One Year Anniversary

Lucas and I celebrated our first anniversary this past Saturday and Lucas made it a day to remember! We started the day by attending our ward's Christmas breakfast party where we had catered waffles and bacon. We then left the party and packed up for our day in Salt Lake City. We left for Salt Lake City stopping at Cabela on our way up. We then checked into our hotel at the Red Lion and they gave us some complimentary chocolate cake for our anniversary:) It was delicious. We then got all dressed up for our evening out.

We first went to Benihana's which is a Japanese grill that had you sitting at the grill. It was a show and dinner all in one and so much fun. I ordered teriyaki chicken and it came with fried rice, onion soup, mixed veggies, shrimp, and a salad. It was so much food and all of it... but the shrimp...was amazing! It was definitely the nicest and most expensive place I have ever eaten at!

After the wonderful dinner we went over to see the Utah Symphony performing with the Cirque De La. They played Christmas music and the performers juggled, danced, and did some amazing acrobatics. We loved the performance and are already talking about the next time we can go to see them. We then stayed the night up in SLC just relaxing and sleeping in which was also wonderful:) We then left in the morning to return home and to begin packing for our Christmas trip up to Washington.

Baby Oliver

We found out in July that we were going to be having a baby in March. Lucas and I were overjoyed and told both of our families as soon as we found out. We told my parents by giving my dad a birthday card that said "Happy Birthday Grandpa" because this will be the first grandchild on my side. My parents were both shocked and excited as well.

During my first trimester I experienced some morning sickness that was not fun but manageable that lasted until I was about 17 weeks. After that it has been fairly smooth-sailing with just the occasional heartburn and sleepless nights.

We found out at week 17 that we were having a .... boy!! We were so excited to hear that the Lord has blessed us with a little baby boy. Both Lucas and I thought we were having a girl but after the ultrasound we were sure it was a boy:) I have to admit, when I found out we were having a boy I was a little worried. I grew up with little sisters so I feel very unprepared for raising a little boy but I have been searching for different activities and games you can play with a boy so I am very excited now!

Well I am about a week away from starting my third trimester so we are on the final stretch of the pregnancy. I just marvel at the wonder that is inside of me right now. It is amazing to feel him moving around and kicking in my stomach and realizing I have a little baby inside of me right now! It is wonderful and such a blessing in our lives.

A little update...

I have been terrible about updating my blog so with some extra time from winter break I am going to do some updating! We have just finished our second to last semester and I couldn't be happier! I have just one more semester to go until I graduate with my masters and am done with school forever. That being about bitter sweet emotions but mostly sweet for right now.

We found out several months ago that we are expecting our first baby in the spring and we are so excited for his arrival! Lucas is still the elder's quorum president and I will be released shortly from teaching the sunbeams. Lucas has all of his law school applications in and is just playing the waiting game to find out where he will be accepted. He has already been accepted at USC which is ranked 18th and George Washington which is 19th so we are so happy about that!

Lucas had his 24th birthday just last week and I made him a turkey dinner. Also we got a real Christmas tree for our house even though we weren't going to be home for Christmas this year.