New York City

After a week of potty training I was ready for an adults only week in NYC and Boston! I knew it was going to be a good trip when I got to fly first class both ways! *(Lane actually got bumped up, but he let me have his seat :) It totally ruined me, flying will never be the same now that I know the difference!

Trip highlights included:

Really good food..

Above was a dinner at Lincoln Center, with music/performances while we ate. We did 2 different food tasting tours around Little Italy, China Town, Chelsea Market, & the Meat packing district.

I was able to talk Lane into going out to some of the best dessert places in NYC, Max Brenner... And Serendipity! Did I mention we did a lot of eating on this trip?

We were sure to hit all the main spots like Central Park...Rockefeller Center Times Square

Empire State Building

We also were able to go to the NY Yankees/ Boston Red Sox Game... in a suite! :)

Dinner at the Central Park Zoo (South Pacific themed) & then a Broadway show- "South Pacific"

We had a great trip! Thankfully (for Lane) I didn't do to much shopping. Being pregnant and not fitting into a whole lot of stuff put the brakes on that activity.

Next, we headed up to Boston and spent 2 days there, so I'll post the Boston pictures soon also!

It's going to be.....

A BOY!

Apprently that last ultrasound picture means that our Dr. is 112% sure it's a boy. I guess Danelle was right all along, she has been calling the baby in my tummy "Baby Ty" ever since we told her. (Ty is the name of the baby boy of our friends in Texas).

Of course we only had girl names that we liked, so I guess we're starting from scratch! We're very excited (mostly to get a break from all the pink/princess that Danelle has all of a sudden grown attached to).

Friday is 25 weeks for me and so far everything has been good. Maybe a little TO good since the baby weight is coming back all to quickly! But I guess you just have to enjoy each pregnancy- never know when it'll be the last!! :) *(that one is for Mom and Jensa ;)

July 4th weekend- Part 1 & 2

Part 1 included fireworks with friends in Logan

She loved cuddling up with Lane this year and say "ohh and wow" at all the fireworks.
She also loved shoving her face with popcorn and treats.Lane as always, a big fan of the watermelon...Part 2 included camping over the weekend with the Anderson's near Jackson Hole, Wy. Lane's drift boat- sitting in the background, was very happy to be up there as well as Danelle.

Danelle's playmates during the trip.

Floating the river, with the dog.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Visit to Boise

One of the first things we did after getting to Utah was head up to visit my sister and her kids in Boise. Danelle is so excited that she has cousins to play with nearby!

My mom drove up with us (after she watched Danelle for me for several days while I unpacked- thanks mom!), and we got to pick strawberries:

She loves to follow Ava around and do what she does...

On the tractor ride... Made the best strawberry freezer jam with all the pounds we picked!

Playing at Chuck E Cheese...

And a nice belly shot after working in the fields all morning...

My sister and I are once again a few weeks apart in our pregnancy, can you guess whose further along ;) ?

6 Year Anniversary

Happy 6th Anniversary to us! We celebrated by spending the weekend in Park City, Utah this year. The times we've done mountain getaways for our anniversary we usually end up with cooler weather- which does makes it nice to enjoy the hot tub and fire!

*sorry for the poor quality pictures We wandered around some of the farmers markets, golfed, enjoyed good food and most of all, just being in the mountains. I guess some things just don't change after a few years of marriage ;)

Golf back then:Mountains back then:

New House in UTAH

Did I mention that we MOVED?
Please note the mountains in our backyard. A big reason for the move.

Still have to figure out how i'm gonna decorate and hang stuff, but I figured if I didn't get any pictures up soon, I never would! So here's a peak...

This is one of my favorite parts: the lovely kitchen and fun appliances.

I'll try to put up more as we get more settled- but just know we made it safe and sound and my LAST box has just been unpacked!!!

Bring on Summer!

Danelle caught her first fish the other day! Her favorite part was when Lane would put the fish that we caught back in the water and they would swim away. This is her happiness with the dinner of roasted hot dogs and smores afterwards.

Lately she's entered her "girly" phase and loves all things "pretty". That would include anything pink, anything her mom does (i.e. make up and jewlrey) or anything she thinks her friend Presley has or would have. *This is also how we've gotten her into a toddler bed so far this week (fingers crossed). We pretended it was "Presley's bed". That's all she needed I guess :)

But she's defintely (still) a daddy's girl. Thankfully for mommy, he's the only one that she want to put her to bed... and get her in the middle of the night :) And yes, she's getting tall.Not much on my end, but this is me at 15 weeks. I know... but being 5'10 give me lots of room for a baby so don't expect to see much of a belly... yet... And May seems to be the month of Birthday's! We've been to several Birthday parties one of which included our good friend Wendy!

A little family addition

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Baby #2 !!!

Due date: November 5th!

14 weeks pregnant and couldn't be more excited!

Once again Jensa beat me to it, but only this time she's 7 weeks ahead of me! But it's still fun to share pregnancy with your sister! *now you'll have to scroll thru my last blog pics and see if you can notice our (ever so early showing) baby bumps ;)

Utah Trip- BYU graduation

I made a last minute trip up to see my little brother Nathan graduate from BYU. Lane was kind enough to once again watch Danelle (from thurs. to monday) while I was gone!

Afterwards we went down to the Springville Museum of Art where my great-great grandfather John Hafen, has an entire room dedicated entirely to all his artwork. He's done some really beautiful paintings as well as murals.

Spring is HERE!

Signs we're enjoying (Easter) and our nice weather:

Swinging with dad.


Easter egg hunts.

Playing at the park.
Lounging in the hammock with the dog. ( ?)