"BLAMER"

Today Shawn called me a "Blamer" (is that even a word?) because I told him he was the reason why I had not been working on our blog... Shawn is a computer hog! He is always on it for "homework" but when I peak in on him he's surfing the web! I will admit too, that I've been blog slacking because all I want to do is read 'the host' by Stephenie Meyer...and I guess I am a little addicted to TLC's 'A Baby Story' and 'Bringing Baby Home'...according to Shawn. Anyway I wanted to do a recap of the past year to sort of catch everyone up before I started posting our most recent events...we will start with last July...

July 2007: Shawn and I packed up our Honda Accord with everything we could fit, including our kitty, and said goodbye to friends, family, our house across the street from the Logan temple, and Cache Valley. Shawn's new job took us to Texarkana (Texas/Arkansas). We soon realized there is no place like home...but the south would be our new home for the next year!

September 2007: Shawn turns 28 years old! We were starting to adjust to our new life in Texarkana, making wonderful new friends, and loving the southern BBQ and monthly ward pot lucks. Shortly after we moved to Texarkana we received callings in our ward...Shawn was called to be the second councilor in the Elders Courum presidency and I was called to be a primary teacher.

October 2007: I ran my first 5k in the Race for the Cure!! Best feeling was to run through that finish line with hundreds of people cheering!
Shawn begins to get ski fever...

November 2007: Spent Thanksgiving with Friends from Shawn's program and our ward! Best smoked turkey we've ever had!

December 2007: We spend Christmas in California with my family and then get to spend a week or so in Logan with more of my family and Shawn's! Shawn was able to get a few good ski days in.

January 2008: Happy New Year! and what a beautiful start to a new year we had...finally, I was pregnant!

March 2008: Shawn's brother, Casey, returns from his mission...so we get to make another trip to Logan! This would also be the first and last time Grayhound bus services would receive our business... I came back to Texarkana, while Shawn stayed in Logan to ski for a few more days. Because we live 3 hours from the Dallas airport, Shawn was going to take a Grayhound from Dallas to Texarkana when he returned from Logan. Shawn had just arrived at the Dallas airport right before they had canceled most flights in and out becuase of bad weather. He arrived safely at the Grayhound station in Dallas, only to find out they were canceling his bus ride home! He had to take local buses back to the airport to try to find a car to rent...on one of the bus rides to the airport he met a "friend" who essentially robbed my husband of twenty dollars!! What a mess that trip was...and Shawn didn't tell me about his money being stolen until a couple weeks after he got home!

April 2008: Shawn and I celebrated our 2nd year anniversary with a romantic sushi dinner! Yum, my favorite!!

May 2008: It's a girl! The ultra sound and the tech confirm we are having a baby girl! and I feel like I am growing by the day!

June 2008: done with work! I finished up the school year working at a middle school in the attendance office and look forward to spending the summer bare foot and pregnant! After months of waiting we finally find out that Shawn's job will be taking us to Maryland!! We will be moving the first of October! We celebrate my 22nd birthday!

Those are the major events, which brings us up to date!