*Jeremy and Lacey and Malachi Crowell*

5.11.2011

Malachi Michael Crowell!

With his friend, Ava, who was born a little less than two weeks before he was....

April 26th our lives changed forever! And we love it!! :)

Malachi was born at 4:53 pm in Arlington, WA at the same hospital that I (Lacey) was born... And he was born two days before my birthday! He weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and is 19 1/2 inches long.

Monday, the 25th we had gone down to Seattle to meet our new nephew as Jeremy's sister had just had her baby, Carter, two days before that! (yeah for cousins!) That night at about midnight I had my first contraction and was wondering if that's what they really were....an hour later I woke up Jeremy, because I was pretty sure then. We started timing them and they were picking up, but not super close together. Neither one of us slept the rest of the night and woke up my parent's at 4:30. At 6 we arrived at the hospital. Then my contractions seems to slow a bit, but we were just thankful to be at the hospital at that point. The rest of the day was spent waiting it out, making it through contractions and that's about it. :) Baby was born that afternoon (almost evening) :)

Even though we are lacking on sleep and there has been trials, we are loving Malachi SOOO much! Life is pretty wonderful. :) We are enjoying being home at my parent's house. We'll be headed back up to Alaska shortly after our 5 week appointment. Looking foward to showing him off to our Alaska family.

3.21.2011

Spring baby will be here before we know it!

Happy Spring Everyone!

In Alaska, it may be Spring by calendar, but not by weather. However, we have had three weeks of almost straight sunshine with temps in the upper 20's- high 30's. Not too bad!

As of Friday, I (Lacey) arrived in Arlington, WA to await the arrival of "Little Guy!" Jeremy joins me on the 4th (of April)...can't wait to see him and it's only been three days! We can't believe that baby will be here in a month. It's been so fun collecting baby things and can't wait to use them! For curiousities sake, if anyone would like to know our registries are at http://www.target.com/ and www.amazon.com/baby

Things have been busy in Alaska. Jeremy finished the annual on the Cessna 175, the mission plane up there, so he is thankful to be done with that. As of February, we have had an MTI student on internship up there with us, as he is interested in mission aviation. MTI is the 3rd year of the Bible School that I attended, standing for Ministry Training Institute.

Not too much of an update this time, but here's some recent pics:

At my friend Kristina's baby shower on Saturday-
we're both due in April! Spring babies!

Josiah, our MTI student playing with the ice on the river

Both "boys' playing on Naknek Lake

This was during "Winterfest" weekend. Here we had a hotdog roast on a lake...yes, on a lake. :-D

And during Winterfest, they have an annual "Penguin Dip" (similar to the polar bear plunge.) Whatever you want to call it, brr...

It's about a 10x10 whole to jump into. Whoever does it the fastest, wins.

The airplane they used for the "candy drop"- a favorite of the kids.

1.17.2011

A Much Overdue Post :)

Happy 2011!
Wow everyone, sorry for being so long in updating this thing! :) The last five months have just flown by since being up here. We have enjoyed our time so far and can't believe it's already 2011. Many exciting things have happened, the number one being the anticipated arrival of "Little Guy" in late April. Only a few months away! As you all know, we are expecting our first child... (if you didn't know that I am SO sorry!) Everything is going well, and mom and baby are fine and dandy. He has started to move around quite a bit and yesterday he was really active. It's fun to feel him. So far he hasn't kept me (Lacey)...or Jeremy for that matter....awake yet.
The first month or so, I (L) didn't do a whole lot as I was dealing with some morning sickness, but now that I am feeling better, I am definetly in the nesting stage! :-D I have been researching online and reading books, looking at name ideas, and finished our registries the other day. If you are interested in looking, you can go to http://www.target.com/ or www.amazon.com/baby
Jeremy has kept plenty busy between being involved here at the radio station, church activities, random projects, being "Mr. Fix It" on just about anything you can think of, and also doing some flying.
Below are some pictures to recap August-December.....

First up: Baby's 1st photos!

Above: Leg and arm
Below: Profile (head shot)

Here is something fairly new- 4-D ultrasound! SO amazing!! We were able to see his whole body, but only captured half his body in this pic. He is on his side and you can see his little bottom, leg and arm. Here he was only about 12 oz or so. Now he should be a pound and a half or so.

A few side shots of Lacey as she progresses.

21 or 22 weeks- can't remember. :)

Here are some Ptarmagin that showed up at the station in mid September. If you look closely you can see some white on them. During the Summer/Fall they are brown, but start to turn white for Winter. Just the other day I saw several of them and they were completly white and really pretty. We hear they taste good too. :)

Sunday Evening Church Service on the Beach... one of our last warmer days.

Tilt your head, can't figure out how to turn this.....remember for any of these pictures you can click on them to make them bigger.

The end of September, Jeremy and I had the privelage of helping out with a Fall Retreat for the youth of the area. By Area, we mean, surrounding villages too. About 1/2 the kids were from here in Naknek/King Salmon, but the other half were flown in. Praise the Lord for nice weather for the pilots. It was a very fun weekend and it's nice to be able to get all the youth together.

Chapel

This is a picture of the church in the village of Egegik (pronounced Ig-a-gik) - about a half hour or so flight from here. This fall Jeremy, Bob Lee (radio station manager) and Pastor Jeff flew there to check out some of the radio equipment. We are able to broadcast to several surrounding villages. Isn't technology something else?

Egegik

Flying to another village

Welcome to Winter! I don't remember when this picture was taken, but it was probably the end of October or beginning of November. Winter seems to go on for quite a while here (especially since it's only January), but boy, it sure is beautiful when the sun is shining, and everything is covered with sparkling snow or ice. We have had many sunning days, for which we are grateful. Especially when it is about 2 degrees with a windchill of -30 or -40!

A trip that Jeremy and Pastor Jeff took to deliver some quilts to a village.

Whoops, back to Egegik :)

A beautiful double rainbow here in Naknek

Christmas Program put on by our church and the Community church- the kids did great for the amount of practice time they had.

And that about sums it up!

Thank you all for your prayers and support! We appreciate it! We're looking foward to the next coming months, especially when April rolls around! We'll be headed down to Washington State for the birth, so we look foward to being around family and friends. Sounds like it will be a busy next couple of months until then, especially for Jeremy.

May God Bless each one of you!

8.21.2010

Here’s a bit more of an update! Actually, I (Lacey) was able to add A LOT more this time! Praise the Lord for better internet connection today. So, being that we need to update you on events that have happened since MAY (!), I am typing this up on Microsoft Word, before typing everything on the blog first and then by chance losing it. J (remember that you can click on the photos if you want to see a larger image) Oh, and before I forget…We got our own P.O. Box, but you can still use the one on our prayer card too. Our personal one is: P.O. 507 Naknek, AK 99633

Ok, here we go….! *deep breath

We’re going to back up all the way to Colorado. We had a wonderful time there, meeting so many great people. The church family was very friendly, and we hope to be able to go back there to visit someday! We were only there for five months, but we were able to create memories that we won’t forget. Pastor Haagenson and Jeremy enjoyed working together, and it was a blessing that Jeremy could be there serving. Pastor Haagenson is also a chaplain at the Denver Hospital, and so his schedule is very busy. I had fun working with the kids and being available to help with decorating, serving at funerals, etc. I miss my “partner in crime”, Gloria. (Hi Gloria!) J It has only been since May that we left, but in a way, it seems like forever ago. So much has happened since then, we can’t believe it.

We were able to be there in the Spring time and it was fun to see all the beautiful flowers blooming in our backyard and seeing Elk a little ways out of Loveland was not an uncommon occurrence.

Life was pretty busy and crazy for my birthday, but about two weeks after my birthday, Jeremy took me to Colorado Springs. We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the Garden of the Gods. The zoo was the best we had ever been too. All the animals were out and about, and it was a really well designed zoo and everything. It was a fun day!