The bump's progression

So I am surprised how fast I've gotten so big! One second I was barely showing and the next I look like a huge preggo lady... wierd! I think it has to do with all the turkey I ate over Thanksgiving! It's exciting, but really just a little depressing when I look at the pictures. Only three months to go!

27 Weeks

24 Weeks

22 Weeks

He's a He-Man-Boy-Baby!

Yup, we saw "it." "It" is definately there and he's not afraid to show "it" off! We couldn't be happier! We just love him already. And no, we don't know his name.

Week 20

So I'm officially 20 weeks today and have started to show a little. I figured it was time to start posting weekly pictures. Also, we find out on Monday the 9th if we're having a girl-baby or a boy-baby!

Baby's on the Move!

I totally felt the baby kick me like five times this morning! I think I've felt it a couple of times before, but its hard to tell. But baby was definately flopping around today! Hooray! What a cool thing! I tried to show Khyl but the baby was too shy to dance for daddy so that didn't work out so well.

Baby Halbert

We are so good at math! We now know that 1+1=3! Yep, we're having a baby! Our new addition is due March 26, 2010. We have some cute ultrasound pics we will post soon...ish.

Yay and Hooray!!!

Happy Birthday Khyl!

Today is Khyl's 33rd birthday! We rented a Harley Davidson Ultra Electra Glide and we are going on an overnight trip with it. Khyl is super excited for his birthday ride! Happy Birthday Love!

Anniversary

Khyl and I have been married for two years today! It seems to have gone by so fast! I just wanted to tell him that I love him so much and I am so grateful to have him in my life. He is really just wonderful. Happy Anniversary Love!

Random stuff

So, summer is finally here and I have a couple weeks of break before summer classes start. Hooray for another semester done!

Here are some random pictures from the last month (or so):

Cambria's Sentior Prom: Me & Cam-Bam

Her date's name is Scott and he lives in Gardnerville.

Heck yes, I did her hair!

What a total hottie!

I grew this green been from a seed, and it tasted muy delecioso!

Pretty flower from my zucchini plant!

And pretty flowers from my yard!

I played beautician on Kaylin during conference.

Phil and Khyl paying careful attention to conference.

(Really they did, I just caught them for the few minutes they fell asleep)

Welcome little Jaxon!

I am now officially and Aunt and Khyl is an Uncle! Little Jaxon was born on Friday, May 15th. He was 7 pounds, 7 ounces and 20 inches long. Khyl and I are driving to AZ this weekend to see him. He is such a cutie and I am so excited to meet him! He is so adorable!!!

Take me out to the Ball Game!

Alan and Abby invited Khyl and I to the Reno Aces ball game against the Sky Sox! We really had a blast and the game was really exciting! The Sky Sox scored 4 runs in the first inning, we scored 3 in the 4th and another in the 6th to tie the game. Then the Sky Sox pulled ahead by one in the 7th inning. Then we scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th and the Sox struck out in the top of the 9th. It was a really close, very intense and exciting game! Thanks Alan and Abby for such a fun time!

Snowmobiling

This is super late, but when Khyl's family came to visit in March, his parents took us snowmobiling. It was very fun, but I found out that I don't like driving them at all. (The tour guide didn't think I looked old enough to in the first place.) So I let Khyl do the driving and just went along for the ride. Here are some of the pics from the fun time. Thanks again, Doug and Linda!

The family: Doug, Lori, Mark, Candice, Jared, Khyl, Linda

Khyl has now added one of these bad boys to his

Wish/He-Thinks-He'll-Buy-In-The-Future-But-I-Disagree List.

It's a loooong list!

Things I've done

... Just copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done and make sure to put your score at the end. It got me to thinking about what I would like to do in life.


1. Started your own blog (you're lookin' at it)

2. Slept under the stars (at Girl's Camp)

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity (or at least it felt like I couldn't)

7. Been to Disneyland (My favorite place!)

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo (in Honor Choir, yeah!)

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (I sew but I wouldn't say I'm an expert at it)

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables (currently, I growing beans, zucchini, tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, corn, carrots, onions, and basil. The cilantro, cantalope, and watermelon haven't sprouted yet. I feel like such a gardner and I haven't ever grown anything before in my life! I even kill my houseplants...but so far my veggies (and fruits) are doing pretty well! It is so exciting to watch them grow!!!)

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (just once, for Erin's birthday!)

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (surprisingly, both...as many of you know, I am NOT a morning person!)

31. Hit a home run (not really, but I did play softball and actually hit the ball a couple of times...which is a really good thing for me :)

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance (I was only a couple of days old and don't remember a thing, of course)

47. Had your portrait painted (drawn, does that count?)

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Gone without food or water for 24 hours or longer (apparantly, I'm not very good at fasting!)

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Stayed up for 24 hours with NO sleep at all

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason (thanks to my Lovey!)

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (couldn't if I wanted to, which I really, REALLY don't)

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (several, actually)

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar (does the orange stuff they put on top of sushi count?)

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Changed a lightbulb

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Mowed the lawn

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club (which book are we on again?...I've been busy with school)

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

Maybe I can get Khyl to do his :) and then I'll post it!

The coolest thing ever!

I don't care who you are, if this happened to you, it would seriously be THE COOLEST THING EVER! Its like a real life musical! Turn off my music and turn up your volume!

Congrats to Candice and Jared!

I am going to be an Auntie!! I am so excited! Khyl's brother, Jared, and his wife, Candice, are having a little boy! He is due on May 21 and they are naming him Jaxon. How cute! So I haven't mentioned this before because Linda and I had been planning a surprise baby shower for Candice on March 17th and I didn't want her to find out. She was so surprised!

Candice is THE CUTEST pregnant girl ever! The first thing she said when she walked through the door and saw all the presents and decorations was, "Oh No, Are we intruding?" She thought I was throwing a party for someone else! Silly girl!

Grandma Chris, Courtney, Michele, and Lori all came from Utah for the baby shower. (I didn't get a good picture of Lori... :( )

Candice's big pile of presents.

Check out this Rockin' Cake! The Nursery is a Music theme and so Amanda made this AMAZING cake! She is so talented! Buy a cake from her...her blog is smandacakes.blogspot.com

Courtney and Linda playing pin the Baby on the pregnant girl. Candice is trying so hard not to laugh.

Candice modeling the big belly.

This is Candice opening the bedding set I made her.

CONGRATULATIONS CANDICE!!!

Spring Break

I think this is the first year I've actually taken time off work to enjoy Spring Break! Khyl and I went to Tahoe with our friends Becca, Phil, Kaylin, and Zachary. We stayed in a condo for the weekend, played in the snow, and hung out. Sooo fun!

Becca, Kaylin, and I making silly faces... :)

Phil and Khyl just couldn't keep up with us!

It's back...

So school is back in session and many of my friends may well think I have fallen off the face of the earth for how well I've been keeping in touch lately. Except for Abby, of course, we signed up for all the same classes this semester (intentionally) so I am with her for 6 hours on Tuesdays, 6 hours on Wednesdays, church, and whenever we get together to study! Hopefully, she doesn't get sick of me. :) I am so grateful to have such a great friend to go to class with. Here's a little update on how school has been so far:
1. Our science teacher gave us a huge assignment the first week! We had to read 94 pages of science research articles and write a mini-paper about it due the second day of class! It was pretty grueling and I had to pry my eyes open with toothpicks in the very first week! Arg! I think the teacher was trying to weed-out the no-so-serious students or something!
2. Abby and I chose to do our major math presentation the third week of class so we could get it out of the way and not have to worry about it the rest of the semester. We signed up to be the first presentation. We practiced it on Khyl, Phil, and Becca (thanks for sitting though it guys!) The practice must have helped, because our teacher told us that it was one of the best presentations she had ever seen! Woohoo! Abby and I make a great team! (The rest of the class wasn't so pleased with us for setting the bar so high!)
3. I have 4 3-hour classes each week. It is nice to only have to be on campus twice a week, but it is difficult to sit in class for 6 hours straight!

All in all, my classes have been very interesting, and I am already learning a ton! Since these are my methods classes, they are far more interesting and engaging than some of the other "required" classes I've taken just because I had to.

Only 12 weeks left this time around (but who's counting)... Wish me luck!

Grandpa

Khyl and I were supposed to fly home to Reno on Sunday, Dec. 28th, but instead we flew into Salt Lake City for my Grandpa's funeral on Monday the 29th instead. Grandpa was 88 years old and died on the 21st. He was an amazing man. He served in the AirForce, Coast Guard, and Army. He earned a purple heart during WWII and loved to tell stories. He lived with us for a while while I was in High School and would always make us Potato Pancakes for breakfast. He insisted that we wouldn't be able to think if we didn't eat breakfast. He was the best of the best and will be missed. I am so grateful that I know that families will be able to be together again after this life. Here are some pictures of the funeral service. It was freezing, but beautiful; he had a full military burial. My brothers, cousins, dad, and uncle were pallbearers and Jennifer and Dad played Taps.

22!!

So, this is way later than it should be, but My Birthday was Saturday, December 27th. Khyl were in AZ for Christmas so I got to spend my birthday with his family. Linda, Candice, and I (Tamera, we missed you) had a girls night on Friday night at Candices house. We went to Sonic for some Cherry-Limeaide, rented a chic-flick, gave ourselves pedicures, and talked all night long. It was so fun. In the morning (my birthday), we decided to go to IHOP for breakfast. And this is what I got when I got there:

SURPRISE!!!

The entire family (sans Justin, who's on a mission in Minnesota) was there to surprise me for my birthday! We had a great time and I was totally spoiled- check out that fatty stack of birthday presents behind Khyl's head! Later in the day, we went to the Mesa Temple as a family. It was the first time I had been there since Khyl and I got married. It is such a beautiful and peaceful place. I am so glad I was able to be there with my family.

Christmas

First thing Christmas morning, aka around 9:30, we opened our stockings which were stuffed full of goodies. Linda is so sweet, she even made a stocking with my name on it so I would feel at home. Then we had breakfast; bacon, eggs, and Lindas Rockin' Cinnamon Rolls! Yum! I did miss my Daddy's Waffles, though. Next, we formed an assembly line starting from the living room and passed the presents from under the tree down to the family room. The whole room was full of presents! The process of unwrapping them took a few hours. Khyl and Linda staring at all the presents.

Jared gaurding his and Candices stash with his drumsticks.

B-Love chillin' on the couch.

Jared and Candice.
Shaun opening his present from us while Linda and Brandon look on.
My "Spiritual Gift" from Linda and Doug- A scripture case made by Linda, a Scripture Journal, and "With Full Puropse of Heart" by Dallin H. Oaks.

After presents, the boys made a Filiberto's run for lunch (Khyl's favorite mexican fast food) and Candice, Tamara, and I decorated a gingerbread house. Check out that Snowman!
Later, we watched Horton Hears a Who as a Family and played games together after dinner.

It rained, no poured, ALL DAY LONG on Christmas in AZ. Back home in Reno, It snowed all day on Christmas. My family was watching Timber at my parents house and sent this picture to me of Timber playing in the snow.
It was a wonderful Christmas and I am so grateful we were able to spend it with our family.