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!