Christmas!

Well, Christmas started off not so great but turned out fantastic! It began when I woke up at 4am to throw up and I had this MASSIVE headache. Then took meds and went back to sleep. Then had to wake up twice more to throw up. No fun. And come on...on Christmas?! Finally Zofran offered me relief from up-chucking and I was able to get back to sleep till it was time to see if Santa came. He did :)!

Darrin is such a sweetheart and spoiled me rotten. He even got me scrapbook paper that says, "Welcome Baby Boy!" on it. haha. He'd better hope he's right about that :). And rather than an orange at the bottom of my stocking he put an artichoke. haha. My favorite ever!!!

After we had our own little Christmas we headed to my parents where we had lots of fun with our new PJ's that we get every year. We ate lots, did our gift exchange, stories and visiting. My parents got everyone huge digital photo frames that have sound for music and everything! We're super excited about it!

Then off to Darrin's family's where even our little unborn baby got gifts! As always, we had a lot of fun over there too!

So, Merry Christmas and onto the New Year!


My little nephew, Joshua, had so much fun that he became tired and fell asleep like this right on the floor :)

Oh BABY!...

Well, I think it's time I spilled the beans...I'm Prego! In two days I will be 14 weeks along and I am due on June 22, 2010. That's kinda why I haven't blogged in such a very long time. It's because I had this incredibly exciting news but didn't want to tell the whole world until I heard the heartbeat. Well, we've heard the heartbeat now and it sounds great! So, now I can finally shout it out to the whole world! YAY! We're really excited about it and can't wait to meet our little one. I can't explain how amazing the heartbeat was to hear though. It was like music to my ears and I've played back the video we took of the heartbeat MANY times!

Although we're super stoked, it hasn't been all fun and games. Unfortunately, I've been real sick :(. Why on earth do they call it "morning sickness" anyways? It's SO not only in the morning! WARNING: It can strike anytime and anywhere! So, it's been rough with such an unpredictable health tablet.

But I'm pretty much finished up with the first trimester, so hopefully goodbye sickness soon!!! (anyone who's willing: some extra prayers wouldn't hurt :)).

Pictures taken in order of 4, 8, and 12 weeks :)

Another SURPRISE!!!

Well, last week Darrin SURPRISED me! He marked in my planner that we had a double date for last Wednesday. Then when Wednesday came he was being super secretive and at 3:00 in the afternoon he asked me if I was ready to go. I was really confused because you know, usually you don't go on dates until 6ish. So he told me to go wait in the car and not look at him when he came out. Then he began driving toward Park City. He asked if I had any ideas about what we were going to do on this date. I named some off and he just laughed saying, "well, to do any of those things we would need money. We don't have money so all of those things you mentioned are out!" In my mind I'm thinking, 'well then what on earth are we doing here?!' So confusing. He then pulls up to this really nice condo resort and says that we're going to have a two night get-away. Just the two of us. HOLY COW!!!!!! And goes on to say that we don't have to pay a penny! HOLY COW!!!!! It turns out that our friends got the condo for a week but couldn't use it the last two days so they asked Darrin if he wanted to take me.

We had SO SO SO much fun! It was just what I needed. So relaxing. Very romantic and just FUN! Don't I have the sweetest husband EVER?!

Camping and a SURPRISE!!!

We went camping on Thursday night and got back this morning (Saturday). It was SO much fun! We went to Maplegrove Campground which is just outside of Scipio, UT. We went with Jason and Patti (Bro and Sis in law + their 3 kids), Brady and Melissa (Bro and sis in law) and Wes (Bro in law that just got home from mish). Melissa and Brady planned the whole thing down to an art. We had AMAZING food (dutch oven...yum!!!), and we also got the chance to go "Geo-Caching".
It was SO gorgeous! Seriously, it was impossible to ignore all of the BEAUTIFUL creations all around us. The leaves were perfectly red, orange, yellow and green. The whether was cold but during the day it was just right. Plus, we saw about 8 deer in different areas. Very cool. Here are some Pics:
After we got home I made my famous chocolate chip cookies. YUM! I went downstairs to bring Donna (our renter-she's been living with us for a month and a half) some cookies and to invite her to church tomorrow. She was GONE! She was there Thursday and then gone by Saturday and we got home at 11:30! She didn't call. Didn't text. Nothing. She just upped and left. I'm still in shock.
So, our apartment is up for rent again. If anyone knows of anyone please please please let me know :). Thank you. We'll also definitely need all the prayers we can get for a lot of reasons. Thanks everyone!

The Love of my Life Turns 25!

Monday was Darrin's 25th Birthday. He's now a QUARTER of a CENTURY!!! Wow. Anyways, we had a great day together. We started out our day with breakfast in bed. Then Darrin set off on a voyage - a scavenger hunt to find his gifts. Then for his next gift I told him he could choose any video game and I would play it with him for an hour (you'd really have to know me to know that that's a BIG deal! haha). Then we went to lunch and Bruges Waffles and Frites (Marta took me here for my Bday. DELICIOUS! I had to have Darrin try it. It's at about 300 South and 300 West across from Pioneer Park. MMMMMMM MMMMMMMM good!!!) After that we went to the churches art contest that they hold every three years (Marta also took me to this for my bday. I had to show Darrin. It's amazing. Art work from members all over the world! Very cool.). Then we came home and I made fish for dinner (again you'd really have to know that I HATE fish with all of my heart :) so, I figure I can sacrifice one night a year for my love that loves fish, right?) and then we saw "Up" in the dollar theatres and went bowling. We had a lot of fun! Here are a few pics:







Darrin is such an amazing person. I love him so much! He is such a strength to me. He is thoughtful, he is caring, he is complimentary, he is so talented, he is good at anything and everything, he is smart, he is funny, he is fun, he is Darrin. My husband. My everything. I love you Darrin! Happy Birthday!

My 21st Birthday!!!!

So, Labor Day was my birthday and I had so much fun! First off, the Saturday before my Birthday we hung out with Brady and Melissa, my Bro and Sis in laws. We always have so much fun with them! Anyways, there was the cutest sign ever all made up for our birthdays on their door (Darrin's is on September 21st). And then we BBQd shish-ca-bobs, watched a movie and they even had a cheesecake with candles AND presents for us!!!! How lucky are we?! Here are pictures



And then, on Sunday the primary sang "Happy Happy Birthday children dear..." to me. haha. So sweet. I even got a pencil from the birthday box! On Monday, my actual birthday, my parents had me over for a magnificent breakfast! They even had a Martinelli for me for my first drink at 21. haha. Darrin then had the rest of the day planned out for us. All surprises of course! He first took me on a hike to doughnut falls. I had never been before-SO beautiful and fun! After that we went and saw 500 days of summer and then we hung out with his family. We played frisbee, "scum", and had ice cream. yuuumm. Darrin said he didn't have enough time to do everything he wanted to surprise me with so he scheduled a date with me for Friday! PLUS, yesterday he took me to go get a new phone for the main part of my gift! And tomorrow my BFF Marta is taking me out. And on Sunday we're having a big birthday dinner for those that have September birthdays. It's birthday WEEK for me!!!! Party!
Pictures:





I love my husband so much! He made my Birthday so special and I can't wait for our hot date on Friday! Thanks to all those who wished me a happy birthday!!!! It means a lot to me! Birthdays are a big deal in my fam :). And to those who didn't wish me a happy birthday-it's ok! You have the PERFECT excuse cause it was Labor Day :)

Due to Complains and More!

A little bit ago my family came to visit our Ogden Salon to see it finished. They all said that "Our Bathroom needed help!" They said it looked too "clean" like a hospital bathroom or something. haha. So, since they think it's important we decided to do something about that this week and now were finally finished with it! Here are some pics which don't even do it justice. We LOVE it! I just wish I could take a 360 degree picture of it or something. Anyways:




Next item of business is that my brother in law is now home from his mission! He returned from the Orlando, FL mission on August 20, 2009. The funny thing is that I'd never met him before. haha. Darrin and I were the only ones who were able to make it to the airport since their flight came in really late. My in-laws were already in FL with him to pick him up-so don't worry-they didn't miss out on picking him up. Anyways, he's a super cool guy and here are some of the pictures at the airport:




Another thing is that my sister Cindy and her daughter, Tiarra decided to donate to Locks of Love together. So, here are some pictures of the old and new them:






Last of all, last night I had the opportunity to go out with some friends from my growing up years. It's been 10 years since I've seen some of them! It was so great to catch up!