Trip to California

I know I am really slow posting this on here but we went to California a few weeks ago. We had a lot of fun and I was really dumb and forgot my camera (and my purse) at home so my mom was nice enough to let me use her camera. We went to Sacramento to go to the "Choo Choo" museum and to the zoo. Another day we went to see Jordan's brother and sister-in-law. They live about an hour south of my parents. We picked them up and we all went down to Half Moon Bay for lunch and for some fun at the beach. It was only 60 degrees (I know what you're thinking 60 is warm), that is not warm enough to go running in the cold ocean in a bathing suit. We were fully clothed but still had a lot of fun in the sun.
Shelby didn't think that she would like the feel of sand on her feet. She eventually did put her feet down. This is my mom with Shelby at the Zoo.Shelby walking up the beach. Jordan and Shelby about to run away from a wave. She had the most fun doing this. She had to wear out her dad and then get her Uncle Jared in the act too.

The Happiest time of year!

I think the happiest time of year is this time of year. I know it's cold and nasty and we are just waiting anxiously for spring, but before spring comes it's tax time! I love tax time! I wait all year long to do my taxes and see how much money I'm going to get back. I love it! I just finished my taxes and I love having Shelby and being "not well off." I know that someday we will have a house that is paid for and all of our kids will be gone and then we'll have to start paying but for now, it's the happiest time of the year.

I'm pregnant!

Jordan and I found out this week that I'm pregnant! We are so excited! I'm pretty sick and tired but happy that Shelby is finally going to have a friend. I haven't gone to the doctor yet but I figure my due date is at the end of August, like August 30th. My sister will be pretty happy since that is her birthday. Here's my countdown.


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Strep throat

Yesterday I came home from work and started feeling really sick. My throat really started to hurt. As the evening progressed I started feeling worse. I took night-time cold medicine, hoping that would help but sadly no. Shelby stayed up all night crying and being sick so this morning we headed off to the doctor. Since we were both being seen for the same thing the doctor only had to swab my throat. And, the diagnosis? We have strep throat. I am so sick of having strep throat. When I was younger I had strep about 4-5 times a year. They talked about having my tonsils taken out. Once they started talking about that, I started to get better. Luckily! I like my tonsils! This is the first time I've had strep in about 7 years. They have come out with something really cool. Shelby and I got shots of penicillin. I always had to have pills. Don't you love the miracle of science? I do. Anyway, stay away from us for a few days unless you want to be sick and dying!

Bump it up!

Living in Idaho is really interesting with all the funny hairstyles. We have always made fun of the "Idaho Hump" and the "Utah Bump" and of course the notorious "Hibbard Haystack." For those of you who don't know Hibbard is outside of Rexburg. It's the area where Jordan's parents live. Anyway, I saw this commercial on TV just the other day. I was walking out of the room and stopped because I was mesmerized. Who would ever think of a product to make your hair have a bump? Keep in mind this is not a joke!
Here is a picture of what a bumpit can do for you!
As you can see, I got this off of a news channel website.
Here is the video: http://bighappiehair.com/
If it doesn't work you might have to copy and paste it in a new window. I guarantee that it will be worth the effort.

Be Careful what you wish for!

I've been wanting the snow to come for some time now. Finally, it has come. It snowed a little bit last week but last night it dumped a few inches and now it is snowing and blowing. It is so cold out and you can barely see. Now, I'm wondering why I was wishing for the snow. I think that I always remember the fun times like sledding, building snowmen, and just overall fun times. What I forget about is the COLD, shoveling snow, sliding around in your car. Oh, well, it's still beautiful! Here's the view from our house this morning at 7:30.

This is after I shoveled the walk and Jordan is in the process of snow blowing the sidewalk in front of our house. I think the camera makes the snow look a lot worst than it really is. What you can't see is the snow blowing down the street.
Here is Jordan snow blowing the sidewalk. I don't know what we would do without that snowblower. Oh wait yes I do. We have to shovel by hand and it takes about three times as long. How do we know? Because last year our neighbors borrowed the snowblower and broke it within 10 minutes. They didn't tell us about it until Jordan asked for it back. Then, they were going to fix it (yeah right). We got it back about 6 months later in the same state. Jordan was able to fix it in about a day. I'm glad my husband is mechanical!

Shelby's Hair

Lately Shelby's hair has been growing like crazy so I've have tried to do different hairstyles. I found this blog that is over on the sidebar that has different princess hairstyles. Anyway, this is what we've been up to these days.


Here is my first attempt at a Princess hair. Can you guess which Princess she is supposed to be? Okay, she's not really a princess but she's supposed to be Tinkerbell.

This is just my experimenting with braiding her hair. It would have turned out a lot better if she would have sat still.
Shelby is kind of being potty trained right now. You can see her potty in the background. She thought she was being pretty funny putting the toilet seat on her head but I just thought it was gross!

Jordan's grandma put rollers in Shelby's hair and to keep her from messing them up she put this hat on her head. This hat was Jordan's great-grandmothers. Basically, the top part is netting and it has a ring that you can move to open the top so you can blow dry your hair.