We are (almost) the proud owners of...

This house! (Yes, it's pink, but Nate will tell you otherwise.) We LOVE it and are so excited to move in. Of course we have to wait to close first. Then it needs some cleaning, new carpet, and paint...but soon enough we will get to move in!

The pictures below are mostly for the benefit of the parental units. But if you'd like to take a peek inside, join us on our virtual home tour!


This is the master bathroom. There is a separate shower in front of the tub and a HUGE closet to the left.

Here's the laundry room. Notice the extra storage and the sink.

Here is the view of the living room from the kitchen.

This is the formal dining room just off the entry way.

Here's the view of the kitchen from the dining room, minus all the appliances.

The guest bathroom.

One of the extra bedrooms...they all look pretty much the same.

The view of the living room and eating area from the entry way.

The backyard. Hopefully there will be more color for the majority of the year...this was the day after a huge blizzard.

Not pictured is the full unfinished basement. Nate was sad I didn't take a picture of it, but I think you all know what a slab of cement looks like. It's not much to look at for now, but it has HUGE potential. And that's pretty much it. Please come visit us...we love guests!

Oh, and this is the sweet little thing we have been cuddling and playing with as much as possible!

Stuffing the ballot box

This is Nate. Let it be known that I asked Julie how many times she had voted on the baby poll. Her answer was "Oh, I don't know.....everytime it lets me do it, I vote again." Yes, that's correct. She's voted so many times that she can't even remember. She's stuffing the ballot box! Just thought I should make that known. Boys rule.

The Verdict is in...

Nick has been called to serve in the Argentina Neuquen mission! He leaves June 10! Congratulations Nick!

And the big winner of the prediction game is Becky and Hema with the guess of Sao Paolo Brazil. Surprisingly they were the only ones who guessed anywhere in South America. Congratulations! Give yourself a big pat on the back and go get a big bowl of ice cream from the freezer because you deserve it after winning such a close competition!

I Hope They Call Me On a Mission...

That's the tune my brother, Nick has been singing lately. Yes, he is old enough. I know, I'm still in shock about it as well. His papers go in on February 20! We want to know your predictions of when and where he will go. So here's the deal, leave your prediction of the place (pick one mission, just one!) and the date (I believe May 1 is his availability date) in the comments section. You have until the call arrives...I have no idea when that will be. Your guess is as good as mine! The winner will be whoever guesses closest to the actual mission. The date of departure will be used as a tie breaker. The winner will be announced on this blog and will receive ultimate bragging rights! Good luck!

baby update

So this might sound more like a journal entry, but for those who requested, here's a pregnancy update. I hit 12 weeks last Sunday. The baby is due on August 30. It will be a long summer, especially since the doctor already said no travelling after the end of June!
I haven't been too sick, mostly EXHAUSTED! I have always been one who needs plenty of sleep, but we're talking 2 hour naps followed by 9-10 hours at night. That's pretty incredible even for me. I do get sick occasionally, but lucky for me it's always at night so I can still go to work without any problems. It is however unlucky for my sweet husband because he gets to witness all of the barfing/I don't want to eat time and hardly any of the "I feel great" time.
At the 1st doctor's appointment she said the heartbeat sounded very boyish. That made Nate happy, to say the least. However, at the next appointment she said it sounded more girlish. So I guess we get to keep waiting to know for sure. I hit 20 weeks April 12. We of course would be happy with a boy or a girl, but for now I refer to it as a she (JJ, Julie Jr.)and Nate refers to it as a he (Nate Jr.). We are just so excited to become parents! And feel so very blessed to have this precious baby entering our lives very soon!

Tagged

Ok, so I was tagged. I don't usually do these, but what the hey, here it goes.
8 Things I Did Yesterday (this will be tricky):
1. took Nate to Seminary
2. taught pre-school
3. watched Everybody Loves Raymond and Jeopardy (2 pregnancy, I'm too tired to get off the couch favorites0
4. made dinner (read put pot pies in oven)
5. went to buy pancake stuff for pancakes and pajamas days at school today
6. took a shower
7. spent some time hovering over the toilet (I'll spare you the details)
8. read scriptures with my hubby and went to bed
I tell ya my life is not too exciting lately...hence the lack of posting.

8 Movies I Love to Watch:
1. Father of the Bride
2. While You Were Sleeping
3. Hitch
4. The Sound of Music
5. Anne of Green Gables
6. You've Got Mail
7. anything Disney
8. pretty much anything I haven't seen yet that will keep me awake

8 Things on my Wish List: (not necessarily in this order)
1. a healthy baby
2. a house
3. a piano
4. baby furniture
5. KitchenAid Mixer in red or silver
6. a garlic press
7. a second car
8. Spring

8 Things I Look Forward To: (again, not in this order)
1. having a baby
2. owning a house
3. flying to Utah in April to visit friends and family
4. Spring!
5. being a stay at home mom
6. being able to practice the piano regularly again
7. The Second Coming
8. the second trimester of happiness (I've been promised the exhaustion will cease for a bit)

8 Favorite Restaurants: (or the first 8 that come in my head from my long list of favorites)
1. Applebees
2. Panda Express
3. Taco Bell
4. Alejandra's, Colimas, or Henry Salazars in Visalia...I'm yet to find decent Mexican food in Colorado :-(
5. In-N-Out
6. The Cheesecake Factory
7. Red Robin
8. Zupas

8 People to Tag:
Pretty much if this looks like fun or you're bored, consider yourself tagged!

It's about time!

That's what I'm guessing a lot of you are thinking. I've been a slacker on the posting, but here it goes...our Christmas in a nutshell!

It started pretty typical with an amazing gingerbread house

and plates of goodies for friends and neighbors.

Then we headed off to California. We flew into John Wayne Airport in Orange County. After a lost bag (that's a long story) and a trip to the Getty we made it home for the annual Rozier Christmas Eve party. I had the honor of directing the nativity, and it was pretty fantastic!

Santa spoiled us all on Christmas morning, especially this newly equipped all-sport star athlete!

We took a trip up to Bass Lake and did a little snow shoeing,

And hung out by the lake!

A long overdue night out with the girls was definitely a highlight! Janelle, Greer, Shayne, Kaitlin, and me. I love those girls! We hadn't all been together since high school!

And New Year's Eve at Disneyland...what could be better? It was pretty fantastic, however I have never seen the place so crowded! Definitely a once in a lifetime, because I don't think I'm brave enough to face those crowds again. But it was a New Year's to remember, and oh so much fun!

The ultimate highlight, however, was finding out that these two younguns are going to be grandparents! That's right, I'm pregnant!

This was Nate's reaction when he found out he was going to be a dad...either that or when he opened Napoleon Dynamite on Christmas. You'll have to ask him which he is more excited about.

Ok, in all seriousness, we are both very excited (read ecstatic/terrified) to be parents. We feel very blessed and look forward to the adventures that 2009 holds in store for us!