Naming Dan Jr.

So like everything else in Holly and Dan's life, we cannot make up our mind on a name for our little boy. So cast your vote or leave a comment on why or why we shouldn't use a name. Thanks for the input!

Smokey

My Little Smokes passed away last week. I was so sad to see this little guy go but I am very glad I knew it was coming. He has been my little buddy since I can remember. He was such a a cutie! Dad made a little grave for him with a marker and everything in the back yard near the pond, so I can come and visit him. I think all of my family will miss smokes, even Dan, who we wouldn't call an "animal lover."

8 Months and counting

4 MoNtHs


8 MoNtHs

Can you believe what a change! "TRIM SPA WORKED FOR ME" As you can tell it is not just my belly that is getting bigger. I hate when I see all these pregnant girls that totally keep their shape. Maybe they get bigger boobs, but what about the other 75% of NORMAL girls that get huge everywhere when they are pregnant? So here is a shout out to all my girls that get thunder thighs and double chins! YEAH!!

ShOuT OuT tO SmOkEs

This is my kitty Smokey. I know some people are in Love with there animals, but smokes is truly awesome. He is so calm and friendly, even to little kids that maul him to death. He has been sick for sometime now, something to do with cancer on his intestines. I am a true believer that even though pets can be your best friends, they are not humans. So no expensive surgery for smokes. He just keeps getting skinner and skinner (he used to be so fat we called him chunker bunk) It is so sad to see him like this. But I have been thinking a lot about my little buddy back at home (he had to stay with Mom and Dad.) Just wanted to remind every one of Smokes and how awesome he is! LOVE YOU SMOKEY!

MY fourth of July

I am sure everyone had so much fun with friends and family on their favorite Holiday, "the 4th of July" Blah, is all I have to say to them! Mine was so boring I fall asleep talking about it! Dan has the STUPIDEST test ever that he has been studying for non-stop for the last month, which has really put a damper on my fun time.
So while everyone was out at BBQ's with their families loving life and staring at the bright sky, Holly was watching them on TV! Yes, I know So lame! Friday I spent the entire day in the kitchen to fulfill my boredom. I cooked anything I could think that I would be using if I had a party to go to! I cooked biscuits and gravy for breakfast, and went on to Frog eye salad (which apparently is a Utah thing that no one has ever heard of and No stores carry the right pasta noodles) potato salad, 3 desserts and chicken salad sandwiches and of course good old hamburgers on the grill for dinner! Here are some pictures of one of my patriotic desserts. I thought it would be so nasty and all for show, but it actually tasted pretty good.






Saturday was just as boring so thats right folks I headed to the mall, what better way to make time go by than by spending money $$$$. I went and bought a bunch of towels and my lovely neighbor Liz (who is an expert with the sewing machine) helped me follow Keens pattern for hooded towels for Jr. This is honestly like the first time I have done anything with a needle and thread since jr. high. You should have seen the look on Dan's face when I brought them home, he was so proud of me! Lets just say Liz has a lot of patience!

Defeating the BURRITTO

Chipotle is popular burritto joint out here. Every once and a while they have a promtion where they hand out free burrittos. Yes, FREE burrittos. So Dan and I show up to wait in line for our massive free chunk of beef and beans. Apparently the entire city decided they wanted the same thing. The line went around the building and three building long. Needless to say, Dan wasn't going to give up that easy. He pulled out his umbrella and went and stood in line for about 20 mintutes in the POORING Rain. People were just soaked waiting for their burritto. I convinced Dan to come home and give up, his reply "but than the burritto wins!" MEN! The only way I could get him to come home is to promise him we would come back later when the line was shorter. Long story short, we came back 3 hours later and waited in a hour line to get our 2 free burrittos so Dan could defeat the burritto! But while we were in line the chick-ful-A guy came over and handed out free chicken nugget gift certificates. So We may have wasted hours of our life, but we got 2 free meals! AND Dan got to "CONQUER" the burritto!

Quick Trip to Utah

Okay, so a lot happened this last weekend and because I have been such a blog slacker I decided to update you. So Dan and I took a short trip home (Dan's first in over a year) to just relax and enjoy before Dan hit the books hard for boards. First off Mom as you can see is doing a lot better. She still has a long way to go and is on a VERY strict diet. You have to feel bad for her. She still is not getting enough oxygen so she has to carry her tank around everywhere. The dr.s think the congestive heart faliure might have been caused by primary pulmonary hypertension in her lungs. She has more testing to be done. The list of medications she is on is huge! But she has a good attitude about taking better care of herself and my sisters are really helping her out.



Mike and Jamie took us out boating. Yeah Mike totally rocked on the wake board! I think us girls love being in the sun more than anything! Corbin was such a blast, he loved honking the horn and yelling "get out the way boat!" Even when there was no boat in site!


Dan did awesome for his first time EVER wake boarding. He got up his first time. I was so surprised when he got back on the boat and I asked him how many times he had been before and he said this was his first. I was so proud! I think he felt pretty good to until the next day when he started walking like an old man, because he'd used muscles he didn't know he had!



Now this is the way it should be, all us girls together. We know how to have fun. I was suppose to visit Lori this weekend again, but felt horrible when I had to bail on her because SOMEBODY at Dan's fam got me SICK! All of Jason's family got sick too! But Lori and I will have more opportunities to kick it in the coming months. I am so excited for her new adventure of moving away for her PhD program to Indiana.


We finally got a family picture with everyone in it! We barely missed Mike on our last one. It is so weird to think Jam and Mike have only been married a year. It just seems like he has always been around. As the sales associate at Zumiez would say "Oh my gosh, you are totally married? Are you totally still in love? (inside joke for us girls)

Let me tell you how hard it is to get Dad to smile. I think I finally realized where us girls get all our scuzz faces from :)



Dan loves playing basketball. Especially with his boys.


Explanation?! Girls bringing out the ditsy gene!

My sisters threw me a baby shower one day and came up with this wonderful idea to make brownies with frosting and oreo's. well when we took a better look at the brownies they were raw at the bottom. Colleens oven was out of commission so we thought if we put them on the stove top it will cook the bottom right?? Right?? Yeah, just minutes after making this decision we were proven to be wrong, VERY wrong. The glass pan exploded and went flying everywhere, including into all the food that had been prepared. With minutes until guests arrive and a huge glass mess in the kitchen and the food completely ruined, you can only image the stress levels my sisters were in. It was hilarious to watch. I can't believe we were that stupid. But amazingly enough we got threw it and after a quick clean up and moms quick run to the grocery store, my sisters still managed to feed our guests uncontaminated food and pull off a great shower! The picture is the after math of what was left!




Well We are adding another girl to the family! Travis proposed to his girlfriend Christa this weekend. I got to meet her for the first time this weekend. They are getting hitched Aug 15th, I kicked Travis's butt more than once because this is just a few days before my little guy is to make his big arrival. So We won't be making it to Travis and Christa's big day. But you can tell Travis is so happy, he is just beaming. Congrats you to love birds!



We have starting making a tradition of a girls night out when Holly is in town. Of course we always have a blast.


I know all of these pictures are mostly of my fam. But we did have a lot of fun with Dan's fam too. He got to go camping with them for a few days and my fam came up one night to roast mallows and enjoy the fire. Cindy and Kari threw me an awesome baby shower too! Oh love seeing everyone! It is so bitter sweet to come home.