saving now and hopefully have enough by the time 2014 rolls around. Jackie and Kristy, if you guys need help with the money, I know one mother who would be particularly grateful for some long-term babysitting at some point. I pay pretty well too!

Look at me!

So last week I interviewed with a lady who writes an online magazine for start-up companies in LA. She wanted to get a take on what it takes to be the wife of an entrepreneur. This is the article she ended up writing based on our conversation. I guess actually she wrote two articles? I'm still not sure why she did that, I thought she'd just combine all our information into one. But for whatever reason, there are two articles and two separate links. So if you have time for an interesting read, check them out. Your not-very-well-spoken daughter/sister may sound like a child, but I thought it was kinda cool to see my name in an article at the same time.

http://wiredwiredwest.com/2013/02/15/startup-lov/

http://wiredwiredwest.com/2013/02/15/i-married-a-startu/

8 Month Photo Postcard

Baby #2- 12 weeks along

Here is our little niño! They did a genetic ultrasound today where they test for Down syndrome and Trisomy 18, both genetic abnormalities. I guess they do this by looking at head size, seeing if the nasal bone is developed, measuring the spinal cord and fluid accumulation in the brain. And the doctor said EVERYTHING either looked normal or better than normal! We have one healthy baby. Cage was very excited and kept pointing at the screen saying "baby!" He also informed the doctor that he wanted a boy.

Now, if only I would stop feeling so sick every night! I'm hoping that turns around this week. But on the upside, I haven't vomited once. We will be getting the gender ultrasound done on March 11. I can hardly wait!!!

Annie 7 months! :)

We love you!