32 Weeks

We went on a little photo shoot Sunday night down at the river walk trail. It's a fun trail down by the Logan River Golf Course. It was a double bonus because we got some fun pictures of Ashley, and we got a nice walk in too.

We had a Dr. appointment on Monday afternoon and all is well with baby Elli. We will get to see her again in ultrasound form at our next appointment in 2 weeks, so we're pretty excited. A big thanks to everyone who has helped out so far. We have received some awesome gifts and we really appreciate everyone's love and support.

A Few Pics

I have always wanted to know how people make their pictures look cool and retro, and so I went to my friend Google. I searched for a tutorial and found a pretty simple one. Below are a few pics using that technique, not that it's anything fancy or great, but it's another post, so I figured that no one would mind.

We were getting ready to head to the gym on a Saturday morning when we found out Ashley was pregnant. We still managed to make it there, despite our surprise.

This was a rare sunny afternoon in the winter. It's since been edited out, but the sky was a gorgeous blue and the tree house really stood out against it.

It seems lately that every time I look at Jolie, she is giving me the stinkeye. We were lucky enough to capture it today. Despite that look, she is pretty darn cute.

The birthday boy. He was about to take a swing at his Spider pinata. He was very excited, even if he was only armed with a fly swatter.

Surprisingly this face only came out at the end of the party and was not a reaction to anything at all. This was a self portrait and I think she really caught all her best features. Great job Bec!

Updates

We've had a busy year so far. Here are a few pics detailing some of the stuff we have been doing.

20 Weeks.

Still smiling at 25 weeks.

Mommy's view.

25 Weeks

I competed in a CrossFit competition...It hurt.

Ashley took this picture of me at the Dirty Dash. It was a 5K mud run obstacle course and it was a blast.

My First 5K at the Smithfield Health Days. I ran it with Mindy and my sister Kristie.

Developing Talents?

We got a new camera for Christmas, but since we bought it together, and bought it early, we've been using it a little. Mostly we have been shooting random objects in the house. With the shortened days during this lovely season, there isn't much daylight to hone our new talent. In addition, I am learning to use Photoshop. I found a tutorial that showed me about 3 things to do, so I've been practicing those few skills. I have posted a few of the first edits and hopefully we will see some improvements in the future.

Nearly a year...

It's been nearly a year since our last post, and there are quite a few things that have happened since. Rather than a lengthy entry detailing the mundane happenings in our lives, we created this collage on Picasa. Hopefully you enjoy catching up with us through these pictures. We'll try and do better in the future...but probably not going to happen.

You're....

This is the result of Jon playing softball. He was sliding into second base. Notice how the quarter is strategically placed to help you gauge the actual size of the wound? Helpful, isn't it?

We Are Alive...Part II

We went to the Smithfield Health Days celebration to support the family. Brynn was in the parade and waved like a true Princess. Mindy and Becca also had a booth where they were selling handmade hairbows. We helped out Shawn by playing with the girls. The worst part was having to play with Claire.


We went to St. George over Memorial Day weekend. Our friends, Dave and Carly, drove down with us. Zed and Alise live down there, and were kind enough to play with us.

We asked her to smile, and this was the result.


We went to Zions, an adult park (where they have wicked awesome playground equipment designed for adults), and to the lake. All in all a pretty good weekend.


Jon grew a lovely rat-tail (Yes - that is a bead). Enough said.