Mark's Wedding in Utah

Mark and Natalie's Wedding was a blast. It was so much fun seeing family and friends. I am so happy for them. They will have a great life together, and we are so happy to have Nat in the family. Dylan was the hit in his cute suit with his pink tie!

We were freezing at the Temple, it wasn't quite the weather we are used too!

The Moore Family...

I flew up to Utah a few days before Nate (he had to be at the hospital for school) to help my mom get set up for the Wedding Dinner. It was so nice to play with Dylan and hang out with Jeff and Brandi. Sure enough, as soon as Nate gets in town Dylan was Nate's best friend instead of mine!

Spring Fishing Trip!

Nate and I went to Roosevelt Lake last Saturday. We had to get up at 3 in the morning because my husband always has to be the first one out to the lake! I figured I owed it to him because I have been a piece of work the past week. My hormones have been suprisingly normal the first part of my pregnancy, and unfortunatly I couldn't consider them quite "normal" last week! Between report cards, parent teacher conferences, and not fitting into ANY clothes...I had a few episodes trying to get ready for school in the morning. Unless people consider throwing shoes across the room at your husband because he told you your navy blue shoes where black is normal...then I was a little crazy! It all started when I was trying on a new pair of maternity pants that were so hedious that it looked like I was wearing a diaper, so I guess that put me in a sour mood. Oh the joys! So I do need to thank Nate for being the most patient hubbster in the whole world. I don't know how I got so lucky to deserve him. He always looks for ways to make me feel better and to love me. Luckily during our fishing weekend I didn't have any crazy episodes, and we had a GREAT time together!
I love how happy Nate gets when he cathes a good fish! He's like a giddy, little kid on Christmas day! Nate caught 13 fish that day and they were ALL good size!

This is how I spent the first hour out on the lake...the sun isn't shinning at 5 in the morning! Nate was catching enough fish for the both of us :)

Meet our fish Cheeto! I got to name him. He was 5 and a half pounds, his biggest catch of the day. Nate forgets to eat or drink when we are fishing because he is afraid he will miss out on catching a fish. I finally was able to convince him to eat a string cheese (I wanted to him to hurry and eat something before I ate it all and there was nothing left, I have no problem eating while we fish!) He left is bait in the water while he tried to open his cheese stick and he suddenly got a bite...he set the hook and the fish got off and he was SO bumbed. Nate decided to go back to the cheese stick and right away AGAIN he got another bite. This time he was able to set the hook and he caught HUGE Cheeto! He fought like crazy, it was so fun to see him catch it. We were going to take Cheeto home to grill, so we put him in a bag with water in it and tied it to the outside of the boat. Cheeto swam along next to us the rest of the day and he kinda felt like he was our pet! By the end of the day I couldn't bare to keep it...you can't eat something after you name it! So we let Cheeto go...maybe he'll get bigger and we can catch him next year!

I read my book the whole time and didn't catch even ONE fish. I'll cast like 3 times, and if I don't catch something right away then I get sick of it. I would rather relax and read. But I do have an important job...I am the net girl!

Our friends joke that Nate's hobby has aged him 30 years because there is normally a bunch of old retired guys out on the lake. Nate can just make friends with all the old men and share fishing tips together. I love it!

Little munchkin!

I don't know if Nate and I can be any more excited for this! We both are so excited to be parents. This last year was a little tough at times because once we decided we wanted to start our family, I was ready for it to happen right away. Heavenly Father had to teach me a few lessons of patience! But now we are so blessed with a tiny little thing! We found out on our way to Utah for Christmas. We were all packed and ready in the car and Nate's little bro and his girlfriend were riding with us. I realized I forgot my allergy medicne so I ran back inside to get it. As I was searching I found a pregnancy test (I thought we were gonna go into debt from how many I bought over the few months!) I snuck it under my shirt and ran outside to ask Nate if I could hurry and take the test. I quickly pee on the darn thing and it showed up right away. I freaked out and ran to get Nate. We were jumping up and down like crazies! After we calmed down we had to walk outside all normal and act like nothing happened because we weren't ready to share the news. The second we got to Utah we dropped them off and went to buy more prego tests to make sure. It was SO exciting to tell my family when we were up there. My parents are so excited, they have been wanting some more grandkids VERY bad. So long story short...I am due Aug. 24th...I have been pretty lucky and never got bad morning sickness...I am still able to teach my aerobic classes, but I have quit soccer because I was on crutches the first month of my pregnancy and it has been hard to try to get back into shape. I think breaking my ankle was a good thing after all because it forced me to take a break from soccer for a while I seem to get hurt a lot when I play....This baby is really going to like Cheetos, Mac and Cheese, and spaghetti. I hear about a lot of my friends loosing my appetite and I am still waiting for that to happen! I have already put on too many pretty pounds :) Last time I went to the doctored I was shocked when they weighed me and I cursed really loud! My nurse gave me a dirty look! Maybe this junk food and pizza diet isn't the best choice! My students at school are so happy. I under estimated how excited they would be. Even some of the boys were crying with joy. I think they think it is part theirs. They give it chocolate all the time (hence the pretty pounds) I have to teach them what things "NOT" to say to me. The other day one of the girls innocently said, "You are getting bigger every day, maybe you are further along than you thought!" Yikes!!!

Seeing the Ultra Sound was the best part yet. It was moving around and wagging it's arms! My mom thinks it was waving at her :) Nate thinks all the medical stuff is fascinating...

I am cramming a few other pics in this post too...I have been a slacker and haven't posted in forever so this is a quick update and some of things we've been up too...

Of course we have been on a few fishing trips. Winter in Arizona is AMAZING! 70 degrees is just about perfect, but the fishing during the winter is a little slow.

If there was a competition for catching stupid blue gills, then I would be the champion.

Cardinals Rock! I can't express how much fun this football season has been. We unfortunately aren't able to watch the Broncos in AZ because they don't televise more than 2 games a season. We watched every single Cardinals game of the season this year. They were such a fun team to watch and we couldn't believe they made it to the Super Bowl!!!!! We had some great parties with friends and family watching the games. I even made my self sick from nerves during the NFC championship game. I wish I could watch a game like a normal human being instead of jumping up and down, freaking out and screaming!

My crazy fisherman!

Nate, Mark, and Jeff were able to do some ice fishing. That is where I have to put my foot down, I can fish when it's 90 degrees in AZ..but ice fishing?! You gotta be nuts to sit in the cold for hours :) I am really glad Nate got to go because he had a blast both times they went!

These next few pics are Jeff and Nate's fishing tournament in Scofield. It was Nate's first tournament and when you add competition to anything..it makes it even better! Nate was really close to winning some money with that fish. We are gonna blame it on the guy weighing the fish. They weighed his fish twice and took the smaller of the 2 weights. Nate's looked bigger than the guy who placed just ahead of him and he only lost by 1 ounce! What a hoax :)

Jeff chillin in his one piece coveralls!

Haven't seen snow in a while..

This is the fish Nate caught the day before we left to Utah, notice no coat!

Christmas time in Utah!

Merry Christmas everyone! I absolutely love this time of year. It really makes you look at all of your blessings you have in life, and when it comes down to it most all the joys in life boil down to wonderful family and friends.

I think Christmas morning is still just as exciting as when I was ten!

I am looking a little scary that early in the morning...but Nate is such a SWEETHEART and surprised me with a beautiful ring with a diamond in it. Jeff was had me help investigate what kind of jewelry Brandi would like and I was not expecting to get one too.

We were able to have a bunch of game nights (and yes, we are all still competitive and fight during games...although I think we are getting a little better, no one threw the game board across the room :)) Nate and I were the lucky ducks and won a bunch of money.

We tease my dad and call him the "Grinch"...we know he puts on a front and loves the holidays.

We were able to spend time with nieces and nephews. We gave little Carston that lion for his Birthday and the kids were wearing it like a cape.

Dylan LOVES Uncle Nate. Nate is really good with kids, and I am so grateful for that. Brandi says that babies are like dogs and they smell fear. Nate is so calm that they can sense it...hmmm that must explain why babies cry every time I hold them. Yikes! I better learn some new ways!

Cutest little gentlemen in the world!!!!!!!!!!!! We miss Dylan already!

UGLY Sweater Party!

Okay, how nasty do we look? If you look closely you'll notice my nice orthopedic walking boot. I decided to wear that outfit to school the next day and those that new my personality well enough just laughed and said I looked hideous...while others just started me up and down and said nothing...some people couldn't help themselves and gave me a compliment (even though I could tell they thought I was disgusting) because they didn't know what else to say. I just let them believe I was proud of that outfit and I truly wasn't mocking other school teachers who actually where stuff like that!

Yes, my friends are mean and picked me up to put me in that huge bag!

I had to work so hard to win that huge penguin in the White Elephant game. The couple behind me in the pic really wanted it give it to their little girl who loves penguins and I am a brat because I didn't care and stole it! We shouldn't let our secret out of the bag, but here goes...Nate and I just brought one gift together so we were just going to choose one gift. Well I drew our number and it was like 3 (really bad for the game) so I ran over to Nate to tell him to draw one too so we could see which of the 2 numbers were best. He picked 19 and there where only 21 players! I snuck my number back into the bowl...He he he...I hope that doesn't qualify me for the naughty list...although we could use some charcoal for our next camping trip! :)

Early Sager Christmas

Sager's new Puppy!

Well, we are headed up to Utah on Saturday to spend Christmas with my family so we celebrated Christmas early with Nate's fam. Kathy, Nate's mom, is creative and is always planning something fun to do. We designed a gingerbread house. Kathy wanted it to look nice because she puts it on display so I am sure Lizzy (Adam's girlfriend) and I were giving her a heart attack because we were adding some crazy stuff to the house!

We probably ate more candy than we decorated with!

Nate's family got an early Christmas present! His name is Skyzer...So cute! Don't get me wrong, I definitely don't want one, it's cute to look at but I'd never want to take it home :)

And yes, I am on crutches again. I tripped playing in my indoor soccer game and tore some ligaments. I was rolling around on the turf when it happened like I had been shot or something. So embarrassing! Now I am in a walking boot. I was in a boot in all of Jeff's wedding pictures, and now I can be in a boot in all the Christmas pictures, oh joy! :)