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.

~Wonderful Role Models~

This month has been FULL of graduations! Two brothers graduated, one from high school, one from college, and one cousin from high school. Our schedules have been so busy! I'll start with my older brother, Nick. He graduated from University of Utah on the 14th with his Doctorate, or to be more descriptive, his Doctorate in Law!!! I've always told my mom it wasn't fair that the majority of the brains hit the first kid so by the time it was my turn I got the little bit that was left over. This is Nick's third college he has attended. He graduated from Weber State in Utah, then Seton Hall in New Jersey, and finally he returned home to Utah to attend the University of Utah! WOW! Talk about dedication! We are all so proud of him and can't wait to see all that he will accomplish now. Here is Nick with our very proud parents.Here are all of the kids. Brady, Alex, Natalie, Nick, Kat, and me. It was so fun to be able to have everyone there for him.This is my Grandma Burke, Nick, and his wife Tati. In June Nick and Tati are moving to Virginia. We will miss them so much!!!

~High School Grad~

Alex graduated from Fremont High on the 24th. He has grown into such an amazing person! I literally and figuratively look up to this kid! He has held a position as a school officer since he was in 7th grade and he has been on the high school soccer team since he was a freshman. The whole time he was able to make the high honor roll every year. We are all so very proud of him too! Life is just starting for him and I know he'll accomplish so many more things.

This is Alex and me at graduation. I am wearing 5 inch heels and he is still so much taller than me! Take a good look at his hair cuz in a couple weeks I get to cut it off for his mission pictures!!

This is Brady, Alex and me. I still call them my little brothers even though they are both far from it! I forgot to hand my camera to someone to get family pics. Sorry. I was so upset when I realized I had forgotten.

~State Championship~

Both of my little brothers are/were on the high school soccer team. They had an AMAZING season!!! I was so glad that I was able to catch a couple of their games when I would visit. Alex plays offense and Brady is on defense. They are both such awesome players! I could watch them play for hours. It's my favorite thing to do! Well, their high school team made it to State and they played at the Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake! Brock and I were able to make it down just in time to see them play. They played their hearts out and did an amazing job! Davis was able to only score one goal (even then, it was a very lucky shot!) I'm so proud that they were able to take 2nd in State! That is a huge accomplishment!!! It was very bittersweet though. This was the last game that Alex and Brady get to play together. At least it was a State Game though!This was my favorite pic I got of them! I LOVE it!! Brady is #28 and Alex is #26.

I am so grateful that I have so many amazing men in my life that my son will be able to look up to and hopefully try to be like! My husband, my dad, my father-in-law, all my brothers and all my brother-in-laws are amazing men! Thanks guys for giving my little man such amazing role models!!!

*It's A.....*

Today was my target ultrasound! It was amazing! My mom and little sister Natalie were able to come up from Utah to come to my appointment, along with my grandma, my cousin and of course my husband came! We found out that we will be having a BOY!!! We are so excited and can't wait to have him here now! My due date is thankfully staying the same, he measured right on. Everything else looked really good and he looks healthy. Please feel free to give us any ideas for boy names, we have none picked out and are kinda struggling with it. :)

*Huge Blog Slacker!!!*

I know I've been almost non existent to many people and especially to my blog lately! I am really sorry but I do promise that there is a really good reason for it. Brock and I found out back on December 28th that we will be welcoming our first little baby in September!!!!! YES! I am pregnant! My due date is September 6th! We are so very excited and can not wait to become parents! I've never been so happy to be sick ALL THE TIME! I think the hardest thing to do was to not tell our parents. This will be the first grandbaby on both sides. We decided to tell my mom and dad by getting a plaque that we found that said " Our Greatest Blessings call us Grandma and Grandpa." We then put my first ultra sound pic on it and wrapped it. When we had a family get together we decided to give it to them. My sister, Kat, was nice enough to pretend to be looking at my pictures on my camera but she was really vidoe tapping the whole thing! It's really funny! My grandma Craft is sitting behind her when she opens it and it takes a little while for the shock to wear off before they all realize what's going on. But when they do, the tears started flowing for sure!

I will try and keep everyone posted on things that happen. I am now almost 14 weeks! So only about 6 more weeks and we will find out whether we get a boy or a girl! Feel free to make predictions for me. :)

*Open House* Being held in Utah

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**Warning!!!** Picture and Info Overload!!

Sorry about the overload! I have been a slacker and have been very busy. But here is what has been happening in our lives right now. Hope you enjoy!

~Bentley Jo~

My cousin Whitney finally had her baby! She is beautiful! Bentley Jo was 6lbs 13oz, and was 21 inches long. She was born Monday and I was so grateful to be able to be there to see her after she was born. It is so amazing to see this little miracle come into such a wonderful family who loves her and is so excited to finally have her here!

Here she is! These are her two older sisters, Chassi is on the left and Kamber is on the right. I love these four girls so much and am so excited for Whitney and Phil!

Chassi couldn't stop smiling! She loves both her little sisters so much and is such a good big sister! Thank you Whit for letting me be a part of such an amazing event! Love you!



~Christmas Tree Time~

This is my favorite part of Christmas! I love putting up our tree and having it lit up at night!

Here is Brock putting the star on top. This is why I married such a tall man! I can barely reach the top of the tree.

This is me putting on the last ornament.

~Girls Night Out~

When we were in Utah for Thanksgiving I was able to have a girls night with Heather and Alicia. It was so much fun! We went and ate at Iggy's in Ogden. It was really good. Thanks for such a fun night girls! Love you both!