Hiking on the West side of Utah Lake

These are our friends the Dents. This day we decided to go and hike out on the West side of Utah Lake. Stockton and I were not huge fans of the heat and the fact that we didn't have a destination, we were just wandering (Cory's favorite). We always have a great time with Jess and Andrew!

Graduation from the Police Academy

On May 16, 2012 Cory graduated from the Utah Valley University Law Enforcement Academy!

 This kid has worked so hard! And we couldn't believe that it was over as fast as it was. It seemed like just yesterday that he made his decision to do the Academy and we were thinking how far out it would be before he was certified! Hopefully his bachelors goes just as fast.

 This is the graduate with his wife and 5 month old baby! ha ha ha...

 Cory with his two biggest fans at Iceburg for some icecream. Harley and Lucy figured out that as soon as they called one of the graduates names they would get to go up and get their picture. So they started yelling as loud as they could " YAY COR COR!!!" even though it wasn't his turn. Waiting for a W last name takes a lot of patience!

I am so proud of my husband and how hard he works all of the time! He is serioulsy such a ROCK!

FINALLY!!!

This past weekend I was finally able to go and see one of my good friends Britt! She was one of my roommates down at my favorite school SUU. This is her new baby! You should see the hair on this cute lil gal! It was so fun to take a break and take the time to sit down with my dear old friend whom I love so much. I wish that we had had more time, but you get what you get and you don't throw a fit!

Hiking to the Y

Well, We've lived in Provo for almost two years now, and we still hadn't hiked the Y together. I had done it before and remembered thinking it wasn't that great of a hike. HOWEVER, Cory is finally done with the police academy so we had a Saturday to hang out together, so we decided to make it happen!

 This is from the parking lot. I think the view here is just as great as the view from the top. But I was already invested this far, there was no turning back.

 Here we are at one of our many many stops. This hike is switchbacks the entire way up. The internet has it marked as a "moderate" hike. WHAT THE... anything with the work switchback in it should NEVER be classified as a "moderate" hike. I had to stop at almost  every switchback... and ..... breathe....lucky for me my hubby is a patient and loving guy.

 I really did it! And 5 months pregnant to boot! The hike down was so much more enjoyable for me. Other than it felt like my belly was sagging to floor thanks to hiking downhill and gravity! ha ha ha

The best part of the entire hike was our stop on the way home to the BYU creamery. We had never been there and it was cheap and delish!!!

22 Weeks!

How strangely awesome are these pictures? My doctors office just got the 3D option for the ultrasound machine, and I was the first person the tech used it on! I thought it was a little creepy at first, but now I just think its freaking awesome. Today during the ultrasound we saw him try and get his thumb in his mouth and yawn! And of course putting his hands up over his face, he's done that since the beginning. He's healthy and everything is going great! We sure are loving this little guy.

Cory's last day of the Police Academy at UVU is today! I cant tell you how happy I am that the crazy schedule of full time work and full time school is about to be over for the summer! I also wanted to say how EXTREMELY proud of Cory I am! He has worked so hard and missed out on a lot of things. Watching him go through this process has confirmed to me how important it is to do things that you LOVE doing. Don't just go in to a degree or career for the money, because life is so much better when you enjoy what you are doing. And this boy really ENJOYS what he's doing! CONGRATS CORY!!!

P.S. Also in this picture, I am 5 months pregnant. This picture does me justice, but not the belly. The stripes hid it well. I will post more soon.

Happy Easter to the Little Man!

Cory is such a good dad! Even though we didn't have our little baby here with us to celebrate Easter this year, Cory put together a little Easter gift for him anyways! We're working on our Disney selection, so we added two more classics, "Beauty and the Beast" and "Bambi".

Our Easter weekend FLEW by! I just don't think its right for it to be Monday again. I spent Friday evening through Sunday morning with my family up in West Jordan for Grandma Givan's annual Easter Egg party. It was very nice for me to be able to spend some time with my parents and my grandparents before the party to talk one on one. I really needed that. Cory had a really busy weekend with school. He had to be out at the shooting range from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. I am so grateful that he is almost done with this block of the police academy! To much school and work for Cory makes Rachel a lonely girl! ha ha ha, but really I am so thankful for how hard he's working.

Sunday evening we were up with Cory's family in Ogden for a little family dinner. It was really good to see so much family this weekend. It was especially fun to spend a little more time with our future sister in-laws and get to know them.

Well... back to the grind! OH, and P.S. today marks 18 weeks for me! WAHOO!!! Moving right along!