Some Baby Nursery Ideas

We don't know what we're having yet but I decided that whether the baby is a boy or a girl, I wanted to have a tropical beach themed nursery. Click on the picture above to see some color schemes and ideas I had in mind :)

Book Read in January 2011

1. Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle (1/19/10)




2. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (1/22/11)




3. Where the Heart Is by Bettie Letts (1/26/11)

Martin Luther King Jr Holiday

Lamoni and I didn't not have to work on Monday so celebrated by trying something new. In one of his classes Lamoni heard about this new place in the Riverwoods. It is called Provo Beach Resort and it was quite the experience. They have a ropes course, an arcade, a beautiful carousel, a bowling alley, miniature croquet, and an indoor wave! The wave was definitely our favorite and we didn't even try it out (too expensive). It was really neat to look out the glass windows at the snow but be nice and warm and humid watching people surf in their swimsuits.

Then we decided to walk around Riverwoods and we (foolishly) went in to Williams Sonoma. Lamoni repeatedly asked me, "Why did you bring me in here if we have no money?!" I think it is his new favorite store and he wanted a full set of copper cookware and all the little gadgets that make you raise your eyebrows with incredulity. We ended up spending about 15 minutes in front of the discounted item table and bought some yummy fancy ingredients.

After that experience we were both starving so we decided to try out Malawi's Pizza. We loved it but decided that one personal pizza would have been enough for both of us. We liked the decor and were pleasantly surprised to find out that it is a non-profit restaurant and helps to fight hunger in Malawi. Who knew?

Eating some delicious Malawi's.

Lamoni took about 50 pictures in Williams Sonoma but I did not want to post them all.

Nelson

During our quick visit to Boulder City for Grandpa Sargeant's birthday we took a small motor home trip out to our favorite desert mock ghost town, Nelson!

Grandpa Sargeant's Birthday

We very much enjoyed our quick weekend trip to see Grandpa Sargeant for his birthday! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera so all we had was Lamoni's ipod. And we didn't even get any pictures of Grandpa but we got some good videos!

(singing to Grandpa. We had a Chinese food feast - his favorite!)

Included in the festivities (but not planned) was a costume party and an animal parade. We got a video of the animal parade but I didn't post it because I'm making an awkward bird cry - supposedly a tucan....anway....





(Lamoni and I crack up every time we watch this. We call it "Sydney vs Aubrey")

Amy Mosaic #3

Here's a little fun project that I decided to do again. This is what you do:

First you go to www.flickr.com/search. In the search box you put your answers to the questions below. Once you have chosen your fave pic, copy and paste the URL to the mosaic maker found at www.bighugelabs.com

1. First Name
2. Favorite Food
   
3. Your School
   
4. Favorite Color
   
5. Who is your Celebrity Crush
   
6. Favorite Drink
   
7. Dream Vacation
   
8. Favorite Dessert
   
9. What you want to be when you grow up
   
10. What you love most in life
    
11. One word to describe you
12. Your Nickname

First Appointment

We went yesterday to our first prenatal doctor appointment. It was so exciting to hear the heartbeat and to meet our doctor. We are still pretty nervous but we have a long way to go still.

Big News!

I believe mostly everyone knows by now, but if you have not heard Lamoni and I are expecting our first child! We are pretty excited and nervous but we consider it a HUGE blessing. I'm secretly hoping for a boy just because we only have one boy among my siblings' children (Tyler). But, Lamoni thinks it will be a girl and the only names we can agree on are girl names so that may be a sign...

The thing that has been worrying me lately is WHERE and with WHOM I am going to have this baby. I am pretty set on having as natural a birth as possible. I would even do an at-home birth with a midwife but when my husband races to the ER every time one of us gets sick it is a little hard to get his support on that one. That is why I am putting a word out, especially to those of you in Utah. Do you have any suggestions as to clinics, birthing centers, hospitals, and even providers that are known for their emphasis on natural/low-intervention births?

Is Anyone Still Out There?

Ok, so it seems that every time the leaves start changing I slack off on blogging. My life has been increasingly hectic and stressful but I have resolved to start keeping track of it all. If anyone is even still out there that cares, there will be a post coming very soon. A good post, that is:)

Books Read in September 2010

34. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon 9/3/10


35. Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson 9/10/10

36. Mockingjay Suzanne Collins

Books Read in August 2010

31. Towers of Brierley by Anita Stansfield

32. Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen and Barhija Lovejoy


33. October Sky, or Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam 8/30/10

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Fun Summer

I was complaining to Lamoni the other day that I feel like summer has passed me by. Therefore, to get out of my funk I decided to make a list of all the awesome things I did this summer. If I have missed anything, please let me know! I must add it to my gratitude list;)

1. Went to Mexico
2. Got married!
3. enjoyed raising a new kitten
   
4. Went to my cousin Jacob's mission farewell.
   
5. went to see the midnight showing of Eclipse and then had an awesome vampire party/photoshoot.
   
6. watched most of Shark Week
7. played tennis every week with Abby
8. moved into a new house
9. celebrated July 4th with the Morris family & watched fireworks with my hubby
10. attended the wedding open house for Jenny
11. went 4-wheeling in Mt. Pleasant and watched fireworks for the 24th
12. saw the Perseids meteor shower at 1:30 in the morning...on a work night!
13. saw several good (and not so good) movies at the dollar theater
14. enjoyed many orders of "soft as a cloud" Hawaiin Ice
15. watched Jaws I-III. Didn't make it to Jaws IV. Didn't really make it through III either...
    
16. Ikea shopping cart racing with Abby.

New House

Ok, so I may be stealing a line from Sarah, but we moved during the same weekend so what can I say. Lamoni and I just recently moved to another house. It is a duplex and although it is not as spacious as the house we were living in, it is pretty nice for a newly married couple. Thanks to Lamoni's brothers and a borrowed truck from a friend, we managed to get everything moved over the weekend. It was a LOT of work but we managed. My camera is not working so I don't have any pictures but Abby has been practicing her interior design skills and has helped a lot with decor and my husband is being a saint about all the fuss. We've also been harboring our cats underneath the house as we our in the process of finding them a good home. We would like to have house warming party soon but we'll make sure to schedule that on a different day from the Andersons' :)

New Movie Poll

Please check out the new polls. Also, please let me know if there are any movies you think should be on the list. I'm open to suggestions!

New Polls

There are two movie polls today so please vote in them both!

New Movie Poll

Thanks for voting in the last poll. Please check out the new ones!

Top Ten Best Summer Movies

Okay, I'm going to try something new on here. Now presenting...

Amy's Top Summer Movie List Tournament!

Here's how it works. I will post a poll every few days that gives the options between two movies. You must chose which movie you would rather watch during an awesome summertime movie bash. Then we will eliminate them one by one and see what the ultimate movie for summertime is.
Feel free to suggest any movies that you feel should be in the Tournament.
Let's get started!

Carter Beats the Devil

Suspense, mystery, historical accuracy, romance, character development, internal struggle: I recently finished this book and I must say, I loved it. It took me longer to finish than it should have because I've been super busy this last month but I absolutely loved this book. I loved Carter's character (based on a real person but I don't know how much is accurate on his persona). I won't go into too much detail because it was a complicated plot but for anyone that is a fan of historical fiction, mystery, magic and suspense, I highly recommend this book. The reason I thought about it today is that I had a dream last night that I was married to Carter (who looked like Lamoni) and he was putting on a professional magic show for my home ward in Boulder City. It was an amazing show and everyone kept saying how attractive Carter was and I kept thinking, yep - that's my husband:) Anyway, I hope my silly dreams do not detract from the awesomeness of this book. Carter Beats the Devil was one of the best reads for me this summer.

Happenings This Week...

Monday 7/26 - I was sick with a fever and had to stay home from work. My awesome husband stayed up all night with me making me soup at four in the morning and generally just being wonderful. In the afternoon I ran some errands and we house hunted.

Tuesday 7/27 - Went to work a little later in the day (still not feeling too well) and then house hunted like crazy.

Wednesday 7/28 - I felt substantially better and went to work. Lamoni picked me up and I took him to work. Afterwards I went to play tennis with Abby and we went to get Iceberg. It was delish. Then Abby and I house hunted for a while.

Thursday 7/29 - Lamoni received a raise in pay! We were so excited and decided to celebrate by going out to eat at a new restaurant called The Shabu Shabu House. It was very good. Then we went to the park to meet Abby and Anthony and did conditioning.

Friday 7/30 - After work, I met Lamoni on campus and we called a guy about a duplex we were interested in. He said to meet him there at 6:30. We did and made a deal to move in! However, we were too late to go turn on the electricity and the gas so we have been living in a cave all weekend. Then we went on a date and saw Shrek 4. It was ok but I haven't stopped thinking about the plot all weekend. This was a conversation from yesterday:
Amy: "Lamoni, am I your true love?"
Lamoni: "Yes."
Amy: "So, are you saying that if I hadn't come along to rescue you from the tower, someone else wouldn't have come? And you would have had to rescue yourself?"
Lamoni, after a pause: "....I believe that is correct."

Saturday 7/31 - We spent all day moving things from the old house. It took several truckloads (4 people's accumulated junk) and one trip to the dump ($17 to dump 2 TVs?? Ridiculous! Needless to say, we did not dump our TVs.) Then Abby and I went to Ikea and I bought a couch, a chair, a kitchen table, a desk, and an office chair for the new house. We then spent all weekend organizing our food storage. It took forever. Then we organized our things and set to work on putting together our furniture. Once that was taken care of we went to the old house to clean. While we were there I broke down and cried because of a sudden and overwhelming sense of nostalgia and homesickness.

Monday 8/2 - Woke up to discover that my bike has been stolen. I hate our neighborhood.