Drumroll Please!

Alright, the results are in!! After a rushed and stressful doctor's visit, we finally come to a conclusion. We're having a BOY!!! Wahoo!!!! People had been telling me lately that they thought it would be a girl because apparently I'm "carrying high". So I'd almost convinced myself it would be a girl and was getting excited, but as soon as she pointed out to me that it was a boy, I was absolutely THRILLED!!! Good thing she could tell cause I had no idea what I was looking at. He was moving around so much, it took almost 30 minutes to get him to settle down enough to make a verdict! I would post the ultrasound picture like last time, but it's not nearly as cool and it looks kind of weird :) It was really cool to be able to see him move on the screen and feel it at the same time. WOW! So, for those of you who have any advice on how to raise boys, let me know!! :) I'd better start preparing! She said he's right on track, and actually growing quickly, so we may want to plan on having him early at this point.
Oh, and for those of you who are far away and don't have the 'opportunity' of watching my belly magically expand, here's an update. :) I'm wearing a tighter shirt so that you can't actually see the bump instead of the looser shirts that kind of hide it. And there you have it!

Doesn't he look excited?

His first day of school was actually this last Monday, but I haven't got around to posting it until now. Every semester I make him stand by the door with his backpack and everything so I can take his "first day of school" picture. :) I can't help it if I get such a kick out of it. I thought since all my brother's and sisters are posting pictures about their kids going to school, why should I be left out of that fun even if we don't have kids yet!? On Mon, Wed, and Fri Richie goes to work before school, so that's why he's got his grungy work clothes on. But then he changes out of them for school. He's got a big load on his plate this semester with 18 credits and trying to work. He also just got called to be our ward clerk! Yikes!
Student teaching is heating up for me as well. Starting this week, I'm taking over the entire mornings. I'm a little nervous since I'm not very familiar with the reading program. I also was just called to be the 1st counselor in the Relief Society.
Some more good news is neither Richie nor I are working at Western Wats anymore! Hooray!!! That was a terrible job and quite frankly we just couldn't handle it anymore. So I'm trying to get a job as a tutor and also I'll be grading papers for a high school teacher later in the Fall.
Sorry....this is sounding like a Christmas newsletter....The End. Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Spouse Tag

I wasn't popular enough to actually get "tagged" (whatever that means) with this thing, but I saw it on someone else's blog and thought it would be fun. Here you have it!

What is your husband's name? Richard Thomas Garner
How long have you been together? 1 year and 3 months!!
Who said I love you first? He did. To which my response was, "Are you sure?" (We had only been dating about 3 weeks!)
Who is taller? him, by 2 inches :) I always thought I'd want someone taller, but his height is very much perfect for me
Who sings better? Anyone who knows Richie should know this answer by now. :) Him by a long shot
Who is smarter? wear bothe preddy smrt. (Loved that answer Mary)
Who does the laundry? Me. But I usually prefer it that way.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you're looking at it straight on, I do. What kind of a question is that anyway? Phycological?
Who kissed who first? He definitely made the first kiss move. He was very smooth. He had to be to get a kiss on only the 2nd date!

Who pays the bills? I do. I like to know what money goes to, and where and when.
Who is more sensitive? I am sensitive to get my feelings hurt, but Richie is sensitive to those feelings of mine so.....how is sensitive being defined?
Who mows the lawn? Oh, you mean that little strip of greeness that separates our complex? Cambridge Court Management
Who does the dishes? Usually me, but he's really good about doing them frequently. Such a sweetheart!
Who drives when you are together? Who drives these days? Not us! Go bikes!
Who is more stubborn? Depends on the subject. If it's saying sorry first, then, yes, it's me. Hate to admit it, but true.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? See the above question

Who has more friends? We're both so popular so that's a hard question ;) he's better at making new friends, I'm better at keeping the old.
Who wears the pants? What do you mean by "the" pants? We actually happen to own and wear several different pairs of pants. :) He actually got a pair of hand-me-down jeans the other day, but we couldn't tell if they were for men or women!! They were man's pants, but looked like womens. I wouldn't let him discard them though because they're REALLY expensive jeans. So maybe we'll both wear those pants!

Around the Town

Richie's cousin Kara and her husband Kelly stayed with us this past weekend and it was a lot of fun to get to know them better. While they were here we took them to Mesa Falls which is about 30 minutes north of Rexburg, but it's a beautiful drive all the way there! You wouldn't think that there would be gigantic waterfalls in Southeast Idaho, but you'd be wrong! These waterfalls are huge and just surrounded by green everywhere. You can get pretty close to them to. There's also a bridge on the way there, over a river where there are always big fish to feed.

A picture of the amazing falls!


I look like a greaser, but Richie looks cute, even when he's wearing my pea-coat!

Then on Labor day, we were just glad to have a day off to rest for a minute, so we didn't make any huge plans, but we had a great day nonetheless! We rode our bikes all around our town despite the chilliness. We went to the tabernacle, played a little frisbee golf at Porter Park, tried to go to some Museums but left when we realized it cost money to get in (go figure), but our favorite was the upstairs of some businesses on Main street.
One of our friends is renovating some apartments there so we went to check them out and ended up finding the coolest place! It's these totally run-down buildings with old signs on them, and there just happened to be a door wide open, so we walked inside to find an abandoned dance studio! So we took some pictures. Our film cameras may have cooler ones on them, but I don't know how to post those. :)