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The time has come for us to announce..............

We are adopting a sweet baby boy due November 15!!!

Harrison finally gets to be a big brother.

A beautiful birthmom has chosen us as her adoptive couple. 

Prayers have been answered. I will forever be eternally grateful to our birthmomma. 

gIrL's TrIp

I headed to Sunriver for a much needed Girl's Trip. 

6 ladies (and 1 baby and my dad) + crafting + girl time = A.mazing.

Becket's first bike ride

 Say wha'!? I'm pretty sure that chain is not supposed to be there.

 Stopped at the lodge for a drink

 Out to dinner

 My dad was def outnumbered

 Sisters. Sisters. There were never such devoted sisters.

 Beautiful rents that I have. Adore them.

 Girl time at the movies. Please see Pitch Perfect. Hi.Llarious.

 Nikki sewing away

 Craft time!

 And some baby snuggle time

 Ice cream stop at Goody's

 Pedicures!

 Out to dinner at a delicious restaurant: Greg's Grill.

 Such a beautiful group of ladies

I can't believe this was our first year of the girl's trip.

New annual tradition? Yes I think so. :)

Thank you mom and dad for spoiling us!

wHiLe YoU wErE aWaY

Nic went on a work trip to Colorado a few weeks ago.

A few things I did "while you were away":

Went to Carter's soccer game (#3)

Hung out with Bo bo on the sidelines of said soccer game.

 Watched beautiful sunsets at my rents house

Snuggles with baby Beckett

 Craft night with my sister (we made necklaces)

I was grateful when N got back from his trip. 
He even brought me home these fuzzy socks (because my feet are always cold).
What a sweet man!

PhOtO sHoOt

Christmas came early this year in our house...at least it did for Harrison.

We did a little photo shoot for an article in Nic's work newsletter.

He is such a handsome festive boy.

A few weekends ago we left on a Friday night and headed to Collier Park.

We used the Elite for the first time and loved it!

It was a quick trip but it was exactly what we needed.

 A delicious pancake and egg breakfast was in the making on Saturday morning.

Delicious breakfast quickly turned into dry as we forgot to pack syrup and butter.

We had a good laugh.

 This was Harrison's first time camping with us and he did a pretty good job.

BaYsIdE eLiTe

We have been reminded multiple times recently to live life to the fullest.

"Move on" with life. Adoption will happen when it happens.

The here and now - it's Nic, Harrison and I and we're ok with that.

We are one happy family. :)

Nic and I have talked about wanting a popup tent trailer since the first time we went camping.

Our Utah trip gave us the final push we needed to buy the 2002 Coleman Bayside Elite (thanks to Craigslist).

We decided to set it up this evening: 

 Harrison was supervising.

 #1 king bed

 And #2 king bed. That's right - be jealous. 

 The sink and 3 burner stove because we're "fancy" like that.

 "Bring me my food woman!" Kidding. He's sitting in our dining room.

 All set up. Don't you love how Harrison is posing?

 Um....yeah.

 Let me in! Is it my turn now?

 The slide out dinette.

 Harrison wanted to help me with dinner tonight.

 I did enjoy looking out my kitchen window and seeing that baby in my driveway.

We can not wait to take it out. 

LaBoR dAy

For Labor Day we headed to Utah.

THURSDAY. Drove to Eugene. Dinner at Red Robin (GF hamburger buns and a dedicated frier for french fries makes this girl very happy).

 FRIDAY. Fly to Utah.

We headed to the hotel Nic's sister was staying at.

We had a little fun. ;)

 We saw Chantelle (whom I met for the first time). Me, Chantelle, Molly.

 Cousin fun in the pool/hot tub.

 We stayed in Lehi with Emily (Nic's cousin) and Garrett. 

Meet Sprinkles. 

 Friday night we had dinner in West Jordan with my sister, SIL, and cousin. 

We then headed to see one of Nic's very good friends who was also a mission companion.

They recently had a baby so we got our baby snuggles on.

 Handsome boy.

 Josh and Nic with the creepy snake (one of many).

 SATURDAY (no pictures). Drove to Lehi for our nephew's baptism. Then on to Tuelle for a nephew's Eagle Scout Court of Honor. It was basically a mini family reunion (minus one of Nic's brothers).

SUNDAY. Church with Emily and Garrett. Sunday feasting and relaxing.

 Fun at the park.

Nic and Garrett.

 Our attempt at a self group pic. Not bad.

 Me and the cute pregnant lady (AKA Emily). :)

 Love this man.

 So....I was trying to climb up the slide because I wanted us to go down it. I couldn't climb up it, so Nic tried to push me up - this is true love at its finest moment. I was laughing so hard, so I took the stairs. 

 We made it to the top the traditional way.

 Weeeeeee!

Look at those monkey arms!

 MONDAY. Fly home and miss our family in Utah.

Chevy Impala was our ride whilst in Utah.