growing up and out

Growing Up:

wow! i cant believe my time here at BYU-Idaho has come to a end, and have i graduated with a degree in my hand. i never thought i would graduate from college, especially with a bachelors degree. i came to school because everyone else was, not really having a plan, and just here to have fun... but......

8 semesters
48 classes
3 retaken classes
13 roommates
a few minor breakdowns
1 wedding
1 baby on the way
and 130 credits later....
im a college graduate!

As much as i have hated school, now that it is all said and done and over, i am SO glad jared pushed me to finish, and now, if i ever need it, i have a degree to fall back on... and i do have to say, i am quite proud of myself :)

where i spent all my time on campus.the girls that made this last semester possible!sisters :)
proud grandparents! im the 2nd grandchild to graduate from collegeproud parents! im the 1st child in my family to graduate from college
and of course, a proud husband! i dont know who is more excited that im done with school me or jared, cause he wont have to listen to me complain about it anymore!

Growing OUT!

this was taken the night of graduation at 17 weeks and 5 days!

I am now 18 weeks and 1 day along and things seem to be going great! we had our 17 week appointment last week, and i was so nervous to go because a few girls i have talked to said they felt their first baby move around 16 and 17 weeks, and i hadnt felt anything yet. everything that i had read said that you usually feel your first one move around 20 weeks, and then it gets earlier and and earlier with each one. so i was relieved when they were able to find the heartbeat! we are going to be out of town the week they wanted to do the gender ultrasound so we have to wait another whole week to find out, but aug 16 is the date! i will be 21 weeks along then! jared, my sister and her husband all think its a boy and even have named "him" so gave in and just assume its already a boy!

fun-filled weekend

fourth of july is one of my favorite holidays. i love spending time outside, BBQing, watching parades and fireworks and enjoying summer. on saturday i went to the rexburg parade with my sister carissa and her husband kyle, then we went down to the fireworks in idaho falls, jared joined us after he got off work. the fireworks were great like always, and we had perfect seats, we could see them light them off! sunday after church we packed up all our camping gear picked up kyle and carissa and headed out to spend the night in the wilderness. ^kyle and carissa in a very packed car!^Our cute little campsite... poor carissa had bad allergies^we went on a little hike^and waited for our tin foil dinners to cook

^they were very yummy
Monday we spent all day outside swimming and frying like lobsters. it was a great weekend, and tuesday and school came all too quickly. luckily we only 2 more weeks left, then its GRADUATION time! i cant wait.

i did end my weekend with some sad news. i learned one of my old roommates (who was married the same summer as i was, and just had a baby girl in february) husband passed away over the weekend. ive been thinking a lot about her and her little girl this week, and it really makes you stop and think about how precious and short life is. i need to stop complaining about the daily tasks i need to do everyday and just enjoy being alive and healthy, married to a wonderful man and expecting a little one this year.

speaking of little ones, things are still moving along great (as far as i know)! i can tell my belly is growing every week, and i cannot wait to be able to feel this little one move!