2 Weeks!!

Well, 2 weeks exactly from today, Dawson is due.... but we are hoping and doing everything to get him here sooner...:) Jenny has this feeling that he's comin the middle of next week. We went to our doctors appointment today. We love hearing the heartbeat! The doc keeps saying he has a strong heartbeat. They tested for Strep B.. we haven't heard on results yet. The doc was trying to see if he was turned right and had his head down... he couldn't really tell for sure so we got to do a short ultra sound. We couldn't see him very well, but he his head down...he was just facing the wrong way. We think he was just turning to say hi to us. The doc said we needed to talk with Dawson and explain that he needs to face the right way. ahahah! It was really funny because they moved the ultra sound machine over Jen's whole stomach and all of the sudden the doc says," Wow, there's his 'goods'!" ahahah! We just replied, "We're glad he's still a boy!" ahaha! Afterwards we came home and and had a talk with Dawson... hopefully he's a good listener and turns around!

Labor Day

On Labor Day, J.D., me, and our friends Jeff and Ashley decided to go on a picnic and fishing at Duck Creek. It was so much fun! We didn't catch anything, but it was fun to try. Nobody that was fishing caught anything.... I guess the fish just weren't hungry that day. It was so nice to relax and just hang out for the day. Afterwards, even though we didn't do anything too physically challenging, we crashed out completely for the whole night... we got home at 5:30 and woke up in the morning!

Here is all of us! Me and Ashley were wrapped up in blankets because the wind was so cold and strong!
Here's J.D. fishin away!
This is Jeff and J.D. I was trying to get Jeff to smile the same time as J.D.... this is the best we could get.
If you can tell my face got so so so sunburned! I had the worst raccoon eyes ever! You can't see it very well here, but I promise it was red! :)

J.D.'s first week of school....

Well, this last week on monday J.D. started school at SUU. He's taking Anatomy, Organic Chemistry, O-Chem Lab, Anatomy Lab, and Business Marketing. So far he really has enjoyed it. He really likes his Anatomy class. I think it's because I help him study with that... I will point to different parts and he has to name that part. I should basically be taking the class because I swear I'm learning more than him.. hahah! His Organic Chemistry he was kind of worried about, but so far the teacher has been very good. He is understanding everything really well. The Anatomy lab I think will be the hardest physically for him to handle... physically meaning well-being. The first day of that they disected a human being. No warnings, they just started cutting.... he could barely eat for a couple of days. He said it was interesting, but the smell combined with the cutting was really hard to handle! haha! The other 2 classes are not bad at all.... just classes.. He is so amazing and such a hard worker. He really wants to do well in his classes. Plus he works graveyard shifts 40 hours a week, and also goes to shadow dentists for dental school shadowing hours, finds time to be with me and time to help get things ready for Dawson, fulfill his calling, and helps me around the house. Don't ask me how he does it, but he loves his schedule he says. I love him so much am truly blessed to have him!

Future excitement

This summer J.D. has been shadowing a dentist here in town. He goes in for a couple of hours each day. For a while now he's been asking me to come down and meet everyone and see what it's like. So today I finally went! It really was such a neat experience. Seeing J.D. dressed like a dentist and working on patients just got me really excited, just knowing that one day I really will be able to come visit J.D. as a dentist.... He loved the thought of it too! The people that actually work there are so nice and the dentist is newer... so he's been a big supporter for our fear of dental school debt and taking care of a family at the same time. J.D. gave me a candy for coming in :) and being so good( lol). its kind of funny since its candy... at a dentist office.... lol! It's a long road until we get there, but it was sure fun to be able to picture everything.

Wedding Fun!

Well, this week has been so much fun! It started on Saturday when J.D.'s little sister Lynette went through the SLC Temple to recieve her endowments. It was such a neat experience for her, and for us to be a part of it was so cool as well. Here is a picture of everyone who went!

This is J.D's little sister Lynette, and her new husband! They had just walked out of the temple! Her new name is Lynette Sweat! The sealing was even more amazing! It was so nice to go and get a refresher on what it's like. They were so happy, and they didn't even cry! I remember that we cried from the beginning... ahaha, maybe we are just babies...
After the ceremony we went to the side of the temple to take pictures. This is J.D's little niece, Jetta, who was entertaining us while we were waiting. It was so funny!
That night was the open house in Heber Utah. It was so cute! They had the best dessert, SUB ZERO ICE CREAM!! We stayed for almost the whole thing and then went to the hotel for the night and decided to go swimming!! This is J.D.'s brother, Lucas! He came walkin into the pool room with cowboy boots and a swim suit! He's a cowboy and never wears anything but boots!
Also, J.D. and his little bro Parker were having a blast! J.D. was chucking him so high in the air! These are a couple of the pics from that.

Isn't J.D. so good lookin! He so happy that he's swimming too! He didn't think he'd get to since we didn't know we'd be going to the reception or staying the night, but his dad saved the night by letting J.D. use his flamed swimming shorts!
Parker loved this! J.D. would throw him like a football! He flew through the air so far!After a fun week of excitement, we finally made it home! It was so nice to see the family and spend so much time with them! We were sad to leave since we won't see Lynette and her new hubby Shane for a long time. They are going to Iowa for medical school for 4 years... :( But we are very blessed to be part of their wedding before they leave.

Eagle Hollow Furnishings

As some of you know, J.D. has his own log furniture business. It's definately a "side" job. We just use his talent of this when we need it. This summer, Jenny's brother ordered a bunk bed with a twin on top and a full on the bottom. This was the first bunk bed he's ever attempted! :) Here is a quick show of the process, which really has taken a bit longer since we haven't put full days of work into it.


After we get all the pieces stripped (which takes forever!!) and cut to length, J.D. uses a tenon cutter to cut each end so it will fit together like a puzzle....

After all the ends are tenon cut, and the holes are drilled, then we spend hours sanding. Then we put it together and bolt everything. Then we put finish on it. This is one side completely done.
Here it is!! It's all done! J.D. quickly put together the ladder (which doesn't have finish on in this pic, but you get the idea). Now, the ladder has a cool feature that you can't see. It's being held up by leather buckles! J.D. is very talented as you can see. He really loves working with wood, and it makes him feel so good to see how amazing the finishing product looks.

The Husband Store

This was a funny email that Jenny recieved the other day and we thought it was worth posting.

The Husband Store
A brand new store has just opened in New York City that sells Husbands. When women go to choose a husband, they have to follow the instructions at the entrance:'You may visit this store ONLY ONCE!' There are 6 floors and the value of the products increase as you ascend the flights. You may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you CANNOT go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband
On the 1st floor the sign on the door reads

Floor 1 - These men have jobs.
The 2nd floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.
The 3rd floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids and are> extremely good looking.
'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the 4th floor and the sign reads: Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help with Housework.
'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly> stand it!'
Still, she goes to the 5th floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, help with Housework and Have A Strong Romantic Streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the 6th floor> and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opens a New Wives store just across the street.

The 1st floor has wives that love sex.
The 2nd floor has wives that love sex and have money.
The 3rd through 6th floors have never been visited.