The small, temporary move!

School starts tomorrow! A few months ago I received a letter in the mail from Utah State University that I was accepted into their Speech Language Pathology Outreach Masters Program! It has been crazy every sense- deciding on rather or not to go, getting ready, deciding, getting ready! I've almost backed out a few times because the timing is cutting it really close for when the baby is coming. But here I am, ready to give it a go! I thought I would share just a few pictures of my new temporary life!

On our drive to Logan... its so pretty here!

Where I'll be spending a lot of my time... with my nose in a text book!

or at my desk on the computer (how sad does the chair look with a small tilt to it, supposedly we are getting new chairs soon- sure hope so!)

My hopefully (but doubtfully) comfortable bed- I didn't forget all my pillows!

Glad this is only temporary- maybe six weeks...ish? Nate is going to be living the bachelor life, but basically only on week days. We'll see how everything goes. All I hear about this program is how drilling it is and how often you'll cry, but not to worry... "you'll make it through", or "you'll survive" they say. Is that suppose to be comforting??

We are excited for this opportunity and its only summer time that I'll have to spend time on campus, everything else will be on-line or broadcasted classes that I can do from home. So for now we'll just hope I can "survive" this summer- especially with a little one on the way!

Memorial Camping

For memorial weekend we went camping with some friends.

There were 12 adults, 16 kids, 8 horses, 7 dogs, and 1 sheep!

Yes... a sheep! And I didn't even get a picture so you'll just have to believe me! But needless to say we had a full camp!

Again... I didn't do a very good job of taking pictures! But here are a few to paint a small picture of what our trip was like.

Horses come with horse trailers! Here they are all lined up.

The horse coral, where we keep the horses.

Nate and Janice getting ready for their horse ride

Our nephew, Hans- who everyone kept saying looks just like his Uncle Nate!

Hans again after he feel and scraped his elbow (he walked around holding his injured arm like this for a while!)

Little Cash- our friends little boy- being shy when I got the camera out!

There was two of us there that are about 7 1/2 to 8 months pregnant! We faired pretty good considering. I made sure I had my father-in-laws comfortable cot with extra pads and a couple pillows to sleep on. It was perfect, minus the midnight trips to the outdoor bathroom (a tree!).

It was a fun trip and a last yah-hoo before I start school... next week!

Ryan's Graduation

My little brother, Ryan, graduated from High School! We took the long trek to Arizona to see him in his cap and gown... and then didn't even get very many pictures!

So here are the whole... two.... pictures we took of him!

Here he is getting ready for the famous graduate walk across the stage to get his diploma!

He was the very last name called.

Before the graduation we had been teasing about having a last name that starts with "W" and how you are always at the back of the line in grade school... but usually there are still those few who came after you that have a last name that starts with a "Y" or "Z". I didn't think Ryan would literally be last... but turns out he was!

After the ceremony with the nieces and nephews (we were still in the stands so he came to us).

And... some Future Graduates!

Harlee

(I have a feeling thats what her brothers will still be doing at her own graduation!)

Trex

Dax

Congrates to Ryan, who I can't believe is old enough to be a HS Graduate!

PBR - Vegas

Back in April... a couple friends of ours called us up to go to the PBR- Professional Bull Riding- that was going on in Vegas. Being the huge bull riding fans that we are (we don't really know anything about it) we were all for it! A trip with friends- why not?! And turns out the bull riding was the best part of the trip, we loved it!

A little PBR fire to welcome all the bull riders!

Nate and I in the event center!

An American bull rider! I'm pretty sure he rode his 8 seconds!

Nate and Dan- why take a picture with your wives when you could get a picture with the Tecate Light girls!

To bad they didn't really win anything and the trophy was just a prop in a picture!

One of the bull riders was signing autographs outside- its one of Staci's favorite riders so I took her picture with him!

The whole trip was fun, but these are all the pictures I got. I've made a bad habit of forgetting to get out the camera for more things. But we did get to see a couple shows- The Mentalist and a Hypnatist show- plus some good swimming and a (long) walk down the strip!

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

For spring break this year we wanted to plan something different and exciting. At first we looked into places like Hawaii, California, or Florida... where things are warm! But as plans kept falling through we ended up finding a place that wasn't too far of a trip but was somewhere new!

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Well... this is what we saw when we arrived! Snow, lots of snow! This is the view from our room!

So it wasn't exactly what you would call a "spring" break- a little more like a "winter" break- though it wasn't a break from winter at all!! In fact it was a little confusing as if we had traveled back in time a few months!

So instead of looking for things to do such as surfing, wake boarding, or hanging out on the warm beach... we had options such as skiing, tubing, or ice fishing!

But not to worry, we still got to break out the swimming suits when we visited the hot springs! Here is Nate checking things out!

Danielle, Nate's sister, came along.

And also a good friend of ours, Micah! (who isn't looking at the camera)

Here are some fun views of the place!

Where else can you build a snowman in your swimming suit! (girls pictured are unknown)

Happy St. Patty's Day

This morning Nate had to remind me twice that I needed to wear green! After the second reminder he said "those kids will eat you alive if you forget". True, my job is not exactly ideal for those who forget to wear green!

Well I found the only green item that will still fit me- and off to work I went. Nobody said one thing to me about wearing green... so its either a good thing I didn't forget or it just wouldn't have mattered.

But there were some cute outfits, it was fun to see the kids at the school all decked out!! And the lunch... all the food was green! The mayo looked like green frosting!

Well it got me in a festive mood.. so for dinner--- GREEN PANCAKES!! :)

Its a....

Its official.... we are having a boy!

At our previous apt the Dr. told us that the ultrasound room would be open soon and if we wanted to wait he would slip us in there and take a quick peek to see what we were having. We weren't expecting this so we were super excited and of course said yes! Well turns out the little guy was being shy- sitting low, breech and indian style. The Dr. wasn't certain but told us if he was a guessing man he would say its a boy.

So... for four weeks we were telling people "Its a boy...Maybe!!" Even though we felt pretty sure the Dr. was guessing right I was still scared to completely believe it just in case the next time they happen say... "its a girl!" That would just be confusing! I was honestly excited for either- boy or girl, just didn't want to have my mind on one track and have to change to another!!

Well... our next apt finally came (it was a long four weeks) and he wasn't so shy this time! First picture up on the screen the Dr. says "Well thats pretty clear, guess the first thing is to let you know that you are having a.... boy!"

We are so excited and are now completely thinking... all things boy!