~The countdown has begun~

We are starting to count down the days until our bundle of joy makes his arrival into this world. That being said we are having a baby shower on Saturday in Idaho at my cousins house. She sent out invitations and I just wanted everyone to know that if you didn't get one I apologize, I am finding some people's invitations have yet to arrive, or are being returned. However just an FYI, we don't expect anyone to make the three hour drive to Idaho just to see a pregnant chick lay on the couch. I don't have a choice in going since I am her favorite sister, no not Natalie, Kathleen. I just wanted to let people know that my Mom and I are leaving for Idaho Thursday evening, but if you have something you wanted to get to Camie feel free to drop it off at my mom's house in Hooper and we will get it to her. I will post pictures of the baby shower for everyone. I know you all want to see Camie fat and pregnant as much as I do. Justice! :) Hahaa.... j/k love ya Camie! Well, have a Happy Summer everyone!

Love, Kat

Better Late Than Never

I have been a huge slacker when it comes to posting about our summer, but since I have recently been given a lot of extra time in my day to fill, I figure why not download the pictures from my camera and post what we did before I was sentenced to solitary confinement at home.

~4-WHEELER RIDES~

My little brother Alex was able to come up and spend a week with us. While he was here he went on a date with a cute girl that I worked with. Brock and I decided it would be a lot of fun to take them on our 4-wheelers. They are racing 4-wheelers so you have to shift them manually. This proved to be a little challenge for them at first since neither of them had ever driven ones like them. But once they got the hang of it we had so much fun! Brock and I rode on his and Alex and Ashley rode on mine. We took them to a place called the pumice pits. It had been raining for a couple days before so we knew we would get muddy, but little did we know, Ashley and Alex made it a point to hit every single mud puddle they could find! By the time we got back we were so muddy but it was so much fun!

Here's Ashley and Alex right after the ride...I think Ashley got the worst of it! But both their helmets were splattered with quite a bit of mud!This is Brock and me after. I think I had the most layers of clothes on and was still cold when we got done!

Of course we got stuck with the clean up! :) They were a lot worse in person than in the pictures.
Here's Brock starting to clean them off.

And here's the finished product! Shiny and clean! My aunt and uncle are so nice to let us store them on their property so they can be covered and not left out.






~BROCK'S BIRTHDAY BASH~


Brock's birthday was in June and we were able to have family and his friends over to his parents for a barbecue. It was a lot of fun! He hadn't been able to spend time with these friends for at least two years. It was fun listening to them catch up and re-tell newly wed moments they have had.
Here's the birthday boy with the delicious cake my mom made for him.


Here's me and Brady. Alex had the camera so he just kept taking random pics.
Brock's dad and I were trying to light the candles fast enough before the wax dripped. Way too many candles!!
Just got done blowing out the candles. He was still able to use only one breath so I guess there weren't too many for him yet.





~BEGINNING OF BABY'S ROOM~

We've (well, mostly Brock) have been working on getting the baby's room ready. My very creative husband designed and painted how he wanted the room. It is almost finished but I think it looks great so far!


Here is the crib with the bedding that we both were finally able to agree on. :)

This is the best pic I could get. We still havethe window valance to put up and to decorate the walls a little more. I'm very happy with all that Brock has done! I love it!

~Bed Rest or House Arrest?~

Guess I should update since it's been a while. I am now 31 weeks and counting down! My countdown became my main focus when I was placed on bed rest two weeks ago. I now have plenty of time on my hands to contemplate many things. For example, why do they call it bed rest when it is more like house arrest?! Anyone who has ever been on bed rest knows what I mean! I am not allowed to ride in a car, sit or stand for prolonged periods of time, I can no longer work because I was standing for at least 4 hours straight and I can't even go sit through sacrament meeting at church. Also my only outing I get is when I have my Dr. (a.k.a. parole officer!!!) appointment every other week.

This wouldn't be so bad if I were farther along but I still have at least 9 weeks before I am due. And of course it's summer and we had so many family trips planned. Our 4th of July was spent at home watching movies. My sweet husband refused to do anything without me because he said it wasn't fair for me to have to stay home and he gets to do whatever he wants. Wish us luck and if you have any ideas about what I can do to pass the time and save my sanity I would very much appreciate it! Here I am at just over 30 weeks. Sorry it's such a bad picture. I had to use my phone.