Grandpa and Grandma.

I feel extremely blessed to have grandparents who I am close enough to and feel comfortable enough to stay with them. For 3 weeks my grandma and grandpa were gracious enough to let me and Austin live with them. Our old apartment's contract was expiring and our new apartment wasn't available yet so we were homeless for lack of a better word. My grandma and grandpa were so generous to open up one of their spare bedrooms and bathrooms and let us crash there. I loved having the opportunity to spend some time with my grandparents. Before we moved in, I would get extremely bored and lonely in our old apartment. With Austin's crazy work schedule and my very small work schedule I spent most of my time alone at home and would run out of things to do. I loved being able to just sit and visit with grandma, watch her teach me how to cook some of my favorites like homemade bread and strawberry jam, play dominos and SkipBo, or sit on the back porch and watch the deer in the field. My grandma is seriously one of the best cooks too so my belly was never starving for food. That was definitely a bonus.

Now we have finally moved into our new apartment. Thank goodness. I feel like I can finally start preparing for this baby to come. I have been such a procrastinator, mainly because i didn't want to end up moving everything again. I will post pictures of the new place once we finally put pictures on the wall and get the baby's nursery done. Stay tuned. 

Independence Day.

This year’s 4^th of July was perfect. The weather is hot, the company was great, and the day was jam packed with excitement. Our day started out bright and early. Austin and I had tickets to the city’s pancake breakfast and decided to venture to the hot air balloon festival while we were out. I loved watching the hot air balloons take flight. It reminded me of my childhood living in Panguitch. The hot air balloon festival down there was always one of my favorite summertime activities.

After the balloon festival, Austin decided he wanted to go golfing with his buddy. I wasn’t about to spend my 4^th of July sitting at home alone so I called the Crandall’s up and asked to crash their plans to visit Seven Peaks Waterpark. This was my first time to the waterpark this summer. It was nice to be able to float in the lazy river or layout in the wave pool. The only downside was the nasty sunburn I am now suffering through. Being pregnant I wasn’t able to ride any waterslides so I became the official photographer. This seemed to be the favorite waterslide… 

Later that afternoon Austin and I headed up to Lehi to his grandparent’s house. It felt like a giant family reunion because so much family was there. We had the traditional yummy BBQ and Austin’s cousin opened her mission call. She is going to Manilla Phillipines and is going to make an awesome missionary.

That night we headed to the Stadium of Fire. This year featured Scotty McCreery and The Beach Boys. Honestly, I wasn’t too thrilled to sit on the hard bleachers all night and listen to two bands I wasn’t very fond of but I actually really enjoyed myself. Scotty sounded great live. I was also amazed at how easily The Beach Boys could bring people of all ages to their feet. They put on an awesome show. The night ended with fireworks which was by far my favorite. No 4^th of July is complete without fireworks. The baby didn’t seem to enjoy the fireworks as much as I did though. Whenever a big firework went off she would spaz out inside my belly. She was kicking, squirming, and making me uncomfortable the whole time.

To finish the day off, I found out Carlie, one of my amigos, had her baby. Baby Wytten finally came! I cannot wait to go visit and hold him. Seeing pictures of the little guy sure is making me anxious for my little girl to finally get here.

Carnival Inspiration.

I have been begging Austin to take me on a trip since we got home from our honeymoon. Austin was either getting really sick of my constant begging or just knew we probably wouldn't get to go on a vacation for a long time because he finally agreed to take me on a cruise. We sailed on the Carnival Inspiration with Aubrey and Trey through Baja Mexico. Although the weather was a bit uncooperative it was still a blast. For me, some highlights of the cruise included the endless food. My doctor ordered me to gain some weight so I took advantage of this opportunity. I am pretty sure all 11 pounds I gained was straight french fries and bananas. I also loved waking up in the morning to dolphins swimming below our window, finding the perfect little baby poncho in Mexico, and relaxing by the pool (minus the getting burnt to a crisp part). Here are some more highlights of the trip....

Aubrey, Trey, & Austin Hot Tubbing

 Catalina Island

 Playing in the beach

 Austin was the only brave one to try the waterslide. I was so proud! :)

 Like i said, I LOVED the food.

 Dinner in the Dining Room

On the Carnival Inspiration

Neglected Blog. Neglected Husband.

The semester is over. My internship is over. I feel like my life is finally starting to slow down. Hopefully it will slow down enough that I will be able to update my blog more than once every other month.

These past couple of months have been hell for lack of a better word. I had 20 credits, an internship, and a part time job. To top it off I have been pregnant which means I am unusually tired, emotional, and always hungry. I couldn't have survived without my sweet husband, Austin.

Austin has been pretty neglected this past semester, I can't even count how many times he had to eat mac'n'cheese or PB&J for dinner because I didn't have the time to fix him something a little more filling.
OR when he was stranded for hours at work, school, or home because I had the car.
OR when he got his shirt all wet and stained with make-up from letting me cry on his shoulder yet again.
OR when I had zero motivation to roll out of bed on the weekend so he would scrub the house clean by himself.
OR when he would spend hours rubbing my back and feet when I know when he had much more important things to do (like his own homework).

Moral of the story: Austin is fantastic. I don't know what I would do without him.

Sundays....

So, This is Austin. I just googled "neat things to do when you don't have anything to do" because it is Sunday afternoon and i have nothing to do because it's Sunday. I found a website with a list of 30 things and I already did a couple of them. One of the ideas was to crank up the tunes and Cami shattered that one real fast. Another idea was to do a blog, so that's what i'm doing. I would be willing to argue that Sunday's are not a day of rest, it is more of a day of waiting. Odds are you've got either early church or late church. If it's late, you're waiting all day to go to church at one o'clock and your whole day is shot. If you have early church, you get done so early that you find yourself just sitting around all afternoon trying to think of something to do because after all, it is Sunday and so I'm "not allowed" to go do the things that I could do any other day, like golfing! :) In my mind, golfing is the perfect Sunday activity. Think about it, you could go spend a few relaxing hours of quality time walking around the course with a friend or family member enjoying the day. Beats sitting on the couch all day, or rummaging through the cupboards munching on whatever just because you're bored. Yep, I'd rather be golfing...

Christmas/New Years

Yeah, I am a little late. I know. That is what taking 20 credits, working, interning, and being a housewife does to ya. We spent Christmas at the Richard's house this year. It was fun to be altogether, eat nonstop, and play the Kinect like crazy. One night during the break I got to spend some time with my amigos (Carlie and Josi) on a classic Arctic Circle run. It was nice to finally see these girls again. Finally, New Years was spent at my house. We went to Logan and watched Mission Impossible 4, ate some Pizza Plus Pizza (Oh how I missed it), and partied like rock stars. Here are some pictures to prove it.




And I couldn't leave out the classic Christmas PJ picture...

11 in 2011

Top 11 Events in 2011

in no particular order
1. Got married to my best friend.
2. Family Vacation aboard Carnival Splendor to the Mexican Riveria.
3. Cruise to Baja Mexico with Austin.
4. Started an internship that I absolutely love and changed my career path.
5. Followed the Utah Jazz faithfully. Go Jazz!
6. Katy Perry concert with Carlie and Josi
7. Turning 21. Vegas anyone?
8. Spending my first Christmas with my new family.
9. The many times my bestie Markellie came back from New York to visit.
10. The friendships and people I have met at my job.
11. Finishing up my junior year at UVU. I am almost done for good...