Sandy and Wade's Wedding

Sandy got married on the 25th! We went up and celebrated with them and took pictures. We don't have them all uploaded yet (This last week has been so busy!) but when we do we'll post some on our site. 

Here are some just random fun pics of helping out with their luncheon.

Debbie and April cooking the lasagna and scones.

Daughter and Mother, Sandy and DeeAnn before the luncheon.

This is me all bundled up! It was a cold day for sure!

Also, there is a tradition that when anyone on the Bolin side gets married, someone shows up in a purple work jumpsuit to the reception. It means good luck for the marriage. It used to be DeeAnn's dad's (Gary's grandpa's) and he would wear it all the time. They finally took it away from him and when DeeAnn got married to Scott, Uncle Shay wore it to their reception. Ashley wore it to our wedding. Willie wore it to Ashley's, etc. Well, this time I wore it. It fit perfectly around my big belly. We will have to post some pictures of it soon! 

St. George Baby Shower

On April 18th, Ashley and Aunt Debbie threw me a baby shower in St. George. It turned out so well! It had a Fish theme because that is one of the names other than Torture Boy, that Gary had suggested. 

We played a game where we had two to a team and one person had to feed the other person baby food. Sick. I had the carrot kind. Needless to say, Heather and I did not win. I don't know how babies eat that stuff. It was hilarious though! I'm sad to say that I didn't get pictures of it.

This is Ashley and I after the shindig.

The super cute decorations that Ashley's husband, Justin, even helped out with.

Delicious cupcakes with Swedish Fish (Gary ate all the Swedish fish off of them).

Our friend Nicole is seriously the Ace of Cakes! This is the fish cake that she made for the party, and it was as delicious as it was cute!

Cousin's Wedding

This was at the beginning of April. I went up north without Gary to go to my cousin's wedding and to take Sandy's bridals. Her bridals can be seen by clicking here. But Gary just updated our website so check that out too by clicking here.

It was so good to see all my cousin's that I hadn't seen for too long!

This is Becca and her little girl Kelty, Me, and Elena and her little boy Huck. 

This is me and my siblings (except Jane cause we couldn't find her) that all made it up to the wedding too: me, Andrew, Lizz, Ginger, Mike (maybe Mike will be my brother someday...), and Abbey. It was Ginger's Birthday and all of a sudden everyone started to sing Happy Birthday to her at the reception!

Here is the happy couple! My cousin Mike and his wife Jess! Congrats!

Easter

Gary and I have been so busy lately...looking for a house to buy (we will be moving for sure by July 1st), finishing our senior projects and assignments due before we get to graduate, weddings, doing our photography, planning for a baby, and more. So I apologize for not updating like I have in the past, but I wanted to post something in honor of Easter.

I absolutely love this painting by Walter Rane. The meaning behind it is so awesome, especially fitting during the time of Easter. "He is not here, for He is risen." 

Update

It's been a while since I have updated, but still no name for our little boy on the way. I am more convinced every day that his name will be Torture Boy. For example, look at the cake Gary got for his birthday this last month:

Sandy's (Gary's sister) fiance Wade made this cake for him. Gary's mom and Nate brought it down with them for a surprise visit and  and spent part of his birthday with us. I think that Torture Boy has stuck, no matter what real name we give him.

Well, there is a lot more to update. 

We went up North for some baby showers last month. Sandy was having her bridal showers the same day so that family could be in town for both baby and bridal showers. In one day we had two showers for Sandy, and two for me! Then the next day we had a shower with the Haroldsen family (I'm sad we didn't get pictures of that one). 

Two of my friends from high school, Alyssa and Brittany, and Me at my shower in Ogden (Brittany is due in June with twins, a boy and a girl!) We should've got a picture with Katie too but she had to leave early

My cousin Elena's cute little boy, Huck, was partying with all the girls

Some friends and family at the baby shower in Ogden

Becky made these cute cakes for Sandy and I, and we took them to the other showers

Sandy and I at the showers in South Jordan 

My mom and I

Michelle and I are due only one day apart! 

My old roomate, Dione, from when I was at BYU Idaho came. She just had a little girl a few months ago.

It was so good to see a lot of my family and friends again! Becky and DeeAnn did such an awesome job at hosting the showers, and Sandy was so sweet for sharing her day with me. 

Baby Update

These are from our ultra sound last week. This is our little one. I am so excited to meet him! Only about 11 weeks left!

He is yawning in this one-how cute is that?!

So the name that I like is Hudson. I found it in a book I had to read in my Major American Authors class last semester when I first got pregnant. I have basically really liked this name for the whole pregnancy so far and have just been waiting for Gary to like it. It looks like I am still waiting. Apparently kids will call our little boy a piece of hud if we name him that; I personally really don't think that he will get teased for it. 

This is what everything is supposed to be looking like right now:

Oh, I wanted to add that last night before we went to sleep, Gary leaned over and told the baby goodnight and that he was not going to go to sleep until he felt a kick telling him goodnight. I highly doubted that he would get one because it seemed that the baby was asleep cause he hadn't been kicking for a little bit. Well right after Gary said that to him, there was a big kick. Guess he already can understand his daddy. It was super cute!

What's in a Name?

So far, thanks to Gary, our poor little baby boy is called Torture Boy, and I have this eery feeling that it isn't going to stop when he is born. I am just afraid that he is going to feel that he needs to live up to this nickname. Gary even made a picture on illustrator depicting the baby: 

....and he tells me that the brown is not chocolate.

When I try to suggest any other names that might not give anyone a complex, the topic of conversation is changed immediately.  The only other name I can get out of Gary that he might like is Fish. So...we've got a little problem.

Also, according to this picture Gary made, pregnancy is just as hard on the fathers:

To help resolve our little name dilemma, I would love any name suggestions for our little boy on the way!

I Heart My Art History Book

Gary told me he was going to blog about this because he thought it was funny. That's what we always say when anything of interest happens. P.S. I didn't think it was funny at the time.

I was reading my art history homework out of my way expensive nice collector's art history book, when Gary thought it would be hilarious to take the water from the bag of ice that he was using to ice his fat bruised ankle and pour it on me. Well I noticed what was happening so I tried to stop him. As I tried to get him to move the bag away, my art history book got water all over the pages I was reading. I just so happened to be reading the pages about Gianlorenzo Bernini's most famous works.

I was livid for a minute. I think I cried. It was really pathetic. So I told him, while trying to hold back the tears, that since I couldn't see the pictures very well in my book anymore, that he has to take me to Rome to see Bernini's sculptures in person. It is a good thing I love Gary more than my art history book.

Ice Fishing

We had a busy weekend. We went ice fishing at Fish Lake with Grandpa Schaugaard, Gary's dad, Sandy (she just got engaged to Wade by the way!), and Kaitlin. It was a lot of fun. We all caught our limit. 

I don't mind being pregnant in the winter because I have an extra heater in my tummy. Normally I would freeze, but this time it wasn't so bad. Apparently Gary and I are used to the St. George warmer weather, because we forgot to bring our sleeping bags to the cabin, not to mention coveralls for ice fishing. We did remember lots of warm clothes though. Thankfully there were extra coveralls!

Gary and I all bundled up

Kaitlin waiting for a fish to bite
Sandy getting the hook out
One of my fish
Gary's first catch of the day

All the fish we caught

Grandpa Schaugaard, Craig, Katilin and Gary just fishin'

One fish just being reeled in

After fishing on Saturday, we drove back because Ashley Harmon and I were throwing a baby shower for Tasha Anderson. We got back 20 minutes before everyone started to show up, so I had to shower and get everything put together real fast. While everyone was showing up, Gary decided to filet the fish. So it smelled like brownies and fish. It was an interesting combination. Yum.