I LOVE WEEKENDS!

This weekend was an epic one! We had so much fun, it is hard to know what to do with ourselves now that everyone is gone. We were able to visit our friends (who we've missed like crazy) in Logan, drive back for an afternoon nap and a visit from my two sisters. We played lots of kinect games, covered my living room floor is beds and blankets, and attended our ward together. It was so much fun!

Friday we drove up to Logan to see our really good friends Tyana and Carlos. We love doing things with those guys, and have really missed having them close by. I was so excited to see their little girl too, who is getting so big! She even learned how to climb out of her crib this weekend. We had so much fun with them eating pizza, playing monopoly deal, and watching a very interesting movie. We ended up going to bed super late, but the awesome thing about it was we didn't have to leave. Ha ha, sleepovers are the best!

We chilled at their place in the morning for a little bit, but had to make it back to our messy house in preparation for some family fun. My little sister Kira came to pick up her car she left here over Christmas break, and my sister Siehara and her husband decided to join in the fun. When we got home from Logan however, we ended up taking a nap and not really doing too much with cleaning the house. Once my sister Kira got here we went maternity clothes shopping for myself and ran to the store for some much needed ingredients. We decided to have Hawaiian haystacks for dinner.

While I was cooking dinner and getting things ready for Siehara, we had a little dog break into our house. Siehara found him wandering in the street and when they pulled into our place and opened the door, he just jumped in their car. He was well groomed, but didn't have any tags and we didn't want to leave him in the freezing cold single digit weather, so we let him come in the house and play with Bandit. After calling animal control, the pound, and the police we finally got someone to respond. Jason ended up taking the cute little thing to a shelter for the night. I'm really thankful we didn't need to keep him over the weekend, he wasn't fixed and peed all over. Bandit ending up lifting his leg a couple of times when he left too, which was not cool.

The rest of the night we rented Wii games and Kinect games and played them all night. It was really fun, and I loved seeing my living room full of people again. It made me think of our apartment in Boise and how much fun we had with having the whole family stay at our place. I loved it.

Well, today we attended church which switched to 9:00 am. We didn't get much sleep, so our afternoon consisted of sleeping. Kira left with her car full of people, and then we had the missionaries take her place. They came over to eat with us and dinner actually ended up tasting pretty good. After dinner Siehara left, and the dread of Monday set in. I'm especially dreading it because I have nothing ready for my 3rd graders on Monday. Oh well, at least I had a great weekend!

A magical snow day!

Everything magical happens on a snow day right? Ha ha, see that's what I thought, but it isn't so much fun when you are 26 weeks pregnant, and love your job so much that being away from it kind of stinks. It is so funny how I always want school to be canceled, but when it actually is I think of all the things my class could have gotten done, how much we're going to need to make up, and what I am going to do with out my kiddos for the day. Here are my snow day adventures for ya.

First Jason and I both got to sleep in... until 7 ish. Then we just had to get up because I was getting all kinds of calls from the district to assure me that the schools were in fact closed. Every half hour my cell phone would go off with either someone from my school calling, or a recording from the district. I love how our sleeping in is never passed 7 unless we are super lucky. Then again I have a very active little boy in my tummy who seems to always hate it when I'm trying to sleep. It think he is training for some kind of marathon during that time.

Once we were up, we made a big delicious breakfast, got all snugly on the couch, and Jason played his XBOX for the next couple of hours. I'm starting to think that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to get him a toy for his birthday... I suddenly got a burst of energy (which doesn't happen to often) and started cleaning our house like mad. I was a little sad when I suddenly got really tired again and hadn't even made it to the kitchen. Well... that's when I got to take a nap. Jason left for work, and I laid on the couch for some much needed sleep, at least that is what my body was telling me, not so much Carter. I actually slept with out getting up to go pee, or getting kicked in the stomach, for 4 whole hours! It was wonderful, but once awake I still had no energy. What do you do when your body is way to tired to do anything? Well, you talk on the phone and lay around of course. I got to talk to my best friend Kyra for an hour, tried working out (didn't last too long, maybe 20 min), and thought of ideas for dinner.  Don't worry though, I actually made dinner!

Standing out in the snow :)

The rest of the night was spent watching Jason play ward basketball, and actually planning some lessons. I was mighty thankful for 10:00 pm to come around, when we could climb into bed again. Now it is Saturday, and I think it might be a repeat of yesterday... we're having some friends come over for desert and games though, so maybe it will be a little more exciting :) Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Birthday Jason!

So... Jason was able to have another epic birthday this year! His birthday is December 31st, so how can you not have an epic birthday?! It was super fun, and although things looked like they wouldn't be as perfect as I would have liked, they turned out even better! Here's the story...

Jason had to work on his birthday, poor guy, but he loves his job and so I really don't think he minded all that much. I on the other hand was a little sad I couldn't be with my man on his birthday. That's just me being selfish I guess... so I decided I would dedicate the whole day to making his birthday the best ever!

First we took our little Bandit to the vet together for a regular check up. That is when things started looking a little down. We found out our stinky, cute, little beagle has rotting teeth that are making him age like crazy. That is why most of his face is turning white, he sleeps all the time, and his joints are getting stiff. To save our little puppy we scheduled a day for him to get put out and get all those nasty teeth pulled and others cleaned. It was sad news to hear, and I ended up almost passing out again. The vet thought it was because of some pictures he showed me, but ladies who are prego.... never ever stand in one place for too long with out bending your knees or moving around. I was so embarrassed  because this was my 3rd close call to almost passing out in public.

As soon as I got Bandit home, operation awesome birthday began. I got out my sister's cake decorating kit that she happened to leave here, got out all the ingredients I needed, and started making the best cake you have ever seen in your life... at least that is what it was supposed to be. See Jason really wanted an XBOX for his birthday, and I really didn't want to get him one (even though I did). I decided I would make him a cake that looked exactly like an XBOX and tell him that his cake was his gift. I was excited for him to have strawberry cake too, which after being opened turned out to be chocolate instead. I baked the cake, put it on a piece of cardboard so I could start decorating it, and went to put it in the freezer to freeze the pudding in the center. When I went to go put the cake in the freezer it wouldn't fit. I thought I could hurry and frost it and then stick it outside since it was 10 degrees. So, that is what I did and it looked awesome! I should have taken a picture of it before I put it out in the snow, but I wasn't thinking and got ready for the rest of the day instead. When I came back, the cake had completely melted and looked like a big white and chocolate heap of a mess. I guess my 10 degrees is really 25. I had to take the cake with the tin foil, throw it back in the pan I baked it in, and completely re-do everything. Jason didn't get his XBOX cake, but he got a cake with a sad looking controller and his name on it.

That night we had pizza with my sister and her husband, played games and had lots of fun. While the boys were out getting the pizza, we wrapped Jason's awesome Pocket Simon (my sister had laying around) and his real gift of course. When it was time for him to open his gift, his face was priceless. You could tell that he was a little disappointed with his totally retro gift (probably because I forgot about batteries). When his XBOX came out however, he was like a little boy at Christmas. He was so excited!

Well the rest of the night, we ate junk, went to Walmart to see if they had any Kinect games, and lit off fireworks in the freezing cold. We ended up playing games until 3 am and slept until 11 am the next morning. It was pretty much the most amazing birthday ever... at least I thought so. One lesson learned however, make sure the cake fits in the freezer if it needs to go in there. Then you will have the epic cake you were dreaming of instead of a big mess in the snow. Happy 2013 everyone!!

The cake before... YUM!

Frosting

My not so awesome creation...

Jason got a pocket SIMON!!!

Or could it be an XBOX?

Crazy Sisters!

A Very Merry Christmas!

Christmas is my absolute favorite! I love the break I get from school, the time I get to spend with my wonderful family, and most of all.... time with JASON! I can't believe it came and went by so fast! Even though it might be sad, we still have the wonderful memories we made to hang on to.

Well, the last week of school my 3rd graders didn't make me rip out my hair. In fact we really had a good time and I was almost sad to see them leave me for a week and a half. Key word there is ALMOST because I could hardly wait for us to make the trek back home to see my family. I was so ready for the break to just relax and forget about teaching (which never happens by the way... that's all I think about besides having a baby). I was secretly excited to show off my little baby bump to some new faces too :) We had our last ultrasound just before leaving on our big trip and I could hardly wait to share it with grandma and grandpa to be. Carter is 1 lb now and super active! We can hardly wait to meet him in April!!!

Our trip to Washington was super short, but so worth it! We really had a wonderful Christmas, and even with all the snow, we didn't die on our way back to Utah! There were a few close calls with cars sliding across lanes of traffic in front of us and tons of accidents on the side of the road, but we made it safe and sound. It was so good to be with our family, and our little one made out like a bandit. I can already tell our sweet boy is going to be the most spoiled child in all of history. He already has tons of clothes, toys, a car seat, stroller, blankets, mittens, socks, and the list goes on. It will all be so very appreciated when he is finally here!

Next on our adventure list is Jason's 28th birthday! I am super excited for some odd reason, but it is probably because I can hardly wait for him to open his gift. It is pretty sweet and put me through the embarrassment of having our card declined lol. I just hope he likes it as much as I think he will. I am also planning some awesome surprises for his big day, so we'll see how it all goes. 

In the freezing cold looking at lights :)

Me with my new computer from Jason

Our LOVELY living room

His glasses make him sexy! The braces add a little too... 

Well... the last few days, I have been grocery shopping, planning a birthday party, cleaning my house, de-junking to get the nursery ready, and avoiding the planning of lessons like the plague. It really sucks when I have absolutely no energy to get anything accomplished! Taking 2 naps a day is a little ridiculous too... Welcome to the 2nd trimester I guess... right? Well thanks for listening. I'll let ya know how Jason's big birthday bash goes. Until then... Happy 2013! This next year is going to be incredible!

Weekend Adventures

My Jason! I'm so proud of him!

Let it be known to all the world... Jason is done with school for the rest of his life! Oh my gosh we could not be more excited! He lasted through all the group projects, research papers, endless hours of reading, and not having any weekends free since September. I get him on weekends now, and it is amazing! In fact this weekend we were able to do so much together, I LOVED IT!

Friday night we both rushed home from work to find ourselves excitedly on our way to Jason's graduation dinner. We were so excited to go to Logan and see our awesome friends! It makes me sad whenever we drive up there too though, because we have so many great memories of living there, and so many friends, it's always hard to go back to where we really live now.

Jason's graduation dinner was amazing! Even though I was so full from my work party at Olive Garden (where I stuffed myself again on bread sticks and salads... how can you not?), I loaded my plate and was off eating yet again. It's ok if I do it though right? Pregnant ladies are allowed to eat all the time, that's what I think. Anyways, we show up in this really nicely decorated place with some very nice looking people. Everyone was dressed up and looked really good, while Jason and I... happened to show up in jeans and looked completely out of place. We just had to laugh at ourselves and made sure to sit most of the time, to hide our lack of appearance. At least our shirts were pretty nice (Jason was wearing a T-shirt lol).

After the dinner, we made our way to see our wonderful friends Carlos and Tyana. Tyana and I are both pregnant, we both teach 3rd grade, and we are both due in April (only a week apart!). They have the cutest little girl too! We weren't able to see her though, because she had already gone to bed. It was so good to be able to see them and see how well they are doing.

We left their place feeling happy and so exhausted, especially thinking about our day on Saturday... We were to be in Salt Lake pretty early for Jason to go to work for a couple of hours and then head over to my sister's place. We figured it would be best if we just went together rather then take 2 cars. I got to sit in his office for 2.5 hours while he did his thing, and then I got to go shopping with my sister! The poor girl was dragged through all kinds of maternity stores however, and I Clarissa Osborn found the secret to being comfortable while being pregnant!! Maternity clothes!! Don't ever be afraid to buy them, cuz when you can bend over with out it hurting... it really is an accomplishment! The whole time we were shopping was supposed to be for the boys, but well we girls just can't help it.

Later that night was our ward Christmas party. I had volunteered to bring a desert and so I whipped something up real fast. I must say... it was the nastiest thing I have ever made, and Jason will attest to that! Texas sheet cake made by Clarissa Osborn... SICK! Ha ha. Luckily when we showed up about 15 minutes late for the party, they already had a kitchen full of deserts. I just hope that whoever did actually try my cake, didn't know it was me who made it.

The party was really quick and then we were off to find the frustrated Clarissa some place to get her hair cut. Sadly the only option we had was Walmart, but I sucked it up and I did. Yes ladies and gentle men I got my hair cut at Walmart and it actually turned out quite cute. SO much better then the way my hair was! I was a happy girl. Especially when my extremely handsome husband decided when we got home we needed to snuggle up on the couch and watch a Christmas movie. We ended up falling asleep to the silly background of ELF.

The Festival of Trees... Last weekend. We've been slackers at taking pictures!

Today has been a relaxing day. We were able to sleep in passed 7:30 until my hips started hurting, and then me made a delicious breakfast of biscuits and gravy! The rest of the day we attended church, hung more ornaments on our Christmas tree, ate a delicious dinner of left overs, and showed up to a wonderful Christmas concert at the stake center. Now we are making bread and getting ready for an extremely busy week next week. If you don't hear from us... we're probably dead...

Road Trip to Iowa

Jason and I mentioned our excitement about visiting family in Iowa, and that is exactly what we did for Thanksgiving. We drove 1,000 miles for me to meet Jason’s family for the first time, and for Jason to finally see them again. A thousand miles may sound a little crazy, but we love road trips and were so excited for the opportunity to see everyone!

Our road trip started right after work on Tuesday. Each of us left work as soon as we could, double checked that we didn’t forget anything, and said goodbye to our little Bandito and Jebadiah (the fish). Our plan for the first leg of the trip was to make it to Cheyenne Wyoming. Our 6 hour drive resulted in tons of laughing, reading, and eating a taco salad without a fork in the dark. We had fun, but were excited to find a hotel and crash for the night. After a full day of work, driving makes you so sleepy.

Wednesday was our big journey of 10 hours to Iowa, and it actually flew by. I love road trips with Jason J We read The Hunger Games, sang He is We and other random songs at the top of our lungs , talked about a possible black Friday expedition, stuffed ourselves with tomato basil wheat thins, stopped a billion times for me to pee, and laughed at random memories. It was pretty awesome…

When we finally pulled in to Jason’s cousin’s house, I was so excited and nervous. I really hate meeting people for the first time after driving in the car and looking rather gross, but couldn’t believe I was finally meeting Jason’s family! Two adorable little girls greeted us in the driveway and deemed they would be glued to our hips that very moment for as long as they could help it. We were whisked inside, given a very nice tour of the house, and pampered with recliners, pillows, and one of our favorite movies Despicable Me. Later we had a delicious dinner, played I spy, and played a very memorable game of hide and seek.

Thanksgiving Day was amazing! I love stuffing my faceJ It was especially wonderful, because of the people we spent the day with. We actually ended up going to Grandma’s house (the girls’ grandmaJ) and were greeted by the friendliest people ever. We were family right away and felt so welcome. The food was amazing, and the day was filled with football (a must for most people on Thanksgiving), a nice nap, racing outside, hitting a volleyball around, and eating more food. We also learned how to play a new game called Acquire, in which I didn’t understand and completely failed at wining. We had fun playing though.

Friday was a little sad, because we knew the following day we’d have to say goodbye, but we made the most of it and had so much fun. We spent the day with the girls playing all kinds of games and watching movies. We stayed in our PJs all day and even decorated a Christmas tree. The girls loved every minute and Jason and I loved making memories with them. Come dinner time we headed to Pizza Hut for a family dinner out and headed to the movies. Wreck it Ralph in 3D was the feature presentation, and it was so good. We really enjoyed ourselves J

Saturday we woke up early to get ready for our long drive home. We also wanted to get a head start to visit more family in Nebraska and hopefully make it to Cheyenne in hopes of a short drive home on Sunday. The girls weren’t happy with our decision to leave early, and pleaded for just one more game. We played a quick game of duck, duck, goose, and had many group hugs.  It was sad to say goodbye, but we made promises to see each other again.

On our way up to Nebraska, we stopped in Omaha to yes… do some black Friday weekend shopping. You know since black Friday is now the entire weekend. It was at Burlington Coat Factory that we made our first baby item purchase. We found a fantastic deal on a travel system for our sweet little one. Our car is now equipped with an awesome matching car seat and stroller. It even matches the color of our car!

Visiting Jason’s cousin in Nebraska was really neat too. As soon as we got there we were greeted with hugs and food. We visited with everyone for a bit (his cousin has 6 kids and all of them came home for Thanksgiving) and then taken on a pretty intense tour of their cattle farm. The smell wasn’t really my favorite, but it was neat to see what Jason’s cousin does for a living. Raising about 40,000 heads of cattle is definitely not a walk in the park. It was incredible to see all the hard work that goes into their family owned business.

                                                   

It's a BOY!

Well… This weekend was pretty epic! Not only did I get to spend some time with one of my best friends I haven’t seen in FOREVER, but we also found out some really exciting news for the little Osborn family. The idea of being parents soon has really sunk in, and we are getting more and more excited each day.

Thursday my friend Kyra came to spend the weekend with us. See we girls are Twilight crazy! Not as much as some people out there, but we have always had the tradition of going to see the movies even though they really haven’t been our favorite. We wanted to plan something epic for this last movie, but ended up taking it easy and enjoying our time together. We originally had tickets to a 10pm showing on Thursday where we would watch Breaking Dawn part I and then the midnight premiere of part II, but what can we say… we’re old and decided a late night didn’t sound as awesome as it used to. Instead with Jason out of the house for the night (at a basketball game with the boys) we grabbed a whole bunch of blanket, treats and pillows and had our very own (kind of) Twilight marathon. I must say it turned out to be a much better decision with lots of giggling and talking about life.

Friday Jason and I were so excited for our monthly appointment to see how much our little bean has grown. We were even more excited, because we were also going to find out the gender. I headed home early, got to chill with Kyra for a while, and then drove to the doctor’s office. Once we saw and heard what our little one was going to be, Jason’s reaction wasn’t all that great. It’s probably because this whole time I was telling Jason it was a boy. I think he started believing it, and that’s exactly what the doctor said. Congratulations you are having a man child! Jason just nodded his head and said a boy… cool. Kyra was ecstatic and my mom made my day when she burst into hysterics J so that made up for it.

To celebrate we took Jason out to dinner (he was the only one who ate) and waved him off to class while Kyra and I prepared for our epic Breaking Dawn part II experience. We grabbed our awesome shirts, bought our assigned seat tickets, and decided on Arby’s for dinner. I think we drove the people there crazy with all our laughing and picture taking. They probably threw a party when we finally walked out the door. It was then we walked into the theater and got settled into our seats and saw the best twilight movie EVER! I must say it blew all the other movies out of the water! We loved it J

Saturday we were sad it was Kyra’s last day, but we spent it taking all kinds of pictures. We also met an 11 year old author and decided to play a pretty intense game of Phase 10. The stakes were set high with the loser having to make no bake cookies for everyone, and just my luck guess who was the loser! Me….

Sunday we had a nice relaxing day, and were able to google chat with the fam. All of our plans for thanksgiving didn’t really include each other, so it was good to say our hellos and wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving.  So, yeah… our weekend rocked!