Camping and Mya turns 1!!!

So let me explain why I haven't kept up on this blog... well, I wasn't sure how I wanted to keep track of our memories and pictures so I've tried different things and honestly i really don't like spending a lot of time on the computer I would rather clean, make crafts, play sports, workout, be with my family, but I need an easier cheaper way of keeping a family album so now I am just starting over with this blog and my goal is to make a blog book for every year and then keep an album seperate for special things just for mya in her album. 

This past week Dean went on a fishing trip with his dad, brother and cousins to the Uintahs and I am too scared to stay home alone so I went camping with my family to Palasades Lake and Jackson Hole. It was Mya's first trip and she did pretty good. She didn't sleep that great the first night-she woke up a few times because she was cold and then her diaper couldn't hold anymore pee so it was all over her-and each time she woke up. My brother Dustin was asleep on the floor next to us and he would whisper "Oh my gosh!" it was pretty funny when I retold it to my parents. The next day his head kept bobbing in the truck he was so tired. Poor guy.

Mya had her first ride on a ski lift-she was in a carseat attached to the lift chair. She just sucked her thumb and looked around. We went to Bar J wranglers and played horse shoes and Jaxon and I went for a run up the beautiful dirt road by the lake. I love living by the mountains! We have it so good here. Dean and I can go hunting just about anywhere, we can fish, ride motorcycles, I can go running anywhere (dean hates running). I'm just so grateful we live here and I hope one day whereever we build a house I just hope the mtns will be our children's back yard.

While camping we heard a bear, Jaxon and I floated the Salt Creek River, and we just relaxed.

Dean had fun at the Uintahs-he didn't take a camera but he said that they caught over 200 fish!! wow!! and the weather was perfect and the horses didn't run away the whole trip (that is rare). I just loved it when he got home though, I slept the last night he was gone alone at our apartment. I had a hard time getting to sleep until I got the 12-gauge loaded and put it next to our bed:) haha then I slept like a baby! I'm so grateful I took hunter's ed and I really have confidence with our shotgun- so beware anybody who comes to my place in the middle of the night! :)

Mya's birthday was fun. we had it at my parents and almost everyone made it except my sister and her fam. Mya was kind of ornery but she liked her presents and cousins. She could have cared less about her cake:) that's what I was most excited about, oh well. I just can't believe my baby is 1!!! where has the time gone?

 on our way to camping-Mya put food in her hair then ran her fingers through it

 rock-a-bying her baby

 cuddling with gma smith while looking at the moon and stars

 overlooking Palasades-this is where we heard the baby bear cub (dustin is howling like a coyote)

 Mya and mommy

 Our big girl riding the ski lift

 made it to the top of the mtn! Gpa still kinda scares Mya

 A park at Soda Springs

 BIRTHDAY GIRL!! gettting ready for church

 Mya's favorite babysitter-Chelsee and Nate Niebergall

 It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!-Mya missed her afternoon nap and she let us know that she was not happy

 My little healthy girl! she doesn't really like sweets and she wouldn't eat any of her cake, not even the next day-so we ate it:)

 Most all of her cousins!! we love family!

 Her new chair! she loves getting in and out of this thing

She LOVES corn on the cob!

Better Late than Never:)....introducing Mya Jean!!!

our little happy family-first pic together

mommy and mya

ha ha i love the faces she pulls!! her and her daddy love pulling faces:)

happy 25th dean-o

Well i'm not so good at blogging but i do have a good excuse..our baby girl Mya Jean has been keeping me busy and happy:) I seriously LOVE being mom so so much!!! Dean and I just love having a little girl in our lives. it is amazing the miracle of life and the plan of happiness!!

well, she was born aug. 5th at 9:17am 7lbs 6oz and 19.5 inches. I checked in at 3 am and started pushing at 725am. and i just have to support and say that YES i had an EPIDURAL and it was so nice!!!!!! I could have 10 kids if they will all be like it was with mya:) I love that women do it natural and maybe someday i will but i work in the medical field and i truly believe that medicine was inspired and the men that helped create it was inspired. I have nothing to prove in my womanhood so i chose an epidural!!! sorry about my spill but it bothers me when women say that they were ashamed when they had to get an epidural or pain meds. I love modern medicine!!!

ok back to the good stuff....the scary things that occured with the delivery was that they lost her heart rate in the birth canal due to the cord being wrapped around her neck but thank goodness she was ok, and her heart rate was extremely high but they watched it and it went down. Dean was a great partner through it all and he is so cute with mya that it brings tears to my eyes:) she is almost 2 months now and i can't get enough of her!!! we are truly blessed to have her healthy and here with us. I love my family, the gospel, and I know that Heavenly Father commands us to multiply and replenish the earth for good reason. it truly is a spiritual experience having children and I love it!!!

well, life is good Dean is busy with school, work and his calling in the bishopric and I am busy takin care of our baby girl!!! thanks to everyone for the calls, texts, support, dinners, and everything! I know i won't be blogging much but i will try and update as much as i can.

BBQ and Baby Quilt

The amazing baby quilt that my mother in law made and that is now in the process of getting quilted...I just love the different colors and how bright it is. the underside is a soft yellow minky fabric!!! cant' wait to cuddle her in it!

This is one of the most amazing ladies I know!!!!! while I was at BYU Hawaii she was basically my mother there. she took such good care of me and my friends. Her and her husband took care of this huge house right on the beach and they happened to be from Utah and knew my now in laws and I knew there neighbors, anyway, she is so talented and so sweet for letting me get my quilt quilted at her house with her amazing machine!!! I just love her and it was so fun to talk with her while we got my baby's quilt done!!!

Dean playin a hunting game with our 2 nephews. We went to the Hansen's for mother's day and all of the nieces and nephews were there, except for Celia's boy, and they all just love Dean!! I'm not kidding it is so funny to see the kids come in and all of them say "hey Dean-o" and then they all just climb and cling onto him!! one nephew that is only 1 and a half was eating his dinner (dean and i had already ate so we were on a chair just chatting behind his chair) and he would turn around and stare and smile at dean then grandma would say "turn around and finish eating" he would take one bite then do it again! I just love it!!! He just has this fun crazy loving personality that magnetizes them!!

Dean's day off!!!!! we got so much done outside and we had such a fun day together. this is dean washing his truck!!

26 weeks and getting ready to BBQ some steaks for dinner!!! I feel great and I just love feeling her move!!! It's still crazy to think that dean and i have created a little human and it's growing inside me!!! it's such a miracle!!!!

Graduation, RT exam, and more

well folks, I officially graduated from college and am a certified radiologic technologist (xray tech)!!!!!! Graduation was great! I was surrounded by my family that I love more than anything and we celebrated at chuck-a-rama afterwards. But of course I still felt like school wasn't completely over cuz I still needed to take my board exam...the biggest test of my life!! So I stressed for a week and a half and studied here and there. So I drove to Ogden to take my exam and after 3 hours of sitting in front of a computer and during those 3 hours the baby was movin so much! she must have known how stressed I was!!:) and all I needed was a 75 so as I was waiting for my score to come up I kept running through my head "76 76 76" and to my suprise the numbers 91 come up!! my mouth dropped open cuz I just couldn't believe it!!! but yes I did pass and that's what matters:)

It's hard to explain the feelings that come with being done with school and actually moving on with life. I feel so free, my mind and body feel less stress than it has in a long time, and I feel like a better wife and I am preparing a lot better for the little one about to enter our lives.

Most of my thanks has to go to my parents who put me through school and helped me so much financially and emotionally and Dean because without him working I probably couldn't have gotten through the program as well as I did.( wow that sounded like a graduation speech or something) anyway....life is going on here is what we are up to:

Dean is working more hours at IFA, he is getting ready to take a class this summer, he loves taking care of the yard at the apartment we live in, and he makes me laugh everyday!

Lacey is working on call for Alpine Orthopedics, cleaning, cooking, and reading.

Just some updates....

well we spent the first week of march in Las Vegas with some friends who had some awesome hookups for us-a motorhome to ride in and a nice condo-we played games, walked the strip, ate a nice buffet, swam, went boating at lake mead, laughed really hard, played ping pong (i have to brag cuz dean is really good and we played double and beat everybody-he is so amazing!), we watched some tv, ate some more, ran to catch our shuttle bus in time right after we ate the buffet (we're not the best time keepers), and just realxed!!! it was one of the best spring breaks we have ever had!
well life is goin....i graduate APRIL 23!!!! yeah!!! i'm so excited to be done with school!! until then i am just studying and makin bows for the little girl. Dean is working hard at IFA and school. He seriously has no free time but he is still so positive and upbeat and i love that about him! i think my belly grows everyday! i have only felt her twice so far and it was very faint but i know she will soon be kickin my guts:) anyway here are some pics to look at...



we had 10 dollars kohls cash to spend so dean picked out this dress for the littl one! (he hates shopping and getting pics taken of him so this was a big step for him:) and i'm so proud!

currently 19 weeks-this was before me and a friend ran a 5k up on campus! i felt so good! it was so fun to run!!

17 weeks at lake mead!!



16 weeks

15 weeks



13 weeks

11 weeks (after a friendly game of church ball)

10 weeks (after workin 8 hours at the hosptial)



9 weeks (i swear i started showing right off the bat)

her first little outfit that will probably fit her next summer

the birthday cake that told our families that we are having a GIRL!!! my mom was so excited!

vegas baby!!! sorry its blurry but i loved the glass flowers on the ceiling at some building (i think ceasars palace)

dean and i on the boat by hoover dam


at the nice condo our friends got us! the boys pushin dean in the pool

dean and i chillin at the waterfall hot tub!

walkin the strip and decided to have a pic with the m&m guy at the m&m factory... (i think nate wanted a taste:))

i've been tagged...

...for four times four. so my friend did this on her blog and tagged me it looked fun to get to know more about my friends.

4 places i go
1.grocery store (walmart or lees)
2.the hospital
3.my parents and inlaws
4.IFA

4 favorite movies or tv shows
1. Modern family!!!
2.how to train your dragon
3.bourne movies
4.cinderella man

4 favorite smells
1.rain
2.newborn baby
3.flowers (daffodils, tulips)
4.fresh clean laundry

4 recommendations
1.write in journal often
2. take lots pics
3.have as many adventures as possible
4.love yourself and others

4 people to tag
1.tayli
2.bonnie
3.kirsten
4.annie

Happy Birthday to me from the stork...he brought a pink present!!!

yep! we are having a girl!!! wow were dean and i suprised!!! in my first trimester everyone was telling me their symptoms and that if you are really sick its a girl, if you crave sweets its a girl, if you don't feel like having "fun" in the bedroom with your spouse its a girl, etc... well i wasn't that sick and i hated the idea of sweets so not all wives tales are correct. i like it like that though because it makes it more fun! anyway...i have had numerous dreams of a baby girl with brown hair and blue eyes but in my mind i had a boy. my brother dustin said girl (and he hasn't been wrong since) and the chinese gender chart says girl. so there you have it, i guess it just shows that whatever heavenly father wants you to have you will have!!:)

the appointment went well, the doctor said everything looks good. i can still run and do a 5k in a couple weeks so thats good. i really like my doctor and feel so comfortable and calm around him.
so i am 17 weeks- i feel great except when it gets really late at night then i feel yucky-i have gained some healthy weight-i have felt the baby move once so far

dean made a phone call to his mish president and told him the news of the baby and he gave dean some wonderful counsel "girls are so special" and "the relationship a father has with a daughter is so precious" but we also found out that he has leukemia and what an amazing journey it has been for him. i know you all don't know him but he has been a big part of dean's life and we love him like family, so if you could remember President Price in your prayers that would mean a lot to us