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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!

HOLIDAYS

This year was a great Thanksgiving as were the years past. We enjoyed the company of the Wilson family, the Agnew family the Thomsons and the Noto families. Everyone brought a little something to fill the food table with yumminess. We ate SOOOO much food! Then we moved onto pies, and ohhh boy, they were amazing! Now we all have to go exercise for 6 days strait. I didn't take pictures when everyone got there, but I sure wish I did because I was so excited to host this Thanksgiving and would love to do it again and again in the years to come.
Next is Hyrums birthday on Dec 5th! I'm excited for him to finally reach the ripe age of 25 with me! Then CHRISTMAS! I have been looking EVERYWHERE in our house for our decorations but could not find them. I think Hyrum was afraid I would jump the Christmas decoration gun and decorate a month in advance and skip over the T day decorations. But out of the blue, there was my bag of Christmas decor sitting at the top of the stairs this morning!! HURRAY! Hyrum "found" them. I think he just pulled them out of his hiding spot. For his punishment Im going to leave him on the roof with a handful of Christmas lights:) We're gonna geek out on Christmas this year!

Lil bit of this and a lil bit of that

Sorry there hasn't been much of an update, I'm finally to the point where I don't feel like laying down and sleeping my life away when I get home from work. The baby is letting me have energy once again so I'm hoping to establish a life again.
Hyrum had to work on Halloween so we partied it up the night before with some pumpkin seeds, pumpkin carving and jack-o-lantern pizza. I decided to stay in on Halloween night and pass out candy for the first time. Growing up we never had trick-or-treaters so I was sooo excited when the doorbell rang, Laura was there, she'll tell you how happy I was to pass out candy. Besides I had also been up since early that morning to go wait in line for the H1N1 shot, that would make a total of 6.5 hours in line, and I finally got it!
A couple weeks later we ventured to Utah where we threw rocks in the lake with our nephews and helped put stuff together for Hyrums sisters wedding. It was fun to see everyone, we hadn't been to Utah since we moved to Idaho over a year ago.
Now we move on to Thanksgiving. This year Hyrum and I will be hosting and I'm soooo excited to get everything together and entertain our 17 guest. I think being around a lot of people at the holidays remindes me of growing up with lots of family and friends. Now all we need is a trampoline and hayrides with the tractor!

Veterans day

Happy Veterans day to Hyrum and all the other men and women who have served our country.
Hyrum served in the 173rd Airborne unit with some of his closest friends. He jumped out of airplanes made sure his "buddies" were safe and looked super handsome and tough while doing it. I'm so proud of him and how well he has done! He has shared so many fun army stories, they are my favorite to hear! He's not showered for months and has eaten some questionable goats while in Afghanistan.
He has seen so many amazing places while serving. He traveled from Georgia to Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Kuwait, Ireland, Turkey, Kirghistan (IF that's how you spell it ) you name it, he's been there!
Hyrum has been able to use the skills he learned through the military to teach me some handy things.
After he got out of the army he joined the Army national guard in Utah. Although the guard wasn't nearly as exciting as the army he still put in his time and service.
I love my husband and I'm grateful for all the hard work he has put towards protecting me, our country and others. I am so proud of him, and I'm grateful for our veterans.

PUMPKINS!

Hyrum and I took a trip with the other Wilson (including Eva these days) clan along with the Agnew and Thomson posse to Linder Farm. We took a hay ride that reminded me of the days when dad would fill the trailer with straw and pull all the kids around the neighborhood visiting the cows and emu, I LOVED it! We stopped at our patch of choice and searched near and far for the perfect pumpkin. After we completed the search and found our perfect match we headed over to the petting zoo and watched as Dylan bottle feed a baby camel. It was so much fun! I took my film camera to try to take some good pictures and didn't pull out the digital one, but once I get the film on CD I will post more. Hyrum and I loved the night out and cant wait for the carving contest.

Baby thoughts

In regards to the new article in the Ensign,I will do my best to avoid complaining and posting embarrassing baby pictures of our child. But...
Why doesn't my baby like root beer or candy??? Does this mean I have to eat healthy?? My poor mother and my poor sister Chris have already received phone calls with me asking them what my diet should be. Can I eat farm eggs?? Can I drink hot hot drinks (herbal tea, which I'm drinking right now, and its so blah, I'll have to put a gallon of honey in to make it yummy) and my mom over heard me asking for fries with my happy meal instead of apple wedges. SHAME ON ME. But, I'm way to embarrassed to call up my nurse and ask her these things cause she will just call me an uneducated fool:)
I've been so lucky to not be sick (throwing up) but when my body wants to feel sick I feel like life is over. Mad props to my husband who keeps me kickin, otherwise I would just spend my days in bed sleeping and wishing pregnancy was just a cute belly with no weight gain or headaches. Not to mention to the nightly trips to the bathroom and the 14 year old break outs that happen.
Its all part of being a mom, and if this is all I have to do to receive the blessing of children then bring it on!
I think I'll give it another month then I will start shopping for baby's room. We're lucky to have some pretty Fancy used baby stores around here, so we are going to hit those up. If you have any ideas for some baby room ideas let us know! We don't know the baby's sex, but when we do, its go time with the pinks or the blues!

BABY NATION

Its baby nation in our neck of the woods! We're having a little baby April 21st!! Things have been going well with the pregnancy. Haven't been sick, just always feeling like I'm about to be sick, and suuuuuper sleepy. Had the first ultrasound and the Dr said everything looks amazing, and said the baby was showing off while we were looking at it:) So far no cravings until someone says something about a happy meal, jamba juice or pickles. I've been doing my best with ignoring those cravings and sticking to eating at home, but I've given in a few times...OK a lot of times:) I've been walking almost daily minus the days when Im to sleepy to move. In the mean time Hyrum and I are trying to get ready for this business both mentally and spiritually. Any advice, we'll take it!

Oh happy day!

As of yesterday Hyrum and I have been married for 2 years! Hurray for us! Hyrum let me sleep in and took me to go see UP (such a cute movie, cried at a cartoon). Afterwards we went outside and sat on the porch in our rocking chairs, those chairs are my most favorite place in the whole wide world:) While sitting there Hyrum and I went over our timeline of our 2 years of marriage. Here are a few things we covered within 2 years-
-Got married in the temple
-honeymooned and had the time of our lives!
-Moved into a basement apt that had a yard!
-Hyrum went to UVU
-I did hair while Hyrum worked at a western apparel store
-Took a break from hair and worked for Dish Net
-Hyrum changed his major twice
-I cooked some nasty experimental cassarols
-Family vacations
-Hyrum traveled the greater area looking for a firefighting job (at times we never thought it would happen)
-We do a triathalon sprint together (and with the Jordan family)
-Hyrum becomes an EMT
-YAY!!!! Hyrum got a job with North Ada County Fire and rescue!
-Move to Boise,ID
-Watched seasons of 24 throughout the winter
-Bought a house!
-Got another dog
-Plenty more where that came from!
May not seem like a lot to some people but its been a great journy and we have had so much fun while figuring everything out! After we went over our 2 years Hyrum took me out to Tempenyaki (maybe thats how you spell it) and had some very yummy food. I love those places, they are soooo fun!
I love being married to Hyrum he always makes me smile!

Home

We've had a few request to post some pictures of our home. We didn't take any pictures of any of the bedrooms upstairs because I haven't finished decorating yet. Here is what he have so far:)

GUNNER

We got a new dog! Ozzie has a big yard to play in, and nobody to share it with so the time has come for a new puppers.
Gunner is the cutey-pa-tooties name and he is a Chesapeake bay retriever. He will be Hyrums perfect little hunting companion. He is a dog with webbed paws which means it will be so fun to take him to the lake. He's a big dog which will provide security (I know your thinking, " you folks live in Idaho why would you need security??" well, we could be the one in a million:))for me while Hyrum is working. Hyrum works so hard so he just deserves a new dog:) Its only day 2 that we have had him and he's already done a few puppy things. The first night we made an attempt to have him sleep in his kennel cause we WILL NOT let the dogs sleep in bed with us and Gunner wouldn't have any of the kennel business so Hyrum fell asleep on the floor with him. Then Gunner would whine and Hyrum would take him out in the middle of the night. He was a good dog and didnt go potty on the carpet at night (just on the linoleum) in the bathroom). He has spent most of his day outside, but comes in when it's to hot for anyone or anything to be outside. He LOVES sleeping in the cool house. He will be going to obedience school at the end of Aug and I am looking forward to that! Ozzie is already annoyed with the puppy business but he'll walk that off and love Gunner. I wont have a house that smells like dog so we are working hard at keeping everything looking pet free. We'll keep you updated and post better pictures soon!

Lake fun!

we took trip last week to Mcall,ID. We had so much fun with Hyrums sisters, brother and his family. We will definately be heading back!
The bottom 3 pictures are from the trip to Bear Lake. It was so much fun and there are to many fun pictures not to share!

Bear Lake

The pictures are uploading funny so I explain below the pictures...but here's whats going on in the pictures
FIRST-Jump for joy
Second-View from the cabin...AMAZING!
THIRD-Uncle Hyrum and Jack having fun splitting the wood
fourth- The Family Flag...that thing is a gazillian years old and I love it!
FIFTH-The beautiful cabin we stayed in. It was awesome!
sixth- Jordan on the beach. Get a load of those shades!!
SEVENTH-Jumpin Jack flying over the beautiful blue water!
last-Mom,Weezy and Hyrum busting a move on the Big screen version on Guitar Hero
This trip was so much fun! Not to mention the many nights of cards and speed scrabble. We went to the Minnitonka caves that were HUGE!!! Half way hiked to a lake and some decided to take a sick day and stay home sick (poor things). We had a blast!! Cant wait for July 3rd-10th next year at Cyucos! *cross your fingers*

SUMMAH!

Family vacation is the best thing for the sunshine soul, I'll tell you what! Yesterday Hyrum and I came home from our week long Jordan family vacation to Bear Lake, UT. The lake was blue the cabin was beautiful and the clouds hung heavily over us. The clouds didn't get in our way of having a good time. There was 14 of us up there so that always calls for a good time. We played nertz and held babies and had a blast!!! We caught up with each other and cooked for one another, rode bikes together, went through boot camp and got sunburn together.
We visited a HUGE cave where Kermit the frog and the 7 dwarfs lived. Not to mention the devil had an office there too. It was amazing. Then we went for a hike to a glacier lake, but never made it cause the clouds came in again. The drive up was worth it though, BEAUTIFUL scenery! The lake was fun and cold. The kids loved jumping off rocks and swimming in the cold blue lake. We rented jet skis and Hyrum experienced them for the first time, and let me tell you, my husband is fearless. I threw him off on his first ride (ON ACCIDENT, I PROMISE!) and he lost his sunglasses. All he did was laugh the whole time he was flying off the machine:) Then he got out on his own and tore up the lake!
We loved being with family for a week, and wish we could all be together all the time. I would post pictures to prove that this blissful happiness really did occur, but, I lost my camera. So, we will update after we can find it:)
As for the new home that I have neglected to post about...WE LOVE IT!!! It has been so fun to learn new things together as home owners. The house is perfect and has everything we could ever ask for. I'm still working on decorating but it will be done sooner or later:)

ONE WEEK LEFT!

One week from today we will be moving into our new home!!!! Hyrum has been so sweet and has done about 90% of the packing, bless his heart. I cant wait! I hope our new neighbors bring us cookies and brownies and buckets of red vines. If they don't I think I will. Minus one house down the street cause the renters at the house have trashed the yard, so I'm mad at them and I will just key their cars...jk...kinda:) I'm excited to move the furniture and paint and vacuum stairs!! As for the outdoors, we are gonna do as much as we can (or shall I say as much as we can afford) and that means I can be outside doing yard work and get a tan!!! (You hear that Laura? You help me with the yard you will get tan...TAN! That word is music to your ears)
So everyone get your BBQing flip flop summah groove on and COME OVER!
We'll post pictures after I figure out where to put everything:)

MOTHERS DAY

Happy mothers day to my wonderful mother! She's my best friend, the best mother and a fantastic Grandmother.
Mother-in-law Bonnie is so talented and so amazing in so many ways! Happy Mothers Day to our beautiful moms!

SUUUGAR

For those of you who know me, and you don't have to know me very well to know this, but I have a problem. I LOVE CANDY, I LOVE SUGAR. I've always known that I could eat more candy, fruit roll-ups, fruit snack etc then anyone in the whole wide world. So, the time has come for me to cut back. Hence that I didn't say I'm going to STOP, but yes, I will cut back. Today I wanted candy so I went to the gym instead. After the gym, I ate dinner. But whats dinner without dessert? Usually there is just no such thing in my world, but today there was. I was so proud of myself...no sugar candy today! I am going to limit myself from now on. So here's to new years resolutions 4 almost 5 months late!

Soon to be??

We put an offer on this house and it was excepted, HURRAY!!! We know its not ours yet. But, we hope that after inspection and the this and that's are done then we can move in on our closing date of June 5Th! The yard needs some fixing up, but that can be fixed with h20 and TLC. We'll keep everyone updated!

EASTER

We're a little late on the Easter blog. We are so lucky to have family up here who feed us and make us feel so welcome in Boise. Laura,Hyrum and I headed to the Agnews (my sister-in-laws family) and had so much fun watching Austin and Dylan run around looking for Easter eggs. Then we headed inside for a yummy ham dinner and some great conversation. We're so excited for spring to be here and bring on the heat summer!