Spring Football Game

Isn't it beautiful! On Saturday we were back in Rice-Eccles Stadium for the Red-White Spring Football Game. I had to be there in the morning for the MUSS flag football game and it was so fun being back in the stadium; we haven't been there since November!

Here's a picture of Coach Whit acting as referee for the MUSS game.

The first home football game for the Utes is September 6th and we are already counting down! This football season will definitely be full of new experiences for us: no MUSS seats, we will have a baby at the games, etc. We can't wait!

GO UTES!!!!

Baby Shower

I had my first baby shower last week. Thanks to all of you who came and for all the great gifts! Now that I have a few things it makes me want to go out and buy everything, but I will need to be patient. And thanks to all of you for the good advice. It's nice to have friends who have done this before so you can answer all my silly questions.

This little guy will be here before we know it and I'm getting really excited to meet him!

Utah Cheer

My little sister Elise is now a University of Utah cheerleader!!!!!!! We are so extremely excited for her. Tryouts were this week and yesterday we found out she made the squad.

She tried out last year and did not make the squad which was such a huge disappointment. It was also very frustrating because there were girls who made it over her and she was much more talented. I am so proud of her for trying again and it paid off this year.

She is going to have such a fun year cheering at all the football and basketball games. She absolutely deserves to be on the squad and we are so happy for her!

GO UTES!!!!!!!

Baby Registry

I've had a few people ask so I figured I would answer you all at once. We are registered at 'Babies R Us' and 'Target.'

I can't wait to get our condo unpacked so we can start deciding what to do with the baby's room. You can be sure there will be some sort of University of Utah influence!

Moving Day

Saturday was such a long day, actually it's been a long couple of weeks. I am very sick of packing and unpacking and our place is still a big mess but we are trying to take it one day at a time. I will be very glad when I can go home at night and actually relax instead of unpack!

Saturday consisted of packing our apartment, moving everything into our new condo, cleaning the old apartment and then trying to unpack things in the condo. It was exhausting! My feet were big and swollen by the end of the day and I think I actually dreamt about unpacking that night because I couldn't get it out of my mind.

We are so grateful to all our family members for helping us move. We couldn't have done it without you and we appreciate it so much!!!

Here's Jesse standing in the clutter of our dining room.

This is our living room. I'm looking forward to filling those shelves with cute decorations, but first I have to find the decorations in a box somewhere.

Here's James hanging the shower curtain in our master bathroom. I finally got the bathrooms organized last night! YEA!

Luckily we were able to clear off our bed so we could sleep in it that night.

I will be sure to post pictures of our condo when we are settled. We've only been there less than a week but I know we are going to love it. It's been strange not being on-call but we don't miss it. I guess we might miss it when we have to write that first mortgage check!!

The End of an Era

I can't believe it but tonight is our last night in the mortuary. Strangely as I write this I can't help but get a little emotional; it must be those pregnancy hormones! As hard as it's been living there it has also been such a blessing in our lives. I think we have grown so much and we have learned to appreciate so many things.

I know there are a lot of things I won't miss, like the telephone ringing in the middle of the night, but it's been our home for the last two years and it will be strange to move on. We've been so lucky to have such good neighbors living in the other apartment. That has made things much easier when we have to work out numerous scheduling conflicts. Thanks T.J. and Rebecca!

We've started packing and it's amazing the amount of things you acquire without even realizing it! We will definitely be making a trip to the D.I. I definitely don't recommend moving while you are seven months pregnant; it's not so easy!

I will try and post pictures of our new place next week. I know it will be a mess for at least a couple weeks but I just need to be patient while we organize things. We are very excited and looking forward to starting this new chapter in our lives.

P.S. The mortuary is being totally remodled on the outside and it's almost finished. It already looks ten times better and it's going to be so beautiful when they are finished. If you are downtown drive by and see it because it looks fantastic!

Watch Your Luggage

I'm telling this story as a reminder to all of you to double check your luggage when you pick it up at the airport. When we arrived at the San Diego airport we headed to baggage claim to wait for our luggage. We had about nine bags to pick up but they all made it to San Diego safely.

We had recovered eight of our bags and the only one missing was Marcus' little red suitcase. We waited and waited and it never came. By this time all of our plane had received their bags and we were the only ones left at baggage claim. There was, however, another little red suitcase going round and round on the baggage claim. It was the same size and shape as Marcus' bag so we thought someone may have picked up his bag by mistake.

Sure enough, that's what had happened. Some woman had taken Marcus' bag instead of her own. The thing that really baffled all of us is that Marcus' bag had a bright neon green tag on it with his name. And her bag had a yellow handle which Marcus' did not. Obviously this woman did not notice either of these things and in fact, she didn't notice she had the wrong bag until about 10:00 that night!

Luckily the airline was nice enough to switch the bags and deliver Marcus' bag to our hotel. Just make sure you double and triple check that you have the correct bag when you go to baggage claim next time. I know none of you would be as unobservant as this woman was but this is just a friendly reminder!

San Diego

Our trip to San Diego was of course too short, but we had a lot of fun. The weather was beautiful and I was so happy to see the ocean. There's just something about that California air that makes me so happy!

We played tennis in the mornings which was so nice. Sadly I was not able to play because of the big belly I'm carrying around but I enjoyed watching! (the brunette in the picture is Elise's friend, Emily)

The beach was a little windy but we didn't care. Jesse and Marcus were the only brave ones to get in the water; it was freezing!

We spent one day at Sea World which was a lot of fun! I loved watching all the shows and the things they do with the animals is amazing! I was proud of myself for waddling around the entire day. I was tempted to rent one of those scooters (you know, for elderly people) but I resisted the urge and walked the entire day. Good for me!

We visited Old Town and ate in this cute Mexican restaurant. It was so much fun!

It was so nice to get away and I'm sad we had to come home so soon. Sadly I don't have any Easter pictures from yesterday. Jesse and I were not able to go to church because he had to go on a call for the mortuary. Luckily that was the last holiday we will have to endure because this week is moving week! We will officially move into our condo on Saturday so I will be spending the week packing up our apartment. We can't wait!

Busy Week

On Saturday we ventured to Babies R Us to start our registry. It was definitely overwhelming!! I'm sure all you moms felt like this when you were pregnant with your first babies but I'm starting to feel a little anxious about the whole baby thing. Registering just made me realize I have no idea what I'm doing! I don't know what things I'm really going to need and which brands are the best etc.

I have days where I'm very excited for our little boy to be in our lives and I can't wait to meet him. Then there are other days where I'm terrified for when he comes because I have no idea what to do!! I'm hoping all these feelings are normal and I'm pretty sure they will go away; right?

Today we are signing our lives away as we close on our condo. We won't actually get the keys to the condo until March 26th but we are signing the paperwork today (it's a long story). We are so excited to move in. Yesterday was our last Sunday on-call at the mortuary; that is so crazy!! Our freedom is fast approaching.

Tomorrow we are headed to sunny San Diego! I am so excited for a vacation. I'm really burned out with work (MUSS stuff is driving me crazy) so I can't wait to get away. Because of this big belly bump I won't be able to do much but lounge on the beach but that's fine with me!! I will be sure to post photos when we return!!

Relief Society President

My mom is the new Relief Society President in her ward. She is freaking out a little bit, which is understandable, but I know she is going to do an amazing job. As soon as she told me about the calling at first I laughed and then I thought "well that makes sense." My mom is so good with people and she is so caring. She is going to love those women so much and I know she is going to be a fantastic president.

As I've come to discover in this last year the hardest calling I've ever had has also been the most rewarding. I'm finally done as a gospel doctrine teacher which I'm happy about but it has been a really good experience. I've learned a lot and I have grown so much because of that calling. I'm really grateful to be a part of a church that challenges me instead of just letting me fly under the radar.

I'm excited to move into our new ward and see what kind of callings we receive there. I'm hoping I will get away without a calling for a while since I will have my hands full in the next few months!