Service

Well, as you know, I'm once again expecting a baby! We were very excited to find out, and are still excited for the future. It was just a few days after we found out though that the dreaded sickness set it. It isn't as bad as some, but it is a daily struggle. I am now at 14 weeks and I am hoping that it's over, or nearly so. I am not meaning to complain, just to try and explain how much this one act of service helped. I have been sick, only actually barfing once a day, but feeling sick almost constantly and never sure if going out is safe or if I'm going to barf all over people. I was expecting this because I had it with Brenna, the new thing was the fatigue. I wasn't exhausted last time. I have been so tired, taking naps often with Brenna instead of doing what I should. I have struggled with feeling like a bad mother and wife because I would just want to lye around and be close to a toilet/sink. Brenna was having to entertain herself a lot and the house never got any cleaner. For a week or so there I was actually feeling pretty down and out.. not like myself at all. A little homesick and depressed. I am feeling back to myself now, and am feeling a little less of the sickness and tiredness and hope that it is nearing an end all together. Anyway, the point of the story isn't to whine, but to explain how grateful I am for family/friends.

My sister-in-law Sylvia and I went to the spray park today to let the kids play and afterwards, getting ready to go home and hopefully tackle the dishes, she asked me if she could come over, not to hang out or play, but to help. I was tempted to say no, a little embarrassed at the dishes that had piled up in just a day, but she was insistent, and I am so grateful. I felt silly to be so emotional about it, but she came over for just one hour and we did the whole kitchen until it was pretty well spotless. She had been listening when I said how tired I had been and I just want to say again, thank you. It meant more than I could tell you and I very much appreciate it! Now my goal is to keep it that way... wish me luck!!!

Tired!

You probably thought this would be about me being tired... nope! Brenna is apparently tired. I honestly never thought this would happen. People always have pictures of their kids falling asleep in funny positions (Cathy, I think you have the best ones) but Brenna has been such a finicky sleeper. As she's gotten older though she has gotten better, and finally, she fell asleep not in her bed! We were just eating lunch and I looked away for honestly like 5 minutes and looked back and this is what I found!

I'm looking forward to more funny tired moments!

25 Things About Me

Alright, this is something I haven't heard of before, but I guess I've been blog tagged? So I now have to write 25 things about me and then tag 10 friends. Here it goes! It will probably take me all day to finish this list.

1. I guess I'm a fairly picky eater, although I don't really see it, the more people ask me to explain my likes/dislikes the more people think I'm a picky eater, so it may be true.

2. Even though it took me 4 tries to get my drivers license, I feel like I'm a pretty good driver.

3. I wish I was naturally a much tidier person. I often feel like a horrible wife/mother because of the constant pile of dishes in the sink and the clutter I let pile up before I clean it.

4. I am very emotional. Especially when pregnant. Anything can make me cry if I think about it too hard.

5. I like to think of myself as a pretty tough person, but almost any living creature I find in Arizona (besides humans and the usual things) scares the pants off me. I have nightmares about scorpions and spiders and of falling on cactus, and of horrible crimes (I should stop watching the news). For one of the first times in my life I feel sort of like a sissy!

6. I tend to exaggerate stories when I tell them. Nothing damaging, just slight embellishments. It helps the story, I promise.

7. I love the color yellow.

8. I really want a baby boy, but everyone else is having a boy, and so I bet ours will be a girl (which I will still love more than humanly possible).

9. I wish I could go horseback riding every day.

10. I had 100% seminary attendance.

11. People often think of me as sort of a "goodie two shoes" or "molly mormon", and I try not to taint those opinions, but I think I've bursted most of those bubbles unfortunately.

12. I don't like the ocean... it's too scary.

13. I've seen a lot of rated R movies that I didn't know were rated R at the time. (Canada's ratings are different)

14. I'm really nervous about the first couple of months of having two children... I need sleep!

15. I absolutely love all holidays and when I have more money I will decorate for all of them!

16. I miss snow.

17. I really enjoy the whole talking in church experience. The preparing, and the delivering.

18. I watch too much TV.

19. I love eating out.

20. Mike n Ike's are my favorite candy.. followed closely by Skittles, Starburst, Sweedish Fish.. anything in that genre basically does it for me.

21. I don't like chocolate very much.. it works out nicely when Jeremy and I share candy. He gets the chocolate and I get the chewy, gummy things.

22. I haven't worn high heels much in my life, but I wore my mom's big knee high boots (I call them hooker boots, but I don't want to offend...) one day and was amazed how much I liked it. I felt so.. confident wearing them.. now I really want a pair.

23. I am a pretty accident prone person, and it sometimes bothers me that I am not more "smooth".

24. One day I would like to live in a small/medium sized town.. I love the atmosphere of small towns.

25. I love games. Card games, board games, silly games... any games really, I love 'em all!

Now, I don't know who to tag because I don't think 1o people even read my blog, but I'll try!

Olivia

Kaleigh

Laura

Aly

Katie

Cathy

Wendy

Cortney

Fallon

Becky

*If your first name is any of these, then yes, it's you!

Utah Wedding

We spent this last weekend in Salt Lake City for Jeremy's brother Justin's wedding to Aly Williams (Cook!). We drove up there Thursday afternoon with Brenna. The drive went pretty smoothly thanks to a dvd system we borrowed from a friend. We got in around 12:30 AM with a peacefully sleeping baby.

She unfortunately woke up during the transfer from car to bed though, and was up screaming for over 4 hours. It was not a good night. We all had to be at the Temple by 8:50 that morning and so we, as well as Jared and Sylvia who we were sharing a room with, got almost no sleep! Nobody was very happy about that. BUT, we all got to the wedding and enjoyed the beautiful Ceremony. Aly looked incredible, and they both looked happy as can be. We enjoyed an amazing day celebrating their wedding. The reception was incredible, and we're so happy for them! Unfortunately I didn't get many pictures of the bride and groom since they were surrounded all day by photographers, but here are some other pictures from the wedding.

We stayed an extra day in Utah so that I could see some of my long lost friends! Saturday, after catching up on some sleep from the night before, we headed out to Provo. We went swimming for a little while, and then we went out for dinner with Paige and Steven Foote, Fallon, Brice, and Claire Crowther, and Jared and Sylvia. I had a great time catching up with them and feeling like we still see eachother all the time!

We slept in Provo, and the next morning started the drive home. Brenna was incredibly well behaved, and it went fairly fast. We are glad to be home, but had a great weekend with friends and family that we don't get to see often! Thanks for getting married Justin and Aly! I will post more pictures on Facebook, since I can't choose which ones to put on here.