Baby Shower

My sisters and wonderful friends in St George that I miss so much! PS. Mandie had her baby yesterday (Thursday) I'm glad the baby waited through the shower....

Nice belly shot

My wonderful friend Reagan

This weekend I went to Southern Utah with Ashlee and her little girls for two baby showers. The first one was on Friday night in Panguitch and the other one was in St George on Saturday. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family and friends!!! My mom and Ashlee worked so hard to put both of them together and we had a great time. Thanks to you both!!! On Saturday Reagan was such a sweetheart and let us hold the shower at her house. I was so excited to see her little guy Jett again, I hadn't seen him since the day after he was born and he is a little doll. Thanks to everyone who came and supported me, I got some wonderful gifts and really appreciate everyone! If I could figure out my new video camera I could post more pictures, but I had to steal these from Reagan- I'll work on getting more posted.

Nursery

We have spent the last week getting the nursery ready for the baby. We only changed our minds about 3 different times on how we wanted it to look.... I was looking on HGTV and found this painting job that Brandon and I both loved it. Little did we know how big of a pain it would be to tape and paint the design. But after we finally got it finished, we really were happy with the way it turned out. We've only got a few more finishing touches to add in there, but I can't tell you how much better I feel to have the necessities done. Brandon spent hours turning the window seat into one with a lid so that it could be more storage and also a fun place for the kids to play in when they get older. He even put carpet and padding in the bottom of it. I also threw a belly picture in there even though it's not the most flattering. Only 10 1/2 weeks to go!!!

It's a girl.... oh wait, it's a boy!!!

I have no excuses as to why it's taken me so long to post something. I actually couldn't remember my user name and password to get in here it's been so long. I have no pictures, but will give you a quick update. (thanks to my sister-in-law Mandie reminding me)
So we had went to the doctor in October and she told us we were having a girl, she was 90% sure but luckily warned us not to paint the nursery just yet. We had picked out a name and a few other small things, but nothing big. Then we went for the target ultrasound a few days before Thanksgiving and the ultrasound lady kindly told us that it was not a little girl, we were having a boy..... I will be honest that I had a hard time accepting that change for a few days, I had a good little cry in the car after the appointment and had to let it sink in slowly. Brandon was THRILLED with the change from the start and now so am I. We have had a really hard time coming up with boy names and hopefully will have it figured out 100% before he gets here.
I am feeling great and only have about 11 weeks to go. We are just starting on the nursery and will post pictures when we get it finished.

We are having a baby!!!!

Okay, so I know I'm a huge slacker with this blog..... but I have a good excuse! I have been so terribly sick for the past 8 weeks. As of now I am 14 weeks along, so just getting out of the first trimester and hoping that the sickness will not follow me into the second trimester!

Brandon and I are thrilled, and we're anxious to find out the sex of the baby (hopefully on the 15th) so that we can start to buy things and get the nursery ready. We are both such big planners and so not knowing is driving us crazy.

I'm sure I have taken a picture in the last few months, but can't find any in my camera to post. I guess the bathroom, bed and couch aren't exciting enough to take pictures of.

We did go to Panguitch for the weekend for my dad's 60th birthday. All of my family except the Boston crew was there and we had a great time. Brandon and Dusty built a rocket launcher and that was the entertainment for the entire time. I promise to get better and start taking pictures again. As soon as my belly starts to show more I might even get brave and post a picture of that.

Holman Family Reunion

We had my mom's family reunion in Panguitch this weekend. My mom was in charge of it and did a fantastic job. We had a carnival for the kids with games, prizes, a train ride, blow-up slides, bounce house, velcro walls, bungee cord run and lots of food and junk food for the kids. We had a wonderful time and now my parents and Maya and Jake are up here staying with us for a few days, we are looking forward to Raging Waters tomorrow......

24th of July

Brandon the Cowboy

Jake & Brandon playing Hillbilly Golf

Madi, Maya, Irelyn & Brandon eating ice cream

Grandma and Madi at the parade

Granny Orton in the parade

We had a fun 24th this year. We went to the parade in the morning and then had all of my Aunt Jills family come over for a bbq. We played a lot of hillbilly golf, as it's now a family favorite. Nothing too wild and crazy ever goes on in Panguitch, but it's always nice and relaxing and I enjoy going down.

Orton Family Reunion

Last week was our annual Orton reunion at Otter Creek. If you know me well, you know I don't really care for the outdoors, and now that Brandon is in scouts and has purchased a ton of camping gear, he insisted that we stay in a tent and not in the usual trailer. Let me just say that 4 days is WAY too long!!! For the most part we had a great time, the weather was nice in the morning and the evenings but for some reason the wind would blow ridiculously hard from about 1-5 everyday. That made it a little hard to entertain ourselves and all the grandkids when we couldn't be in the water. Granny Orton who is 86 made it up on Saturday and decided that since she had never been out in a boat or driven a 4 wheeler that she better try it this year. I feel awful I didn't get a picture of her on the 4 wheeler driving it or while she actually drove the boat, hopefully someone else got it and I can copy it. Next year she insists that she wants to be pulled on the tube.... I might just have to go again to see that!
A huge thanks to Brandon for all his help. He planned the menu, assigned everyone cooking and cleaning duties, yet somehow he ended up helping with every meal. He is so good to me and my family and we are super lucky that he chose to be a part of our "Crazy Orton Clan"


Max, Madi and Irelyn riding/chasing bikes

The party barge

Ashlee and Alicia after tipping over the canoe.... funny stuff!

Ashlee and Granny getting off the boat

Aimee and me


This last picture is due to the Park Ranger coming over and warning our camp twice that the kids had to have helmets on to ride the 4 wheelers, to be funny Aimee and I put on the kids helmets to ride over to the little store to grab ice.