Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Here in Utah we still haven't felt very many days of Spring so far. It's been pretty cold, windy, rainy, and sometimes snowy. We are really getting sick of all the cold, but it does mean that the boys can still play up in the mountains at the cabin. They went a few weeks ago, and even though they had to hike partly up to the cabin they had a fantastic time ripping it up everywhere. Check out these awesome pictures!

Look at these jumps!

Andy was even able to carve his name in the mountain. Can you see it?

Thursday, April 17, 2008

3 more months to go! This is not the most flattering picture of Christina's 7 month figure as it was taken at like 2 am, but you can't always look perfect, right? ;-) Just kidding! Mike didn't want to take the picture, but Christina insisted as to keep up tradition of taking a picture at the beginning of ever month. It's really crazy how large her tummy is getting, but the even scary/crazy part is that there is plenty more growing to come! We just don't know how it's all going to fit! He's still a pretty active little boy, although we've heard that slows down a little bit as he doesn't have as much room, but we'll believe that when it happens. It's just so fun to feel a life inside of you growing and moving. What a fun time!

Friday, April 04, 2008


Christina had a very fun weekend last week. After a long week of work, we had a Girls Night with all the wives of Mike's high school friends, and Ally who went to high school with all the boys. We had a fabulous time eating yummy food at Applebee's and then coming back to enjoy The Jane Austen Book Club, which was actually really funny, and chocolate fondu with lots of fruit and chocolate. :-) Who could have asked for a better night?! We're going to try to have a girls night once a month, which will hopefully turn into a fantastic tradition.

Christina was also able to have her very first baby shower that was absolutely perfect! Her friends from her old ward, Emilee Stokes & Heather Maez, put together a fun get together with cute decorations, food, games, and of course baby presents! It was a real eye opener to realize how much stuff we need for this baby and how little we have. What we received at the shower is literally all we have for this kid, so we've got a lot to do before July. :-) It was so much fun to see everyone though, and all the presents were perfect!

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Wow! What a great time we had last night. Out of the blue a lady that Mike had baptized in his mission called him and said that she and a few others were in Utah! We met up with them at The Pie downtown and had a great time! Their American names (left to right in picture above) are: Tiana, Fred, Nancy, us, and Vicky. They are here to see all 4 sessions of conference at the Conference Center. They are very excited!

It was so fun to hear Mike speaking Chinese.!He really has a talent for it, and the ladies said he hasn't loss his great intonation and pronunciation. They also brought some good news about a family that he baptized 4 years ago...they are still active and going strong in the church! What better news to hear!