Announcing. . . . . . . . . . .

If they following image doesn't give you a good enough hint, I don't know what else to say to help you:

That's right! Chris and I are expecting. We are 8 weeks along and our estimated due date is February 28th, 2010. Morning sickness isn't bad except for being really tired and I always need to have crackers readily available. Will keep you updated.

Has It Really Been Ten Years????

I just realized that I have not posted anything on our blog since our trip to Idaho last week. I attended my high school reunion in Challis last Saturday. Chris and I left on Friday afternoon. After what seemed like driving forever and quick stop in Pocatello for some food, we arrived at my parents' house on Friday night. Saturday morning, Chris went with my brothers and nephews to irrigate, while Katina's mom hosted a Mary Kay party. It was a great success. That afternoon, Katina and Chris went to see Katina's old high school friends, Katie and Royce. Katina hasn't seen them since before she got married. They have three adorable girls. After watching 6 year-old Tori beat Royce multiple times on the Wii, they visited for awhile. That night was the reunion. Katina graduated with 32 classmates; only 8 of them showed up that night. It was held in a very loud bar (typical for my class). It was fun to see what everyone has been doing with their life since graduation. Sunday they went to church before having a family dinner. We then arrived back home Sunday night. Katina has been very busy since then in meetings at school and Mary Kay on Tuesday night. Tomorrow we plan on going to the Pioneer Day parade. Will post about that soon after it happens rather than waiting a week.

Logan

On Friday, Chris and I decided to go to Logan to attend the temple. Neither one of us had to work. The temple is gorgeous, but not as pretty as the drive up there the outside of the temple

the view of the valley from the temple

We did nothing on the 4th of July. We have discovered that most of the fun things in Utah take place the weekend before the Fourth.

The last two weeks

Hooray for being out of school! Katina's last day of school was on Thursday, July 2nd. The only thing that really happened that day was the 6th grade got into a food fight. Welcome to the future of America!

Chris and I have had a fun two weeks. Last weekend was Taylorsville Dayzz. One of the lead entertainers on Friday night was Jason Hewlett, a great impersonator. We staked out our places early in the evening. About 20 minutes before he was to come on, we noticed these clouds:

To add insult to injury, I had left my umbrella at home. About two minutes later, a giant wind, rain, and thunderstorm came. I was hiding out underneath a blanket while Chris was helping out taking chairs down that had blown over. It rained like this for 20 minutes. We ended up going onto the stage to wait it out. Once the storm had blown over, Jason Hewlett came on the stage. They only let him perform for 30 minutes before they called it quits. We felt angry that we didn't get to see his whole show that we decided to go to Ft. Herriman days on Saturday where Jason Hewlett was performing. This event was great and we got to see him in his entire performance plus the fireworks show. Here are some pictures of his performance. If you ever get the chance to see him, he is hilarious and well worth your time. I don't think I have laughed so hard in my entire life.

Jim Carrey working at Subway

Michael Jackson

Elton John

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)