THUNDERSTORM!!

This post is for memory sake;

I was woken up last night at three in the morning by the craziest thunderstorm I have ever been in. For a whole 2 hours the thunder just kept coming and it was crazy loud. The lightning was the kind of lightning that literally lite up the whole entire house. Every two seconds the house was glowing. I love love love thunderstorms I think there is something magical about them. However I have to admit it was a little bit creepy at 3 in the morning when I was all alone as Mark is away at the huge Scout Camp this week. I finally got up at 3:30 and just sat on the couch with the puppies and watched the sky light up. Now for memory sake the cutest thing ever last night was the puppies, when the thunder started going both Molly and Lily cuddled right into me, then when I got up to go to the bathroom and sit on the couch they would not leave my side, Lily hid behind my legs as I was on the toilet. It was so precious to see how dependent they were on me to protect them from this crazy storm. It made me think of my baby and how one day Mark and I will be doing the same thing with them. Letting them come and snuggle in bed with us to keep them safe from monsters, and thunderstorms, and bad guys. I know this might sound crazy but I can't wait for one of those days to happen, just as long as it doesn't happen all the time.

OH CANADA!!!!

What a blast our family had last night. we had the Hollands, the Passey's and the Booth's over for some BBQing, Bounce House jumping and a stirring game of Quelph. Many laughs were had and I think this is going to start to be a yearly tradition with this wonderful family of mine.



The Canada day cookie




you can't see it but Molly has frosting on her face from the cookie, oh Molly what poor innocent child did you steal that from.




Julie's beautiful baby Taylor, she was so good and such a doll.



The soon to be beautiful baby, and this picture does not do my belly justice, it is getting huge.




the Kids had an absolute blast in the bounce house, thanks Mark and Vince for setting it up so the adults could play a game of their own.

THE WONDERFUL GAME OF QUELPH.




Joci saving penalty points by wrapping her head in aluminum foil



Julie designing and making a snorkel mask that she had to wear the whole entire game. Bravo Julie Bravo.


Christal covering her upper lip while dancing around the kitchen like a figure skater.


Mark and Vince racing to see who could come up with the most amount of words spelled with the letter Q in 30 seconds, I think Mark won by one point.

CAMP OUT!!!!!

So this year Mark and I had our 2nd annual camp outside under the stars on our deck with a blow up mattress, and once again we had to go in early. Last year was because of coldness and this year was because of rain, and a splitting headache I was enduring. Still fun getting it set up and lasting the 2 hours we lasted. Hopefully next year will go perfect. Except if we are keeping up with tradition we might have to come in early for some excuse. Next year will probably be because of a baby crying :))




Getting the bed ready



Lily protesting the whole idea, she thinks the bed would be much cozier.



We always bring out are mini portable DVD player and watch a movie, this year was spiderman




The family all ready for the movie

A FATHER'S DAY CARD!!!

I felt bad that my Father's Day Card never got to you so I thought I would send it through my blog. I love you Dad and hope you have a wonderful father's day.




Love Kalinda




This is one of my Favorite pictures of you Dad because it reminds me of how much our dogs love you and I know secretly you think they are adorable, even though you try to hide it.

1st Trimester!!

Was nothing like I thought it would be, but as I am nearing the end and we got to see our beautiful baby today I can't help but laugh at all the things that frustrated me in the first 3 months.

likes

-I get to have a baby
-I have an excuse to be lazy
-even though I hate that carbs made me gain more weight then I wanted it was nice not having to really hugely worry about it.
- My complexion has felt amazing.
- I get to have a baby
- finding out we might be having a boy
- wondering everyday if it is really going to be a boy or maybe it will be a girl
- buying maternity clothes
- always having something to talk about with someone, never any akward moments where you don't know what to talk about.
- I get to have a baby

dislikes

- being scared everyday
- not being able to exercise
- fruits and veggies have been a total turn off, I have to force them down my throat.
- being sick and tired of eating carb after carb
- feeling nausea's

I am loving the idea of starting my second trimester and watching my belly grow and feeling the baby kick, finding out the gender on July 27th and being able to start to exercise again in moderation.

We'll here is the first belly shout, sorry there will never be a picture of a bare belly don't feel comfortable, so this will have to do.

NURSERY???

So this is my idea for the nursery but obviously not in a bathroom. The white wainscotting with the blue walls and black furniture. I can't decide what color to do the baby's quilt but still have lots of time to think about it. I am not naturally good at decorating so I truly want everybody's honest opinion it will not hurt my feelings. I am thinking I would like to do this weather it is a girl or boy. I am thinking the color would work for either gender, but like I said I am seriously not good at the whole decorating thing so please give me your absolute honest opinion, or maybe something you like about it but an idea that would help it look even better. I was also thinking of putting the baby's name over the crib on individual wood blocks with the letter's put on in vinyl lettering. The wood blocks would be painted white and black and the letters would be put on with a similar color blue that the wall has been painted. So the color scheme is black white's and blue's (teal). Again please help I really want the room to look cute.

MARK!!!

I am so proud of my Mark lately. He is working so hard to better himself and his career so he can be a good provider for the home. Mark was so blessed to fall into this Devon job of his and instead of taking it for granted he is finding ways to try and advance even further at his job. The past two years he was taking a course at night through the college called Gas Processing Operator or in short GPO. It was kind of boring but passed with like a 3.9 GPA. Through finishing this course A very part time job opened up at the college this year were he took the course to teach it. He applied not knowing if we even had any kind of a chance. This Tuesday the college called him and informed him he had the job and can start prepping for classes right away. Not only will this be a great opportunity for him and look great on his resume. It will help bring in a little extra income once I am not working. Mark has also started taking a Petroleum Engineer course by correspondence through NAIT this September. He was really scared and did not know if he was smart enough to pass and had the motivation to do it all on his own. He finished the first course in May and a couple of weeks ago got his final grade of 93%. It is going to probably take him 6 years to finish his Petroleum Engineer course because he can only do one course per semester, but when he is done it will give him the opportunity to have a salaried monday to friday job. I love this man so much and don't even now how to think him for everything he does for our family. The Lord has blessed me with an amazing husband and best friend.

PICNIC TIME!!!!

This Friday night date night involved a picnic at our local ball diamond. Mark the other day asked me when are we going to use that $40 picnic basket again. So this past Friday night when he got home from work I had it all ready to go. The cutest were the puppies and watching them run around in the open field chasing the birds. After the feast we threw a ball around for a bit then headed into Lloyd for some garage sale hunting and birthday cake with some great friends. I am over the moon excited for this baby to come, but have to admit I will miss Mark and mine's time we have had together. We are celebrating 7 years together this July and both of us can't seem to imagine what life will be like with a little one running around.

IT'S A....................

I bet you are wondering how we know what it is at 10 weeks, well we don't know 100% but I bought this product called the INTELLIGENDER and it is suppose to be over 80% accurate at predicting what sex your baby is buy week 10. You just mix your first morning pee with this cup of crystal looking substance and the reaction goes a certain color for each gender. We are of course not buying anything due to these results, we just thought it would be a fun thing to do.

Soooooooooooooooo what were the results, while what do you think?




A GIRL





A BOY










It looks like there is a 80% chance we are having a Boy. We are so excited. When we first found out we were pregnant I thought we were having a girl, however these past couple of weeks I have kind of been feeling like it is a boy. So I was not surprised at all when the results said it is a boy. So lets hope in 10 more weeks the ultrasound agrees with the intelligender, because now I am getting so excited about having a boy.

THE WIND!!!!!!

The first time I heard this song, it's beauty filled my heart and has been and will always be one of my favorite song's to listen to. At a time with all of these tragedies happening in the world how can we not look and be grateful for everything we have been blessed with. The knowledge and understanding that we have that we will return and live with our Savior and family again someday is beautiful. Cat Stevens is a musical genius and his lyrics not only with "The Wind" but many others like Peace Train inspire me to want to do more and be more at this time in my life. I hope I can always remember that no matter what happens in my life just having the gospel is enough, and should be enough to make me eternally happy.