What AZ Heat Can Do!

Ok. I know it has been a while since you all heard from me (Trent). Especially with all the trips and baby stuff that my wife likes to blog about. But I had to share this because I think it is kinda funny. I don't know if you all remember my post back on Dec 19 where I built a bridge out of popsicle sticks and put my Lego train over it. Here is the picture.

So, this last weekend Lindz and I went to St. George Utah for her family reunion and before leaving I turned the air off. Usually I just turn it up to like 85 or something but for some reason I turned it off. When we got back it was 95 in our house and this is what we came home to.

I guess the hot glue got soft and down she came. At first I thought that we were robbed cause it was a mess. So I cleaned up the Legos, put it back together later that night, and we just left the bridge there with the track. A couple of days this week there would be a piece or two that would fall during the day but she still stood. Well today after we got back from some errands this is what we came home to.

There was only one piece left on the wall and I have no idea hows it is still there. The paint must have adhered to it somehow. So I guess today she will come down completely. Good times. I just wish I was there to witness it all.

Two Years!

First Comes Love...

Dating The night Trent pop'd the question!

Then Comes Marriage... 7-7-07

Then Comes Baby Luke!...

Happy Anniversary Sweetie! I Love You SOOOOO Much!!!

It's A...

Bouncing Baby BOY!!!

And mom and dad couldn't be happier :)

17 Weeks!

I can't believe how fast this pregnancy seems to be flying by. I'm sure once it gets closer to the delivery, time will slow way down. But for now I have to say that I'm loving every minute of being pregnant. The morning sickness is gone but I'm still trying to regain my appetite. Don't worry though, I'm eating enough for me and the little peanut. All in all though it's been a lot of fun! I am starting to feel the baby's little flutters and nudges and if I'm really lucky I feel what seems to be a kick! It's so faint though that sometimes I'm not so sure.
Next week we get to go find out what the sex is! I can't wait! I honestly don't care what it is but I'm so excited to find out :) Any Guesses?...

Virginia Trip

It's been a while since our last post but I wanted to make sure I documented our trip to Virginia and D.C. in April before I forget.

First of all it was so much fun to spend time with Jeff and Leza and their little cutie Addison. That made the trip! We went to the D.C. temple our first day there and that was such an awesome way to start off our trip! It is a beautiful temple.

There was a beautiful little path just behind the temple. It is so green over there it was a bit of a shock to us Arizonans.

The next day we did the D.C. tour with our tour guides Jeff and Addison. We each rode a bike around D.C. and that made it SO easy to get around. We covered so much ground that would've probably taken a couple days if we'd walked. It was awesome to see some of these monuments and historical sites that I've seen in books and movies up close. I have to say that the most moving aspect of the whole D.C. trip for me was to see the quotes of these great men of our nations past. God was the center of the U.S. at one point in time. It breaks my heart to see the leaders of the country today try to push Him out of everything we do! It was awesome to read some of the quotes written on some of these monuments. Anyways, here are a few pics from that day.

Jefferson Monument

Inside Jefferson

White House
Lincoln. This was one of the favorites. I couldn't get over how huge he is!

Outside Lincoln

After we saw D.C. we went to the Arlington Cemetery. It was such a solemn experience. It was moving to be on those sacred grounds and to watch the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Our final stop was the Marine Corps War Memorial.

We had such a great time! I have a ton more pictures from this trip but I think it'd take all day for my slow computer to load them.

The Funnest Day Ever!

First of all thank you for all the nice comments! Trent and I are so excited about this baby. I'm about 11 weeks right now and so the baby is due November 22nd. Thanksgiving Baby! Hopefully just not ON Thanksgiving :)

Trent and I found out that we were pregnant in March. We knew even before we became pregnant how we wanted to tell our families so when it happened we started to put the plans in action. Let me just preface this by saying that we've been working very hard to keep this a secret from our family. We had them all pretty much convinced that Trent wasn't ready for kids yet and that we were gonna wait a while longer before we started trying. So here's how we broke the news...

Trents mom and dad got one of those digital picture frames for Christmas last year. Both Trent's brothers have loaded pictures of them and their families on the frame and we were the only ones who haven't put pictures up. His parents were always asking us when we were going to put our pictures up. So on Mothers Day we came over to have breakfast and told them we finally loaded our pictures. After breakfast, we were all sitting around looking at our pictures and reminiscing about each one. Finally a sonogram picture popped up with red writing on it that said "Grandkid #6 ETA November 22nd" His mom immediately started screaming and crying and hugged us both. His dad on the other hand took a few seconds longer to figure out what the picture was. But once he did he started crying too :) It was perfect. Even though this isn't their first grandchild the are just as excited as if it was. They're gonna have their hands full this year though cause both of Trents brothers are expecitng at the end of the year too! Three grandbabies in one year!So fun!!!!

When it came to telling my family the news we knew we needed it to be special for my brother Tyler as well. As you all know he's serving a mission in Alaska and so we wanted to make this special for him too even though he can't be here. I love my brother so much and over the last few years have developed a special relationship with him. We decided that we wanted Tyler to be the first one we told and for him to be the one to share the news somehow. We emailed him right when we knew we were expecting and he was SO excited! Through email, we started plotting a way to tell my parents and we decided that his phone call on Mothers Day would be the perfect time to spill the beans. Mothers Day came and we were all on the phone with Tyler talking about all the incredible things he's experiencing and accomplishing in Alaska. (Which is a whole other post of itself! He's doing SO awesome!)When the conversation started to wind down a bit more he said "Is everyone able to hear me cause I have some exciting news" (he was on speaker phone) Once we said yes he said "Well, mom and dad...I'm gonna be an uncle!" They were in such shock when we broke the news that I thought they were gonna pass out! Their reactions were priceless. They both started crying and so did a few of my brothers. IT....WAS...AWESOME!!!!!!

It was so hard for me to keep this a secret but it was all totally worth it for the reactions from our families (who were so shocked!) and to have Tyler tell my family. It made it that much more special for all of us. We got my parents reactions on video.



We tried to record his parents but didn't push the 'record' button all the way so we missed it :( I'm so bummed!

Now that the word is out its become even more exciting! It was pretty fun though for Trent and I to have our own little secret for a while. :)

Great Picture From Tyler!

My brother Tyler who's serving a mission in Alaska just sent us a great picture!

Wow! That's GREAT news Tyler!