Omaha

My little brother and his wife were sealed this last weekend in Winter Quarters (Yahoo!!!). Jake and I were able to go the endowment session and the sealing thanks to his wonderful parents. They came to Omaha with us and took Isaac to the zoo. My cousin Sara and step-grandpa Skip joined in for the fun. Isaac had a blast-at least that's what they all said. Like other trips to the zoo, his favorite part was the fish. I think we may be investing in a couple of goldfish for Christmas for him. That's our kind of pet! He was a trooper for the most part considering the long day he had. Thankfully, he slept most of the way home so we adults could enjoy some big people discussion! Congrats, Travis and Brianne and thanks again Mom and Dad!

Happy Halloween!

We had several little Halloween adventures this year. We went to my parent's house on Thursday since it was their Beggar's Night. Isaac got a little bag with some toys and a book from my parents. He also raided their candy corn dish as always. Friday night we went to the ward Halloween party and Trunk or Treat. Isaac did more passing out candy than taking it-he won't eat most of it and Jake and I won't really either. Then we went to Jake's parent's house. I don't have any pictures from there because Isaac was not a happy camper. He bawled through most of the pictures for some reason. My sister and brother in-law were going to host a murder mystery party, but my sister got sick so it's been postponed-be looking forward to the pictures from that in about 2 weeks. Oh yeah, can I just say this was the best costume purchase-I got it on Craigslist for $5!!! I'm out this afternoon looking for costumes for next year!

I'm still glad that I voted...

I'll be honest that I wasn't overly optimistic yesterday while I was voting. However, I felt that it was the right thing to do and every vote matters, right? Thankfully, I didn't have to wait in line at all-we vote at the library just a few blocks from our house. I was able to take Isaac for a walk and then play at the little play area in the library after we voted. Jake, on the other hand, had to wait for quite a while because he went after work (he went to work before the polls opened). He was up until past midnight watching FoxNews. Then he was up around 7:00 this morning to get the latest updates. While our candidate didn't win, there are a few postives to mention:

1. Prop 8 in CA passed (Jake said there were similar measures that passed in AZ and FL as well-Hooray!!).
2. Mitt Romney can run again in 4 years instead of 8.

What's in a name?!?!?

Alright, this not having a name for our baby thing is starting to drive me crazy. Maybe it's because I'm a planner, maybe it's because we had Isaac picked out before we were even pregnant with him, I don't know. I do know that I'd really like to have a name chosen and soon. (By the way, my doctor did another ultrasound yesterday and thanks to the good ol' umbilical cord, the results are still inconclusive, but he's still pretty sure it's a girl). That all being said, HELP!!! Please give us some ideas. Jake is still on his H kick, which is why Haley (Grace probably for a middle name) is the only name we both like. I'm not crazy about it, but I don't hate it. I also like Lauren and Leah, but just saw they were on a "most popular names" list. I'd prefer to stay away from names in that category since my name was in that one for about 10 years. (Just count how many Jennifers you know-I like my name, really, I do, I just don't like that there are 54,375,287,129 other Jennifers around). Probably Elizabeth for a middle name for Lauren and still no middle name for Leah. The other name I like is Anna-Jake says it's an old woman's name. I disagree. Alright, there's the extent of our name dilema as it stands. Thanks to the few of you who have given us some ideas-all are being considered, but I'm tired of looking online and checking out the baby name books from the library. Help! :)

Quick update-I just looked at another list and all 4 of those names were on it. Agh!!!

Another tag

My friend Laurie had this on her blog and so now here's my version of it. Now you can learn more about me and my deep, thoughtful, mysterious self. No, actually, I'm pretty boring and predictable, but go ahead and read on....

I am...

i am: a happy mama
i think: too much
i know: I am a daughter of God
i want: more space to be organized in
i have: a baby on the way
i dislike: angry people
i miss: living close to friends
i fear: being in a car accident
i feel: sleepy
i hear: myself typing
i smell: my Febreeze plug in…Ahh
i crave: pumpkin cookies (will be making some tomorrow)
i cry: way more than before I had a baby
i usually: don’t finish all I need to in a day
i wonder: where we will live next
i regret: only a few decisions
i love: my hubby and baby boy
i care: for my home
i always: kiss my hubby goodnight
i worry: that I’m not prepared enough for an emergency
i am not: a drama queen
i remember: as much as I can
i believe: it’s going to get colder
i dance: rarely-for the sake of all those around me
i sing: every day
i don’t always: express my gratitude for others
i argue: with myself-not with others
i write: in my journal much less often than I need to
i win: sometimes at bowling Wii
i lose: at pretty much anything I play with Jake
i wish: I was the person I can be
i listen: and sometimes bite my tongue
i don't understand: why people are mean to one another
i can usually be found: at home playing with my boy
i am scared: of letting others down
i need: friends and family every day
i am happy: with my life
i tag: anyone!

Isaac Walking!

Isaac has learned some new things the last few weeks.


1. Waking up at night. :( Maybe it's an effort to get us back into infant mode with another baby on the way? It's not every night, but we're trying to figure out what's waking him up-hunger, being cold/hot, etc...no luck with anything really yet. At least it's just once a night and then he's usually pretty good about going back to sleep.

2. Praying-well, at least that's what we call it. See video-it's the cutest thing ever!



3. And last, but not least-walking! He's been walking a little for quite a few weeks-but just from one person to another. Now's he just the point where he's walking about 50% of the time. Here's a video for that too!

High School Tag

1. Did you date someone from your school? No

2. What kind of car did you drive? Um, I went through several...the first was an oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera and then I wrecked that one right after I turned 16 and got an early 90's Chevy Lumina-my sister got that one as a bribe to stay at BYU and then I got a 90's something GrandAm. My brother got that one when I left for BYU and then I got a Chevy Malibu-my first car I really did like, I think it was a 98 or later. (Some of that may be wrong-I think my parents went through 7 cars for 3 kids. Sad, I know.)

3. What was the most embarrassing moment of HS? Hmm...I really can't remember one. I'm sure there were several.

4. Were you a party animal? Ha! Let's just say my friend and I went to a PG movie the night 80% of the school was at a kegger sponsered by a parent/employee of the school.

5. Were you considered a flirt? Nope-see answer to #1

6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Choir for all 4 years-I loved it! Especially because it got me a trip on a cruise my senior year for Spring Break. It was supposed to be a competition thing, but it was right after 9/11 so all the other schools backed out and we just went anyways. It was rockin'!!! This picture is obviously from graduation-I am the only alto (on the right side of the picture) in the yellow cap and gown. Look closely if you really care to find me.

7. Were you a nerd? Nope

8. Were you on any varsity teams? Yes-Football Cheerleading (Captain actually my junior and senior year), Basketball, and Track

9. Did you get suspended/expelled? Nope...never even had detention!

10. Can you still sing the fight song? Probably-and dance it as well (remember the cheerleading?)

11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mr. Bechtel, Ms. Kepley, Coach Klein, and Mrs. Lehman

12. Where did you sit during lunch? At whatever table my friends and I could find in the cafteria

13. School mascot? The Eagles

14. Did you go to homecoming, and with who? Yes, freshman year with someone who's name is escaping me right now, sophmore year with Scott Moran, junior year with Shane Thomas, and senior year with Mike Wilson, and then Jake's senior year with him

15. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Yes-well at least 99% of it

16. What do you remember most about graduation? That I was totally over high school and ready to be done with it!

17. Where did you go on senior skip day? I don't think we had one...

18. Were you in any clubs? National Honor Society, Student Government my freshman year-there wasn't a lot to offer at our little high school of 400 students

19. Have you gained some weight since then? Yes-but only because I'm pregnant! :)

20. Who was your prom date? Junior year-Josh Mullin, Senior Year-my hubby, and then I went when I was a Freshman in college to Jake's senior prom (he's 2 months younger than me and a grade behind)

21. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? If there is one

22. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself? Talk to more people. Don't make your parents buy 50,000,000 senior pictures unless you're actually going to give them out to people. Go to bed earlier-early morning seminary is a killer, but totally worth it. Learn what an AP class is before you get to BYU-it'll save you a lot of time and tuition if you can start ahead of time.

And a couple of pictures for you, Janelle, (even though you didn't tag me!) since you're the first one whose blog I've seen this on. Enjoy! :)

I tag anyone who has the time to dig out, scan, and crop all your high school pictures-good luck on your trip down memory lane!