Pioneer Day

Oh how I enjoy 4 day weekends. Thursday I hung out with my mom all day while Bret was at work. Then we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house with Bret and his parents. It is a really beautiful temple. It's been cool to go to two open houses only a few months from each other. I went to the Draper temple with my mother and a couple of coworkers in March. I am so grateful to have two more temples in the Salt Lake Valley.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Draper Temple

I watched the parade Friday morning, and we had a nice day at home. We then went over to our friends, Tim and Wendy's home and had a delicious dinner that involved grilling potatoes, meat and and red bell pepper slices on a special grill while fancy cheese melted underneath. It was delicious, but we left after dinner because they had family events to attend. We stopped of at my mom's for a few minutes before heading over to Kip and Shannon's. We could see a few fireworks out sliding doors, and I showed Shannon some blogging tips. This is the only picture I got of the 24th.

The best part is the weekend isn't over yet!

7/11

We went camping on the the 10th with Bret's brother. We went clear up American Fork canyon to a hard to get to spot that was suppose be remote. Unfortunately there were tons of noisy people around. But it was still really pretty and fun. Bret and I got a blow up mattress and I am really grateful for that thing. It made the night time much nicer.

We took a few minutes to check out the lake before we left the next day.

Later on 7/11 we went to a movie and stopped and got Slurpees.

Celebrating the Red, White, and Blue

We started the day off with the parade. It was nice because it was over cast for most of the morning so it didn't get super hot. (I really like my ridiculously big sun glasses.)

My nieces dog howled with the sirens from the firetrucks.

One of the men driving the cars stopped and proposed to the girl sitting next to us. We had lunch with my mom, rested at home for a bit, and then stopped off at my dad's for a little bit, and then went to my mom's for dinner and fireworks at the park.

Bret, me, and my baby bump.
Sparklers!

We watched the firework show, and we ended up being in the perfect spot and the show was amazing.

Pitter Patter

Last night Bret was able to feel the baby kick for the first time. It was so exciting. He said it was weird, but I could tell he liked it. It is kind of strange to feel a something moving inside of me, but it also makes me so happy to know that it's my cute little boy.

I first started feeling him move consistently on June 20. It felt like he was playing the piano on the bottom of my belly for the first little while, but now I am starting to feel larger movements. I find it difficult to focus when people are talking to me and I start feeling him move around. Sometimes it really tickles and part of me wants him to stop, but the other part of me loves it so much that I can't believe the one part of me would not want it to go on and on.

I am now starting to understand why women say they love being pregnant. At first I was surprised to find that I did not enjoy being pregnant. I had always thought that I would be a cute happy pregnant lady....reality turned out to be different. I have always been happy to be going to have a baby, and it has always known it is worth it. But for the first trimester I was sure I had the never ending flu, and for the first part of the second trimester I was pretty sure I was just getting fat. Now that I can feel him it seems so much more real. I am really enjoying being pregnant.

An Investment in My Feet

My cute sandals and high heeled shoes have not been agreeing with my feet an legs lately. So I decided to look into getting some more sensible shoes. I was happy that I hit a buy one get one 1/2 price sale, but it was still a bit of money. They're worth it though...cute, comfortable, and I notice I don't walk as funny in them as my uncomfortable shoes.

Here is a rainbow that we saw on our way home.

There was a really light one over the bright one.

We're Having a Boy!

Here is our sweet baby! It was so fun to see him, and I just love him so much. He sure is a little wiggler. I never thought of ultrasounds as cute before, but my little guy is so adorable!

I added some labels to help show what the pictures are.

He has a little who-nose...baby l0u who.

I can't get over how adorable his little foot is!

Five fingers and five toes and healthy little baby!

I didn't label this one because he looks kind of like an alien in it.

Counting My Blessings - #30

I am so grateful for grapefruit. This is my first crazy pergancy craving, and I am shocked at the power of it. I feel like it is a drug, when I eat it I can't get enough.

Mmmmmmmm.....