BUN IN THE OVEN!

Yep! We have another little bun in the oven. And we are so happy ! We have waited a long time for this little baby. I am almost 15 weeks along, and am due on May 17. Three days after Dan's graduation. Sooo... the baby will be coming out a week or two early so I can go to graduation. Because that is not a day I am going to miss!
The morning sickness has not been bad at all due to my new favorite drug Phenergen. I take it each night and Viola, no morning sickness at all the next day. It has saved me from being a very sick and cranky Mom and Wife. Which I am sure Dan and Tagg are grateful for.
I think we are having a girl. But that is only based on the fact that the pregnancy has been so different then last time.Either way though boy or girl I am just so excited. Dan doesn't seem to feel anything about the sex of the baby. He just wishes it was already here. He has been baby hungry for a long time.

A Family Murder Mystery

We had so interesting charters show up to our home a few weeks ago. To help us solve the mysterious death of Al Capone. Let me introduce you to the gang.

Ernie G. Ambler: Who is quite the gambler
Molly M. Awbsterr: A dame N.Y with all kinds of dough
(Dan's Mom and Dad)

Sly: A smooth talken' reporter who hits the hooch to often


S. Terighton Harrow: A sweet talken' dirty D.A
Millie Vanillie: A librarian who smuggles hooch and guns
(Also known as my brother and sister-in-law, Scott and Cori.)


Torchy: A night club singer who's not only musically talented but know how to handle a Tommy gun.
(My little Sister Becca)


Eddie "(socks") R. Gyle: A fashionable golfer, who is quite the gambler
"Silky" M. Adam: A shady sultry night club owner.
( Mom and Dad)

Billy("The Kid") Thrower: A Chicago major league baseball player, who like the ladies and his liquor.
Coco : A flapper who works evenings in the high society night clubs dancing.
( My little brother James & sister Mickey)

Now that you have meet everyone. Who do you think did Capone in? Well I'm not going to revile who the murderer was. All I am going to say is that it sure was fun to start the Halloween season off with such a bang!

A Camping we will go!

Yes, this is a picture of my naked child. Doesn't he have the cutest little bum? Well I couldn't talk about our camping trip this weekend. Without showing you a picture of how Tagg spent most of the time. Naked! He loved playing in the stream, and since I only brought so many diapers and cloths he got to run around naked most of the time. Which he loved.

I love camping, especially with my family. But this camping trip was something special. Which I should have picked up on right off the bat. When five minutes after we set up camp a moose walked right through our camp! Which was exciting and a bit scary. But what really made it fun was that it was the last hora before my 3 younger siblings head off to school. I guess I just soaking up this times with them. Because you never know where everyone may be in a year and what will happen.

Mickey, Tagg, Me and James

Well now that I have rambled on. I will just give you the skinny on the trip. Dan caught 3 fish! Not bad for his second time fly fishing, hun? And Dan and Becca ate the monster of all smores! Which consisted of two gram crackers, 4 slabs of chocolate and one of the huge camping marshmallows. Way to go guys! Tagg became a log walker. Well that's what he called himself as he walked across all the logs on our hikes. And I had a killer nap and wonderful time reading and hiking.

The log walker


The smore Monster!

WHY SO LONG

Have you ever felt so behind on something; that you decide it's better to start from the present rather than back tracking? Well that's exactly how I am feeling about blogging. There have been many fun adventures and happenings over the past few months. But the biggest change with our little family is that we have moved to Utah. Yep, we are back in Happy Valley again. And I have to say it feels a little weird. We moved back so that Dan could finish school. The last year of Physical Therapy school is all clinical affiliations. So after this year he is DONE! Hooray!
Now for and update on our little rascal. In our new little apartment we have a yard and a few flower beds with no flowers. Tagg will just play outside all day digging with his trucks. When he comes in to play its all about his trains. And all I can hear coming from his room "tickets pees " "all aboard-dd". It is super cute. But the funniest thing he is doing now is this little chordal. He does it when he is really excited about something. Here is a little video so you can hear it for yourselves.

April Adventures

Well now that April is pretty much over. I just wanted to give a quick re-cap of our many activities. What a better way to start off the month than with Easter and General Conference. Dan's parents were able to come down and share it with us. Tagg loved having them there, especially Grandpa. After we had collected all the Easter treats from around the room. We sat down and were talking when Tagg kept stealing candy from everyone else's baskets to put in Grandpa's.
He loves his Grandpa!




After filling up on Easter candy we headed to the Grand Canyon for Spring Brake. It was sooooo cold and the 50 mph winds didn't help. The cold didn"t stop us from having a great time. We just put a few extra layers on and off we went.

The first day we got there just in time to watch the sunset over the canyon. It was an awe inspiring experience. Even Tagg who had been crying the entire walk to the canyon, immediately stopped crying when he saw it and said "WOW"! The following morning we set out to hike down the canyon. It was quite the adventure hiking on ice and through swishy red mud. But it was so worth it it was beautiful down in the canyon. You can't even describe it or capture it on camera.
The third day we woke up to snow on the ground. Did I mention how cold it had been? we hiked the rim and went and say some old Indian ruins, and had an awesome nap! After nap time we decided to pack up a day early to avoid the even colder night that we was scheduled for that night.













Next we got to celebrate my Birthday. We'll all I can say is that it was a horrible day and I demanded a re do. So Dan suprized me last week with my Birthday re- do. he came home and told me were going to the Lion King show, and that he had arranged everything the babysitter. So I guess it ended up being a great birthday after all.

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This is just a cute Picture from when the Boys were sick last week. What cute little snuggle bugs!

Family Pic's

We had family pictures taken out at Red Rock Canyon recently. Our wonderful and very talented friend Megan was our photographer. The thing I love about her a photographer is that she captures the real you in action. Making the pictures feel and look so natural. She doesn't do a ton of posed pictures. Which is perfect for a family with a rambunctious two year old! I just wanted to share a few of my favorite pictures with you. ENJOY!

Birthday Bash!

We had a great week celebrating Tagg turning two. It all started off with cake and presents. Tagg loves horses so we made a yummy horse cake, he loved it! His favorite gift was a stuffed Elmo. Who must have looked hungry when Tagg opened him. Because the first thing he did was put a bunch of chips in his mouth.





After the Birthday Party we headed to California for the week. For a much needed brake and for Dan had to go to a PT conference.We had so much fun! We we got to go to: the ocean, zoo, Disneyland, Sea World and the new Mormon Battalion visitor center. The best part was that we only had to pay for Sea World. Gotta love those great family hook ups.

My favorite part of the trip was watching the Shamu show. WOW! That is all I can say about it. Except for that in the middle of the show Shamu just came out of the water and chopped this pelican that was sitting in the water. Then came back up and spit it out and played with it. Before he got sent to killer whale time out! I am serious they put him in time out. And made another whale finish the show. Can you believe it!
Tagg loved going to the Elmo 4D show and touching the Manta Rays. I think Dan's favorite thing was not being in school and sleeping in!

We loved our little birthday bash and mini vacation.