Tie-Die

As a Hall Advisor I have the opportunity to socialize with so many new people-and I love it! The other day one of the floors in my building was having a tie-die activity. I was excited to get to meet more of the residence in my hall, and I was thrilled to see and be able to tie die again. I've only tie-died once or twice before, but I remember it being VERY fun. I decided to try dieing a onesie. (for my baby.) I think it turned out pretty cute! My little boy will be a wild child from the womb. What hope does he have.

The baby bump

So my tummy has grown a considerable amount in the past month or two. I have definitely left the fat phase, where people aren't sure if you are just getting a little thicker around the middle or if there is a baby in there. I think I can officially say that I look like a pregnant women obvious to even the least observant people. There are days when I feel VERY pregnant, but there have also been some days when I can almost forget my delicate state. That is until I walk by a full length mirror or see my reflection in the store window, then it hits me like a pile of bricks. This is for real! And I'm so excited!

Me in all of my pregnancy glory!

I was never very good at hiding behind skinny trees, but now it is just a joke. Camden thought it would be funny to see me try. So here I am with my best effort :)

In the hospital with my new Nephew!
Camden enjoying the sun in California for Thanksgiving!
Our incredible trip to the pristine June Lake!
Mount Timp!

Hello! Time for my yearly update! Just joking. I know it is clique to say I'm going to be better about posting, but I really think I will be! Year in review. Last May we moved to Wymount, which was great. We met a ton of great people and had an awesome summer. We hiked Timp, Went to June Lake, and took a couple of weekends in St. George. It was my first summer working full time which tied me down more than I was used to, but we were still able to have a great time!
This fall Camden started school again and I started working my second job. It was busy, but also very good! We found out that we were pregnant in September and have been absolutely excited about everything that means! In November we were able to go to California for Thanksgiving. It was great fun. The weather was gorgeous, the food was delicious, and I really like my in-laws. At the end of November we had an addition to our family. (No I did not somehow magically quicken my pregnancy to 3 months, I'm still working on my baby.) My little brother Stephen and his wife had a CUTE little boy!
Christmas was a delight. It is so great to have good family to spend holidays with. I'm getting bigger and my baby has begun to kick at my insides! It is such a great experience to feel that little flutter. I've heard it will probably become more like kicks than flutters, but for now I'm enjoying the little flutter feeling!
The week after Christmas we moved! Yes we moved! This is our third place in less than a year and a half of marriage-CRAZY! We were very glad to move because it means that I got a job that I've wanted for quiet some time. I get to be a hall advisor in Helaman Halls.

We also found out we are having a healthy, perfect(at least I hope) little BOY. Yep we are starting our little brood of children with a boy! We are SO excited! So in May we will officially be parents.

So as you can see my lack of updates have not been for lack of life. On the contrary we have been very anxiously engaged in so many great things and feel very fortunate for the wonderful year of 2009 and are thrilled to see what happens in 2010. Hopefully I'll be able to document it a little better!

We had a visitor today!

I little update! Camden and I moved last weekend. We are now living in wymount. So far it has been a great experience! We were very sad to leave our little green house and I was especially sad to leave my young women.

This evening we were calmly minding our own business. I had just gotten back from exercising and Camden was studying. I thought it was a little stuffy so I opened the window and propped the door open for a little cross breeze. As we were sitting there Camden quickly got up with a "whoa" sort of a sound. I could here something, but it took me a moment to realize that we had a visitor. A bird had flown into our apartment. I'm embarrassed to admit, but I sort of flipped out. I was sure the bird was going to poo on me. It was flying around our front room and to be honest the bird was flipping out too. Camden was trying to direct the bird toward the door with a blanket, but the bird was not thinking straight and kept flying like it was about to die. Finally the bird found the window and was encouraged by the view of outside. Unfortunately it was a window, not an exit. We finally ended up taking the screen out of the window and carefully directing the bird through. That Bird was HAPPY to get out of the Bird house. We were glad to get it out too! It did leave us a little present on the window sill. But not too much thank goodness!

Our first official vacation!

We went to the St. George temple!

This is the famous "crack" my family and I would go here when I was little. I think it used to be bigger. I almost didn't make it through, it was a tight squeeze. Camden led the way and I couldn't bear to let him be the only one that made it through.

As you go into the crack some of it opens up quite a bit while other parts get really skinny. Here Camden had disappeared into one of the openings and poked his head out.
He's going in from the top.
Angel's landing - look at the drop off good thing there were chains to hold on to.
We still need to scale the cliff!

The top! WOW

Honeymooning in Mexico!

The sunsets were fabulous!


Camden had a ton of fun in the pools!



Aw cute! During one of our walks along the beach!



We went out to a fancy restaurant! Everything had wine in it.



We had a barbecue on our balcony.
















There was an abandoned boat on the beach! So we took some fun pictures!

Courtship

Camden and I met in our BYU ward. He moved into Alta for the fall semester 2007. Although I immediately took note of him we didn't really talk until January 2008. In January we were assigned to the the same FHE group! He was my dad!

During that first month or two we steadily became better friends and would often see each other outside of our family night group. The latter part of February after going on a couple of dates we decided to exclusively date each other! It was so exciting!

Throughout the semester and into the summer we didn't miss a day without seeing one another. The first part of May we traveled down to California for a couple of our friends weddings. It was a spectacular trip where we did so many fun things. I was able to meet his entire family and so many of his good friends. I couldn't believe it, but if it was possible (and it was) Camden just got better and better the more I knew about him. We went to the LA temple and the San Diego temple for sessions and sealings. We went to the beach, gardens of the world, magic mountain. the getty villa, Solvange, and so many other places. We were there for two weeks together!