Summer Trips

A few weeks ago we went up to my parent's place in Hagler for the night with Sam and Nicole. We had so much fun just getting out of town for the night and enjoying the mountains. As you can see, my baby bump was starting to push its way out.

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Just last week Cory and I had the chance to take our summer trip to North Carolina where he was homegrown. It was great to get away from the scorching Arizona heat. I got to meet some of Cory's friends from church and school and some family friends.

Here we are up by the Blue Ridge Parkway

Of course no trip would be complete without a little fishing...except I think he was hoping to catch something a little bigger

We had some great BBQ

We even got to meet up with his Aunt Patti in Nashville

Cory did some cliff jumping with some friends...not something I was too happy about but he had fun:)

And here we are at Dry Falls. Clearly, my baby bump just seems to keep getting bigger and bigger.

Of course we had to stop by the University of Tennesse so Cory could chomp the sign in his Gator Gear!

It was a great vacation and it was very hard to get back to reality.

Glazing

I saw this glazing tutorial online and decided to give it a try. I found this great little table at a garage sale for $10...

Pulled out some leftover green paint I had in the garage....

Brushed on some glaze, added some home accents and...

Tada! I totally love it and officially hooked on glazing. I have this funky hexagon table I bought a couple months ago and have been wanting to paint it but didn't quite know what to do with it. I think it will be my next glazing project.

P.S.

Notice the hardwood floors that we FINALLY finished...only 6 weeks after we started. I'm so glad the we're done and I love the new floors!

biting the bullet

Ever since Cory and I have been married people have constantly asked us "when are you going to have kids?". My indefinite answer has always been "five years". Well, we've finally decided to take the plunge and can now change that answer to five months. I'm 18 weeks pregnant with our first nugget and am due on October 8th. We just told our whole family this weekend and found out on Friday that we are going to be having a little girl. We're both trying to get over the shock as we were certain it would be a boy, but we're still nervous/anxious/excited all the same.

Gila Valley Temple

Last weekend Cory and I drove up to the Pima/Thatcher area for the Gila Valley Temple open house. The temple is gorgeous and we had a really fun time. After the open house we met up with our friends Heather & Terry for some yummy El Charros. Mmmm. Before we headed out of town, we got to go through Pres. Kimball's childhood home and met a really sweet lady who lives in the home he first lived in with his wife Camilla. It was great to get away, even just for the day, and spend some one on one time with the hubs. Loved it.

In front of the beautiful temple

Outside the historic Kimball home

Mexico, Easter, and some Spiritual Enlightenment

Every general conference weekend my parents head down to Mexico for a nice long weekend. This year we were fortunate enough to have time off work to join them. It was Easter weekend, but we don't have kids so the whole Easter egg hunt, decorating eggs, and whatnot just doesn't really appeal to us much...we have not problem trading that in for a little sun. The weather was wonderful and we even got to feel our very first earthquake (looking back it was cool but at the time, I was having a little spaz attack about it and the potential for tsunamis). The Vance's even came too and we all had lots of fun enjoying the beach, listening to conference, and munching on Lucas chickens. Yummm!

Cory loves going down there and exploring the tide pools just as much as the kids

He even caught his very first crab with his crab trap!

We decided to do this thing where we ride boogie boards down the sand dunes...we called it sand surfing.

Here's Kai showing off for everyone

The guys even got dressed up to go into town and watch Priesthood session...the quad was their way of not getting sandy before they left for the meeting.

Overall it was a FANTASTIC weekend and we hope to be able to go back and enjoy the beach one last time before it gets too hot.

Sam & Nicole Shreeve

Last Friday my little brother Sammy married the sweetest girl ever, Nicole Selk. We are so excited to welcome her (and her family) into our family. The weather couldn't have been more perfect that day and the reception was so much fun. Here are just some pics from the fun-filled day!

The New Mr. & Mrs. Shreeve

Mom & Dad with Sam & Nicole

The cutest little bug ever!

Uncle John & Aunt Tracy who came all the way from Colorado

Sisters! Linds, Mom, Cami, & Me

Sam & Nicole with all the kiddos: Taylor, Kenna, Will, Maddie, Navy, & Kai

The Selks

The entire bridal party

what happens when two impulsive people get together?

About two weeks ago Cory and I started talking about replacing our old carpet with some hardwood floors and new carpet. It was one of those casual conversations with a "we'll get to it in the next couple of months" attitude. About a week later Cory and I found ourselves looking at flooring in Tempe and before we knew it, we were swiping the card and leaving with a truckfull of materials. Within 24 hours our house suddenly became a demo-zone...

We even had our neighbor Chris come over and help us take out our old dated brick wall...it completely opened up our room!

I've decided that Cory and I are both too impulsive...one way we were simply talking about the possibility of new floors and a few days later we are waist deep in dust and glue fumes. Luckily we have some great friends who've helped us lay the flooring in our front room but we still have our entryway, hallway, and family room to go....and did I mention we have family coming to stay with us this Friday for Sam's wedding!? Yikes...we better get on this!