POP

22 weeks and loving it.

She's the length of a Spaghetti Squash.

We're so proud.

The last few weeks I've start to POP out.

Check it out.

I swear for every CM my front side gets, my back side gets five. I'm more bootylicious than ever. I'm NOT loving that, but she's worth it.

Girls Trip

What does the best girls' weekend get away include?

(Farner is THE BEST hostess ever. Thanks again for letting us stay at your place!)

Thanks Sarah, Allison, Mary and Farner for one of the best weekends of the summer. It was such a treat to see you and spend time with each of you. I can't wait for our trip next summer. Denver? Seattle? Cali? I'm up for anything!

***Thanks Sarah for sharing your photos. You're a gem and take the most fantastic photos.

Read CAREFULLY! We've fooled many....

Yep Baby Walker is a little girl!

The appointment was awesome. I may not be showing a ton but our sweet girl is measuring exactly where she should be! Heart beat was strong and looked great. Due date is still January 3, 2010. Mike and I feel humbled and blessed that things are going so well thus far!

YAY!!! I haven't stopped smiling since we found out! Let the shopping begin.

Quick randoms...

WE SURVIVED! For the past two weeks Mike has been working from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. EVERYDAY! He would come home and sleep after his shift until about 5:30 p.m., wake up, eat, shower and go back to work. Let's just say it was a rough couple of weeks, and I'm so glad it's over!

Now we're off to the beach with Mike's family for the week! Hooray! We can't wait.

One more thing. Yep, I am going to be one of those pregnant girls who posts pregnant pics on her blog. I finally feel like I'm beginning to have a bump. So here's a pic for your viewing pleasure.

19 weeks baby! One more week until we find out if this babus is a boy or girl.

Sisters

I love my sisters. 

I'm behind on blogging and finally catching up. Read below.

24th of July Extravaganza! Part 1

One of my favorite holidays of the summer is Utah's Pioneer Day on the 24th of July. The day usually includes a race, a parade, barbeques and fireworks. This year followed suit and was one of the most fun days of the summer yet.

The day started off with the traditional Deseret News 10k. Even though at the time of the race I was 16 1/2 weeks pregnant, I wasn't going to let that stop me from running one of my favorite races. I went really slow and just enjoyed taking it easy.

My cousin Annie did amazing this year. She finished a good 11 minutes faster than me. That just tells you how slow I was, and how fast she was. I miss running with her and was so proud of how awesome she did. My mom also ran the 10k and rocked it. 

Although I was much slower this year, I still finished under an hour and felt great the entire time. It was just the beginning of an awesome day. 

24th of July Extravaganza! Part 2

Shortly after the race ended I met up with family for the 24th Of July Pioneer Day parade.

I LOVE parades. 

Who doesn't? 

I love how people sleep on the parade route overnight to claim their perfect spot. 

I love how eating hot dogs at 8:00 a.m. is totally ok because you're watching a parade. 

I love seeing the excitement of seeing kids wave to people on the floats. 

I love how a parade brings out ALL walks of life. 

This year's Pioneer Day parade did not disappoint. 

Some of the highlights included:

Hanging out with my niece and nephews who were in town from the East Coast...

Ian has the sweetest smile, this was the best picture I got of Posey, and Everett is still learning the difference between smiling and clenching his teeth. 

and spending time with these lovely ladies...

Mandy, Posey, Grandma Wynn and my mom. Four generations of amazing women.

Other highlights...

Seeing Everett and our cousin Victoria wave to EVERYONE, seriously EVERYONE on the parade route. 

Seeing my mom's cousin Jim Winder who is a sheriff. 

He pointed, smiled and waved at our family. We felt famous and cool for knowing someone in the parade.

All the unique people that a parade brings out...

I have no comments on these pictures, I think the pictures alone say enough.

Seeing my cute cousins Olivia and Camille in the parade was a real treat.

Poor Camille, she was wearing a long sleeve dark dress that went down to her ankles in 90 degree weather. 

Even Spider-Man made an appearance...

Bagpipers provided excellent music.

I love bagpipers. Really I do. 

One of my favorite moments was when the American Troops walked through. All the crowd stood, cheered and clapped. There was a real sense of UNITY among everyone. 

There might have been some tears shed, I'm pregnant, what can I say? Things get to me these days.

I had so many more pictures of the glorious parade but I think you get the idea. It was fantastic.

Do you like parades?

What parades have you been to?

Did you know before Mike was married to me he had never been to a parade? 

Shocking, I know!

24th of July Extravaganza! Part 3

The rest of Pioneer Day was spent playing with water in the backyard with these yard apes...

Ian was the engineer behind making sure the water machine worked properly. 

Ian is so creative, I can't wait to see what he does with his life. 

Everett had to have a ball of each color in each hand at all times.

 He has the sweetest face but doesn't he just look like trouble? Love him.

Grace was too busy picking flowers and finding potato bugs to get wet.  

I can't get enough of this girl.

Although it doesn't look like it in this picture, 

Will smiled and laughed at the kids all afternoon.

I love Pioneer Day. 

I love that Mike was able to come home from work at noon. 

I love how it was a perfect day ending with 

a delicious barbeque and good laughs with family. 

Birthday Boys

Mike and his good friend BJ go way back...


These boys turned 30 within a week of each other, so BJ's wife Katie, who by the way is THE GREATEST, and I threw a SuRpRisE ParTy for these fabulous boys. 

I'm kicking myself for not taking more pictures of this fun event, but I guess we were too busy eating, playing volleyball, swimming, catching up with good friends and sharing hilarious memories of these two.  

Happy 30th Birthday Mike and BJ! You're lookin as good as ever!