February - Packer Super Bowl Party

 We had to have a Huge Super Bowl Party because the PACKERS were in it!!!!! We were soooo excited!  We made lots of yummy food and had several fun decorations. We made the cute pom poms and streamers on the front porch.  We invited lots of friends and family.  It was the best!  We had tons of people in our living room.  During half time we had some Packer trivia and people won candy for getting the correct answer.

The Packers played the Steelers.  This was the best Super Bowl ever because it was a big family competition as well.  Ben and Tuesdee (My oldest brother and wife) love the Steelers.  She's been obsessed with them since birth just like Steve has been obsessed with the Packers.  So, we sent several fun pranks back and forth in the mail.  We sent them a Black shirt with a Green Bay Packer logo in the middle of it, but the logo was only black and gold, so it was the Steeler's colors.  We sent a note with the shirt that said, "We sent you a little something to wear during the super bowl."  It was pretty funny.  Then they sent us a Terrible towel and a Steeler football player fan that spins around and says "Go Steelers!"  We made sure we had them showing at the party.  It was the best party ever.  We had so many people in the living room.  It was awesome!  Go PACKERS!!!!!

February - Trip to Idaho

      Andrea and I rode up to Idaho with Doug and Steph for her baby shower weekend.  We spent the night with Grandma and Grandpa Kloepfer.  The next morning Andrea was so cute with Grandma.  She kept walking into her bathroom and tickling her and laughing.  Then she'd run out of the bathroom, down the hall, into the kitchen and give me a hug.  Then take off running back down the hall, towards the bathroom and start all over again.  It was so cute.  We had a lot of fun while we were there and Andrea knew who her Great Grandparents were by the time we left.
     The baby shower was great and had wonderful food and games.  I ended up winning the game of guessing the three closest statistics: date of birth, weight, and length of the baby.  I was pretty excited.  It was a fun trip with Doug and Stephanie.  We had a lot of really good conversations in the car ride up and back.  Thank you Doug and Steph for the ride and Grandma and Grandpa for letting us stay at your place.

Catching Up and Announcing Baby #2!!!!!

     Yes, I know that I am only 5 months behind on my blog. :-)  I have been so busy with being Law Partner President, teaching Zumba, Activity Days, Cleaning my house, making dinner, playing with and teaching Andrea, and having lovely morning sickness, so, yes, I have put off my blog and have been desperately trying to catch up.  However, I am now on vacation for five more weeks and I am determined to have my blog completely caught up by the time that we are done vacationing. Yea!!!!
      Steve is doing an internship in San Jose, California for 8 weeks this summer.  The housing prices are outrageously expensive and impossible to find for only 2 months out of the summer, so to make this internship worth it financially Andrea and I have decided not to go with Steve, but to spend the summer with family and take advantage of the last few months that she is able to fly for free. :-)  It's going to be hard, but are saving a lot of money by doing this and enjoying a lot of quality time with family.
       We are starting our trip in Arizona.  We spent two days with Ben and Tues and the girls playing in the pool outside, playing games, and playing the wii.  It was so nice to see them.  Andrea had a blast with the girls and loves Ben and Tuesdee too.  There will be more details and pictures to come later.  Now we are with the Bentz family in Tempe Arizona, but tomorrow we head out for the Bentz family vacation to San Diego, California.  We will be there for a week.  We're really excited!  All the kids and spouses will be there except Steve because it is a 7 hour drive and he would only get to spend a day and a half with us.  We will be Skyping him every day though, especially outside the condo so he can see the beach.
       Once we return from Arizona we will spend the morning of the 4th of July here, in Tempe for the ward breakfast and then head up to Sholoe (I have no idea how to spell it actually) and spend some time at Auntie Sharon's where it is nice and cool for Arizona. :-)
     Andrea and I will then fly to San Jose, California to see Daddy!!! Yea!!!! We get to see Steve for a weekend!  We're really excited to be able to see him at least once during the summer.  From San Jose we will fly to Texas to see Camille and her family and stay there for a week.  Then together Cami and I will take all the kids on a long road trip up to Utah to spend time with our parents.  We'll have about a week and a half to spend in Utah together.  Even though I don't get to be with Steve this summer, which really stinks, I get to spend so much time with family.  I probably won't ever have this opportunity again, so we are taking advantage of it.
     Now, for our Announcement.......   We are expecting another BABY!!!!!  My due date is the 17th of January (My brother John's birthday), but based on the ultrasound the baby is measuring a little ahead, so it might be more like the 12th of January.  Who knows, maybe the baby will come on my birthday, the 9th of January.  We really excited to have another child.  We'll let you know the gender of the baby in a couple months.  That's the current information about our lives.  I hope you enjoy seeing the pictures from Feb, March, etc, because that will be the next 20 posts. :-)  Here I go, wish me luck!