waiting...

{2 weeks from Monday, I can't believe it.}

nicole carman did these for us~ she is so talented.

thank you nicole!

salt lake baby shower

{new pictures courtesy of laura miller}

my mom & sister threw me a beautiful shower at the salt lake country club last week.

my darling sister.

my mother-in-law was in town too!


I had so many wonderful friends there... childhood friends, high school friends, college roommates, married student ward friends- all kinds. It was so fun to see everyone!


Unfortunately, my camera was being weird and so I didn't get pictures with everyone.












{and this is from the Carter family shower I had...and didn't get any pictures of- but I had to document this amazing work of art. My cousin Haley made it for me...it was quite a labor of love!}

husband

{some of you may be wondering where my husband has been all this time...well, he's been very busy... here he is for his debut at blogging}

hello friends - im trying my hand at blogging for the first time. im surprised at how not difficult it is.  so i've been away from my wife for a little while playing "where in the world is Carmen Sandiego".  i first went for ten days with ma and pa wilson to the Holy Land where we saw much of Israel and some of Palestine.  I came home for three days and then went transatlantic again - this time to Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary - with a couple mission buddies.  the trips were fab but im glad to be home with C again waiting for little girl to come.  

View of the Dead Sea from Masada

With the rents at Cumron (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found)

Me at the Jordan River 

View from a Syrian bunker on the Golan Heights

me and the pops at Caesarea Phillipi

Me and the folks at an old roman palace on the Israeli coast

ma and pa at the Dome of the Rock

...I went with my mission buddies Jake "Silny" Frahm and BJ "I honestly don't remember" Kramer.  Scheming for the trip began on a fateful sunday back in November.  Fortunately, and against all odds (well, not really, but it sounds cooler), we were able to overcome a pregnant wife, a job search and a newly-minted fiancee to embark on our much anticipated journey back to the land where we served.  Bylo to jedna z nejlepsich skusenosti nasich zivotu, at zije Cesko!

In front of the National Museum on Wencalsas Square

A wonderful visit to the Vaclavovci in Trencin

We stopped in at a school in Slovakia and taught English for a couple of periods

Me and the bronze jester in Budapest

With the Kasanovi and Milan visiting the Hastikovi

At the Sunday Devotional the members made us speak at

Church in Uherske Hradiste - the greatest city in the world

A trip to the C.R. wouldn't be complete without a visit to Pani Brozkova's

The random tree girls in Liberec - i just couldn't resist

Beej and I in front of some weird statue in Budapest



With the members in U. Hradiste

No trip would be complete without sport - so we balled in Moravia 

12 hr layover in Frankfurt so we went and saw the sites

and ate some pretty good german food (Jake ate most of it)

the boys

carmel

{this is from a few weeks ago- forgot to blog it in the right order}... after my girls shower in Danville, a few of us went to Carmel and stayed at the Reeve's gorgeous beachhouse. This is one of the only pictures of all of us together and captures the essence of the trip- playing a lot of nertz in our pjs, talking, eating...it was heaven.


we did some shopping in downtown Carmel.

ate yummy french food.

loved being with my girls.

shell, al, kris

me & allie b.

loved having avery there for the first time in awhile! love her.

ali got a hold of my camera and starting taking individuals...i think these are funny.










walking on the beach- I was too lazy to go!

the view from the house...beautiful.

last day before we left all together.

breakfast at katy's.



don't know exactly what this was...got to love that baggie.

it was a real dream of a trip- sorry girls that I didn't get these posted for you sooner;)

danville moms shower

My Danville mothers threw me a shower last week when I was back in San Francisco working on my parents new apartment...it was such a nice shower & loved seeing so many familiar faces.

My mom, me, liz & william, and marmie.

they made my favorite foods- silvia's beans & salsa and martha's pies

more danville mommas

i got so many great gifts!

william & baby girl have matching bla blas now!

me & my mother-in-law Lynda

This girl is getting so spoiled! thank you moms!

baby girl's first shower!

Last week, in Danville, a few of my best friends threw a beautiful shower for baby girl & me. It was gorgeous, seriously...my pictures are dark so they don't even begin to do it justice. It was beautifully decorated, the ambience was perfect, the food was to die for (esp. Krista's orange rolls) and the company was even better {not to mention all the darling outfits I got} !



I stole these beautiful pictures from Krista's blog because she's practically a professional party planner- She's amazing & worked so hard to make it perfect. Go to her blog for the recipes- believe me, you want to...the food was delish!







the party girls.


cutest party favors made by krista and shelly.


avery, krista, and ali flew in from arizona & shelly from florida- they are so good to me.


the hostess in her parent's beautiful home.


two of my most favorites- britt and annie.


my MVHS gals...so fun to see them.


& my San Fran gals + two new little boyfriends for baby girl!


It was such a fun party & I was so honored to be surrounded by such dear friends.
Thank you Thank you!

*my hair did not miraculously grow from my pregnancy, I got my extensions put back in;)

taylor's baptism

my oldest nephew Taylor was baptized a few weeks ago...he is such a sweet boy.


his mom threw quite a celebration for the special day.

and I had lots of fun helping her.

-such delicious food. my sister is a fabulous cook.

she did a candy bar with lots of yummy sweets

the kids loved it...and so did the adults.

{darling 8 stickers by ashly lark}

{water bottle labels also by ashly...she's so talented}

kate & her boyfriend Peter

some of Court's friends and neighbors

love that face.


scotty zwick

mom & the 3 of the eyring girls

rog, jan, and jenny at the buffet.

it was a wonderful day!