My House!!

Hey everyone! I didn't realize that I hadn't posted pictures of my house! I guess I forgot! So here they are! ** DISCLAIMER** These were taking BEFORE we moved in. I haven't taken pictures of it since we've moved in, but we've painted and done a few other things!
1) Is the outside view
2) Is my kitchen! I HAVE CABINETS!! I had like 2 in my apartment, so needless to say, I was pretty excited!
3) Family room & I'm standing in the kitchen nook
4) entry/living/dining room
5) Standing in our loft, looking at the extra bedrooms and stairs!

It's not much, but we really like it!
Whit

Out of the Loop

WOW!!! CONGRATULATIONS to everyone that is engaged or pregnant! That is so amazing and I so excited for everyone! I feel so out of the loop, when we moved into our house our Internet was all messed up so I haven't been able to really do anything besides check my email! But.. we're back up and running so that's great news! We are finally settled into our new house, it's SO much fun! I love it! It's crazy the little things I get excited about, like picking out paint colors, or buying a new kitchen table! Nothing really exciting has happened to us since the last time I posted, but I thought I would say congrats to everyone because everyone elses lives are so exciting and changing so much! It's amazing, I feel like I'm ready to be a mom too.. this is the last week of my BC pills... and then... well anything could happen! Well I love and miss you all!
Whit

Wow, things change so fast! Babies, dogs, houses, husbands, school and jobs!!! Things are crazy!!! It's been a long time since I have posted, so I thought it was about time! Things are great! Clint has one more final and then he is home free for the summer. In the fall he has one class and then he's done!!!! Actually, he has been talking about going to on to get a MBA so we will see. But all in all he is doing good! Bode, is almost 11 months and into everything! He has 8 teeth and chews on everything! I love hanging out with him all day and wouldn't change it for the world!!! He keeps me pretty busy, but besides that Young Womens is keeping me really busy. I have some fun news, we are looking at building a house in Syracuse, which is a little south of where I live now! I'm way excited, we have found a great builder and are looking at the options, so we will see how that goes! Well hope all is well!

Pictures

I thought I posted them, but they didn't show up!

New addition and Hawaii

Hello everyone,

I haven't posted for so long. I don't have the internet at home and so I have to come to my parents to get it. Homeless, huh? Well, the most recent thing for us is we got a dog! His name is Chevy. He is a black lab. We got him when he was 6 weeks old and he has grown so much everyday! He is now 3 months old. He was such a handful at first, but he is slowly getting easier. I never knew dogs were so much work. He is our baby. Also, we went to Hawaii over our one year anniversary. It was so beautiful. I loved it there. We did fun things like seeing the Polyenisian Cultural Center, Pearl Harbor, Snorkeling, Hawaii Temple, and we learned how to surf! It was a great trip. I would go back in a heart beat. Anyway that's about it for me. Congrats to all the pregnant people and newly engaged. That is so fun!

almost done....

So, of course I'm checking the blog instead of doing homework! My good news is that I am almost done! I graduate on May 4th, and then take off to Europe and Southeast Asia for the summer. We're spending 3 weeks in Europe with my parents, come home to go to Lake Powell, and then leave to Southeast Asia for 3 months where we'll visit Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. I really can't wait!

As a school project, we had to create a wikipedia article on a meteorology subject that interests us. Here is a link to the article I created, if anybody is interested. It's on wave clouds! They're pretty cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_cloud

Hello everybody!

Hi every one! This is my first time posting so sorry if it's not to interesting! I know I should have done this sooner but I didn't. After seeing everyone at Becky's shower i realized that I really have been missing out on everything that is going on. I just wanted to give a quick up date about me. I just got married 6 weeks ago to the greatest guy. his name is Scott Wilson. He is 29, from Orem and works for a company called Mstar we are in the process of looking into school for him to get his masters. We plan to leave in January but who knows We live in Cedar Hills and love it. Were actually in Chase Jensens parents ward. I finally graduate on the 27th from UVSC and the best news of all I'm pregnant. I'm due December 11th. We know its fast but we were planning on it so it's really no surprise but were so excited!! We hoping for a girl because both our families are all boys so cross your fingers! I'm not sick yet but I'm always hungry!! I feel like I eat all the time...I'm sure that some of you know how this feels. We will keep you updated! Well i hope I can keep this up, I can barley keep a journal so we will see how this goes! It was fun to read and see everyone on the blog. Talk to you all soon.

karlie

UVA

Seth and I just got back from "Darden Days"-the admitted students weekend at the University of Virginia (the business school is called Darden). Charlottesville is honestly amazing! The school is even more amazing. It is Jeffersonian architecture and is immaculate. The town is so charming and has so many fun things to do. We found a townhome that we love next to some members who are first years at Darden. It has 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, two fireplaces, and a back patio with a stream in the back yard. It is so perfect. Attached is a picture. We hope that we can secure it-maybe if you all pray that we will get it, we will! It is very underpriced too. I am so excited for this fun adventure. It is absolutely beautiful out there, so anyone coming to the east coast must come visit! We were also able to stop in Baltimore to visit my brother Paul and his wife Stephanie. Their son Luke is 3 and is huge, and their other son Liam is 4 weeks old and tiny (he wasn't even 6 lbs when he was born). It was really fun to see them

Continuing with the good news...

My good news is I'm PREGNANT! Ahhh! :)

I am due October 7th, so my big day comes a little after everyone else's! I am 14 weeks along. This past Friday we went to our second appointment and heard the heart beat! It was so neat and so crazy.

I go in for my ultrasound to find out the gender on May 17th. We cannot wait! Justin wants a boy so they can be "best friends" and I will be happy just to have a healthy baby! So far things have gone so well for me. I have hardly ever felt sick. As long as I get plenty of sleep and eat every couple of hours (I feel like such a pig!) then I do really well. I have never thrown up, so I feel like one of the select few lucky ones!

This baby will be grandchild #4 on my side of the family and the first on Justin's side, so his parents can't wait! Although my parents are excited as well. I still haven't told anyone at work, but I plan to do so soon!

TRIPLE Good News!!!

You guys will never guess! I heard the news of my life last week.

My parents were in town for 3 weeks, and they headed back to the Philippines last Friday. Well, I was talking to my mom on the phone to make sure I would get the chance to say goodbye. As we chatted, she met up with my dad. I could tell he was informing her to pass some information on to me. The conversation went a little like this:

MOM: "Oh, by the way, Dad says plan for me to be there for the baby on May 20th."
ME: "Really?! That's great, Mom!"
MOM: "Can he come, too? Can we both come - to stay?"
ME: "Well, sure! Do you mean that? I didn't know both of you would be coming. I'd love it!!"
MOM: "Becky, did you catch what I just said?"
ME (rewinding a little): "What? You said can you and Dad come. Oh wait, did you say TO STAY?!? Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
MOM: "Yes. We are coming home to stay."

It turns out that my dad got a phone call on March 9th, asking him to take a new assignment. My parents are coming back home! It is so shocking since we've all been preparing for another 1.5 years without them... But every time I think about it, I can't wipe the grin off my face!!

Double good news!!

Congrats Kathryn! I'm so excited for you! I love this blog! Does anyone else check it all the time to see what's new with everyone or is that just me?

I also have good news to share.......I got engaged today too! The Easter Bunny was very busy. :) He had a friend dress up as a huge easter bunny and deliver an easter basket to my house during my big family party. He proposed right there in front of everyone! I was so surprised because I also didn't think we'd be getting engaged for a few weeks.

His name is Devin Bland and we've been dating about a year and 4 months. We were set up on a blind date around Christmas 2005.....who ever thought blind dates actually work? :) He's great and I'm so excited! We're getting married September 12, Salt Lake Temple and Millennial Falls for our reception, so hopefully everyone can make it. I will post updated pictures of us later.....this one is almost a year old.

Congrats again K! Can't wait to see your ring!

Guess what!!!!!!!

I am engaged!! So most of you know that I met Jeff last summer when we were in Guatemala together and we've been dating since last May. It has been crazy the last year as he's been going to school in Utah while I've been working in California and DC. But now he's out here with me in DC and it has been so much fun!!! He planned an Easter egg hunt for us today and in the last one I found there was a ring! I was way surprised. Well I knew we were going to get married but I didn't think we'd be engaged for at least another month or so. We are moving home in July and will be in Utah for at least another year because Jeff has one more year of school left at BYU. We're planning on getting married August 7th, so you better all be there!! I think someone has a list of everyone's addresses, right? Becky maybe? I'll call you. Anyways, I am so happy and Jeff is the best!!! I am excited for all of you to meet him. xoxo

ps does anyone have any suggestions of places to look for wedding dresses? and any reception centers that they love? thanks!

Cancun and A HOLE!!!!!

Hi all! Well, Bryce and I were lucky enough to go to Cancun last week with my parents. We got back one week ago and had a blast! I finally got a tan! Getting a tan is very difficult when you are inside an office 40 hours a week. So it's nice to finally have some color! We didn't do very much. We sat by the pool a lot, which was fabulous! Bryce and I went parasailing (that is a picture of us...I promise), we went snorkeling a few times, and just played and had fun! I'm glad we got to go. It was great weather and it was sad to come home to snow last week...good thing the snow didn't stick to the ground! :)

The hole is the hole for our house (I'm sure you figured that out when you saw the picture)! I'm not sure how much many of you know about this house of ours, but I was told that I would have a house in this neighborhood in about 2003/2004. When Bryce and I got married we were told to only sign a nine month lease on our house because our new house would be done in June of 2006. Well...none of that ever happened! :) But, things are finally happening now! Our hole was dug last Thursday and the foundation is going in sometime this week! Bryce and I spent about 4 hours on Saturday (yes we missed the second session of conference...we are bad) driving around and looking at houses and going through a couple of model homes. I have to start picking everything out and I'm looking forward to it...but I'm also not looking forward to it at the same time! So...that's the "news" in my life as of right now! Most of you like to see pictures of babies posted on here...and...well...since I don't have a child yet, our house is my baby for the next couple of months. So I will probalby post pictures on here as things progress so you can all see our house turn from a hole in the ground to an actual home!!! I'm just extremely excited that things are happening!

Anyways...I hope to hear more from people. I'm glad that we have people posting and sharing their lives with us...but I still would love to hear from more! :) It's great keeping in touch since it's so hard to get together nowadays!

I love you all, Karen

Claire's first food

Hi friends! Yesterday we took Claire to the doctor and she is still in the 95th percentile for height and weight. She is so big! He also gave us the go ahead to starting feeding her. Today we fed her rice cereal. She seemed really weirded out by the texture (but most babies are) and she was so funny. It was really a blast. Being a mom is the greatest thing in the world!

Just saying hi!

Hey everyone! It has been a long time since I have posted and although I don't have a lot to share, I'll share what's going on right now with me!

Quickly Happy Birthday to Emily Waltman on the 23rd, which is in a couple of hours here! Justin's birthday is Sat., on the 24th and it is his golden birthday! 24 on the 24th! We are driving to Star Valley, WY tomorrow after 5 for the weekend to celebrate with his family. We haven't been up since Christmas, so it should be really fun! Justin's youngest brother Brad who is a freshman here at BYU received his mission call at his parents house and he will be opening it either tomorrow night or Saturday, depending on when the other siblings arrive!! We are very excited for him.

Work is going well for me. We are working on launching American Founders Academy (14-18 yr. old kids) and University. We are teaching morals and principles that schools no longer teach these days in public schooling in our courses. For the kids who may be attending school, this will be a supplement to their education. We are teaching classes on the Constitution, classes on economic prosperity, family studies, a bunch of other classes. Anyway, I could say a lot about it, but there's an idea!

Justin is still going to school full time and working 32 hours on the weekends! I'm really excited that I get to spend some time with him this weekend!! He plans on attending spring and summer terms at BYU and will study in the meantime for the LSAT which he will take either Sept. 29th or Oct. 1st. He will only take two classes fall semester to finish up and graduate in December of this year. He will then work full time starting in January of '08 until law school at the end of August...that's the plan anyway! He will start taking his prep class for the LSAT this summer again and he feels confident he will do well, so we hope he will!

I also wnat to report that Layers is very soon going to be introducing their spring line! I am really excited because I've seen a couple of pics and they are going to have some really cute stuff! Of course I'm supposed to say that, but I would say it even if I weren't a distributor! :) They are coming out with swim suits, boy shorts for swimming, spring/summery dresses, and of course shirts! I plan on having a party with our friends sometime possibly in April, so I will post about that when the date is sure so you can all come! Primarily it will be fun to just have a hang out so we can see everyone! It feels like it's been a while!

Well I hope things are going well with each of you. Christine your pics make me want spring to be here really soon! Ah! If only I lived in Vegas!!

Love, Nicole

My Reaction

I just can't believe all of these babies!! Are we really that old? Crazy!!!

Summer

So, since Kathryn mentioned summer, I had to brag about this weekend! We tried the pool out for the first time this season. The water is 80 degrees! A little too cold for Claire, but still lots of fun. Feel free to come visit anytime :)

Pinch!

I hope you're wearing green! Happy St. Patrick's day!!! And it's almost summer, I'm so excited!

Good day mate! (is that Irish? I don't think.) Top o the mornin!

Watch Out!

Okay, I've decided to be brave and post a picture of myself and my belly. Christine requested pictures of the little ones; this is the best I can do. :) In answer to the most common questions/exclamations I receive: Yes, the belly is huge. Yes, I still have two months to go, even though yes, it looks like I could pop any day now! At least this pic can give you a fair warning so you don't die of shock if you see me...

More Posts!

Hi everyone. So I have decided that people need to post more. I know you might think that you have nothing intersting going on, but you do! I want to know what everyone is up to, and I want pictures. I especially want to see pictures of the kids. They grow so fast and I want to see them change, so please post! Well, Claire is almost 5 months and we just took our first flight to Utah. She did pretty well. She is as big as her one year old cousin (in the pics). It is now in the 90's here in Vegas and I am not looking forward to the summer! Well, hope to hear from everyone soon!