Pregnancy Picture

For anyone that is curious or interested, here is a picture of me. I am about seventeen weeks along now and this was taken two weeks ago so I am showing more now. I just need a more recent picture. I can't wear most of my shorts and pants anymore so I guess that I am going to have buy maternity clothes. On Tuesday (June 2), I have an ultrasound, and we will find out if the baby is a boy or girl.

This isn't the best picture because I had Brooke take it so I guess it's not bad for a five year old. I think that I will have Trent take the next one though.

Swimming Fun

These are some pictures and a video of Brooke and Jade swimming in our little pool. This was in April, and it was a really hot day, at least in the '90's. Now it's hot all the time, and we're still in May.

Brooke in the pool (yet another picture showing up darker than it is supposed to).

Brooke and Jade in the pool.

Eating some nice, cold, juicy watermelon.

Here is a video of Brooke singing some made-up song, and Jade is joining in. I think it's funny how Jade keeps laying down in the pool.

Trip to Colorado

Trent had a week of vacation time in April so on the 6th we left to visit his parents in Denver. The night before I was a little worried that the trip or at least the traveling was not going to go well. That night Brooke started throwing up, a few hours or so after we had her birthday cake, and she threw up a few more times throughout the night. Then in the morning she had a fever so we gave her Tylenol, and by the time we left for the airport, her fever was down and she hadn't thrown-up for about eight hours or so. I was hoping that would last because I did not want to deal with her getting sick on the plane or in the airports. Thankfully, everything ended up going pretty well on our flights. The only other thing that happened was that as we were boarding our plane from LA to Denver, a piece of my tooth broke off. At first, it just felt like there was something between my two back molars so I kept prodding it with my tongue. Then the piece of my tooth just came off, and it didn't hurt at all. It was kind of weird. Also later that night, once we were at Trent's parent's house, Brooke got a bloody nose for no reason. She also had two or three more while we were in Colorado. She never got them before and hasn't had them since.

Anyway, in Colorado, we were able to see Trent's parents and his sister Marissa. One day, we took the kids to the museum. It was fun but tiring. The museum was big. It seemed like we were there almost all day, and we didn't even see it all. We saw dinosaur bones, gems, and mummies among other things. Brooke really seemed to be interested in everything that we saw, but Jade got bored after a while so it took a lot of energy just to keep her from running around. Trent and I were also able to go to the temple, which is hard for us to do here in Yuma. The closest temple is two and a half to three hours away, plus we have to get a babysitter. It was nice to go to the Denver temple which was only about twenty minutes from Trent's parent's house, and we had someone to babysit the children.

On Friday night, the 10th, Brittany, Eve and Alexis also flew in so we were able to see them for a few days before we left on Monday. Brooke and Eve had fun playing together, and Jade wanted to hug Eve often. On Saturday morning, we took the kids to an Easter egg hunt in the neighborhood. It wasn't really a hunt so much as it was just picking up the egg in front of you before another kid got it. There were tons of eggs, and they were just spread out on a school field, no actual hidden eggs involved. That was good, though, because it was freezing cold and windy out there, and the egg hunt was over in about ten minutes. Sunday was Easter, of course, and it was cold again and rainy. It was very different going from Yuma to Denver because it was pretty warm when we left Yuma, and it was fairly cold most of the time that we were in Colorado. It definitely did not seem like springtime there.

We went back to Yuma on Monday, and that went well except that our flight into Phoenix was late. So then we missed our flight to Yuma and ended up getting home a few hours later than we would have liked.

Denver Temple -- this picture is a lot darker on my blog than on my camera

Jade at the Easter egg hunt (I didn't have time to do her hair).

Brooke at the egg hunt.

Brooke trying out deer ears the musuem.

Jade also trying out the deer ears.

Jade and Grandma Gayle

Brooke's Birthday

On April 4, Brooke turned five years old (I know this was over a month ago, but I am trying to catch up on posts). I can't believe that she is already five and will be going to kindergarten in August. Since we have no family here, we just had a small little celebration for her (sort of unusual for us). On her birthday, Trent's work had an employee appreciation picnic so we went to that. It was great for the kids because there were snow cones, an astro-jump, cotton candy, etc. By the time we got home, it was too late to do Brooke's cake and presents so we just waited until the next day. Judging from the pictures, I think that Brooke was pretty happy with her cake and presents.

Family Visit

This is long overdue, but I still wanted to post it. My family came to visit us near the end of March when the children were on Spring Break. This includes three of my sisters (Lisa, Jennifer and Becky), my mom, and Lisa's three kids (Cali, Brock and Maci). They all stayed at my house which made it a little crazy at times, but it was still fun. It was good for Brooke and Jade to be able to hang out and play with their cousins, whom we hadn't seen since the beginning of November.

Plus we did some fun things with them. We went to the camel farm one day, and then another day we went to San Diego. In San Diego, we went to the temple so my family could see it, and then after that, we went to Birch Aquarium. The kids really enjoyed Birch Aquarium. They were able to see lots of sea animals of course and even touched a few in the aquarium's tide pools. I really like the aquarium for those reasons and for the fact that it was relatively inexpensive ($12 for adults and even less for kids) and not too big (perfect for little kids). After we were finished at the aquarium, we went to the beach. Now it was probably in the '80's in Yuma at this time, but in San Diego, near the beach, I think it was in the low '70's. Not exactly beach weather. The kids didn't mind, though. They put their swimsuits on and played in the sand and water until we got hungry for dinner. After we ate, we drove back to Yuma and arrived there really late. We did a lot that day, but it was fun!

Anyway, my family stayed for five or six days and then drove back to Idaho. That part wasn't so fun for them, though, since it is an eighteen hour drive. I was a little envious, also, because I wish that I could go back to Idaho.

The cousins and Becky at the camel farm.

At Birch Aquarium.

Brooke, Brock and Maci looking at the sea animals in the tide pool.

Becky on the beach.

Jade at the beach.

Brooke outside Birch Aquarium.

The kids with Grandma Joanna at the San Diego Temple.

Jade running around on the grass at the temple.

Brooke and Brock looking at the tortoise at the camel farm.

Maci at the camel farm.