kicks

Our baby is a kicker. I started feeling the baby a few weeks ago and it has been so fun to feel them all day. I was able to share the cool feeling with Chance a few nights ago because the baby was really moving! We also hit the halfway mark last week, which feels like some sort of accomplishment for some reason haha. Anyway we have THE ultrasound this Wednesday and we are excited to find out the gender and we hope that everything is healthy with the baby. We are excited for this week of love!!

sugar cookies

My mom and dad gave us the cutest Texas cookie cutters for Christmas this year. I still can't believe my mom found them in Lodi. Anyway, we decided to try them out last Sunday and they turned out cute and delicious! Thanks Mom and Dad!

We are getting settled in Austin and loving our new life here. We are exploring the city little by little and we both love seeing and doing new things and meeting new people.

At the state capital building

We went to the Story of Texas museum with the Lawley's and learned all about Texas history, we figured it would be a good place to start.

Also, flashback to December. I was able to go to one of my best friend's weddings on our last day in Provo and it was the best afternoon. Sarah and I went to Spain together four years ago (wow that is crazy) and I just love her. She and her husband looked so happy and I am excited for their life together.

Then we drove to Lodi and spent a wonderful week at home.

I love them all so much!

We left on our trek to Texas on January 1st and stopped halfway in Phoenix. We spent a great day with Chance's brother Brandon complete with hiking camel back, seeing my wonderful friend Emily after two long years, going to a movie, and topping it off with the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. 

It was a fun filled day followed by a long 16 hour drive to Austin, but we are here and enjoying this new stage in our life!

hello there

Wow, it has been a LONG time since I have written a post. So many other exciting things have been on my mind.

#1 We are having a baby! Chance and I are so excited. We are due June 27th. I threw up every night until about 12 weeks, but I am now able to really enjoy the idea of having a baby growing inside of me.

#2 We said goodbye to Provo on December 23rd and are currently in Lodi for Christmas with my family until January 1st. We are starting out the new year by moving to Austin, Texas and we are really looking forward to this change in our lives.

Christmas has been wonderful (pictures to come). We have played games, watched movies, went to a Kings game to watch the Jimmer, played putt putt golf, rode go-carts, and have just enjoyed being all together. I am so grateful for my family. They are everything to me. I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas season!

moving check list

The countdown has started for our move to Austin, 10 weeks! We are starting to check things off our moving to-do list.

• Book moving company
• Sell Provo apartment contract
• Find an apartment in Austin
• Find a job for me!
• Clean out/get rid of things we don't need (I am loving this process) 

I am excited to explore a new place, everyone says it is so pretty!

 Anyone have connections for a public health related job in Austin? I feel like I was just looking for a job and now I am at it again, fun times. On the upside we found a reasonably priced moving company that is going to move everything for us, so that we can enjoy our Christmas in Lodi. I am so happy that we won't be driving a moving truck on Christmas Eve!

Arches

My parents and Emma came up for our church's General Conference two weeks ago and then afterward Megan and I were able to go with them to Arches National Park in Moab. It was so great to be with my parents and Megan and spend more time with Emma, the best sixteen  year old I have ever met. Sadly Chance could not get time off from his clinical rotation and the Eliason family didn't want to attempt the 12 hour drive with Lily (I have no idea why).

She looks so innocent!

 Anyway it was a wonderful trip! Here are a few pictures.

The fam at Dead Horse Point. I don't like how it got its name, but it was beautiful.

yoga and high kicks on cliffs

balance rock

Delicate Arch, my personal favorite. I feel complete now that I have seen the inspiration for Utah license plates, I never quite appreciated them before.

Last day in Moab by the Colorado River, we saw dinosaur fossils!

Thanks Mom and Dad for a fun getaway to one of God's beautiful creations. I love you!

"Nothing will work unless you do." - Maya Angelou

We are busy working these days. Chance has started his first clinical rotation and is working at a skilled nursing facility all day. He helps the elderly with their physical therapy rehab and has interesting experiences with bodily fluids almost daily! Lucky him :)

I am loving my job at Community Health Connect. I help coordinate care for patients in 13 medical disciplines, including cardiology, general surgery, neurosurgery, and others. I have the best coworkers and am able to speak Spanish for a large portion of my day, as a majority of our clients only speak Spanish. I love it.

We are also both adjunct instructors at UVU teaching a physiology lab. Chance has been doing this for two years, but this is my first semester and I am teaching 3!! It is so fun to relearn and teach one of my favorite subjects.

Anyway this is our life right now... busy busy, but oh so good.