The Bingham Clan!

What A Day Today Is.

2012-01-27T07:30:00.002-07:00

Smile

2012-01-10T22:04:00.001-07:00

I asked Bri to Smile for the camera...

This is what I got...

Funny, funny girl!

Grandma Sherry

2012-01-08T15:50:00.003-07:00

Hope you enjoyed my little song.

Happy Birthday Grandma! WE LOVE YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!

Balloons Again and Laughter

2011-12-11T20:36:00.004-07:00

So I have some video of Bri. The first one was the day of her birthday party when I took her with me to get her helium balloons. It makes me smile every time I watch it. I hope it makes you smile too.

The second video is of Gavin doing some silly sounds and it just cracked her up with Laughter. I am glad we caught it on tape too cause she no longer is laughing this hard at the same sound.

1 in a FLASH!

2011-11-22T09:11:00.001-07:00

Today our little girl turned 1. She is just amazing to us. She has learned so much this last year and each day she surprises us with something new. She has gone from being so dependent on us for everything from feedings to being mobile. Now she still depends on us for feedings but she can sort of feed her self and she most definitely is mobile all on her own. We love her so much and wouldn't trade her for the world.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRI!

Hope you have enjoyed your first year of life! We sure have.

A Special Day!

2011-11-05T08:58:00.009-07:00

AND

*Baptism image found on google image search*

Another Birthday!

2011-11-04T08:57:00.004-07:00

It's Time To

2011-11-01T12:42:00.000-07:00

OH,

Pumpkins

2011-10-31T07:01:00.029-07:00

We hope you get the treats you want and the tricks...well you'd be silly if you want those!

Fun in Logan

2011-10-19T16:23:00.001-06:00

Sara, Bri and I went to Logan for a few days to spend with family. We met Marsha at her work and after she was off we went to a beautiful place called Inovation Campus in North Logan. It is a really gorgeous area with a pond full of fish...

a fountain...

lillypads

Sabrina even got to dip her toes in the water. She really wanted to dive right in but we wouldn't let her and she wasn't very happy about that.

We then went walking around with Marsha as our tour guide and down this pretty road where there is really pretty scenery.

and a fun road to walk down and take pictures... Bri's favorite part.

After walking and taking pictures we went out to Grandma's and played with fun new (to Sabrina) toys...

trying on "new" hats...

playing outside on the blankets with the cousins...

hangin' with the Aunts and Uncles...

and of course the cat and...

ducks...

this was our fun in Logan.

Books...

2011-09-27T17:36:00.006-06:00

Magazines,

Extra Large Shirts,

Motorcycles

and of course more Balloons!

This is what Sabrina has been up to lately in case anybody was wondering!

Wowza!

2011-09-20T08:50:00.028-06:00

3 years together and counting

and we are both so much in love still!

Happy Anniversary Gavin!

38 years together and counting and also still in love!

They are even sometimes caught still making out together!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Grandpa B

2011-09-18T08:21:00.036-06:00

Balloon Fun

2011-09-12T07:36:00.021-06:00

We have recently discovered that Sabrina LOVES balloons! She loves to hug them, eat them (or at least attempt to by licking them) and most of all shake wildly and exuberantly. We took video of her playing with one and then another and I couldn't pick just one video so here they both are. ENJOY!!!!

A Day to Remember!

2011-09-11T09:00:00.002-06:00

Aunt Angie as you know today is your birthday!

We love you!

What is Today?

2011-09-02T17:00:00.001-06:00

Today is a very special day! It is Grandma Bingham's Birthday

Uncle Jer & Uncle Jeff

2011-08-24T21:01:00.002-06:00

My Lucky Number

2011-08-22T21:10:00.004-06:00

9 is and has always been my lucky number and favorite number or at least since I was a Freshman in High School... Hmm another 9. Well today Bri has officially turned 9 months old and is on the brink of walking without anybody's help. Here is a video we took on Saturday. It is short and the quality is not so good but you get the picture!

Cousins

2011-08-10T10:31:00.001-06:00

Noelle & I checking each other out.

Noelle was very interested in me as she kept hugging me and trying to give me kisses.

Me attempting to get away from Noelle. I like my personal space.

By the end we sure were enjoying each other.

It was fun having someone other than Mom and Dad to play with.

Thanks for coming Noelle! I can't wait until Christmas time now!

Eight

2011-07-24T21:12:00.051-06:00

Months that is...On the 22nd my little girl officially became 8 months young.

Some of the things she has been up to are...

She's learned how to crawl and has become a pro at it.

She loves to grab onto our fingers, pull herself up off the floor and put one foot in front of the other for as long as we will allow her to.

She is pulling herself up to things like the couch, counters, walls, crib, etc... and is walking along side of them...

it'll only be a matter of time before walking on her own begins.

She is eating solid foods and loves to eat.

No that cup isn't the type of solids I meant... It's the only picture I have with anything not dealing with her bottles or... well you get the picture...

She is smiling more and more in front of the camera, which is good since she'll be my model for life.

She is spoiled rotten by everyone (yes us included).

She is a huge fan of the Cheers theme song. Every time we watch it and she hears the theme song she stops whatever she is doing and smiles and gets excited. (really she does that with just about any TV show theme song)

Our Little Family

2011-07-13T13:29:00.006-06:00

Back in May we went up to my parents house for my Mother's day present and took some family pictures! Here are a few of my favs.

Heya Marsha...

2011-06-27T11:42:00.004-06:00

My awesome sister Marsha made these cute headbands for Sabrina and I thought I would share how cute they look on her.

Now only if she would leave them on.She thinks she is just soooooooo funny!

Happy

2011-06-23T15:22:00.000-06:00

Birthday Uncle Corey! I had so much fun with you when we came to visit and we all hope that you have an awesomely fun birthday!

Happ, Happ, Happpppyyyy Birthday!

Love Bri

Three in a Million!

2011-06-19T10:17:00.006-06:00

We have three of the best Dad's in our lives. I hope that everyone has a great day today and remembers their special dad!

Happy Father's Day Daddy Gavin,

Grandpa Larry J.

and Grandpa Larry D.

Love Bri

PS... Also a Happy Father's day to Uncle Jer and Uncle Corey and Uncle Jeff!

Road Trip

2011-05-26T09:53:00.003-06:00

Gavin's parents invited us to drive down with them to Tucson Arizona to visit Corey, Ashley & Noelle. So on Friday the 13th we headed down to Arizona and it was Bri's first road trip. She slept a lot and when she was awake we attempted to entertain her. There were only a few times that she cried extremely hard. She was so ready to be out of that car seat. We stayed in Flagstaff the first night and the hotel wasn't that great. Oh well that is bound to happen from time to time.

While down there we got to play with Noelle and she sure seemed to like Gavin. He got her laughing real good at times. The best was whenever we'd build a great tower with her blocks she would scoot over to them and knock them down. She also was very nice and shared her toys with Sabrina. It was fun to watch the interaction between the two and I can't wait until they are both old enough to run around together and play.

We tried to decide what to do while down there and one place we decided to go to was the Pima Air Museum. It has tons and tons of planes and helicopters. We weren't able to see all of them but it was pretty cool and even though there were some trouble times with Bri it was fun to look at the planes and learn more about them. We also went to the Mission San Xavier del Bac. They are in the middle of restoring it but it was really neat to see and full of picture opportunities. We sure enjoyed walking around there and getting pictures taken.Look at all the gorgeous cacti!

It was fun to be able to spend time with Noelle. It was also nice to be able to have Corey and Ashley play with Bri as they haven't seen her since Christmas time. It was fun to have Larry and Karen get more Bri time in too. It was a great vacation and we hope to do it again sometime before Corey is finished with school.

Thanks Corey and Ashley for being such great hosts and for all the wonderful home cooked meals... (Ashley I need that pulled pork recipe... it was delicious)Thanks Larry and Karen for driving down and inviting us to come along. We had a lot of fun. It was a much needed vacation for us.P.S. This is what we came home to...

Go figure.

Lost and Found

2011-05-25T08:26:00.000-06:00

Well a couple of days ago I went outside to our front porch with Bri when across the way we found this cute little thing lost.

She is an adorable little cocker spaniel. We looked at her tags to see who she belonged to and all she had was a tag for the Pet Hospital. So we got the number off the tag and called them. Gave them the tag number and they were able to contact the owner. The only problem was, was that the owner had given the dog to her neighbor and so they didn't speak English very well. Either way they came and got her and were so thrilled to know that she was ok and found safe and sound. I have no idea how far away from home she traveled but at least now I know who to call if I see her wandering the streets again all by herself!

Seriously Adorable!

2011-05-24T09:23:00.004-06:00

Today my niece Natalie turns 1!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE!!!

You are adorable and sweet and we can't wait to see you again and get to know you better and better with each day and year that you grow!

*Image found on google image search

1/2 A Year Later

2011-05-22T09:00:00.000-06:00

Today Sabrina turned 6 months old and she just becomes more and more fun every day. She sure is an active little baby and loves to eat everything she can get her hands on. She is eating rice cereal and seems to actually like it. She has already been on a big road trip down to Tucson Arizona. (More on that in another post). She loves to bend over backwards when she is being held and well that is about all the new things that I can think of for now. Here is a cute video of her.

Dad's Wild Goose Chase and Easter

2011-04-30T12:43:00.005-06:00

When all us kids turned 18 my mom would always send us on a treasure hunt that usually ended up with us going all around the town. It was fun to see where it would lead us. Well this year for my dad's 60th birthday we all chipped in and decided to send him on a wild goose chase (aka a treasure hunt). Trisha came up with the idea and I believe did most if not all of the shopping and had all us kids right down 10 reasons about what we love/like him. As we got to each location we each read to him what we love/like him. It sure was fun to hear what everybody said. Here is my list of 10 things

10 things I LIKE/LOVE about Dad

1-His hugs
2-His cleaning
3-Racing Him up the stairs
4-Pulling His finger
5-His dutch oven cooking
6-The way He kisses Mom in the Kitchen
7-The way He is as a Grandfather
8-The way He whistles and you can hear it forever away
9-Playing His Avon sports
10-His sense of Humor

Here are the pictures of the hunt.
(thanks Marsha for taking most of the pictures)After my dad found all his clues the hiding of the Easter Eggs began. Here are some pictures of all the kids on a race to finding all the eggs. Sabrina even picked up her first egg ever. I have always enjoyed watching the kids run around looking for the eggs.

Then on Sunday we were able to spend Easter Sunday with Gavin's parents. They got her this really awesome Easter book and here are a few pictures of them with Sabrina looking at it.All in all it was a pretty good weekend.

6 Years!

2011-04-27T11:05:00.004-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE!!!!

We love your bubbly personality and hope that your birthday is a great one today! Wish we could be to your party!

Noelle

2011-04-23T12:34:00.005-06:00

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY NOELLE

We love you so much and can't believe that it has been a whole year already. It's hard to believe you have gone from this little angel...

to this little angel...(pic. used from Ashley's blog)

We miss you and are so EXCITED to see you and your parents next month.

Uncle Cordell!

2011-04-22T09:30:00.000-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE CORDELL!!!

We all love you very much and hope your birthday is full of funness!

5 Months

2011-04-22T09:20:00.002-06:00

I cannot believe that it has been 5 months already! Sabrina is growing up so quickly. She turned 5 months on the 22nd of April and had her 4 month check up on the 29th. She is weighing in at 15 1/2 lbs and 25 1/4 inches long. She is not a starving baby that is for sure.

She is starting to giggle a little bit here and there and of course we can't get her to do it the same way every time. She is started to reach and swat at things around 4 months old. She puts everything she can into her mouth. She loves to sit up, even if she can't do it herself she sure tries. She smiles a lot more than she used to. She recognizes Mommy and Daddy. She wakes up in the morning and is all smiles. She is talking to herself more and more. She doesn't like it when we try to put her down for a nap but it is getting a little easier most of the time.
On the 15th of April I decided to lay her on her tummy (she doesn't like tummy time at all) and well within seconds of her being on her tummy she rolled over onto her back. Gavin missed it cause he was extremely sleepy and had his eyes closed so I thought I'd try again and nothing but fussiness. So then later I was in the hallway and I thought lets try it again and come to find out she did it a second time. I tried to get Gavin in there as quickly as I could so that he could see it but by the time he got to us she was already on her back. She hasn't done it since even though I have definitely tried to get her to.

We also have given her some baby food. We tried her out with Applesauce and have now tried Sweet Potatoes. She seems to like food as she eats it rather quickly and most of it does end up in her mouth. I am trying not to give it too her too often until she is at least 6 months but we'll she if she'll allow me to do that.

She is such a cutie and we love her so much.

Father's Day!

2011-04-18T08:25:00.000-06:00

What?... I am a little early for Father's day?... I think not! Don't you people know there are two Father's days every year. :D

One of them just happens to be today and that also just happens to be my very own dad's birthday. He is a terrific dad to me and the rest of my siblings. He is so much fun and has become more and more fun to be around the older I get. I remember many times growing up that he would chase us up the stairs on our way to bed. There was plenty of shoving and pushing going on between all us siblings as we headed up the stairs. You did not want to be the one right in front of Dad cause he would grab your feet and pull you down behind him. The only prize we got for beating Dad up the stairs was the sheer satisfaction of knowing that we were faster than him.

I love what an excellent Grandpa he is. He is so sweet to his grandchildren and has so much fun when he plays with them. He sure does love then and Sabrina is sure a lucky little girl. He has such a way with the little ones that he can help calm them down by just talking so quietly and softly to them. I love it.

Happy Birthday DAD/GRANDPA!

Oh The Weather Outside...

2011-04-01T17:03:00.006-07:00

IS not frightful!

At least it wasn't yesterday and today. So what do you do on such a wonderful day? You go outside and enjoy it. So that is exactly what we did...

Since Bri can't wear sunscreen yet I decided to do a make shift tent with an umbrella and a blanket...(thanks again Karen for the blanket)

Under our awesome tent we read a few stories and as you can see Bri ate a horse.

She may not be smiling but she did have lots of fun.

Gavin on the other hand washed his motorcycle while we had our fun.

I LOVE WARM (70 degree) WEATHER!

Trisha, Trisha, Trisha

2011-03-31T08:08:00.004-07:00

Today it is my sister Trisha's birthday! She is such an awesome sister and an amazing aunt. She makes life interesting and fun. She is not afraid to state her mind and we always have fun when we are around her. We wouldn't want her to be anyone else but herself.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISHA!!!!!

Dear Aunt Marsha!

2011-03-22T07:35:00.004-07:00

I thought that I would wish you a happy birthday since I noticed that my mom didn't yesterday at all... even though I know she chatted with you online... I think she has lost her memory cause I take it all! ;) I love you Aunt Marsha and think that you are a most crafty and fun loving Aunt... I hope you had a GREAT and FABULOUSLY amazing birthday! I had fun seeing you this weekend too!

Love Bri!

3 Months

2011-02-22T14:00:00.002-07:00

Today is my 3 month Birthday! Wow I can't believe that I have been in this world for 3 months. It has been a fun 3 months. I have learned how to goo and coo and now I am learning to giggle! Some moments I will giggle at anything... the computer screen, the TV, Mom, Dad and even the ceiling. I also have found that bath time can be lots of fun as long as it is in a warm room and I have Mom sitting in the tub with me. I am also growing a tooth and so now I want to munch on everything but since I haven't quite gotten the hand coordination down yet Mom and Dad have to help me out a bit. I'm learning though. Mommy and Daddy can't believe that I weigh 14 lbs. They say I am growing like a weed... What is a weed? What can I say... I LOVE to eat! :) Well here are some pictures of me from the last 3 months! Hope you enjoy them!

Brian!

2011-02-14T08:57:00.005-07:00

So yesterday was my brother-in-law Brian's birthday! I don't know what he did for it but I sure hope that he had a fantastic day! We Love you Brian!

Splish Splash

2011-01-31T21:30:00.001-07:00

I Was Takin' a Bath

We discovered the other day as we were giving Bri her bath that she actually enjoys it now! She was splashing around like crazy and so we decided to take some video of it and a few pictures.

For Aunt Ashley

2011-01-27T11:00:00.001-07:00

I hope that you have such an amazing day and I wish that Daddy had a pilot's license so that he could fly us all down to Tuscon to take you out to lunch! We all love you!

Love Sabrina

For Marsha

2011-01-20T09:01:00.005-07:00

My sister Marsha is getting so very crafty I love it cause I get to reap all the benefits of her craftiness! :) She made the nieces and nephews these cute hats and never got a picture of Bri in hers. Well Bri isn't a huge hat fan... As a matter of fact she DESPISES them! However for Marsha I placed the hat on her head expecting full blown out crying and screaming and a red face but to my surprise these are the pictures I got.

This one was the first one and by far my favorite cause it looks like she is posing for the picture!

Wow is she really going to fall asleep with her hat on?

Nope no sleeping

but getting less and less interested in the pictures and hat.

Surprisingly I got some good pictures of her. Don't worry though by the end of the pictures she was crying!

I sure hope someday she grows out of it cause I have some cute hats for her and a few I know she has already grown out of...

November 2010 to January 2011

2011-01-19T22:28:00.003-07:00

I have to stop waiting sooooo long to post all the happenings! HAHA at least I have a really good excuse this time!

November

Well a TON of things happened in November. First of all there were 3 birthday's to celebrate. My little sister Sara had her birthday on the 1st. Josh then had his birthday on the 4th followed by my nephew Ben's on the 5th. We also had baby showers for me and Bri. First was the one in Logan that my awesome sister Marsha hosted and did such a wonderful job... Thanks again Marsha. We then had one in Salt Lake thanks to my wonderful mother-in-law and that too was pretty darn fun... Then we didn't know if Bri would come before the last shower as it was the Saturday before she was due but alas she stayed in her nice and cozy home. My sweet friend Janelle threw that one for me. Well then the big event arrived and we had little Bri who now will always share a birthday with her cousin Jade who arrived just a few hours before Bri. I think I may have to post about the birth and emotions all in their own post. It was quite the experience that I don't think I will EVER forget. We then braved Thanksgiving Day by having a bunch of family here that I don't know if I would do that again either since it was the day after we came home from the hospital. However the nice part was that I didn't really have to lift a finger.

December
Well I don't remember too much from December as it went by rather quickly. It just didn't feel much like Christmas to either Gavin or I and therefore there wasn't much Christmas shopping done. As a matter of fact I didn't even go out to get anything for the nephew and nieces until 2 days before Christmas. I think next year it will feel more like Christmas due to the fact we wont be dealing with a brand new baby. (At least we better not be ;) ) Although this was a special Christmas as it was the first for both Bri, her cousin Noelle and her cousin Natalie! Gavin's brother Corey and his wife Ashley and their sweet little girl came home for a couple weeks. We decided that we didn't want to wait until Christmas to see them so we went up to Salt Lake (our first long drive with Bri) and visited them at Ashley's parents house! It was so fun to watch as Noelle would laugh hysterically at the dog and the dog really wouldn't do much except for walk but that was a good enough reason for her.

For Christmas we took the trip up to my parents house on Christmas Eve and stayed there for the night so we could be there Christmas morning. My friend Julie came over to see little Bri and got to hold her. We played 5 crowns with those that were able to make it out to my parents that night. Everyone got out to my parents around 11ish I think and we sat and chatted and took pictures and opened presents and just enjoyed the company. After we ate some lunch Gavin and I headed out to make it to his parents for dinner. We got there around four and had so much fun playing with each others kids and watching Grandma and Grandpa Bingham play with their granddaughters.

Gavin had his birthday on the 28th and we went to lunch at the Pizza Factory with his family. They seriously have some of the best pizza ever. We came back to our place for a little bit and Gavin and I took Bri to the pediatrician cause she has had a really bad rash that wasn't going away with desitin. They gave us a prescription for it along with us getting her on a probiotic and me going off of dairy for 5-7 days. That is a post within itself. So that was the low point of the birthday. We did come home to a clean house though which we were so grateful for. Thanks again Larry, Karen, Ashley & Corey! Gavin did get a windows 7 upgrade and a solid slate drive for his birthday.

January...so far
We didn't do anything for the new year besides try and get some sleep. I was up to see the ball drop as Bri was hungry at the time. We did get to bless her in church on the 2nd of January and she did such a great job as she remained pretty darn quiet up until the final prayer of the meeting was said. Gavin too did a great job blessing our little angel. Through all the chaos and everything that day we realized as everyone left we didn't get a picture of the 3 of us. I couldn't believe that we didn't get one. So we set the camera up and attempted to get one of us but by then Bri was pretty fussy. I did get a couple pictures of her in her blessing dress.

It's Somebodies Birthday!

2011-01-08T11:29:00.002-07:00

Today is my mothers birthday

and so Sabrina, Gavin and I all wanted to wish her a happy birthday! Mom you are such a wonderful mother and grandmother! We all love you soooooo much and hope that your day is filled with joy and love!

2010-12-21T11:26:00.001-07:00

MeRrY cHrIsTmAs!

We wanted to send out Christmas cards this year but we have been a little preoccupied this year. We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Christmas! We are looking forward to ours for sure.

Our Little Angel!

2010-11-29T20:08:00.003-07:00

Gavin and I are so very happy that we have our little angel! The morning of our induction Gavin went to work as usual and I was still sleeping when I received a phone call from our hospital. They were calling wondering where we were and if we knew we were scheduled for an induction. Of course we knew that. I was getting induced at 6:30 pm... No actually they told me it was suppose to be 6:30 am. LOL! So I called Gavin and he came rushing home and off we went to the hospital in a rush. Fortunately we were already packed and ready to go but there was still an adrenaline rush. We arrived at the hospital around 8 am and I was induced and about an hour later I received the epidural which only felt like a slight pinch. After that I was feeling pretty darn good. Around 10-10:30ish my midwife came in and broke my water. After that it only took a couple of hours to be ready to deliver. However because my midwife was off delivering 2 other babies it took a couple of hours before they had me start pushing. It took two hours of pushing but Sabrina finally entered this world and even cried before they took her to get cleaned up. After they cleaned her up they brought her back to me and placed her in my arms and I totally bawled! She was wide awake and staring at me even though I am sure she had know idea what was going on. It was amazing to look at our sweet baby girl and realize that Gavin and I created her. We were able to bring her home on the 24th and that was one rough night. She was so fussy that it took us 3 hours to calm her down and get her fed. We had to resort to formula as she wasn't taking to nursing that night. We have had much better success since then and she is feeding a lot more and doing so much better. My mom has stayed with us for the last week which has been extremely helpful as we have been needing to get better rest for our own sanity. We will now be on our own and both Gavin and I feel like we'll be able to handle it.

The Fun Has Arrived!!!

2010-11-26T00:14:00.003-07:00

Our baby girl Sabrina made a huge entrance on Monday evening November 22, 2010 at 6:14pm weighing in at 8 lbs 7 oz and 20 inches long! When I'm feeling a bit more up to it I'll get a more descriptive post up with some cute pictures of our sweet angel! Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving Day!

The Last Days!

2010-11-19T14:00:00.004-07:00

The time is coming and it is now coming very quickly. We had our Ultra Sound back on the 9th and Bri was already measuring right on time and she weighed in at 7lbs 7oz. When they measured me the week before they thought that she was measuring big and so they wanted us to go in for an Ultra Sound to make sure that everything was still ok. I can't believe that she was weighing 7lbs already and now I am wondering how much she will weigh once we get her out.

Now on to the exciting news!

Baby Bri will be here by Monday/Tuesday at the very latest. If she doesn't come on her own by Monday evening we have an induction scheduled for Monday night at 6:30 pm. Now as I look back I realize that time really did fly by even though the September and October seemed to drag on forever they really have passed by quickly. It amazes me at how much has already changed in my life and Gavin’s life and how much more is about to change as we round our next corner on the highway of life. Gavin has dealt with all my emotions especially the crying ones with such kindness and empathy. He says I haven’t been hard to deal with however sometimes I really wonder… He truly has been amazing and loving through this whole pregnancy. I cannot wait to see him hold Bri in his arms. Ever since Corey and Ashley had their baby girl I have seen such a change go through him toward little kids… especially babies and girl babies. Scared as he may be to help me take on this new challenge in life he has become more excited about it. We would be at church and there would be times where someone with a new little one would be sitting not to far away from us and he would get my attention to that baby to see how cute it was and say “we are having one of those soon.” What a fantastic dad he is going to be.

Through this whole pregnancy I planned on writing things down so that I’d be able to remember the good and bad moments. I didn’t quite get that done as much as I’d like to have but I did do an okay job at it I think. Everything that I have had to deal with, and compared to some I feel like I have had it pretty easy, has been worth it and I know it will remain to be worth it once she has been fully brought into this crazy chaotic world. She truly has blessed our lives from the very beginning and no matter what she’ll always be a blessing to us, and all those that know her.

Some of the many things I am looking forward to:

-All her firsts (first smile, first giggle, first cry, first fall, etc…)

-Teaching her to read and appreciate it.

-Going on walks as a family

-Vacations

-Cuddling her

-Soothing her

-Watching her play/interact with her daddy

-Embarrassing the tar out of her (I know that might sound mean but really who has never been embarrassed by their parents at some point in their life)

-Her first date

Some of the many things I’m not looking forward to:

-The many sleepless nights

-Potty Training

-Her growing up too fast

-The day she says she hates me (even though I will know she really doesn’t) cause I wont let her do something

-Her teenage years

-Her first date

I am sure there will be many more things in both categories but this is all I can think of at the moment.

August to October & 37 Weeks... Sheesh!

2010-11-16T18:51:00.002-07:00

AUGUST
we didn't really have a whole lot happen but we did have a couple of Birthdays! My Brother Jer turned.... well a new age and my brother-in-law Jeff turned a new age too! So here is a couple of pictures of the two birthday boys.

SEPTEMBER
Lots actually seemed to happen in September. Over Labor Day weekend we went up to Logan for the Dickey family reunion and I just have to say that the Dickey's sure do know how to reproduce! It amazes me at how many of my cousins have kids and babies. I suppose that is what happens when you have around 50+ cousins that are mostly married with children.

Some of us played cards, some looked at a photo montage, some sat around and chatted,

some slept and some petted and fed the horses and some liked how the horses ate so much they decided to give it a try themselves.

What a great way to start the weekend. On Labor Day Gavin, Sara, Cordell, Trisha, Jeff & I all met in Orem to have lunch picnic and play a card game. 5 Crowns has become a slight addiction with my family. Thanks to my Mom-in-law Karen for that one! :) About midway through the month we went back up to Logan to visit my cousin Karen as she was going to be in town since her husband Zack was running in the Top of Utah Marathon. We met them up Logan Canyon and had yummy spaghetti for dinner. That Saturday we went with my parents, Sara, Cordell & Josh to the Coppermill for lunch for an early Anniversary celebration! I don't know if I'll ever get sick of eating there. We also had a more birthday's to celebrate. Gavin's parents Larry and Karen celebrated another year.

My sister Angie also grew one year older.

Gavin got a new job that has better opportunity for growth and he makes more money and better insurance. All things needed for the beginning of a family.

October
Not a whole lot happened in October... Not even a birthday. However my lovely sister Marsha came down and we ended up doing some pictures of me, my belly and Gavin! It was so much fun hanging out with her and Sara (she came to watch and help pose and whatever else). We laughed and teased and talked. I love having sisters! After we were all done with pictures we went to Orem and ate some yummy lunch from Jason's Deli and then went to the new Hobby Lobby that opened up to see Cordell at his new awesome job and even take a couple more pictures. Here are some of the pictures she took that day.

At the end of the month I went to two of my cousins baby showers and that was some good times. Here is a picture of the three of us.

We are all due within 2 weeks of each other and to top it off we are all having girls.

More pregnancy stuff....
My doctors appointments have been going pretty good. I failed my first glucose test but certainly passed my second so I don't have to worry about gestational diabetes! At my 34th week appointment I was measuring 35 and then at my 36th I was measuring 38 and at my 37th I was almost or am measuring 41... Hmmm.... It seems crazy but this baby is on a growth spurt or something. So they are having me go in for an Ultra Sound to make sure that everything is going well and that the baby isn't too big. If she is I don't know what they will do but I guess there is a good chance that our little girl may come before her due date. I wouldn't be too hurt if she did. Other than that things are going well and I now can't believe that November is here and that our little squirt will be here before we know it. What exciting times!

32+ Weeks! Getting Closer!

2010-11-03T19:49:00.000-07:00

Time sure does fly but I can't really say it has been fun the whole time! Back at week 32 I started to write my next blog post and can you believe that it is now 5 weeks later... So I have decided to keep what I wrote below. I have much more to update with pictures and will do that with the next post.

32+ Weeks
I can't believe we are already at 32 weeks but then again at the same time it feels like I still have a long ways to go. I always thought it was funny when friends/family would say that when they had 5 weeks left it was forever away. Oh boy little did I know how right they are. It seems like such a short amount of time for everyone else but the one who is pregnant. I have my days here I just want our little Bri to come out especially when she is up around my rib cage! Then I think about it and I want her to stay in for now cause boy a lot of responsibility is coming and coming quickly. People are always saying that oh you'll be a great mom but really how great of a mom will I really be. I have all these ideal scenarios in my head of what a great mom I could be but when it comes down to it nobody really knows what kind of parent they will be. With that said I am so excited to be a mom and can't wait! Bri seems to be growing well and is a very active baby. She does have her sleeping moments but she tends to move a lot more than sleep... She does well through-out the night and I am hoping that is a sign of how she'll be once she is born. She also gets the hiccups a lot and at first I loved it and thought it was really cool... Now since she gets them anywhere between 2 to 3 times a day it seems to get old. Although it is nice to know that she is alive and kicking!

2 Years!

2010-09-20T17:31:00.003-06:00

It is amazing at how quickly these last two years have gone by. If the rest of our lives and eternity are anything like the last two years I look forward to it!

Happy Anniversary Sweetheart!

26 Weeks and counting!

2010-08-22T18:20:00.001-06:00

Here's a picture of the belly at 24 weeks.

Back in June on my birthday actually I was able to hear our little babies heartbeat for the very first time! It was one of the best birthday presents a girl could get! I didn't cry I just listened with amazement that I could hear the heartbeat of something that still seemed so unreal to me. To this day I still am amazed that I am growing a baby! I didn't feel her move... at least I don't think I did. I had finally made it out of the nauseating stage and was looking forward to having most of my energy back.

July 7th we found out what we were having and it was so fun to hear the doc say that it was a girl! We had a slight bit of a scare on the 8th when I was at my midwife's and she said that it looks like we are having a boy.... Excuse me?... I sat there for a minute as she went on to talk about other things cause I was trying to register what she had just told me. I stopped her mid-sentence and asked her if she just said that we were having a boy?... She stopped and looked at me stunned and for a few seconds didn't say anything. She then asked me what we were told we were having without actually answering the question and I said they told us we were having a girl. She asked if they gave us any pictures and I told her yes but I had left them at home on our fridge. So I was to bring them to the next appointment and she would be sure to change the sex of our baby if it was in fact a girl. It was actually a hilarious event from both of our reactions and the fact that she had never had that happen to her before! It was also that same day that I finally felt our baby girl move. It didn't last very long but I was pretty sure it was her and not muscle spasms. After that I started to feel her move at least once or twice a day for about a minute or two. I don't know how long it took before Gavin felt her but it was probably a week or two. She just didn't move all that much. Now I feel her moving all the time... at least it feels like all the time. She does tend to give me a break from time to time and I am so grateful that she hasn't started waking me up in the middle of the night with all her moving. I love watching her move. I found the best is when she is really going at it with the kicking and the punching and then all of the sudden she'll roll and you can just she the roll. Oh the joys of the pregnancy.

The not so joys are trying to sleep. We tried changing bed sides when we'd sleep so I could get used to sleeping on my left side and well that lasted about a week with neither of us sleeping very well at all! So of course we switched back. Now if I have to I will leave and sleep in the other room or Gavin will go to the couch. I've had some back pain lately which I relate to the way I was trying to elevate my self in-case I ended up on my back... I have since changed that and made sure that I have a pillow behind me so even if I do roll on my back I am not completely on my back... Oh and Gavin and I started walking 2-3 times a week to help my back support too.

Over all the good has definitely out weighed the bad and I hope it continues to do that as we will be entering the 3rd trimester here in about a week and a half!

Here is what her crib looks like with the bumpers and comforter,

*Ashley this is for you!*

our pack and play *picture courtesy of Safety 1st Website*

and a rocking glider/recliner we were able to get.*Picture courtesy of Shopko Website.*

We haven't done much else with decorating as we really just haven't thought too much about it. Hopefully sometime we'll get to that.

April to August! Whew!!

2010-08-13T23:18:00.002-06:00

So I realize I have way too much to catch up on with Birthday's to babies to fun outings to parents coming home to pregnancy fun! So basically I decided that I am just going to add pictures of these events or people and caption them with it cause if I try to remember everything then my poor little head will explode and I don't think baby Bri will like that too much! I am also planning on doing a good update of all the pregnancy fun on it's own post.

First of all back in April many events between 3 birthdays and a baby being born happened!

The birthday folks were of course my dad's on the 18th
my brother in law Cordell's on the 22nd and My niece Katie's on the 27th! Then my niece Noelle was born on the 23rd! It was so awesome and we got to go visit her when she was just one day old. I loved seeing Gavin hold her as he has never actually held a newborn until now and oh how sweet it was!

Secondly in May there were no birthday's... However we did have another niece born. Natalie came on the 24th and well even though Sara and I tried to go up and visit her the following Saturday we were unable to see her in person as she had to be in the hospital cause of her jaundice. Sad... Oh well... We still played with Ben, Katie and Emily and here are a couple fun pictures from that.Sara, Cordell, Gavin & I also went to Manti overnight so we could attend a the temple there.

Thirdly in June we had Heidi's birthday on the 4th and my bother in law Corey's on the 23rd and mine on the 9th. Gavin and I just spent a nice relaxing evening at home doing what we do best. That's right we watched a movie, went for a walk and just had a nice evening. I can't remember much of what else went on in June... Oh how could I forget the biggest thing of all! My parents came home from serving their mission in New Mexico! It was so nice to know that this time they would be home for good!

Fourthly in July was quite busy. For the fourth of July weekend we celebrated it by first going up to Logan for the fireworks on the 2nd as they always do them early. We also got to see Natalie in person and hold her for the first time. We stayed over night at my folks and then came home Saturday night as we had Noelle's baby blessing on the 4th. Natalie was also blessed on the 4th but we had to make a very hard choice. My parents spoke in there ward on the 18th and so again we went back up and it was a quick stay as we headed back to Salt Lake to Gavin's parents house for our last Sunday dinner with Corey, Ashley and Noelle. They moved to AZ for school 3 days later. We miss them. I got to take pictures of my cousin Diana and her family... I am going to try and get those edited soon.

Lastly we are now in August and as of right now the most exciting thing happening is all the Lightning and Thunderstorms we've been having! I don't have pictures of that as it usually gets really good in the middle of the night and I don't want to get out of bed! Next up... Prego fun!

It's a.... It's a... BANANA!!!

2010-07-07T19:14:00.005-06:00

So today I am 20 weeks or 5 months along and we went to our Ultra Sound appointment to make sure our little banana is doing well and to find out what we are having. We were going to get a DVD but because we didn't read things right and kind of got taken back before we expected to we didn't... Oh well don't worry we at least got some pictures!

Here is the first head picture of our little Banana!

Here is another of the banana's head! Can you tell?...

What the heck is our little banana BOY or GIRL?

If you couldn't tell or can't read then I will tell you that we are having a GIRL!!!!
I have no idea what these last two pictures are of... If anyone has any ideas that would be very helpful... I do see a leg or arm but not really sure which it is.

Her name will be...............

SABRINA!!!!

If you don't like it then you can call her Bri, or baby girl, or whatever you want just don't call her AL! :D LOL! We are very excited and happy and she is going to be the highlight of our life. Heck she already is!

MIA!

2010-06-27T19:16:00.004-06:00

I know it might seem like I am totally MIA and maybe I am! Between my parents coming home, pregnancy tiredness, work, taking photos/editing, 4th of July Weekend, Baby Blessing and well anything else that might take up my time I guess you could say that it may be a while yet before I get a real good blog post out! Just FYI for those who care to know, we will be finding out what we are having in 1 week from today (the 7th of July) and yes we will announce it along with a baby name for sure if it is a girl and a boy name when we come up with one if it is a boy!

The Mother Load Easter Egg!

2010-05-25T21:41:00.007-06:00

Easter was wonderful for us cause that is when we decided that we would tell our family! So here is what I wrote after we told both our families.

(This is the best picture I got of the actual egg we used. It really was a huge egg)

April 8, 2010

We told our families and boy they are soooooo excited! I took an extremely large egg up to Logan with me and hid it along with the rest of the eggs. Emily found it and wow she sure was happy she got such an awesomely large egg in her basket. When Katie, Ben and Emily were done hunting we went to the living room to open the eggs and place them in a large bowl so everyone could share! Heidi saw the big egg and said that, that one was the mother lode. HA HA little did she know what was in store! I wanted everyone in there for it before she opened it which of course gave it away a little bit. Once everyone was in there Heidi opened the egg and read the paper I placed in there and read “Congratulations all you Aunts and Uncles baby Bingham is on the way." Everyone said wahoooo… Okay maybe not like that exactly. Trisha jumped up and down like an excited little child. Marsha was a slight bit upset with me cause she guessed it a couple days before but I wanted her to find out with the rest of the family, so I omitted the answer to the are you pregnant question. It only lasted a minute or two and then she said that she was really happy! Others had a little inkling. Heidi and Jer and Sara and Cordell and Brian are all very excited too… Then Sunday Gavin and I went to Larry and Karen’s for dinner and I had made an egg for Larry and Karen and Ashley and Corey. We gave Larry and Karen their egg first and theirs said “Congratulations Grandma and Grandpa baby Bingham #2 is on the way." Oh they were so excited! Karen and Larry gave us big hugs. Then Ashley and Corey came and we gave them their egg and theirs said “Congratulations Uncle Corey and Aunt Ashley." They were so excited too! It will be nice to have cousins close in age on both sides. I loved how we told everyone! It was so much fun to see reactions and everything. This baby is going to be such a blessing to not only us but many people.

What does Two Pink Lines mean?

2010-05-17T21:10:00.004-06:00

So now that it is all out in the open I am going to back post a few baby thoughts that I wrote in a word document. It might take a couple of times to catch up but I am going to separate them as to not kill everyone with too long of post wordage as there aren't any pictures! The first is from March 31st about 6 days after the pregnancy test and actually this one comes with one picture!
March 31, 2010
So in February Gavin & I (mostly me) decided that we were good to go and no more prevention. It was time to be parents. I figured from all my reading that we would conceive some time in 6 months. I couldn't remember exactly when my period was suppose to start for sure but on March 15th I took a pregnancy test cause my body was acting all weird at times and much to my disappointment it was negative. I then waited for my period to start thinking that maybe it was suppose to start the following week. When nothing happened by March 25, 2010 I got home and took a prenancy test and found that this time the test was positive. I don't know how long I starred at it because I had never seen one positive before but as you can see it was actually positive and my body has very much agreed with it. So from some research I am somewhere around 5 weeks along and our baby Bingham is about the size of a sesame seed. Holy Toledo that is one small baby! I called my parents this week and let them know and on Easter Saturday we will be letting my siblings know and on Easter Sunday we will be letting his family know. I can't wait to see and hear all the reactions. I also have my first appointment with the doctor/midwife on April 26th. I am so excited to hear the heartbeat! This is such an exciting time for us and I just hope and pray that this baby sticks! That we don't lose it and that it remains healthy.

The Rabbit Died!

2010-05-11T19:58:00.003-06:00

The cat has come out of the bag as the Rabbit has died! (Go ahead and google it) What does this mean.... Well.... It means that we (Gavin & I) are having a little baby! Yep you read that right! We are very excited that we will be having our own little one in November. I am feeling fine. Mostly tired all of the time and well I think the majority of the nausea stage has passed. As long as I keep food in my tummy the day goes great. The problem is keeping food in the tummy... Not because it comes back up (I've been fortunate in that area) but because hardly anything looks or sounds good anymore. So it has been a lot of snacks, and lately popsicle's (the real fruit kind by Dryers) or basically any fruit. I do eat meat but red meat sounds more appetizing than chicken does. I can't wait til this period is over cause I really want to eat more healthy. So that is a goal that I have to do through this whole pregnancy. More details to come of how and when we told our parents. Until then here is a picture of me with what little belly I have.... Which really isn't much of one yet. Give me a few more weeks and I am sure I'll have one.

Complete and Utter Randomness!

2010-04-25T20:21:00.002-06:00

I feel like I haven't blogged in forever. I know the last two times have been about my sisters birthday's and well it was recently my dad's birthday... I will post about him at a shortly later time.

Life for Gavin and I has been pretty darn good. We are as happy as a cat playing with a mouse! We have both been busy with our work lives and I tell you what driving up to Sandy everyday has really been wearing on me. I get home and I don't want to do a dang thing. I could care less about cooking dinner, blogging, walking, cleaning, editing pictures. Really all I want to do is either sit down with the TV on and play some lame computer game or read a book. I know that there are a billion and a half other things that I could be doing but I just don't have the motivation to do them. I am working on that however. I think a lot of it is my constant sleepiness so for that I am taking iron supplements to help that out and hopefully in a month or two that will change. I am going to start getting Gavin to go walking with me and I know that can help strengthen my energy level. I am working on eating better a little at a time. It is hard to change a diet when you get used to just buying quick foods to eat and not "let's make a real dinner" foods. I am going to really have to get some good recipes that I look forward to actually trying to make into a masterpiece.

Gavin received a promotion at his job to a team lead position which is wonderful news as he has been working his butt off for his company and they are taking notice. We are very content in our nice little home. It fits us both in here nicely and even has room for us to grow our little family. (no not an announcement).

Our ward we belong to is a great ward even though it has been really hard for us to get to know people in the ward. We are enjoying our Sunday School class of Teenagers. Some days they are quiet and full of listening ears (or just really sleepy) and others they are a rambunctious group of kids and there is the occasional day that Gavin and I are just as bad as the kids. I am really contemplating on bribing them with something to get them to really listen and get their attention and even participate cause the only way they would get any candy or whatever I end up using would be by participating.

We have a new addition to the Bingham family! Her name is Noelle and she is tiny, cute and adorable just like every newborn should be. Ashley and Corey had her Friday at 7:53am and she came into this world weighing 7 lbs 14 oz and 19 inches long. I will post pictures later. It was so much fun watching everyone just stare at her (which you just can't help it anyway) cause it is so new!

Sorry so random but that is how my thoughts are sometimes!

Trisha,Trisha, Trisha!!!

2010-03-30T19:34:00.004-07:00

Seriously I have two sisters birthdays 10 days apart and here is the second...(technically first birthday girl by age but second by calendar). My sister Trisha is going to be... well I'd tell but I wont... years old... She is a fun spazzy (in a good way) sister. She is a great Aunt, mom (to her cats), wife, friend, sister... well everything.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISHA!!!! HOPE YOU HAVE LOTS OF FUN AND GET TO MEET SEAN HANNITY!!!

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!!!

2010-03-20T07:37:00.008-07:00

The lovely month of March brings on many joys! The weather turns from cold snowy Winter to an nice cool Spring, everyone wears green for St. Patrick's Day, The Big Dance happens and two of my sisters were born! The 21st is my sister Marsha's birthday...

She turns (cough, cough) tomorrow. She is such a fun sister and is so talented in many areas. She takes great pictures, crochets/knits, smart, funny and so much more! I am so glad that she is my sister!

Happy Birthday Marsha! Hope it is the best so far!!!

88 Years! Wow what a life that can be!

2010-03-12T20:39:00.006-07:00

I often wonder what it will be like to grow old and gray and hopefully with the hubby... How old will I get?... What amazing things will I see take place?... What crappy things will I see happen?... What blessings will I get to see take place?... What miracles will arise and go forth?... Well only God knows and only time will tell! As for my wonderful, amazing Grandma she lived for 88 years... saw many amazing technological things invented... lived through 1 world war and lots of small ones... Married an amazing man, had 9 kids, 54 grandchildren and so far has 64 great grandchildren with 11 more on the way...

My grandma amazes me still that she was able to accomplish so much in her life that I wasn't even aware of until the funeral... She was very faithful at many things anywhere from her church callings, to taking care of her children to remember each and everyone of her grandchildren and great grandchildren's birthdays.

Her funeral was great and not depressing or sad at all. It was full of fond memories that my parents, aunts, uncles and cousins have of her and all the things we would do. I am so grateful for that cause one thing I can't stand to do is cry a lot... A little is good but a lot... well I don't like it... I did however manage to shed a few tears especially when I saw Grandma in the casket and thanks to seeing my cousins, Karen, Cami, Diana, Laura and many others shedding some tears before they closed it.

I am so glad that we were able to attend the celebration of her life and that she is now back with her eternal companion. I will never forget you grandma! Thanks for all the fond memories and the many more to come in the next life! ;)

My Grandma Dickey.

2010-02-26T23:17:00.005-07:00

Today I found out that my grandma Dickey passed away. The cause I do not know though I am sure it has something to do with how young she was. I will miss her dearly. She was always kind and loving. I will miss her smiling and happy face when we would visit and all the treats and the fact that we always called her Mrs. Clause... She is finally reunited with Grandpa though and I am positive that was an amazing reunion!

I love you Grandma!

Holy Bahjoly!

2010-02-18T19:44:00.015-07:00

In the last month we have had Josh come home, Josh's Homecoming talk, Vacation to Vegas, Mesquite and St. George and Baby pictures! Therefore this may be an extremely long post, but I will try and make it short and sweet without loosing too much.

Josh at the Airport
January 21st most of the family was able to make it to the airport to pick up Josh. He came home from the Fort Worth Texas Mission. It was so much fun being there and able to see him. We tried to SKYPE my parents in but
were unable to get it working at the airport. I then focused on getting some pictures. As you can see Ben and Katie were a little bit shy/scared to see Uncle Josh again. Emily was the only grandkid that hugged Josh and she looked so happy. We went to have lunch at Applebee's before sending Josh on his way with his friends who also came to pick him up.

Josh's Homecoming
The Saturday night before Josh's homecoming we all got together to help setup for his lunch, have dinner and play some games! It was an absolute blast and it was fun having Josh hang out with all of us for awhile before running off to play with his friends. His talk went really well and we were able to SKYPE Mom and Dad in since they were able to get special permission. It was a really neat experience and they seemed extremely thrilled to watch Josh speak. He has made a great change in his life and he has grown in ways I can't explain (I am sure many of you who have served missions understand). He still has his same humor as he always has and I am glad he made it home and proud of him serving his mission.

Vegas/St. George Baby
Sara has never been to Vegas and since we were going to be going down to St. George to take my cousins Callie and Nathaniel's new baby boy's pictures. So we invited Sara and Cordell to come along. We stayed at the Tropicana the first two nights we were there and the first day we walked the majority of the strip and completely killed our feet. It was fun though to do that and when we got back to our hotel we went to our separate rooms and basically went to bed at only 7 o'clock at night. That is how tired we were. We did enjoy our time though and even though we didn't see any shows we sure were hounded to get free tickets to shows. Who really knows what kind of shows they really were if they were free. It was fun to turn them down though... haha they looked at us like we were crazy. The next day we got up went to breakfast, checked out and went to the Vegas Temple. What a stark contrast from the strip. It was my favorite part of Vegas. That temple is gorgeous on both the inside and out. It was just such a fun experience and I am grateful that we had Sara and Cordell there to share it with us. It is becoming a new tradition to try and go to every temple that we can when we are visiting. We then went to Mesquite on our way back up to St. George to stop and visit our Uncle Sonnie & Aunt Gayle and visit with them for a while. We then headed to St. George, checked into our hotel, ate at the Brick Oven and went back to the hotel and went to sit in the hot tub. We all tried to play around with our water uno cards but that just wasn't working. When we headed back to our room I couldn't find my ring. Yes that's right I took it off, put it on top of my jacket and forgot it was there. We all began a search all over the area where the hot tub was at. My ring was no where to be found. We gave up and went back to the room where I was shaking my jacket and pulled out the sleeves when out comes flying my ring. What a freakin' relief!

Saturday Morning we went to the St. George temple to do some sealings. I love going to the Temple and to be able to do it two days in a row at two different temples makes it awesome! After we went to Callie and Nathaniel's and took pictures of their cute little Alex. It was so much fun even though we could get him to sleep so that we could get some cute poses but we did get a few of him with his eyes closed. It was fun and still a learning process for me to know what poses and things to do. I am glad though that I have friends and family that let me practice on them. All in all it has been a great last month and nice to have some time to myself to relax and do things I like/need to do and get done.

Phil Kesler

2010-02-15T20:58:00.005-07:00

Who is Phil Kesler you ask?... He is a member of a group called Voice Male that started many years ago up in Logan Utah and I have loved listening to them ever since. Today as I was reading my email I received an email from Voice Male stating that Phil passed away Thursday the 11th after battling 3 years of cancer. My heart and prayers go out to his family and friends. He will be truly missed by all.... If you would like to know more or pay tribute go to the following link... http://voicemalephil.blogspot.com/

********I borrowed the picture from the Voice Male blog for Phil...hope they don't mind*************

The Little Things...

2010-01-27T19:41:00.004-07:00

Today I had this undeniable feeling of a mixture of slight anxiety (which doesn't happen very often) to oh just in a plain ol' bad mood while at work. It was so much there that I finally decided that I needed to take a break. I put on my coat, gloves, scarf, grabbed my mp3 player, phone, car keys and went to my car, got my beanie hat thing and took off on a very, very brisk walk around all the building near my work. I had more of a feeling of wanting to take off running but without the proper attire I just couldn't do it. So as I was walking and listening to my music and just wondering what the heck my mood/brain was doing to me an amazing song by Jordin Sparks came on that if we were a movie and the right song starts playing... well this is my song http://www.youtube.com/wat?v=PIE5QtkxzvM... at least for today it was. One phrase stuck out to me cause of how I was feeling at the time...

"Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting"

Wow that hit me like a ton of bricks. Then a little later in the song it says...

"When you can't wait any longer
But there's no end in sight
when you need to find the strength
It's your faith that makes you stronger
The only way you get there
Is one step at a time"

and I listened to this song a couple more times as I was walking and it just kind of put things into a better place in my mind. The bad mood started to melt away and now as I think about it the more I can hear Heavenly Father/Mother even my own mom and dad telling me to take every day one step at a time and things will happen like they are suppose to happen. Holy craziness, it never ceases to amaze me that each and every day there are little miracles all around us, whether it be songs, friends, family, complete strangers, pictures, nature, animals etc... I didn't feel completely better after I went back to my desk but as time passed through-out the day it did get better and my mood wasn't foul anymore. I don't know what happened today but for whatever reason I was less than happy I am glad to know that there are things in this world that can help me change that as long as I take the time to do it.

The Time Has Come!

2010-01-13T18:29:00.006-07:00

My little brother Josh is coming home from his mission! He has served a great mission and from the emails my mom has gotten he sounds like he has grown up quite a bit spiritually but yet still has his crazy awesome sense of humor! He will be flying in on January 21st. A bunch of us kids will be going to welcome him home at the airport and then we'll be going to lunch after! So much fun! He is also going to be speaking in Paradise (the new church) Sunday the 31st at 11 am. It will be fun to have Josh home again and be able to visit with him again.

Welcome Home Josh!
(Well on the 21st anyway!)

BIRTHDAY MOM

2010-01-08T07:51:00.008-07:00

Today is my mom's birthday! She is (cough) years young! She has been a real awesome mom even when I was one of those bratty teenage girls. I find it greatly incredible that she was able to deal with all 7 of us crazy kids!

She taught us about the Gospel , families being important, parents still mae-out, cooking, different hairstyles constantly are fun, not to sweat the small stuff, morals, values, etc... I went and found some pictures that I have on my computer all with my mom in them.

Mom you are a great mom and I hope that you have an awesome birthday!

Christmas, Gavin's Birthday, Vaca to Logan and New Year's all in One!

2010-01-03T20:18:00.021-07:00

Christmas Day
This was a good Christmas for Gavin and I! Gavin was just like a little kid Christmas morning as he was so excited for his presents! He woke up around 6am went and turned on the Christmas lights and turned the heat up and came back and insistently poked me until I finally said okay okay I will get up! It was adorable. I finally got out of bed grabbed the camera and tripod so that we could take some pictures of it all. Gavin got an awesome new wide screen computer monitor and a blue ray player for his computer. He played with that all morning and still plays with it all the time! He got me a scanner to digitize all my negatives so that maybe I can work on some of those. I am excited to get working on that. Just need to get organized some. I also got a nice little MP3 player that has been pretty fun and continually makes me want to get more music. For our stocking stuffers I decided that it would be fun to go to the dollar store and get 5-6 items to give to each other... so that is what we did and here is a picture of all of what we got. I think next year we will try and hit the store a little bit earlier. We then went up to Gavin's parents house and went to take a family photo of all of us in matching outfits! It was soooo cold that we didn't get very many but we got enough to get at least one or two good pictures! Gavin's mom and dad always make such good meals and it was splendid to eat at their house again for Christmas. His mom gave us a couple of books to read to our kids when we have them. One is called.... it was the same book as Karen read to Gavin and Corey every Christmas and the other one is called... it is for Ashley and I to start a new tradition of reading it to our future kids. It was very thoughtful and sweet and I am so excited. I LOVE Traditions! We also went to Bob and Joyce's (Gavin's aunt and uncle's) and sat and chatted with them. It was an excellent Christmas and I am so grateful for family to spend it with.

Gavin's Birthday
For Gavin's birthday we went out with his family the day after Christmas to the Pizza Factory and had lunch. Oh yummy I love their pizza but mostly their Cinnamon Breadsticks! MMMMMM....... We then came back her and played a new Wii game called Boom Blox Bash Party that we got from Corey and Ashley! It was so much fun all of us playing it. Then on the 28th for his actual birthday Gavin opened his presents and he got a new sweater, a blu ray movie called HERO and a Harley Davidson Clock! All in all he had a great birthday!

Logan Vacationish
My cousin Laura got married on the 29th and so we drove up so we could go to her reception. We left directly after Gavin got off work and it took us over three hours to get up there cause of rush hour traffic and the snow. We barely made it to the reception to say a quick hello and congrats! I am so happy for her and Tim! We stayed at Marsha and Brian's while we were there and the next day we went to Dave and Lynette's house to take their whole family picture's seeing as this is the first time in a long time that everyone was there. It was snowing but the pictures turned out pretty good. We are working on getting at least all the snow out of their faces but leaving it everywhere else. That night Brian made us a yummy minestrone soup and we played a new game that Gavin and I got for Christmas called the T-Shirt game. It is a blast and is semi similar to Apples to Apples but with pictures and slogans. On New Year's Eve we went to Jer and Heidi's so that we could do a little Christmas there with them and the kids. Jer wasn't there but the Heidi and the kids sure were. We didn't stay too long cause they weren't/hadn't been feeling too good but it sure was fun to watch them open the presents. I then took Gavin to the Coppermill Restaurant to have lunch as part of his birthday present. It was sooooo yummmy! Worked there for over three years and still love it...

New Year's Eve/Day
We spent New Year's Eve with Sara and Cordell. We stayed up and played a couple of games and laughed and just had a great time. We didn't stay long past 12 since Cordell had to open that morning. I didn't mind cause I was ready to go to sleep anyway. It was a great way to ring in the new year.

I am making a few adjustments to my life for this year that I am going to work much harder at. I don't call them resolutions cause I have never liked that idea since some of them I work at at anytime of the year and not just the beginning. Some of the things I plan to work on are writing in my journal more, studying the scriptures by myself, getting dinner meals planned, watching less TV and working more on my photography. This is only a few.

It was a great year and I am looking forward to another year full of adventure's and fun!

The Birthday Boy!

2009-12-28T19:11:00.005-07:00

So on this day 30 years ago a very special boy was born! His name is Gavin and he came to this world to loving parents!

I hope you have had an amazing birthday my love and look forward to the many more that we will get to spend together!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAVIN!!!!!

Happy Turkey Day!!!

2009-11-26T09:38:00.011-07:00

Today is generally the day that everyone gives thanks for the things that they have in their life. Well while I think it is something that we should do everyday as I try to... I am going to take today and publicly give thanks to some of the things I am so grateful for! These are in no particular order. Just as they came out of my brain!

First of all I have the best husband ever! That's right I said it! He and I have so much fun together and I love the fact that we constantly tell each other how grateful we are to be married to each other. Maybe it is because we got married later in life, maybe it is the experience of prior relationships, maybe it is, well, I don't know what it is but whatever it is I am grateful for the chance to be married to him and have such a wonderful man who treats me better than I have ever been treated in my entire dating life! I just hope I make him as happy as he has made me.

Secondly I am grateful for my nephew and nieces! They have been such a blessing in my life and I enjoy spending every moment I can with them. Especially when they are in a good mood. This last weekend I was able to go up and visit with them since I had missed Ben's birthday. I let Gavin stay at home so he could have a nice relaxing day all to himself. Meanwhile I got to play hide and seek, talk to Heidi, help stir the mac and cheese, let Heidi take a nap while I cuddle with all three kids on the couch and watch the third ICE AGE! It was so much fun having all four of us wrapped up in a blanket on the couch. They are such a joy and look forward to one day having children of our own!
Thirdly I am grateful for my Brothers and Sisters (in-laws included). It is so fun to talk to my sisters about anything and everything and how fun it is all the different personalities we have. It makes life talk all the more interesting cause we all have a different point of view even if it is slightly similar. My Brothers are also fun to talk to and be around. I have loved getting more brothers as the sisters have gotten married and it too makes life talk more interesting also. We have fun just being around each other and it is true what they say about family being always there.... They are ALWAYS around! I LOVE IT!!
Fourthly I am grateful for my parents (again in-laws included). My parents and Gavin's parents are so amazing! I wish I had known when I was a young little gal how awesomely amazing my folks are. They are so much fun and have always been there for me no matter what. Even when I did the stupid things as a child/teenager/adult! I love them soooo much! I am also so very glad to be getting to know Gavin's parents. They are such a great support and love us so very much. I am so blessed to have married into such a wonderful family!
Lastly but definitely not least (and probably should have been firstly). I am grateful for my Heavenly Father, brother Jesus and the Gospel that I have been raised in. I am so grateful for the teachings of the importance of family, values, moral, love, forgiveness, service, and well so much more! It has been such a blessing in my life and even though I am not perfect in everything I am grateful for the knowledge of knowing that this life isn't the end. That I can have forever with my family and friends. It is something that I am continually working and striving for and I am grateful for the fact that we don't have to be absolutely perfect.

I hope everyone has a happy and fun thanksgiving and gets to spend time with the family!

Car... What Car?

2009-11-02T19:34:00.006-07:00

Dear Mom and Dad,

About 3 weeks ago I was pulling up to a stop minding my own business and getting ready to make a right turn when I saw this Ford Expedition in front of me. Little did I know my driver didn't see it. I figured she had because she stopped and was waiting for an opening in traffic to make the turn. Well she saw an opening and started to go! I tried to scream and yell but it was too late. I went right under the Ford and got all banged up. Not a thing was done to the Ford. In fact you couldn't even tell that it was just hit in the butt! Don't worry though after almost three weeks of being towed around and in the Collision Repair Shop I am all better and SHINNY! They fixed me up almost like brand new. I missed my driver lots and am glad to be able to take her where she needs to go and she is paying even more attention to everything going on around her! Hope you enjoyed the picture of the Before and After.

Love,
Georgetta the Digger

"Red Fridays"

2009-10-28T12:23:00.005-07:00

My friend sent the following message to me in my email and I decided whether or not it is a true story or one that was made up to get the word out I didn't care. It hit me with such feeling and made me realize that I may not voice my support for our troops enough I was going to blog it. Whether you are Liberal or Conservative or somewhere in between I hope this message touches your heart. So here's to our troops, those alive and those who have left this life fighting for not only our country but other countries too!

"As a Company, Southwest Airlines is going to support 'Red Fridays.'

Last week I was in Atlanta, Georgia attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.

Moving through the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camos.. As they began heading to their gate, everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering.

When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for, it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red-blooded American who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families.

Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal.

Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women, a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said 'hi.'

The little girl then asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her.

The young soldier, who didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her Daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.

The mother of the little girl, who said her daughter's name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Marine and had been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her daughter Courtney missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up.

When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military-looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it..

After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, 'I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you.' He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying 'your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon.'

The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet, he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event.

As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, there were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.

We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good to be an American.

RED FRIDAYS ----- Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the 'silent majority'. We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers.

We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing. We get no liberal media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions. Many American, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of Americans supports our troops.

Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear something red.

By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers.

If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once 'silent' majority is on their side more than ever; certainly more than the media lets on.

The first thing a soldier says when asked 'What can we do to make things better for you?' is...We need your support and your prayers.

Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and wear something red every Friday."

This is what we did!

2009-09-24T20:59:00.001-06:00

For our first anniversary together we decided to stay a little closer to home... meaning that we traveled a short time to Manti Utah. We have decided to make it a tradition to go to the temple... no matter where that may be. The drive down was really pretty and since I drove down I have no pictures... Sorry about that! We got to Ephraim and Gavin had many, many, many years ago been to a place called Joe's Valley and so he wanted to go there. He said it should be a really pretty drive and is mostly paved so I readily agreed. Well come to find out that the drive was not paved at all... Some of it was gravel but not paved! Silly Gavin! Well the ride to Joe's Valley was absolutely gorgeous and I was enjoying myself... until... we hit this sketchy area about 4 to 5 miles before Joe's Valley. There were parts of the road that really scared me and I think it scared me so bad cause I didn't have control over the car and that made me sooooooo nervous! Well we got there and I think I was still trying to calm myself down that I didn't even take any pictures of the valley! Oh well. Well on our way back I drove so that I wouldn't freak out so bad but I quickly discovered that I still didn't like that stretch of road. I may have had some white knuckles or something. We got back to the summit and I decided I wanted to take us down Manti Canyon. Well Gavin didn't want to go down it cause he didn't know how well the dirt road would be or if my little Toyota could handle it. Well against his better judgment I still wanted to go down it! The road we were on is called the Skyline Drive and you can get to it from HWY 6 and goes all the way to I-70! Crazy long. Well we reach Manti Canyon... Finally... and began our trek down. Well little did we know really what we had gotten ourselves into as we passed an older gentleman in a truck he smiled but more of a "what the heck?" smile... LOL Oh boy we were in for a great trip and didn't really have enough gas to travel back to Ephraim canyon so we continued on. We soon found out that this road was not made for regular Toyota Corolla's but more for OHV's or 4 wheelers. Oh the madness! We did make it down though okay and I think the car only hit bottom once but since we were going around 5 mph it didn't do anything to my car. Well we eventually made it down and after spending over 4 hours driving around in the mountains and being really tired and anxious to get to the Temple it was well worth it for the nice pictures that we were able to get. If you want Gavin's side of the story go to this link http://gavinbingham.blogspot.com.

This is from the summit of the mountain we were on.

Here are some more pictures of the view and my car taking the drive... (I have re-named it Digger)

Here are the ferocious animals that we encountered on our drive

That evening we went to the Temple and did some sealings and then we went to a nice little steakhouse grill for dinner. The following morning we went and walked around the Temple and took some pictures of it. A couple with us in front and the rest well with the Temple by itself! It was the best way I could think of us being able to spend our first anniversary together! Thanks babe for a great weekend!

The following are some of the pictures we were able to get. This has become one of my favorite temples to take pictures of!

This is the cute little motel that we stayed in!

ONE YEAR LATER!

2009-09-20T15:13:00.000-06:00

I can't believe that is has already been a year! It seems like yesterday that we just got married and had the fear of not knowing 3 weeks before our wedding date if we would get the okay from the First Presidency, but it all worked out and we know now that the day we got married was the day we were meant to! So for today I have decided to go over some of my most favorite memories from the past year! The 12 most, one for each month. (Cheesy I know, but fun!)

12. Road Trips
We have been on one major road trip and lots and lots of little ones. Our big one being driving to Colorado and our little ones mostly are driving to Logan. They are nice because sometimes we chat about life, sometimes we chat about religion and sometimes we don't chat at all cause one of us sleeps, will read, will listen or sing to the music. I am looking forward to many more through the years to come!

11. Bicycling around town!

This has become a favorite way to exercise for me. We don't do it a whole lot but since the summer has come along we fixed up my old bike that I have had since I was probably 13 and taken it to the streets of Spanish Fork. We have found that there are a few places around here that are totally peaceful and beautiful. It is a fun way to get out and do some exercising that isn't too difficult for either one of us!

10. Balloon Festival!
Even though waking up at 5:40 am was difficult for the both of us I think it is one of the memories I am going to have forever. It was so much fun to be able to go together to watch hot-air balloons go up in the air and just spend the morning together without the worry of work later on. I think that we are going to have to make a tradition out of it since it is an annual thing!

9. Cuddling on the Couch!

Okay so I bet one thing you didn't know about Gavin was that he is the best cuddlier in the whole world! At least for me his is. He love to cuddle and I have always been a fig fan of cuddling. It is so cute how sometimes he'll come to me and want to just cuddle. Especially when we were watching the Bachelor and all those girls were so caddy! He was EXTREMELY cuddly then and I loved it! He kept saying how glad he was that I wasn't like any of those girls! HA HA I love it and took complete advantage of it!

8. Fighting!
-K- so I know what you're thinking..."one of your favorite memories is of you fighting?" Let me clarify... It isn't REAL fighting! I guess you could call it more of teasing each other incessantly! We will have a fake fight where you could say that he says something and I take it as though he is calling me fat/crazy/ugly/whatever, even though what he said is absolutely no where near what he really said and sometimes it happens vice verse. It is a lot of fun cause we know that neither one of us really means it and it usually ends up with us wrestling/tickling each other. (Sorry no pictures for this one!)

7. Scaring!

I LOVE jumping out and scaring Gavin! I scare him constantly and the best part is that he gets me back once in a while and even though he is a lot nicer than me I tell ya, when he gets me back he gets me back GOOD! Oh sure I get a little upset...I know I shouldn't...just a reaction... I do laugh about it shortly after my heart has stopped beating a thousand beats a second!

6. Playing Tetris/The Wii!
So if anyone has ever played Tetris against me they know I can be pretty brutal and well lets just say not humble at all. I do know that there are many people out there that can kick my trash...but when Gavin and I play I always have to talk trash with him since he can whoop my toosh at Mario Kart! We don't play it as much as we used to but it has always been fun... I don't think he likes to play with me much anymore.

5. Storms!
Oh the storms! We have been able to watch some fun storms this year. Of course they are only lightning and I would have to say that my very favorite one was when we were going to head down to the Utah County Fair and see what it was like. We were on the motorcycle with the lightning flashing all around us. It was only a little scary but all the while fun!

4. Motorcycle Rides!
So riding the motorcycle is the funnest! It is always nice to be on the back and ride around my arms wrapped around him no matter where we are going! I am so looking forward to riding the bike through the canyons this fall! Oh it is going to be gorgeous and the camera will be coming with us!

3. Christmas!

It was so nice having our first Christmas as a married couple! The decorating.... ($20 (I had a lot of decorations before hand), the wrapped presents.... $200, the Christmas Tree.... $25. The look on each others face Christmas morning.... Priceless! ****amounts are guess-timates****

2. The Honeymoon!
I loved being able to take a week and leave the rest of the world behind and ride roller coasters until our heads hurt (which they did), watch entertaining shows, pig out, check out Universal Studios, drive down the California Freeway in rush hour traffic (not so much fun and thanks to GPS we took surface streets instead) and not having a care in the world other than to have fun.

1. The BIG Day!

WHAT A DAY!!! This had to be the most amazing day and bestest memory over this past year! It was so awesome to be able to kneel across the alter from the man that I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. To be able to commit ourselves to each other for time AND all eternity and promise to do the best we can to keep our marriage happy and full of love. It was the best decision either one of us has ever made and that is what makes it the bestest memory thus far in our lives together! I loved our wedding day as I am sure many of you loved your own wedding day!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABE!

ONE YEAR down and MANY more to go!

***** some pictures from google search

WTH!!!!

2009-09-12T15:23:00.000-06:00

I have a major problem! Actually I consider it more of a bad habit but either way I LOVE SHOES!!! I know I am not alone in the world on loving shoes. I also know that not every girl loves shoes or owns a lot of shoes. I do own a number of shoes but not as many as some girls do and the majority of my shoes are flip flops. So because I own a lot of shoes/flip flops I love to coordinate my shoes with my outfits and try to where different ones everyday. I also love being able to take my shoes off once I get indoors so that my feet can feel absolutely free and not so confined. As a result of my free feet I tend to take off my shoes wherever I am and not always (okay almost never) put them away (there lies the bad habit)! This morning I went to our Super Saturday for Relief Society and when I got home Gavin had done a lot of cleaning with the house! What a wonderful husband I have!!!! He had me look at the kitchen and the bathroom and then he took me to the bedroom.....there in the middle of the floor he had a pile of shoes...no not his shoes...but MINE!!!!! I laughed and laughed and realized that I had a horrible habit! He found my shoes strewn about all over the house! I think I even have a pair down in the basement. So I of course being me took a picture or two so I could blog about the craziness of my problem!

Someday I sure hope that I will be better at not leaving my shoes strewn about.... Of course it's like the saying "OLD HABITS DIE HARD!!!"

DAD's Fault!

2009-08-20T18:43:00.000-06:00

So last weekend we had quite the AWESOME lightning storm! I was only able to get one shot of it but I was able to get one! I LOVE LIGHTNING AND THUNDER!!!! I blame it on you DAD!

FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

2009-07-27T21:39:00.002-06:00

It has been a fun, fun, fun couple of weeks. First of all we went to the Dickey Family reunion the 17th and 18th. We went up with Sara and Cordell and shared a tent with them and Trisha and Jeff. We were up at Porcupine Dam in Avon and it was a super duper blast. In no particular order...we hiked to Rosy's mine where Gavin and I tried to push each other into the mine. We adopted parents, Dave and Lynette, who didn't have kids there yet seeing as we didn't have parents there either. The adoption was annulled by the evening time as Dave and Lynette had Dani, Lance and Trevin make it. We ate scones... helped make them too... Stayed up later than we should have cause too many things were too funny to be able to fall asleep right away! Enjoyed the company of many fun family members. Of course here are a few pictures of the fabulous outings!

Then this last Thursday Gavin and I were all packed, hopped in the car and headed towards Colorado. We took I-70 and I am so glad... The drive was gorgeous! From Price to Grand Junction wasn't as nice as it was from Grand Junction to Aurora! It is amazing the different scenery that you encounter. You go from a desert to slight desert, red mountains, greenery, to complete mountains encompassed green forest! Glenwood Canyon is by far amazing with the man-made bridge freeway! IT WAS AWESOME!!!! Yes I do have pictures of that too. We made it to Karen and Zack's around 4ish! Got all settled and planned out the places we wanted to go and visit while we were there. Friday Gavin and I went to the museum of Science and Nature! That was pretty cool and got me very excited to go to the Denver Zoo. After the museum we went to eat in downtown Denver. It always makes me realize how small and easy it is to get around Salt Lake City without GPS. However big it sure was fun. Saturday Karen, Eli, Max, Gavin and I all spent the morning at the Zoo! Oh how I love the Lions, and Tigers and Bears....Oh My! However I think it was fun to watch some of the Monkeys, Apes and Gorilla's! After the Zoo we met up with Zack and went to a fabulous sandwich, soup and salad place. It was way yummy! Later that night we followed Karen and Zack around as they showed us some amazing multi-million dollar homes (sorry no pics) and then they showed us the Denver Temple! It is a pretty Temple. One of the smallest I have seen in person but no less beautiful! Thanks Karen and Zack for such a great time! We certainly had a blast and would love to come and visit again! Oh and tell Eli he was a super duper blast to play with and Max was fun to make silly faces to and shake the head with! On our way home we encountered a few amazing Thunder and Lightning storms with some crazy rain! Oh it was fun! I can now see how flash floods can start... That much rain in such a short amount of time oh boy! Well it has been a great last couple of weekends and we are so grateful for our family for giving us such a great time!

Colorado Here We Come

2009-07-22T19:55:00.000-06:00

So we are off to Colorado tomorrow for the 24th of July weekend. We are very excited to see family and scenery. After we get back I will post pictures of all the happenings from the last two weeks! HAPPY PIONEER DAY!

****Picture courtesy google image search****

Happy Independence Day

2009-07-04T07:30:00.000-06:00

Hot Air Balloon Festival!!!

2009-07-03T21:42:00.001-06:00

This Morning Gavin and I kicked off our 3 day weekend with a early morning trip to the Balloon Festival in Provo. By early morning I mean waking up at 5:30am to be semi ready and make it to the festival before 6:30am. It was well worth getting up so early in the morning, even if we were extremely sleepy! As usual I took many pictures of the balloons and posted some of my favorites. If you ever have a chance to go to a balloon festival in your area or in an area you are near. I highly recommend going! Especially if you have kids. They are very cool and fun to watch them get blown up and eventually lift up to the air. On our way back to the car we saw the Tony the Tiger balloon land in the Macey's parking lot. It was quite a sight to see.

After the festival our very good friend Janelle came with us to an early showing of Transformers 2. Now I enjoyed the movie! I thought it had a good amount of action and comedy. There are a couple of parts of a little too much skin that isn't needed to get the stories point across but it's Hollywood and they love the skin. Still all in all and with all the reviews I heard that it wasn't good I enjoyed it a lot. But you don't have to take my word for it. You can always go and see it yourself! After the movie all three of us were really hungry so we went to a restaurant Gavin and I found about a week or two ago called Little Acorn. They serve all sorts of sandwiches on homemade bread, hamburgers and even steak sandwiches. They also have shakes there too. Their hamburgers are some of the BEST hamburgers I have ever tasted. I am so glad we found it and for now we may actually have a favorite place to eat. It was a great way to start celebrating the 4th of July!

Sara's Wedding!

2009-06-14T12:12:00.004-06:00

So Karen wanted me to post Sara's pictures from her wedding as soon as possible! Well Karen this is as soon as possible! The wedding was wonderful! Sara and Cordell looked so happy and seem so happy! They are such a cute couple. Gavin and I were often doing some reminiscing from our wedding seeing as it was just shy of 9 months ago. It was fun to be behind the camera and see the fun and hustle and bustle of the whole day. We headed up there the night before so that we could help decorate and get things set up and so that I could get her nails done that night and have plenty of time on the wedding day to do her makeup and still get myself all ready for the day! It was a gorgeous day and seeing as I am still learning my camera and trying to take pictures in raw and figuring out how the whole aperture, shutter, lighting right not all pictures turned out however Cordell's friend Wes was able to be there and take the main pictures so I had more room and time to try and figure things out so I wasn't too concerned! The wedding reception was just gorgeous and yummy. We had scones (originally my idea) and fruit for the refreshments and it was to die for. We got the dough for the scones from Great Harvest and it just happened to have cinnamon

chips in it and made the scones that much better! It was a HUGE hit!

Sweetest Husband Ever!

2009-06-09T14:59:00.000-06:00

So Gavin is just the sweetest man in the whole wide world! He set the alarm for midnight last night before we went to bed. Why does that make him the sweetest man out there you ask?... Well he wanted to be the first one to wish me a Happy Birthday on my birthday! Granted I wasn't completely coherent... do ya blame me... It was MIDNIGHT!!! I had to ask him this morning if he really set the alarm for midnight and he verified that he did! I loved it! He is so sweet! Thanks Babe for the birthday wishes! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

HOLY COW!!!!

2009-06-08T20:04:00.002-06:00

What a crazy busy weekend! First Saturday we went to the Air Show at Hill Air Force Base with Gavin's parent Larry & Karen. We were only there for a couple hours but wow what a fun time! I found that for me I enjoyed watching the planes up in the air more than I did walking around and looking inside the planes and helicopters that they had on the ground. Gavin and Larry walked around and looked at all the planes and just had a good ol' time looking at the different aircraft. I however went and sat with Karen so that I could focus more on taking pictures of the planes up in the air! Here are a few that I was able to capture both up in the air and down on the ground.

One of the best parts was while we were walking back to the car we were in the parking lot there was a F-16 that had been flying around and it had to have been around only 500 feet up in the sky and it flew directly over the top of us. HOLY COW!!!!! That thing was so loud and you could see the fire from the engines (at least that is what Gavin said... I didn't see it myself). It was AWESOME! If you ever have the chance to go to an air show I highly recommend it! After we left the air show Larry and Karen were kind enough to take us out to lunch! They are such sweet and loving parents to us! Thanks for a fun afternoon!

That evening we had the priviledge of going with Sara and Cordell to the Salt Lake Temple to receive their endowments. It was such a sweet and amazing experience! My parents had flown in that afternoon so they too were able to be there for them! We (Mom, Dad, Trisha, Jeff, Sara, Cordell, Gavin & I) went to Applebee's afterwords for dinner and enjoyed ourselves all being together. We all joked and laughed and if you remember the Christmas dinner in "While You Were Sleeping" and how there were so many conversations going on at the same time... That was so us!

Sunday after church Sara, Gavin & I all headed up to Logan to be with my parents, have dinner and visit with our family! It was so much fun to be up there and even have Grandma Dickey come out to dinner too. We played with the kids, looked at Sara's bridals, talked about Sara & Cordell's wedding on Friday and just chitter chattered with each other.

A busy, crazy, very tiring weekend! Oh what a great fun weekend indeed!

A Bridal Shower & More Bridals!

2009-06-08T12:12:00.001-06:00

So on the 16th of May I rode up to Logan with Sara, Trisha & Angie for Sara's bridal shower and a sister sleepover! Our Aunt Brenda was kind enough to host the party! It was so much fun to see the aunts and cousins. My Aunt Sheila brought down a quilt for us to help tie together for Sara. It was fun being able to hang around family and catch up with them again. Here are some of the pictures from the Shower.

After the shower was over and we were finished tying the quilt we the sisters met up together out at my parents house for a good ol'fashioned slumber party! When we got out there we had Sara get into her dress again and went and took a few more pictures of her up in the fields! She forgot her veil so we got some pics without the veil but she was still gorgeous! Here are a few of those. We even got some with the little nieces in some of the pics.

All in all a great weekend.

Bridal's Preview

2009-05-14T21:51:00.000-06:00

Last Saturday, May 9th, I took Sara's bridals. With the help of Gavin in the morning and the help of my sisters Marsha and Trisha in the evening (and Brian hung out with us for fun)... we managed to take some pretty good pictures. Sara managed to be patient through the whole thing. With the waking up early in the morning to parading her around Provo to driving to Antelope Island to hiking in her dress and heels... yes I said hiking in dress and heels... to the most ugly nasty bugs there could be... and I mean swarms of these bugs... Sara was quite the sport! I hope she likes the pictures as much as we do. It may take a little longer to get more pictures up but here is at least three of my favorite pictures of Sara in her dress! One from the morning and two from the evening. Don't worry I am not spoiling anything for Cordell... he has already seen her in the dress.

RANDOM!!!!

2009-05-04T19:59:00.000-06:00

About 3 weeks ago on a Sunday the weather here was so sunny and so warm that Gavin and I decided to go for a motorcycle ride. We aren't extremely familiar with the area down here so we pulled up a map online and picked a city that didn't look too far but far enough that it would be fun. Would you believe the city we picked was... Eureka... apparently that is the same direction as Delta. The drive there was absolutely amazing and there are many orchards that we drove by and Many railroad tracks that looked like they had not been used in decades! I just love it when we go places that we have never been before and what we see along the way. When we got to Eureka we found that it was at the summit of the west mountains and it was the smallest town ever... It looked smaller than Avon and if anyone knows Avon they know that is small. They did have their own high school but that too looked about the size of an elementary school. It was wonderful to go there and there was a few unique things we saw along the way. Unfortunately I only got one unique/weird photographed but it was definitely out of the norm and worth posting about! I saw it on our way to Eureka and told Gavin that I wanted to take a picture of something on our way back since he missed it!

A desert tree decorated like a Christmas tree! Seriously!?! Hmmmm... I guess Christmas really is a year round holiday!

Gavin looking all cool by his motorcycle

Me looking all cool by Gavin's motorcycle

Better Late Than Never (Easter Weekend)

2009-04-24T15:54:00.002-06:00

Over Easter weekend Gavin and I were lucky enough to travel up to Logan with Sara and Cordell to spend some time with Jer, Heidi and kids! We were almost (meaning about 30 minutes away) to their house when they called to let us know that they needed to go and run a few errands. So we decided to take the opportunity to run out to the parents house find all the plastic eggs we could and go back to Jer and Heidi's to hide the eggs. Since the kids were with the parents we were able to get the eggs filled and hidden long before they got back from the errands! I had a super blast hiding the eggs. When they got home we all (minus Emily, she was sleeping) went outside and let the kids start the hunt! Dad and Mom I know you guys would want pictures and knowing me I took them. So here are some of the pictures from that blessed event seeing as I know how much you (DAD) love hidding the eggs!

Also to make hunting for eggs all that much sweeter...and Dad you'll enjoy this...it turns out that they have a mama duck in their yard nesting her eggs.

After the egg hunt was over we went back inside and Jer and Heidi were so nice as to cook us some lunch/dinner which was very delicious (thanks Jer & Heidi). We talked politics and religion and global warming... HAHA... global warming... HAHA... so funny to me those two words are! Anyway after we ate Emily finally woke up and we all went outside and played on the tramp and had such a wonderful time. Emily I guess had been scared to get on there by herself so I held her and got on with Ben and Katie! It was a lot of fun. Here is a picture of Emily enjoying the Tramp and a couple of pictures of Ben & Katie playing on their swing set. What a great, fantastic weekend and thank you to Sara and Cordell for driving up! We had a great time!

Sara & Cordell's Engagements

2009-04-19T21:14:00.000-06:00

So a few weeks ago... April 2nd to be exact I was able to go and take my little sister and soon to be brother-in-law's engagement pictures! They were so much fun to do and I can't wait to take her bridal's! Here are a few of my favorite ones.

What A Couple of Weeks!

2009-04-02T20:17:00.001-07:00

WOW! I can't believe how fast March went by! Seriously I swear it was just February and now all of the sudden it is April! Did we just skip March?... I blame it on the weather! We had a great couple of weeks and that just fooled us into thinking it was Spring... but alas the snow came back like it does every year and told us that it wasn't done with us and we must endure a little more time with it! So I guess that we'll have to and we all know that it will SNOW at least one more time near the end of April! I swear it does every year... Ok no more weather talk!

We decided that even though our parents are on the mission we are going to try and get all the kids together at least once a month so that we can continue to have long lasting memories together. About 2 weeks ago it was my sister Marsha's birthday and a few days ago it was Trisha's birthday. So we got together on Marsha's birthday to celebrate both of them and we had a blast.

(March Birthday Girls)

We went to Jer and Heidi's and had lunch, dessert, played with the kiddles and played a new version of the B-Ball bracket game where there are villains and hero's such as Gandolf, Captain Jack, Ewoks, Darth Vador, Edward Scissorhands, Frodo, and an example of who would be up against who would be Ewoks vs Gremlins or Indiana Jones vs Lara Croft or Chewbacca vs Hagrid etc... and we each chose which one would make it to the end! Call us nerds, geeks, whatever you want... We quite enjoyed ourselves and had fun seeing who happened to win on each others brackets! I guess there is an actual game online that is doing this, where it is I do not know. Here are some of the pictures from that wonderful weekend.

(WARNING: LOTS OF PICTURES POSTED BELOW)

The following are some of my favorites of Ben, Katie & Emily.

We decided to get girl pictures.

Ben wanted in the girl pictures so bad but we wouldn't let him... he is a BOY! We told him that he would be in the picture with all the boys... You can see that it took some effort to get him in with the boys... and oh boy the picture we got of the boys! BOYS PAY ATTENTION AND SMILE! :)

Below is Ben's reaction to the pictures after we were finished... Alas we did get him to smile!

Last but not least with as many pictures as I was taking... Yes I got a little... I repeat A LITTLE camera happy we got the kids to make some funny faces for the camera! What a group of characters.

Tax Day Tea Party!

2009-03-31T17:42:00.000-07:00

Cache Valley is working on getting a Tax Day Tea Party up and running! I found this info out from my brother and sister-in-law. Right now they are working on getting a permit for this but I just thought I would try and help them get the word out! There is a blog up and running and the address is http://cv912project.blogspot.com. If anybody would like to take a look at it... You can also find out more information about the Tax Day Tea Party's and see if there is one going on near you go to this websites... http://theglennbeck912project.com & http://taxdayteaparty.com.

Way Out of Shape

2009-03-18T12:28:00.000-07:00

I already knew that I was out of shape but I didn't really realize how much I was out of shape until today. Gavin has brought his bike up out of the basement and went for a bike ride last Friday or Saturday and Monday and I have been trying to go walking for 20 minutes everyday and it finally occured to me Monday night that I should ride his bike every other day and go walking every other day... So today I took his bike out and thought I would take it slow and easy but it turns out I am really out of shape so even what I thought was taking it slow and easy in reality was not. I rode to the point that I felt you do after running a really fast sprint and at the end you are so out of breath. Yep that is exactly how I felt and in a way it felt good cause I knew that I was getting a good work-out! So I am going to continue with this great routine and hopefully one day I will get my own bike down here so I can start going on rides with Gavin.

WAHOOOOO!!!

2009-03-10T10:23:00.000-07:00

My dear sweet friend Janelle comes home from her mission today! I am so excited to see her again. She has been serving in Arkansas for the last year and a half! She is such a blast and is one my bestest friends! We lived together for I believe 2 years and I loved every second of it. My friends Rachel, Cynthia and I are going to go and visit her at her parents house tomorrow and I take her out to Lunch!

The Weekend

2009-03-02T09:10:00.000-07:00

This weekend was a busy one that is for sure. Saturday morning I picked up my sister and my friend Angie and we headed up to Logan. Mine and Angie's friend Lisa had a baby shower that we were on our way up to and Sara came along for the ride so she could go decoration shopping for her wedding with Marsha. We dropped Sara off at the Ridley's supermarket in Hyrum and then Angie and I went to the shower. It was so fun to see Lisa. She looks so great and is due in 4 weeks. I am so excited for her and here are some pictures that I took of her and some of the family that was there while she was opening her gifts.Later that night back in Salt Lake Angie, Sara, Jodi and I went and watched part of Indian Jones and the Last Crusade at a friends house. We were going to go for a walk up at the U cause we used to do that all the time but with as late as it was and as cold as it was we decided that maybe next time if it is warmer we will do that.
Yesterday we started teaching the 16-17 year olds and it looks like we even have a couple 15 year olds. We are for sure going to have our hands full but I think that if we can get their attention we will have a great class. We decided yesterday that we would pretty much just try and get to know the kids and what they like to do their interests and the best ways for them to be able to catch their attention and ways the spirit speaks to them. It should be interesting and if anyone has any great ideas or suggestions we would greatly appreciate it!

BIG FAMILY NEWS!!!! :)

2009-02-18T16:21:00.000-07:00

So today at around 2:30 this afternoon my little sister Sara and her boyfriend Cordell Larkin became officially engaged! YAY!!! We are all so very happy for them! This is what how it happened... At least the reader's digest version... I think! They went up to Logan and were walking around the Temple and they got around to where the fountains were and that is where he purposed and of course she said YES! They are getting married on June 12th and are verrrry happy and excited! YAY!!! Now the fun part really begins... the prep. for the wedding without the parents here... so she must rely on all of her siblings and his parents. I am looking forward to their wedding! It will be a great time. Here is a picture of the lovely couple... It isn't one from today but that is cause they are in Logan and I am 2 hours away!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!

2009-02-14T14:53:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone has a great Saturday any way you spend it!!!

HAHA! NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT!

2009-02-13T15:09:00.000-07:00

What do you think about my little new baby Sabrina?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

Ok so since I have access to my parents post I accidentally posted this picture on their blog... I was laughing histerically once I found out! HAHA... I thought I would just have some fun and see what came up!

Hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day!!!

What else went away with January?

2009-02-10T10:33:00.000-07:00

So this last month I finally decided that I needed something different in my life... so i decided that the easiest thing to do would be to get a haircut... Well when we were at the salon I decided instead of getting one haircut I would get all of them cut as to not leave any of them out! So here you have it...

THE BEFORE!!!!

THE AFTER!!!

I was able to donate it and because of that they gave me a free haircut! It isn't the easiest hairstyle to keep up but it is a nice change and I don't plan on chopping it again for at least another 5 to 6 years!

Where Did January Go?

2009-02-08T20:21:00.001-07:00

I can't believe that January is already over! Not that I mind because it is the coldest and darkest month of the year. It has been quite the busy filled month. We went up to Logan as a last time hang out with my folks at their house on the 18th. We got together with the majority of my siblings, had lunch, played the wii and had lots of fun. It is always so much fun to watch the kids play the wii and one of their favorite games is the boxing game! Here is a couple of pictures of them dukeing it out and some others from that wonderful day!

Gavin showed all the boys a game called The World of Goo! It is a little like lemmings but with goo instead of little boys... It takes lots of patience and I have tried playing it a few times and I just don't have the patience for it! And somewhere during all of this wii fun Trisha and I were throwing a ball back and forth and it went behind the couch. Trisha then decided it would be a good idea to try and find it...well this is what happened when she did and yes she did get stuck and with a little help she did get out from behind the couch. It was a fun day and great to be able to spend some time with the family!

The following weekend we had a busy Saturday! We went up to Salt Lake to celebrate my sister-in-law Ashley's Birthday! We met at Gavin's parents house and then we went to a place called Rafael's a mexican resturaunt. I decided instead of getting a quesadilla I would expand my horizon's and get a chimmy chunga. I got a chicken one and not realizing what I had ordered I got the Chicken CHIPOTLE Chimmy Chunga! HOTTTTT! I could only eat little bits at a time! I am not a girl who likes the HOT... I like Spicy but not Hot! It was all good though. It was a great lunch anyway and I hope that Ashley had a great birthday! Later that night my parents came down to stay with us for a couple nights before they entered the MTC! It was so nice to have them here and spend a couple extra days with them. They came to our ward on Sunday and then they helped me make dinner on Sunday and we had My Grandma and Aunt Colleen for dinner! Their friends the Newbray's also stopped by for a little visit too!

My parents have now come and gone and have made it down to Silver City! They are doing well and are very happy to be down there serving the Lord! I too am happy that they are down there serving the Lord! I miss them but I know they are where they need to be and 18 months really isn't that long in the long sceme of things!

Christmas, Birthday's and Farewell!

2009-01-26T17:01:00.001-07:00

CHRISTMAS DAY

Gavin and I spent Christmas Day with his family and we had a great time. First though we celebrated our First Christmas together! It was so much fun to be able to wake up and open up our own little presents to each other! Gavin got me some awesome camera accessories and I was able to get him Far Cry 2 and The Mythbusters season 5! He was so excited about that and the best part was completely surprised! We then went up to his parents house where we spent the day with his Mom, Dad, Corey & Ashley! We opened presents and then ate some a yummy ham lunch! I am normally not a huge fan of cooked ham but this ham was excellent. I believe his mom got it from Harmons.... (I think) We then decided to try and trek it out to his Aunt Joyce and Uncle Bob's house to visit with them and their family. We made it out and there were many spots where the snow drifts on the road was just insane. I wish I would have gotten some pictures of that but I didn't. We played pool, chatted and listened to one of his cousins sing a Christmas song. It was a great way to spend Christmas day!

WEEKEND AFTER CHRISTMAS

We headed up to Logan the Friday after Christmas cause my cousin Kim, who I haven't seen in around 9 years, with her brothers and sister-in-law surprised their mom by coming to Utah for a visit. They were leaving early that Saturday morning and so if we didn't go up then we wouldn't have been able to see them. It was so great getting to see her again. Here is a picture of the two of us together. We just sat around and chatted with everyone in the family.

On Saturday my family celebrated Christmas together. We waited for everyone to get out to my parents house and then we opened presents and I just have to say that my nephew wasn't too thrilled about the majority of his presents because they of course were all very practical gifts and it was so funny and sad to see how upset he got. He eventually got over it and I got him pajamas with "Cars" on it and he loves them now.

We celebrated Gavin's birthday that same day! He was a good sport by to share his birthday with my parents farewell. My parents spoke on Sunday in their ward and they did a fantastic job. I am going to miss them dearly but fortunately we will still be able to talk to them and if we would like we could even make our way down to New Mexico and visit them. It was a busy weekend with Christmas, Birthday & Farewell! It was good though. We enjoyed being in Logan and spending time with the family.