General Conference Baby

So is anyone else excited that today is general conference??!?!? I am! In fact, I was so excited that I woke up like three and a half hours earlier than normal. I am waiting patiently for it to start. Last night before I went to bed I went through BYU tv and recorded the Women's Conferences that were recorded in 2001 and 2002, and since I couldn't sleep and the hubby was still sawing logs I decided to bring all my clean unfolded laundry downstairs and watch the WC while I folded. Camille Fronk was one of the speakers and man was she good. She recited a quote from Elder Melvin J Ballard that touched me so deeply I had to pause it to compose myself so that I didn't miss anything. Then, I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote it down. I called my sister and woke her up to read it to her. I have to write it down here for everyone to read! Now, for those of you who don't know I am a convert to the church and this made me think of my grandma Wishart who I know listened to the Gospel in the spirit world and waited patiently for someone in my family to do the same. My big sis came first and I came next, and I am so thankful that I found the Gospel and how huge of an impact it has had on my entire life. Here is the quote I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did!


"Why is it that sometimes only one of a city of household received the Gospel? It was made known to me that it is because of the righteous dead who had received the Gospel in the spirit world excercising themselves, and in answer to their prayers elders of the Church were sent to the homes of their prosperity that the Gospel might be taught to them and through their righteousness they might be priveleged to have a descendant in the flesh do the work for their dead kindred. I want to say to you that it is with greater intensity that the hearts of the fathers and mothers in the spirit world are turned to their children than that our hearts are then turned to them."

-Elder Melvin J Ballard

21 weeks and 6 days

It is official. I have a belly. I didn't really realize that it looked so pregnant until Sunday when I put on my dress. Today I am 22 weeks but the picture was taken yesterday. I can now feel him move all the time. He really likes to kick around when I lay certain ways and he won't stop until I move. I told Steven about him not liking me to lay certain ways and Steven said I better listen to him or when we have him he is going to be angry at me for the first few months. Steven cracks me up. I wish all of our family could be around us while we are going through our first pregnancy. Looking back on the questions he and I have asked people around us who have kids we laugh pretty hard. Oh, and Steven is hilarious about the whole thing. Everyday he has some kind of bizarre thing to ask or tell me about pregnancy. I love him. We are having a lot of fun with the idea of it all, in just a few short months it won't be an idea anymore. Well, here is my big ol belly.

Serving the Missionaries

I love to sign up to feed the missionaries when I can. About a month ago I signed up to feed the missionaries and last week that day came. Little did I know that I was going to have to work. So I threw a roast in the pressure cooker and left my sweet husband step by step directions on how to make gravy. I left rice on the counter and everything he would need.

Usually in Az when you sign up to feed the missionaries you feed two. I guess over here in Texas you feed 4, which is great. I'm just glad that I had a 6.5lb roast. I baked 2 loaves homemade bread that none of the missionaries thought was homemade because it was so "pretty". I had to take a picture so that everyone in Az would believe that one. The point is that when I got home there were two slices of meat left and 1/2 a loaf of bread. Here is my pretty bread.

We are destined to be out numbered...

So bright an early this morning, Steven and I had an ultrasound appointment. This is the profile of the little guy. Yes that is right...I said guy. We found out today that we are having a little boy. Now as the little ones in family go. We have 7 boys and 1 girl. I was hoping to break the cycle but I am still just as happy as can be. He was in an awfully awkward position...the doctor had me get up to walk and do a little dance and he finally flipped over. So far everything looks healthy. I have to admit. I always knew it was going to be a boy. He has starting moving around and I can feel him. It's pretty awesome. I have another appointment at 1:30 today.

It's Raining...It's Pouring.

The last three days have been so eventful! I am zonked, plus the weather is insane. It has been so crude outside, our poor dogs just realized that it will probably be a few more days before they are dry. Thankfully the greatest dad in the world built a shelter for them before he left and they are loving their little dry spot. So in the past 3 days it has been freezing and the rain has been non-stop. I thought someone was breaking in the other night but it was just the crazy wind and thunder. The rain is nothing like the rain in Arizona, usually the rain in AZ is kind of warm and the wind is warm too. Here in Texas the rain feels like ice cubes...especially when the hit the back of your neck! To top off the insane freeze of the rain the wind is quite crisp as well. It is okay though. We just get more time to snuggle : ) Here is a pic of the rain that was accidentally caught in our scorpion cup. Hope all is well. Stay warm!

Pay it forward
You may have seen this on other blogs - you sign up to receive something homemade and crafty, and then you pay it forward by doing the same thing for 3 people who sign up to do it on your blog. So here’s how it works:
1. Be one of the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post and I will send you a handmade gift sometime in the next 3 months.
2. You get to pay it forward as well by doing the same thing for 3 people on your blog.
3. Once you leave a comment telling me that you want to participate, you need to make a pay it forward post on your blog within one day.
4. No gift requests. The gift I make and send to you will be made totally at my discretion! It will be made specifically for you by inspiration:)

Our cute but frustrating town house

Steven and I are renting a town house in San Antonio and it is really cute but the management company isn't cute at all. So after living here for almost 3 months we finally have a working dishwasher...hip hip hooray!!!! Here are some pictures of our place