Baby #3

Hello family and friends! Most of you know but I am FINALLY pregnant! After 18months of wondering and hoping we're pregnant, we are!! I went to my first appointment today. Everything went well, how much fun can you have when you have a "girly" appointment!? I'm officially due July 16 but I think my doctor is slightly off by a day according to my calculations. And he said I'm "measuring" around 7 weeks even though I'm 8. Anyway we're very excited. I'm not feeling great and am at the stage in my pregnancy where nothing sounds good and I feel yucky all day long. I bet this is a boy! So that's the latest with the Utah Newcomers! Oh and we're closing on the new house this Friday and will be moving Sat. And for some reason I must be nuts but we are leaving for Hawaii the following Wed. Yes that is us in a nutshell. We hope everyone is doing well! Love to all!!

Baby #3

Hello family and friends! Most of you know but I am FINALLY pregnant! After 18months of wondering and hoping we're pregnant, we are!! I went to my first appointment today. Everything went well, how much fun can you have when you have a "girly" appointment!? I'm officially due July 16 but I think my doctor is slightly off by a day according to my calculations. And he said I'm "measuring" around 7 weeks even though I'm 8. Anyway we're very excited. I'm not feeling great and am at the stage in my pregnancy where nothing sounds good and I feel yucky all day long. I bet this is a boy! So that's the latest with the Utah Newcomers! Oh and we're closing on the new house this Friday and will be moving Sat. And for some reason I must be nuts but we are leaving for Hawaii the following Wed. Yes that is us in a nutshell. We hope everyone is doing well! Love to all!!

UPDATE!!

Hello everyone! I know I haven't blogged since Halloween but really there hasn't been much to update on. Oh and my camera was kindly broken by Lauren a few weeks ago so no new pictures until I get my new one :)! I just love my little munchkins! So the update is that Ryan and I have decided to go ahead and close on our new house and keep the townhouse on the market for now. Ryan would really like to rent the townhouse but as for me I would love to just get rid of this. But we are so excited to finally just get into our new house and have room for Randy, Rebecca, and their kids when they come for Christmas. A 3700 sq. ft house sounds much more appealing for 4 adults and 4 kids than our 1600 sq. ft townhouse.
Our Thanksgiving was really nice. We had dinner with my parents and of course it's always a good feast when my family gets together. After vegging from all the good food we headed up to Evanston to see Grandpa Fred, Ryan, Lacey, and Derrick. It's always fun to sit around and chit chat with Newcomers. There's never a dull moment when there's a Newcomer around. All in all it was a very good Thanksgiving. We are so "thankful" to have most of our family near us now and have the opportunity to see them as often as we'd like. Anyway we hope all of our loved ones are doing well and we can't wait for Christmas to see everyone again. Love to all! :)

UPDATE!!

Hello everyone! I know I haven't blogged since Halloween but really there hasn't been much to update on. Oh and my camera was kindly broken by Lauren a few weeks ago so no new pictures until I get my new one :)! I just love my little munchkins! So the update is that Ryan and I have decided to go ahead and close on our new house and keep the townhouse on the market for now. Ryan would really like to rent the townhouse but as for me I would love to just get rid of this. But we are so excited to finally just get into our new house and have room for Randy, Rebecca, and their kids when they come for Christmas. A 3700 sq. ft house sounds much more appealing for 4 adults and 4 kids than our 1600 sq. ft townhouse.
Our Thanksgiving was really nice. We had dinner with my parents and of course it's always a good feast when my family gets together. After vegging from all the good food we headed up to Evanston to see Grandpa Fred, Ryan, Lacey, and Derrick. It's always fun to sit around and chit chat with Newcomers. There's never a dull moment when there's a Newcomer around. All in all it was a very good Thanksgiving. We are so "thankful" to have most of our family near us now and have the opportunity to see them as often as we'd like. Anyway we hope all of our loved ones are doing well and we can't wait for Christmas to see everyone again. Love to all! :)

Happy Halloween

We just love this guy/girl, Mike Thompson!! He's so funny! Note: He even wore an old pair of his wifes sparkly slippers! :)

Ryan and Jake, one of the other Tech VP's

Mikey trying to get that darn donut!!

Lee Papa: Hulk Hogan, Chelsea (Lee's fiance): Foxy Cleopatra, Mike and Heather Thompson

Me trying to compete in that dumb donut eating contest, I almost threw it up!! YUCK!!!

Halloween Party

Last week our friends from Firstline had a Halloween party at their house. Here are some pictures from that night. Ryan and I were Salt & Pepper, not too original but we weren't planning on attending so that was our last minute idea. Sorry no pictures to prove how lame of a costume it was!

We just love this guy/girl, Mike Thompson!! He's so funny! Note: He even wore an old pair of his wifes sparkly slippers! :)

Ryan and Jake, one of the other Tech VP's

Mikey trying to get that darn donut!!

Lee Papa: Hulk Hogan, Chelsea (Lee's fiance): Foxy Cleopatra, Mike and Heather Thompson

Me trying to compete in that dumb donut eating contest, I almost threw it up!! YUCK!!!

Conference Weekend

Hello friends and family! This past weekend was very nice! Living in Utah has it's benefits, most of the time we can't really see those benefits but on a weekend like this we do. I always look forward to watching and listening to General Conference and it was such a great weekend. Half of me felt lazy cause all I did was sit on the couch for more hours than I'm used to but the other half was uplifted. Here is what the kids and Ryan did this weekend! Just kidding, Ryan watched and listened to all of it but the kids thought he was an extra squishy couch and fell asleep quickly snuggling with Daddy! Sunday after conference was over Ryan and Lacey came over for some yummy Gumbo. And Lacey made her delicious strawberry cake, straight from heaven!!! YUMMMY!! It's always a blast hanging out with them and of course we all get a good laugh in too! Love to all!

P.S. Yes Reese sleeps with his eyes slightly open, it freaks me out!!! :)

Conference Weekend

Hello friends and family! This past weekend was very nice! Living in Utah has it's benefits, most of the time we can't really see those benefits but on a weekend like this we do. I always look forward to watching and listening to General Conference and it was such a great weekend. Half of me felt lazy cause all I did was sit on the couch for more hours than I'm used to but the other half was uplifted. Here is what the kids and Ryan did this weekend! Just kidding, Ryan watched and listened to all of it but the kids thought he was an extra squishy couch and fell asleep quickly snuggling with Daddy! Sunday after conference was over Ryan and Lacey came over for some yummy Gumbo. And Lacey made her delicious strawberry cake, straight from heaven!!! YUMMMY!! It's always a blast hanging out with them and of course we all get a good laugh in too! Love to all!

P.S. Yes Reese sleeps with his eyes slightly open, it freaks me out!!! :)

Garage Door Roo

Our little Reese has yet again proven to us he's not a little boy anymore!! Last night we were over at our friends Taylor and Becky Proudfits house and Becky convinced Reese she could get his extremely loose tooth out. Of course he was hesitant but with some great convincing he let her yank it out. Don't get the wrong impression, it was horribly loose and Reese kept playing with it and it was practically falling out, she just helped the process along. So now he's our little garage door mouth! One tooth down many more to come!

Garage Door Roo

Our little Reese has yet again proven to us he's not a little boy anymore!! Last night we were over at our friends Taylor and Becky Proudfits house and Becky convinced Reese she could get his extremely loose tooth out. Of course he was hesitant but with some great convincing he let her yank it out. Don't get the wrong impression, it was horribly loose and Reese kept playing with it and it was practically falling out, she just helped the process along. So now he's our little garage door mouth! One tooth down many more to come!

Childrens Discovery Museum

Today was a lot of fun. Ryan and I have been debating whether or not to go to the new Children's Discovery Museum in Salt Lake at the Gateway shopping center. It was slightly expensive but we bit the bullet and went anyway. Lacey came with us which it's always fun to hang out with her and of course the kids love her beyond belief!!Too bad it was rainy and occasionally snowing so it seemed very crowded. But the kids had a blast and I think we got our moneys worth. Here are some pictures I took. Love to everyone!

Childrens Discovery Museum

Today was a lot of fun. Ryan and I have been debating whether or not to go to the new Children's Discovery Museum in Salt Lake at the Gateway shopping center. It was slightly expensive but we bit the bullet and went anyway. Lacey came with us which it's always fun to hang out with her and of course the kids love her beyond belief!!Too bad it was rainy and occasionally snowing so it seemed very crowded. But the kids had a blast and I think we got our moneys worth. Here are some pictures I took. Love to everyone!

2 Days from H...!!

Hello friends and family! Here you go Rebecca! Nothing new or fun has happened and sadly I can not report that the townhouse is sold!!! :( But I can report on some not so fun stuff that happened this week. Reese's wonderful Tuesday!!! On Tuesday Reese got in trouble for yelling at his teacher!!!!!!!!! Yes he yelled at her cause someone tattle-tailed on him and he tried lying about it and got upset, obviously!! So he got a nice little talking to in the 10 minutes it takes for me to drive home. Then I thought I would be a semi-nice mommy and let him play with his "girl" friend, Brinley from across the street. Needless to say his bad attitude spilled over into playing and called Brinley a not so nice name and was sent to his room for the rest of the evening. He did good until Ryan, the big pushover that he is let him out. Of course he couldn't last 10 minutes without irritating his sister. But at least that day ended! Wednesday morning we missed a phone call and joked that it would be the showing service saying they wanted to show the house in an hour. No joke it was the showing service but thank goodness they weren't showing it until 3-4pm. But of course I counted on Ryan staying home for a little bit to help me out and clean up. NOOOO not the case. He took off by 9:30. I was left to clean the house but if anyone knows me I'm slightly OCD and have to have the house perfect for a showing. And if you also know me well my house is never in perfect order. There are always kids stuff EVERYWHERE!!! So it literally took me all the time from 9:30 until I was supposed to leave to take Reese to school at 12:30. Of course right as we are leaving I feel Laurens undies and feel that she has "tinkled" all over herself and wonder where in the world she has done her duty. Mind you I'm already late to take Reese to school!!! I search the house and find that she has "showered" my rug in our Master Bath and the stool in front of the toilet has all the pee puddled up on it. I think by that time I've wanted to rip my hair out and scream, maybe I did!!! j/k So by this time it is 12:40 and Reese starts school at that time but I figure maybe he could be a little late no big deal, oh but then I remember that in all my cleaning furry I have neglected to feed my children! I think I was on the verge of tears but realized it was not a big deal and that Reese missing one day of school was okay! And that a quick trip to McDonalds would be a perfect cure for the hungry rugrats and their mother on a verge of a nervous breakdown. Boy McDonalds did the trick!! Reese missed school no big deal and we showed the house, which was probably a complete waste of time but oh well. Oh and Reese's teacher called after school on Wed. worried that the reason he stayed home was because of the "incident" as she put it! I'll cross my fingers next week is a better week!! We hope everyone is doing well and we send our love to all!!

2 Days from H...!!

Hello friends and family! Here you go Rebecca! Nothing new or fun has happened and sadly I can not report that the townhouse is sold!!! :( But I can report on some not so fun stuff that happened this week. Reese's wonderful Tuesday!!! On Tuesday Reese got in trouble for yelling at his teacher!!!!!!!!! Yes he yelled at her cause someone tattle-tailed on him and he tried lying about it and got upset, obviously!! So he got a nice little talking to in the 10 minutes it takes for me to drive home. Then I thought I would be a semi-nice mommy and let him play with his "girl" friend, Brinley from across the street. Needless to say his bad attitude spilled over into playing and called Brinley a not so nice name and was sent to his room for the rest of the evening. He did good until Ryan, the big pushover that he is let him out. Of course he couldn't last 10 minutes without irritating his sister. But at least that day ended! Wednesday morning we missed a phone call and joked that it would be the showing service saying they wanted to show the house in an hour. No joke it was the showing service but thank goodness they weren't showing it until 3-4pm. But of course I counted on Ryan staying home for a little bit to help me out and clean up. NOOOO not the case. He took off by 9:30. I was left to clean the house but if anyone knows me I'm slightly OCD and have to have the house perfect for a showing. And if you also know me well my house is never in perfect order. There are always kids stuff EVERYWHERE!!! So it literally took me all the time from 9:30 until I was supposed to leave to take Reese to school at 12:30. Of course right as we are leaving I feel Laurens undies and feel that she has "tinkled" all over herself and wonder where in the world she has done her duty. Mind you I'm already late to take Reese to school!!! I search the house and find that she has "showered" my rug in our Master Bath and the stool in front of the toilet has all the pee puddled up on it. I think by that time I've wanted to rip my hair out and scream, maybe I did!!! j/k So by this time it is 12:40 and Reese starts school at that time but I figure maybe he could be a little late no big deal, oh but then I remember that in all my cleaning furry I have neglected to feed my children! I think I was on the verge of tears but realized it was not a big deal and that Reese missing one day of school was okay! And that a quick trip to McDonalds would be a perfect cure for the hungry rugrats and their mother on a verge of a nervous breakdown. Boy McDonalds did the trick!! Reese missed school no big deal and we showed the house, which was probably a complete waste of time but oh well. Oh and Reese's teacher called after school on Wed. worried that the reason he stayed home was because of the "incident" as she put it! I'll cross my fingers next week is a better week!! We hope everyone is doing well and we send our love to all!!

Pooped Out!!

Okay I know I'm going a little nuts with blogging but I thought these pictures were just so precious. Lo fell asleep in the car and I brought her in and this is where she stopped! This is 3 feet from the door! Poor baby! She hasn't really taken a nap since Reese started school since her orginal naptime was from 2-4:30 or 5! And Reese gets out of school at 3:30. :( So occasionaly she just totally crashes. Here is one of those moments!! P.S. Rebecca doesn't that shirt look so cute on her!! Yeah! You'll probably see her in it for our family picture for Christmas!!

Pooped Out!!

Okay I know I'm going a little nuts with blogging but I thought these pictures were just so precious. Lo fell asleep in the car and I brought her in and this is where she stopped! This is 3 feet from the door! Poor baby! She hasn't really taken a nap since Reese started school since her orginal naptime was from 2-4:30 or 5! And Reese gets out of school at 3:30. :( So occasionaly she just totally crashes. Here is one of those moments!! P.S. Rebecca doesn't that shirt look so cute on her!! Yeah! You'll probably see her in it for our family picture for Christmas!!

This Should Make Randy Proud!!

If you read my blog you most likely read Rebecca's! So I'm sure everyone knew we were out in North Carolina last week! But I thought this picture was hilarious! I doubt Randy would like me posting a picture like this but hey at least it isn't as bad as those nude Barbie's on Rebecca's blog!! hahaha Ryan and I had so much fun in North Carolina and it was nice to have a few days together without the kids.

This Should Make Randy Proud!!

If you read my blog you most likely read Rebecca's! So I'm sure everyone knew we were out in North Carolina last week! But I thought this picture was hilarious! I doubt Randy would like me posting a picture like this but hey at least it isn't as bad as those nude Barbie's on Rebecca's blog!! hahaha Ryan and I had so much fun in North Carolina and it was nice to have a few days together without the kids.