Maternity shots

So many of you haven't seen me prego--or at least recently! Here are some pictures that a woman in my ward took of me and the fam a couple weeks ago. I'm HUGE and just keep getting bigger! Hahaha! Enjoy!

Father's Day Campout

I surprised Shiloh on Friday when I came to work at 3 pm and told him he was coming with me to my brother's house to leave on a campout with Ezra! He was so excited. I bought him a tent for Father's day (among other things for camping) and he knew about that, but he didn't know that I had arranged with his boss to get him off work and send him up to Payson for the weekend. They went up to a place called Water Wheel and camped overnight there. It rained overnight, but they loved it! Ezra even slept in! They had a blast and went on a gorgeous hike on Saturday to top off the experience. And of course while they were gone, I had a girl's night with my sister-in-law Paralee and her daughter Addi. Everyone wins! Yay!

The Campsite at Water Wheel in Payson.
Shiloh, Ezra, Justin and Austin

Sweet hike!

Look at those smiles!

First campout!

He slept in until 8! He never does that at home... I guess he must really feel "at rest" in the outdoors!

Cousins! I see a tradition in the making!

Swim lessons

Tomorrow is the last day of a 5-day swim class that both Eliza and Ezra are participating in. A lady in my ward teaches the class. Ezra has cried through the entire 30 minutes all 4 days, but after swimming with him tonight, I am thinking it has more to do with the fact that he is freezing cold (the water is only 80 degrees and it's only 94 outside). He shivers and turns blue minutes after getting there and it is so sad to watch. In fact, I can't. Shiloh's been taking them. :) Tonight he went swimming with them in our pool and Ezra was all smiles! In fact, both of them are enjoying it so much that it's sort of scary (as you can see from the video) because Eliza wants to swim all by herself, but sometimes she can't make it all the way across so we have to "spot" her. It is quite amazing, though, to see them actually learning to swim! Ezra and Eliza can drop off the side into the water, turn around and grab a hold of the side to safety! Yay! Some of my anxiety is lessening... :) Here's some pictures and video!

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Swollen Ankles

Pregnancy just gets better and better as I go along. :) So in addition to my monstrous belly, dibilitatiing hip and joint pains that make it impossible to exercise or walk and uncomfortable to sleep, and overall fatigue, my feet decided to swell and won't go down! This is the time of pregnancy where I get to see what kind of stuff I am really made of right? I have 6 more weeks still so I've got my baton in hand and starting the last lap. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

GooseEgg

Here's a nice goose-egg if I ever saw one! Ezra was playing and hit his head on the tile... Ouch!

Eliza's recital

Eliza had her first official dance recital here in Arizona last Saturday. She fell asleep right before we got there so she was not willing to smile for me in the pictures, but here's a shot of her costume. Her dance was a cute little 90 second number that she tapped to Singing in the Rain. She did a great job considering she's just 3. :) I'll have to post the actual dance on here when i get the DVD back. I couldn't record it myself (facility rules, grr...) so I had to pay for $30 a DVD. I am feeling a little bit annoyed with all the extra costs involved with this studio. Not only do I pay $40/mo for tuition but i had to pay $60 for her costume and $13 per ticket to see the recital! Rediculous, huh? Ah well... She's loves dance class so much, but I think we are going to take her out for the summer since we'll be doing a lot more swimming and then a new baby and such. Not to mention it's a little expensive at the moment. We are hoping to find her a less-expensive dance class option for the fall. Perhaps someone who teaches out of their home or something... We have one lady we'll be calling, but if you know of anyone let me know!