Pregnancy Update

Hey all,
I started a new blogger page when I first got pregnant, but I kept it private because I wasn't ready to tell everyone about my pregnancy right away. Well, I linked it to this page (it's the link right below Ginger's pictures or the link under "links related to Saria". I haven't been the best at keeping my blog up to date, but at least it's something. I have pictures of my pregnancy bump progress. Not every week, but most weeks. I can't believe I'm heading into my third trimester already! Anyway, click and enjoy!

Been a while

So really, I've just been way WAY to lazy to update my blog... that and I've been really sick... thanks to the fact that I'm PREGNANT. But here is a quick update on our life. Around the end of June, John and I had to buy a van for our business trips. We decided on the Dodge Grand Caravan, and with used models being only a couple of thousand less than a new model, WITHOUT all the guarantees, we opted for the new model. We literally drove this car off the lot with ELEVEN miles on the speedometer, and that was AFTER we test drove it for about five miles! Anyway, we tested the vehicle out by traveling to Wisconsin to see some close friends, and then on to Michigan for a scrapbook show. The car traveled AWESOME. Anyway, I have posted a picture of it from the Dodge website (because why go through the trouble of uploading a picture if it's already available to you?!). Our favorite features by far are the stow and go seating, the multiple cigarette lighter/car outlets, the flex fuel tank (we can use unleaded or E-85 which is as much as a DOLLAR cheaper-- but less efficient), and the $2.99 gas guarantee that it came with. Oh and it will be great for the upcoming child addition to our family when we still have to take business trips!

Snow Bird & Manti Pagent

A couple of weeks ago, while John's family went to Disney Land, John and I enjoyed his parents timeshare at Snowbird. Unfortunely, I was sick most of the time so we didn't get out much. We usually hike to the peak of the mountain and then ride the tram down. The snow and SKIERS deferred us from doing that this year. However, we did hike up to Alta, the next town up.... probably about 3-4 miles. We look at all the ski "cabins" which were really mansions in the mountains! Here are some pictures of that:


The yellow blobs behind us are skiers. You can see them when the picture is bigger. I had to brighten this picture because the bright snow made us really dark at midday!


We decided to hike into the snow a little bit at Alta and we found a nice rock to sit on for the pictures. Then we noticed the FIRE ANTS! Luckily we didn't get biten! But again, snow makes things SUPER BRIGHT!


We also went to the Manti Pagent. We have gone for the last four years and now it's just tradition. This year we opted for the blankets. Can you tell I'm tired?

John got his MBA

So it's been a while since I have updated the blog, so I'm doing a couple of posts at once. John finally graduated with his MBA. Here are some pictures of the event.
All the pictures can be viewed by clicking on the picture link on the left sidebar.

Ginger's Latest Modeling

We decided to expose our dog to soccer, John's beloved sport. So John dressed Ginger up in some of his old soccer work out clothes and took her outside to play with a soccer ball for the camera.


We tried to get her to nose the ball or paw it forward, but she didn't seem to have any interest in that.

We did succeed however to get her to stand next to the ball for a picture!

I just through this was a cool "soccer picture" shot! Our dog puts up with so much from us!