Great Weekend!

We had a great past weekend. On Friday, I spent about 7 hours picking out the upholstery and drapery fabric for the two parade of homes I am working on. After returning back to Salt Lake, Cory and I went to dinner with Chris and Lindsey. Cory loves the Chinese Gourmet buffet place down the street. I am not such a fan, I don't have the stomach for an all-you-can-eat place. But we had fun. We spent the longest time at our table just talking. After dinner we went bowling. It was a lot of fun, but I am horrible.







Also, Lindsey and I are incredible at Deal or No Deal at the arcade. We only got to play once because this lady with a whole cup of coins hogged it the rest of the time!


I still can't believe they are moving to Kansas! I know they'll have an exciting adventure and we'll miss them a lot!!

On Saturday, Cory and I looked around at a few apartments. We aren't quite sure where we'll be at the end of the summer when Cory gets back from his internship. We do like the South Salt Lake and Murray area though, so we'll probably keep it close to here.

Saturday night we went down to Provo and hung out with Julia and Brad. We had pizza and watched the office. We also played with the ferrets. (And when I say we, I mean I watched while everyone else played). I'm ok with touching them and all, I'm just not to the point of playing with them freely. I'll get there though. But it was fun to hang out with them and have a chill night.

Sunday was our last day in our ward. It was sad to say goodbye to my girls in primary. It has been so much fun to teach them, and I have learned a lot along the way. Maggie gave me a cute going away gift for our baby. I have my first books to read to the baby and I am so excited! It was so sweet and thoughtful of her. Thanks Maggie! I'll miss you and Hailey! We then spent the afternoon at my parents house, doing laundry and playing the Wii. It's always fun to get together with family. It will be quite the change when I am living there for a few months instead of just stopping by for the afternoon. But it was such a fun weekend! The next one will not be as exciting because Cory is getting ready for finals and we have some packing to do.

First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage....

Then comes an exciting surprise! It is official, Cory and I are definitely having a baby! We went to our 1st doctors appt. yesterday and it was so exciting. We got to see the head and hear the heartbeat of our little one. He checked around for a twin, but as of right now it looks like there is only one. Which is fine with us! I would love to have twins, but I don't think we could handle them first.

I am 12 weeks along and I still can't believe the first trimester is over! It really wasn't that bad, but Cory thinks I am sugar coating it when I tell people that. There was a time when I didn't want to cook anything because then I wouldn't eat it. I didn't want to do dishes because they smelled awful and I just didn't want to move because I felt awful. But when I mean it wasn't that bad, it's because this only lasted about a month and I wasn't throwing up. And compared to other people I know and there first trimesters, that wasn't too bad. haha. But things have been getting so much better lately. I'm excited and nervous for the rest of our pregnancy! I'll post some pictures of my growing belly as the months go on.

Easter

This year we had Easter with my family and had a little easter egg hunt with the neices. It was a lot of fun. Breanne was too quick at it, so next year we'll have to do more eggs and a few harder ones for her. Janey and Claire also really got into it. They especially loved it when opening the eggs and finding the candy inside.

Searching for the eggs...

Finding the candy...







I love spending time with these girls, they are always so much fun! After our Easter egg hunt we had dinner and played games. It was a great Easter and I can't wait for next year!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my Mom's 50th birthday! We had a surprise party for her on Saturday and it was so much fun. We had a great turnout and she was so surprised. Thanks to all my sisters who helped put it on!! She loved it!

So to surprise my mom, I wanted to do something fun and different on her birthday. Especially since I haven't had a very busy life lately. I surprised her by getting tickets to be in the audience of Good Things Utah. (Unfortunately the batteries were dead in my camera so I have no pictures.) But it was so much fun. They had a segment on all of these animals from Sea World, which is odd because none of the animals were water ones. But they had a monkey, a warthog named Kiki, a vulture, another bird (I'm not sure what kind) and two baby porcupines. The porcupines were really cute and kept making these squeaky noises. They were very tempting to pet even though they were prickly. It was a lot of fun!



After Good Things Utah, we did a little shopping and had lunch at Gardner Village. It was so much fun. So Happy Birthday Mom!! Hope you had a great day, because I know I did. Thanks for being a great mom and always being there for me!! I love you!