Taking A Bite Of The Big Apple

Back at the beginning of March we took a trip to New York City. It was supposed to be a girls only trip, but I was invited as the body guard and tour guide. We had a memorable trip and enjoyed spending time with the Anderson girls and seeing the sites. Here are some highlights of our first trip to the Big Apple.


We began with a trip to the Empire State Building, to better orient ourselves, you know, "get the lay of the land." It was amazing to see the vastness of the city from the 88th floor, and I didn't even vomit from the height!!
Then we took a double-decker bus tour around the city, yeah it was touristy and freezing cold, but it was fun and we got to see a lot in a short amount of time.

We had the chance to walk around ground zero and witness the large void left in the city from the missing Twin Towers.
We ate lunch at the famed Serendipity restaurant, the peanut butter frozen hot chocolate was so good it was worth the trip just for that!

We had a lot of fun playing at FAO Schwarz (ginormous toy store), posing with the lego statues, and especially playing the huge piano from the movie "Big"

We couldn't go to New York without going to a Broadway show, so of course we went to "Wicked" and loved every minute of it.

The next morning we spent time with our Lady Liberty and at Ellis Island. We were suprised to learn that we were the only people who bought these amazingly patriotic hats and actually wore them.

We took an evening harbor cruise around Manhattan. It was a fun way to see the city even though it was so freezing cold we couldn't enjoy it from the open-air top of the boat.

We capped it all of by visiting the Manhattan temple Sunday morning for sacrament meeting.

Our first trip to the Big Apple was definitely a success, we only wish it could have lasted longer. Thanks again Mom for such a fun trip, we'd go again in a minute.

Half Baked

It's official, we've reached the halfway point and our little one is now. . .

We decided to celebrate with some Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream, the "baby's" favorite.



Even more exciting, we had our 20 week ultrasound and found out that we're having a little girl!!!! We were so excited to see our cute little girl and learn that she is healthy and growing right on schedule. Pink is our new favorite color!

Winter Adventures

For Valentines Day this year along with some really pretty roses Jake gave me a cute little book that he had made. I just had to share what a cute and creative husband I have. He took a childrens book called Guess How Much I Love You and glued in pieces of paper that replaced the names of these bunnies with our names. The little Bev and big Jake are competing throughout the book to see who loves the other more. I just posted a few of the pages:

Now that the projectile vomitting has eased and I am feeling a little better we have begun taking our little adventures again. Jake and I both had President's Day off of work and it was a nice day outside so we decided to do a little snowshoeing up Mueller Park. It felt so nice to get out after being cooped up in the house all winter and especially nice to be off the couch exercising again. The scenery was beautiful. I love being in the mountains when it has snowed, everything is so white and peaceful. It felt like we were the only people for miles.
We have been wanting to go to a BYU basketball game all season, and finally had the chance yesterday. It ended up being such a great game to go to. They played the U of U and the Mariott Center was intense. Our ears were still ringing after the game and Jake's voice finally has come back. We went to the game with a few of my siblings and my parents. It was a lot of fun! Best of all the mighty cougars triumphed!!

Parasitic Growth

We recently went to the doctor and learned that Bev had a parasitic growth in her abdomen. Scary, I know. Unfortunately this growth also has side affects like: projectile vomit, fatigue, back aches, headaches, etc. The doctor showed us its arms, legs, and head and then explained that this particular growth would be with us for a very long time. We're having a baby and we couldn't be more excited!! Even more exciting, the baby's due date is Bev's birthday, August 12th, what a great birthday present. It took a little longer than planned for this new addition to be on its way but with the help of modern technology and Heavenly Father it finally happened. We're excited about beginning our family and the changes this will bring. Don't forget to check back often for new pictures and info on our growing family.

We decided to take a picture every month on the 12th to catalog the growth of our cute little parasite. Here is Bev at T-minus 6 months.

Merry Christmas!

Three Months in Review

Here we are again, behind in our blogging. Why have we delayed posting an update for so long, you ask? I like to think it's because we've been doing so much we just haven't had the time. Or maybe its the depression of a future controlled by the Democrats. Who knows, but here is an update on the past few months.


We took a weekend trip to Moab with Bev's sister Heather and her family. We spent the time mountain biking, visiting Arches, pushing the stroller up Slickrock (I think the mountain bikers thought we were crazy), catching lizards, and camping in the beautiful southern Utah red rock.

We watched Megan, Bev's sister, run the Top of Utah Marathon. It was her first and she did amazing, finishing in under 4 hrs! Way to go Meg.





We took a short trip to southern California and luckily timed it just right so we missed the first Utah snow storm. We spent some quality time at the beach, and loved the warm weather. We also got to visit and stay with Bev's old roommate Becky and her family. Thanks again Becky for letting us stay with you.



We rescued this dragon fly from a watery death only to later be devoured by seagulls. ( I think the watery death may have been better)


We rented a tandem bike and road it on a path along the beach. We highly recommend tandem bikes, it's the best way to travel along the beach.
We went to LA and saw the Broadway musical Wicked. Neither of us knew much about it before we went, but we loved it. It was fun to get all dressed up and go to a show.

We also spent a day at the happiest place on earth, Disneyland. They were all decked out for Halloween. If you look closely the A's on this sign are candy corns. Neither of us had been to Disneyland in years, and it brought back a lot of fun memories. I think we leave just enough time between projects to forget all of the pain and suffering that come with them. We painted our living room red. It actually turned out better than expected, but of course was also a lot more work than we were planning on. Just in case any of you are planning on painting your walls red expect to put about 6 layers of paint on before it looks like the color on the card.

We'll try our best in the future to be better bloggers. But this Democrat depression could last 4 years.