a game of bocce ball

we recently went to the living traditions festival in slc. it's a weekend festival full of dancing and music from different ethnicities. we saw some authentic gals in grass skirts, gazed at cool food, and got to play bocce ball. it was harder than it looked.

summer is finally feeling close!

hike adam's canyon

if you live in utah, you should hike adam's canyon before you die.

i'm pregnant and i could do the hike.

it can barely even be called a hike.

it's more like trail walking:)

dev's brother nate came up for the weekend with russo.

at the first sight of good weather we headed for the hike, trail walk.

you can see for miles. and until i moved to davis county and hiked adam's canyon, i never appreciated how big the great salt lake really is. massive.

i love being in nature. like pocahontas i love seeing what's around the river bend. i love the wind and the views. i love feeling completely separated from the cares of life.

we have big hopes of not letting this little guy keep us from roaming the earth this summer. you know, camping and hiking and such. we'll see how that goes.

 

next hike for the year: timp. i've lived in utah my whole life and never done it. this body post baby is doing it. anybody care to join me?

today i tried on at least five different outfits before one would finally zip up.

i know not everyone is this way, but i must be grateful.

in general my pregnancy has been fairly easy.

i love that i fall asleep the second my head hits the pillow which is polar opposite of before.

i love when the little tyke gets hiccups.

i love that i feel well enough to do most of my normal routine without discomfort.

i love having extra motivation to eat salads everyday for lunch.

i love the pathetic excuse to eat for two and sometimes i use it.

i love when devin gets a big grin from feeling that babe move like crazy.

i love looking at nursery designs and fantasizing.

i love that i am a part of something miraculous.

few things have been difficult and i can't complain especially when i know how awful some people feel.

but things have been strange, as i go through this complete metamorphis.

it's strange that my tummy feels soooo crammed after a meal.

it's strange when people stare at your tummy. yes, i am pregnant.

it's strange when you get winded from laying on your back for too long, or tying your shoes.

it's strange that i have diapers sitting in my house.

it's strange how quickly it has passed, and how soon it will be through.

 

51 days to go.

pictures from our family reunion.

journaling is like losing wieght: unless you see progress it's hard to keep going

today i finished a journal (the old ratty one in the back). this is probably one of my most treasured journals.

every journal is marvelous, but this one is particularly spectacular. i've gone to its pages more humbled in the past seven months than ever before. i've spilled my hopes and dreams, prayers and pleadings, failures and successes, heartaches and joys, and hopefully some of it is descipherable in that special book. hopefully i will glance back every now and then so i don't have to take repeat lessons. hopefully i'm learning something here.

follow your...

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i loved this thought:

"Joseph Campbell, a professor of literature who studied and taught about hero myths, introduced the phrase “follow your bliss” back in the 1970s. The idea was that heroes don’t chase money or prestige; they look into their hearts to find their passion and then pursue it.⁵ Now you see the phrase “follow your bliss” everywhere. Later, Campbell developed misgivings about how people were using the phrase. It was reported that he quipped, “What I should have said was, ‘Follow your blisters.’” You may do the most important, exciting work in the world. Nonetheless, some days will be mundane and no fun at all. You will be called upon to sacrifice. Don’t expect deep meaning without paying the price for it."

what could be better than following your blisters? i've been trying it for a few days, and have noticed a happier, more motivated me.

full article here

do you game?

i come from a long family line of gaming. board games, card games, name games, word games, long games, speed games, competitive games, silly games-we love any and all. we're not talking bout computer games, but we do love a little tetris here and there.

on holidays we don't go to the movies, we stay cooped up and play game after game. it's what we do.  we repeat the same one over and over, till we find a new one we love. 

devin has slowly got the game train. i love him for it.

i love the way a game with family is filled with humor, interaction, memories, and hopefully a little mental challenge. that's my definition of a good past time.

playin one of our favorite games: qwirkle

got a favorite game?

staycation

today i am leaving for a week with these folk: the salt of the earth.

au revoir.

plain honest. about my day.

birthday at brick oven.

today i woke up feeling very refreshed but i still pulled my hair into a bun. today i wore my skirt unzipped with a long shirt-not because of the large piece of cake that i ate after dinner-simply cause it wont zip anymore. today we drove with nothing playing, but listened to frank sinatra all evening. today i had a doctors appointment get cancelled, got home early, yet still only made scrambled eggs for dinner. today i loved ripping up junk mail and making my house smell good. today don't really want to menu plan, fold laundry, or wear my contacts much longer- just want to put up this picture of my best friend and me, go to yoga, and hit the hay early...

pie

"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." 

-Tenneva Jordan

today i caught myself thinking over and over, "I am having a baby. I am going to be a mother." as we registered for baby things i would think, "i don't know anything about binkis. i can't even spell the silly word. i should call someone who is a mother or knows what to get." hopefully motherly instinct will kick in at some point.

it's hard to believe that something i've only imagined is happening. in a way that i can't easily explain, it makes me really eager and really bewildered all at once. 77 days to go till i announce i never did care for pie.

royal

we are not attending the royal wedding today, but we (or should i say *i*) did have a silly progression front of the buckingham palace two summers ago.

yawn

 oops

 there we go

i'm grateful there is a large celebration all surrounding a marriage. congrats to the couple- it's worth it:)