Corn Maze

We had the opportunity to go with our young men and young women to the corn maze for our activity the other night. I'll be honest, I've always wanted to go to one of these. And the whole time at BYU  we always talked about it but never actually made it to one of these. So I was pretty excited to go and check it out. I don't know, maybe it was watching field of dreams too many times, or maybe it was signs. I don't know why, but it's always seemed so exciting to walk around in fields of huge corn, I know...wierd! It was pretty fun, but I was a little disappointed with the whole thing. I mean, it was really cold, and turns out we're really bad at mazes and it took us forever. But I'm really glad I finally got to experience the thrill of being in a corn maze.

So here are some pictures from the exciting evening. Oh and my little brother Tate has finally come back to America and is staying with us for a little while. It's really fun to have him around, hopefully he feels the same about us :)

I told you...

I told everyone that my stomach is growing at a very quick pace, here is a 22 week belly shots. I starting to grow rather uncomfortable, which really stinks because I know I have a long way to go with this. But I'm hanging in there. 

It's A....

HaHa...fooled ya. I'm so mad. We went for my ultrasound the other day. It went really good, all the body parts  (arms, legs, hands, feet, brain, kidneys...etc.) were there so we are very grateful that our baby is growing healthy. However, the sex of our baby is yet to be determined. Our little one seems to be a bit shy and decided to keep its little legs crossed the whole time so we couldn't see much. The tech guessed that its a girl, but just couldn't be 100% sure. So I guess we're still at square one, it's either a boy or a girl :) thanks a lot! I'm still not getting too big, but I have grown some so I will put up some more pictures soon.

Otherwise, all is well with us. The fall here is the best because the leaves are so pretty when they change. And we are excited for the weather to cool off a little bit. Lance is doing good in school/work and everything else as always. I am finishing up our fall softball season, we look pretty good but still have a lot of work to do before our spring season. I'll put up more pictures soon, stay posted :) and to all my old friends that are lucky enough to go to the BYU alumni game this weekend say Hi for me and send my love to everyone. I miss you all so much!!!

Belly Shot

I have finally got the courage to take pictures of my stomach, which by the way is getting fatter everyday. I would like to remember all the stages that my stomach will go through, but I have to admit I feel like an idiot trying to take pictures of myself in the bathroom mirror. But here I am at 19 weeks officially.

I am feeling much better, and usually only feel sick now in the mornings and then most days it goes away.  But the most exciting news is that my ultrasound is scheduled for next Monday. We're pretty excited about it, well I am anyways. Lance wants to be surprised, but I know that won't last once we get there. And I don't really have a clue what it is, I've had a dream it's a girl but I've also had a dream it's a boy. So I guess only time will tell.

In other news, well not too much else has been going on. A couple of weeks ago we went to some dragon boat races at one of the big parks here. A bunch of local businesses were racing boats to raise money for the Children's Network. We went and checked it out, it was pretty neat to see but it was super hot that day so we didn't really stay and watch all that long. But we were there long enough for Ace to jump in the lake and try swimming. Turns out he's pretty wimpy, but it was funny to watch.

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.