Christmas Break

Feeling a ton better starting week 11 of the pregnancy. I have not felt nauseous ALL DAY! Woohoo. So anyways, Christmas was good and quiet. I got a cake pan with a cover, a blender, perfume and a SEWING MACHINE! SO excited to start some projects. Pillows and place mats are at the top of that list right after I get all the mending done. Justin got his really nice basketball he has wanted, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and Blokus, a game Mike and Emmy Montez showed us. So things are good and we have alot of time off til January 5th. I hope I continue to feel better so I can make it through these next two semesters. We are cutting it short with our dealines this year as I am supposed to graduate July 18th and the baby is due around the 26th. So pray it does not happen early!!!

Baby

So we are officially pregnant and we are due as of now July 27th. We are hoping for a boy, Cache Cameron, but of it's a girl that is fine too, Brooklynn Rose is the name we have for a girl.

Busy Busy Bees!

Sorry I have not posted in a while. I am just sort of lame right now. I went and did pilaties and I loved it! Very hard and a great workout. Anyhoo, I guess I just wanted to ask some questions and see what any of you think. I guess I am just wondering about the people in my life that I love and have always been there, but who are very opposed to my religion. I have dear friends and family who just won't give up this fight and neither will I. My question is how can you maintain a relationship with these people? You can only take so much. I can't stand to hear "there is no God" and "religion is the crutch of weak people". I just feel so worn out after talking to these people. I fear to tell them anything about my religion like getting married in the temple, having a baby so young and other aspects of my life. I feel like I almost need to just shut them out.

So we have been crazy busy. My parents came for a week and we got to do a bunch of family names at the temple, and to my Dad's surprise my Mom had gotten his parents names prepared and they were sealed! So cool. My mom also got sealed to her grandmother who practically raised her. It was so amazing. After they got home my brother josh got beat up and got suspended for being involved in the fight even though he never hit anybody and was sticking up for another kid. His eye lid was split open and they had to glue it shut! The same day my niece Nadia passed out at day care and was also taken to the hospitol where they decided she was just very tired since her dad, my brother John, had just gotten home from over seas. So she prob just wasn't sleeping cause she has not seen her dad in a year. So we are very happy our bro is home and safe. We went to the Blackfoot fair and ate at Rupes, way way good! Than we went camping at Twin bridges and fished the Snake River with no success, but was still really fun. We started school on Thursday and are replacing all of the skirting on our trailer tomorrow, so busy busy. It is good to be back but things went from a very lazy summer to a very busy fall.

This is our new car! Well its a stock photo of our new car. We pick it up on Thursday and I will get actual pics then. It's a 2000 Chevy Malibu with 77,000 miles on it. It's in really great condition and we got it for 3,000. Original owner and never been in an accident. I think we got a good deal. I am excited to drive home next Sunday to Idaho and go back to my house. I think it's been a productive summer but I want to get back to school so I can finish and start our family. It sucked missing my summer track but hopefully I can catch up now that I am on fast-track. I can't wait to graduate next summer and be done. I will finish my bachelors degree!

I made some headbands as you can see. I saw ones just like these at the icing and claire's for 20 dollars! I got the headbands at the dollar store and used my 50% off coupons to buy feathers and gems at Michaels and Hobby Lobby. I really enjoy this stuff. I have not tapped into sewing yet but I just may.



This is the strawberry rhubarb pie that I made. Tasted very good but did not set as well as I wanted it too. Any suggestions? Oh and the crumb topping tasted very good on this pie but gets soggy if not eaten after it is baked.

So I have been dabbling a little in jewelry and these are a few of my creations. The first one are just a couple of charms I liked that I connected, not complicated. The chain and charms cost 3 bucks!
To buy some feather earrings in the store cost like 8 bucks at least. I have seen some peacock ones for 15 and up. All of these were super cheap to make.
Love these!!!! I think I will trim them.

I made this set for my sisters wedding. Southwestern jewelry is kind of pricey since its turquoise and coral. So I used my coupons and bought it myself. The whole set cost me 25 dollars to make. I went online and checked out some stuff other people had done and just made up the pattern. I love it and it's exactly what I wanted.

I have been trying my hand at a few new hobbies to keep me busy. This was the lemon and blueberry pie I made! It was very good. The one below was a deep dish cinnamon apple, also delicious. My next attempts will be chocolate pecan and strawberry rhubarb.

Justin and Kate

So we aren't that interesting because we don't have kids but whatever. We went to Red Lobster for my birthday and saw Transformers, which was a duplicate of the first movie. Justin got me a book from my favorite author, James Rollins, Chanel perfume and some nice clothes. It was really nice.


For the 4th we went to a BBQ with the Pinnacle group and then ate Mexican ice cream and watched Wolverine. We got to see the fireworks from our backyard which beat all the stupid traffic. I thought a lot about my brothers and am really grateful to those who serve the ideals of freedom and leave their families to protect what we take for granted. I am so proud of them.

Humane Society

So I went to the Tucson Human Society today with some other girls. It was so sad to see the animals that have been abandoned and abused. Some of their stories and faces would break your heart. It was great to see some of them getting adopted. But there are a lot of aggressive and traumatized dogs. Most of them are pit bulls due to the popularity of dog fighting. The dogs are rescued but a lot of them are euthanized because of violent and aggressive behavior. It's so important for people to realize when they can not afford or take care of an animal. Somebody left a puppy on a chain which grew into her neck. They had to cut it out to save her. She had stitches all around her neck. I think a good punishment is to chain up that person.

Roach!

So last night after Justin and I watched our movie we turned the lights on to find a two inch cockroach climbing the wall in the kitchen. I screamed and jumped onto the kitchen table sobbing. I was freaking out! Justin caught it and than lost it. After another hour of sitting on the table holding a shoe as a weapon, we caught it and killed it. I want to leave Arizona!!!! I got the complex to spray around our building but...damage is done! This is why nobody wanted to settle the west because you have nasty A creatures like giant roaches!

I just registered for classes. I have 17 credits this fall and will have 23 left to get my BS in Public Relations and a minor in English. Justin will be taking 14 credits most likely. We are happy we have out trailor to go home to after summer sales. Justin is doing really well, despite the 100 degree weather every day. He has a sweet farmers tan!

We are in Tucson AZ and it's really hot. We are moving to New Mexico on June 15th!

I am bored so I am making a blog!