Baby Shopping

Friday morning Chris and I went and picked out an outfit before he had to work at noon. I kept shopping with my friends Kim and Krista that afternoon and they decided to take a crazy picture of me to scare Chris into thinking I was going buck wild with the baby shopping...his reply, "I'm canceling the credit cards!":-)

Baby Shipley on the way

We are so happy to report that we will be having a baby BOY just in time for Christmas! We just found out the gender last Thursday night and needless to say we were out shopping the next day! Since Chris has been out of town working for the summer, I had my Doctor write down the gender and seal it in an envelope so Chris & I could find out together. We opened the envelope Thursday night and we're so excited:) Chris says he "just knew" it was going to be a boy...lol. This will be grandbaby no. 15 on the Freeze side and no. 1 on the Shipley side. I am nearly 17 weeks now and I haven't had much trouble other than extra tired and it's getting a little tough to zip up my pants.

Here is the little slip of paper with the gender on it!

If you're reading this, you probably can't believe your eyes...If you're not reading this, you gave up on my blogging skills a year ago...

Ok, I don't know what has possessed me, but after 18 months, I guess I'll give this blog thing another go 'round! Since it would be annoying for me and for anyone reading this to try to "catch up"...I won't. I'll just give you a brief synopsis on the highlights:

Becoming Home Owners

Trip to Moab

Graduating Nursing School

Chris won APX Madness

Passing NCLEX!!

Trip to Aruba

Chris' trip to Chicago-Monday Night Football

First RN job

Nitro Circus APX party

Halloween-80's singers-Michael Jackson/Madonna

Scuba Certified

We continue to enjoy snow sports-I even began carving the mountain!

This makes all that hard work so worth it...

Chris' with the madness trophy! Bronze guy looks exactly like the salesmen during the summer!

@Nitro Circus party chris got to meet Travis Pastrana...aka daredevil

Hello Michael! Winners of best costume might I add...;)

My sister Jessica's wedding

Now

Well, we are winding down on the summer days and I can' believe it.  Chris came to UT for two days last weekend and we had gone 9 weeks without seeing each other!  Whew!  We had a great time with a BBQ at my parents, spending time with my sister Emily and her family, hanging out and having "movie night", and just being together. Now we have nearly another week down so we are getting very close.  I am just two weeks away from being done with my first semester of nursing school and then only three more semesters to go:-)  We are looking forward to a fun August...  

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Some of the other highlights of the reunion including: Freeze jeopardy!, bikeride and picnic to Utah Lake, Pool Party at Lindon City pool, 5K Freedom Run, July 4th picnic, Cul-de-sac of fire, and Jillian Kesler's baby blessing.  

What a precious family...All Dressed in White!

Mt Timpanogos Temple, July 3, 2009

In July, we had our famous Freeze Family Reunion...one of the highlights was being apart of my oldest's sister Amy's sealing to her baby Will Arbuckle.  

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Also in June, one of my very best friends Camille Cutler came back to UT for a week (her and her husband moved to IN for dental school) and gave us an opportunity to throw a little baby shower...I love you and miss you Cam!

In June, we had a fun celebration on Father's Day with a BBQ cookout.  Why is dad grilling on his day?  "I know how to make them tender"...referring to the chicken and steak!

In May Chris headed out to Philadelphia to work for APX Alarms.  Just 13 short weeks apart!  Sacrifice...it should be worth it in the end:-)

In May I also started my nursing program.  It's been very challenging but so fun to get to know all of the other students and make some new friends.  How lucky I am to be apart of this program!

In May, Jillian Alofa Kesler was born, making me an aunt for the 12th time!  "Alofa" means love in Samoa, where my brother in law Cameron served his mission (New Zealand/Samoa)

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Then we said goodbye to 227 W 1458 S where we spent our first two years together.  We loved Logan, our friends, our ward, and neighbors.  Good memories!

In May, we both graduated from USU.  Chris in Entrepreneurship and Accounting and me in Exercise Science.  Chris' sister Lauren also graduated:-)  Thanks to our parents, grandparents Shipley, Grandparents Harvey, Grandma Gourley, Eric and Kelly Shipley, Emily and Matt Walbruch, and Lauren, Cody and Courtney for being there so we could celebrate together!  Thanks to all of our family for supporting and loving us!

In April, I finished up my Bodyworks class...while Chris spent time on USU's Entrepreneurship Week and his team won both of the competitions...drawing interest in their "Eccobox" from several prestigious business owners and investors throughout Utah.

After Spring Break, we found out that I got accepted to the nursing program at the U of U!

Chris bought me these pretty flowers and a Utah shirt and surprised me the next day.

In March, we had a great Spring Break getaway in Las Vegas...we stayed at the Palms and also got to see Kurt Shipley and the boys and Grandparents Shipleys, who were in LV for the bball tourney.  We had fun riding all three rides at the Stratosphere and shopping at Las Vegas Premium Outlets.

Chris' brother Cody and Grandpa Shipley