Lesson Learned

So at my first doctor appointment my doc recommended that i shouldn't lift more than 25 lb while being pregnant......at the time i could have never understood how hard that would be for me to obey. I guess the difficulty in following that direction from the wise man was that i am a do it yourself kinda gal....i don't like to appear lazy to others, or if something needs gettin done and no one will do it.... I will do it.
Well you might be asking why the random post Marci.....well like mentioned in the title I had a lesson to learn. With moving it was incredibly difficult for me to listen to the recommendation and to be honest i over did it then...and i paid for it....i was so sore afterwards, and i remember thinking i learned my lesson....and i think i might have even told my sweet man that i had as well. Sweet Brandon is so good to worry about me and really helps keep me in check with what the doc said.
Well i guess i didn't learn my lesson good enough last month while moving, cause today i took it upon myself to clear the snow off the sidewalk at work in the playground. Now that might seem like a small task to some....but this is not the case (which should have been my first clue to steer clear). This sidewalk has not been cleared since we got back after Christmas and has really needed it, And it runs along the whole fence(making a great bike trail for the kiddos). It has gone begging and i hated to send kids out there on the ice and snow. So today i decided it was a good day to clear it off...cause no one else around seemed to care and it was warm today. Well 2 hours later, i was regretting that decision.
No worries i am good and the swimmer is still a wiggling (P.S. I love that I can feel the little bugger now!!) but man oh man i have learned my lesson now. I am dieing from soreness, and honestly am becoming more aware of the fact that its not about me anymore. I have a little swimming critter in me that i already have to take care of. This has been a really hard lesson for me to learn, but after worrying today once i was done and wanting to die and started worrying after one girl said she went into labor after shoveling snow(although she was 9 months) i decided that this lesson is learned and will be followed without any complaints from me. Brandon is glad that i have learned this lesson, He worries so much about me and the monkey and I hate making him worry. This has been a good experience for me, an eye opener as to the blessing I have to be pregnant and that i need to take care of my little one the best that i can in me as much as i plan on once he/she is here! Funny what teaches us what we need to know the most.
So there is my longer than i expected story. Next lesson i need to learn is to be a whole lot less stubborn....that one might take a while!! :( Thanks for listening to me blab.

Coming Soon

I am promising an update soon. I just need to find my camera. So just have a little patience with me and wala it will be here before you know it.

Home Owners!!!

Its official we own our first home!! We closed on it On the 11th of this month. Its such an exciting time for us and we just cannot wait to get all moved in. We plan on starting the move this Tuesday and will finish sometime between then and when we go back to work on the 5th of January.

i promised pictures so here they are............

My House

Brandons house

ha ha just kidding!!! These are our ginger bread houses though..... we had a blast making these. Brandon bless his amazing soul made the houses from scratch....no ladies this was not a box we bought....he made the cookie dough and cut out the shapes(with cookie cutters, but still) I am so impressed with him.
Although i think if my dad were alive and he saw how horribly crooked my house is he might be disappointed in me......i don't think i got his construction gene! :) The night we put these together was full of laughs! We had a heck of a time getting them together, but the end result doesnt look too bad!! :)
P.S. I forgot to take pictures of the house, so those are still coming at a later date.

Well while i am posting i am going to say Merry Chirstmas. I dont think i will have time to post again until we move into the house, so i hope you all have a great season. This is such a special time. A time to remember our Savior and the reason why he was born and all that He did with his life. How blessed we are to have someone who loved us as much as he did to come and give of His life for us, and even more how blessed we are that He still lives and loves us today.
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!

Here are some pictures of our tree and all my nativities(my favorite part of decorating!! )

Warning!! Longest Post i have ever Written!!!

Well i thought seems how I am sick (with a flu bug) and don't feeling like doing anything, i would update our blog. Its funny that i don't do it more often, because really we do lots of "blog worthy" stuff, i even take pictures of it, and then i never post it. But i like to think that its the thought that counts....right!!
We will start with most recent activities and go to less recent activities.....
Yesterday:
We went and cut down our Christmas tree. This is my new favorite tradition since i have gotten married...and this was only the second time!! I think there is something special about trudging around to find the right tree for you. Besides fun comes out of it.....like yesterday.....we finally found our Christmas Tree and Brandon's parents found theirs, just to realize that we were clear up the mountain, and really had NO easy way of getting them down. So having very inventive brother-in-laws and hubby....one tree went down being held by Travis (brother-in-law to me) backwards on 4-wheeler. Sorry no picture of that one. Our tree, which was considerably larger started off by the top being held by one sitting on the front of the 4-wheeler, and the bottom being held by another on the back of my four wheeler. My instructions as the driver of one 4-wheeler was not to go fast or slow and keep the tree between the 4-wheelers. (sorry no pic of this one either...it didn't last longer than 2 feet!! :) )So a last, one person sat on the back of my 4-wheeler holding the bottom of the tree and the other walked down the mountain holding the top!! : ) We pray for more snow next year and we can take a snowmobile and sled to get them down.......then again...... we had a blast figuring it all out, and let me tell you i appreciate this tree more than any tree i have ever found in a lot!!

Here are some pictures of this eventOur tree before taken from his natural habitiat! :)
Me and Justin--him holding the end of the tree on our treck down the mountain
Poor Brandon taking his turn walking down the trail with the tipof the tree.

Pictures of the decorated finished product to come!!


Next event.... Last night
We had a birthday party for Brandon's brother Travis. He got to choose a game we would all play together....which was Monopoly. Gee I have not played this game in ages!! We had a blast!!! The ultimate money lovers were yes my dearest husband and Travis. The rest of us went totally bankrupt!! No fun loosing, but Brandon did rectify me and bought back the real estate i have worked very hard to get from Travis....and ultimately Brandon was the real winner with an absurd amount of money in the end. Yea!! Now he needs to work that magic in real life....we would be millionaires!!
Here is some documentation of this game!Brandons Loot!


NEXT...... :)

I had promised some pictures of the house we are buying. We should be closing sometime this week, although we most likely will not move in until the last week of December/first of January. Funny, last year we moved this time of year...We packed up our decorated Christmas tree and had a royal mess last year for Christmas. I sore over and over again that i would NEVER move again in December..... a little ironic isn't it!! So this year we are staying put till after Christmas. We are getting excited to move into our own place though!!!
Our very yellow bedroom! :) This is the current peoples furniture--obviously.

The upstairs playroom. There are also 2 bedrooms up here.


The downstairs living room.
That's all the pictures for now. More to come! :)


Well i think that is enough....hope you are all having a great holiday season!!
P.S. Pray harder for snow! :)

Life is Good

So i am really sick of seeing that ugly picture of me so i am finally updating.
Life is going good. Me and Brandon are in the process of buying a very cute old home in Centerfield, it is located right next to Gunnison. I CANNOT wait to have my own space to decorate and spread out in. But, i am ever so thankful that we have been able to live in Grandma Crisps home for this long. It has made it possible for us to save a lot of money. I will post pictures of the house a little later.

Next news the baby is growing just perfectly. I got to have another ultra sound...the first one was a little early, but they had to see how many babies i was pregnant with (my dr. does that for women on fertility pills.) Since there was only one which i was thinking i wanted two, until now and i think that seems to expensive. :)
It is so amazing watching the ultra sound. The little critter was holding real still for most of it, but at the very end he/she was dancing all over for us!! It is going to be a country dancing fool....i know it!!
Well that's all for tonight...hope you all are praying for snow, cause i really want it to start!!!

Tagged

Tag I am it!!

Fourth picture in the fourth file


It is a picture of Easter!! Ironic huh Emmalee!
8 Shows I love To Watch
1.Everybody Loves Raymond( I don’t even think there are new ones, but I love this show!!)

2. What I like about You
3. Scrubs
4. I am having a really hard time—I don’t watch tv much
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8 Favorite restaurants
Not in any order—only as I was thinking
1. Olive Garden
2. Papa Murpheys Pizza
3. Sweet Tomatoes
4. Chilies
5. Goodwood
6. Golden Coral (brandons favorite)
7. P.F. Changs
8. Golden Tree—Oriental food in Riverton, its what I grew up on as far as Chinese food goes and it sounds real good right now. Real real good. Baby is making me crave it!! J
8 Things That Happened Yesterday
1. I Checked to see if I was still alive..my first night alone in this big old house

2. Ate Marshmallow Mateys

3. Got in the shower and got ready. After Brandon scared me to DEATH!!
4. Went to the house we were going to buy—became disenchanted
5. Saw a new house and I fell in love with it—we are putting an offer on it tomorrow!!
6. Had a tuna sandwich
7. Came home and raked leaves

8. Watched Madagascar—the first one
8 Things I look Forward to...
1. Having a baby on June 22, 009
2. Having a preschool in my home someday
3. Having more kids

4. Owning my own space.

5. Decorating my own space!!!
6. Being debt free..hopefully sooner than later!
7. Buying a full size truck
8. growing old with my best friend
8 Things I love about Fall
1. The leaves changing colors
2. The smell of the leafs
3. Halloween—fun holiday
4. The cooler weather
5. Being able to where sweatshirts again

6. decorating for the fall
7. The smell of the smoke from the chimeys
8. The first snow fall
8 Things on My wish list
1. Owning our own house
2. Going to see my brother in Vermont in the fall
3. My dog to grow up and stop acing like a pup!
4. Having lots more kids—like 4 atleast!!
5. Building a house (in the distant future)
6. A Truck
7. Four Wheeler

8. Cute bedding for the little munchkin
8 People I tag!
1. Anyone who wants

6 Random Things About me.........................
1. I love having the dog sleeping with me (Brandon hates it, so she sleeps in her kennel)

2. I cannot study or read if the house is not clean
3. I love making dinner. I feel like a failure when I don’t make a meal.

4. I love love love kids. I miss working with them more than anything.
5. I was scared to death that I would never get pregnant…well that fear is now gone
6. I am scared of the dark—ah ah I can admit it, that is the first step!

Then Comes Baby in the Baby Carraige!!

Well finally i can announce that me and Brandon are going to have a baby!!!! What a blessing this little one will be. After trying for as long as we did and it finally being here, it almost seems unreal...but we got our babies first picture taken today and saw his(her) little heart just a beating. I am 7 weeks pregnant and my due date is June 22, 2009.
It is so amazing what can happen when you stop to listen to the Spirit and follow His promptings. I got pregnant the very next month after giving up my graduate school. That is something that i really really wanted, but I had to show just how much more i wanted a baby, and once i gave up the fight, i won. Our Heavenly Father is so aware of each of us. He wants the best for us all and we just need to be willing to give ourselves to His will, and everything that is good and right will come our way. I am starting to see that I have to give up one thing to get a better thing.....if you all don't know the story behind me meeting Brandon i will give you the readers digest version.....
I was at BYU-Idaho loving life. I was loving the education i was receiving there as well as the many friends i gained there. But one day--the second day of school in fact. I woke up crying and knew that i was not supposed to be there anymore(i had just left USU a year and a half ago because i felt prompted to go). So i knelt down and prayed about it and received my answer. So after that semester i got my AA from BYU-I and headed back to USU to finish my BS. The next semester i was there, i met the most wonderful man in the world...i had to give up BYU-I to get the man i had always dreamed of marrying.
My testimony is growing in that our Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to succeed. He just wants us to give of ourselves to Him and trust Him to lead and guide us to where He wants us to be.

Promises Promises

Ok so now it is just pathetic at how long i am taking to update....but i can promise promise promise i will post tomorrow!! PROMISE!!