Scott's Birthday Adventure Weekend

This year for Scott's birthday, I told him I wanted to plan a whole weekend for him. I told him what days to take off work and that was all! We started it off by going to look at this little guy:
That was fun because it was his first time seeing the baby. This was the only part of the weekend he knew anything about.

Then, we got in the car and Scott had no clue where we were going, so he kept guessing the whole way. We ended up at Nick's Deli for the best breakfast burritos EVER.
Great way to start off a birthday adventure weekend.

We got in the car again, and kept driving, and driving. And the guessing was non stop! He would say, "I know where we're going." And then we would change freeways, or pass an exit and he would say, "Huh? OK, well NOW I know where we're going!"
We kept driving up the coast, and it was such a beautiful day for it! He was really confused because I told him he didn't need to pack anything, and we seemed to be driving pretty far (I was sneaky and packed for him).
Finally, we pulled off here, in Solvang!
And into this awesome hotel!

Solvang Gardens

Anyone who is thinking about going there, stay at this hotel! It was such a great hotel and a really good deal! If you can go during the week it costs much less.

We got a king suite, here is our living room.
Notice the fire place!
Our bedroom:
And the bathroom!
BIG jacuzzi tub!

Behind the rooms they have a beautiful garden.

The pictures don't do it justice. And since we went on a Thursday in the winter we never even saw another person in the gardens.
After exploring our hotel, we went to explore the town. The nice thing about Solvang is that everything is bunched together in a few blocks, so you can walk and get everywhere in town!


Scott decided that since this bakery had a family name of his, he was related and they had to give him free pastries.

That night the pregnancy monster hit when we were trying to figure dinner out. Scott wanted a burger and I wanted a salad and a strawberry milkshake. Luckily, we found the Big Bopper! It was a 50's style restaurant where we could both get what we wanted. And it was very yummy.
The next day, we got to enjoy more beautiful scenery on the drive home.

That was not the end of the birthday adventure. We got home Friday evening and took it easy, and then I told him we had more planned Saturday night.

He was very excited when we pulled up to:
But he said, "We should have invited our friends!" I said, "You're right! We should have!" Then we walked in and saw these guys:

His best buds, Michael and George, and their wives, Allie and Genna.

Everyone had tons of fun and after we all pitched in our tickets and got Scott:
A KitKat, rubber walrus and tiny back scratcher!
Afterward, we all headed to our place to celebrate the birthday boy with his favorite cake. I sure am grateful that this guy was born and for all the happiness he brings me in my life!

Our newest (and scariest) Adventure

That's right, 2 lines means positive! We found out a month ago that we will be having our first baby! I am 9 weeks right now and the baby is due September 21st. Of course September, because that's when everyone in our family's birthdays are, including mine. We are so grateful for this baby though, and even though September is not the month I would've picked, we know Heavenly Father knows what he's doing. For instance, he saved us a bundle of money on insurance premiums since this pregnancy starts and ends the same year!

The 8 week photo

This is how we told our families:


Scott designed this onesie and it has been sitting in our closet for 6 months, hoping it would get used soon!

I have been feeling pretty lousy, I throw up everyday, luckily just once in the morning, but I feel bad ALL DAY. And i am SO TIRED. Sometimes I come home from work and go to bed, and don't wake up til it's time for work the next day (usually about 11 hours) and I still feel tired that morning! I haven't been enjoying it and thinking that women who say, "I just love being pregnant!" are crazy, but today I listened to Elder Wirthlin's talk called, 'Come what May and Love it.' It is seriously such an awesome talk and it made me think, I'm so grateful I am sick! I'm so grateful that we've been given this sweet spirit to take care of, and I'm grateful that my body is healthy and strong enough to care for it. I'm also grateful for all the bad physical things that are coming with the territory because I know everything is normal. I even have a little bump!

Scott is just going to be the best daddy ever. Not only does every child LOVE him, but he has been so amazing ever since I got pregnant. He has really stepped up to take care of me and our home. I'll come home from work and the house is cleaned, or the dishes done (which is my job), or the grocery shopping has been done. And he has been so patient with the fact that I don't want to eat normal meals. We're both very excited! (and maybe scared)

We thought we were safe from TPing...

...because we live in a back house. Not true.

Free to a Good Home

We are getting rid of our trusty futon, does anyone want it? We've had it since we got married a year and a half ago and before that it belonged to my aunt and is in very good condition. It opens up to a double. Personally I think it's the most comfortable futon I've ever been on and yes, I had slept on it numerous occasions before it became ours. On the flip side, Scott hates it and thinks it's not comfortable at all. So come sit on it and tell us who is right, and then take it with you if you like it.Also, everyone knows how in love with this I am:
Scott got me the extended version for Christmas so we have our original copy that we don't need anymore. There is one BluRay disc and one DVD.

Welcome 2011

To welcome in 2011 we had a fondue party. Some of the world's funnest people were there, so we had an awesome time.

We started the evening off with some cheese fondue, which turned into a cheese experiment. I followed the directions perfectly but somehow the cheese was clumping instead of melting. Luckily we had Michael the culinary expert there who tried to help us out but it was almost beyond even him. We ended up putting it all in a blender to see if that would fix it. It was edible, but just barely.

If someone knows what I did wrong, please tell me. These sweet people all ate it anyway.

Of course we were rocking out to Rock Band 3 (which is really fun with the keyboard) all night.

Check out Kellie, the groupie.

Look at this teamwork from Ryan and Madison.

And how cute are these 2 twins? They will be married one week from today!

The chocolate fondue was next, which was as good as the cheese was bad. It was SUPER easy and delicious, for anyone who wants the recipe!

The highlight of the evening was when it was nearing midnight, and we got to witness the ball dropping, live! In our house!!

All in all, it was an awesome New Year's Eve and we're ready to take on 2011!

Christmas

We had a really great Christmas, we were able to spend it with lots of family and we got some really great presents. I would like to post all of them, but I don't know if you would enjoy that as much as I would. So here are a few highlights.

We got Despicable Me- complete with the little guys' goggles, which Scott loved.
Dustin (soon-to-be brother-in-law) got this disgusting giant gummy bear from his bride-to-be.

He took a bite out of it and then lost it. So if you see a giant green gummy bear running around, you know where to return it to.

It was a great Christmas and we can't wait for the new year!