Seven little ducks went out one day...

We were hanging out in the living room when we looked out the window and saw baby ducks swimming in the pond. I grabbed the camera and ran outside to take pictures. Tyler and Jay were already outside saving the ducks from the dogs. Unfortunately the dogs had already gotten to two of the babies but they were able to save the momma duck and her five other ducklings.

We thought they were safe until they waddled to the neighbors and their two dogs (we call them raccoons) attacked the ducks again. We told the neighbor and she got her dogs in the house. Momma duck and three babies made it to the big pond across the street but there were still two missing. I was devastated. It's the hormones, don't judge me. Steve (Jay's dad) saved one duck and Jay and Tyler discovered the last duckling back in our pond. They saved the day again and all six ducks were reunited! We could hear Momma duck giving the baby ducklings a major lecture.

Sno Time

I love shaved ice. Unfortunately there is nowhere in Moscow to get one. In Idaho Falls, there are several places but the BEST place just opened. It is located at the corner of A Street and Memorial Drive. Right along the greenbelt. My little sister just opened this shack and is doing a great job. So if you are in Idaho Falls, stop by, get a shaved ice and say "hi" to my cute little sister for me!

Overdue Update

It's been a long month with a lot happening. Jay graduated from the University of Idaho on May 16 with a degree in Human Resources/Business Management. (I'm sure that isn't the exact title, but it's something along those lines.) I am so proud of him. He has been working full time and going to school full time for the last two years. He decided not to walk at graduation because he thought it would be too long and boring. Since he didn't request the time off he ended up having to work concessions at graduation. Silly guy.

A week after graduation Jay started working for Safeway. He is really enjoying it so far and hopefully they will start scheduling him for some decent hours. So far he has been working 4 p.m. to midnight. I work 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. so we don't really get to see each other, which isn't that different than when he was in school.

Last week we moved. It was a mess and I'm so glad it's over. During our cleaning I sat in some bleach cleaner and it, of course, ruined my pants. I am totally bummed because they were nice maternity shorts aka something that actually fit. I labeled things a little obsessivly and was made fun profusely for my labeling, but at least I know what is in every box. Our dishwasher "broke". I say "broke" because it wouldn't work for 4 days so I finally washed all the dishes by hand. When they came to fix the dishwasher, it was working. Ya, real cool. I had a huge roll of industrial saran wrap fall on my itty bitty toe and it either broke or was just bruised really bad.

I'll post pictures of our new place later this week.

We went to Spokane this past week to do session at the temple and to start baby stuff shopping. Wow, I never knew we needed so much stuff. Jay didn't either. He thought the 5 outfits and the few toys we had were going to be sufficient. While we were shopping we had our cute niece Anilyn with us. Greg and Britt were doing a session at the temple so we watched Ani. I was looking at cribs and Ani was shopping for some outfits. She would walk up the aisle, pull an outfit out, look at it, say "oh cute" in her little 18 month old voice. She would then look at the tag and move on to the next outfit. I think Greg and Britt are going to be in trouble with this litte girl!

Well, that is what we have been up to the past few weeks. Our little girl is growing strong. She is kicking a lot more and moving around a lot. My belly continues to grow. I sometimes have people tell me how small I look and other people ask if I'm sure "there's just one". We are very excited for her to join our family in September.