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This past weekend my little sister got married! I can't believe it.. it was a beautiful wedding and she was so happy! Last Sunday my Dad and I took her out to take a couple bridal pictures of her. She was such a beautiful bride!About a week later Chris and Michelle got married. We were very busy all week long getting everything together for her wedding. It turned out so pretty and everyone had a really good time.

The bride and groom

her reception hall

Megan, Michelle, Me and Nina

We really had a lot of fun and it was good to see a bunch of people I haven't seen in a really long time!
So I am now 34 weeks pregnant and feeling it. :) Here is a picture of me nice and pregnant for everyone who has been asking to see it!

other than working on my sisters wedding and hanging out with family while they were in town it has been a very low key trip. My friend Megan was so nice and threw me a baby shower. I got so many very cute things and my Grandma and Aunt Sue were able to come as well which was really nice of them. It was so much fun. We played some games and ate some good food then opened presents. Our little girl is set for at least a year. Thank you to everyone who was able to make it! I have one more week here in town and my good friend Shae is getting married on Saturday. So one more busy week of helping out with weddings and then I can relax and prepare to have this baby! Hopefully I will be able to post some more pictures before I head home!

florida!!

Well Preston is stuck doing job training in Mississippi right now so I flew out here this weekend to visit him for a couple of days! It has been so much fun and we have had such a good time together! We are both really sad that after today we wont see each other for 6 more weeks but we hopefully it will go fast. So we decided while I was out here we would drive down to Florida for the weekend. It rained most of the time we were there and the waves at the beach were huge so we shopped, saw a movie, and shopped some more! They had a really good outlet mall there and we got Preston some really good new running shoes for cheap which he really needed. We also went shopping for our little girl which was so much fun! Preston was able to pick out some things he thought were cute which is good since it seems every time I buy her something it is a pink dress. They are all just to cute not to get! Anyway.. we had a lot of fun! On Sunday when we were headed back the weather seemed really nice so we decided to try the beach again. It was nice! It was overcast still so for some reason we didn't even think about putting sunblock on. We were also only planning on being there for 30mins and ended up staying for 2 hours. Needless to say we have probably the worst sunburn of our lives. WOOPS!! so the last 2 days have been healing days for us. All together we have had a really good weekend and are sad to see it end!

Over the past couple weeks while Preston has been away I have been keeping busy making maternity skirts. They are so simple and when the fabric is 50 percent off they are dirt cheap! I think I have finally figured out how to use my sewing machine too! It has been a fun little project. I will have to post some pictures as soon as I can! Next week I am going home to Colorado for my little sisters wedding and my good friend Shae's wedding and when i get home from that I will just be preparing to have a baby in a couple weeks! Busy times are coming up!

here we are

Well we made it here to VA with no problems at all! We have been here for about 2 weeks now and have gotten a lot of things done. I wish I could post some pictures but Preston took the good computer to Mississippi this week so I have no way of putting pictures up right now. But I promise to put some up as soon as I can! We had lots of fun while Prestons parents were out. We all went down to DC one day and saw the white house, the capital building, the Washington monument and Prestons parents even got to see the Lincoln Memorial which they say was really awesome! (we couldn't find a place to park so we will see it another time I guess). We also make a quick detour to see the DC Temple on our way to the Airport. It is so beautiful and this last weekend Preston and I had a chance to go in and do a session. It is an amazing place to be! I took some pretty pictures, but it will have to wait I guess. Our little girl is growing strong and getting really big. I am still trying to get into a doctor out here but it doesn't sound like it is going to be to hard. I'm kinda hoping they make me get another ultrasound so I can see how big she is now but we will see. :) Other news.. well my baby sister is getting married! I am so glad I am able to be there for it! We shaved Tonka again.. haha.. he looks way better this time then last time, I promise and I am just finding ways to pass the time now. When you aren't working it's really easy to get a project done super fast so I am having a hard time staying busy but there is lots of stuff that needs to be done still so I am happy to do them for now. That's all that's going on over here though. Hopefully soon we will have some good pictures for you to take a look at!

On Our Way!!

Well by tomorrow evening we will be all packed up and on our way to our new home in Woodbridge Virginia. Prestons parents got in town last night to help us move out there and it has been so fun having them here already. Tonight is Prestons graduation ceremony which we are all very excited to attend and then it will be good bye Dayton. We have made lots of wonderful friends here and we are going to miss all of you so much! Hope to see you guys again soon!!

Baby Shower

These are the three girls who worked very hard to put together the most beautiful shower I have ever seen! You girls are so nice! It was so much fun and I can't thank you enough for all your hard work. Here are some pictures..
My wonderful friend Emily who drove 2 hours to be there! Thanks for coming Emily. It was so fun to have you there!

It was so fun and thanks again to everyone who was able to come!

busy busy

well as you can guess from the title of this post, things have been very busy here! Preston has the first draft of his thesis in and is now working on the couple things they wanted changed then he will be all done!! He is so excited to be finished with school! He works so hard and I am so proud of him! On top of working hard on his thesis, Preston has been busy working on getting everything in order for us to buy a house. A couple weekends ago he drove all the way there by himself to close on the house we ending up getting. SO.... It is officially ours. We have the keys and everything! It is a beautiful place and we cant wait to get there!! Here are just a couple pictures for now. I will post more once we are moved in and have more stuff to take pictures of!

the Kitchen

the Dinning Room

Dinning room looking toward the front door

Front door looking toward the Dinning Room

The Basment Family Room

I am still busy just being pregnant and working. My last day at work is the 13th which is only 2 weeks away and I am excited to get this show on the road! Waiting is the hardest part about moving I have decided. There is still so much to do though so I guess it's good to have a little more time before it's time to leave right?!

Our little girl is doing good. She moves a lot now and Preston has felt her for sure a couple of times now. We got our crib and glider just the other day which has been really fun, and a couple of friends are throwing me a baby shower here in the next couple weeks. It's sinking in now.. we are having this little baby! Still no names yet.. sorry!

So the other day, I was throwing a little (very little) fit about how I am just not sure I can have both a baby and a dog that sheds like you wouldn't belive in the same house. I don't know how people do it but I know tons of people do. So Preston decided to shave him.. haha.. Tonka went from this........

to this....

hahaha... pretty funny huh. He looks pretty bald, but he really likes it and there is practically no dog hair all over the house which I really like! This might be his new permanent look!! Anyway, that's it for news on our end. In a couple weeks we will be in our new home and we will post more pics then!

It's a GIRL!!

Well there she is! The doctor spent a lot of time looking at her little area to make sure that she is actually a girl and says that he has no doubt about it! We are very excited and can't wait to meet her!