St. Paddy's Day

St. Paddy's Day at our house was pretty fun. I dyed the milk green, made a pot of gold, and cut out Leprechaun footprints for Shelby to follow. My parents did that once for my sister and I to follow that led us to what they left for us. I thought that Shelby would appreciate it. She picked up the footprints and looked at me like, what is this? Then we went into the kitchen and she got so excited about the green milk. I'm a little worried that the milk will have to be green from here on out. Pot of Gold, if it can't be money why not candy?

Wouldn't this be really scary? I wouldn't want a very small person coming in through my window.


It all was worth it, Shelby loved it.


For me, this is the best part of St. Paddy's Day. Corned Beef, cabbage, carrots and potatoes. Even Shelby enjoyed it.

Our new car

Jordan finds good deals on cars sometimes and he has been looking for a good car to fix up for us. He found it just the other day, it's a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited. It's white and has leather interior and the body is in perfect shape. It does have an engine knock and so Jordan is trying to decide weather to just have the crankshaft redone and some bearings or to get a new engine from a junk yard. I hope it's the cheaper one but either one will make it a really good car for cheap.
Last night we went up to get the Jeep. Jordan's friend and his family have a truck that could tow the trailer and hold all 6 of us. So, me, Jordan, and Shelby as well as Kirk, Heather, and their 8 month old baby drove up to Island Park last night. We got home about 11pm last night and were very tired but we are pretty excited about our new car. Here are some pictures of it.Here is our white Jeep. It has a roof rack, mud tires, and it's lifted a little bit.

Here's the back of it. As you can see the body is in good shape.

This is the front seats. I had to climb up on the trailer to actually look inside. Not an easy task when your 4 months pregnant.

Monday Night Bowling

For family home evening Shelby's choice was to go to The Rex and go bowling. It turns out that she is a pro bowler in the making! I took a bunch of pictures of her first official bowling trip.
Here is Shelby showing me her awesome bowling shoes.

I asked Shelby to stand next to the bowling balls so she backed up against the ball holder and stood all proper. She gets really funny when the camera comes out.

Here is my bowling champion with her "helper." I never saw a strike from her but she did have a few spares.

This is the end result. As you can see Shelby kicked our butts! How is this possible? She is the first bowler, I'm number 2, and Jordan is number 3. We wanted to play another game so that we could beat her but she wouldn't hear of it.

The end of an era

Yesterday was the end of an era. I looked up era and it said that it's a significant period of time that has a start and a stop. My era in Young Women only lasted 2 1/2 years but it was a great time! I was called into the Bishop's office before church yesterday (knowing exactly what was going to happen) and was told that we were all being released. By all I mean: me, Judy (president), Raygon (2nd councilor), and Chera (Mia Maid advisor). I was so sad! I cried for 2 1/2 hours, you can ask Raygon she said she timed me. Anyway, I'm feeling better about all of this today because I know it's for the best. I was getting kind of burned out on all our activities and the meetings. It will be good to have a rest for awhile. I don't have another calling right now but I'm sure the Bishop will figure something out for me.

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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