Weeks 28-33

Hello third trimester! Where the heck is the time going? 

Pregnancy is continuing without any bumps, which is good! I had another appointment this week at the maternity clinic (making this the 8th doctor I have seen throughout my pregnancy...crazy!), the head was down, and heart beat was strong! So with the head down, I get to feel the constant pressure of a small little melon sitting on my bladder. Oh Joy. The baby is moving around like CRAZY everyday...some days I swear she is practicing her ninja moves with all the kicking and flipping I feel. Each day I am feeling a little more tired and each night I find it a little harder to get comfortable. Other than those things and being hungry all the time...that's all I really have to report! 


Travis and I are looking for some much needed time off at Christmas to be around family and not worry about school and work! Most days we hardly see each other...busy busy busy! I also can't wait to meet my new niece Eliza! 

I FINALLY was able to find a stroller/carseat combo that fit all of my criteria, and I cannot wait for it to arrive...it sounds like a pretty slick system. (Aside from the fact I couldn't get it in all black..."tidal wave" accents  will have to do! Plus it was on sale when I came across it...so I had to buy it ASAP!) I won't lie...it took me a solid hour to set it up and read through all the instructions. But I love it already and can't wait to fill it with a cute little baby!

Also, it was my 21st birthday on the 16th of this month! Birthdays are always fun...but this year was a little different! I ended up working a 12 hour shift AND missed the Movie Mill Christmas party for the first time in my life. I was actually quite upset about this! But after work my wonderful husband had the biggest bunch of red roses for me and we went out for dessert. It was low key, but I am always happy for the time I get to spend with Travis. (And I know those days are going to be limited soon with the chaos of a new baby!)
This is what I got myself for my birthday:

While walking the half a block from my car into the hospital I slipped on the ice and fell. Ouch. While I was trying to stand back up, I fell again. So my 21st year in life started off really smoothly. I am sure someone got quite the laugh if they saw me. Luckily I only fell on my knee and then my butt. It could have been a lot worse. Freaking hurts so bad!

One more thing...in my last post I said that I missed a week of weekly picture updates and blamed it on pregnancy brain...well the truth is I didn't forget! I just underestimated how clueless I am some days! So Here are a few picture updates of my belly: 

The "forgotten" week. I only forgot because the picture was on my phone!!! 

 I can't wait for Christmas break! Hope you all have a nice time over the holidays!

I seriously need a hair appointment. 

Weeks 21-27

Obviously I am getting a little behind on the updates! 
These last few weeks have been a blur of working, keeping on top of housework, church, various craft projects, a wedding, getting ready for Christmas (What! Its already November?!) and preparing for baby!

Here are a few updates from life & pregnancy thus far:

-My official position in the OR ended at the end of October, but luckily I will still get a few guaranteed hours in there until I go on maternity leave. 

-I was called to teach the 8 year old kids in Primary. I am so excited to be in Primary! I hope my class of all boys will be kind to me! (Funny story about how I found out about my calling...a few weeks ago one of the members of the Primary Presidency called me and said "Welcome to Primary! Can you teach this Sunday?" I had no idea what she was talking about, so I didn't question anything and agreed to teach. Then when a member of the bishopric told me they wanted to extend a calling to me I said "I know, I'll be teaching Primary" the look on their face was priceless!)

-The baby is always moving...and getting stronger. Literally I felt a kick so hard the other night that it woke me up at 4am.

-The baby goes especially crazy when we actually find the time to go to a movie. (At the movie theater is when I first felt the baby kick! I'm taking this as a promising sign that she will be a movie lover like the rest of the Binning family!)

-Travis loves to feel the baby kick and move! Although it is kind of freaky when we can both see my stomach twitching out from the kicking and punching...

-Getting dressed is a chore. I am trying to be that cute pregnant lady...but it is so hard when a lot of clothes just don't seem to fit how I would like them to!

-I get really sad when I drop things, or if my shoe is untied...because that means I have to bend over, which is a chore these days. 

-The baby room is about 80%ish done! I keep finding myself wandering in there and wanting this baby to be here! (only 3 more months! Yikes!) 

-Travis & I went up to Edmonton so he could write his ACP test for his EMT. The test went well, but it was the longest weekend of my life. I am so grateful for family that let us stay with them! I am also grateful that my husband can change a tire on the side of a busy highway. I am also grateful my husband and I didn't manage to murder one another between our ridiculous car troubles and our 30 hour trip from Edmonton to Medicine Hat. Yikes. Not a fun weekend.

-Still feeling really good. I do get the occasional heartburn...but that's it! Pregnancy is being really kind to me and I am so grateful for that because I know a lot of people have not so fun pregnancies.

Here are some pictures of my ever-growing bump. It seems I forgot week 24....blame it on baby brain. oops.

For some reason I look very uncomfortable here!

This picture is dedicated to Brooke. #23. (J's on my feet) 

Love maxi dresses!

Halloween 2013: Milkman & Housewife. 

Here are a few sneak peeks of inside the baby room. I promise I will show more when it is all done. For now, this will have to suffice:

That's it for now. Maybe I'll remember to give updates more than once every 6 weeks...but no promises.

Week 19 & 20

Where is the time going? How is it that I am already half way done this pregnancy?? Crazy!

Here is the latest update:

-Things are still going good, just getting bigger by the day and constantly being kicked from the inside day & night! (Does this girl ever take a rest??)

Oh ya...

It's A Girl!!

-Having the ultrasound was such a special experience, and I am so grateful my husband was able to be there with me. For the first time we got to see our little baby...doing flips. Literally she never stopped spinning and doing flips the entire exam. Everything was normal and healthy according to the ultrasound, and we even managed to get some pretty good shots of our little girl! (despite her creepy alien face...which I am assuming will get a heck of a lot cuter as she continues to cook!) 

-I was pretty convinced I was going to have a boy! I had read all the "wives tales" to try and guess the gender...and every single one I read pointed to boy! (I know there is no accuracy to those tests, but after every single one came back as a boy...I started to wonder!!)

-Travis and I already have so much love for our little girl! (Yes...we do have a name picked out, but you will have to wait to find that out! Just in case someone steals it...then it's back to square one!!) 

-Every single night, Travis has been trying to hear the baby's heartbeat with his stethoscope...but wasn't having any luck...but in the same night he heard the heartbeat AND felt her kick for the first time! It was so special! Even though he is still trying to convince me it could be boy...but I know his heart will melt when our little sweetheart arrives.

19 Weeks

-One of my darling (former...I have already been released after only 3 short months!) Young Women happily agreed to take a few gender reveal pictures for me! They turned out pretty good considering the wind, gross hair from work and the extreme difficulty of blowing bubble gum and looking semi-normal at the same time as my husband. (Thank heavens Samantha is really good with photoshop!!) 

Clearly we had a hard time taking a good picture together...

20 weeks! I am having such a hard time not buying all of the cute baby
things at Target!! 

I finally had to go through all of my clothes and put most of it in storage...I was getting too frustrated with trying to wear things that no longer fit! (out of sight, out of mind...right??)

Weeks 16, 17 & 18

Time for an update on this ever-growing belly of mine.

Ok, I'm going to be honest...I don't really have a whole lot to update you on...but here are a few little things that have been happening in week 16, 17 & 18:

-Still feeling pretty good. Some days I still feel extremely tired and would rather sleep all day rather than go to work.

-Leg cramps!! Waking me up in the middle of the night. I thought this was random, but I guess it is a fairly common symptom. (So my What to Expect App tells me...)

-Speaking of night time...I have been having such a hard time sleeping (besides the insane heat!!) I can constantly feel my abdominal muscles stretching and pulling. So on top of feeling bloated all the time, I can literally feel myself ballooning. Great.

-Movement!! I started feeling teeny tiny movements and kicks last week! This is so exciting because it just reassures me that there actually is something growing in there.

-My 1st Ultrasound is next week and I am SO excited! (And not just because I had a very horrifying/vivid dream I had twins...haha) I can't wait to be able see my baby! 

Sorry for the crappier than usual quality...this was taken on my phone.

Still wearing my regular jeans...with the help of a belly band
(Which I would highly recommend)

Almost halfway!! Crazy!!

*Today I was able to peek in on a C-Section at work and got to see a little baby enter this world! Melted my heart!  I can't wait till it is my turn to hear & hold my baby for the first time. What a miracle.

Week 14 & 15

I really wish I had something exciting to report.
This whole pregnancy thing is treating me far better than I ever expected, and aside from constant hunger and exhaustion...things are great! 

I saw the Doctor again this week (miraculously I saw the same Doctor as last time at the maternity clinic..which is rare!) He was still shocked that I wasn't even feeling pregnant. He also told me every pregnant lady probably hates me. What can I do? Haha! I was measuring exactly 15 weeks at the time of my appt. and this little thing growing inside me has a strong heartbeat...which is always a nice reminder to me that I actually am pregnant! 

I am in the waiting stage now...waiting to find out what I am having so I can start shopping! (And begin the extremely daunting task of choosing a name!) 
I actually managed to score (with the help of my husband) a brand new teal Bumbo chair at a garage sale for $10...keep the deals coming!

The next step is to pick out a crib! I can't wait! (neither can my mom!!)

I was actually horrified to go to the doctor this past week, fearing that with my constant eating, that I have probably gained at least 10 pounds. To my relief...only 2! Which is right on par so hopefully things continue going well! (The Doctor kept telling me how boring I was...but assured me boring is a good thing!!)

I was in bed moments before this picture...but I needed to take a picture for
the week (seeing as the week was basically over)
Procrastination! Oh ya...I borrowed your shirt Brooke, thanks!

**Still craving orange juice like a crazy woman. I think my husband has learned that the key to my heart these days is a cold orange juice. Yum! (Ok...now I seriously need orange juice)

Baby Johnson

               In case you are totally out of the loop and haven't heard....

                                        I'm Pregnant! 

I couldn't resist, I love Juno.

Baby Johnson will be arriving sometime in the first week of February and Travis and I couldn't be more excited!

Since you are probably wondering, but too afraid to ask (even though people I hardly know seem to ask!) this little baby growing inside of me was planned. A little over a year ago Travis and I thought we were for sure ready to be parents...until we visited 2 sets of friends with their newborns in the hospital two weekends in a row. I remember walking out of the hospital and we both looked at each other and said

 "no way! Not ready for that!!"

I am glad we decided to wait that extra year.
People are always telling us to enjoy the time we have alone, because we will never get that back. I am glad we were able to sit down and make goals for the time before we would start trying to have kids. A lot of talking, prayers and temple trips were dedicated to this decision and we both knew when the time was right.

I must be extremely fertile, because I literally got pregnant within the week I went of the pill. (sorry if that is TMI, but you are reading my personal blog...so get over it!)

I knew right away I was pregnant...I could just feel it in my bones. I took tests right away and they were of course negative (because it was WAY too early to tell) when I started getting positive tests...the timing was perfect, because mine and Travis's two year anniversary was literally just a few days away.
Only one problem...I am the WORST at keeping secrets. (and I hate them!)
I managed to not spill the beans and while we were out for dinner on our anniversary, I handed Travis a word search I had made, that spelled out a secret message when he was done. the message read:
"Surprise dessert at home"
He didn't really think too much of that but simply asked if it could wait until after the movie, just in case we were short on time. I promised it would only take a few minutes and that it would be worth it. When we got home, I ordered him to sit at the kitchen table and close his eyes. I was able to sneak away the night before and go to Dairy Queen without Travis knowing and I got an ice cream cake that read "congrats dad".
(I also had wrapped up two pregnancy tests in their boxes and tied a big red bow around them just in case he actually wanted to see the stick I peed on...which is disgusting. It seriously grosses me out when people pose with a plastic stick they just peed on...and my dear husband feels the same!!)
When I told Travis to open his eyes, he SLAMMED his hands down on the table and screamed "I KNEW IT!!" and quickly ran to me! It was perfect...then we threw out the nasty pee-sticks
 box and went to the movie. (too full from dinner to even think about ice cream cake!!)

The next step was to go to the Doctor...but my doctor wasn't taking appointments until the end of the month, so the receptionist told me to just come to a walk in clinic. A few days later, some Dr. I had never met confirmed what I already knew. Then I went and got blood work done and waited for the Doctor's office to call me back with a follow up appt. A week went by, and I had hear nothing, so  I decided to call the office...it shouldn't be taking this long to book an appointment (and originally the Dr. had said they would also be booking an ultrasound) When I called the office however, they informed me that my regular Doctor doesn't see pregnant women after their first appointment confirming the pregnancy and that I would need to be dealing with the maternity clinic at the hospital from now on. (At this point I was so annoyed...why didn't they tell me that at the office a week ago?!) When I called the maternity clinic they said they don't see anyone until 12 weeks, but at 12 weeks I was going to be in Utah dropping my brother off at the MTC...so I FINALLY booked an appointment for when I was 11 weeks.
Just to stress...I HATE secrets and I am so bad at keeping them.
I managed to not tell anyone until 10 weeks when Travis and I told both of our familes. I literally do not know how I managed that!

Oh wait! It was way easier than I thought because I didn't actually feel pregnant. Other than being tired, hungry and occasionally emotional, I felt great. (ok...so those symptoms aren't really anything out of the norm from every day life!) And I still feel great...hopefully this luck continues!

Finally my appointment came. Literally I had to sneak into the hospital. I work in two different departments in the hospital and know people all over the building...if one person saw me, everyone would know in a matter of minutes!! The worst part is...the maternity clinic is right across the hall from the O.R. Luckily no one saw me and I got to the clinic. After a nurse gave me 700 pamphlets and talked my ear off, a really young (and hairy) resident came in and continued with the appointment. He continued to tell me all the things the nurse told me and then told me he would try and find a heartbeat. He also told me that it was probably too early to even detect anything with his little handheld doppler. Within seconds he found that tiny little baby swimming around in me...and it continued to swim away four times until the Doctor was able  to count the heartbeat for a minute. 160 beats per minute. What a little miracle. That was the first moment I actually felt pregnant...the Doctor was so surprised when I said that and told me how lucky I was that I have been feeling so good.
Since I am like 99% percent sure of my dates, my first ultrasound is scheduled for 19 weeks...I can't wait to actually see what is growing inside of me! (And yes, I WILL be finding out the gender of the baby. Everyone keeps asking me this and my first response is to just laugh. I HATE surprises. This is not something I would simply not want to know!)

So there you have it...my adventure in pregnancy land thus far.
Slowly we are stock-piling diapers & wipes and picking up the occasional baby item. My hope is to have everything prepared as far in advance as I can.

Now for some pictures...because you had to endure this horribly long blog post. (Still trying to work with our crappy camera to get the best pictures...I promise they will get better!)

**Side note: I have had this frame for probably almost a year waiting until I could turn it into a chalk board to document my pregnancy! I'm obsessed with it.

This is the photo I was able to distribute to friends
 and family to make the big announcement! 

$10 Maternity top from Ross. Still wearing my regular jeans. (Even
though I bought some maternity jeans for $11 that
 are the absolute comfiest!)

Here is a better look at the chalkboard for this week.
There is a fetus the size of a peach inside of me!
So weird. 

 Another few things:

-my family is just a wee bit excited. (First grandbaby for my parents!)
-It makes me sad that my best friend (who is currently serving a mission) will not get to meet my baby until it is almost 9 months old.
-It also makes me sad that my brother is now officially a missionary, and will not get to meet his future niece/nephew until they are well over a year old. (Not that he cares...he is the most relaxed/chill kid on the earth) But it also makes me so happy and proud to know he is out serving the Lord! (Enough on my awesome brother..he has only been gone a short time and it still makes me cry!) I am so blessed I was able to be with my family when we dropped him off at the MTC and I know he will be a fabulous missionary!! Love him & my family SO much!
-my sister has already bought the fetus the cutest little turtle outfit...(she always knows where to get all the good stuff!) I can't wait for her to be an auntie for the first time!!
-My parents are already obsessed with the baby, and they will be wonderful grandparents!
-This will be grandchild #8 on the Johnson side!!
-LASTLY my brother in law FINALLY proposed to his awesome soon-to-be wife! I am so excited for them!!

Wouldn't that be funny??

It has been a long time since I have blogged, and I have a million things I could update you all with...but I just want to share two experiences I had this past weekend.

Travis and I were in Lethbridge for the weekend (my family was away in Utah getting things for Clarke's mission...which is coming up way too fast!!) so we were able to spend lots of time with some friends and Travis's side of the family. Saturday night we were invited to a wedding out in Raymond...so off we went. When we were pulling into the church in Raymond, I turned to Travis and said:

"Wouldn't it be funny if you went to the wrong wedding? I mean...so many LDS couples get married every weekend during the summer, I wonder if that ever happens??"

He probably said something to the effect of how ridiculous that was....and we continued inside.

Then I jokingly said:

"You go into the reception first, make sure it's the right place HAHA"

Again, he just laughed it off and walked into the gym...and turned right around and said:

"This is the wrong wedding....hurry and get out of here!"

What are the chances?? I really hope no one saw us...I was laughing so hard and trying to quickly get back to the car in my heels. Eventually we made it to the right reception just right around the corner!

Then when we were travelling back to Medicine Hat on Sunday morning, we were a little worried, because I had seen a lot warnings about the flood going that direction...and after seeing the devastation in High River and Calgary, I was worried how hard Medicine Hat would get hit because most of the rivers in southern AB all merge into the South Saskatchewan.

I knew from Facebook posts from friends that the Medicine Hat Stake gathered on Saturday to put together 20000 sandbags in preparation for the impending flood waters. (Obviously I was so sad to be missing out on all of that hard labour! Hah!)
Also, I had been joking all weekend how I hoped church was cancelled because I had agreed at the last minute to play the organ in sacrament and all the songs that were already chosen were harder songs that I was not comfortable playing AND I had to teach YW's. (which I was looking forward to!)
Travis and I showed up to church a half hour early so I could get some organ practising in, and he started to prepare the sacrament. A few minutes later this lady walked through the chapel and said:

"Isn't church for the rest of the day cancelled? We are supposed to go help with flood preparations!"

Obviously we didn't get the phone call.
So we rushed home, changed our clothes and went and joined a few hundred volunteers filling sand bags on a Sunday afternoon. I was amazed that so many people, who respectfully choose to keep Sunday a holy day were so willing to go and do hard labour on a Sunday under the direction of the stake president.
I spent a solid 5 hours tying, shovelling and hauling sand bags to fill pallets upon pallets of sand bags. I was just thrilled to be getting a tan! (Which i unfortunately found out was just dirt when I showered later that day.)Travis was called out from the crowd (I think they just looked for the people with the biggest biceps...I was pretty offended...just kidding, I am weak!) to go help place the sandbags alongside the 300+ members of the Army who were deployed to Medicine Hat to help with flood preparations.
I am so grateful I was able to contribute in some way with flood preparation. (Even though I was so stiff the next day I could hardly walk and my hands are still blistered!) I think because of all the preparation and volunteers, Medicine Hat didn't get hit as hard as it probably could have.
I am also grateful I live on the top of a coulee...

Oh my! Its may!

Ryan Gosling understands my career.

Where the heck have the last few months gone? Seriously...wasn't it JUST Christmas?? Obviously we have been very busy, but here are a few updates! (mostly in picture form, because I am in no mood to type)

I have been working a lot (as per usual) and I have just started a temporary full time position in the operating room! (Yikes! How did that happen!)What that means for me is: 
 -Four, ten hour shifts a week -ordering probably 90% of supplies for the operating room (minus drugs and other random things)
 -making sure each surgery has the correct instruments and supplies -running a little sterilizer
 -Preparing all the paperwork for the Central Sterilizing department for regularly booked surgeries and emergency added on cases.
 -running around for nurses when they can't find a specific instrument
 -faking it when people ask me surgical advice (um...hello! I am NOT the Doctor!) 
 -walking in on Doctors who are sleeping or praying (Awkward!)
 I literally do a million things that I could not even begin to list them all...all I know is those 10 hours FLY by and I am always worn out by the time 5pm rolls by!  

All gone :(

My parents opened a frozen yogurt shop, Froyo Mill. It is delicious and it is a good thing I don't live close enough to go every day, because I would, and then I would be a million pounds. Speaking of weight...I've lost almost 15 pounds! That's exciting, but I hate talking about my weight, so enough of that nonsense.

   

 We have 2 new super cute niblings! Little Josh and Myla. Super adorable. I love being an aunt!


 
















-I have recently discovered that my mom was super cute when she was little. I cannot get over it. SO CUTE!! Look at them pigtails!!
- My grandparents celebrated their 50th anniversary where my sister and I shared a deliciously messy chocolate covered pineapple on a stick. Yum.

mmmm! 

-Travis passed all his class this semester with flying colors! Yay! Right now he is in Oyen doing a practicum, leaving me home alone to do some much needed blogging. (and work, and cleaning, and watching the O.C.)

Here are a few of my latest projects:

   

**Literally this picture frame has been hanging on the wall empty since we moved into this place...every time my home/visiting teachers come over I am always so embarrassed that I have an empty frame hanging...whoops! At least it is filled with something now!! 

Thank heavens for crafty friends! 

Does this mean I am a crazy bird lady?

A present for a temple sealing. 

I made this in 15 minutes in a craft club competition. Obsessed with bunting.

A wedding present. 

My front entryway. Obsessing over this birdcage! 

Another wedding present :)

As you probably noticed, once I do something, I like to recreate it...because secretly I am not that creative, so when I find something that works, I stick with it. There are also a few decoration things among those pictures...trying to make our place a little more homey!

 A few weeks ago I had to say goodbye to my very best friend who has left on a mission to Manchester, England. I am so proud of her and it was so hard to say goodbye, but I know she is will do great and have many wonderful experiences that will change her life!! 

 ALSO my brother got his mission call...CRAZY! He was called to the Winnipeg mission! I am so excited he is staying in Canada because that means he gets to go right out and serve the people of his own country!! How cool will it be for him to go back and visit his mission with it only being a few hours a way? Mission calls are truly inspired from the lord, and even though Clarke could have been sent anywhere in the world, Canada needed Clarke, because he is such an amazing guy! (Seriously, all the old ladies in his ward want to adopt him!!) 

 Speaking of church, the wards in Medicine Hat just got rearranged and a new ward was formed. For weeks I feared that all the people we had met and became friends with would be in a different ward then us...and it came true! Looking over our new ward list, we only recognize a few names, but this will give us an opportunity to meet a lot more people...which is exciting/scary! I am crossing my fingers that I will get a new calling! (even though somehow I got roped into playing the organ anyway until things are all sorted out with callings...) Travis got a new calling right away...but you will have to wait to hear about what it is :) Luckily we will still be taking turns with another couple DJ'ing the youth dances...which I absolutely love! The youth are so fun and easy going. (Plus they thing we are pretty cool DJ's!) I just really hope I wasn't that crazy/weird when I went to youth dances...but I know I was!! 

 I think that's about it for the update...sorry for the random nature of this post!

Sorry for the crappy quality of my pictures, they mostly came from Instagram! 

Yes, we are alive.

I haven't blogged for well over a month because apparently I had "used up all my space" on blogger.
My options were to delete old posts, make a new blog or pay a monthly fee of like $2. I didn't want to do any of these options, and luckily I have a very smart sister-in-law whole came up with a solution for me!
So I am back to blogging...until I realize I have no time.

Christmas for us was wonderful, but honestly how can time with family and friends(and no work) not be wonderful? We were able to spend 2 weeks away from our life in Medicine Hat and relax! As usual we ate way too much and got way too many things!

I have been working non stop (as per usual) and its nice that I can flip my time between the operating room and the main central processing department. It is a nice feeling to work hard and get paid well, but a little disheartening when most of my pay goes towards Travis's tuition and books. (I keep reminding him that he will forever owe me...because lets be real, I could buy A LOT of clothes with all that money! Hah! Just kidding, my mom keeps reminding me that its an "investment" for my future. Which is so true, and he is working hard!) hopefully in the next little bit Travis will get a part time job to fill up his spare time this semester.

Our new place has been awesome! We love it so much and was SO worth the move. The extra space and the privacy is something we are very thankful for...I do not miss that old apartment building one bit!!


Here is a funny story about church callings...
As you may know, I have been my ward organist since the second we moved to Medicine Hat...and I wouldn't say I hate it, but it certainly was never on my calling "wish list" I would much rather be in nursery, primary or young woman's. luckily I get called to substitute in primary and nursery quite often! Anyways...the other week at church the bishop asked me before church if I would meet him in his office after sacrament to speak with him. I was so excited! The day had finally arrived for me to get a new calling! I knew they were changing the YW's and that they needed to call someone to teach the 3-4 year olds. I would be excited for either! But sadly...I was just asked to speak in church for the next week. I was so bummed out! Then travis (who had been the 1st councillor in the elders quorum presidency for just a few months) had a meeting that next week with the bishop and I thought nothing of it until he came home saying he got a new calling. WHAT?! When I asked him what it was he quickly responded "nursery" then I was really mad!! But he was only joking and he is now the 1st councillor in the young mens!
I was pretty disappointed that travis had a really fun calling until today!!
Travis and I were asked by the stake to DJ the youth dances! How fun is that??
(Travis isn't very excited because he is more of a "classic rock" kind of guy...but I am all about the top 40 music and all the fun dance music!) I cannot wait to start putting playlists together and our first "gig" is Friday night!

So between work, the gym, "Bachelor" night, craft club and everyday things...I have been busy!
I'll try and be better at updating this blog when exciting things happen, because I have a feeling 2013 will be a great year :)

P.s. My BEST friend got her mission call and I am SO proud of her and I was lucky enough to be there with her when she opened it...what a neat experience! I can't wait till it is my little brothers turn!! (Ok, he is not very little!)

AND we had a brand new nephew born this past week and I can't wait to meet little Joshua! (We would have went up this past weekend but I was SO sick and I didn't want to be around a fresh baby with a bad cold!) AND we will have another niece born in about 7 weeks which is also very exciting! (No babies here though!!)

One more thing...this is my latest crafty endeavour: