It's a GIRL!!

Yesterday our newest addition came into this beautiful world. Our daughter was born at 8:42 in the morning. She was 6 lbs. 7 oz. and 18 1/2 inches long. She has dark hair and she looks a lot like our little KK! We are still working on a name for our little princess....I have been very indecisive in that department. We are so excited to have her in our family. There will be pictures to come!

Counting days...not weeks!

I can't believe that I am now counting DAYS until this baby is born, and not how many weeks I am along! In 12 days I will be holding our new baby! I am sooooo excited! I am feeling great, however, people look at me like I look horrible. I think it has something to do with the swollen feet and the nice waddle that I have perfected. It will be nice to have my own body back again. It will be amazing to finally meet our new baby.

Eight and so much more!

I wanted to put one more thing in my last entry, but I ran out of time....I am guessing that one of the kids needed me or something, but I have a minute so I will hurry and try to finish it. I wanted to make a list of 8 things that have changed in my life because of my sweet husband. The hard part is narrowing it down to only 8 things. If you know my sweetheart, you can probably understand. He is such an amazing person! Our lives have blended together so wonderfully, it is like the perfect combination of ingredients to make the most amazing dessert that you would want to enjoy over and over again! I am truly blessed by this incredible man. So, here is my short list:

1.) I now eat onions. I never loved them, in fact I almost hated them, but his family puts them in EVERYTHING! I can now say that I enjoy a good onion, with most meals!

2.) I know how to and enjoy jeeping. My guy loves the outdoors in a different way than I do. He likes to take his Jeep up the mountains, and I like to hike up the mountains. We each have learned to love what we had not done much of before we got married.

3.) I have a very strong example when it comes to religious matters. He blesses our family with priesthood blessings, with FHE, family prayer, church on Sunday etc. I have always had religion in my life, but not as constant as he has maintained it.

4.) Softball. Yeah, I have never played, and because of him, I have learned to LOVE it! I still play like a girl, and I am probably the worst one on the team, but it is sooooo fun to play on our co-ed team.

5.) Gardening/Canning. His parents have three HUGE gardens that they share with us. We try to get up there to help when we can. I remember having a garden when I was really young, but I can't remember anything about it except weeding it! I have learned some new things, but my favorite is how to bottle what we grow! YUMMY!

6.) KIDS. We have 2 8/9 kids. Our third will be born next month. They are so amazing! And the best part is that my husband fits right in with them. He is just a big kid himself!

7.) Reaching my potential. My husband has proved to be the best in helping me to accomplish more than I ever thought I could. He is my biggest fan in all that I do.

9.) Grilling/Dutch Oven cooking. Because of him, I have learned to do both fairly well. I will have to admit that my husband is an amazing cook, and I will never surpass his abilities in these areas. In fact, when it comes to breakfast...he will always have me beat!

I love you sweetheart. I can't wait to see what the rest of eternity brings for us!

Eight Wonderful Years!

My sweet hubby and I have been married for 8 wonderful years today! We were able to go to Portland, Oregon together and spend a few days alone before our new baby comes. We have never been to Oregon and we were so excited to see some wonderful things. When we flew in it was BEAUTIFUL! On our honeymoon, we were actually staying on the coast up by Washington and we saw some whales, but not very close. Our friend told us that we could see some whales off the coast by Portland as well....we were so excited! The drive was long, but gorgeous. Right when we got to the outskirts of the coast town that we were going to we realized that our beautiful day had turned to FOG!!! We REALLY wanted to see some whales, so we looked into a charted boat/tour guide sort of thing. The guy was really nice when he said that they would not have any boats going out, and that honestly, we were the only ones who have even asked....go figure! So, long story short, we ate a great bowl of clam chowder and some amazing calamari, took a picture to remember our efforts and headed back to Portland!
Just outside of Portland, there are some beautiful falls called Multnomah Falls. It is the second largest year-round waterfall in the US. It is around 620 feet tall! It was still beautiful in Portland, in the mid 80's, so it was nice to be by this amazing waterfall. The force of the water falling made a wonderful breeze, and a lovely mist as well! I love this picture of the bridge. The two people are a mom and her daughter....I just thought it was sweet.

We walked the .2 miles up to the bridge and decided to do the whole mile up to see the view from the top. The picture is taken at about 1/2 way. I had to laugh at people's reaction to me as they walked by. They all looked at my face, then my belly, and then quickly diverted their eyes so that I didn't see their next reaction! One guy told me I was an inspiration....yep, that made my day!

Here we are at the top. It was beautiful up there, but you couldn't see much of the falls, you just got a great view of the river. I was starting to swell...my fingers, toes, and ankles didn't enjoy the hike as much as I did!

Still at the top, you can see the river behind us. Really, it is worth seeing! Portland is a beautiful place to visit. The hike was so wonderful for me for lots of reasons. I like to hike, I love the color green (and you see lots of it), my legs miss exercising, and last but not least, everything is so much fun with my sweet husband!

Here is one last photo of the falls. It is hard to do it justice just because it is soooo huge. Anyway, after we saw the falls, we made our way to Boise. My brother and sister-in-law live there and we were able to spend a fantastic day with them. We had amazing snow cones, at dinner at a great restaurant, and watched a darling movie together. Today, we are swimming and shopping and just enjoying our time together. Tomorrow we head home to get our kids....they are the most wonderful thing that has come from the last 8 years. I love you sweetheart!

Goblin Valley!

We went with some friends to Goblin Valley a couple of weeks ago. We had never been there, but we had a wonderful time! We ate yummy tinfoil dinners, had smores, and slept in tents...and loved every second of it! The friends that we went with had these little head lamps for the kids. Scrubba and KK thought they were so much fun. They ran all around camp with them on. We have decided to get some for our family for our next camp trip!KK and Scrubba were up bright and early. It was a little chilly in the morning, so we bundled up and drank hot cocoa. We actually got up, took down camp, and headed to see the goblins in the valley, and then we went to Little Wild Horse Slot Canyon, but the photos are put in with the canyon first! So, here are some of the picts. This is the huz, walking through one part. In some areas it got so narrow that, being pregnant, I was touching the wall on both sides of my body! The hike was so beautiful! Words can't describe how amazing it is!

We had to climb under this rock, so Scrubba held it up for us!

We saw a few caterpillars, and KK thought they were so neat. I think this photo is cute of her. She is that close to it because I told her to smell it so I could get them both in the picture. She cracks me up.

A little hole in the rock made a perfect frame for Kk's precious smile.

These are our friends, the Fishers. They are our inspiration for our outdoor enthusiasm. We look forward to more outdoor fun with them, that is for sure!

When I heard of Goblin Valley, I had a hard time imagining what it would be like. I was shocked to actually see the grandeur of it all. My whole family played there for a few hours and we never got sick of it. Scrubba climbed and climbed....let's just say he slept well that night! Here is my sweet huz being the Karate Kid. He always makes me smile!

Here we are with a family photo. I fit right in with those round goblins!

I LOVE this picture. I had no clue what Scrubba would do when I asked him to be a goblin for me. What a cute kid he is. He makes a pretty sweet goblin! I will have to say that he amazed me on this trip. He played SO hard in the valley for so long. Then, he wore a back pack and hiked through the canyon for hours....and he LOVED it! He is a trooper! All I know is that our family still talks about how much fun we had. We love the outdoors! I think it always brings us closer together.

My Three Sisters

I will have to say that I am probably the most blessed when it comes to my sweet sisters! I am the oldest of 5 kids and 4 of us are GIRLS! You can imagine what our home was like when we were all young. Now we are all grown up and are having families of our own, and honestly, it just doesn't get better than this. I have three beautiful, talented, spiritual, loving, giving sisters who I can turn to for ANYTHING! A few weekends ago, we all got together for the first time without any of our parents....we felt so grown up! Between the four of us we have 8 1/2 darling children who loved our get together just as much or more than we did! We were able to spend nearly a week together, just enjoying one another! We did a lot of fun things with the kids like: swimming, Boondocks, Jumpin' Jacks, etc. We ate good food, laughed, talked, told stories, traded clothes, gave advice, and so much more. At the end of our week, we drove to Rexburg, ID to attend our step-sister's graduation from BYU-I. There we got to spend time with grandparents, great-grandparents, cousins and more! We had a wonderful time together, and I do say that I don't think it gets better than this! Sisters, I love you! I am so grateful for the bond that we all share. Thank you for your love and support! I LOVE YOU!!!

SIX!!

Our sweet Scrubba the Wubba turned six at the end of March! What a handsome little guy he is! He had french toast with strawberries and whipped cream for breakfast and was so excited to bring some treats for his class at school.

Scrubba loves Pokemon. Honestly, I have know idea why kids like them, I guess I am just old! He wanted a Pokemon cake and so....here is Bulbasaur the Pokemon. He took me quite a while to finish, but it was nothing compared to the Buzz Lightyear cake I did for his 3rd birthday!

We had a fun party with 20 kids and some parents as well. We ate pizza, opened gifts (more toys and things that I have no clue about), had cake and ice cream, and then we went to a place called Jumping Jacks that is a huge room filled with blow up slides/toys etc. FUN, FUN, FUN!! All of the kids played hard, and so did some of the adults. Let's just say that we all slept well that night! Happy Birthday Bud!! We love you sooooo much!