Just Some Fun Pics

So my friend Rebecca told me about this old wives tale to tell if you are having a boy or a girl. You make a white or yellow cake and half of it is blue and half of it is pink. You then frost it and the husband spins the cake and the wife cuts the first piece. If it's pink you will have a girl and if it's blue a boy. She said it is accurate about 9 times out of 10. Josh felt like having cake recently so I took the opportunity to add food coloring and find out. I did a round cake but in each pan I did half blue and half pink and then when I put them on top of each other I made sure all the pink was on one side, both layers, and same with the blue. This is what I got!

What does this mean? I was expecting an answer! Josh then cut a piece in a different spot and he got the same thing. Paige was there and she cut a piece in a different spot and the same. I get to find out in about 3 1/2 weeks what it is. What do you think? P.S. the doctor is pretty positive it's only one, so it doesn't mean twins.

Emily and Maddy took us to the zoo last week. Thanks! We had so much fun. I think that Avery really liked seeing the giraffes and the bears.

Not long after leaving the zoo.

This is actually a calculator!

Baby News!

Well, I made it through my first trimester! I had a doctors appointment last week and got to hear the baby's heartbeat. That is such a sweet sound. It finally feels real. Avery is going to be a great big sister. She loves babies! I think Avery hopes it's twins!

Avery Driving the Tractor

Fun Times!

We made it back from Texas! We had a great time and we are so thankful that Ben and Allison let us stay with them! Thanks! Josh got a job offer so we will be moving back next summer. We have been getting settled back in at home and keeping busy with fun activities, which is why there hasn't been a post for awhile. One of the most recent activities is hanging out with Josh's family for Labor Day weekend. We started out by having a picnic at the park.

Grandpa and the kids found a fun bench on our little walk.

Avery loves to go down the slide! It is her favorite thing to do at the park. She usually tries the swing once while were there, but she immediately asks to get down. I don't think she likes the motion.

In Texas we went swimming all the time! It gets so hot that you have to. (Of course we don't mind.) When we got back to Provo we realized that there aren't many places to go swimming. Thankfully Emily and Maddy have a pool and invite us to swim a few times a week.

We really missed the mountains in Texas so we want to take advantage of them while we have them so close. We went up for dinner and smores with Nate and Emily. We had a good time but didn't take many pictures.

On our way home from Texas we stopped in St. George for a few days to visit Josh's family. We got to go out on the boat. Avery loved to drive, and she's a good driver, with "Pa's" help of course. (Avery calls all of her grandparents "Pa". It doesn't matter if it's grandma!)

When Avery was in the boat she kept wanting to get in the water. She got in and didn't like it at first because it was colder than she expected. Once she warmed up she liked it better.

Avery even got to ride on the tube with Dad! She did great!


We were only on the lake for a few hours but she couldn't last. She even slept until 10:15 the next morning. She just had too much fun!

Avery Singing and Talking

Fun in Texas!

We have been having a great time in Texas! While Josh is at work, Avery and I keep ourselves busy by keeping cool at the pool, playing with friends, and going on errands. We keep pretty busy on the weekends and evenings doing some "touristy" things with Josh.

Avery enjoyed waving her flag at the parade.

Avery really liked the parade, she got to sit in her stroller and have people come up and hand her candy and other fun toys.

We went to the Dallas Zoo on Thursday. Avery wasn't scared of anything except this fake turtle.


As we were leaving the zoo with our friends Avery and the other kids fell asleep. We thought it looked cute so we decided to take a picture. A radio station was nearby and thought it was so cute that they ran and grabbed their camera to take a picture. They said they'd be posting it to their website.

Fort Worth Stockyards

Us with a longhorn! I have to say I was a little bit nervous standing so close and holding its horn!

Avery liked petting the horse. The horse kept liking its lips. Afterwards, this is what Avery kept doing...

sticking her tounge out! Everytime we asked her what a horse does she would do it!

We had a great time together!

Trip to Manhattan Beach

For an early birthday present Josh took us to Manhattan Beach! It was a memorable family vacation. Our first day there we went to the beach. Avery didn't like the water too much. I think the waves scared her a bit, they were big and noisy. She did like to sit and play in the sand and bird watch.

Avery loved the pier. She liked watching the waves from up above. She would run from side to side and peak over. The surfers would wave to her sometimes and that made her smile. Avery made a few little friends while there too!

On Saturday we went to the LA temple. It's a big temple! Avery watched us smell the flowers and wanted to do it too. We were only able to get one good picture and this one she actually fell into the flower and ended up with pollen on her face!

We also went to Rodeo Drive and to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. We don't have pictures of Rodeo Drive, but we sure did see a lot of nice things. Among Josh's favorites were the 2 Rolls Royces, a Ferrari, a Mazerati and other fancy cars that I don't know how to spell.