Baby Girl Summers

This is the latest picture we have of our little girl. She weighs 11 oz and is still quite uncooperative. I actually saw my stomach move the other day! I had Kelly put his hand on my stomach for about 15 minutes after that, but of course nothing happened. I can tell she is getting stronger and stronger. Soon Kelly will be able to feel all of her energy too. Despite the fact that this is a pretty good profile picture, I am still not sure who she is going to look like. We are officially past the half-way mark - I am 21 weeks today.

House Guests

We had my parents staying with us last week so they could attend Education Week. It was great to have them here and they were excellent guests. We ate some yummy food (lots of ice cream), spent some time visiting, and enjoyed the company. We did have a fun outing one night and we went out for pizza followed by attending an Owlz baseball game.
This was the only day that I took a picture and I didn't even get a picture of them! Probably because they like having their picture taken about as much as I do. The game was fun, except for the old guy in the wheelchair that would yell out "Whoo, Whoo!" after anything happened or if there was a lull in the game. He was super annoying. Oh well, there's one in every crowd.

Thanks mom and dad for coming and staying with us. We had a great time and loved having you here. Feel free to come down anytime and we can all go eat some more ice cream Ü

Suzy Homemaker

I have been quite busy using my homemaking skills lately. I don't know what has gotten into me! I sewed a set of curtains for our guest bedroom and I was surprised that they turned out just how I pictured them. I made up the pattern as I went, so that always leaves room for odd outcomes.
Also, I finally sewed my skirt! My mom and I picked out this material the day before Mother's Day. The best part is that it is a very comfortable fit with room to grow so I can wear it for the next few months (I hope).
I finally got around to crocheting some dishclothes for my kitchen sink. My old ones have seen better days and I decided to make some new ones. Hopefully, they will last a while and I chose the colors to match the colors the old one turned, so that it wouldn't look so dirty so quickly. As a side note - I will not be purchasing white dishclothes again.
I am glad to have a big dent made in my project pile. Perhaps now I can start making something cute for the baby!

Out In The Cold

Last weekend Kelly and I attended the Jon Schmidt concert up at Wolf Mountain with my parents. I was really looking forward to this concert because a) I like Jon Schmidt and b) it sounded like a great summer activity. We got to sit on the side of the slope and listen to the music. I, of course, packed a bunch of snacks so that we wouldn't go hungry. We brought along some chairs and blankets so we could be comfortable. The only problem was that we didn't bring along our winter clothes!
It has been rather hot here for the last several weekends and then the weekend that we have an outdoor activity planned - the temperature plummets. By the end of the concert, I was shivering. Had we only known that the temp on the hill would have been in the 50's we could have planned ahead and brought some thermal underwear. The concert was really good and we had a fun time, it was just a bit cold. I guess in Utah you can never count on anything when it comes to the weather. We will have to be sure to plan for all outcomes in the future and not just the one we are hoping for. Don't worry, we were almost thawed out by the time we got home!

Our Weekend in Park City

So, every once in a while there are great benefits from being involved in the military. One of these benefits gave us an opportunity to spend the weekend in Park City and attend a marriage seminar. While the seminar wasn't great, it was a minimal time investment and we got to do some really fun things while we were there.

For example, if you had a free room in Park City for the weekend where would you go to eat? Many would choose a fancy place that they don't get to frequent too often. Well, not us! We have a tradition that when we go to Park City we also go to Pizza Hut. They have a dine in Pizza Hut and we think it is fabulous. These dine in facilities are a dying breed, so we like to do our part by giving them some business each time we go there. We were not disappointed - the food was delicious!!

In case you might be thinking that pizza isn't the healthiest choice we could have made, you will rest easy knowing that we washed our pizza down with a big bowl of ice cream at the ice cream social which was the kick off to the seminar. I had the vanilla with hot fudge on it and it was good. One of the benefits to being pregnant is that no one questions you when you want to eat - they just give you whatever you want.
The next day we were done at like 2:30 and we planned on doing a little shopping. We headed to the outlet mall and boy did we shop. It was great that we had recently learned we are having a girl and that none of my clothes fit anymore. We made some purchases to benefit both of those situations. It was extremely busy at the outlet mall and we had to wait in line for like 10 minutes to get our Mrs. Fields cookie! In case I failed to mention this earlier - it was kind of a weekend off for us as far as eating well. We shopped for 3 hours and it nearly killed me. I have never been so tired after what seemed like such a manageable task. After shopping, we went back to our room and I almost cried when Kelly wanted to go walk up and down Main Street. I quickly put my pajamas on so there would be no question what was on my agenda.

We got up and had a couple hours of class on Sunday and then came home. It was really nice to spend some time away with Kelly and not really have to pay for much. We had a nice time and got some really great things. I now have like 5 pair of pants that fit me! Plus, cute things for the baby, of course. It was a great weekend and we might have even learned something at the seminar too.