Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Fun-Filled Weekend


This weekend we did a lot of things! With summer being here, we try to pack as much fun into our weekends as possible! This weekend we went camping on Friday night with our ward up in Island Park! It was really nice and lots of fun! We took our nifty little two-man tent with us and packed it full of blankets and pillows (we were very warm all night!) We roasted marshmellows (my favorite) and played games with friends until midnight! What treat! We don't usually stay up until midnight these days haha. Anyway, It was a a blast. We even got to take a paddle boat out on the lake... although, it didn't really go fast and was more of a workout than a relaxing boat ride. But we had fun! And it was nice to get away for awhile. In the morning we took a nice little bike-ride... until the bike ryan was on decided to release one of its peddles and render itself unridable. :)


That night we went to see Fast Five in the cheap theater with some friends, Kolette and Jacob Haag. It was an okay movie. If your looking for a good action movie with fast cars I recommend Gone in 60 Seconds. Way better!


Sunday was also a good day! Full of relaxation, church, family dinner, and another movie with Leslie and Martin Casariego. Liam Neeson is full of suspense and twisty-turns in Unknown. But again, if you want more action, his movie Taken was way better! All-in-all a great weekend! Now if I can just get through this week!

Friday, June 24, 2011

Summer Weather


So Rexburg has finally thawed out and the warm weather is here to stay! It's been the the mid 80's all week and i am LOVING it! I've been trying to take every chance I get to stay outside! It's just so gorgeous- and with the wind too, it's not too hot! Rexburg also just opened the very first community pool, Riverside Aquatic Center. Complete with water slides, lazy river, and a rock climbing wall over the pool (which ryan was ecstatic about!). We are getting passes! This is one thing we MUST take advantage of! I've decided to start biking a lot too- which has now caused my bum to be a little sore, but hopefully it will toughen up! Ahhh Rexburg is gorgeous in the summer! :)

I just had my 28th week check up on Wednesday and had some blood work done to make sure I'm not gestationaly diabetic! Good news! I'm not! But I am slightly anemic (not enough iron in my blood). But nothing to worry about. Nothing that consistently taking my prenatal vitamins wont help! :) And for being their patient, they gave ryan and I two free movie tickets and a dinner voucher! Date Night!!! wohoo! I'll be saving those for the new Harry Potter movie coming out soon! CANT WAIT! As for Hailey- well, she is getting bigger and stronger. Sometimes I feel like I have a ton of bricks on my chest because she can reach into my ribs and kick and push them. They feel so tender now! :( But Ryan can now enjoy her movements as much as I do. We can sit there and watch my stomach move- So surreal! I can't wait for the stinker to get here! I already love her to death (even if she is hurting my ribs and back)

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Feeling Crafty


Well, I am now finished with my 2nd trimester and on to my 3rd! And with this progression comes a certain sense of "nesting" or "craftiness" that I feel. I have been working on a quilt for our little Hailey (haylie?) And I'm so excited about it! And with all the baby bedding sitting around and the slowly growing pile of baby clothes- i feel like i need to set her room up!!! But we need to get rid of some things before we can do that. I'll be posting a Blog sale of all the things we are getting rid of soon. But for now- I shall be crafty and finish this cute little quilt and make cute little headband bows for her! :D

So, a little side note. Our stake added two new wards this week and adjusted all the ward boundaries. Well guess who got moved our of their ward- us. We had been in that ward for almost a full year and now go to a different ward that meets at 1pm and has sacrament last. Ug. I'm not so please about this. Plus, the calling I received a few weeks ago was automatically released from me when the boundaries switched. Sigh. Oh well, new ward means new opportunities, right? I'm going to miss my old ward though. They were so great!

Monday, June 6, 2011

A Warm Rain


Today was GORGEOUS! If ever there was a perfect day in Rexburg- it was today! The weather was warm and sunny! If only every day in Rexburg could be like today! Today was just a normal routine day in our lives. Ryan's alarm goes off at the very butt-crack of dawn and while I try to stay asleep for another hour or so, the pipes in the walls from the shower scream at me to stay awake- sometimes they even find their way into my dreams. It's ridiculous... anyone got a could pair of noise-canceling headphones?! Today in my Medical Assisting Lab we finished up doing our practice shots. Boy am I glad to see that section pass by! We 've learned 5 different sets of shots in the past few weeks: SubQ, Intradermal, Intramuscular (deltoid, thigh, and butt shots)! It's really neat to know how to do it all now! But I definitely have had to get over my fears just a little bit! :) Next week- drawing blood! Oh heaven, help me!

This evening, it rained- not too hard, but a good rain- the warm kind that makes you reminisce about Virginia thunderstorms. I miss it there! I miss all of you there too!

By the way- Hailey is getting bigger and bigger by the second, it feels like. My belly button is now poking out and putting my shoes on gets harder and harder to accomplish each day!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

A few Holidays


So, I've been lazy and haven't been updating my blog. As a result some holidays have come and gone that I would like to tell about! I'll start with Mother's Day. This mother's day was my first time actually celebrating it for myself. Some would say that I shouldn't even celebrate it until next year because technically our baby isn't born yet- but I am still her mother and I am still caring for her, even if she is still in side me. That's cause enough to celebrate for me! :) So Ryan got me beautiful flowers and the best part was a gift card to the snow shack!!! A shave-ice stand here in rexburg. I crave that and french fries almost daily!! So it was a good mother's day- plus ryan made me an awesome breakfast of scrambled eggs, turkey bacon (my fav), and toast with OJ!

The next holiday was Ryan's 24th Birthday! Last year I got him rockclimbing shoes and a harness, so I carried on the tradition and bought him a rockclimbing rope! Does anyone else think its ridiculous how much they charge for a processed piece of rope? I do! But it was worth it to see the look on Ryan's face! Thanks to my parents and his parents- who pitched in on the gift. And thanks to our friends the Martin's for buying it at whole sale for us! Ryan had no idea! He was so surprised! Especially when he learned that the rope had been sitting underneath him behind the couch for almost 2 weeks! Haha! Happy birthday to my wonderful husband!

The last holiday on the list was Memorial Day. We had a three day weekend off from school and work! It was glorious... until it started raining and sleeting- that was NOT glorious! We had planned to spend the weekend camping and going to Yellowstone National Park. We started driving to Yellowstone on saturday only to turn around and come straight back 2 hours down the road when we came across a mudslide! Lame! So then we decided to go camping with our friends, the Martin's- since it was still nice out. But we had a tough time locating a good spot. Finally we settled in around 9pm and had a wonderful evening of foil steak dinners and strawberry dumpling in a dutch oven! It was heavenly! The next morning- it rained. Then on Monday- it sleeted. I was NOT happy.

All-in-all, it's been a great couple of weeks. I have been keeping busy with my medical assisting classes-which i'm LOVING! Except for the part where I had to overcome my fear of needles enough to practice on others and be practiced on. This semester is flying by! Only 3 more months until little Hailey Renae Ferons comes into the world! I cannot wait!