holiday lovin'...

there was a whole lot of driving....and a whole lot of love...

a whole lot of music...and a whole lot of ball pits...oh christmas how we loved you...

family....

we made an unexpected trip up to visit with billy's family this weekend...we are so thankful that they live close enough to be able to make quick trips like we do. having camden has really brought the importance of family to the forefront for me, and i am thankful for that. we may be making a few trips up to idaho over the next little while...to visit with some family, because you never know when something might happen, and the family dynamic will change...so we are taking advantage of the family that we have right now.

billy and i loved this restaurant when we were dating...it was called sato's...he took me here the night he proposed. the restaurant closed for a while shortly after that, but has reopened under new management and a new name...and yet is still very similar.

look who was a big boy...and thought he was too big to sit in a highchair.

don't you love his tight lipped smile in this one?

red fish, blue fish....

up through the twisted roads of the sawtooth mountains, beneath the summit of mt heyburn, there can be found snow capped peaks perfectly lined with pine trees that melt into white sand beaches along shorelines of shimmering lake water....we found it....

billy's family is big on tradition...and almost every year a trip to these shorelines is on the calendar...we were glad to be able to make it this year...

ghost towns in mining country....

sun kissed baby skin and the great outdoors...what more could we ask for?

a little bit of snow in our summer...

we went up to the mountains on a hike this weekend...to celebrate a certain grandma's birthday....although the mountains were still capped with a cold white blanket and the mud prevented us from making it to the peak of our destination....we still got some time in to take some lovely little pictures....happy birthday grandma!

can you tell who we all fought over to get a snapshot with? love him!

38 weeks and counting down....

so i realize i have been a horrible blogger lately....probably because i blog on my off time at work usually and well i've been training someone for the last month or so, so jumping on to update has been a little difficult...but i do have some updates for you....

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update 1: (counting backwards)
we are 38 weeks today! yay! and he just keeps getting bigger...the pregnancy book says my growth should slow down in the next few weeks....i am thinking not...poor little guy has no room in there at all....that belly is all baby.... :) and although hard to tell in pictures the little guy has dropped...i can feel it...and during contractions the shape of his little booty is about 3 inches below where it has been :) and my ribs feel oh so much better....so that's exciting....the last week or so contractions have become more frequent (thursday they were 15 minutes or so apart for a couple hours, friday it got to 10 minutes and saturday after our 8 hour birthing class they got to about 5-7 minutes for 1.5 hours ) and they were a little more painful than usual! so all in all exciting stuff....we are just waiting for the real thing now!update 2: baby bush had his second baby shower...thrown by grandma bush's sister chris! thank you so much for all of your hard work! the baby wanted me to tell everyone that he sure loves all of his fun new stuff....and dad and i are beginning to worry that this little guy may be on the spoiled side....but that's ok 'cause we are all about spoiling him :) he even got his very own accordian to play along with grandpa bush! oh yes...here are a few pics....

update 3: grandma and grandpa bush and aunt lindsey,uncle jordan and uncle chase came down a few weeks ago too and we ate at cafe madrid...kind of a last time thing before baby comes being that it's a nicer restaurant...the restaurant was very good...and billy and his papa were in heaven eating authentic paella and tortilla just like on their missions in spain...the other food was amazing as well too! and we all had a great time! thanks bush familia!

yum yum! paella...

stay tuned in blogger buds because at my rate...the next time i jump on this thing it might just be to post pictures of our newest little family member! so fun!