Much to write about... baby shower, maternity photos, waffle shop

My final Bridal Shower was with both side's of Daniel's Family. It was an open house and I loved seeing everyone. the food was delicious like always!! I failed to take pictures but I did get to capture this lovely diaper cake my sister in law Kristy made for me. I got lots and lots of diapers and cute outfits with other fun baby clothes

 

 Next I want to brag about my sister Shelby and how amazing and talented she is. She was very kind and thoughtful to ask as well as want to take maternity pictures of me. Shelby has always been the one to volunteer to do things for others and I admire that about her. I also am amazed with how talented she is, seriously there isn't anything she can't do. She used to tell me when I was in high school that I was the creative and artsy one, but she was most definitely wrong! She continues to astonish me with her amazing art abilities and creativeness. I am so impressed with her ability to make beautiful things and express them in so many different ways... (words, interior design, pictures, clothes, art, etc) Not only does she have a natural gift but she is always looking for ways to improve and learn new skills, turning into another gift/talent she possesses. Here is an example of her beautiful artwork....  Brandon has done photography for years now and Shelby has never taken a class and these pictures are phenomenal. i am very pleased and absolutely love them! So if you ever need a photographer, Shelby has a gift!  With Brandon and her together masterpieces are produced!

 The State Waffle Shop:
So Kelsi came up with a great idea to have waffles every Sunday morning and a couple weeks ago we did just that. She came over and we mixed up some pretty awesome waffles, but the taste was not only that made up their awesomeness it was also each of their shapes...

 Texas for our lovely Makana, Mckay, Jadeyn & new baby soon to be

 Utah which has brought us together! 

Brazil for Daniel and JD (was difficult to make)

 And our lovely Ohio for our beloved little brother Tanny

(this one looks the best)

 Kentucky for our stupendous J.D. McCall, Lydia, & Emree

We were going to make Scotland and Honduras but than I got tired of making them.. 

Kelsi and I look so much alike in this pic! 

We sure had fun and daniel enjoyed eating them

 I was dropping yogurt onto dear Ohio and dropped a strawberry right on top not meaning to make it look like the Heart of Ohio! Precious. 

 Now we are ready to start our very own waffle shop!

So this whole mom thing is really comin to pass.. 2nd baby shower

My lovely sisters and mother put on a Beautiful shower a few weeks ago for me and my baby to be. I am so lucky to have such amazing artistic, creative and the best family members ever because the shower was darling. I loved every thing about it... the food (little jr. loved this as well), decorations, entertainment, and the people that were there. (I missed those who weren't able to come) I received a lot of fun and cute gifts. Thank you everyone for your love and support. These pics were taken by Shelbs.. since I neglected to take pictures of my own. 

 Shelby made this delicious strawberry short cake. It was delicious and to die for and may I add it looked fabulous so no one wanted to cut into it.

Hot chocolate a most favorite thing of mine.. and here is a taste of some of the cute decorations. 

 No i'm not the cute decoration more of the big pumpkin of the show. So after I opened my presents I felt even more unprepared because I had not thought about getting the some of the things I was given, but i guess I feel a little more prepared. 
It's a good thing they do showers because I would be completely lost in what to get.

 Now that I have most everyone's guesses on when little jr. will be born and how big he'll be if anyone else wants to guess that wasn't there.. take your Guess. (oh and Lexi meant to put Oct. 31 she thought Halloween was on the 30th)

Weren't those darling decorations and didn't the food look mouth-watering?

pic of the diapers: one of the activities people got to do was write little messages for me and pin them on the diapers i will get to change or should I say Daniel gets to change. One that was said out loud that I had a good kick out of was from my Mother-in-law "Don't ever change him in the Dark!" Such good advice.
It sure was fun seeing cousins, aunts and grandma and of course my sisters and mother. 

First Baby Shower

So in High School I never had one best friend. I had 7!!! We did everything together mostly laughing and going on adventures. I am so grateful to each one of them because they all helped me in some way another throughout my high school days and they continue to do so through their love. I am so lucky to have had friends that all had such good standards and tried to do what's right amongst all the pressures! Thanks for your sweet examples and most importantly being my best friend for so long.

A couple weeks ago they threw me a baby shower. Since we all have such busy and different lives it gets hard to get together. No matter what though, whenever we get together it's like nothing has changed. When we're together it's like we were when we were back in high school. That's what true best friends is. I love getting together with them and seeing how each of our lives has unfolded and continues to unfold. 

It was so fun to see everyone again. I got some adorable gifts, little jr. is sure going to be stylin'. Sure appreciate all that they do and their friendship.

Not all the 7 was able to come and I missed them all.

Park City

Daniel and I have a lovely garden and here are some of the delicious fruits we benefit from. We bought cucumber plants and the yellowish ones were are first batch and as you can tell their a wee bit of odd color and Honkers.. but still tasty. The green one was our next try and as you can tell it looks more like a cucumber. We are also growing zucchini, squash, green peppers, and annehime peppers.

We get so many so we took them up to THE FAMILY REUNION in PARK CITY!!!

Park City was a blast and Daniel and I had so much fun and it was so fun to be with everyone (we missed you kentuckians) Thanks so much MOM & Dad for putting on such a fun reunion for us all and for all that you did. I keep reflecting back on how much I miss being with everyone and wish we could still be up there vacationing it up. Thanks to everyone for all the delicious meals, entertainment, and laughter.

They were so cute together.. I'm going to miss watching them play together.

Love this picture of mom and Jadeyn, Jadeyn sure adores her Grandma and I can see why!

Oope who are those little peepin toms in the back..

Dan and I adventuring off to find a short cut back to our place. It sure was beautiful up there. I love hiking.

 NOW for the AMAZING  BOAT JUNKIES who boat with Style and are sure GOOD LOOKING. The Hansen Clan sure know how to wake surf, tube, wake board, and ski!!

Kelsi getting up on the wake board.. ya ya

THe pregno's and jadeyn looking fly on the tube...

Parker about to fall off from a wicked sharp turn.. He surely was a champ on the tube! Lexi couldn't ever be knocked off

Looks like they are having so much fun

Mr. Pro. He could do anything and man was he good

 Rocking the wake board in his Sexy Wet Suit even though he hates wake boarding because of the feeling of being trapped.

Still rocking it up until......

SPLASH!!!! You win the contest of the biggest splash

I love this picture because of the profile picture of Mckay pondering with the shadow of dad in the background.

Park City we will Miss You!