hoppin' on the bandwagon

Sometimes I feel like such a horrible wife because of my lack of preparation, especially this Father's Day.  As a little girl, I used to hide notes under my parents' pillows or my siblings for their birthdays or some other special occasion.  I loved celebrating those times and holidays.  Now, it seems like I'm such a slacker when it comes to getting ready for a holiday or even sending off birthday cards.  So, obviously I blew it for Clay on Father's Day (at least at the beginning).  I did get to make him a card at least ;)  We also made candy leis for a Relief Society activity to hand out at church so Clay got one of those.  Well, I suppose the part of the day that made him excited was to change his Facebook status (ha ha ha) and say that he was "officially going to be a daddy!".  So yes, that day has come!

I'm finally about through with my first trimester and I think I've been lucky, most of the time.  I was subbing as much as I could because I knew something would happen and I would have zero energy so it hit mid-May and I was as good as a rug on the floor.  I was nauseous 24/7 and felt like it would be better to just throw up, but it would get worse when I didn't eat anything, and obviously nothing sounded good to me so I was always feeling sick.  That's about how this last month has been, but slowly I'm getting my energy back and can eat a little bit more.  It's funny because when we went to Idaho we went out to dinner with our friends and one of them announced that they were pregnant, so I waited a couple minutes and said that I had news too.  They instantly guessed that I was pregnant too so I said "yes"!  And then I told them the truth.  Well, I guess I really hadn't lied because I was pregnant at that time! Also, my MIL asked me on Mother's Day if I was really a "mother" yet and I told her no (which was SO hard to lie to her), but in reality I was :)  Anyway, it's been so hard to keep this secret so if any of you have asked me if I was prego and I lied, oops, sorry!  So here's our latest ultrasound, well, only one so far.  I'm only mid 12 weeks so I still have plenty a ways to go.  It was so fun though to see that little being that's inside me! I'll admit I teared up at the beginning :) but the little thing was such a squirmer and kicking everywhere - it was so cute!!!

So this has been our recent adventure, seeing how I haven't posted in quite some time, but for a wonderful reason :) ha ha Oh, and about the bandwagon, I sure am hoppin' on with a bunch of you so let's party together!

the hook-ups

I don't even know where to begin! I thought we lost our camera so obviously the lack of posts.  Anyway, yes, found it in another purse that I just threw around. Go figure. So Clay has gotten the hook ups from work with getting tickets to sporting events.  The first one he was told it was a soccer game and I freaked out! He told me where it was, and I knew that's not where the Sounders played (and, not in Seattle). Turns out it was a minor league indoor football team.  It was still cool to go nonetheless, and at least we enjoyed our seats in a suite :)

An enjoyable evening with great company :)

Next, one of Clay's co-workers had tickets he didn't want for a Mariner's game (he has season tickets so it didn't matter giving them up I suppose).  He gave them to another couple first since Clay wasn't around, but they couldn't go so we got them! First off, I know I would be beaten up for saying I don't like baseball, but I think it's one of the most boring sports to watch on TV, except for maybe the world series.  Watching in person, is much, much better.

Our seats were just awesome! 9 rows up from just right off 3rd base!

Ichiro (Ee-chee-Roe) was fun to watch, probably since he was the only one I knew on the team. Yeah, I don't follow baseball as you can tell.

It was just a great experience and one of my "Things to do in Seattle" items to be crossed off my list!

idaho pictures

Our stop in Boise for lunch at Five Guys! Potatoes were from Shoshone that day! Yeah, our neck of the wood, even though it sure wasn't Burley :)

 Dinner at the Mayan, night before the wedding!

 Leland was so cute at the reception!  He was dancing with Caeli's niece, Ashton, practically the whole time and just grabbing her onto the dance floor!

So it may not look all that trashed, but I loved it - it being a last minute idea! The inside was FILLED with balloons from floor to ceiling!

Cake cutting time!

 

Awesome rainbow we saw on the way down to Utah to pick up Quinn!

 

She finally got to see Quinn after having to wait another extra week (which could have been months) for him to come home from the mission.

 

Just disregard the sign...last minute and ugly ;) but it was so great to see Quinn again!

 

Our girls afternoon pedicure at the salon :)  So great being with them!

 

This is what Clay was working on all of his vacation time. It will look even better when there's grass, an old wagon wheel behind the fountain, and flower planted!!!

Trip to Potato State

Alright, so here I am at school...well, actually work, and the students are just fine, working on their photography editing - and I am bored.  I suppose it's days like these that make it awesome to get paid for doing nothing, and being able to stay updated with all my couponing adventures and blog posts :) Anyway, enough of my babbling.  I am back in the real world, back to work.  Our trip to Idaho was excellent and full of surprises!  I definitely was in the car way too much though.  Hopefully I won't go into too much detail, and since I am at work, I don't have any pictures with me, so that will come soon.  

Thursday we drove all day to Rexburg, made a stop in Boise to have lunch with my sis and her family at Five Guys! We stopped in Idaho Falls at the airport to pick up Clay's brother from Vegas while the rest of the fam met up there at the airport too.  SO...Quinn was supposed to be flying in that night also from his mission in England. But I'm sure you all heard about Iceland's volcano, which did affect their flight as all airports were shut down for who knew how long.  Bummer.  Reason: Clay's older brother, Tyler, set their wedding for the weekend because we'd all be home (including Quinn) to attend the wedding, so Quinn missed the wedding.  We drove to Utah the next day, went to dinner with Caeli's family at The Mayan (I don't if any of you out there are sick of that place, but I sure am - you can only enjoy for so long), and checked into the hotel.  

Saturday morning, we all met at the Draper Temple for the wedding! It was an absolute perfect day - which I did indeed get a little sunburned.  Yeah, obviously there's no sun here in Washington to do that to me :)  And can I just say that the houses up there are ginormous mansions?!!! It's ridiculous because I'm sure that they probably don't have half the kids to make up all the bedrooms and need a maid to help clean and yadda yadda yadda.  No wonder why people are in debt!  Had the luncheon afterwards and then the reception early afternoon.  Oh man, did we ever get their car good!  You'll just have to wait to see the pictures :)  Then we headed back to Rexburg that night.  That Sunday was when Quinn was supposed to speak in Sacrament, but obviously it wasn't happening.  Brandon, Barb and Leland had to go back to Vegas that night so sadly, they didn't even get the chance to see Quinn back home.  

The next week went by so fast!  Clay kept himself occupied working in the backyard putting together a fountain and flower beds for his mom.  I was able to meet up with friends of mine that were still living there or going to school! It was so great to see them all again, but it felt weird to be back in Rexburg.  Tuesday, was the funeral of Clay's uncle, his mom's brother.  We found out he passed away the day we drove to Idaho.  He had been battling Parkinson's for the last 30 years.  I had visited him a few times with the family so I somewhat knew him, but it seemed like throughout the funeral, it just reminded me of my grandpa and boy, was I ever a bawl baby.  It was great though being able to celebrate his life and to hear what he was like and get to know him a little more.

Finally, we heard that Quinn had a flight for Wednesday and the skies were starting to clear up of the ashes from the volcano, so we planned to pick him up from Salt Lake that night.  Oh, it was so crazy seeing him walk out of the terminal! I made a sign and had a few balloons - felt like a dork at first because there was only 3 of us picking him up, but there was this other family that went all out with a huge vinyl sign and like 15 balloons! Yes, definitely a missionary homecoming. We stopped for food on the way home and didn't get back into town until 3:00 a.m.  Quinn had already missed 2 days of school, so he had 1 hour of sleep before he woke up, got released and headed off to school! It was great having him back home though! I headed to Burley to meet up with Janelle (and my mom) and have a girls afternoon.  My dad and bro met up with us at Shon Hing's for lunch.  Then Janelle, mom and I went to go have a pedicure and go shopping! It was a fun little afternoon. I got to see my nieces and then headed back to Rexburg.  Saturday was the Rexburg reception, so at least Quinn got to see a "part of the wedding".  So, that about concludes our adventures in Idaho.  It always seems like we never have enough time to do what we want or visit everyone and vacations always end up being non-stop running around!  I'll get the pictures up soon and to those of you I was able to visit, it was so great! And those of you I didn't, next time for sure!

Easter Weekend

I wish I would have taken pictures of this past weekend, but such is life.  It was so great to just relax and listen to General Conference!  As a child, I could barely make it through the Sunday morning session and now I hate it when I miss any of the talks, because it seems like it's always the ones that I need to hear.  Sunday, I decided to put an Easter basket together for Clay, although it was pretty wimpy because I did everything last minute.  I hid 23 eggs around the house, to which Clay had no idea they were hidden :) So...I sent him on his own hunt!  I absolutely love celebrating holidays but since we don't really have a family right now, it seems pointless to get all decorated, etc.  We were going to dye eggs, but alas, never made it to that.  It was still a great weekend though just relaxing and listening to the words of the leaders of the church!  Now I just can't wait for one more week until we head to Idaho!!!

Time for Family Chaos

I've been trying to stay updated with my blog, but sadly, Clay and I (or at least me) lead a boring life.  It's spring break here so I'm not substituting and I'm back to being lazy, however, I've got a lot of projects that I need to finish!  Clay and I are so excited to take a road trip to Idaho in a few weeks! Quinn, Clay's youngest brother, is getting home from his mission in England. We are so psyched to see him!

He's one of the funniest guys I know (other than Clay;), but when you get them together...whoa, it's freaking hilarious!  So all my friends...if you have any good looking single girl friends...:) (I'm sure they'll love his english accent!) ha ha ha

Some other GREAT news...Clay's other older brother, Tyler, is getting MARRIED!  We absolutely love Caeli, and have gotten lots of time to hang around her last summer.  We went four wheeling a few times, camping, fishing, watching fireworks, so it's good to know who Tyler is marrying and we definitely approve :)  I have a new SIL :)  Here's to the adorable new couple!

So here's the rough itinerary: 

Thursday early a.m. we drive all day.  Make a stop in Boise to have lunch with my fam :). Arrive in Rexburg late evening, drive to Idaho Falls airport, pick up Quinn!  Friday day, drive to Salt Lake, create chaos.  Saturday morning, attend the Temple wedding/sealing in the Draper Temple, PARTAY in the p.m., drive back to Idaho that night.  Sunday morning, Quinn's Homecoming talk, luncheon afterwards.  Then we have the whole week to visit with friends, travel, do whatever! That Saturday, Rexburg reception in the p.m.  Sunday, drive the forever long distance back to the rainy state of Washington (ok, so it's not too rainy or dreary).  Woo Hoo! I can't wait!

My first burlap adventure

A couple posts ago I showed you those candlesticks that I was wanting to make...well here's the original ones from Drab to Fab.

And here's mine now...

So it's not quite as good as hers, but I'll settle for mine :) It's not your perfectly cut 4x4's since it was leftovers from Clay's work, but it gives it more of that vintage, whatever, look that I like anyway.

Now, my latest project that I tortured Clay into standing in line at JoAnn's for 40 minutes just to get my burlap cut...

I got this idea from Tatertots and Jello that got it from Chris, Erin, and Jayce, which was originally for necklaces.  Since I already had a necklace holder (well, sufficient for me), I decided to untangle all my earrings and put them on here! I am in love!