what's new with us?

everal people have been asking us several things. The first being to see pictures of the newest member of our family, Capo, our dog.

We have really enjoyed Capo and love having her in our lives. I don't know why the font is blue and underlined and I can't get it to stop.

Other recent event's people have asked about are the results of the Payson Scottish Games. Erin and I both competed with the band, Me on the pipes and her on the Bass drum. We had two competitions the first we took 4th place and the second we took 3rd. Erin played for the first and did amazing, and did I mention she looks really cute in her Scottish gear!

The march Medley, we took 4th in this competition, Erin is on the Bass.



and this is the time medley where we placed 3rd. Danny is playing but not Erin. we had a blast! (this is erin now) grandma neville came down from layton to see us play along with christian and sarah (my bro and soon to be sis in law). Danny's family was also there, dannys bro and sis i law and sister and neice and nephew and bruce and kathy. it was really fun having the support from family and really fun showing off my new hobbie to grandma! (thanks so much for coming down to see us grandma and all by yourself! i was impressed!)

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/payson/article_0bc3a949-7b85-50a8-8310-121f64acd536.html?mode=story
here is a new's article featuring our band and our pipe major is the interviewee in the video clip.

afterwards we had a celebration for danny's birthday at danny's parents house. it was just danny's family plus christian and sarah. it was a lot of fun. i spoiled him with too many gifts. i attempted to make the truffle cake (lava cake) but it became our sauce for the ice cream bc i didn't cook it long enough. my power went out in my house right before i was going to make it! i mixed teh whole cake by hand (from scratch) and then ran over to danny's parents house and cooked the cake. i was a little stressed. it still tasted good and plates were emptied with people asking for seconds which is always a good sign.

danny has his old job back for the state! it's been a real blessing. why they laid him off for the past 3 1/2 months is a mystery, but we feel blessed that he has his full time job with state benefits back, plus a job where he feels respected by staff and kids.

i passed my state boards which means i'm officially a registered nurse! i've had so much help these past 2 years and i can't believe that i did it! i seriously thought i could never achieve this goal and i'm so proud that i did it. i couldn't have done it by myself and i'm so blessed to have had the support! it's nice to have the $7 increase of pay, plus the ability to have more responsibilities/and more availabiltiy to do more things in my job parameters.

on a quick side note, we are having a baby boy! we found out at 16 weeks which is earlier than we anticipated! we've been budgeting and getting some stuff for the baby. i'll have another ultrasound in a few weeks to confirm the gender and make sure he's growing ok. we are getting excited. my stomach has poped out but i still feel like i'm a blob of fat! i'm feeling good and again feel blessed.

well that's us these past few weeks! we'll keep you all posted in teh future!