Prego pictures

29 (and a half) weeks

32 weeks

Just for fun: Here I am at 32 weeks with Aftyn, It is fun to compare I think.

Not a big change in size from the two weeks, although the 29 weeks looks  a little bigger, maybe. Today, I was at the post office and the lady asked me my due date, and she said, "Not until October??? Oh, man! You are going to get so huge." Way to hold back your true feelings, lady.  ;)  I am still feeling really good, I sleep well, and I have plenty of energy. But I still have 8 more weeks to go! So, we will see if that continues.  It helps that the older kiddos are in school now and the option of taking a nap exists, although I am usually too busy playing word games on my itouch. (much more important.)
We are very excited to meet our baby boy.  Maiya especially has been very interested and asks a lot of questions about the baby. She always gives him a kiss goodbye when she leaves for school. She talks to him a lot, asks him what he's up to, and reassures him everything is going to be okay.  For example,  one day, we got on the topic of umbilical cords, and I told her about how that cord is removed and that is how we get belly buttons.  So now she makes sure that he knows that that cord is going to have to come off, but to not be scared, and he will be just fine.  She really is such a great helper.

Geren's 31st Birthday!

The kids and I had a fun spoiling G yesterday.  We had donuts in the morning, went to Burger King for lunch and had German Chocolate cake and dilly bars (his choice of ice cream;)) after dinner.

Look at all of those candles!

 

Here he is blowing out all of the candles.

Look at all of that smoke!

The kids went to the dollar store and picked out toys that they thought that he would like, (and of course that they would like too ;))

His real present is on his wrist. A new watch, since he lost his while snowboarding a couple of years ago. 

 Happy Birthday Geren! We love you.

Iowa Trip #5...... On the way home

On the way home we decided to stop and see some more great church sites. We got to eat lunch at Adam-ondi-Ahman, it was beautiful.  

We also stopped at the LDS Visitors center in Independence Mo.  The kids were kind of done at this point, so the only part we really got to enjoy was the kids room.  It was fun though.

We also were priviladged to stay a day with Aunt Marche and play with cousins.  We had a blast playing at the Aquarium. Being with the Zepf family was a great way to end our trip. 

Turtles

Petting Stingrays

Happy Cousins

Iowa Trip Part #4: Random Good Times

I tell you what.... my parent's spoiled us while we stayed with them.

My mom took me on a birthday lunch to this amazing Falafel house, where I was not expecting the one person combo  that I ordered to include all of this!!!! It was so good.  We also went to see the movie, Now you see me which I highly recommend, it had some great twists. 

P.s.  My husband spoils me too, the necklace and earings I am wearing in this picture are a birthday present from him.

We got to be there to celebrate my Dad's birthday.  We went to Texas Roadhouse... my first time eating there.  Good Stuff. 

Aftyn was a pain in the rear end at this Dinner, doesn't she look cranky?

My kids sure miss Uncle Brad and Boogie.  We loved taking walks and had a great time.

Iowa Trip Part #3..... Nauvoo!

We love LOVE that our families happen to live near such wonderful LDS church sites.  It was wonderful to show the kids Nauvoo.  We got to take a tour of Joseph Smith's house and the store etc.  It really puts things in perspective when you get to see the places where things went down.  I think my favorite part was seeing the Oxen, and taking a ride in a covered wagon that they pulled. We got to learn how to make our very own rope, and how to make barrels, and candles.  We really have it so easy when it comes to manual labor, it's insane. 

Pioneer Peeps.

Our Pioneer family

Hello Oxen friends!

Petting an Ox

  

In the covered wagon

Maiya spinning the rope

Q and M making rope

Daddy spinning the rope

So buff

Learning about pottery making.

Aftyn playing with our rope that we made.

Maiya on stilts!

playing pioneer games, this was a race to get the bear to the top.

Aftyn and Grandma

Q on stilts

In the pioneer house

Pioneer gals

Pioneer boy

Walking to Joseph Smith's grave stone

We got to hear a traveling band.

The First Vision Statue at the Nauvoo Visitor's Center

This sweet little moment was not staged.

Love at Home. :) (even when we are not at home).