Trick or Treat?

This isn't a Trick but it's quite a Treat!

Yep! That's right. We're pregnant!!! :) Right now I am 10 weeks along. Jeremy and I are so happy we have been given such a blessing. I haven't had any morning sickness which I am very grateful for. I did have a headache for the first 2 weeks straight, but nothing a little tylenol and sleep couldn't cure. Lately I haven't had much of an appetite. I will even cook my favorite meals and they do nothing for me. It's like I can't taste anymore. But I do have a new love for Mexican food. This may be because it is spicy and I can actually taste something. Hopefuly I will be healthy enought so I can work until the end of my pregnancy.

The proof...

Here is the first picture of our little baby. This pic was taken at about 8 1/2 weeks. If you look close you can see the head, arms and little legs. I was just glad I could see it. We are so thankful for this blessing and are excited to start this next chapter in our lives with Jeremy finishing school soon and the little one* arriving soon too~!

Arizona

This past weekend we had a quick but fun trip to Gilbert, AZ . My cousin Chris has been called to serve in the Toronto Canada Mission. All the family got together to support Chris and we were able to do a session in the Mesa temple. This was my first time inside the Mesa temple and it was beautiful! Chris really touched us all when he spoke in church. He has always been the young and quiter one in the family and it was nice to hear him speak. He is blessed with such a strong testimony of the gosple and I know he'll be a great missionary.

Chris and Gramps

Jeremy did a great job driving, the Arizona hghways were not kind to us on Friday night as we made our way to Gilbert-they shut down the interstate completely and made us take a 13 mile detour through the middle of nowhere! We were almost out of gas so Jeremy was freaking out hoping we would make it to the next gas station...which we did right as the E light came on~! 7 hours later we arrived at Jeremy's good friend Bryce's house.

Some highlights of the trip were eating at Cafe Rio!!! This place has the best pork salads. We also got to enjoy hanging out with family and friends in Gilbert. We pigged out on the classic family spinach dip and rice crispy treats!!! And of course going to the Mesa temple. The drive home was a breeze. I practically slept the whole way while Jeremy drove and we made it home much faster than before...much faster! We are so proud of Chris and love him so much and wish him all the success on his mission in Toronto!!!!

USC 28, ASU 0

On Saturday Jeremy and I were lucky enough to get awesome tickets (from an awesome friend) to go to the USC vs ASU football game. This is how we sorta celebrated our anniversary. We had the whole day to spend together. We started the day off by meeting our friends for a tail gate party and ate delicious breakfast buritto's, home baked bread, cookies, develed eggs, and salmon! Jeremy was in heaven because he was also able to watch the Texas vs Oklahoma game with the guys before our game started.

These are the amazing host's of the USC tailgate parties we have attended for a few years now. They are so generous and love football and having a good time. We always have so much fun with them. Harris teaches in the dental program at USC and they never miss a game.

Jeremy competing in the "Armchair Quarterback" event-He made a nice throw and won the prize-he said he did it for me! haha That's 2 weeks in a row that Jeremy has won the free event stuff at the coliseum.

Jeremy loves coming here.....

The view from our seats! Thanks Tyler/Tyler's dad for the tickets!

After the game we went to Irvine to eat at one of my old favorite places to eat-Stonefire Grill. I used to have it catered at my work and it was so good, so I had to take Jeremy to try it out. It was sooooooo good! Jeremy loved it too. It's really yummy BBQ but its cheap! For less than $25 we got tri tip, ribs, chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, caesar salad, and breadsticks! Everyone needs to try it, you'll have leftovers and they are delicious.

Happy 2 Year Anniversary to us!!

5K Mud Run

On Saturday Jeremy, Erin and Sean ran in the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department 10K/5K mud run. I had been training to run it with them but got sick the day before! I was debating whether I should try to run the race sick, but when I saw them cross the finish line I was glad I didn't try. This wasn't an easy run! Luckily these guys had been training because it was a very challenging course. They all ran the 5K. The race was full of army obstacles like jumping over walls, crawling through mud, pipes, and more mud pits to get through. There were tons of hills with mud pits in between. Jeremy and I went back to my parents house and Jeremy hit the jacuzzi so he could as he said "feel my legs again!" It was also about 101 degrees while they ran. Needless to say I am very proud of all of them. Great job guys!!!

The after picture

He's just happy the run's over!

The "showers" with no water pressure!

Jeremy said his last 3/4 mile were "miserable" because he was so worn out already from the hills and all the mud to get through but he already is thinking about when he needs to sign up for the Camp Pendleton Mud Run (that is twice the distance of this one he ran!) for next year......and ofcourse he wants me to join him this time!.....We shall see about that!

24

This past weekend I celebrated my 24th birthday. My brother was nice enough to call me and remind me that I am getting old. Ya, I know. Anyways, Jeremy and I were able to spend our weekend with my Aunt Kiley and Uncle Arch and their family at their condo in Newport Coast. It was so beautiful! Their family is so fun and we love hanging out with them.

(Cousin's Cambria and McKenna)
On Saturday night we ate at Joe's Crab Shack. It was my first time eating there even though I drive past it all the time. The food was excellent and we had a really fun time.

On Sunday we went to a ward that met in the Stake Center right next to the Newport Beach temple. How lucky are they! After church we walked around the temple grounds and took some pics. It was such a beautiful day. Later that afternoon we took a walk on the beach in Laguna and watched the sunset.

Monday, August 18th was my actual birthday. Jeremy surprised me by leaving work early and meeting me at home for lunch with a BJ's Sweet Pig pizza and a pazookie!!! BJ's pizza is my favorite! (Thanks babe!) After work we celebrated by going to Chipotle and Disneyland with some family and friends! It was pretty crowded because it is still summer, but we were able to go on one of my favorite rides, California Screamin'!!!

Thanks to everyone who celebrated my birthday with me and thanks for all the nice phone calls/text messages. And thank you to my so-sweet and thoughtful husband!

Good Day L.A.

This past Saturday Jeremy planned a day date for us in LA. With school coming up again and college football season starting soon (aka my husband keeps quite "busy" with football on saturdays) we decided to get out and do something. We started the day off by attending a session in the LA Temple. We had gone up there before to see the Christmas lights and to attend sealings but I had never done a session there before. The temple was massive and beautiful inside and out.

After the temple Jeremy took us to lunch at El Cholo in Santa Monica. It was a very yummy mexican restaurant. Its been in LA for a looong time and the food was quite authentic. We got to valet park the camry for the 1st time ever! We had to valet because there were no places to park (in LA of course not right?)..so there was our camry parked next to a bunch of Beamers and Benzes and what Jeremy said was a Mazerati>? After lunch we wanted dessert so we stopped by Diddy Riese to get some ice-cream cookies. Don't worry, there was so much traffic on Wilshire Blvd we had time to digest our mexican food by the time we got there. These are the BEST and it combines what I love (Ice cream) with what Jeremy loves (cookies) all into one!! If anyone ever is up in the LA temple area its a definite stop to make.

Goodbye LA and your wayyy-too crowded streets/freeways! Muchas gracias to my husband for planning such a sweet day for us to be together!