Bryson Cash Temple arrives!

Bryson Cash Temple arrived on June 30, 2009. He is 7lbs 3oz and 19.75" long.

Bryson Cash Temple

We've decided to name the baby Bryson Cash Temple. Bryson is a family name, originating from my great-grandfather. We considered Bryson Caleb and Bryson Andrew, both after Andrew. In the end we decided to do something a little wild and crazy. We both love Johnny Cash so we decided to give him the middle name Cash. He already has a "I crawl the line" onsie! Here are some pics from the 20 week ultrasound.

Evan turns 1!

Our niece Evan Grace just celebrated her first birthday! She has grown up so fast. She has the sweetest personality and loves her bubba Karson. Here are some b-day pics by our friend Regina with Makin Memories Photography.

It's a boy!

We're having a boy! Andrew and I went to the Center for Medical Genetics to have a new blood gender test. We found out the results on New Years Eve! These pictures are from the follow-up ultrasound! All other tests came back great! We are blessed!

Baby Temple is on the way!

Andrew and I found out on October 31st that we are expecting our first baby in early July. We tried to keep it under wraps as long as we could but we were just too excited. This is our first ultrasound picture.

Italy, Turkey, Greece and France!

Park City Utah - Hey Mika!

If you haven't heard of Mika then you're missing out. (www.mikasounds.com) Matt and I have been rocking out to him all year. So, when we discovered he was coming to the US on tour we had to be there. The most random of all places (but a place we knew we could convince non-Mika fans to visit) was Salt Lake City Utah. We sold it as a "ski trip" to Lilliam and Andrew and off we went.

Our first night was spent at the Mika concert and it was not what we expected. We arrive to find a line of teenagers wrapped around 3 city blocks in the freezing cold. We took a detour for sushi and entered at the very back of the line once it died down. To make things worse, Mika's equipment was stuck in an ice storm so he was playing an acoustic show instead..bummer. But we had to say it was really really good anyway. We spent the next day at the Mormon Tabernacle area looking up our ancestry.

Finally we get to Park City for skiing. The town was beautiful and our house was just one block away from the famous main street. We were concerned when we didn't see the promised hot tub which the owner told us was back in the yard before leaving. It was under 6 feet of snow. After shoveling it out we cranked it up and I have to say we spent more time in the hot tub than on the slopes.

Skiing was great for me but on the second day I decided to take a snowboard lesson with Matt and Andrew. Big mistake! Our teacher was like a surfer dude and kept calling my falls "epic". I was totally on board until he took us up the mountain and as soon as I got off the lift I feel so hard on the packed snow that I heard something pop and my goggles flew off. They tried to take me down on the snowmobile stretcher but I refused, opting for the back. Andrew and Matty were great at snowboarding so Lil and I sat it out a while.

It was great fun and we hope to make it back again someday!