i found it!

Yes!  I found the camera.  It was in the bag of adorable clothes I bought last week for my new baby.

Anyway, so last Thursday we drove to Park City to visit one of my very good friends from high school.  She lives in South Dakota and works as a scrub nurse - yup, just like Grey's Anatomy.  She coaches a softball team and they were in Park City for the week at a softball tournament.  Her parents were there too.  It was so fun to see them!

And my very talented husband just finished a mini crib for our baby girl.  I wanted to buy a bassinet, he thought they looked cheesy so he made one.  Aren't you glad he convinced me to let him make it?  It looks amazing!

Guys...just 21 more days.  Ha...insane!

laundry

For the past two months, we have had the horrible task of doing our laundry at a laundry mat.  I know, I know...I must have been so spoiled.
But in college, there was a very clean laundry facility in our complex.  When I moved to Utah, we had a washer/dryer in our apartment.  
When James and I got married, we had our own in our apartment as well.  The apartment we moved into in Logan...no hookups.  It's awful.
We go almost every week - Porter goes through clothes like crazy...and burp rags and blankets.  And how many pairs of underwear do you really have?  Could you last several weeks?  Awful.
But behind our ghetto looking apartment building there is this room...James broke into it.
It houses the boiler (which makes loud scary noises sometimes) and....HOOK UPS for a washer and dryer!
James spent a few hours cleaning it out, because for some reason it was full of junk.  Who's junk - I don't know?  And today he put our washer and dryer in there.
I am so happy.  No more laundry mat.  Just a quick jog to the back of the building with a load of laundry.  Awesome.

(no picture...because then you'll see how ghetto our place is - ha!)

Story

There once was a girl who had an ENTIRE week off for Spring Break (no lie)
And every morning she sent her cute husband off to work
She knew she couldn't waste the week away
So she did what any homemaker would do:
She spring cleaned her apartment (even washed the woodwork!)
She made a blanket with her mother
After going through all of the weekly ads, she drove around and bought groceries for all of the BEST prices!
Strawberries were on sale at Wal Mart for $.88 and she went CRAZY and called her mom and asked how to make strawberry jam
After hauling jars, strawberries, and sugar up the stairs to her apartment, she made 2 batches of delicious strawberry jam (and she's thinking she will make MORE tomorrow!)

And in the MIDDLE of this all, there was a knock at the door

The girl was confused because she wasn't expecting any visitors
She rushed to the door and to her surprise, she saw the UPS guy leaning a BIG box against her front door
"Tiffanie?" he asked handing her a board to sign
"Yes, that's me," she said taking the board with a questionable look on her face because she hadn't ordered anything?
The UPS guy said thank you and the girl dragged the big box that said Target on it, into her apartment
"We registered at Target for our baby!" she squealed picking up her phone to call her husband
She gave him a play by play, giggling the whole time, as she tore open the box
"It's a baby bath tub! And hooded towels and washcloths!" She screamed

The box had been sent by her AWESOME little sister!
And later that evening, as the girl reflected over her week, she realized she had turned into her mother - which is TOTALLY awesome because her mom rocks. :)

Weekend fun

On Friday James and I drove south for the weekend. My parents and brother live in St. George so we had free room and board :) My sister and her family came as well and we spent the weekend binging on lots of yummy treats.

It was our first Easter as a married couple - and it was very exciting to wake up and look for our Easter baskets from each other.

The weather in St. George was beautiful - high 60's, lots of sun...we couldn't get enough of it. James and I rode bikes, took walks, and laid out in the sun during one of the afternoon sessions of conference. It was wonderful! It was quite depressing to drive home today and see snow falling from the sky!

My mom helped me make a receiving blanket for my baby boy. I know - it should have been simple but, I never had the JOYOUS opportunity of learning how to sew and even sewing a straight line around four edges is difficult.

We took a lot of pictures...and I can't help but laugh hysterically every time I look at a current picture of myself or see my reflection in the mirror. I am literally in shock when I see a "fat fatty" staring back at me. Being pregnant is hilarious!

Construction Workers and a couple of BIRTH days

This past weekend James and I drove to Hatch - no not Fetch, and worked on the Eldridge Family Cabin. It was quite an adventure. I have absolutely no handy-work ability. I took a wood working class in Jr. High and I can remember thinking that my birdhouse would never come together, and actually I don't think it did? And I am afraid of heights. James, on the other hand - well...he was probably born with a hammer in his hands. He's awesome at everything!

So you can only imagine what it looked like as we stood around the already framed cabin - James climbing up and down ladders, doing flips from the loft to the first floor, walking all over the roof...and myself screaming as I climbed up two steps on the ladder, begging James not to make me come up on the roof with him, and pounding the hammer into my fingers NUMEROUS times.

But we actually had a really good weekend. James's mom made delicious meals, James's best friend and his wife came and we had a lot of fun with them, and I was quite proud when I looked at the few sides of the house I had so dilligently nailed the siding onto. James and I also forged the small river with the "challenger raft" - it only lost air four or five times, and by the time we had gone MAYBE 100 feet, we were completely soaked and had laughed so hard I peed in the water :) We had yummy apple pie at this awesome little town diner.

A few more pictures of our weekend: Crystal, Ian, James and I were a pretty good team :)

The finished product when we left - oh yeah, we put up the siding

James and I climbing on the roof - I'm telling you, I almost passed out!

ALSO, my Mom's birthday was on Monday AND my sister Rachelle had her baby - a baby boy. Happy Birthday Mom and Forest! I now have 5 nieces and 5 nephews - yeah! :)