Oh Yeah, and the Baby!

Well, it is finally happening. After 6 years of marriage and 11 years of being together, we are finally going to have a baby. We had our first appointment and ultrasound this morning. Very exciting. Got to see the heartbeat on the monitor. It's amazing that there is already a heartbeat. The baby was measured to be 8 weeks and 2 days. We have a due date of March 24.
Any bets on whether it will be a boy or girl?

Keepin' Busy

I guess we've been up to a few things since my last post. Hazen was very busy in the backyard a couple weeks ago. We decided that we would put in new sod and a fresh start for the backyard. Looked like a lot of work. I supervised well. It turned out very nice. Luckily our neighbors boyfriend came over to help. It was 100 degrees that day and Hazen was out there working away. I also kept them hydrated.

Travis, Sarah and Mason were here last weekend for a visit. I can't believe how much Mason changes every time we see her. She blows me away. We ha a great time with them and can't wait for the next time.

Playing frisbee

Mason and her new friend Berkley

Nice Time in WA

We flew in to Seattle Wednesday night after work. I had a dental conference to attend Thursday and Friday (which is as exciting as it sounds!). I stayed at Heather and Ryan's while Hazen went to Bellingham to visit some friends. We went with Heather, Ryan, Mallory, Mallory's boyfriend, and Andrew to the Mariners game Friday night then drove down to stay at Hazen's parents house. Saturday was Mom's surprise 50th birthday party and it went really well. She was completely surprised! She had no idea we were planning anything. Hazen also got in some steelhead fishing early Saturday morning (4am) and some golfing Sunday morning. It was a jam-packed 4 days but we had a great time.

Mom greeting her guests

Heather and Joshua playing with the "Funny Farm" kitten

Opening gifts

Enjoying the Sunshine!

Who doesn't love chocolate?

Grandma and Wayne

Awww, how cute

Nobody would ever know that they were mother and daughter

Grandma and Aunt Sue

Camping In Grandjean

We headed out of town Friday late morning. Luckily our softball team sucks and we were out of the tournament Thursday night (which is another story because we had a really good game). We drove out to Grandjean which is nestled up to the foothills of the Sawtooth Wilderness. It is a really beautiful area. We decided to go hiking on Saturday and put in a solid 11 miles (5.5 miles pretty much straight up hill. Okay, so it was all slightly uphill except the last mile was STRAIGHT uphill). The trail went alongside Trail Creek most of the way and our destination was Trail Creek Lakes. It was quite the hike but a very good day. Up early this morning and doing chores and getting ready for the week.

There were a lot of pretty wildflowers

Trail Creek

Huge dandelion-looking thing

The only reason I go camping - Smores!

Trail Creek Lake

This is the cliff that drops into the lake. I didn't have my smaller lense so I couldn't get it all in one shot.

This is the creek that our camping spot was on, looking back at the Sawtooths.

Same creek, different direction

After 11 miles (which is about 20 miles for Lucy since she runs all over the place and doesn't stay on the trail), we had one exhausted mutt. She couldn't even stand up to eat or drink. Hazen says she is flipping me off with her eyes in this photo.

Garden

We had a really good 4th of July. We went to lunch with Doug, Tera and Berkley. Since it was such a nice day, Doug wanted to float the river so we went with him. It was a nice, relaxing 2 hour float (though a bit chilly until my butt went numb). Later we BBQ'ed with Ryan and Erin before heading to the Shakespeare Festival. We say Comedy of Errors and it was really good. I think Hazen even enjoyed himself (or maybe it was the half-naked dancers running around on stage?) Either way, we had a good time. Hope you all enjoyed America's Birthday as well.

On a separate note, just wanted to share a few pics of my garden.

Cantalope

Corn

Bell Pepper

Chili Pepper

Tomato

Green Bean

My first vegetables! I actually have beans growing!

Green Onion

Cauliflower

Kohlrabi

Zucchini

Zucchini flowers. Guessing this will be the next thing I get.

Not exactly in the garden, but these are some strawberry plants I did. However, I have not been able to eat one berry before the stupid squirrels get them.

Jennie Lake

Hazen and I decided to go camping for Hazen's birthday. He got to pick the spot, and decided on Jennie Lake. We headed out Friday morning and started on the trail around 10:45. It was a 4.5 mile hike into the lake, but was a fairly easy hike (except the very end of it). We had our backpacks that contained everything we would need for the weekend. Hazen unfortunately had the heavier pack. The lake is at about 7000 feet and we found patches of snow on the ground when we arrived. Yay! The sun had come out though and was fairly warm if you weren't in the shade. Hazen took his new fly pole that he got for his birthday and was set on catching us some dinner. Luckily we had a back up plan because he fell from the log he was fishing on into the water and scared all the fish to the other side of the lake. I had my camera poised and ready to shoot as he fell in, but I decided against it. Sorry, no photos of that. All he had to wear after that were his long johns and tried to get warm by the fire. Sleep was another issue. Hazen said he was fine and has slept in colder weather. I think that is just crazy. Not exactly sure how cold it was, but definitely somewhere in the 30's. Super cold and uncomfortable all night did not make for good sleep. I'm pretty much a wuss so we decided not to stay the second night. The hike back out was much faster as it was mostly downhill. The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing and trying not to move as we are in a lot of pain. Apparently we need to exercise more.

Jennie Lake

Before falling in

Campfire spot, covered in snow

Our beautiful girl

The Fam

Mom (Lynn), Aunt Dawn, and Grandma Patricia came to visit for the weekend along with Dawns 2 foster kids, 2 year old Joshua and 6 month old Sunshine. The arrived Friday in time for lunch and we enjoyed a semi-sunny afternoon before the rain rolled in, just in time for our softball game. Mom came to watch the game but she probably wished she didn't since it was raining so hard. Luckily the rain stopped after the first inning. Quite the game though. The other team was very hostile and rude. We took a drive out to Emmett for a friends grand opening of her antique shop. We were due to go to the Shakespeare Festival that night and Hazen was going to watch the kids. The weather had other plans for us as the play was rained out. Sunday was mostly for visiting and a nice BBQ of steak, salmon and crab legs. Everyone took off this morning as we headed out for work. We had a great weekend. Here a few pics of the kids.