Milestones

Whoa! Two posts in one month - you're not dreaming. And another milestone: Clay and I went on a date! Here are a few of the highlights...

We went on a triple date with some friends after the football game to the Nickelcade! Gotta love the cheap thrills. First game: air hockey. Yes, I beat Clay. He put some points up on the board, but couldn't pull it out in the end so I had to blog about it to rub it in.

Next game: Time Crisis II. Clay and his buddy Kevin took on a mob of gangsters. Doesn't Clay look threatening with his pink gun? They didn't win, but I have a feeling we will be going back soon so Clay can have his revenge.

Next game: A pounding game to help you release all your emotions caused by having something growing inside of you and screwing up your hormones. Clay had his impressive video of his flip while skiing and this is what I have to offer. Just as impressive, right? So we had a lot of cheap fun with everyone and I look forward to our next quarterly date.

I had another new adventure in cooking last week. I decided to make bacon wrapped chicken. I like bacon and chicken and cream cheese, so put them all together and it will be a hit. All you have to do is chop some onion, mix it in the cream cheese, spread it on the chicken and wrap it all in bacon. Well, this is what it looked like when I pulled it out of the oven. Doesn't look very appetizing. They tasted a little bit better than they look. I haven't decided if I should throw out this recipe or try it again with a few tweaks.
We'll see, but you have to give me credit for trying something new!

Clay is currently playing on a intramural football team with some of his friends. Their team is called Count Choculitis which was inspired by the 'Health Care' episode of The Office. Their first game they won 28-0 and they also won last week's game 28-7. Clay usually plays defense, but in that game he gave offense a try and caught a long pass on fourth down and scored a touchdown. It was pretty amazing and fun to watch. Speaking of football....BYU is ranked number 7 and 8! The Cougars look great this year and we are hoping for three shut outs in a row when BYU plays Utah State this Friday. And my last milestone: I finally switched to maternity pants and I love them! Thanks so much Amber for lending me your maternity wardrobe. I call them my stretchy pants. "It's for fun." I think they need to make all jeans with a large stretchy waist. Clay is jealous. I just know I am going to come home one day and find him wearing them.
Thanks for checking up on us!

That's not a leg...

It's a boy! So many people predicted it would be a girl that we got used to the idea, so it was a surprise when they said it was a boy. I think Heavenly Father figured Clay could only handle one emotional girl in his life right now!

Here are his legs that he kicks me with all the time and I hear it's only going to get worse!

Hi mom!

Things have been crazy for us lately. I just graduated from BYU with a degree in Communication Disorders. I really enjoyed earning my degree, but it feels good to move on and now I get to be a mom. So it was fun to send Clay off to school yesterday and not have to go myself.

We have been partying as much as we could before school started. We had a ward campout over the weekend. We had lots of fun and ate tons of smores. The next day we decided to up and go to Blackfoot for the Eastern Idaho State Fair. Wow. The food was incredible. I am so glad I have an excuse to eat as much as I want.

We just moved to a new apartment. Do you like it? Actually, we moved to a new place with two bedrooms. We feel like we are in heaven because it is so much bigger and nicer than our old basement apartment. And we get to be managers for our little six-plex so that will help save money so we can pay for the baby! Our apartment is still in our ward so Clay was able to stay for his calling in the bishopric. We just got a wonderful new bishop and it's been a good adjustment. We are very blessed! My pregnancy has been much better than I expected and the baby is healthy and squirmy. Now that things are more settled down and I'm not in school, I hope to be better about posting. Thanks for not giving up on us!