A year later

On Saturday, Chris and I fondly remembered his Aunt Judy who died a year ago. Her husband is doing much better. We miss all the wonderful advice she gave us, but know she is in a better place watching over all those she loves.
On Friday, Chris received word that his job is extended for another month. That means we have another month of worrying about his job status. It is a great blessing, though.

Good work news!

I just looked at the title of the blog and realized many of you are probably thinking about Chris's job situation. It is not about that. My school received the good news that we passed AYP (Annual Yearly Progress). This essentially means that our school passed the No Child (really Every Child) Left Behind tests. We don't have to worry for two years about our school. Before that time, the NCLB law will be discontinued if we are lucky. Our school was way excited.
We had our 2nd doctor's appointment on Monday. Baby sounds great, but I have lost some weight. Probably due to the morning sickness. I am slowly starting to feel better. We are excited for mid-November when we get to find out what we are having.

August Happenings

August was not too exciting for us. After our first doctor's appointment I started throwing up and haven't really stopped. I am really hoping this morning sickness will leave soon.
Katina started working again. She absolutely loves her 6th grade class, but has some issues in her 5th grade class. Chris has one more month of work before his internship is up. Please keep us in your prayers during this difficult time.
Both Katina and Chris have experienced some changes in the presidencies they work in. They both kept their callings, but who they work with has changed. They have both been adjusting to working with these people, but are having fun.
That is about it for the month of August. We will keep you updated on any exciting (or otherwise) happenings.

First Appointment

Chris and I went to our first ob/gyn appointment. Our doctor is amazing. After much poking and prodding and a zillion questions, we were able to hear our baby's heartbeat. It was so cool! They also moved our due date from February 28th to March 23rd. I feel that will change again because I know I am farther along than that.
My morning sickness has still been the same. I get really nauseous, but the only time I have thrown up was today. How ironic!
I am not looking forward to starting school next week. I have to go in tomorrow and Monday to help my teachers get ready for the year. It is going to be a great year. I can tell.

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.