Just for Dad

Nathan never really pays attention to our blog. But now that he's off and misses us, he says he likes to check it and look at pictures of his family. So, even though I don't have anything exciting or interesting to post, this one's for Dad. Some pic's of his little girls he misses so much. Julia loves Grandma Jeppesen's puppies. She's actually really good about being nice and soft with them. It's the adult ones that she's mean to!

Julia's new thing is putting a ball under her shirt and saying it's her baby. It's pretty cute :) She wants to be just like Mom.
She rolled off the couch on to a toy and got a pretty heinus goose egg. Where's the doctor when you need him???
Nathan, I know you said you wanted some pictures of me, but seeing as I'm huge and pregnant, I thought I would send you an old one that holds some good memories :) I love you, sweetheart!

Park City & Fish Lake

So a day after we got back from Hawaii, we headed up to Park City Mountainside Resort to spend a week while Nathan worked at the Salt Lake VA. It was fun for Julia and I, but sad that Nathan had to work. We got to spend a lot of time with his parents at the condo, and swim in the fun pool and hot tubs (they have seven!). Also, the resort has a bunch of fun activities for the kids. Nathan played hooky on Thursday so he could have some fun with us.
Julia and Nathan on the Alpine Slide.
Nathan and his Dad on the zip line.


After the week was over, Nathan was able to take us up to his family cabin at Fish Lake. He was so excited to go fishing! I think it's discusting, but whatever makes him happy. The cabin is at almost 10,000 feet, so let's just say I wasn't able to work out the whole weekend we were there. Just walking up and down all the hills almost did me in! Nathan went out fishing by himself the first day. We walked down to see if we could find him, but we couldn't. The lake was too big.
One of the fish Nathan caught. He cought a bunch, but only kept two to eat.
Julia and I decided to go for a ride. She wasn't patient enough to fish, though. She just wanted to keep reeling it in.
We saw a bunch of deer while we were there. Very cool.
Nathan's Grandma and Grandpa Jeppesen.

After we left the cabin, Nathan took us to the airport to fly home. We were so sad. Julia and I probably won't see him until right before the baby's born! Julia keeps asking where her daddy is. We already miss him!

Coconut Bras and Grass Skirts

Nathan and I were so lucky to be able to take a trip to Hawaii last week with some friends of ours. We had so much fun! We left the kids and had ourselves a much needed break. We were on the island of Oahu the whole time. It was so beautiful!
Here is a picture of the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor. I'm so glad we were able to to see it. It made me so sad, but grateful to all those who serve our country.
Here's the four of us outside our hotel. Zac, Catherine, me and Nathan.
We also got to visit the temple. The grounds were so green and beautiful! Did you know this temple was built before the Mesa temple? I thought that was amazing.
We took a hike through the rain forest to see some waterfalls. The boys thought they were Tarzan and decided to climb the vines up the tree.
(A true belly shot for those of you who have been asking)
We also got to go snorkeling a few times. It was so fun! I was a little scared at first, though. I thought I was going to scrape my belly on the coral. Nathan really got into it and took some awesome pictures. He wasn't afraid of sharks and swam a lot farther than me into the ocean.

Here we are at the luau at the Polynesian Cultural Center. That was pretty cool.
I bought this grass skirt costume for Julia. Pretty cute, huh?