Bear World

I've never been to Bear World, and have wanted to go for a while now. Eliza seemed to
be the perfect age for it.  She absolutely looooved it!
We first drove through the park and saw all the bears! there
were lots! and lots of other animals too.
then there's a petting zoo too! But Eliza's favorite part by
far was all the rides at the end! She rode them over and over and over!
 She couldn't get to the next ride fast enough when she
was done with the last one! It's so fun seeing her have such a fun time! 

 

 

I think Billy's favorite part was the petting zoo! He was in love with this baby deer.

Eliza and her friend Easton!
They always have a blast together!

they even let the pregnant lady ride! 26 weeks prego.

 

the cute baby cubs

 we had so much fun! Can't wait to go again!

The last month

tuckered out!! haha! I thought this was so cute, and funny!

Munga, Bugs and Aunna at dinner for cinco de mayo

having fun in the pool!!

We love going to the Havasu house!

All us girls ran away to Arizona for a week and had a blast! It was quite relaxing! We swam in the pool, went hot tubbing, went to the beach, went out to eat, went shopping, got pedicures, played phase 10, got a lot of smoothies from mcdonalds, (if you haven't tried them, you are missing out! So yummy!) and of course lots of sun bathing! We had to soak up all the vitamin D we could before we went back to cold Idaho! It was so fun to just get away with all the girls! I hope this is a start to a new tradition! :)

We went to the beach and played in the sand and rode the jet ski. Eliza had such a blast, but she was sure tired! She fell asleep on the way home around 5:30 or so, and slept all night!!!

 Up at Gran's house we planted a big garden! I'm so excited for it!

my cute bug

A night with the cousins!
playing hop scotch!

 

and a wrestling match or two!

 

My honey and I got to go on a date!! Billy's family watched Eliza and we went out to Rexburg. We went to lunch, went to the temple and saw a bunch of our favorite people!
Went and hiked "R" Mountain. which doesn't look very steap, but it will surprise you.
Then had dinner at Da Pinneapple Grill. I've been craving sushi! It was sooo yummy!

It was a much needed date for Billy and I. As much as we love Eliza, its nice to have time to ourselves and not worry about chasing a very energetic little girl!
I love going on dates with my honey! We laughed a lot, and had a great time!
I love my honey!

 

(almost) 6 months prego

I went to Utah to celebrate my birthday. Merissa and my new favorite band had a concert in Salt Lake the night of my birthday! so it was perfect! I spent a few days there, and Mers made sure I had a great birthday!! we played racquetball, got pedicures, went out to eat, went shopping, and of course went to the concert! Billy even surprised me with a cake from cold stone! It was so cute and thoughtful of him!

after dinner with all my sisters (Jason was taking the picture)

Mers and I!

 

The Civil Wars! They were Awesome!!!! I love this band!

 

Baby Boy

Introducing Will Mason Beard!
We are very excited to bring this little bundle of joy into the world!
Billy says since we'll have one of each, we can be done having kids....I think not.
He's due September 18th as of now. I wasn't really wanting to be pregnant the whole summer again like last time, but not much you can do about that, right? We're just happy he's on his way, and looks like a healthy baby. Eliza says she's excited and talks in this really funny deep voice when she says Hi to him! I think she might be in for a rude awakening! But she Loooves babies, so hopefully she'll be a good big sister. She also told a lady that she was going to name him Cinderella! Good thing its not up to her! She's also suggested we name him Stinkin' Bum.
Anyway, this pregnancy has been pretty much the same as Eliza's, which is really quite easy. I just get nauseous if I get hungry. So I snack a lot. I'm also more tired than usual. but really other than that, I'm good. I've only thrown up once so far. I think with Eliza I only threw up a total of 4 times maybe. Oh, one different thing I've noticed is that I didn't really crave anything in particular with Eliza, but with Will I've craved Sandwiches! They always sound good to me! Yum!
We're going to Agape Birth Center in Rigby to the wonderful Midwives there. Call me crazy that I want to try a natural birth, but if you watch The Business of Being Born, you'll understand a little more. I really feel it is the best for me and baby. The ladies there are amazing too! Billy absolutely Loves them! They spend sooo much time with us and answer all of our questions and concerns. They know exactly what they're doing, and if there is an emergency they can detect it quickly and get us to the hospital. They said usually only one mother has to be taken to the hospital a year. So that's pretty good odds. And I'll be able to do a water birth, which sounds sooo nice! and did I mention that it's waaay cheaper?! I think we ended up paying $10,000 with Eliza in the end. At Agape it's only $4,000! Anyway, we love it there, and I'm very excited to see how this birth goes.
This pregnancy so far has gone by a lot faster than with Eliza, which is partly why we waited longer to tell everyone. With her we told people really fast, so then everyone was always asking how it was going, and just dragged on forever it seemed! and its always fun to have a little secret! Anyway, we're very excited for him to come! Now we just have to get stocked up on boy stuff! Bring it on!

the move

these two pictures don't have anything to do with the move,

but oh well. the first is Eliza modeling her new yellow swim suit from Munga.

(thanks Munga!)

and below is how I found Eliza one afternoon. I was

making something in the kitchen and didn't hear her for a little while,

which most Mom's know, usually means they're into

something they shouldn't be. Sometimes I'm lucky, and

she's put herself down for a nap. :) Love it!

This is the move! We just did this 4 1/2 months ago. I've decided (and I'm sureall the movers who helped have too) that we have TOO MUCH STUFF!It never seems like it when its all put away. Billy's working on the farm this summer, so that's why we moved up here. Neither of us everreally wanted to move back to Driggs. Its so far from a Wal-mart! but Billy loves farming enough that he's willing to make that sacrifice.I was quite mad at first to be honest. It was a very quick decision. Oh and also in the middle of all this Billy got is gallbladder taken out! So on top of him quiting his job, getting his gallbadder all figured out, and telling me we aremoving back to Driggs, I was quite stressed out. I think I'm mostly over it.I'm trying to think of all the fun things we will be doing. I'll be able to help my Mom garden, we'll go on lots of hikes, biking, go camping, bbqing, hanging out with family, goto the drive-in. And we'll have lots more babysitters! Oh, and I really like our new place! its the nicest place we've lived in, so I'm excitedabout that! The move was actually quite fast! We started packing on thursday afternoon,and we were moved out of the old and into the new by Saturday. it only took about an hr and a half to get everything loaded. We couldn't believe how fast it went! Billy's Dad has a huge trailer that we fit everything in! We had a lot of help, and we couldn'thave done it without everyone! I know most the people who did help won'tread this, but a HUGE THANKS to everyone!

So, we're back in Driggs for the summer, or until Billy finds an Accounting job.If anyone knows of any good openings for Accounting please let us know! Oh ya, I forgot to mention that Billy finally GRADUATED!!! He wassupposed to walk at his graduation the day after his surgery, but obviously he wasn't feelingwell enough for that. None the less, he is a College Graduate! I'm so proud of him! He has worked so hard to do well in all this classes! I think we're both loving the homework-free nights!

I spy with my little eye: Mischeif

Can you spy what mischief this little girl has gotten into?

I gave her a paper, stickers and markers to keep her busy
while I blogged. She was right next to me on her
little table. Apparently I need to look over more often.
I heard her say (as she sat herself on the stairs)
"I'm in timeout."
I looked over and didn't see anything at first.
The fact that she put herself in timeout should be a good
indicator that she did something bad, and she obviously knows it.
I looked again and saw marker all over her left arm.
again she said "I'm in timeout. I'm naughty"
She got that right! very naughty!
luckily the marker was washable and came right off.
She did get in trouble, but I still think it's pretty cute that she put herself
in timeout.

 

 

playin'

Eliza loves playing with Easton.

She gets sooooo excited when he gets to come over,

or when she knows she's going to see him.

They definitely have a love hate relationship.

They love playing with each other, but get in fights often!

Usually over a toy. So when we go to Blast Off and there's not really

toys to fight over they get along much better!

Its really great when you get along with your kids friends parents as well!

Lacey and I are good friends and so are Brock and Billy.

Its always fun when we get together!

They had a blast riding on the sled and

throwing snow at each other.

Idaho Falls doesn't get near as much snow as the valley,

so we had to get out in the snow while it lasted.

Don't get me wrong, I don't miss the snow that never melts till June.

I will get very used to this more mild weather!

I'm VERY excited for warm enough weather to get out

and go for bike rides, play at the parks

without a coat on, picnics, bbq's, the zoo, and actually run outside

instead of a treadmill. I could go on and on!

I love SUMMER!!!