Ultrasound

It's a baby girl!!! Healthy and normal. Well, normal for Kim and Nick.

Graduation for me!!!!

It's official. I am graduated!!!! After my last final in the testing centre, Nick brought me a slice of red velvet cake from CPK and put it on the window sill at BYU that everyone puts things on. (If you've gone there than you can understand that) So when that diploma comes it will be framed and on the wall! (Should come in 10 days!!) So happy and so excited to be done. Nick took me out for dinner and then we went to Barnes and Noble and looked for baby names. Such a great night!

Happy Birthday Nick!!

I love this man! He turned 28 today- and we started the day off with breakfast in bed on the Special Day Red plate. He chose waffles, of course, then we opened presents. I purchased him a new computer since he wanted one for grad school and there was great sale, AND I could join forces with Santa for that one :) But he loved it!!

Off to work for me, but he went to play Pickle Ball with his friends and my brother. Then we headed off to Mexican food for dinner and a movie called 127 hours. (It's about the rock climbing guy that has to cut off his arm) It was really good. After the movie we came home, had cake and ice cream and off to bed. Oh, and to top off his birthday- my friend Joe asked us to watch his dog for the holidays and I said yes. Joe dropped off his dog, London, that morning so Nick got to play with a puppy all day! And we all know how much he loves dogs

Happy birthday Nick! You are one amazing man-

Street Fighter Friend

Daniel on the right. His wife Rena in the black sweatshirt with black hair outside.

Our friends Rena and Daniel live below us. Daniel, for a hobby of his, likes to cage fight. He invited us to his very first match. Since Nick and I have never been to a cage fighting match before we decided to go and support our friend. He was fighting a BYU Rugby player for his first match that literally looked like a bear!! He was huge- but Daniel did really well! He is a better fighter when he is standing, and the other guy was a better fighter when they were wrestling. Since Daniel is deaf all his deaf friends came and supported him as well. Rena was translating for him and everyone was cheering him on in sign. Since I know sign, it was really fun to be part of it. You can tell he and Rena have some great, supportive friends!

Life Lately

Nick and my life has been crazy the last couple of days. I mean crazy. If there was a book about our life, it would be made into a movie, and then people would be like, we didn't like the movie because it was so unrealistic. That is how crazy. So to start it off, this week was the last week of classes. Meaning, Nick had his Neuro Anatomy test (terribly hard), I had my Philosophies of Family (also hard), THEN I had a 130 page design catalogue due, an 11 assignment (33 pgs) design of the home portfolio due, plus two papers on theories with Philosophies of Family, other quizzes and final classes. That has been school this week. And I graduate this next week to top it off!

AND THEN: Wednesday Nick was hit by a car!!! He called me and I heard the police in the background. Shaking I drove to the site. Nick was sitting in the police car. An ambulance had come and I drove him over to the emergency room. He was x-rayed and tested for neurological damage. And LITERALLY he was watched over! All he has is some interior bruising and scrapes on his face, hands, and arm. His glasses broke, his jacket tore, and his backpack ripped, and the scooter looks like a crumpled piece of paper. But he is doing okay. (such a tough husband I have) So now he is tending to his sore knee and bruised head, but he is such a trooper. After spending the whole day at the hospital we came home and I had to crunch out some of my homework listed above.

The next day we drove up to the OB to find out the sex of our baby. (a later post on that) Baby is healthy and developing properly. But after that we were driving home back to school when his uncle called him and said that his grandpa was really ill and wouldn't live much longer. So we ran to school to turn in some projects, talk to teachers, and headed up to Salt Lake. He passed away during that time. When we got to Salt Lake the family was there and starting to talk about the funeral. Funerals are always sad, but it was so nice to be there and surrounded by family and feel/see the love they have for one another. Having loved ones around, I feel, always makes it a little easier. So we spent a couple hours there. Drove home and I immediately had to finish some home work that was due immediately for credit! So I was on the computer for a couple hours. AND THEN Nick runs into the office and tells me to open his email. There, on his email, was his first letter from a grad school he applied to. Vanderbilt Univeristy in TN. So Nick will be flying out there in January for an interview.

Here we are, Friday. His parents are flying into town. We have finals next week(!!!), and Christmas preparation and also, next Friday is my loving, wonderful, husband's 28th Birthday-and Saturday is the funeral.

Does that not sound like an unrealistic movie or what?! What I have come away from this feeling is apprechaition that Nick is okay (most important to me), that the baby is healthy (also very important), that school is finishing for me (Yeah I'm graduating!), and that Nick's family is all going to be there for his wonderful grandma to love and support her through this difficult time, and that I have a job that is so accomodating to emergencies that happen in my life. What a huge blessing!

This is a long post. I'm sure most of you won't even read this all the way to the end, because you have busy lives, especially this time of year- But just be grateful for family and love we all have!

Turkey Day

Dalin and Aiden

The Edwards Family

For Thanksgiving this year Nick and I headed to Las Vegas to spend it with his family. The meal was delicious and when smell-o-vision comes along, I'll have to show you how great a cook his sister Megan is! She loves home cooking and rich foods, so I'm never one to turn down her tasty meals! Super tender turkey and wonderful meal-

We even had the chance to play the colour code book/quiz. I, as you might have guessed, am a red-yellow. Nick was suprising as a yellow-white. It was really fun.

Then Nick and his brother did a night of shopping (puchased me a great door buster artificial tree!!! woowho)while I slept and helped my sister move into her new house! (so happy for her) and we snapped some shots of Nick's brother's family. They are a hoot to hang out with and I feel they are growing up so fast and I've barely been a member of the family!! I didn't take any pictures of Thanksgiving day, but here are some fun shots of the Edwards family.