Ten Years

We went to Keith's 10 year High School Reunion on Saturday night.

It was fun to watch Keith see a bunch of his old friends.

Unfortunately we didn't bring a camera with us, but I thought that I'd share a couple then & now pictures.

This is then: Keith pitching for Mesa High.This is now: he still knows how to get his game on!

This is then: after healing from getting hit between the eyes by another player's iron.

This is now: loving to play golf more than ever.

Like a Bird

So along with being totally excited to welcome our baby in February, these are just a few things we've been working on at home.


Setting up the crib. It's early, I know, but we couldn't wait. It's a good thing we got it early though because it still smells like paint, so hopefully the smell will be gone by the time we need to use it.

The changing table. I feel so lucky to be able to have one of these. I know that diapers can be changed pretty much anywhere, but I love that I can organize everything on this and it should help my back from having to change the diapers on the floor or somewhere like that. Plus, it looks really cool!

New furniture arrangement by Keith. I guess he's nesting too! He did this when he decided to vacuum under the couches.

Fun shiny beady things hanging from our dinning room light for fall. This doesn't really prepare us for our baby, but it's fun to look at.

We waited for the weather to cool and then we loaded our little garden with flowers and a few edible things.
Lettuce, Tomato, and Strawberry plants.

Parsley, Cilantro, and Mint.

Finally, now that it has cooled off here, I planted these beautiful petunias and a fern in my hanging baskets on the back porch. I can never get things to live in them during the blasting hot summer!

Everything that was stuffed in odd places in the extra bedroom (now baby room) had to find a home. Now it's all organized in the office closet. I love it! I was scared to attack this task, but it was easier than I thought and Keith helped me put the cool baker's rack thing together.

Baby Update

What have I been up to?

Well, not too much blogging, obviously! I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post. Sorry!

Most of all I can't believe that I'm past my first trimester! Now the sickies only come if I over-do myself or get hungry (like during the last hour of church, when I feel like I could eat my centerpiece!)

The point of this post though? CHICKEN! I have finally gotten the courage to bottle chicken! My mom helped me the first time around and I did it all by myself the second time
(well...Keith added the salt and put the lids on).

Since we had a wonderful monsoon storm two nights ago, as well as last night, the weather has been great! After going on a leisurely bike ride yesterday, we decided to open up one of these scary looking bottles (science project anyone?) and made BBQ chicken sandwiches. I was amazed! This chicken is sooooooooo good!

Announcing...

It's a bird! It's a plane! NO, IT'S A BABY! (And it's ours!)

Introducing our little swimmer

Can already wave hello, kick, and make mommy sick

Due Valentines Day 2009

We are so excited to be expecting our first baby! After a long wait (so it seemed to us) we have been blessed with this miracle in our lives. Thank you to all of you who kept us in your prayers!

Parades and Pirates

So I know that I've been SO BAD at updating our blog. Here's a little of what we've been up to lately. Last week we went up to Show Low and Snowflake so that Keith could play in the Pioneer Day Golf Tournament with our Bro-in-law Jason, and his cousin-in-law Mike. They had fun and came home with LOTS of tomatoes (since the tomato place up there was sponsoring the event). We enjoyed hanging out in the cool weather with Jason's family. It's so nice to be able to go outside and sit in the grass and enjoy a BBQ in the evening without dieing of the heat!

This is one of the coolest things that we saw in Snowflake's Pioneer Day parade. It really is cool! When we came back we had a pirate party for my parents birthday. They were born on the same day of the same year. How weird is that? So we surprised my Dad with a pirate theme. It was fun. He even had to follow a treasure map to get the treasure chest. Being back in the sweltering heat, we were glad to jump in the pool after dinner. NOTE: yes, my mom is wearing a pirate wig below.
This is the fun pirate hat cake my Mom made out of chocolate zucchini cake.