Pregnancy Update!

30 days left!  Yep, just a month left before we're due, I can't believe how quickly time has flown by.  We are so excited for Avery to join our family.  Her room is about 1/2 done, but everything else is ready.  We're well stocked and supplied with diapers, wipes, clothes, and more.  Her swing is also setup and ready to go, diaper bag is stocked, and, of course, mommy's hospital bag is in disarray and not even close to being done.  Here are some pregnancy pictures, for those of you that have been asking for some.

A Baby Girl in Our Future!

 Today we are 30 weeks and 5 days, only 9 more weeks to go. How absolutely crazy is that? Keith and I are so excited for our little girl, for now named Avery Elaine, to join us. We have our second baby shower on October 8, 2011. We had one at my mom's on September 17th, it was really nice to see everyone. Some of those in attendance I hadn't seen since our wedding - over 3 years ago!

I believe most of my work travel has stopped, which is nice because I have been to Napa, Walnut Creek, and San Francisco in the past two weeks. I was home for 2 days from September 2nd through the 16th, part of that was a mini-vacation in Tahoe though. :)

Otherwise, things are looking good for us. I think I am hitting this nesting phase though because I feel like going through all the cupboards, cabinets, and everything and reorganizing it to fit all the baby stuff we're getting, and well, just clean it all too.

The Boulant's 10th Anniversary!

Matt and Virginia - June 2011

I can't believe it, my little sister has been married for 10 years!  We held a Surprise party for them in June and invited a lot of their friends and family.  It was really great for them to just mingle and hang out and see everyone.  We BBQ'd and had a great day, mostly because it wasn't too hot.

 Here are a bunch of pictures of the big day.



Boulant Family - June 2011



Sisters - June 2011

Virginia, Jocelin, Nana, and Grandma

Jocelin and Jadah



Virginia, Lynsey, and Mason



Evan (and Grandpa in the background)

Baby News

Keith and I are expecting our first little one on 11/26/11. We're so excited! A little nervous, a little stressed, but enjoying every moment of it....except for the morning sickness. Who'd have thought that a little extra hormones could wreck such havoc on a body? Wow!

We don't know, yet, what we're having, but we'll find out in a few weeks and let everyone know. Thank you for all the love and support! I may create a baby blog, but I might just update this one more regularly. I'll keep you posted on that as well.

CHICO APARTMENT

YAY. Keith and I moved to our own apartment in Chico. After 5 1/2 months of living with the parents we're finally on our own again. Thank you Mom and Dad for allowing us to live with you, save up some money, and re-adjust to life in California. It's a much faster pace than what I remember. :D

Oh, we moved back from Utah in September of 2010 so Keith could take a job working for my dad's insurance agency as Chief of Operations. I worked remotely for the Leavitt Group until January, when I went to work for Applied Systems, Inc. as a Sr. Consultant for their EPIC agency management system.

MOVING

Wow, it's been a lot longer than I thought since our last entry! I guess the most important news is that we're buying a house in Cedar City, UT. Cedar City is in Southern Utah, about 2 hours northeast of Las Vegas. We're very excited. We close escrow tomorrow and we'll start our move over the next couple of weeks. I have attached photos of the home. Things are crazy of course, but going well. Keith got a promotion and a raise at work and things are looking great for me as well. I'm so excited about Keith's promotion, it was hard earned and well deserved!

UPDATE!!!

I'll add photos later but a lot has happened since December when I posted last. Sorry about that! So, Christmas was pretty nice, lots of travel as usual, but it was pretty cool overall. In January Jen started interviewing with The Leavitt Group. They are Tim's partner at Titus-Leavitt. The position she was interviewing for was to help put together a service center for their agencies Commercial Lines clients. Meaning, all the agencies that are partners with the Leavitt Group (like Tim) would send their small commercial clients to the service center for customer service, like in-house out-sourcing in a way. In February Jen and Keith drove out to Cedar City, Utah for Jen to interview in person. She was offered the job and took the position and started work on March 2, her 28th Birthday.
Jen went to lunch with Jayna Taylor and Kim Julian on her birthday and that night went to dinner with Jenni Leavitt. Keith moved out to Utah on April 5 and he's settling in rather nicely. He's also interviewing with the Leavitt Group to work in the Personal Lines service center. Last weekend we drove out to Zion Overlook, which looks over the National Park. It's kinda cool living out here. It's dry and that sucks, but there is a lot to do. We're looking at getting some ATV's and camping a lot, investigating the area we now live.
We've made a few friends out here, Jayna Taylor is awesome and great to hang out with. She's funny and very cool. Hopefully once we take up our new hobby we'll meet more people and have a wider circle of friends.
I'll post photos and more updates later!

November 2008

SO, we had Thanksgiving at Nana's and Uncle Dan's this year, but before all the food Keith and I went to see Grandpa. He was so funny, but he was having a bad day as far as his memory was concerned. Grandma thinks they gave him more meds than normal since more people were going to be around. That could be, but it was sad. He didn't know where he was or who I was, or anything. He knew I was family, but not who I was. Anyway...
At Nana's we drew names for the first time for who we're getting gifts for this year, to cut back on expenses (you know how the economy is). At Nana's we had a wonderful turkey, but Aunt Pat made her awesome broccoli casserole thing, always a holiday favorite! Then, Nana brought out her famous Pumpkin Pie, she does some thing to add a layer of like some cream cheese thing or something, but its bomb! I haven't uploaded pics yet, but I will soon. Everyone that is normally there was there except Gregory, Angela, Terry, and the Bettencourts.
At Grandma's we were already kinda stuffed, but I couldn't resist Aunt Marlene's Enchiladas, also a Thanksgiving favorite of mine. There were also all the typical Thanksgiving courses, but the Enchiladas are my favorite, every year. Everyone was there, Richard and Stephen Suhr, the Boulants, Keith and I, Nick and Karen Johonie, Aunt Marlene and Uncle Tim, Grandma, the Dan Titus family (since it was at their house), and Tom and Aunt Debbie's sister, and the Murphy's....Chris, Leandra, and Aunt Joanne, and Leandra's boyfriend Bobby too. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Job Hunting Sucks

So, it's October and I still haven't found a job yet. I got laid off in June! What the heck!? I know the economy is in the toilet and everything, but jeez, give a girl a break! Anyway, enough about that. Keith and I are not up to a whole lot right now. This past weekend we really just hung out, watched some football, while I went through our wedding photos sorting stuff so I can start our scrapbook. Yipee, finally, its only been 5 months. :) Love you all!

Mr. and Mrs. McFarland