New Niece

Yesterday we became aunt and uncle for the 10th time. Chris's sister had a baby girl yesterday. She was due on July 4th, but started having pains last week. We knew she would have it early. Alana May Gaultney weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19 inches long. She was born on Chris's mother's birthday, exactly one minute after his mother. We do not have a picture yet, but will hopefully post one when we recieve one.
Besides Chris's mom's birthday, it was also his brother's, and Aunt Judy's, who passed away in October. Yesterday was a bittersweet day for Katina who kept thinking about Aunt Judy. She is really missed and we know she is looking down on us and watching over us. We love you Aunt Judy!

Our first overnight visitor

Chris and Katina have had a long couple of days. On Wednesday, Katina woke up with a horrible sinus headache and spent the whole day in bed. She is feeling better now, except for a horrible cough that sounds like a dying dog. Thursday was supposed to be a short day of work for her, but she ended up staying all day. Her mom wanted Katina to meet her in Layton so she could find our house, but her mom ended up being delayed. Katina spent about 90 minutes reading in her hot car before her mom came to follow her into Salt Lake. After an hour of relaxing and visiting, Chris, Katina, and her mom went to the stake enrichment night (couples were invited). Sandra Phillips and Don Aslett, famous cleaners and declutterers, gave a wonderful presentation on how to make do with less. Everybody there got a free book. Anybody reading this who wants some tips, just let me know. Afterwards, we went out to eat some great Mexican food at the Red Iguana.

Friday morning, Katina and her mom went shopping. They then met Chris and his work and ate at the Church Office Building. Afterwards, Katina and her mom did iniatories in the SL temple. It was such a beautiful day for weddings. Good thing too as they saw at least 15 different couples outside the temple. When Chris got home, Katina's mom enjoyed the wonderful experience of shopping at IKEA. Later that night, Chris and Katina battled it out while redecorating their condo. My mom is a great decorator and helped us change our look a little bit.

Saturday morning, the weather was not nearly as nice, but we still prevailed. We slept in a bit before we made breakfast. Then we went to the Oquirrh Mountain temple open house. South Jordan is the only city in the world with two temples in its boundaries. This temple was gorgeous and the open house was very well organized. After that, it really started raining hard. We went home and changed before Katina's mom left. We are so thankful that she came to spend some time with us. We already miss her, but will see her at least two more times this summer. We are a little sad my dad couldn't come down to see the temple, but it was nice to have that time with my mom.

Here are a few pictures of the temple.

last week the Angel Moroni

got struck by lightning. Notice

the dark arm and trumpet.

Rain, Rain, and more Rain

I am so sick of rain. Today is June 13th, and it has rained in Utah the last 10 days. It is crazy. I am not talking about a light drizzle; it just pours here. I really hope it stops soon.
Yesterday, it did not rain. It was actually quite a nice day. Kenworth Trucking Company is a business partner with my school. They did a really good fundraiser just for our school yesterday. It was a car show with all the proceeds going to our school. They had some pretty neat cars there. I volunteered in the popcorn stand. It was a great event for our school.
Last night, our stake had a softball game, and Chris played in it. He did pretty good, but Katina's back started hurting really bad from sitting on the bleachers.
Not too much else has happened. I still have school until July 2nd. Chris started his new class on Wednesday. My mom is coming next weekend, so that will be fun.
Keep you updated. (Hopefully)