Sad news.

So the test came back today and the hCG number went down.  This baby didn't make it.  Super sad.  The parents are deciding what they want to do from here.  Please pray for them...they are sad. 

Thanks for all of the prayers.

Dan and Beth

We're Pregnant!

So the hCG blood test came back today and it was at an 11!  Anything over 5 is considered pregnant!  The number is low so we are cautiously optimistic that it will keep increasing.  Please keep praying for me...I will have another test on Saturday and they want to see the number go up...hopefully double.  Go 22!!!! 

I will keep everyone updated as I know! 

I thank you all for your prayers.

Beth and Baby P

Work Week

Here are some pics of our dining hall experiences during work week. 

All the horses are here.  All 22 of them.  Our horse director Alex Crippin.  I made a deal with Alex that if I did his laundry this summer he would give Dan, Aaron and me some riding lessons.  We are all really excited about this deal!

Update of our last month

May 1st brought out Dan's Mom and Dad, Jane and Phil.  We had a lot of fun with them visiting and playing lots of Aquire.  Phil got to see the camp for the first time.  Dan had a good time showing off all of his good work.  They stayed a week and left on May 8th.

On the 15th of this month we and 10 of our GREATEST friends helped us move everything out of the townhome that we were in up to camp.  We managed to move everything in one move.  Thank goodness!  It was many of their first times up to camp.  It wasn't a very nice day so our bbq was held indoors amongst the clutter.  That night and the next day we were busy putting everything away.  All of the other full time staff moved up that day also.  It is sure fun to see everyone on a daily basis again. 

Then came the implant.  As we have told many of you, I, Beth, am trying to be a surrogate for a family in Eagle, CO.  Dan and I headed for Denver on Tuesday the 18th and a highly renowned clinic called CCRM (Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine) implanted one fertilized embryo.  I then got to spend 3 1/2 glorious days in a hotel suite waited on hand and foot by the intended mother.  We had a GREAT time.  I will have a blood test on Thursday the 27th to find out if the embryo stuck!  We would love your prayers around that.

Now to the present.  My parents came on Tuesday the day of the implant to be with the kids.  They are still here helping out because I am not suppose to lift more than 10 lbs. (ie. the kids!) 

More and more staff keep coming everyday and the camp is quickly coming together.  I drove the camp a couple days ago and it was exciting seeing the boats out at the lake and the picnic tables around the grounds.  We are definitely in camp food mode.  We had dino nuggets, and taco salads yesterday and grilled cheese and tomato soup today.  The cook this year is really trying...she added basil to the soup and it was very good!

Grandpa is busy with whatever he can get his hands on.  Today his project was making me garden boxes.  He is excited about planting potatoes and lettuce.

Grandma is busy playing with the kids and cleaning anything she can.  She is a great help to me.

I am hoping to get my flowers for my patio tomorrow.  The hummingbirds are out like crazy. 

Please check back regularly, as I will try to update multiple times a week with updates, praises and prayer requests. 

-Our most pressing prayer requests now are that camp would come together on time.

-For Dan and my bible study groups would be good matches and that we would all be well suited for each other.

-And for Baby P that it would grow to a strong baby

Beth is 30!

Beth is 30 years old today!

All Done!

We made it!  The Johnson's are officially moved in.  We want to say a BIG thank you to....Nate, Kia, Josh, Jennicca, Graham, Cyndi, Riccara, Heather, Pat, and brother, Ben and Rosa for helping us move in.  It went SO smoothly especially with our crazy move our stuff out and then our landlady's stuff back in! 

We are so blessed to have so much help. 

I (Beth) of course had to stay up until 12:30am to put stuff away.  I finished the girls room, Aaron's room, the bathroom, kitchen, and master bath.  I still have to bring stuff to storage and tackle my bedroom.  But thanks to Kia we are able to sleep in a made bed!

Now all that is left is cleaning the townhome that we just moved out of and putting our landlady's stuff back EXACTLY where she left it!  Thank goodness my parents are coming out on Tuesday to help. 

Since we are officially moved in we are expecting lots of visitors....so come on up! 

Hope to see you soon.

Moving Time

Well...it is moving time again.  We received some bummer news last month that we have to move out of the townhome that we were living in.  Our landlady informed us that she is selling our place.  So...we are again homeless.  Our plan for the moment is to stay up at camp for a year and look for a place to buy after camp next year. 

So we are again packing and moving EVERTHING up to camp.  Our official move date is May 15th.  We are going to try to move in one big move.  Since the home that we moved into last fall was "furnished" we moved all of that furniture up to the trailer and our stuff in...now we need to move all of our stuff out and the original furniture and decorations back!  Ick...

Once we are back up at camp we will again not have cell phone reception, but we will have high speed internet.  I will be a lot better at updating.  We will have a couple entries a week during camp.

Last week we had Nana and Papa Johnson (Dan's parents) here for 7 days.  We had such a good time with them.  Dan took Papa up to camp for a day to observe and see camp.  It was the first time that Papa has been up to camp.  The weather was hot then cold then snow then sun...typical Colorado spring.  I will post some pictures later when I get them on the computer.

That is it so far for us.  More later.