Hanging with Friends & Baby

A few weeks ago we spent a nice Sunday afternoon hanging out with our dear friends from our ward. Little Slade got to see the kids and the kids LOVED playing with him! Slade was pretty whiny most of the time though haha. We had gathered together for dessert but the ice cream never set and I wasn't eating dairy at the time so I didn't mind! Just a great evening with great friends chatting about everything :) Love them! 

Amanda's Shower

One last shower that I went to! Blaine is great friends with my friend's husband (that's how I met Amanda in the first place) and so he came along to for the get together. We unfortunately made it late to the shower so we missed opening all the presents but we did go to say hi to the soon to be parents and socialize a little bit. Cannot wait to see baby Autumn due sometime next week! We are excited for Slade to have another girlfriend! haha 

Kim's Baby Shower

ONE last baby shower! Now it was Kim's turn to have her shower and look who made a debut! Slade was out to see all the girls! It was so great to be with my friends and celebrate with Kim! Her sister threw such a great shower at her mom's house on a Saturday morning. By now both Michelle AND Kim have had their babies! Can't believe we are all moms now! It was so great to celebrate with these girls and now we just need to meet Adley!

 

Brittani's Baby Shower

Another Britt having a baby! Brittani and I are only like 2 days apart! By now we've had our baby boys and I had mine a few weeks early so they are more apart than previously expected haha. Brittani and I were in YW together in our family ward before marriage and now babies :) Cute decor and delish food as always! It was a short visit because there were 2 MORE parties we went to later today but it was great to see her! Congrats to Britt!

Baby Shower #2

Baby Shower with my Waterfall Ward friends! I love all these girls so much! From the YW i used to teach to the moms in the ward with 5 kids, they are all so wonderful. The YW taught me how to be a leader, example, role model and future mom. The moms in my life are all so great and even though I am really young, they include me, support me, hang out with me, and love me! I have some great relationships in this ward and I cannot thank them enough for putting together this great shower! This shower took place at my friend Erin's at night time and it was a great mom's night out for the gals! It truly is a party whenever Waterfall Ward ladies get together.  My mom and mother-in-law got to meet many of my friends and that was great! Thanks everyone for a great night!

Mama's To Be :)

Look at us! Here I am at 30 weeks (BOY),  Michelle at 26 weeks (BOY) and Kim at 23 weeks (GIRL).

We are all great friends, I've known Michelle since we were like 10, Kim I've known since like 14 and they have each been one of my best friends. We are all grown up and married and obviously pregnant haha and I am so lucky to still be best friends with these girls! We can't wait for play dates and mommy chats and all that fun stuff. Maybe now that we'll have kids we'll actually get to see each other more often! We do live within 15-20 minutes of each other haha

Below Blaine kept taking a bunch of pictures but Michelle wasn't ready haha But thankfully he was patient with us and got good pictures still :)

Friday Date Night!

Right before Easter we had our friends Cade and Trisha come down from Utah and hang out with us! They stopped by our house, we saw their cute baby boy walking around, we went to Sonic (which I haven't been there since like high school and it was DELICIOUS), caught a 51's game, saw the BEST fireworks show and ended the night by visiting Blaine's racecar! haha It was such a fun night. Can't wait for our little boy to be born and then grow up and he'll have a little buddy to play with too!

Sunday Dinner

I love going to family Sunday dinner or with friends but I also love hosting Sunday dinner. I can't really do weeknight dinners becuase im rushed from work and Sunday is the only day I use my nice dishes. Every other day is my awesome Correll set. Michelle and Justin Crouse came over for dinner and it was such a blast to catch up! The food was tiny and my favorite part was Michelle's mother-in-law's potatoes. Best thing ever! I love every potato dish and this is so great.

Canada Halifax Mission Trip: Day 6

Today was the day that we were going to go see Jen (a member that Blaine had helped get baptized) and Blaine was super excited! We got up at a normal time and had donuts and hot chocolate for breakfast. We left Beddeck after loading up on gas and made our way back to Halifax where I am pretty sure I took a nap haha

We had to stop to get gas again so we wouldn't have any issues again and we have a spiritual moment....I had a feeling that I should check my email and even though it was going to cost a fortune, I did and it turns out Jen was trying to get a hold of us! Blaine had tried her in the morning but she was already at work and we had no way of reaching her. Good thing I checked, we called her, and made plans for dinner and hanging out.

We saw a lot of the Halifax outer area where you were going on your way to Peggy's Cove. Before we got to the cove, we visited this memorial overlooking the coast for a fallen plane. Very neat and relaxing because the wind and breeze was just delicious and I just sat on a rock for the longest time. Then we went to Peggy's Cove! That place was so neat! Stinks that it was cloudy but still so fun! Blaine and I practiced being photographers and toured the little town. It was FILLED with people.

Then we headed to Lunenburg to see Jen. We drove a little bit until we knew she was close to being home and we hung out with her granddaughter and Andre her silly husband lol She is so great and so funny and so sweet and caring! The way she talked about Blaine and all the stuff she said about him almost brought tears to my eyes! We went to dinner, walked around the warf and stuff, looked at shops, ate ice cream, drove around town, and talked until midnight! So many stories, memories and we made a great friendship. We love the Beaudins!

Canada Halifax Mission trip: Day 5

CAPE BRETON

Well today was super interesting! We woke up and left our hotel room to go to the Miner's Museum in Glace Bay and it was really neat! At first, we spent a few minutes outside to look at some things by the sea and then once inside, we did an exhibit with pictures and artifacts about mining. We then heard like an hour long talk about mining from a cute miner and it was crazy to know that mining is still the most dangerous job out there! Poor people serioulsy. The mining owners were just so greedy, mean, and selfish. The miner's families were so poor, indebted to the owners, and I think they were basically legal slaves of some sort. Well we finally got inside the mine (don't worry, it's all safe and stuff now). We did have mining hats though and a poncho so we wouldn't get wet and dirty. We went inside the earth 65 feet I think and it was cool! We had to bend our backs though as the space was only about 4 feet tall in some places. Blaine had to sit down on the ground because he couldn't bend that much anymore! They talked about how with a canary bird they check the toxicity of the mine, they have like 20 minutes for lunch, there is a garden down there for good luck and cheer, and it was just hard work! Great pictures.

Then we made our way to the causeway and went to start the world famous Cabot Trail! Sounds awesome huh? lol Well it was but there were a lot of walls of trees for many miles....we did the whole thing in like 5 hours. There were spots where you saw lakes, mountains, valleys, beach, ocean, and pretty stuff. There were also a ton of cute shops but we only stopped at this leather shop that was extremely and sadly expensive but everything was made by hand and so cute! JOni and I even made this little braid bracelet and I got to keep it.

Well our roadtrip was made even more awesome by the fact that we saw a bear! A black bear cub and so cute! It was eating berries or something and it didnt seem that scared. We took a ton of pics and kept driving until we found dinner! DELICIOUS steak that I ate ALL of it. Perfection. So by that Chitticamp place, the gas station was closed already and the gas light was on! Well we knew we could make it a few more miles and slowly we drove to Beddeck...where their gas stations were also closed! They close at like 4....dumb. We thought we had to sleep in the car. We even tried 3 different credit/debit cards and since it was closed, we think that they didn't take them. Plus, CANADA loves Master Card and we didn't have any so we had issues! But luckily we could like coast to a hotel and stayed there. Whew! It was nice to have a bed haha

Canada Halifax Mission trip: Day 4

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND


In the morning we went to Wal-mart and Old Navy after our quick breakfast in our hotel room (Joni and Lydia had bought groceries :) ) because I needed a new memory card (i take way too many pics), Joni needed make up, and then at Old Navy I got a skirt for the beach and all the girls got flip flops! Much needed :)


So after, we just had a drive around the entire island basically and visited parts of the National Park and we hung out on Delvay Beach for a good long chunk! It was perfect weather and so beautiful and I took some great pics! Lydia was our little model and she's so adorable. Blaine and Lydia kept having pebble bouncing contests and they were both really good! Even at the stinky beach they did that. We then had lunch by the water near Covehead Harbor and ate at Richar'd Fresh Seafood Eatery and thankfully I could have chicken fingers (that weren't that awesome) but I had a vanilla milkshake to accompany it and it was to die for!


We kept driving around and saw the Veich's house in Rustico, they were a family that Blaine got to know and loved. Then we went to the Stinky Beach (haha that's what we had to call it) that was on another part of the coast and I think it stunk because of seaweed and all the dead jelly fish and well ugly fishy smells that come from the sea.


Then as Blaine was getting tired, we went and saw the Anne of Green Gables area while he slept in the car. We saw the house, a trail, a barn, got slushies and cookies and just hung out with the girls. Then we all headed over to Ripley's Believe it or Not! because we randomly found it in the middle of Cavendish! (near the green gables and the author's grave site)


Then time for dinner! We had an outdoor dinner at a fun restaurant and it was delicious! I had a pizza and a salad of course and I tried the lobster lol Smells nice and the butter tastes good but no thank you. Haha then we just walked around downtown and ended the night by visiting Destiny and her two kids Darius (7) and Harmony (3?). So cute! They love Blaine and he is so good with them. We recounted funny stories and she's just so cute. A great photographer too! Whew! Back to the hotel :)