A Trip to the Fair!

Scott really wanted to go to the fair this year. So we made a date night out of it! We had so much fun! We wandered through a very "different" photography exhibit, watched kids fish at a pond that was no bigger than a kiddie pool (I didn't see anyone catch anything), watched a wild turkey race, ate corndogs, perused the merchandise and visited all the livestock! I think everyone should go to the fair just for the fun of it!

Battle With The Wall Shelf

Being first time home owners, Scott and I learning how to do things by ourselves for the first time. This is even harder considering Clark isn't here to bail us out. For example we were trying to install a shelf in our laundry room and had a little run in with the drywall screw. It got stuck in the wall. Go figure! The only problem was that it wasn't in there right. So we had to pull it out. Those things are tough! It took us about a half an hour! (Pardon the just got back from running look)

Megsie Comes to Town

Megan came for a visit! Hooray!! While she was here we had an awesome BBQ / Bridal Shower. Boys and girls were invited! Good food, great company, funny games, and lots of laughs. One glorious evening when she was here we went out to dinner with Capernicus and some other friends. We had a lovely dinner at Mazza and then went for some Luna's Italian Ice. We were enjoying the pleasant evening air when the crazy wind / rain storm hit very suddenly and very dramatically! Clothes racks from sidewalk sales toppled, umbrellas took off, potted plants flew off tables, signs fells over, etc, etc. Sadly Capree was caught with some debris in her eye. And yes the white specks in the photos are debris not strange flash effects.

A Walk Around the Lake!

When Scott and I have a day off and finally have an evening to share with each other we like to go on walks around the lake in our neighborhood. So I thought I would share a few of those fun moments. We are so lucky to be where we are. The lake is two blocks West of us and the temple is two blocks East. It makes for very nice walks. We also like to explore the neighborhood because it changes every day. Houses are going up so fast here it is quite unbelievable!

I Swear It Is True!!

So I found this cartoon today and think it adequately describes my current state of mind and body.

The Dangers of Work

So I came into the studio early on Tuesday to get a head start. Nobody was there yet so the studio was nice and quiet. I walked into the back room of the studio to put my lunch in the fridge. I noticed some brochures on the floor and thought, "Hmm that is odd." Then I looked over to discover that during the night our entire shelving unit had collapsed and dumped its contents onto the desk with the computers!! Oh Boy!! Needless to say the place was a disaster. Miraculously we were able to restore order in about 4 hours in spite of the intermittent power outages!

A Sofa, A Loveseat and Chairs . . . Oh My!!

We finally have furniture!! Yeah!! I can sit down at our table now and have a meal with other people and then sit in our living room on actual couches instead of laying on the floor! The joy is overwhelming!!

Baby Package

Grandma and Grandpa Bruderer sent us and our future baby a love gift!! It was such a lovely surprise to find a big package in our mailbox from Texas! We got two amazing baby books to read to our little ones and teach them all of the animal sounds that grandma wants them to learn. Included in the package was a pair of awesome maternity pants for me! And yes I have worn them already, I wore them for a whole day and they are amazingly comfortable! Thanks grandparents!

Park City

Scott wanted to get away for our 3rd anniversary. So we went up to Park City for a night. We explored the outlet malls for a while. Then we crashed in our hotel room for a few hours. We had dinner at Park City Pizza and Noodle. We walked main street for a while and peeked into the cool galleries up there. I found a fellow mother to be during our wanderings and stopped for a picture. We ended the night with ice cream at Cows and a movie. It was a lot of fun. It was just too bad I was having a really bad run in with morning sickness. So sadly I just laid there most of the time. But my good husband was just excited to be with me.

Hike to the Y

In all the years that Scott and I were in Provo we had never hiked to the Y. So the lot of us decided to make an adventure of it. Kara, Amber, Scott and I made the long trek uphill. It was a lot farther and a lot steeper than I thought it would be. But it was so fun to have all of us together. The actual Y on the hill is gigantic!! HUGE!! I have no idea how they did it! It looks like the surface of the moon. We did our hike at night at with flashlights. We sat up on the Y trying to find different locations across the valley. It was a lot of fun until we found huge spiders crawling around!!! Time to go!

IHOP!

The Bruderer kids all got together to celebrate everyone being in one place! April just got back from Europe and Michelle and the girls were still here before going back to Vegas. So we all got together for some yummy breakfast. The others didn't know but Scott and I handed out our fun little cards to everyone at the table. Everyone opened them and then launched into high pitched screams! It was so fun! Hooray for having a baby!!

The Secret Is Out . . .

A baby Bruderer is on the way!! (well another baby bruderer, congrats to Steve and Michelle as well!) I am due on March 10, 2008!! Which makes me about 11 weeks pregnant. I haven't been very sick up until the last week or so. I have really learned what morning sickness is. No puking, but the constant stomach ache and nausea are really starting to get to me. Scott has been such a trooper the last week. He has been faithfully waiting on me hand and foot. What a guy! I completely crash on the weekends. I am still working full time and plan to keep working through my pregnancy as my health permits. I haven't announced it to my work yet. I am still working up the courage. I had my first OBGYN appointment last Monday. I got to see our little baby inside me and watch it's heart beat. It was amazing. It started to make it real that there really is life inside me. I am so excited to be a mom!

Nieces!!

While Steve was away at boot camp in Alabama, Michelle and the girls stayed in Bountiful with Michelle's parents. Lucky for us they were pretty close for a while, so we got asked to babysit last week! So fun!! We went to the park, played lots of dress up, had mac and cheese, played the piano, threw rocks in the lake, and horsey. We are sad they are gone to Vegas now, but are happy that they get to be with daddy again!

Goodbye Provo. . .

So Megan and I challenged each other to photograph our walks home from work (like 6 months ago), and I finally did it. After my last visit to FOV Editions I walked home with my camera. Here is what it looks like!

We are Grown Ups!!

We did it! We bought a house! And we love it. We closed on June 27th and moved in the on the first of July! (which is why there has been a lapse in blog updates!) It is a townhouse in Daybreak. Our street has the lake on one end and the new Oquirrah Temple at the other end. We have a larger front yard than most because it is part of the walking park that leads from the lake to the temple. It has three floors (we lucked out because it was already finished so we got more house than if we had to build it), four bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, kitchen, laundry, patio, garage, family and living room! I will post pictures of the rooms as the boxes go away and furniture replaces them. We kind of feel like we are camping. We got a lot of furniture from Clark and Linda since they are moving to Texas (thanks again guys!), but we hardly owned any ourselves. So we have a baby grand piano, a bookcase I put together, a kitchen table (no chairs), two stools, a love sac, a desk from ikea, tv, and a bedroom set. So if you come over in the near future you will probably be sitting on the floor! But we love it. I can't even tell you how amazing it is to be able to do laundry at my own house!! No more dragging it all over! I just have to walk downstairs!! Brilliant! (our house is the one in the middle!)