2008 in Review

It is hard to believe that 2009 is here already! This year has been so amazing for both Blaine and I. We have been so blessed in many ways. In March I was lucky enough to be able to go to Disneyland with some of my best friends. My best friend Darlene was getting married in June and we decided that it would be a great girls trip before the wedding. We had the time of our lives and have some great pictures to remember the occasion by.

My best friend Darlene and I

Mickey proposed to Darlene, but she had to turn him down

Girls love their sugar :)

During the Summer month we were lucky enough to get to go up to Roosevelt Lake several times with our family and friends. This is one of the yearly traditions that we have because it is so relaxing and just a great place to be able to hang out with all our family and friends. We were able to bring Jake and Darla with us several times that we went up. This is one tradition that we are going to keep and can not wait to share with our little one next year.

Crazy Sean diving off the boat

Blaine before we got into the waterJulie and I on the boat

Our brother Sean and sister Jackie

Jake thinking about getting in the water

The dogs were ready to get on the water!

On June 21 my best friend Darlene got married! It was such a beautiful event and I was lucky enough to be in the wedding party as the matron of honor. Darlene looked so pretty in her gown that I think everyone cried. The ceremony was held in Tucson, AZ at Sky Line Country Club. The views and sunset were amazing and gave them such amazing pictures! After the wedding there was a great reception that everyone was able to dance and have a great time into the night before saying good bye to the newly weds. Soon after Darlene was married she was off to live in Las Vegas to start her first year in Pharmacy school. While it was very sad to see her go, I know that she will do amazing. While I miss her very much, we make sure to find time to still talk almost everyday and see each other every couple of months.

Darlene

Darlene and Nick right after they said "I Do"

Nick and Darlene

Cake time

The bride and her bridesmaids

Our group of friends before Darlene left for Vegas

Darlene and I

In September, Blaine and I took 7 day Mexican Riviera Cruise. We had such a great time visiting all the different parts of Mexico and just being able to relax on the boat by the pool. We were a little worried about the weather since it was forecast to rain several days that we were at port. We were very blessed and only on 1 day of the 7 did it rain and it was a very light rain at that. We had three ports that we visited: Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. Each port was something new and different to explore and see. In Puerto Vallarta we took a boat to a secluded island so that we could swim and snorkel. Since this was the port we were at the longest we were also able to do a sunset horse back ride with dinner. The dinner and the sunset were both so amazing! We went through a plush green forest with lots to see. After Puerto Vallarta we went to Mazatlan were we did more of just a city tour so that we could see more of what the city was like. The city was amazing even though it was raining lightly, we had a great time. The last stop on our cruise was to Cabo San Lucas. Here were took ATV's and did a beach ride, which was just amazing. Overall, this cruse was well worth it and needed since both Blaine and I had been working so hard all year.

On the beach in Cabo

ATV time

The city of Mazatlan

On the beach at Mazatlan

On the beach at Mazatlan

Mazatlan

After the horseback ride

In Puerto Vallarta

Relaxing on the cruise

I could not have thought of a better way to end 2008 than to find out that Blaine and I are expecting our first little one! We found out about mid October, but decided that it was best to wait until our first trimester was over before we told everyone our great news. Lucky for us my first trimester was over at the beginning of December and as part of our Christmas card we let all our family and friends know about our little bundle of joy on the way.

We found out that I am pregnant!

The best result in the world!

Even though 2008 is now over, it was a great year and 2009 will be even better. Blaine and I are very excited for June 21, 2009 to be here so we can welcome the newest member of our family to the world. We wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and the best of wishes for 2009!

We are pregnant!!!

We are happy to announce that we are expecting our first little miracle on June 21, 2009. We are very excited and can not wait for the baby to be here :) We are not sure if the baby is a boy or girl yet but we should be finding that out at either the end of January or the beginning of February. Jessica thinks that it will be a little girl while Blaine and just about everyone else thinks that it will be a little boy. We will see soon!

Our Baby at 13 weeks old, we got to see the baby moving his/her arms and legs!

Our Baby at 13 weeks old!

Our Baby at 9 weeks and 4 days old!

The first photo of our angel at 6 weeks and 4 days old!