Going to the Middle of No Where

At the beginning of December, Ashton flew to Omaha and did another interview for pharmacy school. He flew on 12/4, interviewed in 12/5, and was supposed to come home late on 12/5. Well, due to snow in Minneapolis, his flight was 2 hours late coming in, making him miss his connecting flight by 10 minutes! He ended up staying in Minneapolis a night and was able to come home on 12/6.

When Ashton called me after his interview, he said "I rocked it Ali!" Well, he was right. He got accepted to Creigton University! We are going to put a deposit in, meaning if he doesn't get accepted to ISU-Meridian, then we will be headed to the "middle of no where", Nebraska.

Congrats Ashton!

We love lemons!

So I found this website, www.babycenter.com, and I love it. Each week I get an e-mail about what is developing with our little baby. I am 14 weeks pregnant, so by now the "baby can squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb. Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine... and he can grasp, too." Last week, little fingerprints developed on its little fingers! So much fun! Also, the baby is now as long as a lemon, weighs about 1 1/2 ounces. (Length: 3 1/2 inches, head to bottom.)

Ashton's BSU Graduation

Well, we made. We made it half way. Today Ashton graduated from BSU with his Bachelor's in Human Biology! It's kinda sad to think that a Bachelor's degree is only half way because it is such a huge achievment in itself. It was a nice ceremony. Ashton's family braved the roads and made it up here to see it. Shauni and Dalton came too. It was so nice to have them there to celebrate with us. We also want to thank those who couldn't be there but were there in spirit. Thanks for all the support on getting us here.

This video is of the Color Guard. They had bag pipes bring them in. It was awesome.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

This is Ashton's graduation pictures. I also put video in of his name being announced!

Make a Smilebox scrap pages

Thanksgiving Break

Make a Smilebox greeting

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

So Much to be Thankful For

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I just wanted to let you know that Ashton and I have so much to be thankful for this year. We are expecting! Little baby Jenks is due June 19th, 2009!!! We are super excited for this long awaited event. Sorry the ultrasound isn't that great but I wanted to post it anyways. The little "peanut" shaped thing on the right is our baby at 8 weeks. Now I'm at 11 weeks. Hip, Hip, Hooray!

What Color Crayon Are You?

I love to color and when I saw this, I just had to do it...

You Are a Blue Crayon

Your world is colored in calm, understated, deep colors. You are a loyal person, and the truest friend anyone could hope to find. On the inside, you tend to be emotional and even a bit moody. However, you know that people depend on you. So you put on a strong front. Your color wheel opposite is orange. Orange people may be opinionated, but you feel they lack the depth to truly understand what they're saying.

What Color Crayon Are You?

Updates

I haven't updated for a while so her it goes. Ashton got accepted to the school in Glendale, AZ. We have decided not to go there. We did find out yesterday that he got another interview at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. It will be either December 5 or January 23. We haven't been told which date. So life is exciting and constantly changing at our house. Thanks for checking in!

It Works! It Really Works!

My oven got fixed today, YAY!!! Finally after almost 2 months I can bake again! I would like to thank Shauni for housesitting my oven for me a couple of times so the guys could come and fix it. You are awesome!
I am going to go baking crazy this weekend, I can feel it. Hmmmm, which cookies to make first...

AZ Trip Day 4--The Final Day

Well, our travels also took us to Page, AZ. It is on the border of the Navajo Nation and Lake Powell. It was really pretty. As we were driving to Page from the Grand Canyon, we passed a lot of roadside stands of indian jewelry, blankets, and pots. Some of the things on display were so pretty. We didn't stop since we didn't have cash, just plastic. If you ever do journey that way though, make sure you have cash. It would have been fun to stop. But Lake Powell was fun. There is a lot to do there. You can go rafting and rent a house boat. They have a hot air balloon regata (which I am sad we missed) and you can do helicopter rides. There are also tons of canyons and site seeing places nearby. But we didn't do any of that. We just slept there then drove on through. Here are some pictures of Lake Powell...


The water was really low. It would be really pretty when it's fuller. I thought that the blue water against that red rock was just stunning. The pictures just don't do it justice.
We did stop at the Glen Canyon Dam. It looks like any other dam...



After that, we made our way up to Provo, where we stopped and chatted with Ashton's friend Rob and his family. It was wonderful to see them again and spend time with them.

Then we stayed the night in SLC, and made our way back home. We stopped at each of our parent's homes, visited with them for a little bit, then headed the last 2 hours home. It was nice to be home and sleep in our bed, not a hotel bed.

It was a fun mini vacation!

AZ Trip- Day 3

Today started out bright and early at 3:30 this morning. Ashton's mission buddy, Woodard and his wife (Woodard is his last name. It's just what we call him) visited us. Now Woodard lives in Provo and we were hoping to see them when we went through Provo. Ashton got a hold of him and found out they were headed to Phoenix! Well, they passed right through Campe Verde, which is where we were staying the night, and stopped and said hi. We met at Dennys that was right across the parking lot for us. It was fun. We spent a couple of hours with them in Dennys and then they headed back to Phoenix. What are the odds of that happening? It was good to see them and to know that they are doing great. After our 3:30 extravaganza, we headed to the Grand Canyon. We drove through Sedona. It's a town a lot like Jackson Hole. It is surrounded by a lot of red rock and many of the buildings were built out of it. It was really pretty. The next town we went through was Flagstaff. The drive there was so pretty. The leaves were turning, there was forest everywhere, and beautiful red rock. Here are some pictures of our drive... Then through Flagstaff we caught part of Route 66. Ashton was really excited. This stretch wasn't that exciting though. Our next stop was the GRAND CANYON!!! It is absolutely amazing and it is huge!

Also at the Grand Canyon there were some ruins. They are called the Tusayan Ruins. They were pretty neat...


We've had a lot of fun so far and tomorrow we are playing in Page, AZ and Lake Powell. Thanks for checking in!