Melissa Is Pregnant!

So this is the before picture. just so you all know. Melissa is pregnant! we weren't planning to tell anyone for awhile (reason we got the camera) but word got out somehow and we didn't want to offend people so we just started telling everyone on saturday. if you can't tell, we are so so so so excited!

just a few pictures that we have taken on the camera in the last few days since we don't really have much else to put.

yes, my jaw is HUGE! i'm going on a diet tomorrow (yes i'm being serious about the diet)

Happy Halloween

So yes we finally got a camera. because of that, we will now be able to post REAL photos. tonight we went over to my brothers house to see his kids all dressed up for halloween. literally as we pulled up to his house my mom and melissa both said, "that pumpkin is soooo cool". needless to say we were both surprised that they would go to such trouble to carve a pumpkin. we assumed it was heather. turns out carter put himself to work and made it. amazement? yes.

Then we got to see my 5 year old nephew look totally in better shape than all of us. they have got the coolest costumes now! when i was superman as a kid i had to rely on my own poochy physique to fill out my costume. nope, my nephew has foam padding to actually look like a superhero. dang it! kids get everything these days. do you remember back when your family was keeping up with the jones by having a cordless phone. not a cell phone. a cordless phone. nice!

i told him to smile for this one! cutest little kid.

and this is my niece ariel (ashlee) she was like on a total sugar high when i saw her. i got a video and i might post it later. she was pretty much on crack! it was awesome. oh the wonders of free endless candy

Lovin' it

So life is really good right now. I know that there are a few things that i want to change, and because its about work, and i'm that afraid that someone might find this soon or in the distant future i'm not going to write more about what i would change. there have been times in life where i was unhappy for some reason or another because something wasn't going my way. but i could not be happier with how life is going right now. there is nothing i need to change to be happy.

I love my wife so much its ridiculous. i'm not sure how i got along without her before i knew her. i know people may think this is sharing a lot of personal information, for your information, i'm not. the personal stuff is still in me. but i also know if i don't blog i'll never write down anything. and i really want there to be some sort of record. and i like that i can be a little impersonal and update my friends on how we are doing and also catch up every day or 3 on how our friends are doing.

I love our church calling. i love where we are living. i don't have to wear a coat to keep from dying if i'm outside longer than an hour. (not that i am since i work so darn hard) I enjoy working my butt off. i enjoy the work that i do. i'm not sure what it is that is so satisfying about solving problems for people all day and everyone appreciates what you do. except for the people that demand you help them and insist you did it wrong. those people have chosen to not be helped. but that's easy to get over.

anyways. life is so good! i couldn't possibly be happier than i am now. i will be happier in the future i know, cuz life rolls on, but as of right now, i don't think i could have changed anything in the past to make the present better.

goodnight

Valient 9's

So missy and i finally have a calling. we were called two weeks ago to be primary teachers for the valiant 9's. the greatest part about this in my point of view is that one of the kids in our class is our next door neighbor who i've known his entire life. he is the coolest kid ever.

today was our first day teaching the class. missy prepared the lesson, and i was in charge this week of trying to keep them quiet and under control. it was going pretty good til... the old teachers came in, half way through with a pizza from costco for the kids. yeah. lesson over.

i'm not sure if i'm really glad they came or not. a part of me was kinda pissed. another part of me was like, sweet. we just have to eat and we're done with our job. i'm sure their parents weren't happy to get home and one of their kids was totally full for some strange reason. i was kinda glad to see the interaction that the old teachers had with the kids. i kinda want to have that sort of relationship with these kids. cuz our kids are AWESOME.

anyways. life could not be better. everyday i wake up and think how nothing could make my life any happier than it is right now. so i must be doing something right. right?