Go Bruins!!!

Well, I officially started teaching on Monday! I know, its crazy that summer is officially over and school has started. I still can't believe that I am a high school teacher. I teach 3 sophomore English classes at Mountain View High School in Orem. Go Bruins!! All the teachers had to wear the same shirts on the first day, but I thought it would be fun to take a "first day of school" picture as a teacher :) Sorry it isn't the best picture, I had to take it of myself because Matt was out of town for work.

3 weeks of family reunions....

Well its been a while since I updated this because Matt and I have not been home at all. We decided to end the summer with 3 straight weekends of family reunions. We had one for the Averett's (Matt's mom's side of the family), the Allen's (my dad's side of the family), and finally The Oakey's (Matt's dad's side of the family). It has been a busy and exhausting three weeks but really fun! Here are a few pictures from our weekends. The Allen's had a Hawaiian Luau one night with a limbo contest so we had fun with that.

You gotta love the CHEESY matching Hawaiian shirts :)

Drew and Matt doing the limbo...I think Drew fell hard on this one :)

Matt fishing with two of our nephews (Cole and Corbin) who absolutely love him!

Matt and I drove to the top of this ridge then walked to this look out point...absolutely incredible! Don't mind the board shorts I am wearing...nothing else fits!!!!

Happy 24th of July!!!!!

For the 24th of July Matt and I decided to spend then day with my family then meet up with Matt's family for fireworks. We didn't take alot of pictures so I apologize but it was a fun filled day! Matt, my dad, Drew, and Bret all went golfing at 6:30 am and it turned out to be alot of fun! Anyone that knows my dad also knows how competitive he is on the golf course and is also aware that anyone of his kids who actually beats him for the first time will recieve $100 cash! Sounds pretty confident doesn't he? Well Adam beat my dad years ago and it hasn't happened since then until yesterday... Matt played really bad on the front 9 but pulled it together and actually played incredible on the back 9 and beat my dad by 1 stroke! I guess it helped that my dad got two 8's on the back nine which is extremely rare, but hey its part of the game:)

So as bragging rights, here is Matt with my dad. He is holding the score card as evidence and his crisp $100 bill!!!!!!

After golf we all ate lunch and headed to the outlet malls in Park City. We found some great deals on some things and had a good time. Its fun to shop with my mom and Jan when we are both expecting. Can we say baby stores!?! Lets just say my mom is loving being a grandma with two more grandkids on the way! My parents then fixed us a great dinner and we headed over to see Matt's family.

It is so nice to have both families close because an hour later we were with Matt's parents, his siblings, and our nieces and nephews. There is nothing better than watching little kids watch fireworks...so much fun!

When we started shopping for cribs, my mom and dad told us that they wanted to do something my grandparents had done. They wanted to buy us our first crib. So after searching on the internet we found one we liked. It was delivered to us this past week and last night Matt and I decided to put it together. I never knew how many pieces came in a dang crib box! But Matt was patient and did a great job leading the project :)

And only 1 hour and 45 minutes later, he had it completed. I guess I helped a little but really he did most of the work. And we never even had to start over or take it apart!

We love the crib and thought it turned out really nice with the bedding we have picked out!!!

Thanks Mom and Dad! We love it!

My Big Catch!!!!

Over the weekend my parents came camping with Matt and I. It was really fun to go on the 4-wheelers and then play some golf. After they left Matt and I decided to try and catch a fish or two for dinner. There is a small creek that we like to walk up and fish in. The fish usually are pretty small but are perfect for dinner. So Matt threw his line in and within 10 seconds had caught a pretty average fish (about 12 inches long). We figured we would keep it incase we didn't catch anything else and he would eat it for dinner. So now it was my turn...I threw my line out to the same spot two times and didn't even get a bite. Matt told me that we needed to move because the fish were scared in that spot but I said wait I'm going to catch one right here! The next time I threw my line out I had this big guy on my line within 5 seconds. It was so exciting. We measured him and he is 19 inches long!

Happy 50th Dad!

We decided as a family that 50 is a pretty important birthday for our dad. We threw him a late suprise party at our house. He had no idea and I think he was pretty excited. Bret, Drew, and Jan all provided the black banners and 50th balloons, while Matt and I made him a steak dinner. It was really fun to have all of us together!

23 weeks and counting...

Well, I am 23 weeks along so I thought I would post the first picture we have of me actually looking pregnant. I know it still isn't much but atleast I am starting to show a little. I actually feel like I am in that stage where people ask themselves, "is she pregnant or is she just kinda chubby?" I hate this stage. Everything is still going well though so we are really happy about that!