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!

Camping...ish

Last weekend Jeff and I and 5 other couples went to a place called Raccoon Creek to go camping... only Jeff and I didn't actually camp. We couldn't spend the night because unfortunately I had to work in the morning. But we still had a lot of fun and we ended up staying a lot later than planned Friday night. It was worth it! I hope we get to go again soon!

Here's some pics from our night...

We made tin foil dinners and then topped that off with what we like to call a "banana boat" (cut a large slit out of a banana and fill with chocolate chips and marshmallows, cover with tin foil, place in the fire for about 20 min.) It can't get much better than that! Only it can because I discovered that it's even better if you add a little peanut butter in the mix! (Yes, I will take credit for that idea)
We also played some fun games... We played Guesstures, Signs, and the name game. We are definitely going to have to have a rematch soon. It's our turn to dominate! Right girls???

Needless to say we had a great time! I look forward to our next camping adventure... Thanks guys!

Two Years...

Today was our 2 year anniversary! I can't believe it's already been 2 years... time sure flies when you're having fun! It's crazy that we've almost lived in Pittsburgh a whole year. Jeff's going to be done with school before we know it. I am so lucky to have such a thoughtful, smart, patient, good looking, understanding, and most of all, loving husband! I couldn't be happier right now! I really think we are in the right place doing the right thing... and we are having so much fun doing it. Living in Pittsburgh away from family has been such a strength on our relationship, I wouldn't change it for anything! (Of course I miss my family but it makes it that much better to see them when I go home.) Jeff took me to the Cheesecake Factory tonight for dinner and then we came home and watched American Idol. Oh yeah, so romantic. :) (Last year at this time we were laying out on the beach in Hawaii... too bad that can't be the case for every anniversary.) Thanks for being the best husband ever! Love you Jeff!

The Adventures of April.. and Moments in May

As always... I'm behind on my blogging and have a lot of catching up to do. So... of course that means this is going to be a long post, be prepared for a picture overload... don’t say I didn’t warn you.

First things first.

Jeff and a bunch of his classmates particapated in a contest in which they called.... "mustachio bashio"... it apparently was for some kind of charity, but I'm still unsure exactly what growing out a mustache has anything to do with giving to charity. But, they grew out a mustache nonetheless and here is what Jeff has to show for it.
Picture A.

Picture B.

And the final product...

Pretty sexy eh??
He wouldn't let me post a close up of this last one... he thought it was funny at first but now that everyone has given him so much crap I think he's a little embarrassed!

We went to a Pitt baseball game when my parents were here and lucky for me Jeff was sportin the mustache.... (I'm ashamed to say I was a little embarrassed to be with him!)
Here is what one of my friends Laci had to say when she saw this photo... "OH MY GOSH. Kimi, you even warned me, but there is no preparation for that."
A few people said he looked like Kip from Napolean Dynamite, others said he looked like the guy on “My Name is Earl” and some said he looked like a child molester... what do YOU think?? Sorry Jeff, but a mustache is NOT for you!

My family came out the middle of April and stayed for 10 days. We had a great time! Here's a recap of some of the things we did while they were here...

Went to Kirtland...

We lucked out and happened to be there at the time they had what they called the traveling bronze museum. There was some unbelievable sculptings of Christ. It was amazing!

Took a tour of the Kirtland Temple.

We went on a little road trip while they were here and were able to go to Washington DC, Lancaster, Hershey, PA, and Gettysburg. We covered a lot of ground in 3 days! Jeff wasn't able to come due to school and having to study for finals.

Washington DC

Me and my sister on the tram in DC... that was an experience!

It rained pretty hard the whole second day in DC... we were SOAKED from all that walking!

We got to see the White House up close and personal. It was really cool to see it all lit up at night. We also spent a few hours in the Holocoust Museum (such a neat thing to see but so depressing) as well as the Natural History, American History, and Air and Space Museum.... I think that will hold me over for a few years.

Amish Country in Lancaster, PA

We took a horse and buggy ride that took us around a largely populater Amish community. I loved Amish country! Everything about it is so intriguing to me!

One of the many houses we saw that had their clothes hanging out on clothes lines... they don't believe in using electricity.... so they use air or hydraulic powered motors to run their washers and then they hang dry all their clothes. They even had all their underwear hanging out on the lines! I can't imagine!

We drove by a local convenient store where the Amish get their groceries... this little girl was kind enough to let me take her picture. (We were told the Amish get mad if you ask them to take their picture, lucky for me I was able to snap a shot before her mom saw me!)

Here are the horses and buggies lined up outside the convenient store. Traveling by horse and buggy is the prominent mode of transportation for the Amish... they don't believe in public transportation because it allows for outside interaction with the non-Amish world. Like I said before... SO intriguing...

On to Hershey, Pennsylvania... We got to see the assembly line of how they make their chocolate and then how it is made into all different types of candy.

Mmmm.... chocolate!

All the Reese's I could ever want!

They even had Hershey's kisses on all the lamp posts in Hershey. I thought that was so cute!

Gettysburg. We were able to see where the Battle of Gettysburg took place and also see a little bit of the visitors center in Gettysburg.

The Battlefield

The war lasted 4 long years with over 600,000 deaths... the price we paid for freedom... what an incredible sacrifice.

Chillin at Mi Casa

The Pirates Game (One of the pictures from the game is posted above, the one with the mustache)

Isn't that such a pretty view?? The games almost worth going to just to see that!

We ate at a lot of yummy restaraunts while my family was here... Pamela's included. It was so good to have my family come visit and experience what it's like living in the Burgh. Please come back soon!

The following weekend after my family left, Jeff and I went to Utah. Jeff had a week off between semesters and I was able to get a few days off work, so we bought some tickets and headed home to surprise our families! (most of them anyway) We had a blast in Utah. The time went by way too fast as always, but it was definitely good to see everyone again! I’ve come to appreciate Utah more and more every time we go home. It really is such a pretty state, and it took me moving away to realize that. I could make a whole list of why I’ve come to appreciate Utah more… but that might have to come in a later post…. these pictures will have to explain for now.

Coming into Sardine canyon.

View of the Valley... I mean come on, it doesn't get much better than that.

I showed my coworkers this picture and told them this is where I got married. They said it looks like a castle where a princess should get married. :)

My adorable little niece Brynli... she has gotten so big since I saw her last. I miss her already!

Surprise! Lunch with the girls... (Only Kelli knew I was in town)

Don't ask....

Playing games at Marci and Jason's.

Love this picture... we told her to smile. haha

Sportin the Pitt gear... that's what I'm talkin about!

Me and Grammy and Grampy in their cabin.

Games at Angie and Shane's. I miss those days...

Lunch again at Firehouse... it was delightful... as always.

Jeff's nephew Asher's appendix burst while we were home. This poor little guy had to spend a week in the hospital. He was so tough though and we are so glad he is home and doing lots better!

Lunch again with the girls... only we went to Laci's and hung out afterwards... and of course doted over her cute little baby!

My little buddy...

Waving goodbye before we head back to Utah... (I think it's about time I have some kids of my own and stop obsessing over my sisters!)

We got home late Wednesday night and I had to return back to work Thursday morning… Reality hit for me a little too quick. Jeff, fortunately still had a few days off to relax and prepare himself for yet another long and grueling semester. He also proved to me how he would make an excellent house wife. I think he would secretly like to switch rolls. He kept up the house and accomplished all the annoying but necessary weekly tasks such as grocery shopping, weeding the garden, mowing the lawn and even planting some things in our garden. And on top of all that, he cooked dinner every night. It was so nice to come home and have dinner hot and ready when I walked in the door. Here is a glimpse of one of the delicious meals he cooked for me….

Yes... he cooked some awesome shish-ka-bobs. (sp?)

Me and a few of the first year girls planned a baby shower for our good friend Nicole on Saturday. She is having a baby girl and is due July 3rd. You’d never guess she was 7 months pregnant! She is such a cute pregnant girl, I can hardly stand it!

And here is the girl herself... can you tell she is 7 months pregnant??

Yesterday was Mother’s Day and although I am not yet a mother, Jeff has always gone out of his way to make this day special for me. He makes sure to remind me that I WILL be the future mother of his children... so why not start appreciating me now?? Hey, I won't complain! (We won’t mention how I completely forgot to do or say ANYTHING to him last Father’s Day) Oops, I know, I’m such a bad wife! Jeff cooked me one of my favorite things…. Salmon! He made this glaze that he made up on his own and it was soo good! He also made cheddar bay biscuits (the ones from Red Lobster) and lime rice. Yeah my husband rocks. :) Thanks Jeff for always being so thoughtful!

I also wanted to give a shout out to my mother and mother-in-law and let them know how much I appreciate them and all they do for me. I couldn’t ask for two better examples in my life! Hope you both had a very Happy Mother's Day!

And while I was on the subject of bragging about my husband I might as well brag a little more about how well he did in school this last semester. I really am so proud of him. He has worked so hard and deserves every bit of credit. He just started back up last week and is preparing himself for a really tough summer semester. He is taking 26 credits and has class every day from 8-5… his biggest semester yet. I’m already planning on not seeing him much. It’s going to be a long and stressful summer, but I know he will do great! Almost one year down and counting!

I wasn't kidding when I said this would be a long post! If you made it to the end, I am impressed! Happy late Mother's Day to all you mom's out there!