It's a.....

BOY!!!

We had the ultrasound yesterday and found out we are having a little boy. We are so happy (especially Brandon!) and excited to experience what joys a boy can bring to our little family. We have already been shopping to buy him some clothes, ( I don't think he would like to look back at pictures of himself wearing pink!) and have been thinking about little boy names. We haven't been able to agree on boy names yet so we will see if he ever gets a name! Wish us luck!

Is this really worth it!?!

Last night I attempted to take away Valerie's Binky...well lets be honest...I couldn't find it, so I decided there is no time like the present to try and break the habit right? Well it took her a minute longer to fall asleep, but she did fall asleep. I was really proud of both of us. That wasn't so bad after all! :) Little did I know what we were in for later that night. 3:30 rolls around and Valerie starts crying, I go in and tell her it is ok and to go back to sleep. She was quiet for about 20 minutes and then the real crying began. About an hour and a half later I finally decided to give in and look for her Binky....and look....and look...and look. By the time I had given up looking for Binky Valerie had apparently given up too and fallen back asleep. I think I lost a total of 3 hours of sleep...worth it...I think not! If anyone has any great tips that would be very much appreciated. (keep in mind I can't go back in time and try to break her habit at a younger age). Or maybe she will break the habit on her own when she gets to college and none of her other roommates are still sucking on their Binky's!!

"WOW...when did that happen!?!"

....this is a direct quote from Brandon a few days before Fathers Day when I had him open an early Fathers Day present...what was the present you ask...a positive pregnancy test! Yep...you heard right...we are baking baby # 2 as we speak! This came to us both as a huge surprise, as you can see by Brandon's reaction. We were not planning for, or trying for this quite yet, but we are very excited and can't wait to welcome the newest member of our family. :)

Both Mom and Baby are doing well. We got to see the little tadpole in an ultrasound last month and everything looks good. I feel very blessed to say that I have not been very sick at all, but my tummy has already started protruding quite a bit, so maybe that is the trade off. I will keep you updated on everything pregnancy related. And maybe some tummy pictures soon.

Livin' La Vida Loca!!

How does anyone ever handle how crazy life is!?! I haven't even had time to post pictures from Hawaii yet...I am in the process but I have one hundred and fifty million pictures to upload first!! But here is a quick update on our crazy lives:

~We officially have our house under contract!! YAY!! We have decided to build a house and I am in LOVE with it!! It will be just west of Baccus Highway so it is kinda far out west, but I think it will be an adventure! It is basically going to be our dream house. It will have 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms...plenty big enough to stay for a VERY long time. :) I will post pictures of the model home soon.

~We are packing up all of our belongings and putting most of it in storage. We are trying to find a place to live for the in between time, we close on our house Aug 7th so I feel like we are already running out of time!

~We are playing non stop with our sweet little Valerie who, is getting so big I might add! We love going to the park, her favorite thing to do is swing on the swings. As soon as she sees them she says "Weeeee!"

~Last but not least, we are spending tons of time with our families and LOVING it! We went to a Bee's game with my family yesterday and are looking forward to spending a long weekend with Brandon's family camping at our annual Tony Grove Extravaganza! We are also planning a trip to St. George with my family in August.

So life is insane and we are loving every minute of it.

To be continued....

Helping the people of Kenya

My little brother Jeff and his friend Colton are in Kenya right now doing service. They are helping people there start up their own businesses. This business will change their lives. The average income for the people in Kenya is $1 a day. With my brothers help a person can go from making $1 a day to $5 a day. In order to help as many people as he can he needs to raise $10,000. I have put a widget on the side of my blog for anyone that can donate, even $5 would help! Or if you would like to help me out by spreading the word and adding the widget to your blog I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

P.S. Pictures of Hawaii to follow...as soon as I can get all 20 million of them uploaded. :)

~The fun of homeownership~

We have been trying to do a few things around the house lately. Here are just 2 of the many projects that we have been working on.

Brandon decided to replace our old nasty faucet in the upstairs bathroom...I should have taken an "after" picture...sorry!

Valerie wanted to help out.

And in the process of replacing the faucet we had a big water leak that required Brandon to completely replace a huge section of drywall...SO fun!!

I am so grateful for a husband that can do these things! I don't even want to think about how much money we would be spending on home repairs if my husband wasn't so darn HANDY!!

Murder Mystery & Easter

My sister-in-law Amanda told me the other day that I need to update my blog, I am not sure if it was a request or a threat but I decided to get on it right away just in case. :)

This is a murder mystery party that Amanda and Matt put together. It took place in a 50's diner and each couple was assigned a part to play. I had never done one before so I was really excited about it. It turned out great, everyone had a fantastic time!

Everyone all dressed up

I walked in the kitchen and this is the first thing I see!! Amanda you are hilarious! I am just way sad that the picture is blurry!

It was to hard to choose between the above 2 pictures so I put them both.

Nice side burns!

..Easter..




Valerie's first Easter egg hunt...she loved it! Stay tuned for pictures of her wearing her Easter dress.

Dinosaur Museum

If you haven't been to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving point you need to go! It was so much fun!! I had no idea how interactive it was! The best part was watching Valerie...she LOVED it!

Biggest Loser Challange

Ok ladies here is your chance to loose weight, get in shape, and earn a little extra cash...oh yeah and a new modbe swimsuit!!

I have been a part of a weight loss blog and we are doing a Biggest Loser Challange and it is not too late to join! The rules are as follows:

You get 1 point for each of the activities you complete each day. You can earn up to 8 points a day. The activies are:

30 minute workout
Daily Vitamin
Drink 48 oz of Water
No Soda
No Sweets
No eating within 2 hours of bed
5 servings of fruits/veggies
7 hours of sleep

The challange starts MONDAY MARCH 30 and goes for 6 weeks. So let me know right away if you are interested in joining! There is a $10 entrance fee that needs to be collected by monday. So who is with me???

messy messy!

So my little munchkin has been into Everything lately! Today she got into my mascara and fortunately I caught her before she was able to make too big of a mess....at least she didn't get it in the carpet or on any furniture or anything. I can't ever get mad at her for things she does, I just tell her not to move and I run for the camera!



It is hard to tell from these pictures just how much mascara she had on her. You cant see her palms and they were Covered!!