Just because ....

Because the world needs more spontaneous singing and dancing....

Rachel & Darrin's Wedding

My baby sister got married this weekend! They were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple on Friday, the 24th of April. Jesse and I were able to come, which I was glad for. Here are a few pictures from the days spent up in (cold!) Idaho Falls.

Angela's girls- Hannah & Hailey being silly

Angela & I threw Rachel a bridal shower the day before she got married.
Here is the invitation:

... and the dessert we made... mmmm

Angela reading a quiz about "How well do you know Rachel & Darrin?"

An embarrassed Rachel... I had to get her something...

My mom, Rachel, & Eileen Heath

Darrin & Rachel coming out of the temple

Rachel & Darrin

Rachel looked beautiful!

My handsome Jesse :)

My brother Jeff with Angela's 2 girls Hailey & Hannah

The Idaho Falls Temple

And the Reception...

Jesse holding Matthew (Angela's baby ~9 months)

Hailey feeling like a princess got her own flowers!

Cutting the cake

Throwing the bouquet... The lady in red, Melanie, who caught Rachel's bouquet is engaged to marry Darrin's dad. You can see Darrin's dad in the background pretty excited that Melanie caught it!

Connie did an amazing job with the flowers - she is a high school friend of my dad's and they have kept in touch throughout the years. She is the one sitting down clapping (white shirt, green skirt).

Congratulations, Rachel & Darrin!

Dixie Kite Festival

Last Saturday was the annual Dixie Escalante Kite Festival at the Sun River golf course. We had never been.. so I somehow convinced Jesse to come out and enjoy some time in the beautiful weather!! It has finally warmed up down here (last Thursday I was hiking while it was snowing! Snow & St. George & April do not go together...)

Here are some pictures of the Kite Festival:

It wasn't very windy, but plenty of kites were flying.

Here's Lily enjoying her treat her 2 aunts got her

Adam & Lily

Here I am trying to show Lily how to hold the kite string

Lily had more fun playing with the string than anything to do with the kite

Audrey was having a hard time getting her kite to fly..

Nate got it up for a little while..

Here's Audrey with Ella

Matt & Lindsay brought a Dora kite and a Spiderman kite... Matt had a fun time flying them! Their kids... not so much. They had more fun in the bounce houses you can see in the distance.

Here's Matt

Nate (left), Lindsay & Kash (middle), and Jesse

Jesse had a fun time flying the Spiderman kite, too. The kite I got (on accident) was a stunt kite... which requires good wind (that we didn't have) and it takes a while to get used to.

Here's Jesse flying the Spiderman kite and Ella flying her Dora kite

Jackson seemed to feel better today - he had been pretty sick. He sure loves to smile for you when you get his attention!

Here's Jesse trying to get Lily to fly a kite..

..but she was more interested in treat #2!
This is Adam, Sabrina, and Lily.

The winds picked up for 5-10 minutes, so Jesse was finally able to get our stunt kite to stay in the air for a little bit!

I thought the kite festival was pretty fun - it definitely would have been better with more wind. And it probably would have been more fun if Jesse and I had a few kids of our own! But it was fun to hang out with friends and family. :)

Baby Clothes

So if you read this post... I'll know you are pretty bored because you're reading it in spite of the title. I went shopping with Jenn today because we had some extra time... and it is always more fun to shop when you are with someone! I was already in town, so I thought I'd look.. and of course I found some really cute things for our future baby boy!

0-3 months

3-6 months

6-12 months

Everything I bought can be returned, so if he's a big baby... no worries. I have to say though... the little girl section looks like a lot more fun to shop through. But it was still fun to finally buy something for the little guy. All the clothes kind of remind me of what I would buy for Jesse... except maybe the crab & piranha shirts... and the pj's. :)

How To Make Your Man Happy

1. Let him go out with a bunch of other guys paintballing/jeeping.
   
2. Don't be upset when he spends money on a paintball gun & supplies.
3. He comes home hungry but holds Cafe Rio in his hands.
4. He's dirty from rolling around in the dirt pretending he is a character in a video game all day.

The Result:

Real Financial Heroes

The world needs a few more Real Financial Heroes!

I caved... Jesse was right...

I had another prenatal appointment today... and it was the one they do an ultrasound for and measure everything to make sure baby is growing like he is supposed to... THAT'S RIGHT! We're having a baby boy!! I thought I could do it and wait until delivery day, but I had been thinking about the appointment all week and all day and.. I decided last minute I couldn't wait!

Everything still looks really good and baby is doing great! Heartbeat was 140 bpm. Now we just need to come up with a few boy names.

Here is a 4D ultrasound picture -
you can see his face, his fist up by his face, the umbilical cord
up around his head and down by his neck, and that's all I know.

(I've always thought these ultrasound pictures look a little weird...)