So I have THE BEST wife ever this is why:

1) She loves me even when I'm grumpy.

2) She is the most beautiful pregnant woman ever!

3) She doesn't mind me going snowboarding.

4) She does so much for me (Cleaning, laundry, and snuggles)

5) Most of all she has an amazing testimony and loves the Gospel.


I don't get to blog much so I figured I would just pay a little tribute to my wonderful wife.

Fun/Sad News

My parents totally just bought a boat!

And they got Sophie a life jacket!!! Isn't she hilarious? I guess she stood in this position for like 2 minutes. No joke. I love this girl so much!


But our sad news is that we aren't going to NC this summer to sell with APX. We had some not so fun times lately with them and we reconsidered. We are bummed to stay in Rexburg for the summer but because we are staying, Ryan will be graduating in December. Our chances of being into a Law School in 2010 is much much MUCH higher if he graduates in December. Education is so important. We prayed our little hearts out and we feel really good about staying. On a positive note, we can't wait to play with our friends Ashley & Scott and Christina & Josh!! We love them!

Bad day

Dear morning sickness (aka....every hour sickness),

I felt like this.....



ALL DAY.

Oh the joys of pregnancy. I guess I have been pretty lucky. My spouts of throwing up have only been 2 very unfortunate and uncomfortable times. Poor Ryan. I wouldn't let him in the bathroom to help me at all. I don't want him seeing me so weak! I am a strong prego woman and I can do it!! My sis-in-law, Chrissy, has been such a help. She tells me it's only a little bit longer and I'll be feeling energized and not sick. She gets super sick during her pregnancies so I guess I am semi lucky.

Before my official appointment with my doctor, I fought through 2 migraines. Have you ever not been able to take medication for a migraine?? Yah, it's near impossible. They don't want you taking anything during your 1st trimester to avoid any possibilities of birth defects and problems, but boy I was so tempted to swallowing the whole bottle of Excedrin Migraine. I called the doc multiple times and they said, "Put a cold wash cloth on your head and try and sleep it off." I probably said something to the extent of..."are you freaking kidding me?" But, I fought through it. THEN, we went to our official appt and I told my doctor about my migraines and he says, "Oh, you can totally take Excedrin Migraine for your headaches." THEN WHO THE CRAP DID I TALK TO???!??!?!?!?!?! Exactly. So, long story short, since then I have been a very happy girl with my one and only med.

Okay, okay, okay. Enough. I am a first time prego woman and I need to vent. I love this almost 1.5 inch bebe but he/she makes me feel like poop.

This Weekend

Was WONDERFUL!

General Conference is always a great weekend. Unfortunately, this year, General Conference fell on the weekend before finals week. Lucky us right? So between trying to study and being constantly tired (being pregnant makes you tired 24/7) it was a challenge to give GC my full attention.

Basically, I am excited to get the Conference edition Ensign so I can read the talks I missed. It was nice to see my Uncle, Elder Spencer J. Condie, of the Seventy give the opening prayer to the Saturday Morning session. Our first plan was to drive down to Salt Lake and stay with my Uncle and Aunt over Conference but Ryan has 9 tests next week and I have 5. We needed those extra hours to study.

Another exciting thing this weekend was the VICTORY of the University of North Carolina Tarheels! They played Villanova Saturday night. I am so excited to call UNC as my team, but my heart will always be with University of Washington. UNC always has a fantastic basketball team and the excitement for March Madness is crazy in North Carolina. You either Love the Tarheels and HATE the Duke Blue Devils or vice versa. You can ask anyone, are you a UNC or Duke fan? and you will get a response like Ryan says, and I quote, "I HATE DUKE and I will beat up anyone who likes them."

Or you're like this girl in my Health Science class from this semester. She is a born and raised girl from Rexburg, Idaho. She has big blond hair and wears big accessories. One day I was discussing March Madness with a girl next to me who served her mission in Raleigh, NC...the city next to Chapel Hill where UNC is located. I was telling her how excited I was to see them play and that almost everyone had them willing the NCAA Championship. Out of nowhere, the Rexburg native shouts from across the room, "I HATE UNC. Duke is where it's at. They're going to win." Trying to be Christ-like, I reply back, "Aren't you from Rexburg?" Stacy, the RM from the Raleigh Mission starts laughing. I say again, "Are you kidding me? You have no idea what you're talking about. UNC is ranked number 1 right now and you have absolutely no ties to even THINK about Liking DUKE!" End of conversation. I'm way serious that you need to either have a parent who went to school there, or you lived there, or you currently live there or you go to school there...YOU get the picture? Anyways....That was an intense day and I've repented since. My blood bleeds Carolina Blue now and I should probably simmer down a bit. I think my sister-in-law, Julie was more proud of that come back. Our dream is for Ryan to be accepted to UNC Law School. So hopefully in 2010, we will be there!!!