I didn't want to do this... But a friend told me she wanted me too...

I'm now a little over 29 weeks. I have been avoiding pictures sense I have been showing but felt it was time to finaly post one of me and my huge belly. My mom also wanted one for Mitch so he can see what I look like.

I feel great so far, little aches and pains here and there but nothing unusual. I love love love feeling him move around. Larry on the other hand isn't a huge fan. He always starts laughing and then says, "that's weird." but he does like talking to him... in portuguese usually. We are both very excited that it is getting closer. My friend Steph just had an adorable little boy and it made me even more excited for when our little guy comes. We are still thinking of names... So far we are kind of leaning towards Porter but I also like Max and Charlie. I seriously can't think of any other boy names so if there are anymore suggestions I can run by Larry please let me know. He threw out my most favorite name in the world (Jaxson) so I need all the suggestions I can get!

Oh, and I am very excited to say that I graduate in 21 days!!!! YAY!

Random thought by Amanda

I had a friend that is going through something and it made me think.... Sometimes I wonder if people really understand that their choices directly affect others feelings. Some people share their feelings, other people don't. I'm not saying either way is wrong. I'm just saying we all need to take some time and realize that even the smallest things that we may not think will hurt anyone, could.... What we choose to do or say, even if it is about ourselves could affect someone else. People can put on a happy face but really they just don't want any attention drawn to them because they don't want to find out how everyone would react. Just something to ponder :) have a great day! Sorry if I was just rambling :)

It's a baby BOY!

We found out yesterday that we are having a boy! We were both pleasantly surprised. We have thought all along that we were going to have a girl first. Funny how that happens. It was so fun to see him moving around during the ultrasound. It's still weird to think that there is a little baby inside me. I'm so so so excited! It made it so much more real and so much more fun now that we know its a boy and now that I can go buy stuff. I got the cutest little outfits from my friend Whitney. It's so fun!

I finally figured out that I can feel him moving around all the time now. At first, I didn't know what I was feeling, but after talking to the cute nurse at the doctor, I realized I have been feeling him for a while. He has been moving all day and it makes me happy every time I feel him. I'm only 20 weeks and I just can't wait for our little boy to get here. It is going faster than I thought it would but it still needs to go by faster. It seems like everyone I know who is pregnant is having a boy. One of my best friends Steph and my cousin Jess are both having boy too. That makes it so fun to share stories and get some advise since they are both ahead of me. Now they both need to move closer to me!!! PLEASE GUYS!!! :)

One of my favorite parts about finding out the gender was watching Larry. I think he has been wanting a boy but just telling himself that it was a girl so he wasn't disappointed. When she said it was a boy, he was SOOOOOO happy. His face just lit up with excitement. Just pretty much yelled, "IT'S A BOY!!!" and he couldn't wait to call his parents. It made me really happy.

Once I get my pictures loaded and have a few more minutes I will post some pictures. We are so excited for our little baby boy to arrive. We are still thinking about names so any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Yeah... Most of you already know... But its still good news :)

As most people have probably heard, Larry and I are expecting a little baby of our own!!! We were really shock and suprised but very very excited when we found out. I am due June 14th! We went to the doctor a couple weeks ago too. It was so amazing to see and hear our baby's heart beat. Definately an experience neither of us will ever forget. We are excited and yes a little scared for this big change in our lives, but we couldn't be happier. The Lord makes every event work out for the best. I am so blessed that we were lucky enough to have it work out that I graduate about two months before the baby comes. Talk about timing!!! I better start blogging better. I have always said that blogs are for people with kids. Well, I guess it is my turn :)

BABY KELLUM'S FIRST PICTURE :)

help

I don't know how to get a new back ground. someone please help me do it so i can be cute like other people. thanks

A Happy (Late) Anniversary

Everyone who follows our blog (the couple of you) know that I am not the best blog updater. Well Larry and I have been married for our a year now. On May 26Th we hit the one year mark :) We didn't get to really celebrate due to the fact that my softball team made it to the college super regionals for the first time. Lucky for me, they let Larry travel with us to Arizona. So we spent out anniversary flying to Arizona with 19 other girls, coaches, and the rest of the softball traveling party. It wasn't how either of us always thought we would spend our first anniversary ha ha. It's been the best year!!!! Love you Larry!

Since we didn't get a wedding cake, my mom was nice enough to get us an anniversary cake!! It was from my favorite cake place, Dippidee (i think that is how you spell it). It was delicioso

Some things never change.... And then they do

As most of you know, I have been playing softball since I was a little girl. I played on multiple traveling summer teams, the Alta High School team, Dixie State Team, and the BYU team. I have always loved playing softball and have really enjoyed all the experiences I have had while playing. I have had great support through out my softball career. From my Dad and Mom, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, In-Laws, siblings, and especially my wonderful husband Larry. So my question is... WHAT AM I SUPOSED TO DO NOW???? I have gotten use to going to practice everyday and playing games on the weekends. Now I have to change all that and get a job. Life moves on and things change.... Weird. Here are a couple pictures of the softball season this year. I didn't take very many good ones. I am depending on my teammates and family to give me the ones they took ha ha more to come when I get them. Enjoy!

Yes that is Hideki Matsui!!!!

TRASHTALKER

So I had an interesting event happen to me today.... I had to leave weights early so that I could go to class. On my way to class I realized that I was really really thirsty. So I went to the vending machine to buy a drink for class. I wanted to get crannberry juice but for some reason my card wouldn't work on that machine. I was kinda frustrated because I didn't really want to get pop but that was my only choice. I slid my card and chose sprite. I could hear it falling. I looked down to get it and it wasn't sprite. It was a bottle with a black thing in it. My first thought was, "oh I am so bugged at this stupid place." I picked up the bottle and it said...

"You have won a t-shirt made from recycled materials! Money included for your next purchase."

Yes, that is right I won a free t-shirt. It also had $1.25 so that I could buy a drink. Then I heard something else fall from the machine. I looked down and there was the sprite I bought. AWESOME!!! So to sum it up, I got a free shirt (made from recycled materials), $1.25, and a drink. It was so great!

When I got home, I was telling Larry, Mitch, and my mom about it. I pulled it out to show them and they all started laughing. Mitch thought it was the best thing ever. Then I opened it up. I have never seen anything like it. Then the best part happened. We read the front of the shirt... It says "TRASHTALKER." ha ha ha we thought it was so funny due to the fact it is made out of recycled stuff. We all thought it was pretty funny. Who wins a t-shirt buying a drink from the vending machine????

Oh don't you worry... we took pictures to add to this awesome post story ha ha ha

This is how the bottle looked when I got it

This is the shirt when I first took it out of the bottle... I wasn't sure it was really a shirt...I was really weird ha ha

"give it back" ha ha ha

This is definately the best part of the shirt!!!

The moral of this story.... Even if something isn't going like you want it to, don't expect the worst... You could get a free "trashtalker" shirt and could brighten your day. :)

Life

So I know it has been a while since I have written anything... I am not a good blogger ... maybe I will be better once I am out of school... anyway. Both me and larry are busy with school and nothing much has changed. I start traveling with softball soon so that will be interesting ha ha ha. I am going to put up some pictures of christmas and other festivities soon. I have been telling myself I should do that since Christmas and just haven't got around to it. Anyway...

I am just sitting here in the SAB (student athlete building) and was thinking about how grateful I am for Larry. I don't think I let him know how much I appreciate him. He has to put up will all my stresses/freakouts about everything in my life (lately I have been extremely uptight about things). He helps me through it all. Thanks Larry

I am also so grateful to my parents for letting us live with them. We would be living on the street if it wasn't for them. Thanks for putting up with me. Larry is a little easier to get along with then I am so it is really just them dealing with my attitude ha ha

And last but not least.... Mitchy, Thanks bud for always bringing home wingers for us when we ask. I know it is probably annoying. He never complains even when I am probably driving him crazy.

Well I know this is probably the most random post ever. But I am waiting for my next class to start and just figured I could post something real quick. Pictures will be coming soon :)

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Cake Boss

For those of you who have not watched "Cake Boss" you are really missing out. My family has become obsessed with it. They make the most amazing cakes. All the cakes they make are themed and awesome. They make beautiful wedding cakes and things like the Leaning Tower of Pesa. Mitch was inspired to make a cake for my birthday like they do. He worked all day Sunday to make my birthday cake (with the help of my dad also). He decided he wanted to make my cake themed after softball. He did a great Job! Thanks Bud!!!

Hard at work

Look at that concentration!

Me and Larry excited to eat cake

The Creator and his Master Piece

Me and My Cake!

As you can see, it is a whole softball field with a softball going over the fence. It also has a stadium with fans sitting behind home plate, #22 behind the fence (my age), BYU and Yankee flags flying on the fence, birthday candles for foul poles, AVK and an American flag on the side of the cake. Pretty cool huh!

So it's been I while but I think I should probably do a post about our wedding! Our wedding was amazing. We got married in the Salt Lake Temple at One o'clock. We were the last wedding of the day and there hadn't been another wedding since 11 so we had the whole temple and grounds to our self. It was an amazing day. We both were stress free the whole day. We had a lot of friends and family with us, some coming from other states. It was so nice to have that support. Thank you all for coming. It meant so much to us. It was the best day we could ask for. The weather was absolutely beautiful. The cerimony was amazing as well. It was so awesome. I would not get married anywhere else. I love the temple.

We then went to Zions National Park for 4 days. It was so nice to be able to just chill and hike. Larry had never been there before so he was excited. He loves the out doors. He hikes so fast. I couldn't keep up with him. Thanks to an old softball teammates father, we stayed in an amazing room. It was alot of fun.

Then we went down to Newport Beach. Larry had never been to Cali so that was an awesome place to go to. My grandparents hooked us up with a sweet room. My family was down there to so we met up with them a went to Disney Land. We also went a Dodgers game also. It was alot of fun. Our tickets came with all you can eat hot dogs, nochos, drinks, peanuts, etc. It was awesome. And of course the Beach was so much fun.

Anyway, there is a quick re-cap of our wedding and honeymood. It was awesome! I loved it. And I love being married!

One week left!!!!

We have a week left!!! 7 days until we get married! MAY 26th!!! Wohoo!!! We are SOOOOOOOO excited to get married! We have been engaged forever it seems (really only a little less then 6 months but still). I am going through the Draper temple on Saturday and then we are getting married in the Salt Lake Temple next Tuesday! I can't believe it. It is weird to think I will be married in a week but I couldn't be more excited!!!

Wow It's been awhile

So I haven't updated much... which probably isn't a big suprise to anyone. But here are a few pictures of what I've been doing and some of me and Larry during the little time we get to spend together during my crazy traveling schedule for softball.



We went to this gym with Jake (Larry's best friend), his girlfriend katie (who is one of my best friends sister-in-law's), Steph and Drew. As you can see, jake and larry thought they were pretty cool in the sumo suits.

Steph and katie... aren't they just so cute ha ha ha

I tried to get him to smile but he just couldn't do it for me... He had to pull a face

They had this awesome foam pit. It was lots of fun. but it was kinda hard to get out.

My team went to florida a couple weeks ago and we got to spend a day at disney world!!!! It was alot of fun.
This is my favorite picture. I am a pretty good photographer considering I was hanging out the window.

some of the girls on my team. We were just getting ready to watch the fireworks start

yes it's splash mountain! gotta love that ride

The castle and fireworks are the best part!!! I love disney!!!

I'M ENGAGED!!!!

For all of those who don't know, Larry boy proposed to me on new years eve:) He completely suprised me. I had no idea it was coming. I didn't know he got the ring or talked to my dad. He has been telling me lately that because of his apartment he now has to pay for and his cracked bumper, he wasn't getting a ring for a while because he couldn't afford it. He also kept bringing up the fact that he was scared to talk to my dad. So I definately thought that it wasn't going to happen anytime soon.


Well we were at a new years party at my family's house and his best friend Jake called and told him that he wanted us to meet the "new girl he is dating". We have been wondering about this new girl for a while now so I was really excited to meet her. So we drove to orem to meet them (on the way Larry still talking about not knowing how to ask my dad). Jake told us to meet him at this park. It was the park that me and Larry went to all the time during the summer when we first started dating. We got out and started walking around "looking for Jake." We walked by this pavillion and there was a guitar sitting there. I was like is that your guitar? Larry was like I don't know... he walked over to the guitar an unzipped it and said yeah it is my guitar. My first thought was that Jake was doing some prank on Larry because he loves his guitar and would freak if anything happened to it. Then Larry said, "I actually want to play you a song I wrote for you. I just wanted to come here because I didn't want to play it in front of everyone else." Me thinking he hasn't talked to my dad or bought a ring, I thought he was just doing a cute thing for me. So he played the song he wrote... It is the cutest song ever!!! it's incredible. He asked me how I liked it and told me he loved me... Then he got down on one knee, pulled out a BEAUTIFUL ring and asked me to marry him!!! I immediately say yes:)


When we started walking back to the car I asked him if he talked to my dad. He said he talked to him the day before and it went really well:) We called our moms. My mom didn't answer her phone so after I called 3 times with no answer I decided to call Jill and just ask to talk to my mom. So I finally got to tell her.


We then went back to the party at my house. I walked in and told everyone we were engaged. It was nice to have my aunt and her family, my grandparents and some other family members there so I could tell them all in person. Jill was snapping pictures as I told my aunt, cousins, and grandparents how it happened. It was a great night!!!


So that's how it happened. I couldn't believe how he suprised me. He did such a good job of leading me to believe it wouldn't happen for a while. It was so amazing that it was a suprise. I loved it and I am so excited that I am getting married! Larry is amazing!!! I am such a lucky girl to be getting married to the most incredible guy ever!

Us after we made the announcement

Telling everyone how he did it!









Telling my dad and the boys down stairs

Happy Holidays to Everyone!

I just wanted to say that I love this time of year. Everyone is so nice. Why can't we all act kind and happy to everyone all year round? I guess that is what makes the Holidays special. But I will be posting some pictures as soon as I do something fun ha ha so stand by. They are coming soon:)

Farewell to Smurf

As many of you know, My car got stolen a couple weeks ago. The little electric blue honda civic. I was planning on writing a blog with pictures of it but the stupid insurance company ruined that idea. but anyway...

It was a beautiful fall morning in Provo Utah. I was getting up at my usual time of 8:15 to get ready to go to class. I walked outside to drive to school (yes I know I only live 2 blocks from campus, I am just that lazy ha ha) and my car was no where to be found. At first I just felt stupid. Why could I not remember where I parked my car. I walked around for a little bit and then I remembered exactly where I parked it and it wasn't there. So, of course, I called my mom not knowing what to do. I then called University Security to see if they towed it for some reason. Once they discovered they didn't have it, they gave me the number to the police department. At this point I was missing class and kinda in disbelief with the whole situation. Two police officers came over and asked me questions for the police report and then left. So not knowing what to do next I just went to my lab (thanks to larry because he gave me a ride).

All my textbooks and assignments were in the civic so I went up and told the teacher why I didn't have the Lab sheet to turn in. She was nice enough to give me full points. I had so much other stuff in there. Softball clothes, shoes, books, cd's, etc. I went on with my day. Went to softball, lifting and study hall and I was relatively happy even with my current problem. Nobody I told could believe that it really happened. Isn't Provo supposed to be safe???

While I was getting ready for bed I realized I had been lucky to take a couple things out of the car a few days before. First I had my tithing money in the car but had taken it out about 3 days before. I also my big set of scriptures had been in my car but I took those out too. Then it hit me, there were other things I didn't take out. First, my little seminary scriptures that I take with me when I travel were in there. My Journal was in there and also a ring Larry got on his mission in Brazil was in the cup holder. The Journal and the ring were probably the two things in the car that had the most personal value. It made me really sad.

Then 5 days later I got a call saying they found my car. It turns out it was up in Salt Lake and completely stripped. At this point I was just praying that some of my stuff was in the car still. My dad went up a few days later to just see what was left of the car. He called me and told me it was worse than he thought. Not only was the engine completely gone, but things from the inside were gone, panels were gone, they even cut the top off ha ha. Then, he told me nothing was in the car. I was really sad but figured that it was going to be like that. Then my dad called me back a couple hours later and told me that there was a few things left in the car. My journal and Scriptures were on the back seat along with some of my other stuff. I was really happy!

The next day me, my mom and mitch drove up to Salt Lake to see the car, take pictures, and look for Larry's ring and anything else that my dad might have missed. We got up there and that is when it got complicated. When we got to the place where the "car was" they guys working were so rude to us. Then they told us we needed to go into the police department to get a release signed. We did that and then went back. Then after about 20 minutes of them looking through paper work they told us that the insurance company already took the car. I got really mad. My mom was mad too because she had specifically told the insurance that they couldn't take it until she released it to them and she wasn't going to release it until I got to look at it. I was really bummed. It also ruined my plan of posting the pictures of my stolen car... But I didn't get to look through it which was a bummer because I felt bad about the ring.

So that is the story about my car. It was sad for me. I really loved that car. The ironic thing is that a day or two before it was stolen, I told larry that I would be so sad the day I had to sell that car. and then I didn't even get to sell it :( It has been a real hassle for my parents too. Thanks for dealing with this problem so well mom and dad. I appreciate it. But I did learn a couple things from this experience...

1. Don't leave things in your car (especially things that are important or mean anything to you).
2. Provo is not as safe as everyone thinks it is.
and 3. Even though I loved that car, It could be ALOT worse. Cars are nice to have and make life easier (along with other things in life), but in reality, There are other things that mean so much more like Family, friends, and many other things. It was really inconvenient and mean for that person to steal my car but life could be worse.

So my car situation. Other then that, My life is pretty much the same. Lots of school, softball and fun! Life is good:)

Life...

Life can be so frustrating sometimes. I am not complaining about my life or anything because I have a great one but more just stating a fact. Why doesn't life just go as we plan. Some times things just don't work out the way we want them too... why is that? I know we need trials and things to make us grow, but I am not just talking about that. Little things... I don't really know where I am going with this post. This week I have just been a little frustrated.

Why can't everyone just treat each other the same? why are people so fake and/or cocky? Why don't I have more money... (ha ha k that last one is just complaining about my lack of money) but seriously. People can be so mean to each other just to get a head. When we are kids we all get along. why does that have to change? why can't we all just never grow up... like Peter Pan? The other day I went back to the neighborhood I grew up in. It was kinda weird walking around the yard and seeing things that brought back little memories. Life was so simple then... Man I miss those days.

K this post kinda turned into a "poor me" thing which is not what I wanted. but yeah I have just been thinking about how much my life has changed, even within the past year...crazy. I feel like I really haven't done anything super exciting with my life yet... any ideas? ha ha well sorry this post is kinda lame and not exciting but people have been telling me I need to update so I just decided to type what I have been thinkin about lately. Life is Crazy... But I better get used to it:)