McCall, ID

McCall, ID is about 1.5 hours away and is beautiful! We drove up there this last weekend to go to the Winter Festival where they do what some people call ice sculpting, but I call is snow sculptures. Still, amazing. We had fun watching the parade and eating some yummy Mexican food. It was nice to get out and see a little more of Idaho. Although we have been to McCall a few times before, never in the winter. There is a huge lake up there and it was amazing to see it frozen over, people were out walking on it, something I've never seen before. Anyways, it was lots of fun!

TAH DAH!

Much to my dismay I thought it would be time to share with the world what a pregnant Margaret looks like. So here is belly framing picture:) Big cheeks and all.

Explanation for how huge my tummy is-I have ZERO torso room for baby to grow so she just pushes her cute little way out towards walls. The other day I was at Hobby lobby (I could do a whole blog on HL, but that would just be ridiculous....right?) and I ran right into the cart with the big 'ol belly. I also just about shut the truck door on it too. The tummy gets in the way all the time! I see all my cute pregnant girlfriends and family members and I covet their loooong torsos that carry babies so beautifully. Even the ones that have carried twins (that's right Marin, Im talking about you) seem to have been smaller than me.

Baby is healthy! 10 more weeks! As my mom always says "onward and upward!"

UPDATE

..."Recently my wife has gotten a little lazy...or as she likes to call it, 'pregnant'..." Jim Gaffigan

That's got to be the quote of my life. When I first got pregnant Laura was living with us, and it was embarrassing to have her come home and see me laying on the couch with dishes in the sink and clothes everywhere. I was being lazy, or otherwise, pregnant.
The second trimester was GREAT! I had energy, I could go for long walks, and the house was ALMOST always clean (minus my bedroom, I have a problem with keeping my room clean, Hyrum loves it...alright, he doesn't). It was as if I weren't pregnant.
As of about right after Christmas I decided that work was going to have to come to a brief halt as of Feb. 6th. Swollen feet, sore tendons,standing for 1-3 hours per client, and a hand full of clients letting me know my tummy is awkwardly rubbing against them during their haircut has made me decide that some time off would be nice. I'm not being lazy, I promise, just being pregnant.

As for Hyrum, he's had some big changes at work! He no longer works for North Ada County Fire and Rescue, he now works for the largest fire district (is it district? I should know this) in all of Idaho. He works for BOISE FIRE! We are so excited! So far he's only worked 2 shifts with them, but he LOVES it! He gets to meet a lot of new people, and turns out there is a guys in our ward who works for Boise, and his wife and I have become RS buddies. His schedule is super amazing, he works 2 days on and 4 days off. That's right folks, that's 4 days OFF! Its nice to have him home. Some days he gets to act pregnant, but others hes cleaning out the garage or pulling boxes from here or there. But, what he wants to do every day is take Gunner out hunting by the river. This week is the last week for duck season, so I'm sure Hyrum will have some early morning hunts and long afternoon naps.
Also, Hyrum and I (MAYBE myself ) have decided that we will both go to real estate school in the next couple of months. It will give Hyrum something to do on his days off, and it will allow me to help bring in some extra dough while still doing hair. We'll see how that goes. Anyways, there is the update on our lives.
As for people who have requested belly pics, I really hate taking the "frame the belly" pictures, but Ill see what I can do:)

Christmas and a Mystery

Christmas was in California this year and it was SOOOO fun!!! We started the week off with a photo shoot at In n Out, no joke, we all were matchy matchy and cute together. We finished the shoot off with some tasty burgers. Christmas eve we started the day off with a Tri and my sweet man got 2nd place, he's so fast:) We had a beautiful Christmas eve dinner of ham and beef and everything yummy. Read The Story from Luke. Then Kerchief (Mom) and Cap (Dad) read The Night Before Christmas to everyone and we heard Santa's sleigh bells in the backyard and the kiddos darted off to bed.

Christmas morning we woke up when Grandma Pathe and Uncle David arrived and went to town on our Christmas morning cereal (Jordan fam tradition) and presents.

THEN, we had a murder in the house. Louise put together a 1920's murder mystery dinner. It was so fun to dress up and play the part.

We had so much fun and I can't wait to see family again in July! Maybe earlier!

ITS A...

GIRL!!!!!
We are so excited!!! Everyone has asked how Hyrum is taking the news, and he is doing GREAT! Although most men want boys, Hyrum is so happy that we are having a healthy baby GIRL! I am just as excited! I couldn't stop smiling all day. After Hyrum and I celebrated with pizza and salad Hyrum said we had to go get dog food. We drove right past petsmart onto Babies R Us and parked in the expectant mother parking (which I LOVE!!) and he took me inside and told me to pick out any little lady outfit:) I chose the floral onesies, and that's just the beginning of floral wonderful for our little lady! We're so excited!

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MY AGE














PLACE I'VE BEEN

Nobody could ever forget a place like Mendon

Places I would like to go

Wells, England take a peak at some family history

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES

Cayucos,CA

MY FAVORITE OBJECT:
Stretchy pants fer lyph

FAVORITE FOOD:
Dont ask me to share, cause I wont

FAVORITE ANIMAL:

Gunner dogs


Ozzie dogs

Wiggles dogs

FAVORITE COLOR:




WHERE I WAS BORN:

From Visalia, California came a family of seven!

PAST LOVE:


Barb the Barbie

Hyrums birthday

Hyrum had his birthday on the 5th! Happy birthday to Hyrum! We went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse opened presents and ate some donuts (Hyrum isn't a big fan of cake) and celebrated Hyrum!