Things we have been doing

As many of you may have noticed.....I have been really bad at keeping my blog updated! So I decided a catch-up post was in order. Here are a few things that we have been up to lately!

My good friend Elizabeth (aka Bubby) is also pregnant and is having a little boy, Nicholas, in October. I grew up with Bubby in Batesville and it was so much fun to see her and her cute belly! She is due almost exactly 1 month before me, so our kids will be really close in age!

Bubby and I

Nicholas & Gracie's 'first kiss'

Batesville girls!

( Katie, Bubby, Me, Cami & Lara)

My Mountain Man:

Since Steve and I have been working on getting our house done this summer, we haven't been able to go camping very much. Camping is one of our most favorite things to do in the summer. So right after we moved in, we went camping with some of our friends. We had a blast! We made tin foil dinners and had smores! Steve decided that he wanted to try to start our campfire Bear Grylls style. It didn't work very well, but it was a lot of fun to try!

Kindling

Steve trying to get the fire started

Despite his effort, it didn't light, so we used the blow torch instead!

Blake:

I spend a lot of time with my sisters when Steve is working. One Monday night I was over at my sister Lara's for dinner and Blake (2.5 years) is super excited for Gracie to get here. He will look at my belly and say 'Gracie get out!!' My bro-in-law asked him how we were going to get Gracie out? He thought about it for a minute and then ran to his room and brought out his....

Chainsaw! When that didn't work, he ran into his room and brought out his.....

Skill saw! When that proved unsuccessful, he decided to try his........
Drill! After much effort, we came to the conclusion that
Gracie needs more time to grow inside my belly!


I love the logic of a little boy! Gracie is defiantly loved by
Blake and all of her other cousins!

Grace's Room:

Blake's enthusiasm rubbed of on me and I decided it was time to get started on Gracie's room and bedding.....which I am making! Here is what her quilt will look like.....

the colors are green, brown, pink and cream


This is the nursery which I am sooo proud of! Steve helped me with the green walls, Cami helped me with the brown wall, and I did ALL of the stenciling by myself!

It took FOREVER!

Once we have the crib set up and all of the bedding done I will take a picture of the finished product!

St George:

My sister's and I have been talking about going to St George to see a musical, Aida, at Tuachan for a while and finally decided that it was time to follow through! We left last Saturday morning and had a blast! The only thing that could have made it better, was to have mom there too! Hopefully we can go next summer when she is out here!

On our way south, we stopped in Provo at the farmer's market and got these adorable headbands.....we all 3 have one!




Us during intermission

With 3 of the 4 leads after the performance! It was an amazing show!

By the way, Thayne from so you think you can dance was a dancer in the musical we saw, but he is the lead in Footloose which is also showing at Tuachan. This is Cami and I being dorks!
Boy he is cute, and he sure CAN dance!