Thanksgiving

After months of nothing happening besides school and work, we were able to make it down to Vegas for Thanksgiving. It was wonderful to spend time with family and get away from work and school

Here is a picture of Fremont  Street which for those who don't know is the original strip located north of the current strip in Vegas. The entire ceiling is some type of tv and the street consists of a variety of shows.

We enjoyed some bball and football before coming home to cook. We cooked enough food to feed an entire army and it was all delicious.

Kylie and Ellie both patiently waited for the adults to finish cooking the food.

Ellie was not as patient waiting for Christmas decorations to be setup after Thanksgiving. She was eager to lend a helping hand.

We were also able to celebrate Nicole's birthday both in Vegas and when we got back to Provo. Kylie was in charge of candles. After the countless (way more than Nicole's age) candles were blown out, I think there was more wax on the cake than cake. It was the perfect conclusion to a wonderful weekend.

Here are a few videos for your viewing pleasure. The first is a video from Fremont Street and the second was the greatest show we saw all weekend. Ellie graced us with several minutes of singing and dancing. Yet another talented Bunker.

The Best Husband Ever!

I know Josh usually writes our posts- but this time I wanted all to know how amazing my husband is! Not too long ago Josh told me he loved me for 42 reasons! Well... I told him I wanted a list of all 42... written down! Shortly after Halloween I came out of our room and found this pumpkin. On it Josh had painted all the reasons he loved me! How sweet is he!!!!!!

It's a Boy!

So a few weeks ago, Nicole had an ultrasound and we found out we are having a boy (see picture 2 for proof). He is due on Feb 15th, 2013.

Here is a picture of his face. Well more of his skull than his face. The not seeing his nose thing is a little creepy but Halloween is approaching so it's fitting.

Told you. A Boy! To get a better idea of the orientation of the picture, imagine he is sitting on a glass table and you are looking up.

This next two pictures may be the best. This one looks like he is sucking his thumb. Look at those biceps. What a beast.

He is another great profile and this time you can see his nose and not just his skull.

   So in case you are wondering, we are still undecided about names although we have discussed several. Our policy is that we are not mentioning names we have discussed, not because we don't want people to know but because we don't want people to have opinions if they think the names are good or bad. We figure, once the baby is born we will tell the name and then you will have to like it  :)  We would like to hear your guesses or suggestions of names though so go ahead and post your ideas (and no Pederson we are not naming our child Moses).

Memories

 So one of the worst things about moving out is that we have a lack of random visitors. It was the greatest thing to take a break from whatever we were doing to entertain Kylie and Ellie. Ellie started announcing herself whenever she reached the top of the stairs. One of her favorites was raising her hand high above her head to wave to her welcoming party. She would do this even if nobody was around to immediately see it. On this particular occasion, she announced herself by blaring some short of tuning instrument.

Moved In

After

Ok. So finally we have had time to finish unpacking, mostly because Josh has just finished four block classes. Here are the after pictures of the apartment

 Living room (above)    Kitchen (below)

 Hallway (above)   Living Room (below)

Moving....AGAIN

So right before school started we moved into an apartment. We were lucky enough 

to get into the one apartment building that was in the same ward. Moving was 

crazy because it was Nicole's worst week as far as being sick because of the pregnancy 

goes and Josh worked over 50 hours that week. But we got it all done, with a little help. 

Thank you to everyone who contributed in some way to make our 

move easier. Ok we received a lot of help.

Before

Thanks to all the wonderful gifts we got at our wedding, 

we realized we had more kitchen stuff than we could fit in the kitchen

Living room

The apartment is a two bedroom. The above picture is our bedroom and the picture below is the babies bedroom. It will also serve as a storage room. FYI Nic's ultrasound is in a couple of weeks!

Reunion Round 2

After coming home from the cabin we went up to Sundance for the Rowe Reunion. The first night we went to an outdoor theater and watch 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. The weekend also featured a cupcake war. Below is Dave and Deb's rendition of when he momentarily lost is ring while jumping off the trestle at the cabin. The weekend also featured family skits, a hike up to Stewart Falls, and some amazing food. We want to thank the Mckinnons for allowing us all to spend the weekend at their cabin.