our house in the middle of our street

I cannot tell you all how excited I am! We had a walk-through today and the guy said it should be done end of July/ August. That made me so happy. So here's a few pics of the progress..

Here is the empty lot for our house - we took this pic back in april
this is the sweet view from our house...until they build houses on these lots, then we'll only see this from our upstairs.
Here is what our house looks like as of today! the houses on either side of ours are both 1 story so it is much better.
And I had to throw in some pics of the kid playing in the sprinklers. don't worry it's like 2 in the afternoon and he's still wearing his pajama shirt - he took the pants off long before

San Diego!!

This last weekend we went to San Diego for John's Aunt's wedding. It was so fun. It would have been helpful to realize that the US Open was there before we went then we could have been somwehat prepared for the 3 hours it took for us to get our luggage and get a rental car...shoot me now. But, it was still a good time. AND we got to see Sister Hixson before she left and hear her speak.

B: I know you probably can't check blogs but sisters get away with a lot more than elders, so here's hoping. We had so much fun being with you and the fam - I love you and know you are going to be the best missionary. I will miss you and seriously try my best to send you some letters - I will at least keep you posted on the new kid and the other one, plus I do want to hear about the craziness in Jersey.

Here's some pics from our trip

Fun at the beach. You can guess what came next after he stared at his fistfulls of sand.

John and Courtney - 6 months pregnant. I love this dress, it actually makes it look like I have a chest. Don't be fooled...

Johns 2, 3, 4, and 5. You gotta love it.

it's a real disease!

"Trichotillomania, a hair-pulling disorder, involves an irresistible urge to pull out hair. This behavior occurs to the point of noticeable hair loss. The most common areas for hair pulling are the scalp, eyelashes and eyebrows, but may involve hair anywhere on the body..."

kind of unfortunate that it has to do with my mental health...
For those of you who still don't believe you can read the rest of the article at http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/trichotillomania

And I will confess that I have a bald spot on my lash line because I swear I could feel one of my eyelashes and it was driving me crazy.

go ahead, ridicule me...

Ok so I hear it all the time - "your phone sucks. why don't you get a new one?" or "that's your crappy cell phone?" Listen people, I may have a "crappy" phone by your tech savvy standards - but I would like to point out that I always have service, I can always hear loud and clear and it has a color screen. True no camera, bluetooth, navigation, picture messaging, cool ringtones, speakerphone, walkie-talkie whatever, ability to check my e-mails and control my life through the phone, but what in the crap do you need all that stuff for anyway? Do you know how many times I have dropped it - in the water no less - and it still works. I used someones old flip phone for one week and switched back because my "crappy" phone was better. Plus, as the evidence shows, who in their right mind would spend money on a phone when their 2 year old is bound to get a hold of it and do this...

need i say more?

fun times

we love the sit'n'spin. especially when we have no pants on.

John with my parents' dog Rocko. yes, he's huge and john loveshim

playing catch-up

i love looking at everyone's blogs, but i suck at keeping ours updated...there's always so many other things to do and it takes me 15 years to resize pictures and load them onto the page. there must be an easier way....

here are some fun pictures of what we've been up to. one day when we get a scanner I will scan the ultrasound pics of the new addition. I am 23 weeks along and feeling great - and of course since the legs were closed I don't know what the sex of the new baby is, but since the legs were closed I am thinking it's a girl - so ladylike, don't you think?

here's my out of control child riding the scooter