Yes it is about time.

So life has been a little crazy since I have last posted. If you couldn't tell by previous posts, I have been a little bland. Well Jordan and I had a little secret that we were keeping. And if you haven't heard by now...

Jordan and I are having a BABY!

We are due June 28, 2011 or July 9, 2011. I will have to explain this one...

We first found out in October. I know I have a big mouth so keeping is secret this long has been incredibly difficult! But now that I am exactly 14 weeks, I thought it would be a good time to let everyone in on our good news.

Let me just tell you that figuring out if we were pregnant was the most grueling thing I have ever gone through. I was one week late and still getting negative pregnancy tests. I will never ever buy the expensive ones ever again! Jordan bought me a three pack of the Clearblue (I think they are called) and every single one of them told me no! I was getting super upset. Especially since I had waited a week after my missed period to take it. After we had run out of pregnancy tests, we were at the dollar store. Low and behold and the checkout there are pregnancy tests there for a dollar! So we bought two. The first one I took, was a positive, but the line was so faint that I disregarded it. But when I read the instructions again, the box said, no matter how faint the second line is, it is a positive. It is just so confusing when there aren't words!! the second one that I took definitely had the second line. It was so scary to think, oh my this is actually happening. But I wanted another opinion because those tests are just silly to me.

We went up to BYU-I health center, and I made an appointment for a blood test, because I thought my urine was insufficient. When we got there, the guy handed me a cup and pointed me in the direction of the bathroom. I was quite puzzled. He looked at me and said "pregnancy test, right?" I nodded and then told him I had ordered a blood test. He took the cup from me and then a mean nurse came up to me and said that they didn't do blood tests anymore without a doctor's order and I was too late for an appointment so I could have the urine test or not at all. I wouldn't have been so upset, but I had gone to the bathroom right before I got there!! I asked her how much she needed, and she said just enough to cover the bottom of the cup. Well, I pushed it out. She came back about 30 seconds later and asked when my last period was. She then asked me to step into the back. She handed me a piece of paper that said pregnancy: positive. Date: June 28, 2011. It was so surreal!!

I walked back to Jordan, who had heard the whole thing, I was trying not to cry and we walked to the exit door. Jordan stopped me, gave me a huge hug, and said, "We are going to be parents!!" So then I started crying. Haha. I am a baby. But it was a special moment.

A couple weeks later we had our ultrasound with our saw our baby!! Baby likes to sleep upside down, so all the pictures had to be turned around so we could see our little one. But the last one where it was just the 2D showed  our little baby, and I swear it was waving at us. :) It's little hand was fluttering back and forth. It was very special for Jordan and I.

Well we hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and we hope everyone has a happy new year!! We'll keep you posted!!

December came to quickly!

It has been a while since I have last posted so I need to catch everyone up on what has been happening in our crazy lives.

First of all, our Thanksgiving was really fun. Jordan and I traveled down to Utah to meet up with my mom and sister, Kaylie. Once we met with them, we left our car and piled into my mom's car for the rest of the trip down to Temecula. It was a 15 hour drive all together, but it was fun. I got to ride front seat the whole time, because of my special privileges of being me:). We spent the next week hanging out with my three cousins, Alyssa, Corinne, and Andrea, and their dad, Uncle Marc.

We had the opportunity to watch them be baptized. It was really an amazing experience. My dad flew in from Colorado, and baptized the three of them the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. My sister Erin and I said the prayers, My mom spoke on baptism, one of the elders, Elder Whimpy (who happens to be 6'9" and 300 lbs... not really whimpy) spoke on the Holy Ghost. Jordan got to stand in the confirmation circle along with my dad and some other elders. Basically everyone that attended was not a member of the church, so to see so many people come out and support them was truly and amazing experience.

Thanksgiving was amazing too. We went bowling (family tradition of course!), ate great food, spent time together, and watched Elf! It was really nice to spend it all together.

When Jordan and I returned to Idaho, it was not how we had left it. Apparently there was a huge blizzard that came through, that pretty much shut down town. The remains are still on the ground to this day.

Jordan and I have been super busy in trying to get everything we need done for school. He has lots of papers and tests, and I have some pretty extreme projects and portfolios due. I thought being a Senior would be easy! But I am super stoked because I got nominated for the Newel K. Whitney Scholar Award. Four faculty from our department have to nominate you to receive the award, and it is only among graduating students. The communication department is one of the largest on campus, so I am lucky to receive this award. Jordan came with me to the ceremony yesterday where the school gave us these really cool mantel clocks. Each student was recognized by a teacher that they are close to. Brother Ryan Hales gave me mine, and I am so thankful for the nice things he said about me. It was truly and amazing experience. Plus I got some pretty amazing cheesecake after the ceremony.

Well that is pretty much our lives at the moment. My parents are coming next week for graduation, so I will update everyone then. Until next week my friends.

Getting Ready for Thanksgiving!

So today is the last day before Jordan and I embark on our journey to California for Thanksgiving. We are both in school right now and are feeling a little unprepared for the trip!

We are going to California to see my three wonderful cousins get baptized. Jordan and I of course will be there but also my Mom, Dad, Kaylie, and Erin. So we get pretty much most of the family there. We are so excited for the decision these girls have made. I feel so wonderful to know that they have a testimony and are willing to act on it. How many people in the world are that courageous! I love you girls and I am so proud of you.

While we are in California we might be able to go to Disneyland. Jordan had never been and I would love to go with him. As you all know, Disneyland is extremely expensive. Even for just two people. I can't imagine when we have children that are begging us to go! I am selling a pair of UGG boots that I have, and I had an offer today, so if I can sell them, maybe we can go!

But school is still looming in front of us. We only have one day left and Jordan still has to take TWO tests!! We will be having a sleepless night tonight trying to get everything done while Jordan is also studying and taking tests. It doesn't help that we will be stuck in Rexburg for him to be taking these tests of his. At least he won't have this kind of work over Thanksgiving Break (which we get a week for, thank goodness!).

So hopefully next time I post will be after our California trip. Our camera has been acting really funny so hopefully we will get some awesome pictures to post.

I hope that everyone has an amazing Thanksgiving! We love you!

Randomness.

Alright I have been a little busy this week, but I will fill you in on all the wonderful details of the past week.

Thank you to all the people that commented on my photos for last week. I was actually quite surprised by the one that everyone ended up liking. I even ended up asking one of the photo teachers on campus and he picked Photo C too! So to the good news. I am in class yesterday and we are critiquing photos. My photo was of course, the last one to get picked. My teacher is very particular and very picky. He picked my photo up, looked at it for a few seconds, and then asked who took the picture. I thought to myself, "Oh no. He hates it." I slowly raised my hand. He looked at me and said, this is a glass perfume bottle correct? I nodded. He just looked at me and said, "Your lighting in this picture is just beautiful. You did a tremendous job considering I haven't taught any of you how to properly light glass. This picture is stunning." My mouth dropped a little. I was so excited. He has never said anything nice to me! I just felt amazing. So thank you to all the people who voted and hopefully helped me get an A!

My sister and her husband are leaving on their cruise today. I know I mentioned it last week, but I am so jealous of them its ridiculous. They will be in the Caribbean living it up, while I will be in Idaho with the wonderful Snowy weather that we have been having. Let's just say that I hope dearly that Jordan and I can go to California for Thanksgiving. We need to get out of here!!

Also, I know that this is all that I talk about lately, but Graduation is coming up! I am so excited. I found out that I get exactly 8 tickets for graduation. That covers not nearly everyone. But I have a friend that is not using any of his tickets that will be handing them over. Thanks Lee! But I got an e-mail this last week from the University saying, President Henry B. Eyring will be dedicating the BYU-Idaho Center and will also be speaking at graduation! Oh my I was so excited. Then I got an e-mail about two minutes later that said, President Eyring will be dedicating the building, but will NOT be the graduation speaker. Talk about bummed out!! But then I thought, well it just leaves room for President Thomas S. Monson to be the speaker. Fingers crossed everyone!! But I am so happy that my family is coming up from Colorado and Jordan's family wants to support me. I feel so much love. Thanks guys!

Well that is it for the week. I need to post some new studio pics that I took. Remind me to tell you all the story of how I lit the studio on fire this week. :)

November is here!

Well I am trying to keep up on my blog by posting once a week. Not much has happened so I'm not sure what to talk about.. I am sure I will find something:)

First I would like to say Congrats to Spence and Lexie! Their new baby, Mason, was born November 1st. That would be number 17 for Jordan's side vs. the 1 on my side. Come on Dixon's!! Let's start pumping out those babies! Ah just kidding.

Also, my sister Erin and her husband, Jordan, will be celebrating their 5th year of marriage. I cannot believe it has been that long. I remember when they got married. Granted I was a Junior in high school, so I would hope that I do remember! They are going on a cruise. Jordan and I were supposed to go with them (this has been a 2 year plan) but because they own a Sears they cannot leave the week of Thanksgiving (Black Friday) and Jordan and I are in school the week they can go. Schedules never work! Also, Jordan and I are poor. That contributes a lot to the decision to not go. But I hope they have fun and think about me while they are there!

Also, I would like to say that if you read my last post, Jordan and I had to stop carving pumpkins right when it was getting into the thick of it. We did end up finishing them. Mine was a brewing witch and Jordan's was a skeleton pirate. They were quite good, so I will have to post the pic of them.

Oh some exciting exciting news!! I blogged a couple weeks ago that my cousins were taking the discussions with the missionaries. Thank you so much for all your prayers! Their baptism date is set for November 27th! Their Dad (who has been baptized but in-active for quite some time) has gotten his life together and should be baptizing them! I am so excited for them because I know they believe it, and they are such sweet spirits. I love you girls!

Oh some more crazy news... Jordan's dad (my father-in-law) just got called as the Bishop of our ward. I wish him well and I hope that I will get to see his face again! :)

Ok and one more thing to say... I took some still life photos for my studio class and I need some help deciding on which one to turn in. Please any feedback would be wonderful!!

Photo A

Photo B

Photo C

Photo D

Photo E

Photo F

Flu Season has Arrived

For all of you out there who have not gotten sick yet, I am envious of you. I just spent an entire weekend on the couch. Which my very kind husband basically neglected his life to take care of me. What a wonderful husband I have. Now let me recap the story, because I know you all are dying to know.

Friday night Jordan's parents took us to dinner at the Outback. So wonderful of them (they are basically the best in-laws anyone could ask for) Anyways, I decide that I want to order something new. I go with the Pork Sweet Glazed something or another. It was pretty good and I was content with life. Jordan and I had a date for when we got back to carve pumpkins. I found out last year that I am extremely talented at carving pumpkins. I had not tried since my senior year of high school, which ended with five stitches (which I had to compete cheerleading in) and that is a story for another time. Anyway, I put the design on my pumpkin and put one slice into that sucker.... and bam. Whoozy. I feel as sick as a dog. You know that feeling that you get when you feel like throwing up but it will pass? That is how I feel. So I lay down. The feeling gets super intense. I sit in front of the toilet. Camped out for about an hour. Jordan convinces me to lay on the couch and he will put a bucket next to me. I fall asleep. I wake up about an hour later, Jordan asks me how I am feeling....and bam. Throw up. I will spare you the details but pretty much all of my dinner came out, and I threw up about 3-4 times in one sitting. I am just thinking "is this how it feels to throw up? Seriously." I am shaking and my eyes are watering. Let's just say that I spent the rest of the night getting up to throw up the water I was drinking and dry heaving. What a tremendous night.

OH wait it gets better. At my school they have dances (kinda lame, whatever). But it is my last semester so I want to live it up. It is a Masquerade Ball, Jordan and I already bought masks, tickets, arranged everything, whole nine yards. I am totally thinking that this flu will pass. Little did I know that every time I got off the couch I would want to puke. Not to mention I got a fever. When was the last time I got a fever?? So we missed the Masquerade Ball. Totally disappointing. They take your picture and everything like a high school dance. I just wanted to experience one with my husband.. oh well. That day we also missed our oldest nephew's 8th birthday party (Happy Birthday Jax!!). We are terrible aunt and uncle... Sorry Candace we wanted to be there!

I also miss my brother's 27th birthday. (Happy Birthday Sean!) His birthday was Sunday and I still feel terrible. They have a 19 month old, and I did not want to chance giving him (or them) what I had. So I skip that. Jordan teaches our Sunday School class by himself... 19 kids showed up this week... I love you Jords!.... while I spend another day on the couch.

This is what I have to say to you Mr. FLU. You stink. I hate you. You ruined the one weekend where I had things planned. If you come again, you will not be welcome here.

Taylor Swift

Many of you reading this right now read my post for last week, so this is kind of a continuation.

So I am currently employed by my wonderful teacher Beth Hendricks. She is one of the advertising professors on campus. I am helping her come up with more youthful oriented lectures for class. The other day she was talking to me about Taylor Swift. And I am thinking to myself, "oh please don't make me do this." Although I enjoy Taylor Swift I have gotten the impression that she is highly over-rated. I mean I agree she is an entertainer, but when she starts taking awards away from Carrie Underwood for being a better singer, I would have to disagree....

Anyway, I am spending my morning researching T. Swift (which I am getting paid to do:]) And she is probably one of the smartest people in the world. Her name/brand is huge. She is partnering with everyone under the sun. Just a short list:
Target, Sony Ericcson Phones, Sony Digital Cameras, Comcast, Royal Carribbean Cruises (she is doing an exclusive concert for passengers when they dock in Cozumel, Mexico), etc, etc.
She is putting tons of content out there about her New CD, "Speak Now" like what each inspiration was for each song, including a song written about the Kanye West 'incident', and it is blowing up everywhere.

Although I have had my skepticism on this girl. Dang she is smart. She is what, only 20 years old, and has her name everywhere. She has probably the most amazing PR/AD/Managers ever. And she will not be going away anytime soon.

As an advertising student, I am thoroughly impressed. Taylor Swift, you have changed my mind about you.

Many wonders of the past week.

Ok, post number two. One for the books! There has been nothing too exciting that is going on in my life, but I feel like rambling about the on-goings of our lives here in Idaho.

For those of you who didn't know, I am no longer working at Chesbro Music Company. It was just an internship so it had to end eventually. But there is good news (as of today)! My wonderful teacher Sister Beth Hendricks has hired me to do a mentorship for her this my very last semester of college. It is a pay reduction, hour reduction, and work increase; but I am excited to at least be bringing home some of the bacon. Tomorrow it is off to the Kimball building to turn in my driver's license and social security card! Oh the wonders of working. After this semester you ask? Oh well let me tell you! I am currently applying for another internship with INL. For those of you form Idaho you know what this is. But for everyone else.. It is the Idaho National Laboratory. It is basically the place responsible for cleaning up the oil spill in the gulf this last summer. Kevin Costner (was it him?) has funded a scientist here and they pitched it to Congress (and much more wonderful thigns in the news) and bang, INL. They give 40 hour a week paid internships for 5 months. So fingers crossed people!

Now let's update you on Jordan. Right now he is studying for test #4. All of which he has had in under a week. Might I add that Jordan's long lost sister Chalai visited from Texas (with all her six bundles of joy that we surley miss) and Jordan has been cooped away even for that. Let's just say that my husband is having an affair with Psychology and I am missing him dearly.

And now for the grand finale!!!!

My dear cousins in California lost their mother to breast cancer this last August. I am deeply sorrowed for their loss, but so excited for what is to come. The girls have been somewhat interested in the church all growing up. They have never had a full submersion into it. After the death of their mommy who other than the wonderful LDS missionaries to come knocking at their door. Let's just say I got a phone call from them today asking when I would be in California so I could be apart of their baptism. What a joyous phone call I received. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Please pray for my cousins that they will become members of this wonderful church and they will have the courage to be baptized (who would have thought writing a blog post could make you cry).

That is all my dearies. Have a good week:)

School, School, School

School has officially been in session for four weeks. This is my very last semester (commencement on December 18, 2010) and I am finally getting that thing people call Senioritis. Tonight I am feeling the pull as I have realized that I have only completed 25 hours of my 160 hour project. Oh where does the time fly. Also, I am realizing that I am such a baby. Jordan had to drive to Rexburg to take a test (Cognitive Psych... Scary!) which leaves me home all alone. I keep hearing things moving around and weird noises. Maybe I am a little paranoid. Who knows. But I am wishing he is home!

On the other side of things, I just finished the second book of the Shiver trilogy. Have you ever read a book that you just keep thinking about it in your mind, and somehow you feel like you were somewhat a character? Yes, sadly, that is how I feel. I keep wondering what is going to happen next. But I will have to wait until July of 2011.

That is everything my dears. I hope my first post was everything expected and more.