San Diego!!!!!

This past weekend, we went to San Diego with our friends the Conders! We went to Sea World, the Zoo, the beach, and we toured a huge Navy battle ship that was operating during WWII and took a stroll down the pier. I absolutely love our family vacations. It was definitely a must this year. With Erik starting Dental school in a week and a half and a baby on the way, we definitely needed this trip. It was really hard to come home. I didn't want to get back to real life :( But, if we can, we plan to head that way every year but next year, we'll try something new since we've done those two years in a row! Warning, picture over load and I didn't even down load them all cause I got sick of waiting for it! Enjoy........we had a blast!

Hanging out down at the pier. Avery and her cute friend Addison!

Getting Avery to smile for pictures is like pulling teeth. It rarely happens without a fight!

Avery was quite taken by the shark encounter. She loved it!

Avery's absolute favorite thing is the polar bears! So she loved this!

This was kind of funny cause she went running to Grover. She loooved him!

A day of fun tuckered this one right out!

Our good friends the Conder's

A guy came over to our table and made the girls balloon animals. They loved it!

The Navy ship we toured.

Our little jail birds!

This helicopter is similar to the one that took Erik and Brandon into Kuwait so it was fun to put the girls on it so they could be just like their daddy's!

No words, I just love the beach!

Ouch!!!

With this boy in my belly, I am in some pain! I seriously don't remember any of this with Avery. I tell myself maybe it's because I'm older. Well okay, I'm about three years older but should that really make that big of a difference? My back is killing me and not to be gross but my boobs are so big, they are causing the back pain! By the end of the day, I just want to lay flat and no longer be responsible for lugging those puppies around. Just the very idea of them getting bigger when they fill up with milk is making me cringe. (They didn't with Avery because I didn't make any milk!) They can't possibly and if they do, I am going to seriously be suffering and nothing will fit. I need a live in massage therapist. Sorry to rant but for real, this hurts :(

Happy birthday Erik and pioneer days!

First, happy birthday to my sweet husband who turned 29 on Monday! Apparently, he is turning four. See how there is only four candles? He was supposed to pick up a 2 and a 9 while he was at the store but he says he "forgot." I think he just didn't want to see those two numbers put together! Well, I love this man and I can't believe I've known him since he was 18! I made him one of his favs, carrot cake and I have to say, it turned out pretty tasty! I'll definitely be making that one again!

Avery is absolutely in love with this kid! She talks about him every single day!

Pioneer days was a blast! We got to hang out with some good friends, enjoy some fun entertainment and celebrate our Mormon pioneers!

aVeRy'S BiG gIrL bEd!!

So this is Avery's big girl bed! If it looks a little odd, color wise, it's because we antiqued it! We've done it to the other furniture in her room like her self and her wood table so we thought it would be fun to do it to her new bed too. I like how it turned out. She looooooves it and is doing so well with it. Don't mind the lack of blankets, I am making her big girl blanket (don't know if you remember me posting a picture of it a while back) but I have to finish it so that is soon to come. I can't believe our girl is growing up so fast! I'm so excited to have another one to snuggle in the near months!

Officially a BIG GIRL!!!

This post may seem like it should have occurred a while ago, but we have finally taken the front of Avery's crib off and she is officially a "big" girl! We waited because 1- She never climbed out until recently so why would we right? 2- She started to climb out but only did it when she woke up in the morning, so no big deal. I liked having the front on cause she could still get out but also, I knew she wasn't going to fall out. Well we purchased her actual twin bed and it will be delivered this Saturday! I'm so excited so we thought we better get her ready for that. Last night was the first night the front was off and we've discovered her attachment to her crib. While Erik was taking it off she kept saying, "don't break it daddy!" It was kind of funny. Then, we tried to put a rail on it and she said, "No, don't put that on there!" so we thought well, we'll just put some fluffy stuff on the floor then and see how she does. She did great! I of course didn't sleep well cause I was so worried my sweet girl would fall out and be scared. I checked on her at 1:00 A.M. and witnessed her almost fall out but she caught her self and went right back to sleep. Erik checked on her this morning and she was snoozing like a champ. She came into my room at 7:30 and all was well. This has been a pretty smooth transition! Let's hope it stays that way!

Alfredo by request!!!

I had a friend request that I put this Alfredo recipe on my blog so Linds, here you go!!! :) I made this for dinner the other night at our Eclipse party and it was tasty, it's one of my family's favs. But, I have to warn you, it's fattening!! Lol and you need to serve it right away. You don't want the sauce to sit on the noodles for too long or it dries out. I hope a few of you will try it and love it as much as I do!

Alfredo Sauce
8 oz cream cheese, softened, cut into cubes. (Makes it easier for melting)
1 stick of butter!!! Aaah that's right a whole stick!
3/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup of milk

Let this melt together in either a sauce pan on the stove top or in a crock pot. The
cream cheese takes a while so don't worry if it's looking a little chunky. Just keep stirring and eventually it will all melt together. If it is looking really thick, which sometimes it does, add more
milk, it will thin it out. I usually do add more just because I don't like it super thick.

Enjoy!!!!! I looooove it!

Lots and Lots of Happenings!

We have been super busy this summer and because of that fact, I've definitely neglected posting our happenings! So for an announcement that some may not know, we did find out we're having a BOY!! And, we are super excited, but among that we've gotten to do lots of fun things so sorry for the picture overload! But here's what we've been up to!


We went to Richfield for the 4th! We went to a parade, had a bbq, made smores, and did lots of fun stuff with family. It's definitely one of my favorite holidays!

Grandma and Grandpa!

Ah such cute brothers! My husband is so hot. (The one on the left!).

Avery and her great Aunt Tayna!

We've had an Eclipse dinner party at my house!!

Robert Pattinson came to our party!

He loved Kati so much, she got to take him home ;)

We've worn this little monkey right out!

We've done lots of swimming!!

The beautiful place where we stayed!

Sisterly love!!

We went to Colorado Srpings for my sister's wedding!

We went to the Las Vegas zoo! yeah, kind of ghetto, but Aves loved it!

Erik made me a faux fire place!! Looooove it! Can't wait for Christmas time!

Pull myself up and out!!!

So with this pregnancy I have experienced an array of emotions. Some good, some bad, some just plain ol' crazy. Strangely, ever since I have been pregnant, I hate this town. And when I say hate, I mean hate. Did I hate it before? No. I didn't love it however, but I could tolerate it. Now, I just plain hate it. Last weekend we went to a family reunion in St. George, and I cried on our way home. I did not want to return to Vegas. Weird? I know. Maybe it's because my mom and sister are in St. George, I lived there for 17 years of my life and I just want to be with my fam. I'm in a total slump! I don't have any desire or motivation to do anything hardly. In fact, I would consider myself really depressed. Why? I'm not even sure. I'm starting to feel better, which is great. I'm still super tired and pretty much are in bed by nine. I think I just miss my old routine and actually feeling good. I miss having a desire to do things. I'm just praying this will pass because I don't recall having these feelings when I was pregnant with Avery but then again, I worked full time and went to school full time. Now, I'm just home to focus on the hate for this town and my lack of motivation. A decision has been made. I need to pull myself up and out of this slump. It's not doing anybody any good!