Baby Bump

Okay, here is a little shot of my little baby bump...small as it may look to you, it feels very large to me!

Family Dinner

I am so very behind, I know but better late than never. A few weeks ago Nate and I went up to Layton to spend some time with my family. We had a very yummy dinner together and a very fun night. I love my family! They are the best!! Here are some cute pictures of the kids.

This is me

Only I really am showing...really, look, look real hard!

Great news!!

Nate and I are VERY excited to announce that we are going to have a baby! YEAH!! I am due August 28th. I am 13 weeks right now and just starting to get over the morning sickness (who ever named it "morning" sickness sure didn't go through the same thing that I went through!! It should be called "all day" sickness or "I want to lay around and do nothing" sickness or "food is really nasty" sickness or some thing like that). Food is starting to sound good again and I can go 2 hours with out eating some days. It's great. I unfortunately don't have a cute little ultra sound picture to post but just look at that little baby floating in the box to the left of this post and you get a pretty good idea of what it looks like (I can't wait until I don't have to call the baby "it" any more!). Any how, we are very excited and feel very blessed to have a baby on the way!!

Life is Beautiful!!

I remember my Freshman year of college when I had finally made the decision to go to Utah State, I had to make my next big decision, where to live. It was a hard choice for me because I was going up all by myself and didn't really know where to start. So I narrowed it down to my top two choices and knew where I for sure didn't want to go. Well, of course it turned out that I went to that place where I knew I didn't want to go. Well, it turned out to be one of the best things that could have happened to me. I felt Heavenly Fathers hand guiding me for sure! I was blessed to live that first year with some of the best roommates that I ever had in my many years of college and moving about. I keep in touch with most of them still today. 5 out of the 6 of us were able to get together for brunch last week and it was really great! (The other one lives in Japan so she couldn't make it:) It was just so fun to see them all and be together again. It has caused me to reflect a lot about my life. I can totally see my Heavenly Father's hand guiding me in so many ways! I am SO very thankful that he has blessed me with the things that I NEED and not just the things that I WANT. I think I would have messed my life up pretty bad by now if it would not have been for His loving guidance in my life. I surely would not have been patient enough to wait for the wonderful husband that I have now. He is one of the biggest blessings that I have. I just feel so grateful for the experiences that life offers us and for a loving Heavenly Father who is just waiting to bless us if we will but come to him and trust him! Life is beautiful!

Me, Shannon, Ruth, Leah and Ashlee!

Us with hubbies, soon to be hubbies ;) and kid!

Merry Christmas to all

Nate and I had a wonderful Christmas together. We spent the 23rd and 24th with my family. We had a great dinner and did some fun Christmas activities (skits, poems, the Nativity, etc.) Then we came home Christmas night so Nate and I could have Christmas morning together at our house. We spent most of Christmas day with Nate's family. A good time was had by all. Here are some pictures.

Pretend his eyes are open ;)

I made this jean quilt for Nate.

Above are the gifts I gave to Nate and below are the gifts he gave to me. He did such a great job! He is a very thoughtful gift giver!

HOWEVER...the day after Christmas was one of the worst ever!! Nate and I got some kind of food poisoning from our breakfast we think. We were both SO SO sick!! I will spare you the yummy details and just tell you it was the longest day. Now, 2 days later we are feeling mostly back to normal although still weak! But the thought of food doesn't make me want to barf so that is a good sign. May you all be blessed with good health and be careful of what you eat!! Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Random Stuff

So if you have been wondering "Where is Tami? Has she fallen of the face of the Earth?" You are not too far off. Things have been so crazy busy for the last few weeks. I made lots of blog postings in my mind but never got even close to having time to post them so you could actually see them. So here is my quick up date on what has been going on in the last month or so.

For Thanks giving we went to my Grandparents house in Ogden. None of my siblings were there and that was kind of a bummer. But we still had a good time and ate lots of good food. Then on Saturday we had another Thanksgiving dinner with Nate's Family. That was fun too. It was great to have time off school and just relax. This is me and Nate at my Grandparents house on Thanksgiving Day!

Last week we got to go to Temple Square with some of Nate's family. I am always AMAZED with the lights on Temple Square. There is just a special feeling of peace there that I just can't get enough of. If you look hard you can see the Temple in the back ground.

Then on Saturday we got to go the BYU's Christmas Around The World. WOW!!! It was so awesome! If you have been you will have to agree it is amazing. If you haven't been, I recommend you do all you can to go. I am amazed what some people can do with their feet. There was beautiful costumes and fun music and dancing from all over the world.

We actually got our Christmas tree over a week ago and the poor thing just sat there, undecorated, until just a few days ago. But I love it. I love real trees, there is just nothing like it. I love this time of year and I am so excited for all the joys that it brings!

Well, that is pretty much all the blogs that I posted in my head over the last few weeks and now you can actually see them. Great day for you huh? Thanks for reading. I love when you leave comments. It makes me feel special! Even if it is just a quick hello.