Custer County Fair

Last weekend, Chris and I went to my nephew's fair. This year he had two animals, his market steer and his bred heifer (Ironically, she is due about the same time I am). First off was his heifer. She was not the best behaved, but he still one his class because he was the only junior to have a breeding project. His steer did okay, but not as good as last year. Because he won the showmanship class, he got to participate in Round Robin. This is where all the showmanship winners in the horse, dairy, pig, and sheep compete and show each type of animal. Because Chris and I were at the Idaho Falls temple, we were not able to see him perform in this. He tied for second place in this and was pretty upset because the kid who beat him did not clean his animal well.

His heifer. She was not well-behaved, but being pregnant myself, I knew how she felt.

his steer (middle one that is black and white)

selling his steer at the auction. His bishop who owns a restuarant bought his steer for $1.50 a pound or roughly $1500. Not bad for a 9-year old.

Pioneer Day Parade

On Pioneer Day, Chris and I went to the KSL parade downtown. We had picked a spot to sit, but it was near a 7-11 and a bunch of people were smoking, so we decided to move down by the City County Building. It was really hot that day, so Katina got really sick afterwards. The parade was really good. Here are some pictures. They are not that good as we were facing the sun.

the UHP motor swad. Probably my favorite part of the parade. They all wear mustaches, even the lone girl on the swad. beautiful Clydesdale horses
nice kilts! REAL Salt Lake float

Utah loves our Soldiers! A great sight!

the 'E' fell off the Bluffdale float

Our crazy cat

Here are some pictures of Sam, our crazy cat. Chris and I were on a SkipBo kick and Sam would climb onto the table and lay in the middle of the deck of cards.
On Tuesday, I took Sam in for his shots. I mentioned to the vet that he has been chewing on his front paw. When the vet examined him, he found a 3-inch sliver that had to be taken out and shaved off. He gave us antibiotics to give him morning and night, but since I am pregnant, I can't handle the medicine. That means I have to pick up Sam with a blanket and Chris has to put the dropper in Sam's mouth. He does NOT like this. Last night we noticed that Sam has been experiencing some diarrhea, probably from his medicine, in his litter box. Later, I saw that he had stepped in it with his back paw and wouldn't clean it. I filled the tub, and dunked him in there. He bolted out and then cleaned his paws really well. He was not a happy camper last night.

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