A couple of baby showers!

On Wednesday my work threw me a baby shower at the Olive Garden. We had a really good time. The food was good, and of course, I got some really great stuff for Zack... a little drum set was included in that!! So thanks to Courtney for making the invites and making this happen! I had a great time.

Then on Saturday, my sister-in-law's did a baby shower. We had an awesome turnout!! Almost 40 people came... granted, I didn't know most of them since it was all of my inlaw's friend's, but hey, it was still a lot of fun. So again, thanks to all of them for such a cute set up and for all the work that was put into it!
I would say we are just about ready for Zack to come home now!!!

Family Time

Saturday Jared and I went to the BYU/UCLA game. WOW! That was a fun time to see BYU completely blow UCLA out of the water... 59-0!! Good times...
Then, later that night we went with my family (minus Beck, who was at Homecoming!) to the mountains for a picnic. We made foil dinners, did a carmel apple crisp in the dutch oven, and played games. It was cold (OK, if we had planned a little better, it wouldn't have been so bad!), and it got dark really fast, but we had such a good time getting away for a few hours. Here are some pics from the day...

I've been tagged

Thanks to Ashley for this!!!
Here are the rules: List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 obsessions, 3 surprising facts and tag 3 more people on your blog.

3 Joys:
My baby Zack, a fun Summer day, & playing with my mom and sisters

3 Fears:
Something happening to anyone in my family, spiders, & having another baby in the NICU :>

3 Obsessions:
The two boys in my life, the feeling of accomplishing something, & a hot bubble bath

3 Surprising Facts:
I once choked and had to have the Heimlich maneuver done on me, I don't like roasted marshmallows or cotton candy, & I don't really like animals (Sorry everyone!)

I tag Amanda/Josh, Melissa/Ben, & Steph/Ryan :>

Good ol' days!

This is how I used to spend a lot of my days when I was growing up... jumping on the trampoline! My sister's and I, friend's and I, my mom and I, and even just by myself... hours were spent there. We would play games like add on, gymnastics (especially loved pretending to be on the balance beam!), dodge ball, and many more. We would practice our cheerleading/dance moves there, put the sprinklers underneath, and one of our favorites was sleeping out on the trampoline!
On Sunday, I climbed up on the trampoline again. It has been a while since I have done that, and it felt great!
Of course, I had to practice all the tricks I learned while on there, and sure enough, I can still do them!!

We registered

A lot of people have been asking us if we have registered for Zack yet, and so last night we attempted to do it! Let me start out by saying that we had no idea what we were doing, and Jared started to get a little scan happy! We walked around the store for quite a while looking at things with a big question mark on our foreheads! It just confirmed to us that we still have no idea what is going to be coming our way in just a few short weeks! So, we hope this registry helps those of you who have been asking... oh, and we are registered at Target!

Busy Week

So the past week has been pretty busy for us! Last Saturday we went to Lava Hot Springs for the day. It was SO much fun!! We went tubing down the river (the best part!) and swimming with my family. It was such a good time, that we might just make this a new tradition. It was really nice to get away from the stress of life for a day too!
On Monday, I started back at work. I am only doing part time, but I can think of a lot of places I would rather be then there!
Then on Tuesday, it was my mom's birthday! She turned 29 again, and is looking SO good!! We went to Lagoon and had a really fun time. My little niece Maddie was the best part of the day for me! She is 4 years old and is a little dare devil! She loved all of the big kid rides, and the faster they were, the better!! Jared and I are thinking of bouncing back if anyone wants to come!!

The Mary's

http://deseretnews.com/article/1%2C5143%2C700250455%2C00.html

This is a link to an article on our new friends that we met in the NICU at St. Mark's Hospital. They are the sweetest little family, and have been through just about everything you could imagine with preemies. They had twins born at 25 weeks and almost lost one of them, they live in Kansas, but ended up having their babies here, and they have 3 other kids at home in Kansas that she had to be away from!
Stacy has been such a sweet person to talk to throughout my 6 weeks in the NICU, and has such an amazing attitude towards life! Her little baby girls, as well as the other 3 at home, are very lucky to have such a loving and caring mom!
You can read this story and get more details, but I just wanted to post something on them and wish them the very best! We are going to miss them so much!! Good luck to them, we love you guys!!!