Celebrating Baby #3

Amy, Karin, Cara, Michelle, Shea, Kimberly, Me, Celeste, (melinda had to leave before the photo)

So many laughs and good times!

Loving all the gifts


A dear friend Karin from our church was sweet enough to spearhead a little dinner at Macaroni Grill tonight to celebrate the upcoming birth of our 3rd boy. It was so nice to have so many fun, kind, uplifting girls in one place. I feel really blessed to have met so many wonderful women here. We have moved into this area all crazy. . . buying a house then not buying one, living in TLF for 3 months, getting pregnant, needing to move out of TLF overnight, buying a house and it taking so long we almost became homeless again, no a/c for 1 1/2 weeks, finding out Brock is being deployed, etc. It has just been a crazy time for us and an emotional one for me and yet we've managed to make some good friends who are not crazy! (you'd think people who are acting crazy would only attract crazy people). Dinner was great and we all had a fun time just chatting the night away like girls can do. We had some delicious chocolate cake from Costco for desert and I believe I was the only one who ate my whole slice and if it wouldn't have been so embarassing I would've finished off some of the other girls cakes! The little guy and I got some super cute things. I was a super fun time!

Blessed Bread

This morning Owen wanted to eat bread and told me that he wanted to remember that the bread 'res-per-sents' (or represents) Jesus' body. We talked a little about the Sacrament and then I went about my unpacking. A few seconds later I heard Owen tell Clay don't eat yet we have to bless the bread and Owen proceeded to say a prayer asking Heavenly Father to help the bread make him strong and remember Jesus. He asked if the prayer worked . . . .Yes Owen. I think that is the MOST blessed bread.

New House no A/C!!!

Having fun with the slide at the 'hotel de Bates'



Finally after all the delay's we got into our house only to find out one of the a/c units had gone out. Not a big deal though because we still have one working and it keeps the side of the house we really live in cold. Oh but nothing has seemed to work out perfectly so why should this? Sure enough last Monday the other unit went out!!! We stayed there for a few nights but after I had an emotional breakdown from being on the go all day in 115 degree heat and sleeping in a house that was 95 degrees (although it was some of the best sleep the boys have ever had) we went to a hotel! It was super nice and we had such a good time! Thanks Brock for saving my sanity. Then luckily some good friends offered up their home since they were leaving for a week. We quickly took them up on their offer. Well after a week of living the good life at our friends house I guess having no a/c in the summer in the desert isn't so bad after all.

Baby Update #1

Wednesday the 16th I had a Dr. appointment and found out I'm dialated to a 2 and 60% efaced, so when ever the baby is ready he'll be here! I'm feeling contractions every night for about 45 minutes and then nothing for the rest of the day so hopefully those will start to intensify and the baby will come sooner rather than later. I have been planning for a Aug 1st birth so I am hoping I am still on track for that. We are getting pretty excited to meet this little guy and so are all of our friends here. Owen has been practicing with Clay on how to be ultra soft, kind and generous. It is really so sweet.

4th of July - Lake Powell

Brock and I in one of the Canyons near Antelope Island

Our sweet O loved the scenery

Brock and our boys sitting on the ledge where they liked to smash rocks

Captain and Co-Captain Clay would cry if he was't sitting on his daddy's lap

Owen focused on the skier so he would be ready to throw up the flag he was so protective of everyone's safety

Brock skiing - I love how skiers look so cool in photos the low turn, spraying water, and the beautiful rocks it's awesome

Earl the Pearl showing off his disc skills

O and Clay with the Bates girls getting ready for a tube run Clay chickened out last minute

O and Carter at the 'tippie top of the highest mountain' as O would say, it was their favorite place to throw/smash rocks

I told Clay to hug himself after getting hurt on the rocks so he did while saying cheese


We headed out to Powell again for a 3 day trip this time with G&G Ohlson and our good friends the Bates from Arizona. Owen and their little boy Carter (who he calls the 'pretend Carter' not to be confused with the real Carter from HB) are great friends and the Bates 2 girls are so good with Clay and enjoy playing with Owen too so it was surprisingly stress free and really fun for the kids. The weather was really nice hot one day and then overcast the next and it would cool of nicely at night. It was as though the stars were aligning for a good time at Powell. Brock rode the ski, wake board, and the ever so famous disc. While Owen enjoyed a few inner tube runs. Clay and mom just enjoyed riding along watching all the fun. Although I did try the disc but unfortunately the 8 month prego tummy was just a tad too big and I couldn't get my footing. Good thing about trying the disc is I think it made the baby drop and I now am officially feeling some good Braxton Hicks Contractions so we are still keeping our fingers crossed for another early delivery! It was our last Powell trip for the season so it was great to have it end on such a good note.