catch-up sounds like ketchup

I apologize from my absence from the blogging world. I'm not sure what has gotten in to me but I just can't stand too much of the computer. I tend to check my email and that's pretty much it sometimes. I know this will pass soon enough, because I love blogging and to read everyones blogs, so bear with me! I have slowly been catching up on reading all your blogs. I think I'm pretty well caught up on that, now it's time to catch up a little on my own.

March 14th we celebrated Skyler's 28th birthday. His birthday was on a Saturday so we were able to spend the entire day together. I tried to get the house cleaned up Friday night so we wouldn't have to clean on his birthday, but there were just a few things to do around the house like laundry and maybe something else. I did most of it but had him help me put some things away. He wouldn't let that down that he had to do "chores" on his birthday and he made sure to let everyone know.

We were too late to catch the movie we were hoping to see so we just hung out for a little while in the Sugarhouse area. Next stop was to get some pie and bring it home. Afterall, it was pi day of course (3.14....). No, I'm not a math nerd, I only knew this because of work. We had pie to celebrate pi day but I was gypped of the good kinds so I suggested to Skyler we get pie and he thought the idea was a fine idea.

As always we celebrated on Sunday with my family as well. I made cupcakes. This is beginning to become a tradition with me. You really can't go wrong with cupcakes. I made Skyler's favorite, carrot cake with some homemade cream cheese frosting. These disappeared in minutes. I love it.


HAPPY 28TH!!!



My family has made it a tradition that when your in 4th grade and you have a county project, we all pack into the car and travel to the county to get our own pictures and to see places in the county with our own eyes. Britton is now at that age and the last in the family to have a county project. Most of us are all grown up and busy with our own lives now, or even out of the country, but my mom wanted to make sure that we still made it special for him. My mom invited me to come along with them to BEAVER, the county that he chose out of a hat. I had never been to Beaver except to grab a snack, take a potty break, or fill the car up with gas on the way to somewhere else more interesting. But all in all I was pleasantly surprised. It was the small town that's for sure, but it was interesting to be able to learn of it's history and see the quaint businesses and restaurants they had. We went to the coolest place. It was a candle company that makes all their own wax figures of all kinds. The guy that runs the place was one of the most interesting people I've ever met. He used to be a a dancer and choreographer in Las Vegas who worked with people like Sammy Davis Jr. all the way down to Justin Timberlake. He said he and his wife have travelled and lived in most of the largest cities in the world. Eventually, they for some reason decided to settle down in Beaver, Utah. Don't ask me why but apparently they love it. Anyways, Britton was able to make a fun wax figure of his hand making the "rock" sign. It was a neat place. We spent a lot of time driving around looking at old buildings and we even went up to the mountains.


I have some shots of some old abandoned buildings I may post on my photo blog. Here are a few.





And now for an update on my pregnancy. Luckily there isn't much to report other than things are going well. Today I am at 15 weeks. The morning sickness has pretty well tappered down now, though I do have my moments. I am anxious for my 16 week check-up appointment because I love going in and being reassured that everything is looking wonderful and healthy. I have a pregnancy ticker at the end of my blog. I haven't taken the time to figure out a better place for it that it would fit.

I am also happy to mention that we have finally booked our cruise for next month!!! (We, meaning mom, Natalie, and myself). I know, I know I said in my Christmas entry that we were going in March, in fact I think I'm supposed to be on a cruise right now. But we never officially booked it and we wanted to go to other destinations. So after much research, we decided to stick with the western carribean but just change the itinerary a bit. We'll be going to Cozumel, Mexico; Belize city, Belize; Roatan, Honduras; and Georgetown, Grand Cayman. We leave the last week of April. So excited!!!

I'll end with gorgeous sunset. I could not resist stopping for some shots here.