A Little Bit of Summer

Here are a few pictures of summer here in Iowa so far:

FINALLY Skyler got out on the golf course!

Rebekah's first time on the waverunner. She giggled the whole way.

All of us eating at one of Skyler's favorite restaurants, Hu Hot.

While Carriet and Kemily were here we decided to do a music video to "Do Re Mi." Yes we wore matching outfits and yes we choreographed a dance that even the boys did. We asked YouTube to come film it (hehe). It will be up online soon.

Some intense tetherball games with Colby and Kayla.

This is the pedestrian bridge connecting CB and Omaha over the Missouri River. Here we are on the state border - Rebekah was in Nebraska and Skyler was in Iowa.

Rebekah and I were asked to be tour guides at the Kanesville Tabernacle one of the church historical sites in Council Bluffs. We're there on Sundays.

On the 3rd of July we went to the Omaha Royals game and enjoyed great seats with the fam.

Fireworks after the game!

Other things about I've learned about Iowa this Summer:

-there is a lot of roadkill, I promise a new animal on every major road all the time

-all the hype about fireflies or lightning bugs is totally legit - they are awesome!

-when there's a siren in the city that's the signal to go into the basement for a tornado warning

-they DO NOT mess around with their storms out here, thunder and lightning weekly pretty cool except it keeps me awake at night

-I don't think there is ever a moment that passes without someone on the street mowing their lawn or tending to their yards... always the gentle hum of a mower

99% Sure

13 weeks - You can see that brain developing on the upper right. Poor kid doesn't really have legs quite yet.

17 weeks - Check out that spine!!! You can see eye sockets and the profile a bit better in this photo and the doc says it's pretty clear that we're having a...

GIRL! Yahoo :)

Kansas City Trip

Bret and Carrie were in town for a few weeks so we thought it would be fun for da boys to take a trip to Kansas City and see the Dbacks play the Royals. It was a fun trip and glad we got to see the Dbacks win one of their few games this season.

Check Kauffman stadium off on Skyler's list of stadiums to go to before he dies.

Max Sherzer was signing autographs before the game. Us geniuses didn't bring anything for him to sign for us. Whoops.

Sweet, newly renovated stadium.

Somehow we ended up with sweet seats. First row in the second section.

Dan Haren pitched a great game. Poor guy should be undefeated this season but his team stinks. Still a fun pitcher to watch.

Ahem.

THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Yes it's true - It's time for us to have a baby of our very own! Rebekah is 16 weeks pregnant and we feel very blessed to be starting our little family. We are very excited!! Our due date is the last day of November. (We'll find out the gender as early as next week!)

Graduation

So this one time we graduated and were so busy we didn't get the chance to brag about it. Boom! We're college graduates.

President Uchtdorf and Elder Nelson were commencement speakers.

We've all become good friends while living in Provo but after graduation we'll be parting ways. Kasey, Emily, Carrie, and Bret, you guys have been great friends!

Daww! BFFs!

Daww! BFFs!

Is this heaven?

Hello friends. Sorry it's been awhile since we've written but there's a really good reason for that. Here are a few updates:

Skyler is greatly enjoying his internship with the Council Bluffs Parks and Recreation department. It's more like playing for him because he gets to watch baseball games, golf with city big whigs, and organize fun events for the city. The internship ends in August so he's been applying for jobs all over the country to begin in August. Hopefully something turns out.

Rebekah has been enjoying getting to know the wonderful state of Iowa better. Definitely a different culture and land than she's used to but has adjusted well and is a good sport about it. She loves having sisters (Jamie and Kayla) to hang out with and often

stays up late just chatting up a storm. Rebekah recently received responsibilities in the primary at our church and is excited to be put to work there.

Here are some other pictures and highlights of our Iowa experience so far:

Such a funny dog. For some reason Rusty has this attachment with Rebekah, always at her feet. Skyler enjoys playing with him and finding ways to trick him.

We got to see Jamie and Colby go to prom. Fun fun!

So I guess we don't have that many pictures so far but we've done lots of fun things:

- Iowa Blackhawks game (arena football)

- Colby's graduation

- College World Series opening cerimonies (fireworks, intro of teams, etc.)

- Volunteer tour guides at the Kanesville Tabernacle

- Lots of tennis games

- Colby's baseball games

- Kayla's soccer games

- Carrie, Bret, and Brian here for 2 weeks

- Lots of movie outings

- Skyler's baseball games with friends

- Movies in the park

- Cruisin on the waverunner with friends and family

- Eat lots and lots of pizza

ALIVE

Wow - you think nobody reads your blog until it seems like everyone you talk to is telling you how disappointed they've been to click on our link the last couple weeks and see that same picture of Skyler over and over. Sorry folks! But we're back now and I am sure you're relieved. Unfortunately, this post is lame. Here's what we've been up to and what you can look forward to in some catch-up posts.

We moved out of College Park, took our finals, and graduated from BYU all in the same week!
My brother Matt got married in San Diegooo - twas a fun trip.
We drove across the country to Iowaaaaaa which is where we now live.
Skyler started his internship and is really enjoying it.
I am still looking for a job and getting to know the area.
We're boring people - thanks for caring enough to read this silly post. Happy June!