Well we went to the doctor yesterday and found out that we are having a girl.  We are really happy and excited!  Everything on the ultrasound looks good. They checked everything except the mouth and lips, she kept burring her chin in her chest so they could not get a good look at them.  It is becoming more of a reality now that we have seen what looks more and more like a baby .

Here is a picture of Emily putting up our christmas tree.

Em is really doing so well with our little baby, she has not been sick at all.  It has really been business as usual. I am so proud of her and happy that now I will have two beautiful girls in my life.

Travis interviewed with TSA today and was offered a position!! He'll be starting ground school in January and will be in St. Louis for 8 weeks training. We are so excited for this opportunity for Travis to officially start his career. We'll continue to keep you posted.

P.S. Eight weeks is a long time to be home alone, so if anyone wants to call, write, email, or better yet, come visit . . . I would love the company!!

 We are so excited to announce that we are having a baby!  The baby should arrive at the end of April just before our three-year anniversary.  Sorry we couldn't call everyone, we wish we had more time to do so. 

Here is a little picture of the ultrasound, of course we do not yet know if it is a boy or a girl. We will keep you all up to date as the months go by.

 

We are finally back from two weeks of vacation. The first week we were in Wyoming on the Pioneer Trek. It was a lot of fun and well worth it, but we were so happy to be home after four days in the heat, dirt and wearing Pioneer clothes. On the Trek the only thing you could see for miles was sage brush and dirt. It was refreshing when we crossed the river and also when we were able to sneak away from camp to put our feet in a nearby stream (which we got in "trouble" for doing).

Here is Travis and I with our "baby." Her name was Elizabeth, but we called her La-fawn-dah


Here we are pulling the handcart.


I'm not really sure what Travis is doing here...looks like the Robot.


Here is our Trek family at a fireside.


This is our family the morning we are going home. We were looking pretty rough by day 4, but it was a lot of fun.


We got home Friday evening and had to unpack, do laundry, then re-pack. We left the next morning for Portland for Jamie's wedding and to visit family.
Here is Jamie and Sterling at the reception.


Emily and Sterling


We went to dinner with Bryce and Dawna, Sarah, Noah, Bradley, Jamie, Sterling, Travis and me. Here are some of us outside Rose's Resturant


This was the first time we got to see Sarah's baby in person (and he's 9 months old). He's so cute and has such a funny personality.


Bradley's older brother, Noah playing video games


On Sunday we went to the Rose Gardens with my parents and the twins.
This is a view of Portland from the Rose Garden


Travis at the Rose Garden


A beautiful rose at the Portland Rose Garden


Our last day in town we had a BBQ at Hannah and Darwin's house. It was so much fun to see everyone and catch up. Hannah is due in just a couple of months (another girl!)

Lauren, Hannah, and Emily


Hannah, Darwin, Lauren, Emily and Travis


We also got to meet our new nieces, Jaya and Sierra. I'm not really sure why I don't have any pictures. They are adorable too! I'll have to get those pics from my brother.

Our trip was a lot of fun and we wish we could have stayed longer. We hope someday we will end up in Portland or the area, but it all depends on where jobs are available for Travis. Right now Travis is concentrating on getting the hours needed to apply for a job this fall. If he gets hired, we'll most likely move to Houston, Austin, LA, or New Jersey next summer.

I know it's been a while since my last entry, but I have some great pictures of Travis' graduation in April and also of his Memorial Day weekend trip from SLC to Seattle, to Portland, to California and then back home. 
 
 

This one is of ME flying the plane home from Evanston...I was a little nervous.



We got new sleeping bags for the Trek later this month...I just thought I would try mine out. Yep, it works! (By-the-way, I fell asleep about 15 minutes later in my bag!)



Now for Travis' trip....

Travis and his friend Jay, along with another instructor and three students, took three planes to Washington. This picture was taken by Travis and I think it is of Jay and his student. The plane is a Diamond Star and it has a glass cockpit (that means the instruments are all digital on a computer screen).


In the clouds...


They made it to Seattle then went on a tour of the Boeing factory. Here's Travis next to a jet engine.


Washington Coast



They flew IFR in the clouds...this is a very cool thing if you are a new pilot. Look carefully you can see the wing of the plane.


Some mountain...

Cresent City, CA coast




This is the Willamette River, look closely and you can see the St. John's Bridge.


Arcadia, CA


Well, that's it for now.