Updates

So, I was looking at the most recent pictures on our camera and noticed that we just haven't taken pictures in a while. Here's what is going on:
--I go for a walk in the mornings with Emily. It has been a nice habit of getting me out of bed early and going on with the day. When the walk is over, I shower and get ready for the day, and proceed to work on my Independent Study classes: Hepe and English 314. I just finished Hepe today and requested the exam. I hate when emails tell you "If all goes well, your exam should arrive in 2 weeks". Give it to me now! Hopefully, this little guy will just come on time and I'll be able to be finished with it.
--Steve's schedule: He wakes up at 7:15am, gets ready and heads to school. He has found that if he gets going early, he can come home by about 1pm every day. Its wonderful to hear the key in the lock and know that he is home! Steve is working in research for food science right now. He likes the freedom of making his own schedule. OChem seems to be treating him well enough. He studies hard and does well and I'm proud of him! He has signed up for 2 independent study classes that he plans on getting mostly done this summer. I'd say this beats taking the second half of OChem with a newborn!
--I just finished curtains for the baby's room and I'm almost finished with the crocheted blanket that I've been working on.
--Steve and I have mastered fresh strawberry jam and we love sharing it with people and making them happy!
--We are looking forward to several weddings this summer, most especially Kevin and Kristen's on the 15th of Aug and Elise and Mike's on the 18th. They will definitely keep us busy!

My new favorite YouTube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlokPJO2h-Y

This is SO funny! If the link doesn't take you straight there, go to youtube.com, type in "Old Lady Driving" and click the one with the lady in the passenger seat. You'll get a kick out of this, I promise.

Road trip!

Steve and I finished our finals on a Tuesday. Since we knew that we would both be ready to be out of Provo for a day or two, we planned in advance to visit Las Vegas. I had only been there once and it was to drive the strip with my family. Steve decided to show me around. Something that I enjoyed enormously was the faces of our nurses when they found out that we were taking a 6-hour long trip in a car when I was 8 weeks away from delivery. Honestly, the trip wasn't bad at all. Each time we stopped, I was sure to walk around for several minutes. Steve did a great job at driving. :D

This is the enormous castle that we stayed in: Excalibur. It was nice and cheap (thus allowing us to take the trip) and at the very end of the Strip. We unfortunately forgot to get our camera out of the car for our grand tour of Vegas, but we were able to take some the next morning.


This is New York, New York. Its much cooler from the outside.

Our favorite part of the trip was visiting the Las Vegas Temple. It is SO beautiful and extremely peaceful after the worldliness of downtown.

No pets for us!

A few days ago, Steve had gotten up early to study OChem and heard some scratching noise in our apartment. When he failed to find the source the first time, he returned to his studying. Upon hearing it the second time, he was able to locate the source of the noise: a small black bird had gotten in through our dryer vent and was freaking out at his captivity in our small storage closet.
The reason we don't want pets: this little guy pooped and peed all over our things in this room. Can you image what would have happened if we had actually had a dryer hooked up to that?