LL Alumni Reception

It is Heritage Week at BYU....which means super busy around here. We had the Barristers Ball last night (which isn't part of Heritage week, but it kinda landed in the middle of it), Living Legends Concert/reception tonight, and Friday and Saturay Pow Wow. There is also a Luau and Fiesta, but I have only been a few times. And my hoop kids...the class that I teach every Saturday...are dancing at Pow Wow this year...along with Charley in Tiny Tots. I am debating if I should dance. I kinda want to, but don't know if I really want to...I am being lazy!

Tonight was so much fun. I wish I could have seen more of you there...but it was nice to see the old group back together, of those that could make it. We had people flying in from Vegas, Virginia, Florida and New York to come tonight and this weekend. I didn't get to take pictures of everyone, but here are a few shots of the ones I did take.

There are a lot of fun things to take pictures of this week...so expect a lot of posts!

Triplets...

So we have been trying to explain to Charley that a new baby is coming. We tried explaining to her a few months ago. But every time we talked about a baby, she thought we were talking about her baby, and would run and get it and give it to me.

Ben and I tried sitting her down a few weeks ago and told her that we were going to have a new baby coming home, and it was in mommy's tummy...and we pat my tummy. Then, Charley pats her tummy and says "Baby in Charley's tummy!", then pats Ben's tummy and says "Baby in Daddy's tummy!" So now she thinks we all have a baby in our tummy. Even when we try and tell her that it is just my tummy, she says "No, Charley's baby!" and pats her tummy.

hopefully she will get it eventually...

Baby Bump...23-ish weeks along

I got my baby bump this last week...however, I think I look pregnant, and people who know I am pregnant think I look pregnant, but to those who don't know me...I just look a little large in the mid section! I still get the "oh, you're pregnant? congratulations, how far along?" response when telling people for the first time. It is a little frustrating. I would like to be small for as long as possible...getting big too fast can only mean more pain. But I am glad to be moving on to the next stage of where I don't have to explain why I have gained weight!

This picture was taken right after coming home from the Barristers Ball. I'll post more on that when I get some pictures from my sister. I meant to bring a camera, but forgot.

I love to see the Temple!

Last weekend we went to the Draper Open house! From the second we told Charley we were going to go to the temple she had to tell everyone she saw! She was so cute, and so excited. She had so much fun. She pointed out every picture of Jesus, which was about every 2 seconds! We went at a perfect time, when there was no lines, and we were able to get through quickly. It was a great family activity!

This picture isn't of the Draper temple, but of the Provo Temple on one of our many walks there. (I love her cheezy smile...my mom said she looks like me in the picture when I was younger) I am so glad she loves the temple so much. Ever since we've gone to the open house, she makes us sing "I love to see the Temple" before she goes to bed. She'll even try to mumble the words with us.

Rex Lee Run!

This is my 3rd year running in the Rex Lee Run! I always have such a fun time running it. The course starts at the football stadium, goes through campus and ends on the outdoor track. The first year I ran it with Brooktynn, and we ran it in honor of our Aunt Denise. We sent her our picture in our shirts, and our race bibs. I am glad we were able to do that for her, even though it really wasn't anything big. She passed away later that summer. The next year I ran it, it was all of my siblings that were here in Provo and Ben and Charley! And this year the number was smaller with just Ben, Charley in the stroller, and Jordan. It was still fun though. Originally we were all going to walk it. Non of us have been really "training" for it. I've been going to the gym but haven't been pushing myself very hard....for obvious reasons. So we decided we would jog/walk the race and just have fun and help support cancer research, and the other members of our family with cancer. Back in Nebraska all 100+ members of our extended family walk/jog together in the cancer race back at home, and since we are so far away, this is our way of supporting our family.

Plus my dad founded the race back when he was SBA president at the law school....before it was taken over by the cancer society on campus. ...I have to give a shout to my cool dad and the law school...where it originated!

So back to the race...we started off running up university parkway (which is a long, big hill!) we felt good and continued through campus running. Once we got to the parking lot of the law school, we had to stop!....We had to stop because I had to go to the bathroom really bad! My bladder has gotten weaker and weaker as the pregnancy has gone on, and the baby bouncing on my bladder was not helping it. We walked until we came to the Benson Building and I ran inside and found a restroom! After that We continued running down the hill by the testing center, through the tennis courts and onto the track! We finished the race in a time of 37:00 minutes....and that is with a 5 minute bathroom break! I think that is a pretty good time for being prego!

The weather was a little chili when we started, but was perfect by the time we finished! It was a great morning!