8.22.2008

August Excitement

So besides anxiously awaiting for the arrival of this baby (one week till "D" day) we have been busy with a few other things such as Hunter wrapping up his 3rd session of Taekwondo.  In this video he is doing part of his test that led him to receive his yellow belt at the end of class.  Great job Hunter!  

Also, I was the epidome of the clutzy 9 month pregnant woman and took a bit of a fall Sunday night which left me with two sprained ankles.  Yes, BOTH of them!  I spent the first 48 hours totally off my feet and icing my ankles as much as I could bare it.  Thanks to plenty of family and friends helping that was even possible.   To get around I would be on my hands and knees with garden pads over my knees.  Not a pretty picture.  I semi-graduated to crutches, but my pregnant body is so dang heavy that it was very dificult to manage when swinging BOTH feet.  Nice huh?  Anyhow, thanks to a blessing Ryan gave me the night of my fall I am doing incredibly well at this point.  I am walking (with baby steps) unassisted by other means than my ankle braces.  Yeah!  Now I feel comfortable to go ahead and have this baby again.    =)

8.09.2008

Pizza Oven

Ryan and his bro, Skyler showing off their pizza skills next to the recently completed pizza oven.  Ryan built the pizza oven from the ground up (nearly single-handedly.)  It takes only 2-3 minutes for a pizza to cook, and the pizza that comes out of it is amazing!  What a talented man I married!  

Alaska

My mountain man in Alaska.  One of the more exciting tales was when Ryan was salmon fishing along the river and a grizzly bear showed up 20 feet away to do his own fishing.  I don't think Hunter is quite old enough for me to let him join daddy on this type of "boys trip."  Can anyone blame me?     

Colorado

Hunter is feeding this giraffe right out of his hand!  It was amazing!  This was at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs.  This zoo sits on the mountain side- a lot of walking- but well worth the sites.

Utah

Gabriella LOVES flowers!  Everywhere we go she has to "stop and smell the roses."  It's quite refreshing, actually.

Hawaii

Hunter and Gabriella are enjoying the short amount of time we had on this most fabulous beach (on the big island.)