Camping!

A couple weeks ago we went to Flagstaff (Fort Tuthill) to go camping with my family. It was so nice to get out of town and the weather was excellent. As soon as we got to Phoenix I wanted to turn around and go back. It's way too hot here. But we had a blast!

This is the sign to the Lava River Cave. It's underground and completely dark. We had to take flashlights.

Dad, Shane, Rachel, and Mom walking to the cave. This is what it looks like above ground.

This is what the cave looks like when you come up to it. The black part is the opening. It goes straight down for like 10 minutes until the ground starts to even out. It's very cool.

Nate, Rachel, and Shane around our fire.

Yay camping!

Out with the old... in with the old?

So we decided to sell my motorcycle since I'm pregnant now... and I never ride it any way. With the money we decided to buy a new (well used) car so Shane doesn't have to drive his motorcycle to work during the summer.
It was a lot of work finding something we liked and that was in our price range, but I think we finally did it! We got a '98 Oldsmobile. (I'm sure Shane will explain it much better.)


**Pictures to come.

Week 14 Ultrasound

As most of you already know, Jenny and I are having our first child. We are so excited and there is so much that we are finding out and learning. On June 18th we went to The Fetal &Women's Center and we had a level II ultrasound. It was really neat. The ultrasound technician measured the babies spine and made sure that it didn't show signs of downsyndrome and that he/she was growing at a healthy pace. She also asked us if we wanted to determine the sex of the baby. We said yes so she began to look around and she said that it looked like it was a 95% chance of being a boy. We were both stoked because we thought it would be awesome to have a boy but either way we would be just as happy. Everything else went well and Jenny is now in her 16th week so we are looking forward to the day that we have our first child.

Here are some of the ultrasound pictures:

Freedom!

So our dogs are not the best listeners. We tell them to be quiet and they never listen. It got so bad that our neighboors called animal control on us. Since then, we have let them out of their kennel and they haven't done anything crazy. That is, up until last week when Holly thought it would be a riot to bark... every night... from 10pm to 4am. Sometimes I wish dogs would loose their voice.
This was a great addition to my pregnant aggression issues. So for the last week we've been trying to get rid of them. And I am happy to announce... WE ARE DOG FREE! Mwa ha ha! Hence the freedom. So our neighboors, as well as my pregnant body, should get the much deserved sleep that we need.

That is... until the baby comes. =)

Ultrasound day

Jenny and I went for an Ultrasound last week and it went great. The ultrasound tech told us that the baby's due date was still for Christmas day so we are very excited about that. Jenny was probably the happiest to be done because they wouldn't let her go to the bathroom until afterwards. We were excited to see our little baby and hear it's little heart just beating so fast. It is just crazy that we are going to be parents. Jenny keeps saying that it still hasn't hit her yet that she's pregnant. Here are some pics of the baby at 7 weeks.

You and Me + 1 = 3!

On April 21st Shane came home to a little surprise. In it he found this!

A positive pregnancy test!

And little baby booties!

Yep! You guessed it! We're PREGNANT!

We're so excited. And the best part is... we're due on Christmas DAY!

We wanted to wait and tell our families on Mother's Day.

Turns out, Shane had a surprise for me as well.

A little baby onesie that says " I love my Mommy".

On Mother's Day we visited both our families. Mine in the morning and his in the evening. We gave my mom a gift...

This is what the card said and the next two pictures are what she found inside:



She was so excited that she didn't even finish reading the card out loud. Then she opened the gift and showed everyone else. It was a good surprise.



On the way to Shane's mom's we called his dad to tell him the news. Here's how the conversation went:

Dad: Yeah, we were thinking about coming to visit in December to see the grandchildren.

Shane: Well that would be a good time to come because by then you're going to have another grandchild.

Needless to say, he was pretty excited. =)

For Shane's Mom and Grandma, we gave them cards that said "love Shane, Jenny and Baby" They caught on right away... Like my mom, his mom couldn't finish reading out loud and started screaming. Once she got it out everyone congratulated us.

It was a fun day.

Tuesday is our first ultrasound where we'll get to see the our baby... even if it does only look like a blob. =)

We can't wait to welcome our little baby home.

Jobs, Lasers, and Recent Events

Sorry it's been a while since the last post. But I'm happy to report that I've started a new job! I work for a Chiropractor as the front office person. I started about a month ago and I'm really enjoying it. Plus, I get free adjustments which is a plus seeing as my neck is messed up. So things are going really well!

About a week ago I went in for laser eye surgery. A very bizare experience. I would liken it to being abducted by aliens and them doing experiments on my eyes. Weird. But I'm healing really well and I now have 20/20 vision! It's so AWESOME! Here's a "before and after". My eyesight was actually worse than this. The big "E" on the chart was blurry.



Other things we've done lately:

>Shane's sister's and nephew's baptism (Sierra and Kylan).

>Conference, Easter Pageant, and Easter at my parents.

>Brian Mo's wedding. Congrats!

>Shane's sister's b-day. Happy Birthday Shana!