IT'S A BOY!!!

The pregnancy has been awesome. I am 18 weeks along and haven't been sick once. I just started getting a tiny belly but can still fit into all my clothes. My stomach looks flat for the most part it just looks like I'm a little full, I'll post some belly pictures! We went to Delta Friday night to see what we could find out as far as gender goes... DRUMB ROLL PLEASE!!! It's a boy!! We all wanted a boy so bad that we were sure it was going to be a girl! We don't have any names we love yet, but I'll keep you posted.

This ultrasound was taken at 18 weeks- we've got a thumb sucker!


This ultrasound was taken around 12ish weeks. Notice anything similar?

Smith Family Camping Trip

I finally have enough pictures of the Smith family annual camping trip to create a post! The camping trip is one of our most favorites trips of the year. We camp somewhere in the Beaver mountains, eat, play games, eat more and sing by the fire. Every year is a little different but you can always count on EXCELLENT food prepared by Jacki and you can always count on thousands of card games!

My first year camping with the Smith family (Aug 2007) we hiked Mt. Delano. It was so steep. We saw mountain goats for goodness sake! The nights were so cold that I talked Brian into letting their dogs, Daisy and Dexter, come sleep with us in the tent- they were my personal heaters!







The second year (Aug 2008) I unfortunately forgot my camera. It was an unusual year because on the way there, Jacki and Brenna rolled the beast- the Expedition. Luckily they had minor injuries but things were very lax that year. No hiking trip but a lot of great food and games!!!

The third year (Aug 2009), which was just recently, was maybe my favorite of the three years. Pam and Keenan came with their little family and Brian and I fell in love with Deizel. He is the cutest little boy I've ever seen!! We went on a great hike to the rock taverns which were absolutely fantastic and we played a huge softball tournament amongst the families. Things got a little heated, but what do you expect from competitive sports crazed families?! It was sad to see the fun end and we can't wait until next year with our little six month old baby BOY!

FOOD STORAGE!!!

Really? This just seems like way too much food for three months! Brian and I have decided it's time to follow the Prophets council and get our food storage in order. We have our emergency prepardness backpacks and now, our three month food supply. There is a really great website if any of you are interested, it's foodstoragemadeeasy.com. You can download an excel spreadsheet where you add all the meals you would typically eat in three months and then put in the ingredients and it figures out how many cans of whatever you need. It's hard because you can't store three months worth of fresh vegetables, so my mom, who is crazy about food storage has made me buy dehydrated crap... ha ha, hopefully we'll never have to use it! But, in case of an emergency we'll have dehydrated eggs, celery, broccoli, onions, carrots, potatos and powdered milk... mmmmmm doesn't that just sound yummy? We have 12 jars of peanut butter. Really? Twelve jars? We have 70 cans of canned chicken! Thank you Costco. The canned chicken is actually very good. I don't see us eating 70 cans even in a whole year, but we're prepared if we need to!

Acclamation Reunites!!

Oh Accla. How I've missed you! It was Saturday and Brian and I had spent the day with Brian and his family in Provo. We went to lunch, went shopping for baby stuff and then went bowling- which was embarrassing for me because I didn't get above a 75 and Jacki bowled a 150... it's depressing! Anyway, after his family had left we met up with my friend Christy and her husband Jason just to hang out and such. Well, I get a phone call from Gabe reminding me of Austin's wedding reception. We hightailed it out of Springville and made it to the reception just in time. We met up with Gabe, Shawnee, Tyson and Johnny. After congratulating Austin we left for Centerville, where Ang's reception was held. It was the COOLEST wedding I have ever been to. Polynesians sure know how to put on a party!! We got to see Rosa and Julsies and there was dancing- oh it was so much fun!! After the wedding Tyson, Shawnee, Brian, Gabe and I went to Ihop and caught up on the last few years. Shawnee and I are pregnant together- which is so much fun!! She has been really sick and I feel so bad for her! I have had like, the perfect pregnancy. I haven't been sick once, I've been able to do everything I've wanted and it's been awesome. And poor little Shawnee has been miserable. It's just not fair!! I'm really greatful that Brian and I could spend time with my old friends, I know that Brian feels a little out of place but he's a great sport and he had fun- especially at Ang's wedding, it reminded him of his mission!!

Bear Lake 2009

The 4th of July!

Billy made his kids where masks because their mom, JaQuoy, had the swine flu!


Look at Budders face! Oh I love those boys!


Mommy and Hudders


Brian and I, Mel and Hudson and Hayley and Greyson. My mom was there but she was taking the picture!



The fourth of the July was just like any other. It started off with the Kaysville city breakfast, then the parade, a nice big lunch and ended with a big bang of fireworks. We didn't run in the race this year because no one could afford too. Ha ha that's depressing! Billy brought his family minus Shae and JaQuoy because they were apparently infected with the Swine flue. Just to make sure our family didn't get sick, he made his girls and Strydey where masks... it was the saddest little thing you ever saw! Spending time with the family is always fun and the fourth of July has become one of those days you look forward too.

WEBER RIVER RUN!!!!

Dad, Mom, Me, Brian, JaQuoy and Hayley

Brian and I

QuoyQee, me and Haybells

Well this was sure an experience I'll never forget. The river was at an all time high yet we were assured it would be safe and that we had nothing to worry about... HA! Now, I have an abnormally low pain tolerance yet I'm definitely not a wuss when it comes to adventure sports like kayaking and rock climbing etc. So, I figured this would be no big deal and that there was nothing to worry about. Well let me tell you, there was plenty to worry about!! I don't have many pictures as I don't have a water camera, but after this experience I am definitely looking into buying one! Oh the memories I wish I could show!!

We each pulled off the shore at different times so that the guides could help us figure out how to paddle and eddi out (pulling over to the side of river). It wasn't too bad. Actually, it was a little exhilerating because we were ultimately responsible for ourselves and if we weren't paying attention or following the rules, we'd the be the ones who ended up swimming in the freezing river. After everyone had a chance to acclamate themselves to their kayak the fun started. The water so so swift that everyone kept falling out of their kayak. My family managed to stay in their kayak for the first half an hour. Maybe that's because for the first half hour we had to park our kayaks on the shore to wait for the guides to pick up the empty boats of those people who didn't stay in their kayaks! Some lady fell out of her kayak onto a rock and broke her ankle... ha ha it's not funny because she didn't get to finish going down the river but it is kind of funny because she fell out in an area where it's almost impossible to fall out!! Anyway! As we got further down the river it became harder and harder to stay in our kayaks. Because the water was so high, it was super swift. There was an area where I fell out of my kayak twice in 30 seconds. The water was so cold that you almost couldn't breathe. I'd fall out, hyperventalate and flip my kayak back over so fast that no one even knew I had fallen out. Brian watched as I fell out twice in a row and he said he'd never seen anyone move so fast!! Which is funny because I'm not fast at anything- except typing maybe! Pretty soon everyone was falling out and the guides were freaking out. They couldn't keep everyone safe because there were only 3 of them and there were 13 of us- all missing either a kayak or a paddle! They blew an emergency whistle which meant we needed to eddi out of the river, or pull over to the side of the river, and get out immediately. I couldn't eddi out because I had lost my paddle and there were trees everwhere along the sides of the river, so I remember grabbing onto a branch and just hanging on for dear life. My hand got totally mangled! I finally slowed down enough that I could jump out of the water. Brian saw me and tried getting out where I had so that we could be together. He grabbed onto a tree branch and when he did, he went over a rock so his kayak was filling up with water. He couldn't hold on and let go, loosing both his paddle and his boat. He made it to the shore after I'd almost had a heart attack watching him drown! The guides yelled to Brian and I to walk along the train tracks until we came to a road. When we got there, we waited. We waited for at least an hour! It was terrible!! For all we knew someone had died! It turns out, everyone was okay except for the lady who broke her ankle, and we weren't allowed to get back in the river because it was too high. It kind of sucked because we'd made it down 1/3 of the river. We paid for 3/3 of the river! Ha, oh well, I guess I'd rather be alive than make it to the end!

So, there's the story. My parents were expecting some nice leisurly ride down a river and after that experience I'm sure they'll never get in another kayak again! We had so much fun though and I am definitely going to go again next summer, hopefully when the water isn't so fast!