celebrating....

so today is the day billy and i celebrate three years as a married couple. i am so excited and feel so blessed to spend the rest of my years and eternity with my man...i love you babe! (sorry to get mushy...but it had to be said)

i also think it's oh so exciting that we get to welcome the third member of our family this year! yay for the year of threes!

things we will miss....

so with all of the new changes happening in our household...billy and i had to make a choice about a very special someone....lyric....baby is coming....and the poo is still just a baby herself....billy and i have family in far away lands ;) and travel a bit to see them quite regularly...but with no suv and just a small backseat lyric and baby wouldn't be traveling anywhere together....lyric liked to sneak things off of the counter....and she worried mom that baby might get its food kidnapped off a high chair when she turned around....lyric had no space awareness....if you were on the ground/bed you got trampled....it didn't matter what you did or said...she just didn't get that her feet hurt when they were on top of your face....mom worried that lyric might not get it with the baby hanging around on the floor or nursing in bed....lyric was still a puppy and needed a lot of attention....baby is well our baby and will get all of our attention....worries aside...this was probably one of the hardest decisions i have ever had to make....and i still have to stop from crying every time i think about the situation....but deep down i know it was for the best.

we put lyric on ksl to find her a good home a couple of weeks ago and well she had an overwhelming response....our goal was not to earn back our money on her, we just wanted to find her the best possible situation....one that i would feel she would honestly be better off in....we had a ton of calls/email/texts about her....we interviewed a few families....and chose one who had a 15 year old son, another boxer and a huge fenced in backyard....and i can honestly say that i feel that it is definitely a better situation for her....my only prayer is that her new family will love her and all of her cute little quirks as much as we did...and that she will love them.

so here is our list of our favorite lyric moments:

~when she got into the trash (when she knew she shouldn't) and we came downstairs to the lid of the trash can wrapped around her little body as she frantically tried to get it off....and then looked up like...oh crap, i got caught....

~her hatred of bedtime, because it meant she had to go in her kennel....she would pass out every night in bed with me and then billy would wake her up to move her into her room...she would pretend like she couldn't move as she watched billy try to push her off the bed...and she laid like a limp noodle...

~her ability to cheer you up with her kisses and big bear hugs....

~her cuddles....

~her excitement when she saw someone come home....

~her ability to jump three feet into the air....

~the fact that we had to spell the word w...a....l...k... because she would immediately jump up and grab her leash with tons of excitement if we even casually mentioned it....

~her sneaky little deviances....

~when you were mad at her...she would caulk her head to the side as if she were saying..."what did i do?" and then sink into the ground as if to say..."i'm sorry!"

~we already miss the sound of the door stop being pawed at to let us know she is hungry...

~her ability to keep me company and the fact that you knew she loved you....

we love you too lyric! and we hope you love your new home and that they love you!

why hello....

it's been a while...i know...so here is a little update....

this last month has been quite busy for us...with all of the holidays rolling through town...trying to get parts of the house finished before we start on the baby's necessities...prepping for girl's camp...and all the while trying to keep my head out of the toilet... :)

needless to say i'm a waste of space when it comes to blogging these days...but we have finally hit a lull...and boy am i excited for it!!! i am feeling a bit better now, still a little sick off and on...but nothing i can't handle...girl's camp came to an end last week...and i must say, i had a lot of fun!! i was so expecting to be completely stressed the entire time, and sick as well but i had my fair share of tender mercies that week because i was able to enjoy my time with the girls and i kept all of my meals down! :) horray!!! we were able to redo billy's home office/cave/mess and that was a relief...next up...the backyard....and then...baby time!!!!

billy is off camping this weekend with the boys in his family and my parents are coming in town to spend a week and a half with us!! we have another dr's appointment on the 13th and we go in to find out what this little rolly polly is on the 14th...as long as baby is cooperative! i am so excited for this part! mostly because i can finally start to shop for our little newbie!!!

we are fourteen weeks and counting right now and i have started to grow a little baby bump...i thought since this blog was not so picture heavy i should throw at least one picture in here for ya....

announcing....

baby #1...due february 3rd!!! we are so excited to finally be able to share our news with everyone! billy and i found out that we are expecting our first little one about 7 weeks ago...and it's been quite difficult to keep the news underwraps...so just so that everyone knows...we wanted to post a little note on our blog!

although we were trying we were still very surprised by our little newbie...i took the test honestly expecting a negative result but was very caught off guard when the extra little line showed up!

since billy didn't even know i was taking the test...he was pretty surprised himself when he came home to an "i love daddy" bib!

we had our second ultrasound today and everything looks great with our little one...you could see the make out of its little face and the hands and feet were flailing away! it's little heart beat looks really strong and the doc looked very pleased with how everything was moving along, and we are definitely excited and relieved to know everything is looking good! we measured 11 weeks and 1 day today!

here is a little view of our little one....sorry about the quality...it's a little hard to transfer from paper to the computer!

billy and i feel so blessed and humbled and absolutely can't wait until next month when we find out if it's going to be a little me or a little him! :) we shall see!

for time and all eternity....

jordan and lindsey bush were married in the rexburg, idaho temple on

june 27th, 2009....

congrats guys! the wedding was beautiful!

and welcome to the family lindsey! we are so excited for you and joe!

photos by billy bush

in support of....

because i love my husband...and because he is really excited about his new ventures...i am being a supportive wife and doing a little bit of advertising....

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we all know that billy has been on a painting/photography kick lately....well now he is posting his pieces for sale....

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you can find his lovely art at.... imagekind....here is a small sample...

poo update...

because i was noticing i haven't been updating much about the poo...

i thought i would throw in a couple of tidbits....
our most recent adventure included taking lyric to the vet...oh yes...don't get me started on how excited bb was about this whole experience...our pooper had an ear infection, in both ears, and some sort of yeast infection in her feet? don't ask how that happens...i have no idea! needless to say $332 later we walked out of the vet with poo...3 prescription drugs...one ear ointment...and billy's plan to post our little pupster on ksl was zoomed to the top of his to do list....

after some reasoning though, and the realization that deep down inside...he really loves his little pup....(just don't mention that part to him), lyric is still safe and sound at home...happily healing from all of her ailments....the cause of such ailments you ask? i believe to be allergies! yes i guess dogs get those too....and so instead of a vet...who apparently needed money....we have decided to try benadryl for our pup if her symptoms decide to return....

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oh the joys of pup ownership! on a side note...lately lyric has been following me around the house incessantly...if i sit down...she sits down....not next to me though...not on the floor by me...no in my lap...yes that's right...my lap...she walks straight over to me does a little circle and plops her little behind right down on my lap....its ridiculous...not to mention impossible to get the laundry done anymore....but i can't complain...i love that she is so cuddly...

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so keep your fingers crossed for us that we keep her little issues under control and we can say later on...oh our dog wasn't too bad, we only took her to the vet once!!...wishful thinking never hurts! haha

because it is june and june means summer....things we love about summer...

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california dreamin'...

we did a lot of cruisin' around the santa barbara/ventura area when we were in cali....we went with some friends from utah...cassi, alan and little chloe (she's one)...

we stayed at my family's beach house....

we didn't take this picture...in fact we took pictures of everything...except the actual house...so i borrowed this from the house's mls listing...(it was for sale but no longer as of tomorrow!) yay!

lions, giraffes and flamingos...oh my!





we went to the santa barbara zoo....

she loved it....

fun shots of the beach....

so now we are home...and we will all miss this....







and those may or may not be girl's sunglasses billy is sporting... :)

oh vacations...

we might want to move here someday.... ;)

would you blame us if we did?

a little bit of retro....

state street in santa barbara....a groovy little vintage shop....

more california pictures to come....

sunday stroll...

on sunday after church bb and i decided to take a stroll around downtown....partly because i love me some downtown....and partly because he loves his new fun camera....we both dreamt of the day we can continue our love affair with slc....(anyone want to rent out our little house in riverton?) ;)

although we can't be downtown all of the time, we sure do love our time down there...we made sure to take some good pics....

on wednesday we will be heading to california....and i am sure we will get some more photo time in then....yay for slr's... (and a little bit of photoshop...shhh...)

cotton jones...

blog stalking again this morning....found a fun new band....cotton jones....kind of old school...actually really quite old school....say sixties/seventies era(just in sound)....but i kinda like them....

and i wouldn't mind having her fun little outfit!

one of those days...

have you ever had one of those days where it takes practically everything that you have to be able to keep your eyelids from shutting and whisking you off into a glorious little afternoon nap....? today is one of those days for me....in fact i might just pass out right here right now on my little cubicle's desk...shhh....

the husband calls me ridiculous...

ok, well, i call me ridiculous too...and maybe a tad bit obsessive compulsive...

i am currently in the process of repainting our living room for the third time since we moved in in September of 2007...and yes i do swatches...but a swatch vs. a whole room is a very different thing....so here i am...trying to see if this color will finally be the one that says home to me...and i am freaking out a little because i promised myself...and my poor husband...that this will be the last time....for a while....that this room sees a new coat of paint....so i have to like this color!!! and i have about ten different swatches up on the walls...all different walls mind you because the lighting in the lower level of our home is horrible and colors change dramatically throughout the day...and i can't decide if this is it! so my living room is a bit of a mess...and my walls are all splotchy...and i am afraid of myself...haha....so don't worry if you see our lights on at 2am....it wouldn't be the first time i have driven myself nuts over this little situation of ours.... :)

image via yahoo images

disco roller wedding madness...

last weekend i flew out on a quick trip to california to attend my cousin's wedding in santa barbara....

nothin' better then squishing your toes in the sand on your wedding day...

don't they just make the cutest little family ever! and billy went disco roller skating to celebrate a good friend's birthday....
happy birthday allan!

so much fun...but i am getting sick of this being apart stuff...

ooo la la....

so billy literally jumped up and down today with joy over the arrival of his new best friend....the canon rebel xsi.....i must say though...i jumped up and down a little too....because once i took my first shot with our new baby i seriously thought: where have you been all of my life!

photos that would have been nothing special prior to our new toy all of a sudden took on a whole new light! and every picture seemed more and more magnificent...i am in love.





that last one is for you whit! :)