Lots to be thankful for...

Warm sunny weather and swimming on Thanksgiving Day... what more could I ask for? We were lucky enough to be able to to go Arizona to visit my brother, Dave, his wife, Lori, and their sweet little girl, Ila. We had a BLAST! We were so busy having so much fun that I didn't ever dig our camera out to take any pictures so I only have a few from my phone. The kids loved our stop in Las Vegas as we went to M&M World and stayed at the Excalibur. I have some fantastic air hockey players! We also had tons of fun swimming and playing with all of the cousins. Here is a few pictures of Bryce w/ the kids:

It was great to spend lots of time w/ my side of the family. We live close to almost everyone but don't really hang out w/ the whole group much.





To top off our trip to Arizona we had to make a trip to the local hospital. The night before we were leaving I got in a car accident w/ the kids. It was after 10:30 pm and the kids were tired so I decided to go put them to bed and let Bryce finish watching a football game w/ the guys. We were heading the 2 blocks from Dave's house to the hotel when a girl ran a red light and I t-boned her going about 40 mph. It is crazy that we all walked away from the accident with only a few bruises. I got to spend the night at the hospital while they made sure our baby was ok and no preterm labor will come from all of this. He is doing well and they verified that it is for sure a boy and a VERY active one at that. The car didn't fair so well and it is now making a junk yard in Arizona its new home. We feel so fortunate and blessed that we were watched over. Definately a weekend of thanks!





Here are a couple of pictures that Bryce took from his phone:

Can anyone find my front license plate?! :) We never did find it.



Only these few marks from such an event!

I loved that car and want another one. This next one I want to keep a bit longer though!

Disappointing Day

I went to the orthodonist today and found out that I won't get my braces off before Christmas like we had been planning on. I have slacked off a bit here and there wearing the horrible rubber bands that I need to be wearing and I think it has slowed my progess a bit. I am SO ready to be done with this stuff! I just want to go out in public without feeling like a total dork, eat regular foods, brush my teeth in less than 5 minutes and not have to peel my cheeks out of my braces in the morning to discover another cut in my mouth! GRRR!! I need to put up a picture of me from 2 years ago to help give me motivation to continue on! I guess that I can survive my third Christmas without cinnamon santas, caramel, toffee, caramel popcorn and snickers bars! I will probably eat enough pie and york peppermint patties to make up for it!

It's a Boy!!!

We had our ultrasound this morning and it is definately a boy!!! Talk about swinging the scale to the boy side! Bryce and I both felt like it was a girl (and since we are always completely wrong) we were not surprised in the least that it is a boy. We are both VERY excited that things look good with the brain, heart, two legs, arms, hand, feet, etc... I was sick to my stomach all morning worrying about it (even though I have absolutely no control over it) so it was nice to get confirmation that I am just hormonally crazy! The technician did comment on how active this baby is so we definately know it is one of ours!

Anyway- no names picked out yet. Bryce wants to name this baby and wouldn't talk about it at all till we knew the sex of the baby so I am hoping that he starts chatting away! (not likely though)

We are excited and I love that I can start planning stuff now!