Oh Baby! Yes, it's true. Tom and I are expecting our first in December! Not feeling so hot these days but we hope in the next week or two the nausea and tiredness will subside. We are getting our kitchen remodeled right now so life is a little topsy-turvy. Luckily I have an incredibly patient hard-working husband since I am useless right now. =o)

House

This is our new home. We close on April 10th! Hopefully we live that long as the process has been stressful! The kitchen pictures with the cream cupboards and black appliances are from another home. We hope to update our kitchen similarly with cream cabinets and a more neutral color scheme and more cabinets along the empty wall. Any suggestions for reasonable carpenters in the SLC/Bountiful area?

I GOT MARRIED!!!

Just in case you were concerned...I did get married back in September. =o) It was a beautiful day full of family and friends. We were brought to tears as we entered the sealing room full of so many we love. We honeymooned in Jamaica and I got to hold a puffer fish and shake hands with a crocodile! We had a fabulous time at our all-inclusive resort, the only safe way to do Jamaica. =)

Thank you to all your support during this special time. Tom and I are loving married life and have spent much of our free time house-shopping these past 6 months. We close on our first home in 9 days!!! Scary!

the RING!

I LOVE IT!!! The wedding band fits in the middle and is removable. FUN! It felt so normal to have a ring on even that first day.

Drum roll please......

Just had to let my world know it has finally happened, and boy does it feel good! =o)

I know it is 2am and I should really be in bed, but I am a bit dazed still.

Fiance...I am really now Thomas Smith's fiance! We became officially engaged the afternoon of June 25th on a hillside in Bountiful. He is such a sweetie. Pictures to follow.

Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!

HAIRCUT

BEFORE


DURING


AFTER


FRONT OF FIRST HAIRCUT


FINAL HAIRCUT =o)



Moral #1: Never Never Never go to Great Clips.

Moral #2: Hair grows back so don't cry.

I decided I just COULDN'T wait another day to get my hair chopped off! It was time to donate! So after a night shift and sleeping most of the day, I decided to throw caution to the wind and take advantage of the FREE haircut with a Lock's Of Love donation of 10 inches.

Thursday night April 28, 2011 at approximately 6pm, I and my lovely roomie arrived at Great Clips. She was there as moral support and photographer. After the nice lady took my 10 inches off in two ponytails, she proceeded to chop away at the request of a "layered" haircut. My face started to fall after she continued to cut with no apparent rhyme or reason. When she finished and asked what I though I ran my hand through it and said Great!. Secretly I was just wanting to get out of there before she cut anymore off! My roommates confirmed my suspicion with a the recommendation that I get another haircut, fast! I was missing chunks of hair in the back.

Luckily, my neighbor lost her office job and is cutting hair again! She fit me in the next morning at 11am and had to take another inch or so off in order to even it out. She looked at my hair and informed me that the "nice lady at great clips" had violated one of the most important haircut rules (of which I can't remember now).

Luckily hair grows back, and hopefully fast because it is a bit shorter than anticipated. =o)

sNoWsHoEiNg Presidents Day!

Tom and I had a wonderful snowshoeing trip up to Donut Falls in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Monday. =o)

I was really nervous about taking him again since he didn't really like the first trip but wha-la! With some shoes that fit better, some beautiful trails that are surrounded by sweet powder, and just the 2 of us...we had a recipe for success! I paid for it with a good white-washing and several other snow mishaps but we both survived.

The picture of the Donut Hole with the waterfall is taken inside a cavern. I had to brave the idea of sliding through a little opening into a dark cave all by myself in order to take these picture. It was worth it to see the "hole" though. =o)