SUMMER FUN!

There's nothing better than going up to the canyon and soaking in the sun with the family that you love!

I love this little guy!

Nate, Cass, Yo, and Dad cooking hot dogs over coals. The kid in all of us....

Cheeser!

Mount Pleasant so far...

Some pics of the new place.

( you can barely see, but we made a very wise purchase on the super sac on the bottom right corner. It's well used and we knew once she comes our purchases will be limited)

Thanks fam for helping us move in!

Caden's new toy!- Well we are officially 100% debt free.....for now. We decided to sell our precious Toyota Avalon, that I loved so much, to get rid of any monthly payments. But we both thought it was a good idea to have a "back up car" so we found this fun ole thing for a trade in. It's been really fun and Caden is all talk about going in the mountains and camping and such. We've already been on a few rides and I have to remind him that I have a body inside me bouncing around so we're a little limited on the off roading we can do.

30 weeks!

So being here in Mount Pleasant with plenty of time and no job waiting for baby, I get a little crafty. I found some dress up beads and glued them to these few lamps. It's been fun! Caden is probably getting sick of me bringing home more stuff home for her. (I loved this wall sticker of this chandelier ). Just gettin everything ready for her.

We are really loving it here. The people are sweet, the town is charming and the country living is beautiful!

ECLIPSE

LOVED IT!

i think i had a smile spread across my face when jacob and bella kissed....

We made each other fans....love ya caitlyn!

My own Renesme in my belly! :) ok so wrong book but i may not be pregnant when the next book comes out and i wanted to take advantage of the funny opportunity

third trimester

as of yesterday i hit my seven month mark and am officially in my third trimester! i can't believe she'll be here in less than 3 months! i feel like it's going by so fast! I went to the hospital here in Mount Pleasant to check things out. A nurse showed me the labor and delivery/recovery room where all the machines, bed and baby's bed were. A flood of emotions came over me. I was scared thinking of labor and all that comes with it. I could visualize her in the carrier and was anxious to hold her. I was happy and excited thinking she is coming so soon!

I love being pregnant!

* she's the first thing i feel in the morning and the last thing i feel when i go to bed- she is always moving and squirming !!!

* i crave snow cones, icee's and otterpops all the time

* I was watching A Baby Story and cried when the mother held her baby after 38 hours of labor

(i don't know if i was crying thinking about the labor or that she could finally hold her baby)

* i love passing the baby section at wal-mart or target and browsing

* i love when people ask me when i'm due or if i'm pregnant

* i am always putting my hand on my belly just to feel like she's with me

* i sing in the car and wonder if she likes it.....or not

* thankfully i was never threw up or was too sick, so i feel like i could do this another 4 or 5 times :)

* i love when caden feels her and says, "Oh! that was her!" "Oh, i love her"

(as of recently, Caden is calling her Maggie. i love it, but i tell him to not name her yet, but he says, "you know that's her name!" it's his favorite.... what do you think?)

I love looking at old pics

So three years ago around Easter time the 5 of us decided to go to comedy sports in Provo. We went really early so we could get good seats. We showed up by the locked door. Guess we didn't need to go that early. Well as you can see......we got bored. and this is what happens when you get bored. I always laugh so hard when I look at these. Maybe a few of you will appreciate it.

This man has some serious farmers tan issues to this day. (but i love the GQ pose. he's cute)

Looking off into the distance......

So here i am about to get up and get the camera on the sidewalk to reset it, but what is up with weston!!!!

just a close up so you can see what i mean....

rock on!!!

A new beginning

It's almost like a mission call waiting to find out where our position would be. We were expecting to find out our assignment in a few more weeks but to our surprise we got a phone call last week. Caden's instructor got on the phone and this was our following conversation.

Instructor: "So are you excited to know where you're going?!?"

Me & Caden: "Yes!"

Instructor: "You put on your application that you would go anywhere right??

Me: "Ya?"

Instructor: " Caden has been called to Utah Valley East area."

Me: "Ok? What does that mean?"

Instructor:" He's going to be teaching at the high school in Mount Pleasant Utah!"

Caden: "Really?!"-while laughing and giggling

Me: "Wait, where's Mount Pleasant?"

Caden: " It's right before Ephraim sweetie!"

Caden had a feeling we were going to a small town in southern Utah. I'm still letting it sink in. We're looking for a home in Ephraim because we love the town, and of course there is a Wal-mart there. We met at Snow College in Ephraim and I loved every minute of it there, but I never dreamed of getting our first home and raising my kids there! I'm excited for the fun opportunity of this new career and getting a house and starting our family.

This might very well be my new neighbor...............

Me at Five Months!!

I thought I better throw this in. (don't mind the weird face. i told him to leave my face out of it). We had our 20 week appointment last week where we did the fun ultrasound and saw all the neat things inside. It was crazy to see her heart beating, her little fingers move and happy to see that she was healthy.

I was happy to hear when we got our assignment that we would only be an hour and twenty minutes away from my family in pleasant grove. I know I will need my sweet mother and family close by to visit on those random days with my sweet girl. And it will be fun to be closer to Carl so we can hopefully visit him more often.

Much to say...

Much has happened these past few weeks that I can't let go by without sharing these wonderful blessings.

We enjoyed a wonderful Easter with family and we loved every session of conference. I do love how my birthday always falls on conference weekend. I love hearing those brethren speak and being uplifted by there words.

Saturday morning i enjoyed a wonderful breakfast in bed by this man that i love and then as a very special birthday gift in between session we went to fetal photos and found out were having

A GIRL!!

We couldn't be happier! She's all I think about! I'm excited to get a big belly, feel her kick, hold her and to be her Mom. Every once in a while Caden will remind me, "We're havin a baby!" He's thrilled! (He's been so patient with my picky eating, smelling random things and my tired body.) When we went to the appointment my sister told me drink a lot of ice water so she will be alert and moving. Sure enough when he put the camera on her she was kicking and flipping. It was so fun to watch her move. After a few minutes the technician noticed she had hiccups! We watched as every 3 secs her body would jolt with a hiccup. She looked perfect! (I think she already has Caden's nose.) I am officially 18 weeks today and we are expecting her September 22!

MORE EXCITING NEWS.....

We were ecstatic to find out last week that Caden will now be fully employed by the LDS church as a seminary teacher! After interviews, observations and a year of student teaching it was now just a phone call away. When Caden got the call he said he couldn't stop shaking out of excitement. Now there's just a little more waiting to see where we are going to "be sent", but we did decide and Caden put on his application, that we would go anywhere. We are so blessed to have this as a career. I have loved this year as he has student taught because the spirit has been so strong in our home and we have learned so much about the scriptures. He loves interacting with the kids he teaches and is always sharing with me his love and concern for them. He is such and amazing teacher, there is no doubt in my mind he will be amazing at this. I'm excited for you sweetie and lucky I get the be you're wife to share it with you! Thanks for all your prayers!

our lives are so blessed!!

the difference between men and women..

So although this conversation with Caden and I happened a few weeks ago i can't let it go untold on our lovely blog. So, at the beginning of the month i went shopping at the gateway with my mom and sisters for Mallory's birthday. Anyway since Caden and I have been married we haven't had a really cute bedspread or we have been using one that i had since high school, so lately i have been on the lookout for a new quilt. When we were shopping at Urban Outfitters i saw some really cute quilts. I had my mom and sisters with me who told me it was cute, helped me pick one out and helped me buy it compulsively. I was really excited about the purchase and although it wasn't a complete knock off, I thought it was a good deal for being at Urban Outfitters. I went to Ross and bought some cheap pillows to throw. When Caden came home i said,

" well, what do you think of the bedspread?" really excited for him to see it.

"I like it it's nice!", while he sits on the bed.

"I got it at Urban Outfitters. Guess how much it was?" smile on my face cause i thought it was a good deal.

" 30 dollars?" he says.

"Caden! it's a really nice quilt! and it was from Urban Outfitters!"

"15??"

Disappointed i answer, "It was 100.."

"I shouldn't even be laying on it!!" as he jumps off.

I go on to tell him that that is how much quilts usually cost if you want a nice one. He let me know that was fine. I still had Christmas money i still hadn't spent. I just couldn't believe after he said 30 dollars he goes to 15. What the heck guys.....really? or was i not so much a bargain shopper. Well i guess that's a little difference between men and women.

i love sunday afternoons

I love Sunday afternoons where we just sit and have fun as a family. We started snapping shots you know saying things like, " k now this one happy, or do this one mad." but they all just kinda came out as "what was that?!"....ENJOY!

This was supposed to be a "happy" picture. I guess no one heard me.

oh NOW he heard the happy a little to late.

(Ash looks like he's going to pop a vein or something!)

was this supposed to be a "happy" picture again?

I had to add at least ONE cute picture....

oh wow! love you guys!!

Merry Christmas!!!

I love Christmas time! I love the lights, the presents, shopping, spending time with family, catching up with friends, wrapping presents, surprises and thinking about our Savior.

It was fun catching up with old friends at temple square. thanks carrie

so we tried something new this year. we got a white tree...Caden has always wanted a white tree but he would prefer blue lights. i settled on the white tree and he settled for pre-lit white lights, but it actually turned out a lot better then we were thinking. I liked it! what do ya think?

I love spending Christmas eve with my family. After a wonderful day with my mom's side of the family we went home to open our pj's and then i think we may have started a new tradition. We were all hungry and decided to go to In&Out Burger in our matching pajama's :) The cashier seemed to get a kick out of it and was so glad we came in.

Wow......that was cute....

Christmas morning!

Whenever he's around i can't get enough of him! i want to squeeze those cheeks!!!

Hope all of you enjoyed your Christmas!!

Happy New Year!

Happy Birthday sweetie!

He's half a century old! On November 12, Caden turned 25. We celebrated with breakfast and off to his seminary class were we shared donuts with his students. We then went to his favorite restaurant Rodizio, were we stuffed ourselves full. it was a fun day!

thanks mom and dad for Lost and mal and marks for the shoes! I surprised him with Wii resort and an electric shaver. That is one happy man

My husband is the most wonderful blessing in my life. i love his positive attitude and his laugh. i love you so much sweetie. happy birthday!

So we moved!

Well, we had to move. We were really sad about it. We made really good friends at the University Village and loved our ward family. This was our first little place together and we loved it, even the concrete walls weren't so bad. I miss coming home to a playground full of kids and friendly neighbors. We found another little one bedroom apartment in the Fort Union area and are enjoying it here so far.

Goodbye old place. We'll miss you!

We now actually have counter space....it's pretty nice

i can't believe we lived more than two years of our marriage with out a dishwasher. the sink is always empty! and to the right of this picture is our beautiful washer and dryer. we sprung for the front loaders and feel like we're living large doing laundry whenever we want.

we found an awesome deal on this counter high table and four chairs. love them!

yes...we splurged. caden found an awesome deal on this 40" t.v.