A few weeks ago we found out that Cameron can graduate from the University of Utah in May 2008! I am SO excited! We thought it would be a few more years but if he swiches majors from Business Finance to Econimics (which we have done research on and come to the conclusion they are pretty much the same thing and you can get the same jobs with both of them) he can be done in two semesters! He went and talked to a councelor and sure enough, he only has 8 classes left to get his bachelor's, but he has to take 9 classes to have enough credits to graduate. So this fall semeseter is going to be a very full one, he will be taking 5 classes and then in the Spring he will take 4 classes. Everytime I think about it I get all excited that the end is in sight and that he is almost done, but I also get a little nervous because that means we have to be grown-ups and figure out what we're going to do with our lives and that scares me. But yay for no more school!! (at least until he decides to do the master's program....)
On other news, turns out i'm 14 weeks pregnant, who knew? Haha, not me. For the last few weeks I have been telling people I was 12 weeks pregnant almost 13. And then today I looked at a calendar and turns out i'm 14 weeks! That was a plesant surprise because that means time is flying by and hopefully the next 6 months will be the same way.
I have been feeling a million times better. I am finally getting my appetite back and I don't feel so nauseous and sick all the time. The only problem now is that I have NO energy. I can't do the dishes for more than 15 minutes before I have to sit down because I can't stand any longer...but I guess this too shall pass...I hope.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Layout
I saw this website on a friend's blog and thought it was pretty cool. They create templates you can use for free for your own blogs and they give you instructions on how to create your own template if you want to. Someday I might be brave and try to create my own, but for now I'll just use theirs :) This is the website: http://shabbytulips.blogspot.com/
Monday, July 16, 2007
A Good Weekend
Cameron and I had a fun-filled weekend. It started out with a nice little camping trip up East Canyon with Jeff and Andrew. Because of all the wildfires and lack or rain here in Utah we weren't aloud to have any sort of fire, not even in a fire pit with bruquets, so that was a little disappointing since campfires are what camping is all about. But we managed to find other things to do and enjoyed our selves. We took a little walk down to a beaver dam. Andrew thought it was cool, but scary at the same time since you could see the water running below your feet, he wouldn't let go of Jeff's hand the entire time. We even found some great walking sticks on top of the beaver dam.
Jeff, Andrew, and Cameron on top of the beaver dam.
Cameron and Andrew posing with their walking sticks from the beaver dam, they were playing a little baseball with them.
Cameorn has a few air soft guns and Andrew thought they were the COOLEST thing! The entire time all he wanted to do was shoot them. (Don't worry, they can't even dent a soda can) The only bad thing was he isn't strong enough to cock them himself so evey other second he was asking someone to re-cock it for him. He actually has really good aim, he could hit soda cans and water bottles, trees, and signs. I'm pretty sure Cameron will be his hero for the rest of his life. :)
Here's Jeff and Andrew shooting at a water bottle. Andrew had the whole aiming thing down, he would close one eye and look down the "barrel" or whatever it's called and line up his target. And like I said before, he was actually really good at it.On Saturday we went and saw the new Harry Potter movie with our friends Amy and Josh. It was amazing and wonderful like all the rest of them. I won't say anything about it because I don't want to give anything away to those who haven't seen it, but it is definently worth seeing. After the movie we went to Amy and Josh's and had a little BBQ. It was wonderful! I have been craving relief society potatoes FOREVER, and Amy makes the most amazing ones, so we had those and it was so good!
Sunday we went back to Amy and Josh's and had another wonderful meal, complete with homemade rolls (thank-you Amy's Bosch) :) We played some games and just had a wonderful time. Needless to say, the wonderful weekend is over and I am back at work wishing I could be at home enjoying another fun and relaxing weekend.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Baby!
We went in for an ultrasound on Tuesday and got to see our little baby. And here's the picture. For you seasoned mother's you might be able to figure out where the baby is, but for the rest of you, well, it's there I promise :) The head is the sort of rounded part in the upper right and then the body goes down and the feet are on the left... When she first pulled it up on the screen the baby was waving it's hand around and jumping all over, I hope the baby settles down by the time I can actually feel it move, otherwise I'm in for some major kicking. The doctor said it's just the right size and everything is perfect so far. That's the type of news we like to hear :) Next month we get to hear the heartbeat!
Gifts!
Every Thursday the little division of CES I work for has a 45 minute “seminary” class. Three of the four guys I work for got pulled out the classroom as seminary teachers to be stuck here in the central office and they just really miss teaching. So once a week they take turns teaching us a lesson. This week it was on Doctrine and Covenants 46. I have to share what I learned because it really touched me and I am bursting at the seams to share it with everyone because it could help you too.
Section 46 lists some gifts of the Spirit. I have read this section many times and read through the list of gifts (versus 11-25) and always come away feeling the same…sort of like I wasn’t blessed with any of these gifts. I think we all have times in our lives when we feel like we just really aren’t talented or gifted at anything. I think we tend to go through life thinking that a “gift” is something like being smart, wealthy, powerful, or beautiful. Or maybe I’m the only one that has felt that way, but either way, I have had those moments of not feeling like I quite stacked up to everyone else in the gift department. Or you know it’s just hard sometimes to see your gifts. It’s easier sometimes to notice everyone else’s and overlook your own. Our teacher shared with us this quote that really touched me. It gave me a whole new perspective on what gifts I might have. It is by Elder Marvin J. Ashton:
“Taken at random, let me mention a few gifts that are not always evident or noteworthy but that are very important. Among these may be your gifts—gifts not so evident but nevertheless real and valuable.
Let us review some of these less-conspicuous gifts: the gift of asking; the gift of listening; the gift of hearing and using a still, small voice; the gift of being able to weep; the gift of avoiding contention; the gift of being agreeable; the gift of avoiding vain repetition; the gift of seeking that which is righteous; the gift of not passing judgment; the gift of looking to God for guidance; the gift of being a disciple; the gift of caring for others; the gift of being able to ponder; the gift of offering prayer; the gift of bearing a mighty testimony; and the gift of receiving the Holy Ghost.”
These are not gifts necessarily seen on the outside, but like he said, they are real and valuable. The talk that this quote came from is SO powerful, everyone should read it. Here is the link to it: http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=828e79356427b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1
I hope my rambling made some sense. I guess the point is that we all really do have very important and special gifts.
Section 46 lists some gifts of the Spirit. I have read this section many times and read through the list of gifts (versus 11-25) and always come away feeling the same…sort of like I wasn’t blessed with any of these gifts. I think we all have times in our lives when we feel like we just really aren’t talented or gifted at anything. I think we tend to go through life thinking that a “gift” is something like being smart, wealthy, powerful, or beautiful. Or maybe I’m the only one that has felt that way, but either way, I have had those moments of not feeling like I quite stacked up to everyone else in the gift department. Or you know it’s just hard sometimes to see your gifts. It’s easier sometimes to notice everyone else’s and overlook your own. Our teacher shared with us this quote that really touched me. It gave me a whole new perspective on what gifts I might have. It is by Elder Marvin J. Ashton:
“Taken at random, let me mention a few gifts that are not always evident or noteworthy but that are very important. Among these may be your gifts—gifts not so evident but nevertheless real and valuable.
Let us review some of these less-conspicuous gifts: the gift of asking; the gift of listening; the gift of hearing and using a still, small voice; the gift of being able to weep; the gift of avoiding contention; the gift of being agreeable; the gift of avoiding vain repetition; the gift of seeking that which is righteous; the gift of not passing judgment; the gift of looking to God for guidance; the gift of being a disciple; the gift of caring for others; the gift of being able to ponder; the gift of offering prayer; the gift of bearing a mighty testimony; and the gift of receiving the Holy Ghost.”
These are not gifts necessarily seen on the outside, but like he said, they are real and valuable. The talk that this quote came from is SO powerful, everyone should read it. Here is the link to it: http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=828e79356427b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1
I hope my rambling made some sense. I guess the point is that we all really do have very important and special gifts.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
4th of July
For our 4th of July we went over to Jeff and Sarah's and had a nice little BBQ and watched as Andrew and Ethan popped Pop-It's and lit Sparklers and played some games. It wasn't that eventful, but it was fun and relaxing to just be with family. It was pretty fun watching Andrew and Ethan with their Sparklers, they thought they were the coolest and went through about 9 boxes of them. Here are a few pictures of our fun night.
Transformers
Transformers was definitely more than meets the eye. The Autobots waged their battles to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. I was expecting a good movie this time go round but this movie blew me away. It possibly could be the best movie I've ever seen. It is a must see. Even Jamie thought it was super fantastic. I was even on the news stating my opinions about it before the show. That's right I got my few seconds of fame. Well that's about it.
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