So..... I'M PREGNANT!

A lot of you probably already know this news but i'm putting it on here anyway. I'm pregnant! I did everything i could to get a pic from my ultra sound on here but it just wouldn't work! Oh well. Rusty and i are both super excited about this i can't even explain it!! It's still hard to believe that this is really happening but i'm just so happy! I am officially 15 weeks along now and i'm feeling really good! I've waited for a while to announce this just because of what happend last time but now that we've seen the baby and i've gotten to hear the heartbeat twice i'm excited to finally be posting about this!! Hearing that heartbeat was the best sound in the world!!!!!!! That really is an amazing thing! I just kept thinking i wish i could record it and take it home with me so i could listed to it all the time! This has really been one of the happiest times in my life. I have loved pregnancy so far!!!! I get really tired a lot and some foods just sound nasty but thankfully i haven't been to sick! I just thank heavenly father everyday for this amazing gift! I know the lords hand was in this and i know that he is watching over us now. I just can't wait for this little one to come into our lives. I know many of you have been praying for us and i thank you for that!! I really have felt your prayers! We get to find out what we're having on Jan 27! I just can't wait!!!! I will definitely let all of you know once we find out!! Please continue to pray that everything will go well with us in this pregnancy! Thanks to all of you for your love!!

Just a little update

Its been a while since i last posted so i figured i should put something on here. Not a whole lot has been going on but i am so excited for the Fall! I put up all of my decorations and i just love it! I finally learned how to use my sewing machine and its so much fun! I'm so mad because the battery for my camera is broken so i can't take any pics of what i made! My mother-in-law taught me and my sis-in-law Emilee how to make these super cute pumpkins and they were so easy! I just love to look at them because it makes me so happy to think that i actually made them! It is so awesome!!! Anyway i can't wait to start sewing more things. I'm planning on making my own Halloween costume so lets hope i have a new battery for my camera by then so everyone can see how it turns out! Wish me luck!

Girls Weekend!

Ok here are some pics from the girls weekend i went on with my friends in the ward.

Eating at the restaurant on the way up do Debbies cabin in Heber.

One of the girls brought up these huge marshmellows which of course started a huge mashmellow fight. It stinks because my camera died right in the middle of the fight so i missed all of the good pics! These were the teams. Me, Natasha, and Marla.(the sweet ones)

Danielle, Tarin, Holly, Carrie, and Jen!(the not so sweet ones) i know what your thinking the teams don' t look even but we totally beat them! Poor Deb is way prego so she didn't get to play. She was nice enough to take pics though!

This is the one who started our big fight(Natasha).

Group Shot!

left to right: Baby Cate(shes Carries newest little girl), Marla, Holly, and Danielle

Tarin, Debbie, and Me

Carrie, Deb, Natasha, and Jen

I love these girls so much. They are such a blast. We stayed up till 5:30 in the morning just talking and talking. We had all these big plans to make this huge breakfast. We had brought up every breakfast food you can think of but, when the time came to make it we were all to tired! So we just ate a bunch of junk food and then picked up some lunch on the way home! Thanks so much to Deb for letting us use her cabin and of course thanks to all the husbands who let us go! I can't wait for our next outing!

Bikram yoga!

I went with my awesome sister Wendy to a Bikram yoga class. She goes all of the time and has been trying to get me to go with her. I've been a little leary because you do the yoga in a super hot room(which doesn't sound fun at all) and I'm really not flexible. However, i had such a fun time!! The heat didn't bother me that much and the yoga wasn't to bad, if i couldn't do some of the moves i would just make up my own thing. No one is watching you because they are all in their own zone and the instructor was awesome! It was so relaxing and you feel so good afterward. I don't think i have ever sweated that much in my entire life!!! It was awesome. After the class we went to the whole foods store and the lady at the check out asked if we had just gone swimming!!!! I know! That's how sweaty we were. Its sounds nasty but it is so worth trying!

Two awesome weekends continued!

Weekend # 2:


This last weekend we were able to go camping with some of my siblings and their families. It was definately a crazy weekend but i had a lot of fun. We went to a place about 30 min. from Show Low and it was so beautiful! The only bad thing was when we got there it started to rain but it stopped long enough for us to put up our tents. We thought it was done raining so we were hanging out under the pop up shades getting ready for dinner and then it really started to pour! There was a ton of lightning and thunder and i was really getting kind of scared. Then about 200 yards from us a huge bolt of lighting hit this tall tree! I'm not going to lie i totally started crying with all of the kids. I couldn't believe it was so close to us! I had never been so scared in my life(well except for the time i was stuck out in the ocean but thats another story). Anyway, long story short we had P,B, and Js for dinner and went to bed early. The rest of the weekend was really nice. The weather was great and we all just hung out, relaxed, and had some awesome food!

Here's rusty pumping up the raft with my nephew marcus. He absolutly loves rusty its so cute! Anyway its sad because we didn't even end up using it and they spent forever getting it up!

My pics got all mixed up and i can't get them back in order. Oh well. This is my sister Sarah and her cool hubby David!

This was our view the enire weekend. Beautiful!

We went for a hike up the mountain and it was so steep! The aspen trees were awesome though!

Just the two of us relaxing in the shade!

My brother Mike and his great wife Amy!

What a cute man!!!

Here's just a few of my 23 awesome nephews and nieces!

Two awesome weekends!

Weekend # 1:

For the 4th of July weekend we were able to tag along with Rusty's parents to Utah to stay with one of his aunts. She and her husband live in this tiny little town called Koosharem. It is literally the cutest town ever! She has this cute house set on hundreds of acres. I just love being there. The weather is awesome and you just ride quads around all day! They have this awesome porch swing that looks out on the most beautiful view and you could just sit there forever! Anyway, on
the 4th of July we went to the towns little parade. It was a blast. Afterward they had a bunch of games for the kids and then a lunch put on by the fire dept. It was totally a small town thing but me coming from a small town it brought back so many memories! That night we got to watch some really cool fireworks and even set off some of our own. I so miss that! It was really cold while we were doing that and i kept thinking i would totally be sweating right now if we were back home! Needless to say we had such a fun time and even though it was a short trip it was so worth it!


It rained one of the afternoons we were there and it was so pretty. This is just a little bit of the view from their porch. I know WOW!

This little store behind us doesn't look like much but i love it! The people who run it are so nice. I love going in there and buying a soda and some candy! It just makes me feel like a kid again!


Me, Rusty,and his dad,mom, and sis Alli waiting for the parade to start.


Rusty playing vollyball with some of the kids.

Getting ready to go for a ride up the mountain!

Me, Rusty, and his sis Alli! The water was feezing!

Just hanging out in the hammock! So nice!

What an awesome suprise!!

I'm one of those lucky girls who has an awesome mother-in-law! She suprised me and my sister-in-law Emilee(in the pic. above) with our own sewing machines tonight! I couldn't believe it. I am so excited!!!!! I've always wanted my own sewing machine and now i have one. I can't wait to learn how to use it and start sewing all sorts of things. Thank you so much Lori! You really are the best!