It's been awhile ...

Well it's been almost two months since last I updated our blog and I figured I'd better findt he time to do so. Still in school (until Dec. 15th when we get our Christmas break), works been tiring but the paycheck has been good so not to many complaints there, stress in running our life but we're beginning to get a hold on things and are now just taking one day at a time. Aside from all that life is actually pretty darn good. Tom is still alive and Socrates is getting pretty fat (both have the funniest personalities EVER!), had my first doctors appointment last week and got to see our baby for the first time via ultrasound (I must admit it was pretty darn cool, I think I'm going to have a big baby though lol ... after the ultrasound it feels a lot more real and I can actually start saying I'm pregnant). Below I'll be posting some belly pics of me at 12 1/2 weeks (I'm already noticing a HUGE change in my body but after taking the pics they don't appear to be as noticeable lol go figure right... guess my eyes are playing tricks on me). Looking forward to feeling to baby kick for the first time and of course finding out if its a boy or a girl. I was kinda upset at how quickly I seemed to be showing (doesn't seem right lol) --- so I've been weighing myself (thankfully still the same weight that I've been for the last 6 or so years --- though my belly seems to say otherwise, oh well) :-) Well gotta run and get back to studying (math exam this monday - yuck!)

This is what I looked like about 2 or so months ago (I'm really sucking my stomach in right now - not to awful comfortable let me just tell you lol)

This is me relaxed and normal

(sucking in my stomach again -- my stomach was empty so not very comfortable)

(Completely relaxed)

Unexpected Surprise

Well it certainly has been an extraordinarily long time since last I posted anything new so I figured I better update before school starts getting to far underway and I get preoccupied with my studies. As many of you probably already know Jay and I are expecting. I'm really probably only about 6 weeks along, being so new and all I'm still a bit nervous that so many people knowing already, for many things can still happen to change the fact. However we're both ecstatic and so far all seems to running smoothly (a little nauseous in the morning but that's probably more me then the fact I'm pregnant, lol I never was a morning person). School has officially started and I'm so grateful that I'm only taking 12credits this semester ... it appears that 3 out of the 4 classes I'm taking are going to be fairly time consuming, especially my Anat. & Phys. class. Still no luck with finding Jay an Internship but we just found out that if he gets on the fast track (meaning he goes to school year round and takes a min. of 15credits each semester) he'd be able to determine which semester to take off and do an internship (winter, spring, or fall would all be options then not just the winter like it was originally). Since receiving this vital piece of information, we've been trying to figure out our options and get Jay on the fast track. Hopefully within the next 2 months we'll have everything worked out and underway. I need to go talk to a nursing counselor and get my semester list written up so I know which classes I have to take and which ones are not required so that I don't accidentally take a class I didn't really need. Also within another week or two I'll be setting up a doctor's appointment to see how far along I really am, make sure everything is ok, and hopefully figure out a tentative due date. Well got to go finish getting ready for work tooda loo (hmmm not sure if that's even pronounced right --- oh well).

Weekend Adventure

It was a lovely sunny day outside with a nice refreshing breeze that helped to keep the hot sun from roasting us ... perfect day for a little fun and adventure. Cody and Katie came down for a few days and we all decided to travel to Yellowstone (pictures not added yet) since Katie's never been there (plus the fact that it was only an 1 1/2 hours from our house helped some on the decision). We had a nice relaxing drive, the scenery was gorgeous, and we got to see Ole' Faithful to boot. Unfortunately we didn't see very many animals on our trip (just a few buffalo and elk) but it was still fun. Afterwards, due to the lack of animals, we traveled to BearWorld a cool park that's about 12min from our house and got to FEED THE BEARS!!! It was pretty sweet. At Bearworld we saw elk, deer, buffalo, turkeys, a moose, some pretty big trout, and of course the bears plus there was a cool little petting zoo that we got to visit after our tour of the park. Hope y'all enjoy the pics
Note: Below you'll see a "rare" white elk, a pot-belly pig that would grunt everytime you pet him, and a a bull elk with a MASSIVE rack lol enjoy

Time Flies!!!!

WOW it's been 2 months now since I last updated our blog... I figured I better post something new otherwise y'all might think Jay and I have completely disappeared. Here's just a quick outline of everything that's been happening since April.
1) Got a new cat, we named him Socrates. He's about 2 years old and so far he and Tom get along decently. He likes to mock-fight Tom and will come up behind him, wack him on the butt then jump back a few steps when Tom whirls around... it's pretty funny to watch. Though a few night ago Tom got real upset with Socrates and pushed him into a door box him in the face the whole time. (Don't think he's learned his lesson though since he still bugs Tom).
2) Still in school but we're now counting down the days until FREEEEDOM!!!!! (4 more weeks)
3) We were called, the VERY FIRST DAY in our new ward, to be nursery assistants. It's been a fun and interesting time. You know it's nursery time when you walk out of sacrament and start hearing kids crying lol

School is kicking out butts right now so there hasn't been much free time to do anything real relaxing so I guess that's really about all the update that I have for right now. Now.... on to a few pictures :-)

Note: My computer wouldn't let me post any new headings with my pictures so I figured I write a few quick notes about the last few. There's an Idaho Sunset that I like, and the rest are of Socrates (and yes that's the way he actually sleeps a large portion of the time--- silly kitty)

--- Love this picture of the Idaho Falls Temple
Jay and I were out roller blading and this guy and his girlfriend passed us biking... I just thought his "bicycle idea" was ingenious lol and just had to take a quick pic of him as he passed us





Some deer we saw in Provo behind Cody & Katie's apartment building

Ah School

The challenges of school has officially begun for Jay and I. Five days a week from 9am to 5pm classes will consume our daily lives. Our professors are pretty cool, and so far we are both enjoying our classes though feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment. It has been so long since I've been in a pubic acedemic atmosphere, afer all this time it seems so strange caring around a backpack full of books. My five, 14 credit hour, classes are keeping me plenty busy and I was quite suprise that homework is already being dished out full-force on the first week of classes. Poor jay, who has 16 credit hours, is getting slammed at the moment will numerous 500-2000word essays and class projects. We're trying to get better organized at the moment so we don't get behind in any of our assignments as we're both striving for A's, though by the end of the semester we'll probably both be happy to just be done and alive no matter what the grade might be lol. May you all keep us in your prayers that we'll survive this semester with our sanity still intact. heehee

Rocky and now Bullwinkle?!

We've had so many interesting things happen to us since moving out here. For those who read the previous blog, y'all know that we made a fuzzy new friend last week and this week we met his partner in crime. Our little friend of last week I've decided to call Rocky due to the circumstances. Well to get to the point of this story Jay and I finally got out Idaho D.L. which meant that we could also get our fishing license. We found time today to go down to the South Fork of the Snake River for a little R&R (namely fishing). Unfortunately we didn't have to right type of bait so no bites but we had an even better encounter though... We decided to walk down to a different part of the River that wasn't so choppy and try fishing when lo and behold a young moose made an appearance from out of the trees. He just calmly walked out and starting munching on some willow branches by the shoreline just staring at us. After a few minutes he decided to take a nap and laid down only a few feet from us and dozed off in the snow. It was pretty crazy, the pictures are hard to make out since they were taken with out phone but hopefully you'll be able to see enough of this guy :-) So there you have it we met Rocky last week and now Bullwinkle this week hehe

Deciding to take a quick nap next to us

That's A Lot of Nuts!

While out for our normal sunday stroll Jay and I had the funniest experience while walking through Porter Park. This crazy and fearless little critter came bounding out from under the trees right up to Jay and I begging for some of the food that we had (peanuts lol). This little guy would stand up on his hind legs begging, and would eat right out of our hands. It was so funny! Hope y'all enjoy the pictures that we took (thank goodness I brought my camera along for this walk) ;-)

Our Little Begger