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The DSi

Warning this gadget can waste a lot of your time! So Mike got me a new game for Christmas and I never really got into it because I have been giving my DSi a break because it can become very addictive at times. However Mike got the game out Monday night and we started to trade off passing these mini games, hours later we had to force ourselves to go to bed. I felt like we were two five year old best friends that were in heaven because our mom let us play the Nintendo. So the next day I thought we would put the DSi away and get to work.... oh no Mike got home from school at noon and we played it all day long until we practically passed the game! Just one more mini game left and it is out of my life! (Mike will probably pass it when he gets home today) I feel really pathetic knowing how much time I have wasted but the only thing that helps me justify the large amount of wasted time was that I had a lot of fun time with Mike and for a day he took a break from his studies and just played with his two best friends ( Me and the DSi).

Jump on it!

Last week my sister and her boys were in town. I told Lucas that one of the days we could go to MC Donald's ( It was a good excuse to go and satisfy my cravings) but Lucas told me he would rather go to a bounce place and he made it clear that Mike needed to be there too! It was lots of fun. Lucas and Mike managed to "jump without their legs", in adult language that means bouncing on your bum, it was so funny to watch.


I already miss these boys! Even though they made it very clear that Mike was their favorite, not me.

Baby Baby Baby!

My dreams have come true! Mike and I are finally getting a little nugget of our own! Our babe is due September 5th! It was our Christmas miracle and I say that because that is when we found out. I got strep Christmas Eve and the Dr. said I couldn't take my meds until I took a pregnancy test. Not expecting anything really I was in complete shock when the result was positive, I took another one the next day because Mike was a little doubtful and thought I might of pulled some sort of trick. Today it finally felt real, I had my fourth ultra sound ( a lot of trips to the hospital, I have hemoraging that is almost gone! yahoo) and I saw our little babe kicking it's feet so fast and doing the backwards stroke with it's arms. I have been so giddy today knowing our babe is enjoying it's stay in my belly. I'm already obsessed with it and love it so much. Mommy and Daddy can't wait to meet YOU!

Our First Thanksgiving Together.... in the USA

Last Year Mike and I were in Paris for Thanksgiving, it was very exciting but it just wasn't the same as having all your family around and stuffing your face. We we flew into Seattle to visit Becky and Nathan and then drove over to Spokane with them.

While Mike & I were in Seattle we took a fairy. Mike had never been on one before so it was really fun & the Island we went over to was so pretty.


Our first day in Spokane we went to Chuck e Cheese and then we went Nascart racing. Those are Mike's top two activities. We love going to Spokane because we know my Mom will take us to Chuck e cheese with the little boys and we absolutely love that place! Here are the boys before they raced it was so entertaining watching them. My Dad can be quite the competitor!



The day after Thanksgiving we went out to Couer d'Alene to see the lights get lite up! We had no idea it was such a big event. So many people were there and come to find out it is one of the biggest light ceremonies in the US! It was really cold but the fireworks made up for the freezing weather.


One my favorite parts of the trip was how much my little nephew Carter loved Mike. When he would see Mike he would lean forward to press heads together. Those boys are just too cute!

P.S. We are very grateful for the Families we have. Mike & I are very lucky to both have families we get along with and love very much!

1 Year & 4 Days Ago.....

One year down and many many wonderful years to come. I can't believe it has been one yr already! On November 14, 2008 I didn't think I could Love the man in front of me any more than I did at that moment but a yr later I can honestly say I'm even more madly in Love with him! He has surprised me so much, I thought he would be a really great partner but he has shown me so much more. He is so helpful, kind, smart, loving, and well he makes me humble and want to become a better person. I know that sounds a bit cliche but it's true and I know a yr isn't very long but we made through and I can't wait to see what challenges and joy this next year will bring us.

To celebrate our anniversary we went to the temple ( I thought it was only appropriate). By the time we got out it was dark so the picture didn't turn out well but, the draper temple was beautiful and it was such a great experience going back exactly one year from being sealed to each other.


Mike also got me these books I've been dreaming about for awhile... Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Jane Erye.

TRICK OR TREAT

For the weekend we rented a condo up in Park City. Everything was going really well the boys let us go shopping and we ate where we wanted to until .... We were going to go to the store and get treats to munch on while playing games and our husbands got a great idea. They dressed us up in Brad & Caitie's Banana costumes and wanted us to pretend we were in jr high and trick or treat. I have no idea how we got talked into that but off Caitie and I went while our husbands drove behind us. We were having a great time at the beging laughing, running inbetween houses, and not to mention people loved our costumes! But A little later after we had gathered quite the stash we caught on to our husbands using us so we put this little trick to an end. But we were quite satisfied while playing games that we had some good FREE candy right at our finger tips. Never again will we listen to our husbands again though... we felt a bit used and a little stupid that were sometimes older than the people giving us candy!

It was very dark so people couldn't really see our faces and didn't question our ages!