My Awesome Husband

Sometimes I take Todd for granted and how great he is to me. But in the past few weeks since I've been sick and I can't do as much cooking and other things as I used to, I've really seen how lucky I am that we found each other. Even though I get frustrated with him sometimes because he doesn't think exactly like I do, I really am grateful for all he does for me. He cleans the house the majority of the time, he brings me things when I feel like I can't move, and he even cooks now. When before he always told me he didn't know how. He has taken on quite a few different cooking experiences. I guess all in all I really just want to say how much I love him and how much I've appreciated his attitude during this pregnancy. I'm so blessed to have him in my life.

A Short Visit

Well my dad came for the weekend. He was at a conference in Las Vegas and decided to make a detour on the way home. McKenna, just like all the other grandchildren, has Papa wrapped around her finger and he is totally enthralled by her. She is getting so big and gets closer and closer to crawling every day. She fell asleep in that position by the way. After we got her up and put her in a bed my dad looked like he had ran a marathon. Kenna sweats really bad when she sleeps so my dad looked like he needed a little deodarant.

News

Well I'm pregnant. I announced it today in Relief Society because I thought I could only hide it for a little longer. At least this way it was a surprise to everyone. I usually don't wear tight shirts and this is why. I was talking to Mandy a few weeks ago (before anyone knew I was pregnant) and I was telling her how unfair it was that she was like 6 months pregnant and still not very big. I told her then that it wasn't going to be like that for me. Knowing my family history and also my own body shape, I knew that I would start showing long before she had. I mean being this short, where else would the baby have any room to grow but out. I do have solace in the fact that I haven't gained very much weight though. Hopefully all of the weight that I do gain will be concentrated in a very small area and it will be easy enough to lose. Even if it is not, Todd and I are very excited for the outcome of the weight gain. The due date as of now is May 21, 2008. We'll see when the baby really comes. Everyone I teach with compliments me on the perfectness of our timing. I get out of school on the 23rd so I won't really have to miss too much school. We also get to hear the heartbeat on Tuesday. We've been looking forward to this and feel like it will make it seem even more real to the both of us.

SEPs

Well for all of those who don't know, SEP stands for Student Education Plan - basically a parent/teacher conference. This week I had my first of the year. I am so dead tired because of this that I had to lay down in my classroom at lunch today. They did go relatively well so that I am glad of. But being on the road and at school for 13 hours two days in a row wasn't exactly my favorite thing to do. I hope all of you parents out there realize the time we teachers put in sometimes...I'm sure you do. Anyway so I'm very excited that this is conference weekend and I get to relax and watch conference at home. Hope you all are doing well and know that we love ya.

Love Weekends

I absolutely love coming home from school on Friday nights. It means I have two whole days ahead of me without too much to worry about. Tonight we have our stake BBQ. I don't know how exciting it will be, but at least it's free food. Something we can all use. I've been very diligent in trying to keep up with my planning for school, so I might even get to sew this weekend or something fun like that. (The real reason I'm blogging today is because Mandy said that she would update her blog whenever I do. Although I think it's a little unfair because she will at least have a baby to blog about, when I have nothing. But oh well we'll see if she updates now.)

Come On

First of all, in answer to Mum's question - yes I've had my hair this short before. I've had it much shorter than this as well. I like a bit of change once in awhile. Secondly this blog is dedicated to those in this family who aren't posting anything lately. ;) Todd and I, as I'm sure Rheanna as well would like to see some updates on your blog. I check blogs faithfully each day and am always sad to see when no one posts. I'm the type of person who likes to get mail, even if it's just junk. I'm not trying to be mean, we just want to know what is going on in your lives. It doesn't have to be every day or anything, just once in awhile.

Haircut

Here is the picture you've been waiting for. Sorry my head is cut off at the top, but I figure you can still see the result. I'm wearing my beautiful orange Event Staff shirt. We had fun doing that, but man do my feet hurt. I took tickets, and Todd got to be on the field right behind BYU players. I think he enjoyed it, but he is burnt. It's funny seeing the line.