First Comes Love....

Then comes marriage...

Then comes a baby in a baby carriage!

Yep, the word is out, we're having a baby! I'm 12 1/2 weeks along and due October 15th, only 6 months from now! I am almost done with my first trimester and couldn't be more excited! We went to the doctor this morning and we got to hear our precious little baby's heart beat. It was the best sound I have ever ever heard. I cannot even say how excited I am to be a mommy.

I have been pretty sick, but with my prescription friend, Zofran, the nausea has been a lot more bearable. I've been sleeping about 10 hours a night and would sleep more if I didn't have to go to work. I am constantly grazing on food but can't eat very big meals. I am always craving salty foods and sweets don't appeal that much to me. I could always go for some chicken nuggets, beef jerky, chips and salsa, and pudding.

There will be many more updates, but I just wanted to officially announce our happy news about our little baby! We couldn't be more excited to be parents and we cannot wait. We love you baby!

i love winning

It was definitely my year. The last couple of years both Ry's family and my family have done a little NCAA tournament competition. The last few years haven't been the greatest because all of the expected teams kept winning. But I'm all about choosing the random, the unexpected. And what do you know, I won this year! Not just against my Farnsworth family, but I took #1 with the Jackson's too! Not to mention I've had a solid lead almost from day one. I'm not the bragging type, but today I am victorious, so I love you all, but my bracket won, I won! Yay!

A Very Happy Easter

This has been the best weekend I've had in quite some time. I just loved everything about it, except I wish I would've taken some fun pictures, I always have my camera with me, but it just never quite snapped a shot. Well anyway, we went up Friday night to Ry's mission reunion and got to visit with his mission president & his wife, they just absolutely love Ryan and could talk to him forever. Then Saturday we woke up and had a nice work out, went and got yummy Einstein Bagels, and then listened to the first wonderful session of conference. We took advantage of the time in between sessions to go to the golfing range, it was so fun! I'm still determined to be the best golfer out there...I have a feeling it's going to take some time, especially if Ry can smack it all the way past the yellow marker and hit the fence at the end of the range and I just barely get it to the white...ha, but I still have fun. That night while the men were at priesthood, me, my mom and Jen went to eat at Costa Vida and then dyed eggs! I love dying eggs, this would have been a perfect picture moment, but the time had come and gone. Then afterwards Ry and I went to get some YoZone, yummy! I love serving myself and choosing from so many yummy things!

Then of course today was Easter! I invited my parents, Jen, David & Crissi over for breakfast for the Farnsworth Family tradition conference morning breakfast - pudding rolls, scrambled eggs, sausage and fruit - it was a delicious if I say so myself :) We watched the session all together trying not to be distracted by Addie or Sarge. Then Ry and I drove up to Salt Lake to Ry's Grandma Jean's house for a fabulous Easter lunch with his parents, siblings and a bunch of cousins, it was so fun to see everyone. Then we drove back down to have yet another wonderful Easter meal with my family. It was such a wonderful weekend to spend every minute with my wonderful hubby, to see all of our family, to hear the words and counsel of our prophet and church leaders, and to celebrate the life and resurrection of the Savior Jesus Christ. What a wonderful weekend :)

Princess and the Pea

We love our bed. We have a California King, basically the biggest bed possible. Now you're probably thinking, 'oh ya, well that makes sense because Ryan is such a big guy and I'm sure he needs all that room', well the truth is, not that I'm an enormous person, but I take up about 3/4 of the bed night after night. I love sprawling out as big as possible, being able to turn back and forth with room to spare. Poor Ryan gets his little sliver of the bed, sleeps straight on his back and calls it good. Also, our bed is better than ever because we spent the smartest $100 of our life and got the most amazing mattress pillow top ever. Needless to say we love our sleep. We are in bed some time between 10 - 10:30 and we sleep for a good 8-10 hours a night, it's fabulous.

High Expectations

So is it weird that I think about the 4th of July every single day? I don't know when this started, but a few months ago the thought of this joyous occasion always seemed to cross my mind. Maybe it's because it was the day after my parents came home last year so it was a big ole' party for several reasons. Maybe it's because I love the warm weather, the BBQ's, the family get-togethers, the parade, the freedom run, the fireworks, and just being a kid all over again. I just love it. I am a person that loves having something to look forward to, but we have Easter, my birthday, and much more between now and then, but the 4th of July is on the top of my mind. I guess I've set up pretty high expectations for this years festivities, but it will be so fun, I know it.

THE Happiest Place on Earth

We love Disneyland. It seriously is the happiest place on earth. Our new neighbors invited us to go to with them to Disneyland last month, and we figured had just gone in September, but why not? Ry flew in from DC on Wednesday night, we re-packed our bags and up and went the next morning. 11 hours later we rolled in to a yummy little Mexican Restaurant for dinner in Riverside California with Lindsay's parents, they are just too cute and so nice. We then headed out to our condo right down the street from Disneyland that Ryan D.'s parents kindly set us up with! The next morning, we woke up before the sun was up to be there as close to opening time as possible, we had a lot to get done! We spent all of Friday in Disneyland, went on all the big and small rides, enjoyed ice cream, churros, the works.

We actually did the "Give a Day. Get a Day" with Disney. So we made some laundry kits, and birthday kits, took them to the Food Bank and we got a free ticket to Disneyland for one day! It was wonderful! We got to serve, and go to the Happiest Place on Earth! They even gave us "Honorary Volunteer" pins :)

For lunch we definitely splurged. We went to the Blue Bayou -- the cute lantern lit restaurant near the beginning of the Pirates of the Caribbean Ride. It was fabulous food, it was almost worth what we paid, ha. But it was the atmosphere and of course the memories that really made it worth it!

We went home after a busy day and grabbed a great meal at Chili's (after it taking us 30 minutes to finally find). My honey-chipotle crispers hit the spot!

As tired as we were, we woke up the next morning ready for another day! This time we went to the California Adventure Park, and spent all day there. Once again, we went on the big rides, the small ones, and spent a lot of time in the nooks and crany's of the park that most people generally bypass, it was so so fun. My new favorite ride is definitely Toy Story's new ride, so fun and creative. It's like a real life 3D video game, so much fun.

That night we went to Lindsay's step-dad's Pizza Parlor. It was roarin' with some good ole' blue-grass tunes, and a packed house. The pizza was delicious! Yum-my! It was the best pizza we've had in a long time.

We had such a fun weekend with our good buddies. Besides the long drive...I wouldn't have changed a thing! Good memories. Good times. Thank you Durrants!

Quality Sister Time

I have been wanting to go visit my sister down in Arizona for quite some time. I have been craving a bit of warmer weather, and some serious girl time. A couple of months ago Ry found out her was going to Washington DC for work for 5 days, so I figured it was a perfect time to go visit my sis, and it was! I was only there for a few days, but it was so worth it and so much fun.

The first night I was there we went and saw Mary Poppins on Broadway, it was fabulous, we absolutely loved it. One of Mel's mission companions was actually in it, so we met up with her afterwards and she gave us a quick tour back stage, it was so cool and so interesting! So much fun.

Then on Sunday, it was all rainy so we couldn't do much outside, so we planned for some nice indoor activities. We made cookies, a yummy dinner and pampered ourselves. We scrubbed our feet, painted our nails and did mud masks -- we loved it!

On my last day down there we enjoyed the warm weather, went out shopping, out to lunch and to the driving range! We were the only girls there with a whole bunch of 50 year old men, but we were keeping up with them!

Thanks for letting me come visit Mel & Ryan! I love you tonz!