A Blessing and a Good bye party

Yesterday we went to my aunt and uncles house for the blessing of their youngest son. The blessing was beautiful and he is just darling (looks just like his older brothers). After the blessing we went back to their house for some yummy food. Also I just have to say my aunt has been VERY helpful in the pregnancy department and has answered all of my crazy questions. :) Thank you aunt Kristen! We are so excited to have a new little cousin!


I think he likes the camera :) Very photogenic!

Also during the blessing celebration we had a little going away/baby shower for my cousins who just graduated from BYU and are now heading half way across the country for a new job. We are so excited for them that they found a new job, but sad that they have to move so far away. :( She is due about four weeks after me and is having TWIN boys. So CUTE!!! We are sad that our babies wont get to play together. Here we are showing off the bellies....
And here are the proud parents opening their gifts (of course, two of everything)

Congrats Holly and Brian we know you will make great parents! and Good luck with the job! Well that is about it from us, I am just living, breathing, and dreaming about packing so I am excited for this week to be over so that we can move on with life, yet I am pretty nervous about moving even if it is only a few hours away. We are just praying that all goes well. Oh and I have decided that I DO NOT LIKE TO PACK so we will not be moving again for 5 years. :) ya I wish...

Love These Girls

This past week I got released as the Relief Society secretary because we are all moving at the end of the semester. So for fun the old presidency decided to do a girls night. So we pulled out the chick flicks and nail polish and had a great night of chatting, watching movies, and painting nails. We have really gotten close in the past eight months as we have served together. They have been great to talk to about anything and were always willing to help out. (one of them is due 1 week before me so she has been a huge support with my pregnancy) I will really miss living so close to them! And to make our girls night even BETTER our husbands offered to cook dinner for us! AMAZING! So while we were at Aubrey's house watching a movie they were at Kelsey's house cooking dinner and all we had to do was show up and we had a gourmet meal waiting for us. It was so sweet of them to do even with finals just around the corner. :) Thanks girls for all of your support this year and we will have to get together again soon!

Easter Weekend

So this year we started our easter weekend by going to my cousin's soccer game. His competition team was playing at a park near our house so it was fun that it was so close to us. The only down side was that it happened to be a very rainy/slushy day, but the players didn't even seem to notice, except that the field was a little slippery.

Then on Friday afternoon we headed up to Idaho to check out the town and the townhouse that we are going to rent. (is that sad that we signed all the papers and put a deposit down on it without ever seeing it in person?) But no worries we still really liked it after we saw it. I love the part of town that it is in and it is close to a bus stop for McKay. That night we just went shopping and we found tons of cool stuff for our new bedroom decor. Suprisingly McKay actually picked out most of the stuff and I LOVED them! (I know I shouldn't sound so shocked but house decor is not usually his specialty :) That night we stayed in a hotel right near the temple.
...Which worked out perfectly because the next morning McKay's cousin Melanie was getting married at the Idaho Falls Temple. They are SO cute together and I am very excited for them! Congrats Melanie and Steven! The wedding was beautiful! and I especially LOVED her dress. A special thanks to Jesse for bringing me my recommend that I had forgotten at home. (oops!) Like always it was so fun to see family and catch up on everybody's lives. After the temple and taking pictures we had a beautiful lunch at their church. Here are a few pictures from the temple...

Some of their cute family with grandparents. Their family will only live a few blocks away from us when we move and McKay will be working with his uncle so I have a feeling that we will get to know them REALLY well. :)
And of course we had to take some of us in front of our future temple...who knows, maybe our kids will get married in this temple?!?

After the wedding celebration we just headed back to Utah for church on Sunday.

But... Little did you know that our driving adventures were only HALF over at this point of the weekend. Because Sunday afternoon we packed up and headed south to Provo to visit McKay's mom. But no worries it was all worth the drive and we had a great Easter sunday eating yummy food,talking, reading favorite scriptures, and McKay especially loved joking around with his brother Preston. That night it was a late drive home but McKay still was a good sport about getting up for his last week of school in the morning. But, I might have slept in a little bit. Well that is all for now, I hope you all had a great Easter!

Bows and Headbands

I broke down...and bought some (maybe a lot) of cute bows and headbands. I. AM. SO. EXCITED. They are darling on my computer screen (I bought them online) and so I am sure they are going to be even cuter on our little girl. :) How does McKay feel about headbands? He tolerates them because he knows I love them (secretly though I think he likes them), but really did he even have a choice in the matter?

With having all sisters you would have expected us to wear a lot of headbands in our youth but sadly no. My dad did NOT like them so my mom never put them on us. So Dad you can take it off of her while you are holding her, but she will have one on the rest of the time.

So I had been shopping around for a while, seeing what was in style and what kind would be the best. After weeks of just looking around online I ended up buying some headbands on Ebay for a GREAT price and then I ran across this really cute blog called www.kylaskreations.blogspot.com She has pretty good prices and lots of different styles. I don't want the bow/flower to over take my babies head and so she had lots of smaller styles too. I especially love that you can interchange the headband and the flower clip, definitely saves money and they can wear them later on when they actually have some hair. (I am pretty sure my babies are going to be bald for a while.)

Well that is about it for today. Staying home all day has proven so far to still keep me very busy which I am fine with and I glad that I am able to cook dinner and be here to support McKay in his last couple of weeks of school. Thanks for reading, have a good day!

p.s. Sorry this post has no pictures, but don't worry I will definitely post some of our little girl wearing the headbands in a few months :)

First Baby Shower

So one of the BEST things about having your first baby is that you get to have baby showers! This past saturday was my very first one (we did it so early since we are moving in a couple weeks) My sweet sister-in-law Natalie was the host and put EVERYTHING together for it. SO nice! Everyone was very generous and we got a lot of cute things! Can't wait to put them all in our new house! McKay was very excited to set up the swing that his mom gave us, but I forced him to wait until we move :( Sorry McKay that box that it is in is just WAY too easy to move.
Natalie the host...
The Darling cupcakes that Lucie made, (you should all check out her website at www.deleeciouscakes.com)
We also played a memory baby shower game. I got one of the matches right (I think it was from all of the practicing that I have done playing memory games against the 5 year olds at work ;)
Other than that we just ate and talked which are two of my favorite things to do right now :) Here are some pictures of a few of the guests. sorry I didn't get everyone! Thank you all McKay and I feel very loved! (oh and the baby too)




Have a good day!

Weekend with family and friends

So this past wednesday I finished up my last day of work and then headed to Salt Lake for the rest of the weekend. Sadly McKay still had class so he stayed behind. :( Larissa was nice enough to come all the way up to Cache Valley and get me. So while she was here we took a trip to the temple for a session. This was our first time doing a session together and her first time in the Logan Temple. After the temple we ate a quick lunch and then headed to Salt Lake. While in Salt Lake we watched some of Mykelti's basketball games (which she won ALL of them), went shopping for fabric for the baby's nursery bedding (It is SO cute, and there is not one drop of pink on it, but still very girly. Can't wait to see the finished product!), and colored easter eggs (yes we are still coloring easter eggs). Also I was able to get together with a few of my very best friends from highschool and catch up on each others lives before we all start heading in different directions for the summer. Then on Saturday we headed back up to Logan for my first Baby Shower (more about that will be in another post). So over all it was a great weekend and a nice relaxing week before packing starts. But I am glad to be back with McKay too, I think he missed me :) Thanks mom and dad for letting me come! Ok here are a few pictures... Hanging out with friends at the park



Coloring eggs with my sisters...




And this one is for you McKay, it said I Love You on the back :)
Oh and we tried a "Glitter Egg" kit and it did NOT work very well. So I would suggest staying away from those. Seems like the normal kind are still the best :) Well that is all have a good day!

Two more days

In two days I will be done working and will begin my journey as a stay at home wife and then a stay at home mother. I am so thankful for a hard working husband who allows me the chance to stay at home with our kids. Thanks McKay! Now I just hope the transition from working full time to staying at home full time isn't too much of a challenge for me... luckily I have packing to keep me entertained for a while. :) Have a good night!

p.s. Sorry I haven't posted in a while I will try to be better. It has just been one of those months where a lot is going on, yet not a lot of things that should be written down for the entire world to read (more the personal journal type of things). But don't worry we are doing great!