Update

I just wanted to give a quick update about what has been going on in our lives. Ace is still getting bigger and bigger, he had to get fixed a couple of weeks ago but is finally getting back to his normal crazy self. Lance started school again, his last year of graduate school. Yeah!! Almost done with his masters, I'm so proud of him! Hopefully this year goes by fast, and it already is so I'm sure it will be over before we know it. He is still working part time at the hospital, and is learning lots about how to run a hospital. I am now 16 weeks along, and finally starting to show a little. My stomach is still not a cute round preggo belly, it still just looks like its getting fat. But I can tell a huge difference in my body, and I think I've only gained around 5 pounds total so most people still can't even tell. This week my sickness is finally getting a little better, and I am sooo happy about it. I still get nauseas from time to time, but it is no where near what it was. It got so bad, I actually had to go to the ER and see my Dr like a million times. I get my ultrasound next month, and we're getting pretty excited about it. Sometimes it still doesn't seem real, so we haven't really started preparing or buying anything, but I know it's gonna be here so fast.  Maybe once we find out what it is it will be easier to actually imagine having a baby and we will be better at getting ready. Oh well, I guess we'll see :)

Creeper Trail

We have decided that we needed a new hobby. So last week we went out and bought some new bikes. Its actually been so fun just riding all over. And parking at at school is so much easier with a bike instead of a car.  But we love our new bikes.

We always hear that there is so much stuff to do outside around here, so on Saturday we went and checked out the Creeper Trail, in Damacus Virginia. It took about an hour to get there, but it was well worth the drive. It up in the mountains, so it was just beautiful. It is about a 40 mile round trip bike ride, but we took the cheater (and more popular) version and took a shuttle up the mountain and just rode the 20 miles back down.

It was a really easy ride, basically all down hill. I think I only had to pedal like 6 times all 20 miles.

Also, our good friends from BYU, Jeff and Lynn, moved here a couple of weeks ago. Jeff is going to grad school out here with Lance. But they live right next door to us, so it's been fun hanging out with them a lot and exploring our hometown together. So they also went on the trail with us. It was a great time had by all.

Welcome Cade!!!

We are so excited to announce that Kacie had her baby yesterday....Cade David Callens is his name. We are so proud of her, she only had to push a couple of times (lucky girl, hopefully its genetic :)  And we are so excited to have a new little nephew in our family! 

check out their blog for some pictures..

www.adamandkacie.blogspot.com

Congrats Callens!!

The Rumors are true!!

Yes, I am finally officially announcing it...I'm Pregnant!!  I'm about 13 weeks now, and due Feb. 28. I already can feel myself getting fatter, but I am trying to embrace it and enjoy eating things I haven't in a while. Lance is super excited, I have my days. I've been really sick, so it really hasn't been a great experience for me so far. Hopefully the sickness will start wearing off soon. Everyone promises me that the second trimester is "so much better" so we will see. 

So Long, Farewell...

 It is official, my home residence will no longer be in Kingwood. My family is officially moving from our home of 12 years to a place far away...Switzerland! They will be leaving for Geneva next week :(  

They've been working super hard to get the house ready for sale (so if anyone is looking for a house in Kingwood...) 

I'm pretty sad about them leaving the country, but we are so excited for their new adventure and since we now LOVE Europe, we are overjoyed with the fact the we will get to go visit all the time!

New York

A few weeks ago, ok I guess like I month ago, I went on a trip with the girls in Lance's family. We went up to Ohio, and New York and got go to an Amish town, and then we went around and saw all the Church history sites. Also, the Hill Camorah pagent was going on so we got a see that too. It was a great trip, I'm so glad I finally got to see all the church sites that we only read about. It makes the scriptures come alive and helps you to really understand all that was went through to restore the church to the earth today.

The Sacred Grove

Getting ready for the ferry ride at Niagra falls

Niagra falls

Our hotel room in Ohio

Our cute hotel in the Amish Town

An Amish parking lot (yes, it was a little strange)

The Newel K. Whitney Store, in Ohio

Finally in New York

Crazy 8's

I know I'm a little behind with keeping up with our life, but better late than never right :) 

I'm always trying to get Lance to go running and I've found the easiest way to get him to go is to sign us up for a race. Then he at least has to come with me and do it. Something about the competition helps us run faster and faster, we hate to have people pass us. So a couple of weeks ago we ran in the Kingsport Crazy 8's race. It is the fastest 8k in the world they say, and they give out a lot of money to the people who break all the records. Unfortunately, we didn't break any records, but we had a great time running it. The race started at 9:58 pm, and it was neat because we ran through the town, and people came out and sat on their lawns to cheer us all on.

It was way fun,  so if anyone wants to join us next year come on over :)