When I grow up I am moving to Santa Clara

I went and visited Santa Clara this weekend to hang out with the Mitchell girls while Dallin was hunting with the boys. We went to Swiss Days on Saturday... Lauren, Kaden and I got (almost) last place in the 5k race. I loved Swiss Days and I love Santa Clara.

 

 

 

Lauren in the Swiss Days Parade

Meannnnnwhile, in Cedar Hills, Dallin, his dad, and his brothers were busy killing every Bambi they saw. Don't mind this frightening picture of Nate and his baby deer that only has one antler because he shot one of them off. The Mitchell boys are basically good at everything they do... except hunting. We were really shocked to hear that they got 3 deer, even if they were really small. I think Dallin was happy to have a weekend of shooting guns and eating steak with the boys.

Watch out, Santa Clara. We are coming when we finish school and residency and military stuff in only 13 more years.

A bittersweet week

Last week was a little bittersweet at our house.

The bitter

There was a flood in Dallin's hometown of Santa Clara that caused devastating damage to over 25 homes and businesses. It basically demolished the gas station owned by our close friends the Freis, as well as the entire main floor of Tyson's (Dallin's best friend) parents home. Dallin had midterms last week, but he left for Santa Clara the second his last test was over to help with the cleanup. We were so impressed by the positive attitudes of those affected and wish we could have done more to help.

The Sweet

I went to Sandy for a few days to attend my best friend's wedding. Everything about the dinner, ceremony, and reception turned out perfect. I am so thrilled for her.

While I was there I had a baby shower for our family friends and relatives. My baby got so spoiled and I am feeling like we are more ready to have him get here. Physically ready, that is... I have been ready for him to be here for quite some time now.

Awesome cradle my grandpa made for me

The University of Utah beating BYU was a pretty sweet part of our week also. It made for a much better mood from Dallin for the whole weekend.

We ended the week having dinner with the Taylors, our favorite Vegas friends. Kavin was even able to stop by. We miss him and his family since they moved to California.

We are now just (IMPATIENTLY) waiting to find out when we are able to close on our house so that we can move in. 6 more weeks until baby Calvin comes !!!!!

Home Stretch

I am currently 32 weeks pregnant, and to say that I am anxious would be an understatement. Not that I hate being pregnant... I don't. I am just really ready for him to be here. I am so, so ready.

The last 12 or so weeks of pregnancy have included...

-A return of my appetite!

-SO much kicking, moving around, hiccuping

(which never gets old)

-Dallin singing to my stomach

-A lovely baby shower

-Only throwing up 2-3 times per week

-Utah, San Antonio, and Disneyland

-Hormone craziness

(poor Dal)

-Sherbet

-20/20 reruns

-Buying our first home

-Random people at the grocery store touching my stomach

-Still thinking we are going to name him Calvin

-Failing to complete my blood glucose test after THREE tries

(I threw up the orange drink every time)

-Weddings

-Our Doctor informing me that our baby is perfect at every appointment

(already a proud mom)

North&South

The beginning of last week I ventured to Salt Lake to attend one of my best friend's weddings. I got to spend a few days there with family and it was lovely (wish Dal could have been there).

 

 The first day I was there I threw a bridal shower for my best friend.

She is getting married in 3 weeeeeks!!

Over the weekend I went with my family to snowbird.  I really like living in Henderson, seriously I do... but it is ugly. I realize that more and more each time I visit Utah.

One of the days my whole family went to Logan to take my little sister to college. It made me feel old. I love Logan! Wish she wasn't moving the opposite direction as me. Boo.

 Natalie's wedding dinner was at the old meeting house and was so fun. Nat is one of my very favorite friends and I am so glad that she found Brent! She looked incredible the next day and her sealing was beautiful. So happy for her.

 I had to drive home super late on Wednesday to be to work Thursday morning. After work on Friday we drove to LA to spend the day in Disneyland on Saturday! Baby's second time there. We plan on him being here the next time we go. Being pregnant makes Disneyland a little less exciting, but it was still fun. I ate a couple of churros and go to see Cars Land (which is super awesome, by the way). We were home in time for church on Sunday... twas a quick trip.

                                   

Cutest nephew

Dallin and I had the privilege of seeing the happy newly married couple this morning on the way to their honeymoon. They flew out of Vegas, so we had breakfast and drove them to the airport. They are cuties.

We are looking forward to the long weekend at home, getting stuff organized for the big move!

And We're Back

In Vegas, that is. 

And let me tell you... it is bloody hot here. 

 We were pulling into our apartment complex after being gone for 2 months... Dallin was just going to drop me off there because he had to run an errand. We saw all of the lights on in our apartment and I could not believe that I would have left them on for that long! Dal decided to walk me inside, just in case. We found our door broken in and our apartment in disarray. It kind of felt like a movie. We honestly do not know when we were robbed, because we had been gone for so long. They took our Play Station, some jewelry, $5 in pennies (haha, seriously?), and almost 2 thousand dollars worth of Dallin's medical equipment (boo). It freaked us out. They did leave our TV though, so that was pretty nice of them. 

Here is the good news--- we put an offer on a house and it was accepted! We still can't really believe it. We have been looking for a quite a while, and this one seemed to fall right into place. If all goes to plan we should be ready to move in about 30 days. It is pretty adorable and only 4 miles from the school.

I am back at work and Dallin is back at school. Life is good. The second year of med school is already proving to be particularly grueling. It should make for a pretty crazy semester with buying a house, moving, running and marathon (for Dal), and having a baby. Wish us luck.

Baseball game

Utah + Dallin

Dallin and I spent 10 days in Utah after he got home from Texas, before we had to go back to Vegas. Dallin felt like he had to squeeze his entire summer into 10 days, since he just spent his only summer off at boot camp. I would say we were pretty successful!

 In Salt Lake we hiked, lit off fireworks, had a poker tournament, went to an outdoor movie at snowbird, Dallin went golfing three times and went to his first baby shower. My friends threw us a baby shower and baby Calvin got spoiled. We are so grateful.

In St. George we saw Aladin at Tuachan, went boating, played lots of hearts,rode a bike off of a ramp into a lake (Dallin did that), and watched the olympics. 

Tomorrow marks beginning of the third trimester of my pregnancy! I have been feeling a little bit better. He moves around all the time and we are pretty obsessed with it. 

San Antonio

Over the 24th of July I went to San Antonio to see Dallin graduate from training as a 2nd lieutenant in the army. It was for sure one of the coolest cities I have ever seen. I would love to live there (if it wasn't so bloody hot). 

I was lucky to be able to stay with Dal since he had his own room during the training. We spent the weekend  exploring downtown San Antonio, particularly the river walk and the alamo. The river walk is seriously so awesome. We took a boat ride and ate delicious Mexican food along the river. Dallin's parents met up with us halfway through and spent the remaining couple of days with us. 

Monday morning was Dallin's graduation. They had a general come and speak... he did a great job. Dallin is now an officer! We have had a great experience with the army so far. Dallin felt like they teach good values and he feels honored to be a part of it.

I am pretty happy to have a husband again.