BIG NEWS!

Ha....that got your attention, didn't it? Well, first I'm going to start off with the boring, up to date news. As of right now we still have not closed on the house and are hopefully (fingers crossed) going to do so on July 2nd. All of the underwriting companies are so far behind due to tons of re-fi's and new home purchases. We've come to a pretty quick realization that home buying in an extremely stressful thing, but I'm sure so worth it in the end. Now, on to the BIG NEWS.....nope, I'm not preggers. Had you going there for a minute, didn't I? Actually, I would have loved to announce that I am, but all in due time, my friends. So what is our big news, you ask? We have decided to adopt and I absolutely couldn't be happier. I've actually always wanted to adopt and even told Alan that somewhere along the line I wanted to start the process. Since starting fertility I've thought about it even more. We we're going to go a full year with fertility before even thinking about adoption, but I just feel that now is the time. We have some very special friends who have just started their adoption journey and after reading their experiences so far, I think it's given me the push I needed. I approached Alan about it last Saturday and surprisingly he was really open-minded about it. I thought he would want to wait until March (we started fertility in March of this year) but he thought it would be a good idea. We're not giving up yet on the fertility and having biological children (because I know my kidlets are up in heaven having just too much and aren't ready to come to earth quite yet) but we are going to start the paperwork process. Also, due to the costs of adoption, we most likely will be following our friends examples and holding fundraisers to help out. So, if you can thing of ANYTHING we can do for a fundraiser, please leave me a comment. Thanks to everyone for all the prayers and love vibes.....please keep them coming because I have a feeling we're going to need them!

UTAH HOGEL ZOO

Friday night my little brother and his fiancee came over to ask if we wanted to go to the Hogle Zoo with them on Saturday. We SHOULD have been packing, but the zoo sounded like a lot more fun, so off to Salt Lake we headed. We weren't there for too long before it started raining and later drove home in a flash flood! Crazy Utah weather! The past couple of weeks have been so cold and rainy it almost feel's like the beginning of Spring again. Oh well, we need the water!


Isin't she cute? She's currently pregnant and due at any time.....


We went on the train ride which I SWEAR to you was a lot longer when I was younger. Oh well, it was still fun!


After the sweet train ride we headed over to the gopher holes and the play area. Ya, the people probably thought we were crazy as we didn't have kids with us but were still playing around. We were actually looking to take different photo's for the wedding (at least, that's what we were telling ourselves!) I love Alan's turtle pic.....I was laughing so hard when he was trying to crawl inside the shell I was almost crying. You should have seen some of the kids faces as they watched him....priceless!


We of course had to take the classic "how do you measure up?" pics....


After which he headed in to see the monkey's (sorry about the poor quality of the picture....Alan changed the setting and I forgot to change it back before taking the pic):


(couldn't resist adding the last one!)
Finally, before the heavens decided open to open and completely drench us, we went to see the penguins because hey, who can resist them?


All in all it was a pretty fun day. Although we didn't get any packing or cleaning done, it was totally worth it. Thanks Steve & Kelley for inviting us!

311 / ZIGGY MARLEY / THE EXPENDABLES

Last night we headed out to USANA to see The Expendables, Ziggy Marley and 311 who was headlining the concert. It's been raining here for about the past week and a half and last night was no exception. It ended up raining during the second set (Ziggy Marley) and was a little cold, but towards the end of the set it stopped and the sun even came out for a while. All in all it was a pretty fun night and 311 was AWESOME! This is the second time we've gone to see them and they put on a pretty fantastic show. I also really liked The Expendables - it was my first time seeing them live.

The Expendables

Ziggy Marley

The rain - pretty cold but luckily it didn't last!


311


We actually didn't get ANY good shots of 311. We also didn't get any video footage as our camera died the first part of the set. Oh well! Maybe next time!

STRESS? NAH!

Two weddings in June a day apart? No big deal! Two weddings in June, one the day we're SUPPOSED to close, plus cleaning and packing up the house? Piece of cake. Two weddings in June, closing in June, packing & cleaning to be out of our townhome by June 30th with no settled closing date as our paperwork still hasn't gone to underwriting so therefore we might be homeless? I can handle that. Two weddings, closing, packing, cleaning, no paperwork to underwriting so no approximate closing date plus two baby showers in July one of which I'm hosting? Weeellll..... Two weddings, closing, packing, cleaning, no paperwork to underwriting so no approximate closing date, two baby showers in July PLUS two bridal showers, also in July, one of which I'm co-hosting? Crap! Two weddings, closing, packing, cleaning, no paperwork to underwriting so no approximate closing, two baby showers, two bridals showers and one wedding in August in which I'm trying to help as much as I can? Insanity! But you know what? I'm:

Does life get any better? To tell you the truth I'm secretly happy about the showers....I LOVE hosting things and coming up with the ideas. I'll be even MORE excited if we close before the 30th!

GOIN' TO THE CHAPEL....UM,....TEMPLE...

What do you get when you add this:

and a little of that:

a pinch of this:

a dash of that:

and just a LITTLE smidgen of this?

One very cute, newly engaged couple:

Congratulations to my little brother and soon to be cute sister-in-law, Kelley! That was the surprise I had mentioned in my previous post but wasn't able to talk about until it was "official." My little brother came to me at the beginning of the week asking for a creative way to propose to his girlfriend by Saturday (today). Since it was kind of last minute I suggested a scavenger hunt with clues that included all of their firsts (first date, first kiss, first I love you, etc.) I didn't think too much of it until Wednesday night when he came over with a list of everywhere he'd like her to go on the hunt! Crap! So, with the help of my mom we made up some riddles and then I put everything together Friday. With the help of some friends we were able to get her from place to place with me riding along video taping the whole thing. We ended up at a restaurant her family owns (also where they will be having the reception) and he proposed with family and loved ones watching. Very cute and I think it turned out pretty good - considering it was kid of last minute! We're excited for them and wish them all the best!

DOUBLE A

On Friday night we headed over to South Weber for a farewell get together for a co-worker of Alan's. His name is Alan as well, so thus they dubbed him Double A and my Alan Triple A (not sure why?) Anyway, there was food, friends and of course, volleyball:



After we had to run a couple of errands and this is what happens when you end up with a bored husband:

I love my bubs!