UTAH and Wedding

Jeff and I were able to go home to Utah for my little sisters wedding... it was so good to go home and see everyone again! Let me give you a quick recap... or more like a quick photothon.

I flew in Saturday night. (Jeff couldn't come until Tuesday because of school) My mom and sister and her two kids greeted me at the airport. It is always so fun to see my neice and nephew and how much they have grown! Although, it makes me a little sad...


My friends threw me a baby shower while I was home, (even though I was hardly showing and didn't even know the sex) I have the best friends ever!





This is my friend Dani... our due dates are one day apart!
A few of us got together afterwards and went to Chelsea's... we always have such a good time together!

We got to go through the temple with Ashlee for her first time. They make such a cute couple!


Of course I have to throw in a couple more of my niece and nephew... they are so stinkin cute! This was at my cousin Alex's high school football game.


Awww....

We went to Firehouse (which I have been craving and still continue to crave) with some of Jeff's friends and their wives...


My little sister decided she didn't want a reception so they ended up having a casual wedding dinner the night before the wedding... he surprised her with a carriage ride to the dinner.



And now for the wedding. They got married in the Bountiful Temple. What a pretty temple.... and an even prettier bride.

It's tough work trying to entertain two little ones while you are waiting for the bride and groom to come out!


Here they come!!



The whole fam-damly...

The sisters... and sister-in-law




I just couldn't resist posting this video. My sister doesn't blog so I guess she'll just have to start making copies of mine!




I feel bad I didn't get any pics with Jeff's family... I promise we spent time with them!!

Well we sure had a great time visiting family and friends and hope we can come home again soon! But it just may not be until we have the baby.... :(

All about Jeff.....

These past couple of weeks seem to have flown by. I have been looking forward to going home for a REALLY long time and now it's just a week away. I seriously CAN NOT wait. I think my homesickness has set in a little more these past couple of months since I have been so sick. I used to be the one who was calling my mom telling her all the fun things I've been doing, and now, she's the one calling me telling me all the fun things her and my family have been doing... That is partly my fault, I haven't been up for doing too much lately. Ask Jeff. Needless to say, I am very excited to go home.

Last week Jeff was playing basketball with some guys from church and he called me about a half hour after he left and said... well, I'm on my way home, I cut my eye pretty good. Somehow him and another guy (I won't say any names Devin) :) ran into each other and happened to both get a big gash by their eye. Jeff probably should have gone and gotten stitches but we quickly discovered that option was a little too expensive, so we settled for some steri-strips to hold it together.

This is a couple of days after the fact... he got a pretty black eye.

Jeff finally finished tiling our bathroom... here is the end result.
He did a pretty good job if I do say so myself... especially for a beginner. I forgot to get a before picture which I am mad about, but just imagine ugly linoleum. The base-boards have since been put on but we need to repaint them and touch up a few paint spots on the wall from pulling off the baseboards... and then we really will be ALL DONE... for now. :)

Also.. since this post seems to be about Jeff, I can't forget to mention that he PASSED his boards!! We are so thrilled... and even more thrilled to have it all behind us. What a relief to know he doesn't have to worry about them for a few more years.

School is back in full swing, but so far I haven't heard Jeff complain once about how hard his classes are, nor have I witnessed him studying... he seems to enjoy this semester and is always quick to remind me on the days he doesn't have to be to school until 1... or the days he gets done at noon. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it continues to be an easy semester.

Last weekend we had some people over to watch the BYU football game. BYU FOOTBALL you ask??? If you know Jeff at all, you will know that he is NOT a fan of BYU football, or BYU anything for that matter. But we're always looking for an excuse to have people over, so we did... on ONE condition.... he puts up THIS sign...


Of course everyone who came either went to BYU or was rooting for BYU, which only lights the fire more for my husband who will happily cheer on the other team. Unfortunately for Jeff... BYU came out with the win. I'm sure my dad was gleaming with joy. :)

As always at football gatherings... the girls will be in the other room with the food...


And the boys will intently be watching the game...

Just as it should be....

I have another Dr.'s appt. this week and hopefully I will be able to schedule my ultrasound appt to find out the sex. I can hardly wait!

Until next time...

Summertime... and the livin is... not so easy. :)

I know... don't fall off your chair... it has been almost three months... but yes, I am blogging.

Please take my quiz....

Why have I sucked so bad at blogging lately??

A. I don't make dinner and can't keep up with the laundry and the dishes.... let alone my blog!
B. I come home from work every day and lay on the couch until it's time for bed, because I feel like puking my guts out!
C. I am always tired, I go to bed way too early, and I feel extremely lazy lately...
D. I am Pregnant!
E. All of the Above

Yep, you guessed it! All of the Above!! I promise, I am not ALWAYS that bad of a wife!! Jeff and I are expecting baby Wegener sometime on or around March 4th! We couldn't be more excited! Aside from the seemingly never-ending 24 hour morning sickness, everything seems to be progressing great! Although everyone keeps reminding me that it's usually a good sign if I am sick... that typically is a good indication that the baby is still doing well! So I guess if that's true, I'll take it. I am a few days shy of 13 weeks... which means I am officially past my first trimester. So with any luck, hopefully this nausea stuff will subside soon. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! We finally got to hear the heartbeat last week which was so exciting and so crazy to think there is actually a little baby growing inside of me... it really made this whole pregnancy seem much more real for both of us.
Jeff has already been calling our baby "she"... so if that's not any indication of what he thinks we are having, I don't know what is! I think I have already become accustomed to the whole "she" thing, so if we find out we are having a boy, I think it might throw us both for a loop. But whatever the outcome...we will be thrilled either way, I'm just praying for a healthy baby!

Aside from our exciting news... I thought I'd give a quick recap of what we've been up to this summer. Oh wait... WHAT SUMMER??? :) Atleast that's how Jeff and I feel! We aren't sure where our summer disappeared to. We were both so excited it was finally here, and now it's over! How depressing! But here are a few pics anyway of some of the things we did...

I planted me some flowers.. and Jeff planted some bushes, to help spruce up our yard a little... I meant to take a picture a while ago of how good my flowers were looking... but now... half of them are dead. :( So you'll just have to take my word for it. They sure did look great… they tripled in size and amount!




Went with some friends to the movie "Iron Man" at Shenley Park. Would have loved to have gone to more movies... but unfortunately I just wasn't feeling up to it.
Spent a few days in Ohio visiting P and Taryn... they showed us around their home town and even took us to a fun little firework show for the fourth. We found out the night we got home I was pregnant... two days after they announced to us THEY were pregnant!

Jeff and I splurged a little and went to a few shows at the dollar theater! :) We decided that's the way to do it from now on... it's just hard to justify spending 20 bucks to go to a movie nowadays. Plus the dollar theater has like 10 different movies to choose from... how bad could it be, really. Not to mention I don't have to feel guilty if I end up falling asleep... and Jeff promised he wouldn't even get mad, just as long as I go with him!

I have sort of given up on taking pictures lately, I guess it goes along with everything else the past couple of months... so hopefully that will change soon too. We have had a few bbq's with lots of the dental students and even gotten together to do tin foil dinners with some friends.. all of which I failed to get any pictures of.

And other than that we have had a pretty low key summer. Jeff has fried his brains out from studying every waking minute of every waking day for the past month... actually make that the past 4 months. His summer semester of school was a killer.. and just when he finally got that over with, he had to start studying for boards.... which he takes tomorrow!!!!!!! I'm so glad he'll finally be getting a break from studying. I don't know which one of us is more excited, him or me. And I'm sure I could say the same about my morning sickness... I don't know which one of us is more excited for it to be over!!! Between the two of us lately, we have both been pretty pathetic! I guess we make quite the pair!

Hopefully this next month will bring a little more excitement to our lives. My little sister is getting married the end of September which means WE GET TO GO HOME!!!! I really CAN-- NOT wait! I'm ready for a break from work and more than ready to see my family!

Yesterday was Jeff's birthday and he was sure to inform me that we would not be celebrating because he would be studying all day. So, I made him chicken enchiladas (per his request) and Tapioca pudding for dessert (with two candles in it of course)... and that was the extent of his birthday celebration. That is cetainly NOT how I would choose to celebrate my birthday... poor Jeff. But I do want him to know that I am really proud of him and proud of his dedication to school. I know he gets burnt out, but somehow he finds the motivation and energy to keep on studying! He did AWESOME this last semester and I know he is going to do great on his boards tomorrow. Good luck Jeff, and Happy Birthday! I love your stinkin guts! :)

As of Late...

Here's a few pics of some of the things we've been up to the past couple of weeks...

We celebrated Rachael and Carlee's birthdays.... at the Pancake House...

With these people....

And ate this yummy food! My mouth is watering right now... yours should be too!

Lucky for us, Jeff's dad had a convention for his work in Pittsburgh last week so both his parents were able to come visit us again! We kicked off our week with dinner at one of our favorite restaurants... ICHIBAN. (We actually love ALL Hibachi grill restaurants) Plus you get to watch them make your food which is definitely a bonus! If you haven't gone there... you should. My favorite is the volcano. (Those who have been there know what I am talking about)

Unfortunately Jeff had school and I had to work all week so Tony and Kathie were pretty much left to entertain themselves... but on Saturday we were able to go to Falling Water (the house built on a waterfall by Frank Lloyd Wright). It was really quite amazing to see the work he put into this home. He was an amazing architect. They wouldn't allow us to take any pictures once we were inside, so here a couple from the outside. (The house goes back a lot further than what you can see.)

The view from the other side. Everything was so green. I loved it!

On our way home we stopped and ate at PF Changs... (thanks to our free lettuce wrap coupons we were able to get a free order of lettuce wraps with the purchase of an entree... don't worry, we got 4 entrees, which means 4 lettuce wraps... we weren't letting those coupons go to waste!) And yes, we still have leftovers!
On our way to PF Changs... we saw this....

Is this a new fashion statement that I'm not aware of?? I caught part of Jeff's head in the pic, it was the best I could do without making myself TOO obvious. We already had to slow down so I could take the pic. We still can't figure out if this was their underwear or what they were wearing underneath their shorts, the girl in the front was just as bad as the girl in the back! So attractive...

We had a barbecue with a few of the incoming students for next year. Yay for summer! They were here for orientation so we decided to plan a bbq so we could meet all of them and hopefully help them feel a little more comfortable about coming out here. We had a pretty big turn out! Here's a pic of a few of us.


We decided to do it at a park this year which turned out great! The kids could play on the playground and the boys could play football... while the girls talked!

And yes, I won the biggest hamburger contest. Okay, there wasn't a contest, but if there was... I would have won... HANDS DOWN.

As you can see we are very much enjoying our summer... as much as we can anyway, between work and school. I'm definitely looking forward to more sun and more bbq's. Summer... HERE WE COME!!!!

Memorial Day Weekend

Jeff and I had a great Memorial Day weekend. We drove to Rochester Friday night after work and spent the night in a hotel. Saturday morning we drove to Palmyra and visited all the church history sites. We were also able to do a session at the Palmyra temple. It was such a neat experience! Then we spent the night again in Rochester and drove to Niagra Falls Sunday morning... where we spent the rest of our day... Couldn't have had a better weekend!