Photo Session Giveaway!

For all my friends who live in the St. George area, Alecia is having a photo session giveaway. Here is the information: (Click on the photo to go to her site)



Good luck!!

Since I'm here...

I'm checking on all your blogs, reading to see fun new stuff. But, I don't have anything to say for now. Well, I do, but I'm not going to. Not a lot of time, and I want to go home instead of be on the computer any longer. Too much to do today!

Updates later!

Rodeo

So, the rodeo was really lame. But we had a little bit of fun at the fair before.

Belly comparisons

I looked through some of my pictures, and these are the closest comparisons I can find for now.

Uh......

Playing

Today we went to the park, as it was cool and comfortable weather.

Home searching

This is not fun. It is so hard to find a place to live. I don't want to sleep in my brother's twin bed for a month, waiting for Anthony to get back, so we can both sleep in the twin bed...ugh...
I just can't seem to find the right kind of place. Anthony wants a house- not an apartment, condo, duplex, etc. - a free standing, single family home. I just can't find anything that I feel is a comfortable price, and I don't know what to do. I would feel fine in a duplex or a condo if it were the end unit, so we had more privacy. I also don't like being stuck in the middle of an apartment building, with a bunch of people around us.

I just needed to vent. There is much more, but I don't think there is really anyone to listen to me.

Hello, Baby E. Nice to see you!

This is Baby E, also known as creepy alien.

Spine, heart, profile. Can you see it? I think there are fingertips there, too.
Face, front on. See, I told you-alien.

If the previous picture didn't prove it, this one surely will.
Alien!!

The doctor said my placenta is low, so I have to go get another ultrasound in 5 weeks. He also said that, according to my ultrasound, I'm due December 24th. I have to get shots again t 28 weeks, for the RH factor thing.

Poor little baby looks squished in there, doesn't she??

Looking for a home

I know a lot of you don't live in Cedar City, but if any of you know of any places for you to rent, I could use some help finding a place to live!

On Leaving Liberty Lake

Tomorrow morning I am taking my kid, and leaving the state of Washington. It is time for us to go home.

I will miss...

-being able to go get something if I want it, and not having to drive 45 minutes for it

-variety of food. I'm leaving this huge array, and going back to a place with very limited variety.

-a variety of parks to go play in

-water-lakes, rivers, splash pads

-just plain variety, in everything

-all the trees

-Fred Meyer

-Coeur d'Alene

-the guys at the post office who were always so friendly and talkative. closest thing to friends I've made here, besides Angie.

-being someplace other than Utah

-oh yeah, and my HUSBAND.



I won't miss...

-walking up 3 flights of stairs with two handfuls of groceries and a 24 pound kid

-being lonely

-apartment living

-driving a little farther to save money on groceries. is it really worth it?

-the neighbors

-not having something of mine that I need

Other random facts about the summer:

-We lived here the whole time without a microwave. By choice.

-Even though we have a dishwasher, I am not good at keeping clean dishes, at all.

-I only made it to the coast once, and never really quite reached the coast or got to see it. How lame.

My body is tired, I need to spend time with my hubby. That's all for now.

Knock, knock...who's there?

Who is it, Neils??

In one week I will have my ultrasound to know who is knocking in there...

But, as you know, I will not know for a few more days after.

So, is it Baby E or Baby A?

Don't you wish you knew who was who, and what the names are? Ha ha- I want to keep this a secret.

For fun, can you guess which is the feminine, and which is the masculine?

20 Weeks

No home

That was good stuff. Now, for the bad.

This sucks.

A few days ago, Anthony called our old manager for our house, and he finally got a hold of him. He had been trying all summer to call the guy, but the guy would nevre answer hsi phone or call back. When Anthony talked to him this last time, he told us that he rented the house out to someone else, because he couldn't get ahold of us. He said he left us messages and everything. We didn't have a contract or security deposit securign it for us when we got back, but he had told us that he didn't think it would rent out by the time we got back, we'd get back in, no problem.

Personally, I think he gave it to his friends. I know who is moving in there now, because my sister works with them, and I also know the manager is friends with them, because my boss in Cedar is their friend, too, and so is ANTHONY. Grr. I don't get it, but if he wants to give his friends a house then fine. Leave a pregnant woman and her 18 month old son to go looking for homes while she is going to school, and while the dad is 1,000 miles away working for five more weeks. Thanks, man. Real cool.

I'm done ranting about it-I know that I will find a place when I get back. I have been looking online, and I have found some places that I think will be great. I don't really know, though, because I have to actually look at them to see if they'll work or not. Why am I picky about it? I need an office/workroom type space, too, where I can set up my stuff. There is a lot of stuff. It will be okay, I know it. I just might find someplace that I like even more than that 3 bedroom house with a basement, carport and large backyard. Maybe. Ha ha.

What else...today is my cook off. It is at 8, but I have to get the bruschetta ready now so it can get better as it soaks in itself. I am also going to go see (500) Days of Summer this afternoon, too. This is my last full day with Anthony before I leave, and I am going to see a movie alone. Ha ha. He doesn't care for it, really, and he gets to spend time with Neils, so it's cool. I still don't know how I am going to get everything I need in my car, but I think I may just shove it in garbage bags so they can squish together and cover in all the cracks and spaces. I will miss him, though. So much...that will be the longest we will have ever been apart, and I will have to go to school and take care of Neils and choose a place for us to live, all without him. Bummer.

Also, on Monday the 17th I go to the doctor for an ultrasound. At this appointment, I will be able to find out what I am having. But, since Anthony won't be there to see it, too, I will be doing it a little differently. I am going to wear a blindfold and listen to music, and they will make a Cd for me like they did last time, and I will copy the CD and send it to him, then, when he gets it and can look at it, we will both look at the pictures at the same time. I don't want to find out before him, and this idea will be cool to me. That also means, though, that nobody can be in the room with me. Last time I had him, my mom, sister, and his mom, all in there seeing what it was. No matter what anybody says, this time, it's just me. The only way I will know anything that day, besides if it's all okay, is if something isn't okay, if there is a problem I need to know about then. I don't think there will be any problems, though.

Geez, I can talk a lot.

The Dish Cook Off in Liberty Lake

I have been chosen to be part of a cookoff here with Anthony's company. It sprung from my mentioning to Anthony that I wanted to have a cookoff with this other guy here who is always making food for others and saying how amazing he is. I wanted to see how we compare to each other.
Now, the wheels are in motion. It will be me, the guy Scott, a guy named El, and a girl named Jessamin. We are all sooo different, too. What I know about them:
Scott- 36 year old guy, lived in SLC, is a DJ.
El- 30, he's black, married, has 3 kids, Mormon, lives in SLC.
Jessamin- younger than me, Mormon, lives in Orem, Art major who does ceramics and sculpting.
And then there's me.

Here are the courses we're making:
Appetizer
Side dish
Entree
Dessert

And all have to follow the same theme. They don't have to have the same ingredients, just have to go together.

My entree Ideas:

BBQ pork sandwiches
Artichoke chicken
Carne asadas


I just need the rest of the things to go along with them. I need to pick one, and find some way to make all the courses. This is pretty crazy, never done that much in one dinner besides my Thanksgiving dinner.

Schweitzer Mountain Resort Huckleberry Festival

Here is a view of the mountain, and a lodge building. A strange game that was set up on the lawn when we got there. Anthony decided he needed to play it, so then the kids thought so, too. Does anybody know what this is?

Neils on the trail, going to pick berries.

Berry and mud face. yum.

Anthony, picking berries.

He's good help :)

See?

I got the most out of everyone. I sat inside the bushes, off the trails. Everyone jsut goes by and picks off the bushes along the trails, but they miss the berries hidden below the leaves, and off the trail. Go me!

See- the huckleberries. I never knew what they looked like or tasted like. I imagined something like a blackberry. But they look more like a blueberry to me. They are okay tasting, nothing I'd get that excited for. It was an adventure, though, something we definitely can't do at home.

Huckleberry Hound

Today we went picking huckleberries.

Sadly, I didn't get to see my girl. Her movie doesn't come here for another week.

Photos later.

Girl Crush

I have a crush on a girl.


She's super cute, super funny, and super awesome.


She has beautiful blue eyes, lovely dark hair, and is in a band.


I am going to see her this weekend, no matter what it takes. I need her.

She'll show you where we'll meet up.

Lost and found

I found this earlier today, and it brought back some memories. This is my favorite photo of the shoot. I am sad they tore cute little these buildings down!

Less than 3 weeks left

Neils and I have less than 3 weeks left to experience this Washington/Idaho area. I want some fun things to do, but it is really hot outside most of the time, and I don't want to spend a lot of money or drive really far. It would be awesome to see the coast, since my visit to that area consisted of being stuck in a car, at a standstill, in various areas of traffic, for 4 hours longer than it should have been. What am I talking about?? Oh, yeah, I hadn't talked about this...
No Doubt.
Anthony and I went to Auburn to see No Doubt on July 19. It took us way too long to get there because there was traffic on the freeway in the middle of our trip, for NO REASON. I have no idea why, there wasn't an accident or construction, it just sucked. Then, as we got closer to the city it was in, traffic got worse because sooo many people were going to the concert, and I really don't think that are is built for that much traffic at one time. We got there at 9. What was supposed to be a 5 hour trip took 7 hours. We were in the parking lot to hear the last half of the Paramore song "Decode" (I think...), and got in the arena and to our area just in time to watch the entire No Doubt set. Okay, that is fine. That is what I was there for, anyway! I don't even want to talk about what a nightmare the rest of the night, after the concert was. Ugh. I did bring my camera, I just didn't take any pictures that matter, jsut some of the trip, until I got sick of it. I dont' know where the memory card for that trip is, though. I will find it later.

So...what else to do, for me and Neils? I'll look around.

The worst part, to me, is that I will have to go back home and move back into our house without Anthony. I will have to sacrifice half my stuff here for a month, because I can't fit it all in our Subaru. I have no idea what I am going to take back...This is really stressing me out. I need another car to put it in, too! And Anthony will still have to take home a lot of stuff when he's done. Ugh. On our way here, he left a week before I did so it was only a week without some things. But I can't go a month without all that stuff. I know, I seem crazy...but the supplies I have here are part of my business, I need them to make and sell things! And I will need my clothes, kitchen stuff, and my baby's things! I wish my car had a trailer hitch, then I'd find a cheap trailer to buy and use it, since I want one anyway. Just a small cargo trailer, not anything big. That would be perfect.

What happens in life...

I realize that all I have really posted on here is probably boring stuff to anyone reading it. Who cares about week long sales and baby bracelet giveaways, we want to hear about your boring life!

Last Sunday, Anthony and I went tubing down the river. We went with our friends from Cedar City, the guys all used to work at Pizza Hut together 1 1/2 years ago. We didn't judge the timing right, and ended up out there for 4 hours instead of 2. I felt so bad for the baby sitter, who was watching my monster, a 5 year old and a 8 month old. I didn't get any pictures. I am lame.

Through the week...nothing really happened besides me venturing out to the grocery store and craft store. I'll do better at pinpointing the fun stuff throughout the week from now on. And, with me and Neils leaving in 3 weeks, I plan on doing some fun things. Or trying to.

Yesterday, Anthony and I went downtown for breakfast. We didn't know where we were going, but we found a place. And it sucked. It was a bakery, which in itself should have delicious baked goods, but the cookies were horrible. Huge, but horrible. Hard, no flavor. The bagels were super hard, too, and make them a bagel sandwich-impossible to eat! I felt so bad. It was my decision. Then, we went across the street to a vintage/jewelry store that I saw when we parked. It was a really neat store. I was looking for a coat that I could wear over my belly in the winter, but they were all like 60 or 70 dollars because they were vintage. I couldn't do it. I did find a few rings and bracelets that I liked, and picked an awesome bracelet. Anthony found a hat.

We went over to a sushi restaurant and ate some more, to help fill the voids of that awful breakfast. There is a shop near there that I had wanted to go to since I saw it one of the first days we were here, and we went there. I told Anthony we should each pick out a gift to give one another. He ended up getting me this awesome, huge pincushion, and I got him a package of moustaches. Fun.

We took Neils to the Riverside Park and he played on the little playground a bit, then we went home so he could finally nap, at 4 p.m.-it's usually around 12 when he naps!

Neils likes to repeat everything I say. When I ask him, "what do you want?" he says, "want". Great. how do I make him happy?? He keeps yelling out airplane at random times, too. He sees the tiniest plane in the sky, and points it out, and I don't notice it for a little bit. He's amazing.

BABY BRACELET GIVEAWAY

Duh, it's a keyboard, you type with it!

Neils tore off a bunch of keys on my keyboard yesterday when I was in the other room. I tried to put them all back on, but I couldn't remember which spots tthe C and V went in, so I got on the internet and googled "keyboard".

I could have just pushed the spots where those keys go instead. Duh.

Duh.

My enter button still sucks, I don't want to take it off again, though. I will later.

A day at the lake

My friends Angie (from Cedar City, also) and Logan, who babysits our kids. (Angie has two.)One of the paddleboats we rented. Bella, Angie's daughter, is laying on top. I have to mention, because everyone asks, Bella was not named after the girl in Twilight. Angie had never read Twilight, and only watched the movie this summer when Logan got her to. People keep asking her if that's why she named her Bella, but Bella is 5, a little too old for the Twilight craze. I think Angie is neat. She named her daughters Isabella Sunshine and Lily Stardust. She wants to give her boy Jupiter for a middle name, if she has one. Interesting. Anyway...

Here is a bike Anthony and his friend Jay got when they went to return one of he paddleboats.

Here is Lily (if you couldn't tell) and Neils, making super funny faces. Her hair is the coolest light red brown color. I am in love with it, and would dye my hair that color, after two and a half years of not cutting or dying it, if I could get it that color.

They are really cute together. She always tries to hug him and kiss him. He just loves girls!

Neils, yelling at his dad in the water.

My funny boys.

It has been a while since I posted anything besides stuff about my sale, so here is something fun.

Last week, Anthony's company went out to the lake for a fun day. Two of the head guys came out from SLC, and they rented a boat and a jet ski, and we played at the lake. Anthony tried wakeboarding, can't figure it out. We didn't have a lot of time to try, and there were always a lot of poeople on the boat taking turns, so it was kind of sad. Instead of trying to wakeboard (not a good idea for me, in many ways) I got on the tube. That was all I wanted to do all day, anyway, go on the tube. We also rented two paddle boats. I really wanted to play in them, so I convinced Angie to go with me and rent some. They were fun, but Neils wasn't happy on the boat for a while. On the paddleboat, he didn't go on the big boat. I managed to get him lathered up well enough, but I somehow missed most of myself. My forehead, especially around my hair line, my right shoulder and side of my neck, and the fronts of my legs got fried. Crispy. I went and got a cheap strapless shirt to wear, and didn't leavy my house (other than the shirt and some groceries) for a few days. I wore my bellaband as a tube top, even, with my belly showing. Neils likes to squeeze it. He thinks my big belly is funny. He still doesn't get the idea that there is a baby in there.

I know, I don't have any pictures of myself, but I will find some or take some later. Maybe today, when we go to NO DOUBT. Woohoo. I just wish my brother, Kirstie, and my mom had come so we could be gone by now, on the road or in Seattle, to enjoy the coast. because they're not, and we're going to a concert, we have to go straight there and back because it takes so long, and I dont' want to leave Neils with someone that long, unless it is my mom. He's a monster!

Sunday's sale - rings and earrings

Thanks, Katelyn. I have been thinking that doing more blogging with my stuff would help. It seems to be a good way to spread the word!

Saturday's Sale - Baby shirts and hair clippies

Thanks, Alecia.