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2 More Months

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

I just found an old blog post from last pregnancy:

http://searchponderpray.com/Jana/?p=387

“I love the last 2 months of pregnancy… not because my back aches and I don’t sleep well and maternity clothes start to not fit and I’m really tired and…. I love it because something kicks in that makes me think how much I love my other children and I need to cherish this time with them before we add another little one to the mix….”

I am feeling that same way. Wanting more time to just play with the kids and soak it all in – enjoying them in the stages that they are in and having everything ‘pretty much’ under control. I love taking Cali on our nightly walks because I know she loves it, books and puzzles with Packer and Bubble Bobble with Benji… life will change shortly and sleepless nights will try my patience and it will be harder to be the mom I want to be, but for now – All is well and we are enjoying this phase of life.

Our 3 Little Munchkins!

Wyoming Get Away

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Where are we? Is that a huge sign for Mexican food?

OK don’t be jealous but we went to Wyoming Saturday night!! We went to Evanston and saw Sara Evans and Danny Gokey at the Uinta County Fair! Really I never thought you could head a few hours North East and actually be entertained BUT we did and we were. The concert was great. I LOVED Sara Evans, we just sang along with her on every song. Probably the best concert I’ve been to.

We went to celebrate 7 years of marriage! We ended up at the mexican restaurant – that usually happens when I choose. I bet we’ve had mexican food for half of our anniversaries… the little taco shop in Provo, Loco Lizard, Homemade Fajitas and now Don Pedros :) (sorry Ben – I think he’s chosen Tepanyaki, Pizza Factory, and Brazilian food  - He is much more well rounded than I am)

I love chips and salsa!

The town was small and the Fair was pretty much non existent as far as fairs go – they had a bathroom and a food vendor and the concert so… after dinner we picked some top row seats so that pregnant lady could have some back support and waited for American Idols own: Danny Gokey who has officially gone country. The “people watching” from up there  in the grand stand was AMAZING, I know there are fellow people watchers out there and man is the Uinta County Fair a good place for that. Gokey put on a good show but it got cut short when the lightning kicked in around 8pm. We were sent to find shelter and wait it out – luckily we had gotten there early enough for rock star parking and so we waited out the rain and lightning in the car.

Self Portrait - waiting for Gokey - We love each other :)

At 9:30 Sara Evans came out and put on a great show. For this part we went right up front near the stage and sang and danced and enjoyed the company of crazy country fans. We especially enjoyed the goofy drunk guy next to us, he had some great moves, gave Ben a big high Five when he realized I was pregnant and mostly he just made sure that the 2 shorty’s had a good spot to see the stage.

The stage and set up and all the wonderful people that we spent the evening with

Today is our official anniversary! The time has flown by and I couldn’t have asked for a better 7 years. Maybe the next 7 will be just as good…

Pony Tail

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

I combed my hair the other day and then I combed Cali’s and we went down to show Grandma how cute her hair was. That’s when Cali started pointing at me and at the hair tie on my wrist and wasn’t happy until I put my hair up in a pony tail! Hmmmmm, think I wear my hair up to much!!
Next day at church I had my hair tie on my wrist again. Benji asked me if he could play with my black bracelet. I guess my kids just think that mom and her pony obsession are normal.

look how big my baby is all of a sudden :(

And can someone please remind me next summer to check the AC Filter so we don’t come home to frozen pipes outside and 85 degrees in the house – blahhh. You think we would have learned our lesson from last year (http://searchponderpray.com/Jana/?p=1153), but we at least were able to figure out the problem a lot quicker.

Packer just woke up! 9am :) looked at me from the top of the stairs and says, “Mom, say good morning.” So I did and now he has a big smile on his face. Kids are awesome. Cali is still asleep! The baby sitter must have worn them out last night.

Great Shots

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

I’m a people picture taker and usually won’t take a picture of just scenery BUT we got a few cool shots and these shots will always bring back great Hawaiian memories:

Jungle walk to Honolua Bay

Sands of Kahana - view from our Condo

Our waterfall hike

looks like a good snorkeling spot

Hawaii Video

Monday, June 28th, 2010

We had fun with Ben’s new waterproof camera!

Jana Bodyboarding from Ben Nettesheim on Vimeo.

Swimming with Crush from Ben Nettesheim on Vimeo.

OUR VACATION GET AWAY in HAWAII!!

Monday, June 21st, 2010

The Heart Rock! How sweet :)

We've swung from vines in the jungle!

Snorkeled at Black Rock with many Sea Turtles!

We went Boogie Boarding at Fleming Beach!

The whole crew except Mom, somewhere near the blow hole!

Test Results

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

For those who read about my ultrasound and have been in worry and wonder mode (especially APA)… My blood test came back ‘NORMAL’ so we should be in the clear! I still haven’t talked to my Dr. directly but I feel like we don’t have anything to worry about. She has started moving around a bunch and I have my first back aches, Now we just need a good name for her :)

I am a Plumber!

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

This post is all about me being so proud of myself for fixing the kitchen sink… I clogged the sink on Wednesday night. The same thing had happened a year and a half ago after Cali was born (http://searchponderpray.com/Jana/?p=510) and it was bad, took forever to unclog it and lots of help from my neighbor so I had no desire to even try and fix it. I busied myself with other things on Thursday and Friday and limited use of the kitchen. Finally on Saturday afternoon I decided I had to deal with it since I’m leaving town and the kitchen was starting to smell.

I tried all of the unclogging tricks that I know and nothing worked. I then went down under the house and discovered water spraying out of a crack in the drain pipe! So now I had a clogged sink and a broken pipe. I called a few family members to consult, and even the plumber that I had out last month. I would have had him come do it but it was Saturday night and he said he could come Monday… to make a long story shorter…. I cut the pipe. Drained the nastiness. Had Ben help me hook up the garden hose underneath by the pipe and I crammed the hose down the pipe unclogging it until the water ran freely! Pipe unclogged. DONE! A quick trip to Lowes – 8$ out of our pocket to fix the pipe and I have my kitchen sink back!!!! I was so proud to save a buck and even excited to get up and clean my kitchen after letting the cement dry on the new piece of pipe.