Happy Thursday!

Hey girls! Thanks for inviting me to the blog. It's a lot easier than Kari being our relay man. Steve is in his last class right now and will be graduating on the 18th! Yeah! ( Providing he passes all of his classes....) He is still not sure about one of them. I am so excited though. But, it's not like we're leaving lovely little Rexburg just yet. We plan on staying here til December so that I can have the baby here ( last week of October) and then we'll move to wherever he ends up getting into grad school . We've got applications into University of Utah, University of Missouri, and University of Arkansas, so we'll see which one pans out.

I 've been keeping surprisingly busy and enjoying my first summer off as a paid teacher, although I am pretty sure I already worked all these hours during the school year! : ) Steve's family is coming into town on Tuesday and a friend of mine is having a baby shower for me on the 21st, so we have a busy week coming up.

But the good news is we are going to Florida to visit Steve's parents for a week on the 24th ! We are so excited, although I am already melting in Rexburg's heat so I don't know what I'll do in Florida! Who cares though, they have a pool and I just bought a maternity swimsuit so we are good to go! There are actually no pools around here and the school's is closed for remodeling so I'm starving for any kind of water...basically I'll sit in a puddle if I see one. Anyway, after Florida we head straight out to Kansas City to see my family. Kari and Brett should be there too so that will be fun. I'm glad we get to take all these trips, but I'm pretty sure I'll be ready for sleeping in my own bed once the two weeks is over. As long as I'm near a bathroom though...that's all that matters!

I don't know if Kari shared or not yet but we decided on the name of Aubrey Michelle Redd for our new baby girl. We are so excited to meet her! I have been trying to be ambitious and sew the crib bumpers and a quilt for her and I'm almost done. We'll see how it goes. Well, this is definitely long enough for a first post so have a happy Thursday!

6 weeks later...

Hey girls! I am very excited about the blog! I am sorry I have not called people after hyaving baby wardle number 3 aka Mason Jeffrey. Life has been pretty hecktic. A few days after having Mason I found out I had three blood clots. I was not able to walk for a week and today I found out that I can't use birth control with hormones and if I get pregnant again I will have give myself two injections a day to prevent blood clots. I started to get misty eyed in the doctors office. Brooke I don't know how you do it. The week that I could not walk I had Brad give me the shots. I didn't trust myself. Anyway... On a lighter note the three boys are happy and healthy. Mason is a good baby and very even tempered. Right now he still sleeps a lot so that is nice for me, I can usually get two boys taking naps at the same time. Ellie got married on Saturday and for the occassion I got my first pedicure. It was very enjoyable and I love my pretty toenails. Okay here is my chance to send you guys pictures. The family picture was taken at my sister's wedding which is the explaination for Brad's loud shirt and the fake flower in my hair.

Hooray for vacations

Well, we just got back from Florida yesterday so I thought it was a good time for my first post! Even though I've already told half of you all about it, I'll summarize our fun trip for everyone else.:) We got to Fort Lauderdale on the 4th and discovered that our hotel was in walking distance to the beach so that was great. There were also lots of cute little lizards walking around outside which were fun to watch. We watched some fireworks displays from Pompano Beach that night which was very nice and exactly what I'd hoped we could do. There were a lot of tropical storms going across the peninsula all week, so pretty much every afternoon was filled with lots of rain, thunder, and lightning. Some of it was pretty incredible...with 10 inches of rain falling in only 2 hours, and flooding all the roads! Luckily it was hot and sunny every morning, so we got up and laid out on the beach and played in the nice warm water. The ocean was very calm and clear and it was just gorgeous. We also drove up and down the coast a bit to oggle at all the huge mansions on beachfront property. I got to have some fresh tuna and swordfish (very yummy) at a nice restaurant on the pier. We also made our way down to Miami on 7-7-07 to check out their huge downtown and port area, and of course the infamous South Beach. I prefer Ft. Lauderdale to Miami although Miami was entertaining...it reminds me of the difference between LA and San Diego. Anyway, it was an awesome trip and I was very sad to have to leave the beautiful ocean and come back to Nebraska. At least I came back a little tanner!

Brooke & Ryan Smith

This is my little 4 1/2 month old nephew, Dixon, and his dad Matt Kelly. Dixon just got his first tooth in the other day and is a happy little booger!!!

Ryan and I hiked the Zions trail called, "the Subway"! We both almost died!!! Ryan fell off a 20 foot cliff and I got an extremely blood sugar on the way out and we ran out of food. Not the best day for us...I don't plan on going back any time soon!!!

The other picture is of Ry and I at the only AMERICAN restaurant in Cabo San Lucas on our honeymoon. It was so much fun!

These are pictures of some of Ryan and my fishing trips. The picture just with Ry is at Lake Powell, we caught about 60 fish in 4 hours...i am not kidding, we caught the fish before we threw out the line!!! It was AWESOME. The other little fish is mine at Lake Mead over Easter, it was an ugly fish but it was still fun to catch it!!!

Hey ladies! I love to hear about what everyone is up too. Great idea! Things here are great! Southern Utah is bloody HOT right now. Ryan is still busy working as the fishing manager for Sportsman's Warehouse and he is the un-official fishing guru for our ward...sometimes, I think his name is mentioned more on Sunday then you know who?!? You could say he teaches more men to fish than being a fisher of men. He is also now a "Professional Bass Fisherman" and is fishing every other weekend on the circuit. So far he has made more money in one day fishing then I do in a pay period working, so I am not complaining. He gets out of the house and does something that he loves and i get to take at cut from his winnings...it's a win, win situation. I am still busy working full time at the City Legal department and am a supervisor over all the part-time girls in our department. It doesn't sound like much, but it really is a lot of work. I am still working at Sportsman's Warehouse just a couple hours a week. I am in the clothing department and just love it. Over the Fourth of July, Ry and I went up to Navajo Lake on Cedar Mountain and fished ALL day...it was fun but boy did I get burnt. My legs are bright red and swollen! It hurts!!!

Calli (my sister), Matt, and baby boy Dixon are doing great! They are moving to Philly at the end of this month so Matt can go to Temple Dental School. I added pictures because my little nephew is so dang cute.

Ryan and I are planning to go to California this month for Carla's wedding (one of my roommates in So. Utah) she is getting married in the San Diego Temple so we are excited to go back and visit the area where we got married.

Things here are great. I miss you!!!

PS...I have never blogged. Sorry this page is a little scrambled, i am still trying to figure this thing out and how to move the pictures around! :-)

Oh that is so funny, I just realized I am wearing the same shirt in two different pictures...how funny, opps! :-)

Lets Hear it for Lizzy!

Hey Ladies!

Great idea Elizabeth! I am all about the blog idea...I think it will be great! I too am anxiously awaiting pics of the newest Wardle...Lizzy- you guys look like you had a great time in Europe. My mom and Amy are here this week which is fun for me. Amy was gonna be here for a good chunk of the summer but plans have changed and she is gonna stay in CO afterall. I will try and write more later and send some recent pics of Easton who is constantly called a "huge baby" by strangers and passersby. Love you all!

our Europe trip

Doug and I just returned on Saturday night from our Europe trip. We were gone for two weeks. Since Doug was working for the first week, I spent most of the first part of the trip just bumming around the small Holland towns we stayed in. The second week we flew to Paris and London, and then back to Amsterdam for a few days. There was so much to see!! It was really an amazing trip.

let's get it started...

After much consideration and deliberation, this was the best name I could come up with for our blog. Hopefully this will help us to share pictures and make sharing what's going on with our lives a little easier. I know it has helped us keep up with the Whitman family (and it looks like now the Kents too!!)

Sarah - I can't wait to see pictures of Baby Wardle 3!!!