Word's Gotten Around

The rumors are true!

We are having a little boy!  We are so excited!

I can't exactly describe how I feel, just a mixture of excitement, amazement, a little overwhelmed (when I think about me being a mom, and being responsible for teaching our little boy what he needs to know), humbled (that we are being blessed with a sweet spirit to join our home), the list goes on.

I am 24 weeks along, 5 months along, working on the 6th.  He is due March 8th.  I can feel him squirming around, and every time I feel him move I am just in wonder and amazed that there is a baby inside me! :-)  Craig can feel him kick from the outside now, and that is fun, too.  I am glad he can feel him now, too.

It is still slowly sinking in, I think.  We are having a baby.

Work, work, work

This year I am teaching 5th grade, and I LOVE it!  What a nice change from the 2nd graders...these kids are so much more independent, which is something I definitely prefer!  I think this has been my favorite year teaching so far.  I have so many crazy stories at the end of every day.  

Craig has been going to school, and has been super busy finishing up his LAST semester!!  (hooray!)  He has a job lined up for when he graduates working at Zions Bancorporation in Salt Lake in their Corporate Finance Department.  I am so proud of him!  

Some of Summer Time...

- I made my first batch of homemade strawberry freezer jam (yum!) and a little decor for the bathroom...there was plenty of time to be a little crafty with Craig being at work all day.

- We spent many weekends at the lake perfecting our slalom skiing skills.

- We tubed down Oneida

- We drove, and drove, and drove some more back and forth from Salt Lake to Logan. Every weekend.

- We spent a day at the races...

 saw some crazy rock-crawlers...

  a HUGE monster truck....

some other good-lookin' cars

 and watched trucks fly through the air in the off-road truck rally.

Even though I'm not much of a car person, it was way fun! 

- And last but not least, we found out some exciting news...a little bundle of joy coming in March!!