Artsy Fartsy

Now that I am no longer going to any classes, I have decided to start doing some projects to keep my mind away from focusing on still being pregnant. I am proud to show off my first project of Aubrey's letter blocks. I still need to get some ribbon to staple to the blocks so I can hang them over her bassinet... other than that they are pretty much done. Unfortunately, I thought this would take me a lot longer; however I pretty much finished in just a few hours... now, I have to find more projects to consume my time! (Any Ideas?) I do have to say that it was really fun making these blocks; but who would know that it would be so complicated... so many choices! After spending forever on choosing the style of the blocks, I had to decide which scrapbook paper to use.... there were so many styles and prints that it was so difficult to choose from. After which, I needed to find paint to match. Hopefully, she'll be happy with our choices.

So I guess it's official that her name will be Aubrey. Wade said that I can change it as long as I can scramble her letters to come up with a different name. Not too many choices, we've tried. Also, hopefully she is indeed a girl; otherwise, our little boy will have to just like pink and green.

Let Summer Begin!

Saturday was a beautiful day so we took the opportunity and went hiking. Around 1:00 we packed a backpack with a light lunch and headed to "R" Mountain. At first, it appeared to be just a brisk little hike. However, shortly after beginning, I was tired. Sometimes I feel great and forget that being pregnant has slowed me down, but we continued to plunge up the Butte. About half way up the butte, a horse trailed after us. However, the incline was too steep so the owner backed the horse down. I began to loose confidence in myself when a healthy horse couldn't even make it up. Finally as we trudged on, we reached the ridge of the butte. About 5 mins. after reaching the top, a woman 2 weeks ahead of me in her pregnancy ran past me. Now I was really feeling out of shape... but hey... Round is a shape... right? Actually, after we got to the top, I was feeling really good and we hiked all the way around the ridge of the butte. It took us a total of 4 1/2 hours and we hiked about 4 miles. We felt really successful until at the end, a mountain biker zoomed past us as he was just beginning and then finished before we reached the bottom. Anyways... It was a beautiful day and we had a wonderful time. It was really nice to soak in a bit of sun after a long Rexburg winter. We fortunately remembered our camera and took a lot of pictures along the way... Enjoy!

I wasn't that close to the edge... promise.

The two of us!

My Sexy Mountain Man.

This is a picture of me about 1/4 of the way up the Mountain, preparing to be "Super Mom"

I think I'm starting to look pregnant.

You could see for miles!

Wade, deep in thought

As you can see, we saw lots of wild life... I think this was a buffalo.

Sitting on a peak.

Together again.

There were lots of cool rock formations.

Katie on a rock formation

Again... deep in though... If only we could read his mind.

Wade posing for National Geographic

Wade climbing up the mountain without any gear!

I was freaking out when he got this high... but boys will be boys.

This was a really cool pores' rock we found!

We finally made it to the "R"--- It's a little hard to see,but all that white is part of it.

Me standing on the "R"

Wade's little friend that he found... they got really close that day

Front view of our little skulled friend.