The BIG announcement

Yes Mom, that big announcement (though Mom has known for many weeks now).

We are PREGNANT...with an actual human child.

I believe it was a mere two posts ago that I said life was pretty routine and unexciting. I also said that I'm grateful for quiet times because something crazy is always right around the corner.....I may be psychic. Mike and I are excited beyond belief and are all geared up for this next adventure. And believe me Pregnancy has been an adventure. I am 10 weeks pregnant today. That's half way through the 3rd month. I've been sick and tired. I had a freak out moment at 8 weeks when I started spotting (sorry about the gory details but this is what we preggo women share, it's kinda like we turn 80 temporarily) and thought for sure it was a miscarriage. It wasn't. I went to my Midwife for my first prenatal visit and everything is right on track. Apparently this is the only time in my life when sore boobs, gas, bloating, cramping and constant nausea are all really good signs. Here's a pic of the sonogram from that visit.

Baby is in the top left of the picture between the two crosses. Grandma Laurie calls it 'peanut' and Daddy calls it the 'Gingerbread Man.'

So now you can all expect me to be one of those annoying blogger's that posts ultrasound pictures that are barely discernible and tell you every detail of my pregnancy.... and later the baby's life, Whether you care or not. (Believe me, it's OK, I find those blogs slightly annoying myself. Like: I don't care if junior did a poo poo today). But, alas, that is my fate..... and yours too! Love you all!

Jess and Janae

There is no better reason for a roadtrip to Utah than to attend a sealing.

Logan Temple:

Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey:

Life's like that

So I haven't blogged in a while. I haven't done anything in a while. Life's pretty routine right now. We wake up a 4am, we get ready for work, we go to work, we come home, we feed the animals, we go to bed around 9pm. I'm always thankful for the quite times because I know they won't last forever and I'll be longing for them again soon.



I did go to the library yesterday and got my SD county public library card! Woot! I know that it might seem a little weird that I'm completely stoked about a library card... but I love libraries, and I've decided that I don't need to buy anymore books. I rarely reread, and I don't have the room for them anyway. So here it is!

It literally makes me cry....

It began at 5:48 Eastern time this morning.



The sealers stormed into the once-peaceful seal nursery with their hakapiks raised. Within a matter of seconds, defenseless baby seals were clubbed and their blood spilled onto the ice. This year the Canadian government will allow commercial sealers to slaughter 280,000 seals for their fur.


Because of the previous support of hundreds of thousands of compassionate people like you, there is a ray of hope amidst the horror.The European Union will consider banning its trade in seal products in a few weeks. But the fishing industry and the Canadian government are lobbying furiously to fight the ban.



Just last week, Russia announced it would halt the killing of baby seals. It's clear the world community is condemning such killing -- increasingly Canada stands alone in defending the slaughter.




I am doing my part to end the slaughter.


I signed the pledge to boycott Canadian seafoood (that means I don't buy it, nor do I patronage any establishment that still refuses to join the boycott). I've signed petitions to the our elected officials and the European union. I keep myself informed and I try to inform all of my friends about the amazing cruelty that goes on in Canada every year.





You can join me. Here's a good place to start http://www.hsus.org/protectseals.html

Mormon Messages

Some of these are really good!

http://www.youtube.com/mormontv

Diploma

Mike's Graduation

Yes the long awaited photos of Mike's graduation (only two months late).

It was seriously freezing with a windchill of like 2 and they still stood like that for an hour.

He got the Top Driver Honor!

Getting Badged. He's goofy. (And I'm so upset that my camera wasn't focusing that day for anything)

I'm so proud of him for doing this! I'm proud of me too...for surviving two months on my own and not demanding that he come home and get a nice safe job.