Josh's 26th Birthday

Josh's 26th birthday was on Tuesday and it was wonderful! I love celebrating Josh's birthday. We had a great day together. I woke up early to make him our traditional breakfast in bed. We had pull apart bread and ambrosia. It was delicious! After Josh went off to school, Anna and I prepared some chocolate covered strawberries to surprise him for lunch. We met him for lunch with birthday balloons and his strawberries in hand. It was so nice to see him during the day and sing him happy birthday. For dinner, I picked him up from school and we went to this great little mexican restaurant. It was delicious. We are both huge fans of mexican food and we will definitely go back to this place. We had cake and ice-cream that night and played Josh's new Wii game that my parents bought him. It was a great day. I'm so lucky to have him as my husband. I love his birthday because the whole day is just all about him. What more could I ask for? Happy Birthday Josh!

I think Anna had the best time at the restaurant out of all of us.

The birthday boy!

Big News!!

We have some exciting news to share! We're expecting baby number two! I'm pregnant!! We went to the doctor today and had our first ultrasound. I am 12 weeks along and the baby is doing great. I haven't felt too sick, just very excited. My due date is October 17th. We can't wait to meet this new little baby and for Anna to be a big sister. We feel so blessed.

Happy Easter

I have the best husband for many reasons, but this is just one of them. While I was gone in Georgia visiting my family, Josh told me that he had a surprise for me. He wouldn't give me any hints the whole time I was gone. As we drove up to our apartment from the airport, he said, "OK, look. There is your surprise!" I looked out the window and saw beautiful tulips planted in front of our house. I had really wanted to plant bulbs earlier but missed the mark by a few weeks. I have talked about planting tulips since last summer. So, while I was gone, Josh found some tulips that were potted, waiting to be planted in the ground...OUR ground. I was SO surprised. It was great to come home to that and feel so loved. When I first saw them, they weren't in bloom yet, and yesterday they finally came out. Josh wouldn't tell me what color they were, so when those purple flowers burst through, I was so happy. They are just gorgeous. That's right, I have the best husband in the world. Every time I look at them, I am reminded of the wonderful man that I am married to. Thanks sweetheart!

Aren't they just gorgeous?

Happy Easter! This morning Anna woke up to find a pink spindle of string outside her door. She didn't know quite what to do with it, so we helped her out. It's so fun to have kids to celebrate holidays with. We just think it's wonderful.

Umm...what??

We made it really simple for her. Good thing because she didn't really get it at all. It was fun for us though. Maybe next year!

She loved that her basket was filled with cheerios and nilla wafers. She immediately grabbed the "cookies" and ran to us to open it up. She was ready to enjoy her treat. She thought the grass was funny. We just adore her.

Josh filled my basket with goodies and surprised me and bought the DVD "Stepmom". I was so excited and can't wait to watch it. It is still on it's way in the mail, so now I have something to look forward to everyday. I just love Easter.

I bought Josh Mancala. I don't know if I've ever actually played it but I'm excited to try it out. We've been trying to expand our game selection. It's just so nice to have games to play together.

It's been a great Easter Sunday. We've had our church's worldwide conference this weekend. It's been so inspiring. We feel so grateful to be taught by the prophet of the Lord and His servants. They are wonderful people who truly are doing what is right. I love conference weekend because it makes me feel so uplifted. In a world that has so much sadness, it's nice to remember that there is also a lot of good. This is a picture of President Monson, the prophet. He's a great man and we've learned a lot from him.

Josh and Jon's Birthday Bash

On Friday night, my friend Laura and I threw a birthday party for our husbands. They were born only a few weeks apart. Jon turned 26 on March 26th, and Josh will turn 26 on April 13th. We invited our friends over to enjoy fondue and celebrate their births. It was a great night. The birthday boys blowing out their candles. Laura made a DELICIOUS cake. These are some pictures of our friends who came to celebrate with us.

We had a chocolate fountain, which was a hit. The kids especially loved it....OK, the adults did too. Laura made a fabulous spinach and cheese dip and a marinara sauce dip. No one left unsatisfied.

Laura, Jon and baby Hannah. We just love them!

I'm so excited that I get to celebrate Josh's birthday twice. His real birthday isn't for a few weeks, so we get to do this again. I can't wait. Josh is the love of my life. I love celebrating anything about him. Happy Birthday baby.

Georgia Part Two

These are a few of the cousin pictures from the trip. It was so much fun to watch them play together. Anna kept trying to copy David. Their favorite thing to do was to run up and down the cat walk upstairs. The would run and giggle and then go bang their hands on the mirror in the bathroom. They thought it was hilarious, and of course, we did too.

They spent a great deal of the day just looking at each other, trying to figure the other one out.

David was showing Anna how to do it. He's such a good helper.

We went to Granddaddy's house to pay him a visit. Anna loved playing with his toys and exploring everything.

Notice the cute outfit. Thank you Granny and Grandpa!

A great thing about being at my parent's house is that they always have fresh fruit and lots of it. Anna would eat strawberries all day long. She LOVED them!

We went to visit my grandma too. We had a pleasant surprise to find my other relatives visiting too. We had a great time seeing them.

Anna's new favorite thing to do. Peek-a-boo!