Fourth, Family, Fun & Friends!!

Over the Fourth of July we headed to Lander, WY (which is my home town), with alot of good friends and family. It was an amazing weekend. Probably one of my favorite Fourths to date. The interesting thing about Wyoming, is that everyone joys in having huge fireworks that they set off themselves.. making the Lander Skyline really something to see! But what also makes it interesting, it that there are so many fireworks going off, that many things tend to go up in flames.. and trust me - you do NOT want to be driving down the roads at night time :) . The night before the Fourth, we always go see the 'Bill's Fireworks' which are put on by a man in our town from our old ward there. They are so amazing and he really makes you realize WHY we are celebrating. There are most likely double the amount of people there over the Fourth for this reason.. going from around 7000 people to over 10000 people!

These are pictures of the Skyline on the night of the 4th!

Aww so cute - all of our family and friends ! @ Tony's Pizza in Lander

We decided to go swimming in Thermopolis on the Fourth after the parade. We haven't been there in forever and it was a blast!! Jack is a little afraid of the water, but I think if we work with him a little each day - hopefully he will get over that fear :( . Our friends little boy on the other hand - is fearless. He even went down the slide (mostly by himself), with a big grin on his face - and he is only 1 years old! LOL. Here is a picture of our friends that came with us. Sorry guys - I stole this picture from your blog!

Josh, Keri, Eliana & Julian who hung out with us over the fourth!

Up Sinks Caynon

Feeding the Fish!

So before we headed up to Lander, we got to hang out with some Family in Logan, UT. Here are some cute pictures of all of us.

*Melissa and Mike*

Me being Silly

Keri & Josh

Keri & my two cute nephews Diego & Danny

Diego

Gretel & her boys

We were lucky enough to come have them stay with us for a little over a week! How fun! I thought Diego and Jack would play together the best - But Jack and Danny were having the time of their lives playing with cars and frisbees

David

Just giving Jack Kisses

Just more cute pics of Jack

Jack & his daddy

Aunt Keri & Jack... they put a flower in his hair!

kisses

hugs

a fox in our backyard

going to the museum!

Our crab dinner :)

Jack & his finger point

He enjoyed his dinner to !

12 weeks

* ME at 12 weeks *

So the first part of this pregnancy has gone by fairly quick this time around.. It seems like just yesterday that we found out we were pregnant with our 2nd little one. I went in today for my 12 week appointment.. and getting to hear the little baby's heartbeat made the realization of it so much more real. There REALLY IS something in there! Yay! With this pregnancy I haven't been quite as sick as I was with Jack, even though not alot better. I have still lost weight in my first trimester and I have had to get IV fluids 3 times. It's funny because I have always told people my first pregnancy went very well.. and Trent is in the backround saying "WHAT?". haha. But usually about halfway through my 2nd trimester I start feeling like a whole new person.. and food then starts tasting REALLY GOOD ;) . Trent is convinced there is another little boy in there because boys run prodimintely in his family. I guess we will see on August 18th!

So every once and awhile I would wake up with a big, hard, belly.. and somedays it would be completely gone!! I was like, "why do I look pregnant today, but not yesterday?" So here are some pictures of my 'belly' I was getting... I asked my doctor why that happens sometimes.. because I thought it was strange, and she told me it might be from the progesterone.

My mom still is convinced I am having twins. Haha.

All I really need to know.. I learned in Kindergarten

I have always loved this.. so I thought I would post it for everyone who has never heard this.

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.These are the things I learned:

Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.
Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

[Source: "ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN" by Robert Fulghum.

Fun in Oregon!

We had the great opportunity to go visit Jenni, Dave and their family in Oregon! We had so much fun! We took walks on the beach, walked through flower gardens and had great company! Not to mention great food. We had a wonderful time, and it was great seeing everyone. Jack just started walking a couple of days before we got there, so it was fun seeing him and Noah together. They even had the same shoes!