Oh The Weather Outside Is....DELIGHTFUL!!

It is finally time to update the blog. Several things have happened since the first of December when I wrote last. NO, I haven't had my baby, but Im finally in my 9th month. First of all, AZ right now is so beautiful. The weather is in the 70's and we can keep the windows open all night. I love it here.

We had a great Christmas break. We were able to go back to Utah ad see our families. There were 7 out of the 8 of us in town which made for a crazy home.

Here we are playing in the snow in my backyard. We got a crazy game of "Fox and Geese" going (It's simple tag, but you have to stay on set trails made in the snow). I even played in my big bellied state, but I not for very long. It's not fun being the slowest out there.

My sisters Amy had her baby. Nate and I went to the hospital to see her and went spent most of the time in the lobby watching the two oldest girls. Nate is playing doctor, with Lucy and Ellie, with the dolls and toys they had there.

Christmas morning we spent at Nate's mom's house. Here we all are.....bright and chipper.

We had to wake Nate's youngest sister up because we were all excited to see what she got. She was not happy with that.

But after a few minutes she got up and found all the stuff Santa had brought her.

After presents and breakfast the family went out and played in the crazy snowstorm. They built a big hut. Im not ashamed to say that I didnt go play. I stayed inside.

Nate's sister, Andrea, got married on Saturday Dec. 27th in the SLC temple. On the Friday before, while the boys were trying on their tuxes, Andrea, Heidi and I went to get manicures and pedicures. It was my first pedicure and it was AWESOME.

The ceremony was great. It nice to go to other peoples weddings and heard the advice given, because at your own you are in such a daze that most of what is said goes in one ear and out the other. The sealer talked about there being angels present to witness their ceremony. And he told Andrea and Spencer that they can decide who the angels were to witness the moment. It made me think of who would have been there to witness Nate and mine's wedding. I also thought it was interesting that the sealer had invited Andrea and Spencer to his home the week before so he could get to know them better. I think that made his remarks even more personal and special.

The rest of the week was spent playing games, sitting around, and just visiting family. Nate was able to go snowboarding twice, which always makes him happy.

Here is a picture of the truck we took back to Az. Nates mom had kept a lot of baby stuff and was very nice in letting Nate and I have it. We now have the big baby items taken care of. And then, Nate's dad let us borrow his truck to haul all of our loot back to Az.

The most eventful part of the drive home was when the ties of the tarp kept coming lose. We just kept adding more ties, but I didnt seem to hold. Eventually we ran out of twine, but still managed to have lose tarp. In final desperation, we used ribbons, from presents that were given to us, to tie the lose flaps and it held. Im so grateful that was able to go home. The snow was fun, but Im glad to be back in the 70 degree weather.

Ive been coaching soccer the fall. We finish up the last week in January. It has really taken a lot of energy. Ive never been so tired so much of the time. But what has helped that my team is winning more then they are losing. It makes is more fun to be out there with the girls. Here is a picture of them warming up before a game. Notice the sunshine!! It was taken on the 6th of January.