My First Baby Shower

"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere." Tim McGraw

A week ago two of my best friends, Errin and Jordan put on a baby shower for me. We had a blast! It was so fun to see friends that I haven't seen in a long time. Errin lives in New York so the shower was at her parents house. It was beautiful and the food was AWESOME. These girls did a great job and I want to thank them for such a fun evening. I got a lot of really nice gifts, but the best part was spending time with friends. There were some that came and I didn't get pictures of, some that couldn't make it, and a few I forgot to invite (Sorry Julie!)

Errin and Me. We have been good friends for a really long time. The shower was at her parents house. She lives in New York so I don't see her a lot, but I talk to her on the phone at least once a week, sometimes more. I stayed up there well after the shower was over and we chatted about the good old days, and laughed really hard. We were a funny pair.

My Mom, Me and Jocelyn. The three of us worked together at Dr. Theurer's office. Because I don't work there anymore, it was fun to see Jocelyn, and of course I LOVED having my mom there with me.

Meghan and her two cute girls Mazey and Camry. I hadn't seen Meghan for a couple of years, so seeing her was so much fun. We were good friends in Middle School and High School.

Annie came and brought her two kids. She is holding Tayten, but Bentlee didn't want to be in the picture. Her kids are adorable! Annie and I have been friends since we were really little. She lived right behind me and all it took was a quick hop over the fence and I was at her house. We went through all 12 years of school together and have some very fun memories!

Jordan and Me. She is the other friend that did the shower. We also have been friends for a really long time. Before marrying Josh, Jordy and I spent a lot of time together and had a lot of fun. She is a really good friend that will always be there when you need her!

Miriam and Me. We grew up across the street from each other. We were in the same ward for 18 years. We used to play dolls, barbies and indians together. Now we are having babies together!

Hayley and Me. We have become good friends in the last few years. Our husbands met at Utah State and have been good friends for a while. Hayley and I see each other at least 2 times a week... sometimes more, and we talk everyday. She is a great friend I just love her!

Mari-Catherine, Me, Hayley and Karly. I met Mari-Cathering through Hayley. They are in the same ward together. I am so glad I have gotten to know her. The three of us, plus Jaime made quiet books together. We got together once a week to sew. It meant for a lot of late nights, talking, crying and laughing. Karly was really good friends with my husband Josh and his group of friends. She is married to Danny who I went to High School with. They just had a little baby 6 weeks ago. His name is Benjamin. He is the cutest little thing and him and Drake are going to be such good friends. I am so excited to get together so our kiddos can play..... but really it will be so Karly and I can hang out! She too is a good friend that I love a whole bunch.

So as you can see, I have some great friends. What more could a girl ask for?

A weekend with the Weils

The title may be confusing to some, but we are going to roll like Brangelina and TomKat and combine our names. (Wood and Neil) Last week Josh was gone all week for work. He traveled from L.A. to Louisiana and then to Texas. I think he planned this trip to Texas this certain week for one reason and one reason only...... The Aggies played at Texas A&M. What a smart guy, I would have planned my business trip then too. He worked really hard all week and deserved a fun weekend. He was also very fortunate to have John fly down and go to the game with him on Saturday. These boys were very excited for this weekend, and Hayley and I were pretty excited ourselves because we too had planned a fun weekend. So it worked well for all of us.

The boys in Texas......

You know you are going to get good food if the restaurant is called "Vernon's Kuntry Bar-B-Q"

When it got dark they were swarmed with crickets. They had to sit and watch the game with crickets jumping all over them. They pulled their collars up so they wouldn't go down their shirts. I didn't believe how many there were until I saw these next pictures.

Gross! I am so glad it was John with Josh and not me. I definitely would not have lasted!

So while the boys were off in Texas us girls had some fun of our own. Friday night Hayley, Grace and I went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Hayley and John know the people that own it, so we got in on a special "practice" night. The food was awesome and it was free. The only thing they were doing was taking donations for the Cache Valley Food Bank. Pretty cool right? Then we went to Hayley's and painted our finger nails and watched the movie "Coraline" It was creepy! It is a kids movie and rated PG, but this is definitely one I would not want my kids to see. It gave me bad dreams and I am a grown woman. Saturday we started out early by going to some garage sales. Our idea was to find furniture that we can fix up, and we did it! When we fix it up I will have to post before and after pictures. Saturday night we made dinner at Hayley's house... well Hayley made dinner, I just brought a salad and bread. Mari-Catherine joined us for the night and brought a wonderful peach cobbler. We just hung out, ate dinner, talked and took some pictures. We had so much fun and got some good laughs in.

The Girls in Logan......

Grace loved the Honey Cinnamon Butter at Texas Roadhouse. Who doesn't?

What a diva!

Grace loves to touch my belly and feel Drake move. We talk about him a lot to her, so they don't really have a choice...... they will be friends!

Let the Photo Shoot begin....

Good Times!

32 weeks down..... only 8 more to go

Only 8 more weeks to go. It sounds like a lot, but I remember saying, "8 weeks down....32 more to go." YIKES! I am so glad I am where I am now. I had an appointment with my Dr. today and everything is looking good. He just needs to stay in there and keep a cookin. We are getting so excited to see this little man. We love him so much already and can't wait to have him be a part of our little Wood family.

Update on Elder Jimmy

James reached his 8 month mark yesterday. Wow, that has gone by fast. It seems like he just left. Before we know it, we will be heading to the airport to pick him up. He is still in the town of Ponce where he has been for the last few months. He just had a transfer and his companion Elder Secrist got transferred to a new area, leaving James in Ponce as the senior companion and training a new missionary. He was pretty sure he would be put with a native companion that didn't speak English. He was hoping for this. It would be a way for James to learn the language even better, and it would make training a bit easier, considering he wouldn't have to do much in the language area. Here is a bit from last weeks email.....

"This week has been a pretty busy/crazy one. Transfers happened on Tuesday. E. Secrist got his bags all packed and by about 10:00 in the morning he was out of the house. I was then left there until 1 (which was really weird being by myself haha) until my new companion showed up. When the van pulled up I went outside and started trying to guess which of the latin missionaries piling out of the car was my companion. After looking for a few seconds, another missionary pointed him out. As said last week, I thought that President Antivilo was going to place me with a spanish speaker so that I could improve my skills with the language, but I guess he thought differently. Elder Rohwer´s new companion is Elder.....(drum-roll please).....Campbell, from Salt Lake City, Utah. Needless to say I was scared right out of my socks when I realized that I would be training an American instead of a Spanish speaking missionary, but I suppose the Lord helps us rise to the callings we´re given :)"

His shoes after 8 months

This is a kitchen in one of the homes.

HA HA...

I love this picture, it looks like one you would see in the conference issue of the ensign.

2 Years... and many more to go

Josh and I have been married two years today, and what a wonderful two years it has been! There are many things that I love about being married to Josh, but I am just going to share a few of my favorites.
-I love to lay in bed at the end of the day and talk to Josh.
-I love that Josh and I can laugh together.
-I love that I can ask Josh any trivia question and he ALWAYS knows the answer.
-I love watching Josh eat ice cream. (This may be confusing to some, but if you were to see it, you would know what I mean)
-I love that Josh talks in his sleep.... especially when he tries to convince me that he wasn't.
-I love that Josh and I are Best Friends.


Happy Anniversary Josh. I love you!

Does Drake have his pajamas on?

Sunday night we were at my aunt and uncles house for dinner. The baby was moving like crazy and I thought it would be fun for my little cousins to feel him move. Boston loved it. Every time the baby moved Boston would laugh and get so excited. It was really cute! After sitting there for a while snuggled up to me with his hand on my belly, his dad told him it was time to go to bed and he needed to go and put his pajamas on. He sat there thinking for a bit and asked me...."Does Drake have his pajamas on?" Oh it was the sweetest thing. After a couple more minutes of sitting there touching my belly he then asked...."When are you going to be skinny again?" This wasn't so sweet, but very funny. I look forward to the days when my own kids will say funny things.

Wood Family Reunion 2009

Two weekends ago was the Wood Reunion in Bear Lake. It was a blast. We stayed in a cabin just above Pickleville Playhouse right on the golf course. The weather was perfect....(not too hot for this pregnant gal). Friday night we had dinner and cake and ice cream for Syd and Andi's birthdays, and Robin and Ted's anniversary. We stayed up late playing the famous Wood Family Game "Back Alley Bridge" seriously the best game ever invented, it is so fun and I look forward to playing this game every time we get together with the Wood's. When we went to bed that night, I made the mistake of trying to plug my phone charger in behind the nightstand..... there in front of my lie the one thing I hate the most (besides deer) and that is a mouse! This mouse was dead! I didn't know whether to scream, cry, throw up, pass out or start heading back to Logan? I did neither of those, but made Josh get it out of our room and check the entire room for another one. After about an hour of being freaked out I finally fell asleep, but only to wake up again and again to use the potty!

Saturday was a great day in Bear Lake. We all stayed in our Pj's till about 1:00 in the afternoon. It was awesome! We went to La Beau's for lunch and then the beach. The kids had fun in the sand, and the boys enjoyed playing water baseball. Thanks to Barb I had someone who just sat on the beach with me! That night the boys went golfing. It was our night for dinner and I did it pretty simple.... Pizza, salad, watermelon and veggies. Then for dessert some hot chocolate chip cookies! Again, we played games and just enjoyed hanging out and visiting with each other. Well... that night was going just great until Jonathan uttered a few simple words...."Oh there is a mouse". Yup.... one ran across the kitchen floor. Well again all of those emotions came about, but I was tough and made it through the night! It is amazing that such a small creature can scare me so bad... and that such a stupid creature like a deer can also scare me so bad! I have been afraid of them my whole life, and there is just no getting over it. When someone asks me what is more scary a deer or a mouse....They just don't compare, they are both scary. I am not scared about a deer running out from under my bed, and I am not scared to hit a mouse in my car. I guess it depends on where the animal is that makes it more scary!

Sunday was another great/fun day. We took a short drive and a small hike to Bloomington Lake. It was so pretty there! We packed a lunch and took family pictures. There was a rope swing that all of the boys went on, even Logan! It looked really fun and it made me wish I could do it, but at the same time, I was happy I had an excuse not too, cause I probably would have chickened out!

Well, this reunion was a hit. Thank you Brad for planning it, you did a great job. It was so fun to see family that we haven't seen for a little while. I really wish we all lived closer to each other. I feel so lucky to have such great in-laws who all care about me and I can have fun with. I love you all so much. Thanks for a great weekend!

Josh and me on the beach at Bear Lake

This is Brad and Emmy's doing... I think Emmy enjoyed Logan being in the sand where there wasn't much he could do but just lay there.

Uncle Brad with the kids.

Syd and Barb

The Karren Family

Jonathan and Andi

The Wood Family

Ted and Cooper

My cute sister in-law Robin

Josh gettin ready to go on the rope swing

Josh

Ted

Jonathan

Logan was so brave! Once he did it the first time he did it over and over again.

Logan

I love this boy. I hope Drake is as sweet as he is!

What a great picture to end with. We all spent a lot of time doing this!