BOISE......STATE!!!!!!

September was a crazy month, so if you can bear it, I did 3 posts tonight! So keep scrolling to see all our fun things we've done this month!

In the same week as our other 2 trips we found out that my brother had won some tickets to the Boise State/Oregon game that Chad had been dying to go to. Besides ESPN being there, the Game Day crew was also in Boise for the first time broadcasting their show from the BLUE. We decided we couldn't pass it up! So we hopped in the car and headed to BOISE...again.....It was a great game!

Along with winning the tickets, we were selected as Family of the Game by American Family Insurance and we got our picture up on the big screen! If you look closely, you can tell it is us!

We got to spend some time down on the smurf turf before game time and my brother got a ton of swag for winning. The seats weren't too bad either! (besides a large man and his wife in these fancy stadium chairs who took up most of Chad's seat! By the 3rd quarter I had HAD IT! I KINDLY asked them to please scoot over so we could sit. The man wasnt happy, but they did scooch over a bit so we could sit.)

Thanks Jus & Carrie for sharing your sweet deal with us! And a BIG thanks to Carrie's mom & dad who watched Carter for us!

2nd Babymoon

Before we had Carter, I had a little breakdown realizing that life was never going to be the same again. So we took a little vacation before he arrived and it was really great. Now that i know what is in store for me, I am a little less panicky, but I still wanted to get away. We tried to go to Vegas, but my doctor put a nix on that saying it was too far to travel at 37 weeks. So we decided to head to Utah since we haven't been there in a while.

The day before we left, Chad got off work early and brought me home this beautiful bouquet of flowers and a sweet card saying he was looking forward to spending some time together. SO SWEET!

We went to the SLC temple for the first time. It was AMAZING! If you haven't ever been, GO! It was such a neat experience and the live session is really cool. ( i totally forgot to take pictures on temple square because i had to go to the bathroom and wanted to eat!) whoops, but it was gorgeous as usual.

After that we headed to get a couples massage. Also a first for us. It was very relaxing!

That night we ate at Chile's and then headed to our room in Provo. The next day we did a lot of shopping and then grabbed some sandwiches and headed to Provo Canyon for lunch. I went to school in Utah so I have many memories there and was excited to show Chad my old stomping grounds. Chad liked being in the canyon and we walked to Bridal Veil Falls after we ate.

We then went and saw Charlie St. Cloud and the cheap movie theatre. It was OK. After MORE shopping, we went to IN N' OUT BURGER!! A MUST for Chad since he lived in Vegas and used to eat it all the time. It was delicious. After dinner we hot tubbed with a friend and then went to ANOTHER movie, New Moon also at the cheap theatre. (can i say i love the cheap shows? wish we had one!)

It was so nice to get away and we couldn't have done it without my wonderful parents who took Carter from Monday night until Thurs. morning. We are SO grateful to them. I came back feeling like i could be a better mom and a better wife. Thank so much mom and dad!

Carter's last trip as an only child

I've been wanting to do something fun with Carter since he doesn't even know what is coming! There are only 2 weeks left until our baby arrives and I'm afraid he's going to have a hard time adjusting. So we had a fun filled day in Boise and just played with him all day. I'm not so sure he loved the zoo or discovery center as much as he loved having both his mom and dad's attention ALL day. It was so fun to play with him and show him new things. I was so glad we did it.

By the tiger!

On the paddle boat ride.

I love my little Carter Man!

Carter is 2!!

My little boy is all grown up and I can hardly believe it! We had a great time celebrating his birthday. He had just a few of his closest friends over for a playdate and cupcakes. Jace, Finn, and Monroe were all born with in 2 1/2 months of each other and we also had Mikey there who is 3 (Monroe's older brother).

Carter mostly just licked the frosting off of everything and didn't eat much cake.

Carter's buddie Jace LOVED the cupcakes!

We suprised him with a little trike that he LOVES!

And he also loved his basketball hoop!

We had my parents, Justin & Carrie, Chad's parents and our nephew Stephen and his girlfriend come down for the family party the night before. It was a lot of fun! We ate pizza and watermelon.
I made this cake! I was pretty happy with how it turned out considering it was all from scratch!

At the end of all the parties, Carter was so pooped, he fell asleep at the dinner table one night!

Pre-natal photos of Mollie

For Blog book purposes I needed to add these in. Chad's mom took these and she did a FANTASTIC job! And it was so much fun! So glad I have these!!

Carter's 2 Year Old Pictures

We did Carters 2 year old shots last weekend and here are a few of my favs. His 2 favorite things are DADDY and TOOLS right now. So that's what we used as props.

a few family pics yes my belly is ugly and white...but nothing photoshop cant fix!

Baby shower #2 in Rupert

My best bud Aubrey was kind enough to throw me a baby shower in my home town where we both grew up. Her sister Bridget is expecting also so it was a double baby shower. I love these girls like my second family!
The pregnant girls. Im having a girl and Bridget is having a boy!

Emily, Aub (my best bud) and I

Matching outfits!

It was alot of fun seeing a few friends from Rupert and getting to catch up. I never took a picture of all my stuff but i got alot of clothes and blankets! It was a great day!