happening now!

yes, this is indeed real, serious, and a little weird. BUT steve and i are expecting a baby to grace our presence this year. september to be exact.

we find out mid-april if it's a boy or girl!!!

be excited cuz we most definitely are!!!

we have internet!!!!!!!!!!!!

so hopefully i will be updating more!!! :)

oldies but goodies

presenting!

i finally finished! it only took a year...

it's parents' and grandparents' wedding pictures.

i think it looks pretty darn good.

sometimes I get crafty

update for you!

we haven't been up to much.

but we have been enjoying our summer.

work pretty much kills us so we sleep pretty well at night.

but our highlights include:

-jeep getting broken into, all for my elephant lunch bag retail value: ~$15! (picture of window)

-multiple work trips down to cedar city/st. george for steve

-hanging out with family (lillroses, cristen, thompsons, cluffs, lymans...)

-only getting sick once! (steve, in jackpot, nv. NOT a pretty sight!)

-several field trips with my summer camp (cowabunga bay, home depot, bouncing off the walls, bowling, parks, pizza party, airborne and a few others i can't quite remember...)

-a couple Make-A-Wish events, made possible through friends and family who helped out ever so willingly (betsy, tanner, cristen, rand and stevis) pictures here OR here

-AND i also rode my first horse, ever! wasn't too awkward either! (see picture here)

needless to say, we are looking forward to our first and only vacation this summer: the lapierre family reunion!!!!!!

Rykert

i'm pretty sure most of you know that i stayed on at make-a-wish as a wishgranter volunteer. this means i meet the families and help to arrange the wish and all its added extras.

i just completed my first wish where i was the one in charge.

this first picture is of rykert and my wish partner jayme. rykert's wish was to go on rides. so we sent him to Disneyworld! the family had a great time and he loved it!!

either right before or after the child's wish is granted, we do what is called star-raising party. this is rykert and his dad decorating his star before it gets hanged in the hall.

i love doing these wishes cuz you get to meet so many amazing families and see them in one of their best moments despite what they're going through.