Time goes by too fast!

I just realized that time goes by so fast! (well I guess I didn't just realize that right now..) October 27 marked two years since I moved to St. George! It feels like I've lived here forever! Not just two years! I'm so happy I moved here! I know at first I thought St. George was weird.. & I planned on going back to California after I was done with school! But now I think St. George has a little piece of my heart.. Okay maybe a BIG piece of my heart. Yeah sure it is a different kind of pretty, but I've actually grown to love it!

I'm kind of sad that we are moving to Butte, Montana during the summer, because that means (most likely) bye bye to living in St. George forever! I mean I would love to live in St. George the rest of my life, but lets be honest, I don't really want my kids to grow up in Utah. Yeah I like the fact that EVERYONE & their dog is LDS... but that's the thing. Everyone seems to take advantage of it. It seems like some don't even appreciate it. There are a lot of Sunday Mormons.. & yes I'm well aware that everywhere has "Sunday Mormons" but I just feel like there is a different environment here than there is in other states. & for some reason I just don't want my kids to grow up in Utah. 

Anyway I've been slacking.. I always want to write on my blog, but then other things come up.. or I just don't know what to write. Or I start writing & forget about it for a couple months so when I come back to it, I have no idea where I was headed with what I wrote. I guess kind of like what I'm doing now. I'm forcing myself to write something on my blog right now, & I have no idea where I'm headed with it. Or what the heck to even write about. haha I guess I can just give an update on life...

First things first... Dee & I are expecting! (:

 We are having a little baby girl(: I'm 22 weeks & 4 days along. We are due March 1, 2014 (: We are both so excited! I would say what names we are considering, but apparently people end up fighting & stop talking to each other if you "steal THEIR name" I'm sorry I didn't know anyone owned names.. I mean if I hear a name I like, I'm going to use it. Sorry. If you hear a name from me & name your baby the name I already picked out, I don't care! I'm still going to name my child that. Just get over it. I guess I don't really know until it's actually happened to me. That's just how I feel outside of being in that situation. So I guess it's best not to announce what we think we are going to name our baby.

   14 weeks                                            16 weeks        

     18 weeks                                          22  weeks      

It's a girl! (19 weeks)

So Dee & I had the chance to go to General Conference on October 5! It was something I always wanted to do! I'm so glad I got to experience it before life gets busy (from having a baby) & we move away from Utah. We didn't have tickets, so we had to wait in the standby line! I think we were one of the last people in line to get standby tickets! So lucky! Dee was really excited because he got to see his mission president speak at conference (Elder Timothy J. Dyches).

My work had a Harry Potter Party! All the decorations were super cool! I wish I had taken more pictures, but sadly I only took these ones!

Sorry talking about Harry Potter made me remember this funny video! Enjoy:

Well Dee & I finally went to Mary Poppins! It was really good! I'm sad I didn't get to see the Mary Poppins I babysat for this summer perform though! That would have been cool! (there were two Mary Poppins, so some nights it was the Mary Poppins I babysat for who performed, or the other Mary Poppins).

Lindsey & Riss & Spencer came over on October 17 & we made homemade caramel apples! They were delicious!

Last Thursday (October 24) Dee and I went to the pumpkin patch (: I was a little disappointed though. I guess I was expecting Apple Hill... & Staheli Farm was definitely NOT Apple Hill. We basically paid 12 dollars for a small pumpkin! BOO! To get in to the place it's $9 dollars per person (we had a buy one entrance fee get one free though) & 3 dollars for our pumpkin, that's why I say we basically bought a small pumpkin for 12 dollars. Oh well. I learned my lesson, do not compare/or expect places to be like Apple Hill. It was still fun though, because I got to spend time with Dee (:

We watched the Goonies after we came home from the pumpkin patch! (: I love Halloween & watching Halloween movies (not scary movies.. Halloween movies).

OH! I forgot! I finally have been able to feel our baby move/kick me for almost a week now! She seriously never stops moving/kicking me! I wasn't expecting to feel her move/kick me so soon because the doctor said the placenta was in the way. That every time she kicked she was kicking the placenta, so I wasn't able to feel it. She must be pretty strong now. It's such a cool/weird feel! 

 & this week I officially do not fit my regular pants, I had to trade them in for Maternity clothes... Who knew maternity pants were so comfortable?? 

well that's all for now!

Confessions of A Day Dreamer:

I'm just going to put this out there... I have been day dreaming about fall/Halloween for about a month now. I can't help it. (Especially since it is just around the corner!) I love fall. It is my absolute favorite season! I have so many yummy pumpkin recipes I want to try out, I just want to start decorating, I want to start eating soup (clam chowder! yum! You may say "you can eat soup right now..." Yes I know I can but how can anyone want to eat soup in weather higher than 85 degrees?? not me). I want to watch Halloween movies, go to a pumpkin patch, drink hot apple cider, oh the list goes on! & I want it to stop being so dang hot!!! As you can see I'm desperately ready for fall. ): but I have about 16 more days until "fall begins". Too bad in St. George it'll still feel like Summer until November which means my favorite month will be ruined. UGH! I want to say I'm excited to move to Montana next summer... because then maybe it will actually feel like fall during fall. But I shouldn't lie to myself. Snow (to me) is NOT something that makes it feel like fall.. so either way I don't win.  I guess at least it doesn't snow here? I should just look on the bright side..

Oh anyway here are some pictures of fall things that I have been obsessing(?) over...

I am literally OBSESSED with pumpkin!!

haha! & just for fun an e-card:

That will be me saying that to my hubby (: haha 

Sorry I've been MIA... I just have been very busy lately... not really I don't really have an excuse. /: Time just kept going by.

Well.. Football season started & I found this e-card that seriously is very true:

Haha. My hubby loves football. His family does a fantasy football team & all he wants to do is watch his football. Once the season starts.. He will be zoning out a lot more & I can probably say anything to him (like something that doesn't make any sense, or ask if he will do something he won't want to do) & he'll just agree. Don't get me wrong.. I do like football. I was a cheerleader for 5 years (& yeah I may not know EVERYTHING about football but still) & we went to every football game. I liked watching football then. Now i just.. don't? I mean maybe I just hate T.V. in general & would much rather be doing something with my life... or actually be there in person watching it. Who knows.. maybe I should at least try.. I mean it's only fair, Dee makes an effort to play my dance games on x-box with me... but those are actually fun, aren't they?

I don't feel like writing about everything that has happened since the last time I wrote... So that will just have to wait. So I guess that is all for now.

until next time,

Happy Day Dreaming Everyone! (:

Some Tall Trees...

I've been thinking about this a lot lately... God created some beautiful things here on Earth. Every time I see mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes, trees, canyons, waterfalls, etc. I can't help but feel happiness inside. If this is just the "Telestial" or "Terrestrial" World, I can't wait to see what the Celestial Kingdom looks like, I can only imagine!

Anyway, Dee & I had the opportunity to visit my Dad, my step mom, & my brothers & sisters in California at the end of May. Before going & seeing them, Dee & I decided that we wanted to go to  Sequioa National Park since we knew we probably wouldn't get to do that many fun things this summer. (Dee is taking a summer class). It was a neat experience. The trees were unbelievably HUGE & TALL! It's also crazy to think that these Sequioa Trees only grow in one place. It just blows my mind (again) how beautiful this Earth is! Here are some pictures from our Trip:

 Before we started the hike to the Big General Sherman Tree.

 

Dee next to the General Sherman Tree (:

Us next to the General Sherman Tree!(:

The beautiful view when we were leaving the National Park.

So beautiful!! I cannot wait to go back. Also I cannot wait to see the Redwood trees! That will be fun!

Next Dee & I went to Monterey Bay! Neither of us had been there before so we decided that we would go see the ocean & go to the Aquarium.The Aquarium was kind of a disappointment... just like the San Diego Zoo. People always talk about how amazing the San Diego Zoo is.. or how amazing the Monterey Bay Aquarium is.. They AREN'T that amazing. Sorry. I mean if I had gone in thinking it was going to suck, then I probably would have thought it was amazing. (both the Zoo & the aquarium... I mean the San Francisco Zoo was TEN times better than the San Diego Zoo in my opinion). Idk. It just was not organized & it was completely confusing. I would have liked to see A LOT more animals then fake stuffed animals. So stupid. Well I mean we did have a good time because we were together & it is always cool to see new things. Here are some pictures:

Jelly Fish!

Then we went on the 17 mile drive at Pebble Beach together.. Advice.. don't go on this drive at night, it is kind of boring, it has pretty sights & stuff, but its boring & it was FREEZING.

 We stayed the night in Monterey & in the morning we headed to Oakland. When Dee & I first got married we decided right away that we would attend the temple weekly. This is random & off topic, but we recently just realized that because we went to the temple weekly, we strengthened our marriage, we avoided MANY fights & we realized why we had such an amazing first year. It's because we went to the temple weekly. A lot of married couples would ask us if we "had a rough first year", or if we "argued a lot", or they would ask "do you guys get along pretty good?" It was always funny hearing those things because we always answered No we had a very good first year, or we rarely argue, or we get along really well. (We still wouldn't say that we have even had a "major" fight yet). Then they would proceed to tell us they had a rough year, or they argued a lot, or that they just didn't agree on a lot of things , & they would say that the first year was hard. It always made me wonder why those things didn't happen to us. I just always liked to think that we were a perfect couple.. but no. haha The temple was the reason those things didn't happen to us. I'm so thankful we decided that we would always try to attend the temple weekly. It has been a blessing in our lives. Sure we have missed a week or two.. we are not perfect. But we at least try.

So anyway back to the topic. Since we decided we would attend the temple weekly, that also included if we went out of town. So since we were out of town we went to the Oakland temple. It is such a beautiful temple! (But which one isn't? ha). Here are some pictures:

I'm so happy that we get to go & see other temples. It always reminds me that the church is true everywhere. It is exactly the same in California, Utah, Mexico, etc! It doesn't change. We are lead by a true prophet of God, & true leaders of God. I am so happy to be a part of this Church! (If you do not know what "Church" I am talking about.. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!)

After the Temple we decided we would stop in San Fran, since Dee has basically never been. (When I say basically he really hasn't been, he went through San Fran last time we went to Cali.. but I feel like that doesn't count). We went shopping, we went to Pier 39, & Dee got to go over the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time. (Next time we will walk on it!) Here are some pictures:

Us at Pier 39. (:

We got to try some crazy good clam Chowder!! YUM! (:

The Sea Lions! (:

We were lucky because it was actually a clear day in San Fran. So we could see the Golden Gate bridge pretty clearly from Pier 39! You can't really tell in the picture.. but it's there. haha

The Golden Gate Bridge. So amazing to see in real life. I was glad Dee got to see it for the first time!(:
That ended our San Fran trip, & we were stuck in traffic for a million hours. haha (we went memorial weekend, Thursday-Monday).

When we got to my Dad's the kids had all went over to my Aunt Kristie's. It was a nice trip, but I do wish we would have been able to see the kids a lot more. I understand that the kids wanted to see their cousins... But still it would have been nice. I miss them daily... we are going to my mom's this summer. It wasn't the plan, but since we didn't really get to see the kids a whole lot we decided that we probably should make the trip there. Otherwise we might not get to see them until December, or next summer.

 Well that is all from our California Trip.

We have made a few other trips in June though. & Since this post is sort of about how beautiful the Earth is & spending time with family... I think it'll be fitting to share. (:

Dee & I had an opportunity to go to Zion. We both were off so I felt like it would be nice for us to just get away. We got there & did a hike. It was HOT! It was hot while we did the hike, it was HOT pretty much at night in our tent, & it was HOT in the morning. I do not think we will be going to Zion again until maybe September. haha but it was still fun. Here are some pictures:

Zion is SO beautiful! I am so glad we live pretty close to it.

Then June 21, Dee & I went up to Bryce Canyon for Dee's Family Reunion! Bryce Canyon is BEAUTIFUL! I was so glad I was able to experience it! We went on a hike with Dee's uncles. Sometimes while I'm hiking I wonder why I do it. But whenever there are pretty views at the end of the hike or during the hike, I realize that is why. I love seeing the beautiful things God created! Also I love spending time with my hubby, & getting some good exercise in! Here are some pictures:

Well that is all for now!