Gettin crafty

This is my first project with my new sewing machine (my first sewing project EVER)!

-A crib blanket for the upcoming arrival of my baby boy.

In case you're wondering what the B is for- Stephen chose the name Brooks for our first son!

Hopefully the next project will be a little neater and the lines a little straighter, but not too bad for my first try!

Courtney and Mom came to visit!

I got Stephen to Line Dance!! Miracles do happen.....good times at the ward activity!

Courtney went through the temple for the first time on Saturday! She came all the way to Boise so that I could be there with her, it was so fun watching her and being a part of it! Love you Court!

Mom took us all out to the Melting Pot for my birthday/Courtney's special day....it was so fun..but next time we're going to bring a bag full of treats to dip in the chocolate, MMMMM!

Stephen surprised me with the sewing machine I've been wanting- Project Runway Editon!!

Check back soon for some crafty masterpieces......haha, I couldn't even thread the dang thing by myself!

Stephen is so creative, we didn't have wrapping paper so he cut up my glamour magazine- so cute! Thanks for all you do for me, I LOVE YOU BUD!

Bumps and Bruises

Stephen broke his collar bone a few days ago playing softball....needless to say he has been completely helpless for the past few days. Luckily he recently upgraded our cable to get the sports package so we never ran out of football games to watch. It was nice too that Robyn and Robert came for the weekend so the girls could take a break from the sports overload and do some serious shopping! He's feeling a lot better now, but there's not much they can do for a broken collar bone besides drug you up really good and tell you to put your arm in a sling. No more softball for a while though, darnit.
This weekend we hit 18 weeks, only two more weeks until they can confirm that it's a girl! (I know these pictures are so cliche but I can't help it....it still feels like this is just a dream and I have to see it to believe it!)

More fun on our vacay in NC

This was the night of our 3 year anniversary. We ate dinner at a Brazillian restaurant- the kind where you eat WAY too much meat and chees puffs. The picture above is us before and the one below is after. (okay so I forgot to take pictures of us at the restaurant, my bad).

This is on the deck of my friend, Erika's, beach house near Atlantic Beach. Her mom wanted to make sure we didn't miss the beautiful sunset and I'm glad she was so persistent...this is one of my favorite pictures of our trip, minus the part where I'm not wearing makeup.

These pics were taken on our boat tour excursion with Erika and her family. Thanks to them we had an amazing couple of days at the beach.

Collective Soul in Cary, North Carolina!

This is Stephen's favorite band and they just happened to be in NC while we were there!

Atlanta, GA

As much Coke as you can stomach.

Too many flavors to try! I'll stick with the classic cherry coke.

If you didn't already know Stephen is OBSESSED with the Atlanta Braves, so I was so excited for him to fulfill his life long dream of watching them play at thier home field, Turner Field. Stephen was like a kid in a candy store, just wide eyed and smiley the whole time. He was excited to point out all the cool little historic tid-bits that us girls would have never noticed.

The original game we went to watch got rained out....but we stayed an extra day to watch them play an afternoon game the next day.

It was HOT!

This was Stephen's favorite player's number, Dale Murphy, and the reason his whole obsession began.

I made this shirt to tell the Anderson's that I was pregnant!

"Mom....I'm Pregnant!!"

We have been in North Carolina visiting my parents and the last few days have been a blast! We broke the news to them about thier grand-baby and mom was exstatic, dad was happy too! We feel like we're staying at an all inclusive resort...we got our hair and nails done and we've seen a show and been to a baseball game and the zoo, we are having so much fun and the party has only begun! We've still got a week and a half full of fun activities and trips....

Mom really wanted me to point at my stomach so I finally gave in.

Mom and dad took us to "The Barn", a diner buffet followed by a musical review of mo-town songs. It was an absolute riot, we were definitely the minority and sitting in the front row we stuck out like sore thumbs, but mom made her way on stage and got down with her bad self (I was really mad that they wouldn't let us take pictures during the show).

We really liked this guys plaid suit we just had to find out where he got it so we could pick one up for Stephen.

Carolina buffet...only one thumb up.

These next pics are at the Natural Science Center which is partly a zoo.

Big Kitty!

Meerkat

Some weird bugs they have here in Carolina.

Mom and Dad's house so far.

Their back yard with big tall trees!

Mom kissing the big Grasshopper to wish him luck for the big game.

Our new t-shirts, thanks mom!

Twin Falls Temple and Shoshone Falls

Thanks Russ and Noelle for showing us this very cool spot and for taking us with you to the temple open house!