Long Overdue Update

Yes, we are still alive! I've been terrible at blogging lately (obviously). Lately meaning the last 4+ months. One of my excuses is that I hardly took any pictures this summer so I didn't have many pictures to post. And what good is posting without pictures? But anyway, maybe I can get back into blogging. We'll see...
We had a great summer. We moved into our new place June 1.


We really like it here in Bountiful. It's great to be close to our families again. We like our new pad as well. My favorite thing about it is the yard. I love being able to send the kids outside to play. Especially in the backyard where it is completely fenced in! They love it too. We even planted a garden this year. We planted corn, peppers, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, and melons. The tomatoes and peppers were really the only ones that did well. Luckily there was a peach tree, a nectarine tree and raspberry bushes here already. I even canned salsa, peaches and nectarines. (A first for me! I'm so proud of myself!)!Trying to catch the rain

Adam turned the big 30 in June. I had a surprise party for him and he was actually surprised! I had to tell a couple little white lies, but it was worth it. It was a ton of fun and so nice to see some old friends we hadn't seen for a long time.Movie Night with caramel popcorn. Yum

Our biggest update is that baby #3 is on the way! I'm 25 weeks along and due mid January. We decided that we're not going to find out the gender of the baby before it's born! Kind of exciting! Natalie is hoping for a baby sister though, of course.

Adam's youngest brother Paul got home from his mission in August. All of Adam's siblings came into town and we were able to get family pictures taken. Though Ryan decided he would not have a nap that day and we all paid for it! But I guess the pictures turned out okay in spite of that.



Natalie started preschool a few weeks ago and is loving it! She is a really sweet big sister. Ryan is growing up so fast. He is not a baby anymore. He definitely keeps us on our toes. What a busy boy!

We finally went camping! We had wanted to all summer long so we finally made it out last weekend. The kids loved it and Adam and I had a good time too. We loved being in the mountains and enjoyed our beautiful surroundings.

Adam is enjoying his new position at work. He's been way too busy lately though. Hopefully things will settle down a little soon.

So there's the update. Hopefully more to come soon!