~LAMB DAYS~

For any of you who know me, then you most likely know that Lamb Days is my most favorite time of year!! I absolutely love the holiday and can't wait for it to get here every year. As always, the week was full of the town co-ed softball tournament which happened every night. We love playing in it every year.... unfortunately I was on the sidelines being a cheerleader, supporting Coby. But you better believe I will be back and playing next year (with no prego belly:)

During the middle of the week, we were able to go swimming at Burastons with our cousins Josie and Marc, along with Amanda and Brandon. It was so much fun. Here are some pics of the boys and their craziness on the huge rope swing!

This would be Coby doing a back flip (this kid is seriously a fish and he always makes me nervous when doing tricks)
Here's Marc

And Brandon... with the one handed Tarzan look!

Coby finally just jumping normal

And here's the guys!

Here are me and my sisters at the parade!


And the brotherly-in-law love shown here by the excited guys :)

Another new festivity currently joining the Lamb Day fun, is the now annual volleyball tournament. Once again, I was on the side line.... and have I ever mentioned to anyone how much I hate watching from the side. I would so much rather be playing, especially when it comes to volleyball. None the less, I was a great coach :) and babysitter!

Coby, Amanda, Jenny, and Brandon playing 4-on-4



They came out victorious.... and claimed the title of "Lamb Day Volleyball Champs 2010"
Everybody's muscles and my hubby's poor injured arm. He re-opened (for like the 3rd time) a huge scab on his arm and it started bleeding pretty bad. Luckily here we had bandages and a wrap, but the first night all we had were the supplies of a diaper bag..... so yep, you guessed it.... we cleaned it with baby wipes and wrapped it with a diaper!! :) I literally almost peed my pants, it was so funny.

Team prizes

I was so proud of my little team (I call it my team..... just so I can feel involved:)


All in all, Lamb Days was once again a huge success! Filled with lots of fun, family, food, and softball/volleyball. Can't wait til next year! Mark your calendars for the 3rd weekend in July 2011.

4th of July!!

So this year we celebrated the 4th all over Sanpete County. We started the day off at the Moroni parade. It was so fun having Brooklynn there!! She was loving all the treats... especially the otter pops! I seriously love this little girl and can't wait until we have our little one!



Here's Amanda, Brandon, Brooklynn, Coby, myself, and my dad and mom at the parade (just before taking off for a BBQ!!


After the BBQ we headed down to Mayfield to continue the celebration! Anytime you are around the Knudsen boys and there is nothing to do..... fishing always seems like an option! :) My sister-in-law Shanell and I weren't going to be left behind again, so we made the trip along with the guys!


Here is Coby reeling in the first catch of the day... He's just slightly excited!

Shanell and I just relaxing/fishing from the back of the boat

Between all of our posing, Shanell had a bite.... caught it perfectly on camera :)


And then here are the guys: Dustin Shakespear (cousin), Shane, and Coby. It looks like they are using the bathroom, which is what I thought they were doing, but they were luckily just stretching their legs. The trip was a successful one for Coby and I.... he caught 3 and I caught 2.... and that was all our little crew brought in!

And then we topped the evening off with a spectatular fireworks show, right there in the driveway in Mayfield! Compliments of my completely PYRO happy husband. Anytime there are fireworks, fire, etc.... you can bet Coby is in charge or involved!

All in all it was a great 4th of July. I love summer time and all the festivities and family functions it brings!

22 WEEKS

So I can't believe how fast time is flying by!!

It seems like only yesterday we found out I was prego, and now here I am 22 weeks with a belly on board! Trust me I don't enjoy taking pictures of myself getting bigger, but I want to remember everything, and for all of you who have been asking.... here you go! :)

It's so crazy how it just 'popped' out. Up until about 19 1/2 weeks, there was nothing really there, and then all of a sudden..... our little guy decided to make his presence know to all who see me! As weird as it is, I love it.... and I absolutely love feeling him move/kick. One of my favorite things is when Coby gets to feel him moving and each time Coby justs beams and smiles so big! He is going to be the best litlle dad ever!

These next few pics are just for memories! Just a little background, when I was little I would clean my mom's entire house and then send her on a treasure hunt... seeing all the rooms I had cleaned, and always finishing up with sweedish fish and pepsi (her favorites) spelling out something special! So we decided that this is how we would announce the news to my parents.

Now remember those weeks of me being super super sick?? That's when these pictures were taken, so don't mind how awful I look (especially after struggling through a long day of work)

At first (which I was worried would happen) my mom didn't get it! She just looked and thought, "oh how cute" and was just so thrilled to have her house clean. But then I told her to look and read it again! She started squeeling, screaming, and bouncing. Then gave me the biggest hug and we both started crying out of excitement.

So my mom being as amazing and cute/funny as she is, goes and grabs this red-headed doll and gets so excited!! She really is the best mom and makes this whole process so fun and exciting! We were so excited to finallly tell them!


Now everytime we go visit or stay over, that little red-headed doll is always laying on our bed! (she thinks she is so clever.... and my dad swears we are going to have the first red-headed grand-child, which he is completely thrilled about-- who knows, I guess we'll see in November :)

Father Goose :)

Ok, so I just had to share this random story!! The other day Coby and I were up shopping in Provo and got off at the University Pkwy exit to go get some lunch. While we were driving one of the back roads, we passed this mother duck and her babies right on the side of the road.... cute.... but didn't think much else of it!


After we grabbed our lunch and were driving back, we saw the mother duck circling around the gutter/sewer area with no babies. We both thought that her babies possibly fell into the sewer.... and me being so in touch with the 'motherly' side of things, couldn't just drive away.





Sure enough!! Not only the 4 babies we saw with her fell down there, but there were 10 baby ducks stuck in the sewer. So.... Coby takes the sewer covering thing off and we try to get the babies out. Coby couldn't reach, and decided to go ask this construction crew across the street if they had a shovel (thought of that all on his own)!


Here's the mother just hovering around the sewer!

So Coby starts digging the baby ducks out, one by one!

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The mother duck actually snapped at Coby once when he wasn't looking!! (meanwhile I am just snapping away at pictures:)

The final baby duck!

~And here they are waddling off to their mother~

It was such a random thing to have happen, but I must say that I was beaming and felt like we had done such a good deed!!! PETA would be so proud :) I just love Coby. He is so good to just do whatever!! The whole rest of the day and ride home I just kept rubbing his back and asking him if he felt good about himself..... he thought I was being so funny and then he added, "Ya well I've probably already shot their cousins, so it's the least I could do!" :)