Our Miracle!

Our greatest heartache has become our GREATEST MIRACLE!!! We're having a BABY!!

So on Christmas Eve I thought we might be pregnant due to being late and lots of other insane things you mothers know about... so we had agreed that we would take the test Christmas morning but when Ray went to get gas before we left.. I took the test I couldn't wait any longer... and it was POSITIVE YAY!!!! So I kept it a secret ALL NIGHT thanks to a great deal of help from Ashleigh! Then on Christmas morning when he opened his stocking he recieved the greatest gift ever!

The Lord needed us to rely on him and to remember he sees the bigger picture and for that we are so grateful! We had our first Dr. Appt yesterday and got to see our little gummy bear it was Unbelievable Ray was crying and I am freaking out... AHHH but we are SOOO blessed and are so grateful for this Miracle that Heavenly Father has given to us. We are 11 weeks now and due August 29th Yay for the Hot Hot summer!!

Procrastination

Ok I don't ever have many stories to tell but this one is for the records...
Ray and I have been married for 1 Year and 8 Months... WE JUST ORDERED OUR WEDDING PICTURES YESTERDAY AHHHHH!!!! I am not gonna lie I've thought about it nearly everyday but it is so late when he gets home or we are always gone doing something else that we the SLACKERS have just ordered them now ha ha. They have all been paid for so I am sure our photographer has not even cared if we do order them but we finally did it YAY!!
Now you know how big of a procrastinator I am!!

100 Things

100 things
I was tagged by Nurse Niki to pick the things I've done on the list.
I tag Ashleigh, Tia, Amy, and Natalie
The things I have done are in Red:
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (Rock Band!)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower (thanks to Ray)
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain--Mt Timpanogus all 9 miles one way... and King Mtn hardest hike of my life!!
9. Make out with 5 different people in one night
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightening at sea
14. Taught myself art from scratch (does scrapbooking count?)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchiked (Ashleigh was coming to pick me up but I still stuck out my thumb ha ha)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill -- Who hasen't??
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone swimming at night
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (everyday in Hawaii BEAUTIFUL!!)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (been on 2 CAN'T WAIT to go again!!)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (on our cruise HATED it!)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke-- thank you Rock Band ha ha
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (No but I love to eat them!)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (for a while but not anymore)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memoriall
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone-- just my finger oh and a toe OWIE
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House-- stood outside the gates
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous-- a girl from ER once at Sea World
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone-- who hasen't?
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Rode an elephant

Long Overdue Pictures

Ok so we got a new computer and it is the BOMB if I can just say so now it is not a huge pain to download pics we can just plug our memory card right in :) YAY for technology!! So here are some pics from Christmas we haven't taken any since oops
This is playing Ticket to Ride WE ARE ADDICTED!

Tasian and McKenna on Christmas morning they let us

stay with them good thing since the roads were AWFUL!

Kelli, Me, Ash, and Stacey everyone else is playing Rock Band

On Christmas

This is a pic of King Mountain its HUGE and BEAUTIFUL

My hubby and his brothers playing on the Sled they

were pulling each other and having a blast :)

2008 in Review

Ok so I know I am WAY behind an honestly I check other blogs daily for updates you would think I could be a little better about updating ours so here is an update and a resolution to be a little better at blogging :)

We had a rollercoaster 2008 but have been SO BLESSED here is our year in review.

• I learned to snowboard last new years eve with Ray, Ash, Mike, and Niki at Wolf Mountain what a great way to start the year I LOVED it!!


• We went on a Cruise on Royal Carribean with Ash and Mike, Jon and Kelli in May and we had a BLAST in Mexico.


• We sold our Mazda :( but are nearly debt free... just one more car and we are debt free. Sad but worth it not to owe anyone money


• Ray has been going to the U and is starting his Junior Year in Chemical Engineering and we can't wait till he's done :)


• We recieved a letter in August from the First Presidency saying we could be sealed (one of the greatest spiritual moments in my life was opening the letter signed by the Prophet)


• We were sealed in the Bountiful Temple on October 3rd YAY!!! (another one of the greatest spiritual moments in my life) Thank You to all of our family and friends who came and supported us WE LOVE YOU!!


• Mom and Dad Mac came all the way from Canada to be here for our sealing our lives are SO BLESSED!


• Ray lost his Job in November but now works for UPS and they pay for school and work arround his schedule it all worked out well.


• We have played Trains (aka Ticket to Ride) more times than we could ever count and LOVE Marshall and Stephanie for introducing it to us and always playing with us.


• We went Deer and Elk hunting thanks to JL my husband has a hunting buddie and I get to spend time with Shells.


• We spent Christmas Eve with Ash and Mike, got snowed in on Christmas day and had a ball playing games and Rock Band with my family.

These are just a few of the highlights there are many many more. We have had trials but the blessings have far out weighed the hard times. Thank You everyone for sharing our year with us we are excited to have even more exciting things in the new year :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

This is my one of my FAVORITE times of the year. I LOVE to spend time with my family and to feel the Spirit of giving. I LOVE the snow there is nothing like a white Christmas. and I LOVE celebrating the Saviors life. I am so grateful for the example and life that he lived. I am grateful to be living in a time when the gospel has been restored and we know who he is. Ray and I were reading our scriptures yesterday morning and read the passage when the people of Nephi are waiting for the signs they have been taught would come and the people are threatening to put to death all of the believers if the signs do not come... then the Savior comes to Nephi (the son of Nephi :) and says "lift up your head and be of good cheer for on this night a sign shall be given an on the morrow come I into the world" I feel much like the people of Nephi waiting and knowing that he will come again. I just hope to live a life that I will know him and he will know me. I am grateful for this time of year for many reasons but most of all for the birth and life of our Savior. May we all be a little kinder and a little more aware of those in need around us and of why we celebrate this Christmas season.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Don't Feel Like it

Ok so I am not the best Blogger in the world we all know this infact I am reminded of it often... that "I need to update my blog more" I just don't have many new pics and I'm not very good at just writing but I will give it a try.
Do you ever have days when you JUST DON"T FEEL LIKE doing something? Whether it be exercise, shopping, work, cooking, cleaning, going to church... it could be a number of things but you just don't feel like it. Well that is my attitude as of late mostly with work. Not because I don't want to work just because I have been with my company for so long I am tired of it so I just don't feel like going... I do go I just don't have the best attitude when I am there and it is spilling over into my home and social life... HELP ME! Does anyone feel like this? Is there a quick fix or do I just get to suck it up and move on with my life? The thing that is freaking me out the most is right now I pretty much have job security and with the ecomony I am scared to change and become the new girl on the block AKA the girl they cut first if their company needs to make cuts. I worry way too much!!

Tis the season :) I LOVE CHRISTMAS I haven't felt like it was December for a long time but finally the snow is here is is COLDER than ever and it feels like Christmas :)
SO HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS!!