Our Deadly Catch

Love this show

This fishing boat was on the show. So what, you ask?

Well, we went searching for a Christmas tree on Saturday. I had read about a Christmas tree farm down in Alpine where you can cut your own down. This is how we always did it growing up in the east/mid-west, so I begged Buz to go down with me. So we did. Basically, all the trees looked like this.

So, we headed home and stopped by the trusty corner lot. Now, the lot on 9000 S and State is no shabby lot. We got a tree there two years ago and really liked it. We started looking around, and got a feel for what they had to offer us. We finally found what we thought would fit best in our house. We went and got one of the guys to take it down for us, and we got to talking. Back to the first picture, turns out the guy who owns this tree lot also owns The Lucky Lady, which was on the first season of the Deadliest Catch! Apparently you have to be burley to fish and to sell Christmas trees! That's what the guy told us.

Here's the best part...they brought king crab legs and Alaskan halibut with them and are selling them at the lot too! We were going to pick some up last night but due to the weather we bailed. Hopefully Buz will stop by on his way home from work. YUM!

hi!

we went to our 20 week ultrasound and got to say hi!......

to our new baby girl!!!!

while we were watching the screen, she waved at us a few times. it was so cute! now on with the great debate for a name, so far we both like totally different names!

usaf

last weekend we got to go down to texas to see my brother-in-law graduate from pilot training. and not just any pilot training, but the 'euro-nato joint jet pilot training'. he's in the air force and was accepted to this elite training base. they've been there for 18 months and he's been working his butt off. and it was pretty amazing to see what he does. thanks for having us, and thanks julie for watching lily! (it was our first vacation away from her!)

sarah tried on the parachute (smaller of the two they wear). i wanted to try it but i was exempt due to my current condition!

thompson, my step-dad, is a retired pilot. he flew fighters in the air force then flew for delta. he was in his element when he heard he would be able to fly the simulators.

buz taking off on the runway. he made it up without crashing! he didn't try to land it.

my brother-in-law, will, sitting in the t-38. that's the last jet he trained in. can't you tell he loves what he does?

standing in front of the t-38. we also got to stand out in between the two runways and watch the planes take off and do touch and go's, and we watched them take off in formation too (that's two or more planes taking off right next to each other at the same time...scary!)

t-38's all lined up and ready to fly

this is the t-6, the first plane they fly at enjjpt. they fly this (and the t-38) solo and in formations. a little too intense for me!

sarah and will, after he's had his wings pinned on. thompson got to pin his wings on since he also received his wings in the air force.

my family (don't mind my sorry attempt at not looking too pregnant when really the skirt was hiked up to my boobs and i still couldn't zip it up!)

congrats will! i can't believe you actually get those machines up in the sky and do those crazy things! thanks for having us!

a sad look...

at halloween. this is the only picture i captured of lily. we were having such a good time taking her around and watching her catch on to the idea, that i never thought to pull out the camera. she was a really cute kitty cat. she really enjoyed throwing the candy into her bag!

thanks to courtney for painting her face for us!

it's finally fall, and i think it's over

i know it's been quite a while since i actually posted recent pictures of lily. but i think i have a pretty good excuse. you see, i've been a lot more sick (just nauseous really) with this pregnancy, so i haven't had the umph to get out my camera and take pictures of the nothingness that we do! but, i'm 14 weeks now, and feeling a little better every day, so i thought i'd share our nothingness...

every week we get to have carter over. they're just two days apart and have so much fun playing together (lily usually doesn't get out of her pj's those days. just too much to think about!)

the newest obsession...bubbles

we went up to my parent's home in wyoming over conference weekend. carter and lily found a hiding place and thought they were hilarious sneaking out and "scaring" us!

we've spent time at the park

and of course the season isn't complete without a visit to the pumpkin patch!

and p.s. just a little congrats to all my friends and family out there expecting too! you know who you are!

one year ago

lily at 8 months. where has the time gone?

Taking a Poll

i know, i know, pretty much the same shoe. that's why i'm stuck. which do you like better?

you see, last week lily had a growth spurt. i went to put on her size 3 shoes that have always had plenty of room, and couldn't even get her foot all the way in without scrunching her toes. then i put her tennis shoes on and she said, "mommy, toe. shoe off." so, here we are finding ourselves shopping for new shoes. i can't say i'm not having fun, but i need opinions!