I think not.......!!!!!!!!

Viewer Discretion Advised....

So we didn't want to alarm everyone but the unborn Seibold to be was having some complications so Garrett read about how to do the surgery in his review book and we decided to just take care of it at home. Bethany took the pic and you can see the kitchen table in the background. I think you'll recognize Garrett's (actually if you would please refer to him as Dr. Seibold) hands even though they are in gloves, you can also can get a sweet peek at the babe. Ok, ok, I'm just kidding. I simply posted this to make sure that you are all reading and attentive to the blog. The fetus is fine and I just posted this because I don' t have any pics of the baby since the only ones we have are the ultrasound black and white pics which are not too flattering because they make every baby look like an blurry alien and you can't really tell what you are looking at anyway so I chose to abstain. I continue to grow by the hour and now the baby moves like crazy so I feel like I am growing my own science experiment inside of me. We're getting so excited. Today is a very very very significant day as I'm sure you are all aware. It's Garrett's birthday eve. I know. You're probably having a rough time concentrating and you might as well give up trying to sleep tonight because this is bigger than Christmas eve. Santa isn't real. G is. I was going to get some ice sculptures of his head to put in the walk way but I figured they would have too hard of a time sculpting his curly locks and doing them justice so I bagged that idea. Anyway, I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Garrett's birthday eve. I know everyone has their own traditions of how you celebrate this eve and I wish we were all together but whatever you do to celebrate (fireworks, speeches, exchanging gifts, etc) know that we love you. A lot. More than a lot. Especially on big holidays like this when the fam should be together....it only makes us miss you more.

Payment of a Different Sort

Today I received a payment for my current place of employment. This payment did not come by way of check nor did I receive it through direct-deposit. It came in 11 words (12 if you want to count a conjunction as two words). Awww, remember that song, "Conjunction junction, what's your function?" Anywho, back to the story. . . .

After having left class one of my students came back to tell me, with tears welling up in her eyes, "Brother Seibold, you are the best seminary teacher I've ever had." This beautiful young lady is a senior and it is her last semester of seminary. Her comment wasn't about me however. I felt as she said that that she was really thanking me for listening to the Spirit and helping to guide the class discussion so that she might hear the things she needed to hear. She heard a message of hope and of love and of mercy. I could feel that she again found hope in the message of our Savior to "Come unto [Him]" and be perfected through His love and grace.

Needless to say, after she left I went into my room and shed several tears of gratitude that I was able to be used to convey a message that someone needed to hear. Our God truly is a personal God and I know that He is mindful of each and every one of us. I know that He knows us. I have learned, again. . . .so I guess that means I was reminded. I was reminded again that He is a personal God, our Father, and is guiding our steps even when we don't realize it.

I love my job! I love my students! I love this Plan! It is perfect in every way! Bringing other's to Christ is truly the best work we can be engaged in. So, with that said, all you mommies and daddies continue to be good and let your light shine!

Love you all, lots!

Then and Now

 Then and now
How bittersweet it is to watch our little boy grow. It is so much fun watching him learn new things, but at the same time i just want him to be little again so i can hold him forever without him wanting to roll everywhere. I was watching Jaxon sleep last night as i do every night before i go to bed and it made me realize how blessed we are to be entrusted with one of Heavenly fathers spirits. My eyes water every time he babbles or giggles. We are so grateful to Heavenly father that all the Seibold woman have been super fertile...lol. We are excited to meet Savannah and G& C's little one soon.... cherish the moments!!!!
 
We love you guys and Jaxon loves all his uncles and aunts, he told me that last night, i have become in tune with baby talk...lol

Wendy's Here I Come!!!

C, you can just mail me that $1.07 or a 5 piece chicken nuggets with honey mustard sauce, thanks.

What Becky didn't tell everyone about Savannah is that she has taken over title as the tooter of the Seibold Clan. Who said farting wasn't lady like, it obviously is, and when she gets older she will kill me if she finds this post. I have a theory that women will be happier if they tooted more, let it out!! Out with the bad in with the good!! We were blessed last night with an entire 6 hours of straight sleeping! It was amazing!! Some advise to G & C, we think spicy food for mom = not good things for Savannah. Turkey = good things. This hypothesis is still under lab testing but we will keep you updated.

I miss you all, already. It was so great to have everyone home for Christmas! I look forward to the day, though it may never come, when we get to see more of each other than every other Christmas!! With our love!!!!!!!

A Sign Unto You

For unto you this day in the city of West Bloomfield awakes boy, and this shall be a sign unto you. You will find the boy wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a hospital bed, doped up on drugs.

Thats right folks I have been having a hard time getting my left leg to get back to equal size and strength as my right. I guess this is one way of doing it. Surgery went well, and I've got the week off, and great eqyptian cotton sheets to absorb all the puss and blood that leaks out of my bandaging, Thanks Beth!

Yes this did spoil my early return to Rexburg, but I get the feeling that Heavenly Father wanted me to stick around Michigan a little longer. So we shall see what will come to pass. I feel a lot better about this knee surgery, and am optimistic about my ability to return to the sports I enjoy in the future. My new surgeon is also pretty sure by going back into my other knee in a couple of months and removing a screw and cleaning things up will get rid of the problems I've been having with it. So I'm excited about what the next little while will hold for me.

I love you all.

Life as we knew it....

We apologize it's taken us a while to figure out this blog thing, but here we are! Brock and I have had a whirlwind of a week and no matter what anyone tells you, nothing can truely prepare you for your first baby. Life as we knew it seems like a distant memory and has been replaced with late nights/early mornings, sometimes both; droopy eyes and tired bodies, headaches from all the crying, dirty diapers, and my personal favorite, the constant worrying about the life and well-being of a completely helpless human being. And all this starts taking place not more than a minute after 22 hours of labor and delivery.



BUT.. as crazy as it's all been, we still feel like the luckiest two people in the world. Everytime Savannah opens her eyes and stares up at us it just makes our hearts melt and we feel so blessed to have her as a part of our family. Seeing her change in just a week has been so amazing. I can't even imagine how much she'll change in a month or two. She has blessed us and continues to bless us individually as we watch ourselves grow and develop into the roles as mother and father. She's blessed us as a couple to learn how to work together and tackle the trials that come with being parents. We have truely become the best of friends and learned to trust eachother so much more because of her. We thank our Heavenly Father everyday for trusting us enough to send us such a precious daughter of His.




We can't wait for her to meet all of her amazing aunts and uncles!! We love you!! And Kerry and Taylor, we welcome any and all parenting tips. :)

P.S. Garrett, if you would like any tips or advice on being a great support coach for Chel in the delivery room, just ask Brock. He was a natural. And what he didn't know before, he definitely does now. :)

Doesn't she look like a Seibold??

Daddy Daughter bonding

Excited Grandma

Tired Daddy

Tired Mommy

G almost gets the Bishopric Beat Up

First of all, I would like to give a shout out of appreciation to those who have contributed to the birth of the blog. It's long awaited arrival was long overdue, longer than a pregnant elephant or the car ride from Utah to Michigan (which we all know is longer than words and human endurance can fully express). Secondly, just as a newborn child (which I would like to use as a segway to congratulating B&B on their recent offspring) requires care, food, air and nurturing, so likewise does this blog if it is to thrive and reach its full capacity and fulfill the measure of its creation. That means if your last name is Seibold whether by blood in your veins or marraige, you have an obligation to post about your life. Of course you could think of any number of excuses but none of them will be acknowledged or validated. Let me put to rest a few common myths that you may be tempted to let enter your brain.
Myth 1: I don't have anything to blog about. Ok, let's be honest, Seibold men are not known for needing to express their innate chatterbox within. We're not expecting you to post tales of great adventure and ensign stories to make us weep. Just post whatever you want. Tell us about your lacrosse titanium bulletproof T-I 5000 whatever it was, the frozen bag of corn on your neck, what you ate for dinner, whatever you want.
Myth 2: My wife will blog and represent us. False. I am yet to see a post from a married Seibold man. The first married Seibold man to post will win $1.07 (the extra seven cents is so you can buy anything on the value menu at Wendys). From the trunk of the tree (Bruce) to all the branches, no one is exempt.
Myth 3: Blogs are lame. No. Correction: You are lame if you think the blog is lame. If you want evidence, just read the blog and you will see it is indeed, not lame.
Allright, if you have any questions, concerns or jokes call Kerry. On with the thing that made me laugh the hardest last night.....

G is a teachers quorum advisor which means he hangs out every Tuesday and Sunday with a pack of 14-16 year old dudes who are developing zits, hormones and testimonies all at the same time. The other advisor is an older man who wears boots to church, and shoots lions on safaris (really, there is a stuffed lion in his living room, I'm serious when I say this guy shot Simba's cousin) and is loaded. He probably swims in his money like scrooge McDuck (most likely wearing a platinum bathrobe). He's a great guy but not really a warm personality. I personallly find him to be a little crusty and he would never get hired to be santa at any mall. Anyway, the Bishopric called G in and told him they were going to move him to start working with the priests and would sustain him on Sunday. On our way to church G got a text from the Bishop's counselor and said they would actually not be sustaining him and there had been a change. We didn't really understand what could have changed in 15 minutes, especially since he had just come back from them extending the new call. We didn't think much of it until this man (lion hunter) told G last night that as soon as the Bishop told him about the change he looked at the Bishop and said, "No. You cannot take Garrett Seibold away from the teachers quorum. I need him. If you take him we will sink. If you move him to the priests quorum, I will beat the hell out of the bishopric."

Ha. I kind of wish that he would have started a brawl. Who knew my spiritual curly haired trophy could cause such an uproar? Thankfully, the Bishopric was not assaulted and Garrett will remain the teachers quorum advisor. I didn't know threatening was a way to accomplish inspired purposes but in this case it may be for the best (and the peace of the ward as a whole).

Good times. We just bought Tetris and so if you even think you stand a chance, think again because Bethany is the reigning champion. The roads are covered in what looks like gray snow cone and we listened to Martin Luther King's speech on Monday for FHE lesson. I have a dream that everyone will write on this blog faithfully. We love you. C. Seibold and fetus signing off for now.

c'est la vie

Sorry it has taken so long for me to post something. I was just waiting for something good to happen. Anywho, being back in Utah has been weird but I am adjusting quickly and getting back into the swing of things. I think I told everyone but if I haven't, my new calling is "mother" of my fhe group. This past Monday was our first time meeting with "the family" and it went nothing like I had planned. It was me, one other girl(who is super sweet but I don't think has a clue about boys) and a big group of boys who have been friends since they were little. I had envisioned a nice family home evening where we share and discuss experiences and leave having felt the spirit. Growing up with boys, you think I would know better than to expect boys to share their feelings and discuss things. But for some odd reason(I think it's because I live with Chelsey and we discuss things for hours) I forgot this detail and had the wrong expectations therefore causing the whole night to be a big disappointment. But after a good talk with mama, I realized I needed to change my outlook on the whole thing and now I am pumped to try it out again! Other than that I have gone to a couple parties and on Saturday I turned in my application at Zupa's, had a five minute interview the the manager, and was hired on the spot. Life is great and living with G and C has been a huge blessing in my life. Today was a wonderful day at church and I am so grateful for my testimony! I love my life, I love my family, I love Heavenly Father, I love Jesus Christ! Basically Heavenly Father just spoils me like crazy.
I miss you all so much and I hope everything is great with you guys! Congrats to Brock & Becky and Happy Birthday to Mom! peace out.

I haven't taken pictures of anything since I have been back so here are pictures of when my home teachers took me shooting:)

A cute little video

Hello my name is wingbat! I am the blogging creature assigned to this family. My role is to be the family guardian, similar to the role of mooshoe, the guardian of Mulan's family. Except the only difference is the Mulan family is Chinese or something and is usually assigned a creature such as a dragon or rat, which mostly depends on whether it is the year of the dragon or the year of the rat and coin toss is also involved. Anyways, the Seibolds are mostly German and german creatures are usually bats. Wingbats, fruit bats, vampire bats, acro bats, pig-nosed bats, bats with rabies, bats without rabies, baseball bats, and baseball gloves. As the family guardian, my job is to watch over the temporal and spiritual affairs of each individual in the family. For example, I already know that some members are involved in diabolical affairs in a computer game format. As the family guardian I APPROVE anything that involves destroying Satan in real life or game format. For more information please refer to my other blog more personal blog, http//www.magmar.blogspot.com!!!

Christmas 2010

so....... here is the official first post on our family blog.

 Here are some pics from christmas and below 

is the video of the Seibold family choir.

It is required of every user to blog weekly!!! 

no blogging will result in serious consequences!!!!

The girls thought a blog would be a
 good idea to keep in touch with everyone and the to
hear all about the days of our lives!!!

Christmas was so much fun!!!

We loved seeing everyone and Jaxon loved all the attention!!!!

So thank you and we love you all!!!!!

Not the Gumdrop Buttons!!!

Hi gang! This is like the epitome of "neat-o"! A Seibold family Blog! Best thing since the invention of that little thing that shaves carrots into flowers...ya know what I'm talkin about? Anywho, either that or the corn cob pipe.

I am in concordance with Kerry, every posts! Weekly.