Wonderful Weekend in Moab

This last weekend we were able to spend it in Moab with my family. Friday night when we got there we celebrated my dad's birthday.

Happy Birthday Dad!Then on Saturday everyone went off jeeping while I planned to spend a relaxing day shopping and reading a book. Well...plans ended up changing. Not even an hour into jeeping my parents' friend's jeep broke down. Their back axle broke and they spent the rest of the day going back and forth going into town to get parts to fix it. So, the other women from our group stayed in town while the men fixed it.Instead of being all alone, I was able to have my mother and sister-in-law around the rest of the day. I did go shopping with my mother and then all of us girls sat lounging around reading books. Although the weekend didn't go as planned, it was still a nice and much needed vacation.

Maddie turns 1

Yesterday we celebrated our niece's, Maddie, first birthday with a yummy BBQ.

Then came the fun of her eating her cake.But that wasn't enough...She wanted the entire cake up to her face.Happy Birthday Maddie!

We bought a Jeep

So, the other week we ended up making a purchase that we love. I'm happy to say that we now are the proud owners of a Jeep!...Jeep stroller that is. We had heard about this really good deal from our sister-in-law and so Mike went out and bought it while I was still at work. We got the last one at Sears that was on sale. Mike and I have been joking about how unfair it is that we buy our baby a Jeep to "drive" before we buy one for ourselves. According to the specs on a website it claims to fit certain baby car seats. So, we are now on the quest to see if it will work for the car seat we want.

Not quite the type of Jeep for jeeping in Moab on the trails, but it's still cute!

Amazing Jon Schmidt

Love this song combination of Love Story by Taylor Swift and Viva La Vida by Coldpay! Love, love, love it!!! Thanks to Kyle and Amanda sharing it! I love the piano and Jon Schmidt is an amazing pianist. This weekend I was able to get my grandpa's piano and am so excited to have a piano of my own to play. Maybe some day I will be able to play as wonderful as Jon and also maybe one day when I grow up I will have a grand (or baby grand) piano...until then the piano I have for now will be just fine.

Easter

Last weekend we had a fun and enjoyable weekend. On Saturday we had a mini family reunion at my parents house because of relatives being in town from out of state. It was fun visiting and seeing extended family! We had a little Easter egg hunt out in the yard for the little kids.Then on Easter Sunday we had my family members over for a yummy dinner and games.

Happy Belated Easter to everyone!

And the flavor is....

For those that have been anxiously wondering and waiting, the flavor of our baby was determined this morning in an ultrasound. And the flavor is....

It's a Girl!!!
Our little chica was modest at first in showing what gender she was. Then she gave us a good look at her entire head and body.Then she chose to look right at us.And of course we were able to see her little leg and foot kicking me during the ultrasound.
And she still likes to kick me!

We are excited to know that this little girl has chosen us to be her parents. Now the great name debate begins! If you have any suggestions for girl names, feel free to share your thoughts so we can figure it out before August 1st.

Weekend in Zions

This last weekend we were able to take a little vacation down to Zions National Park with the Readings. It was a much needed and wonderful vacation! Mike and I went down Friday morning and joined the rest of the crew already down there for some hiking.































It was a beautiful weekend and a much needed vacation! Thanks to all the Readings for all the fun!