Demo Derby 2011

One thing that always seems to mark the beginning of summer for us is the Western Stampede Demolition Derby. This year marks the fifth year we've traditionally gone and dressed up like cowgirls (for the ladies) and white trash (for the dudes). This year was no exception! Where else can you watch cars get smashed up, sip on a snow cone and have your friends be the center of attention?!?

We had tons of fun and here are some pics to prove it!

 Heber decided he needed to grow some nasty facial hair so beginning in April he didn't shave... W.O.W. That's all I have to say.

The dudes in all their glory

Group shot. No I'm not wearing a pillow under my shirt, that's the real deal people!

The before...

The during....

And the after...

I'm already stoked for next year!!!!

Portland? Okay!

We have been busy trying to plan lots of get away's before the baby is here and our "free-time" is more limited. We decided a trip to Portland Oregon was just the ticket!

We stayed at the Ace Hotel, which is oober design friendly and makes Heber drool. We did lots of shopping, food trucking, sight seeing and relaxing. We also fell in love with a doughnut shop called Voo Doo Doughnuts... That is the stuff dreams are made of... Couldn't have been a better weekend!

Yes, the baby bump is in full force!

We visited the beautiful Multnomah Falls while we were there. It is the second tallest, year-round, natural waterfall in the US. It was pretty amazing!

Happy 2nd Anniversary!

This year it was my turn to plan our anniversary. I decided we should head back to Vegas and see a Cirque du Solei show and reminisce to when Heber flew us there for our first Valentines Day together, while we where dating. It didn't disappoint. The show was amazing, the food was fantastic and the people watching blew our minds.

We both feel pretty darn lucky to have each other! Here's to many many more!!!

It's A.....

April 19th we had our big anatomy ultrasound and the tech says it's a GIRL!!!!! (let's hope she knows what she is doing!)

It was a lot of to see her moving around, which she was doing a lot of and it was making the tech, a little frustrated. So it seems we have an active little girl on our hands. Both times we have seen her on the ultrasound she was moving like crazy!

Here is a pic of our darling girl!

This one is her spine

This one is her foot

We are getting more and more excited to meet her. 20 more weeks to go!!!

XO

Yes, We are Alive!!!

Hello blogging world!

 Yes, we are alive and well. In fact we had a fabulous Thanksgiving in Texas this year with Heber's sister Rach and family. It sure was nice to have a 70 degree turkey day compared to frigid Utah. Thanks for the party Johnson family!

Christmas was also fabulous. Most of Heber's family came to Utah to visit and it was a lot of fun! We made gingerbread houses, saw the lights on Temple Square, ate yummy food and had a sleepover with our niece! Yes, I have pics, and maybe someday soon I'll actually post them. But don't hold your breath :)

Recently we went to St. George with some friends and enjoyed a break from the snowy weather. Heber took me rock climbing for the first time, if you can believe it! We had a lot of fun!

After we got home from that vacation we had a pleasant surprise tell us that our family of two would soon be three!!!!! Sometimes it still feels surreal to think we' re going to have a baby, but now that I'm mostly out of the nauseous stage things are getting more and more exciting. Our little one is supposed to come one September 14th, (Sorry Alex, you might have to share your birthday with our baby) so that makes me 13 1/2 weeks right now!!!  Our parents and families and friends are really excited. Heber is really hoping for a boy. In 5 short weeks we'll see if all his dreams come true!

I'll try and stay more on top of this blogging thing now that I'm preggers, but again, don't hold your breath!

XO

Halloweeeeen!

Heber and I aren't really fans of this holiday, but this year we decided to have fun with it.  We invited friends over to carve pumpkins and we even made pumpkin soup! It was a lot of fun!

 Daxton thought getting the pumpkin guts out was pretty cool!

 I even made my first sugar cookies!

We had a pumpkin decorating contest at work. I thought I'd be creative and win first prize. Apparently racial pumpkins don't get many votes...

A little catch up... again...

For Heber's birthday we went on a trip to Boston to visit good friends, Spencer & Christina.Then we were off to NYC to explore the city. Here are a few pics from our adventures! (most of the pics are from Boston, we did a poor job documenting this...)








Heber's getting me ready...















Emerson was next and he just couldn't find it in him to let go of his little flower. Too cute.







Emerson was having a long conversation with the Blacksmith while visiting an old witch town.









Waiting in line at the Lobster Shanty (it's a DDD). We aren't sure it was worth the hour and a half wait to get our food. But it was a fun experience and yummy food.





We went to an old cemetery in Salem. Lincoln really liked this gravestone. His belly didn't really care for the leaves he ate though...





Goofin' off at the end of our "Freedom Trail" tour.









Walkin' the freedom trail...











The USS Constitution is behind us. We didn't have time to go over there and get closer. Our bus was going to leave us.







Thanks for letting us invade your lives Spencer & Christina. We wish we lived closer to you guys!