22 weeks and counting

Wow... i never realized before just how hard it is to take a picture of yourself. after literally 3 days of trying to get a good picture of my growing belly, i decided to just post one. good, bad, or blurry. i know it is a little fuzzy, but 1- since i was taking it in a mirror i couldn't use the flash, 2- the hallway where the mirror is is kind of dark, and 3- any picture you take of yourself is awkward anyway. so there you have it.

22 weeks in the picture.

*as of yesterday i have gained 7 lbs since my starting weight!!!! i never thought i would be excited about gaining weight. i can't even button my pants anymore (that is a little sad)

*we already had one ultrasound- It's a GIRL!! But we are having another one in 3 weeks. No complications, it's just that the first one wasn't the official one where they take all the measurements and stuff. We just wanted to find out the gender!!

*the baby has been kicking like crazy...it is the craziest thing to watch your belly jump all around.

*yesterday i started experiencing something i never have before...heartburn...at least i think it was heartburn. does that mean this little girl will have lots of hair?!

oh, and hi jenni. that is who is was talking to on the phone when i took this picture. is that multitasking or what. of course, i should have probably been folding that pile of clothes in the basket right beside me instead, which i hid beautifully in the picture, if i do say so myself, but there's always tomorrow, right?!

Colorado Preview

After a wonderful trip to the beautiful state of Colorado it is going to take a while to go through all 400 pictures!!!
So here are just a few preview shots of our family vacation!

i need a little organization in my life

thanks to an idea i got from my sister in law several years ago i finally decided to organize my growing pile of jewelry.
i have so many necklaces, earrings and bracelets that i never wear and it drives me nuts.
because of that i don't like to buy new jewelry since i don't wear the jewelry that i already have. not only do i not wear it, but i hardly even know what jewelry i have.


a couple of years ago, when i was at my brother and sister in laws house i saw her unique way of hanging her jewelry so she could see it all at one time and not have it getting all tangled in a pile.
today i had had enough! i first started by cleaning the messy shelf in my bathroom, where everything kind of just gets thrown. i then took on the task of organizing my jewelry.

i first had to get out eric's electric drill and put in a couple of screws in our bathroom wall. i next took a piece of twine, doubled up, and tied each end to one of the screws. the next step was to wade through all my jewelry, untangle a few pieces and hang the earrings on the top piece of twine and the necklaces on the bottom piece. I was so excited to finally be able to see all of my jewelry at the same time...time to accessorize!

Now for the next project...cleaning out my closet...better go get busy!

month 5

ME at 5 months! I told you I was showing.

is this guy for real

i love the fourth of july. it is right up there with christmas, and the main reason is, is because i love fireworks.

this year eric and i went with a few friends to view an amazing display of fireworks at big cedar. there were tons of people there so we had to walk quite a distance. on our way we passed this car...as you can tell my hubby has been working out.

he didn't even break a sweat when he lifted one tire off the ground. that's my man!

sorry the picture quality isn't that great, but all we had was a cell phone to take the picture with. shockingly enough, i didn't have my camera with me...not that i forgot it mind you, i just didn't have the battery charged. so this is the only photo i got from our fourth together.

'for those who care'

eric and i just got back from an amazing missions trip to st. louis with our youth group. i do have some pictures of the trip to share with you all later on, but first i had to show you my favorite part of the trip...

okay, maybe not my favorite, but hilarious nonetheless.

eric and i stayed at a couple's house and this beautiful 'memory park' was right by their house. since eric and i are fans of cemetaries anyway, we had to check it out...i must say this one is right up there on the list of 'cemetaries you just have to visit'.

blueberry pickin time

it's blueberry picking time and we took advantage of the summer weather to pick pounds of blueberries.


6 of us decided to head out to persimmon hill farm where there are tons of blueberries and pick our fair share of blueberries to last us at least through the summer.

even maya came to enjoy the pickin...of course she slept in her little carrier most of the time, but thats okay, cy and nolan made up for maya not getting to eat any blueberries by eating her share as well as their own.

mom enjoyed her fair share as well... alright, if the truth be told we all kind of nibbled a little as we picked them.

the boys had lots of fun following kathleen around the blueberry patch... cy kept saying, "kathleen, where are you?" and nolan was calling her 'kath-uh-leen'. pretty funny.

for the most part it was kind of cloudy, not too hot, but we did have to take a quick break to get some water to drink.

cy came all decked out ready to pick some berries. by the end, adrian was carrying his bucket...and cy was just walking around eating all the green berries. we kept telling him that the blue ones were the good ones. he didn't seem to care to much, even though the green ones were so sour.

that was the extent of our long day pickin berries...join us next year for the 3rd annual berry picking day!