Pemberton

HaPpY TURKEY dAy!

2011-11-28T12:24:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving we got to head up Hurricane UT and spend it with Zach's family at his brother Burke's house. We had lots of fun with the Pembertons! Casen got fully potty trained! We got our family pictures taken (my sister in law Rachel is an amazing photographer...thanks Rach!) Did some black friday shopping! and ate lots of yummy food!
Casen got to stay up every night late with his uncle eli playing games and watching movies, on the way home he said, I want to go to Eli's house, I love Eli, he plays with me, I miss him! I think Uncle Eli is casen's favorite! Luke and his cousin Aiden are only a few months apart, almost the same size and just waiting to get old enought to play with eachother!
Thanks for the wonderful Thanksgiving Pembertons!

On a side note...we got home and checked our email this morning and found out that Zach made the All-Arizona Academic team (made up of students from community colleges) and with making the team he gets a TUITION WAIVER to one of the State Universities! WOO WOO! We had already made plans to attend NAU this following semester and are so excited that we don't have to pay tuition now! Zach works so hard to get good grades (he honestly studies more than anyone else I've ever met) and we are so proud of him for achieving this!

my boys...love them!

2011-06-02T13:23:00.001-07:00

casen and luke are the best of friends...luke is just about to sit up and can't wait to be able to play with his big brother :)

lately we've been...

2011-03-30T09:24:00.001-07:00

...going to the Park

...doing tummy time!

...taking baths together

...watching movies together:)

2011-01-09T07:44:00.000-08:00

Christmas was great this year, we got an early christmas present in luke on Dec 4 (11 days early) and zach's family came and visited us for Christmas! It was lots of fun having them here for Christmas, we played lots of games, ate lots of good food, and enjoyed eachothers company. Casen got absolutely spoiled by everyone for Christmas, he got lots of "Cars" stuff, and now has almost every single one of the characters and can name them all too, he's lots of fun and loves having a baby brother who he calls "Wooook". Luke is getting bigger, he struggled putting weight on at the beginning cause he had a cold, which he got from his momma, I was sick when I had him, not fun. But he's over that and finally just about out of his newborn clothes :) Casen wore newborns for all of like two weeks and then he was on to the next, it's been kinda fun to have such a small baby.
Me and Zach got a joined present for eachother this year, INSANITY. He just finished one week and I'm going to try to start this week, I tried last week...but it was a little too much for me then, I'm going to try to start this week though :) Between Christmas and New Years I had mastitis, a UTI, and a major tooth problem, between antibiotics and pain killers my body has been having lots of fun!
Ryan was home for Christmas this year, for the first time in like four years, it was lots of fun to have him close and get to know him a little bit more again, he's been pretty absent from the family for a long time now but hopefully that's changing a little bit.
My favorite part of Christmas was talking to this stud :) My baby brother Kyle....

He's in Argentina and doing good! It was fun to talk to him! This is at his district Christmas gathering
Zach's little brother Neal is on a mission in Mexico and we got to Skype with him this year, and that was lots of fun too! It was lots of fun to visit with both our missionaries with both of our families :)

Merry (very late) Christmas! and Have a great 2011!

Lucas Ja Pemberton

2010-12-08T17:12:00.000-08:00

daddy and baby

auntie Jaime holding luke

first family pic...casen doesn't know what to do.

Casen and his new baby brother

luke holding mommies fingers

he scared us quite a bit and had a hard time breathing for a while, but nothing a little suction and oxygen didn't clear up in a few hours, poor kid had a ton of fluid in his tummy and lungs.

~Ja is zachs middle name and his dad's... it is pronounced Jay~

Baby Luke joined our family on Sat Dec 4th @ 5:05 AM, 11 days earlier than he was supposed to, and about five days earlier than i was ready for him...tomorrow would have been perfect :) but i can't complain too much because he has been the best baby and it was the easiest delivery too.
Friday evening my back was hurting me pretty bad and I was having quite a few contractions, but I had been on my feet alot and had been having contractions all week and thought that they would settle down after I took a bath...which I did after putting casen to bed...but they just got worse, around 10:30 I starting packing, because my contractions were about five minutes apart and getting harder. So I told zach around 11 and he started timing them for me, we got all packed and called my mom around 12:30 and my dad came over to stay the night with Casen and we left for Showlow, my contractions were about 3 1/2 minutes apart. we got to the hospital and all settled by 1:30. I was dialated to a 5, and my contractions were 2 1/2 minutes apart, but my water hadn't broken, so as soon as my midwife Wendy got there around 2:00 they broke it for me, after that my contractions slowed down, so they put me on some pitocin to speed them back up...at 3:30 I was a 7 and decided to get my epidural, I was having a hard time deciding because I know a few people who have had bad experiences in showlow with epidurals lately, but I got one and it went great. after I got my epidural and my contractions were coming pretty fast they started monitoring luke a lot cause they kept losing his heartbeat, scared the heck out of us a few times when it took a while to find it, but he did just fine. I think I probably started pushing about 10 til 5, the pushing took like 1 1/2 hours with casen, so fifteen minutes seemed like a breeze. My epidural was great, I still had a lot of feeling in my legs and could move them pretty good the whole time and it wore off pretty quick too.

Lucas Ja Pemberton made his appearance and the nurse announced "it's a boy"!
It was fun being surprised, even though I was pretty sure it was another boy, a buddy for Casen.
He is so tiny, Casen was 8 lbs 8 ozs and 21 1/2 inches, Luke measured in at a whopping 6 lbs 13 ozs and is 19 3/4 inches long. HUGE difference...especially to my recovery :) I definetly recommend having a small baby ;)

Casen has been loving him so far, we've had a few close calls when he has tried to pick him up or kick him...but so far Luke is unharmed. Casen is learning to be more soft with him and
is pretty good at saying his name..."looooook"

and I'm finally posting...

2010-09-22T20:40:00.000-07:00

lots has been going on this fall, school, work, fair, gardening, canning, drying, picking, casen's birthday, pregnancy, painting, visitors, cleaning...

Casen is growing and learning every day, he's not very up on the whole talking thing, but he's throwing in more words every day, his favorite things to say are: "Where's pop"(my dad), "Where'd she go"(whenever anyone or anything leaves), "its broke", "it's stuck", "it's mine", etc...he is such a big boy, and usually, except for today happy and easy to get a long with. Today, however, he was on the fight! Which was bad cause today is my day to clean my grandparents house, which is always something I dread, it's hard enough keeping my own house clean...but they pay me well..both of them :) so it's worth it, but when Casen is having a bad day, what usually takes me about an hour and a half took me three. which put me behind the rest of the day...but oh well, how can you be mad at this face

Casen turned 2 on September 5th and he was lucky enough to celebrate it with almost all his family, Zach's mom, dad, and brother and sister came up for the weekend and got to be here for Casen's fun day! And boy did he have fun, casen loves cars, everything is "GO CARS" so zach had the great idea to take him over to Thunder Raceway for the races Saturday night the night before Casen's birthday and boy did they have fun! Zach's dad and brother went with them and Casen sat there for almost four hour watching the cars go round and round and loved every minute of it! they didn't get home til midnight and casen was still awake. Sunday morning he got to open all of his presents (mainly cars and things to play with cars) and then he got to go to church, his favorite thing(actually he doesn't mind it much now that my mom is the nursery leader, before that he cried for almost two hours every sunday...why do you think they called my mom to be the leader:)
Here's Casen outside with his nursery buddies

Casen actually got the whole present thing this year and tore into all of his presents!

More presents and and cake and icecream at Nonna and Papa's :) Casen got a little 4-wheeler from my parents and LOVES riding it around the house!

The rains were great this July and Casen loved going outside and playing and getting all wet and muddy!

The fair was a few weeks ago and Casen loved every second of it, so we spent a ton of time there, here he is on the rides, he even got to go on a few with is friend Paxton!

fall

2010-09-10T17:57:00.000-07:00

we're so excited for fall, been having fun at the fair, looking up yummy new pumpkin recipes to try out, wearing sweatshirts at night, and canning vegetables...fall is here :)

4th of July!!!

2010-07-06T22:48:00.000-07:00

we had a lot of fun this 4th of july. last year zach had to work on the 4th so he didn't get to do anything with us really. so this year we made sure to have lots of fun! we went to the park for the pancake breakfast (well, daddy didn't go with us to this, we brought him a plate back because a world cup game was on...woo hoo, sense my sarcasm, can't wait til it's over on sunday).
We spent the morning playing at nonna and papa's while dad watched the game. Then went out to lyman to set up our chairs and stuff for that night.
We went to the park for the bbq and races. Casen did a great job at the races, not sure if he got first or second, they didn't do prizes this year so no one told us and we were too busy watching him but a few people told us that he won :)
after the races we went home and napped and made food for our bbq at lyman.
we headed out to lyman around 4 and went swimming for a while (yes, even me though I didn't get proof). We had a good spot on the beach and my mom even set up a volleyball net so we played volleyball, ate good food, swam with quite a few other families until the fireworks started. Casen loved the fireworks, he was so sad when they were finished. he kept saying "boom, boom" when they went off. and he sat there the whole time. The fireworks were pretty good this year!

our summer so far...

2010-06-30T11:20:00.001-07:00

...has been great! zach is working for papa and loving it, Casen has loved daddy driving tractor almost as much as mommy has, I love it that I can drop casen off for a half an hour or so with zach anytime i need to run some errands and casen will have a blast irrigating or driving tractor! he has the cutest irrigation boots and little shovel - I need to get a picture of that!

caen loves to "cheese" for any camera!

everyone in town is always saying how much casen looks like a hauser, which he does, although he's starting to look more and more like his daddy.
but here's some proof he's more like his OCD daddy than you'd think! I walked outside to find him doing this to all of his cars!

so excited for the rest of the summer! hopefully I'll remember to take lots of pics because we have some fun stuff coming up!
~ the 4th - pancake breakfast, parade in RV, bbq and races, lyman and fireworks!
I went outside the other day to find zach having casen run to him when he said go, which casen pretty much does on his own but he had him starting behind a rope, I wasn't quite sure what was going on and asked zach what are you doing, he said they were practicing for next week cause last year casen sucked...so watch out all you 1-2year olds, casen has been practicing for the 4th race!

~family camping trip! kam are you still coming, hope so cause casen is looking forward to playing with Paxton again! .

~ GIRLS trip to UT. well, casen and zach are coming too but continuing on to his families while me, mom and jaime spend time with friends from Kanosh at a cabin! :)

~ 24th of July!

~Lots and lots of gardening and canning, my dad has this new obsession with gardening and has quite a big garden, me and casen have been helping him out and are excited to eat and can the results!

About a month ago Kamarie and Reed came up to help her parents landscape their yard, they wanted to get away on a double date with their parents so me and zach got to watch paxton and asher for a few hours while they went to showlow, I've been meaning to post these pictures for a while, casen and paxton are best buds!

BABY update...well, really mommy update.
everthing looks pretty good except my weight, I really wasn't that sick, I just have not had an appetite something I thought would NEVER happen to me! I'm still 6 lbs less than I was before we got pregnant and I'm supposed to try harder to eat. so today I'm making red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, compliments of a sprinkles recipe, hope that makes the dr happy!
we get to find out in a month whether casen's going to get a baby brother or sister.
have not really come up with any names that we love, casen was an automatic for us, this one is going to be quite a bit harder. Casen loves to kiss my belly goodnight and give the baby loves. he also loves to play with dolls, which drove zach crazy at first, but now he's pretty much okay with it as long as it stays at the house. he has one baby that he sleeps with everynight and has to lay it down and tuck it in before he'll go to sleep.

casen!

2010-05-25T10:32:00.000-07:00

how i love this happy, helpful, sweet boy! Casen is almost 21 months! he's grown up so fast! since we've got another one on the way I have realized just how big he is and how much i love him!

Baby Pemberton is due the first week of December sometime, that puts me about 12 weeks. I will know more when I go to the Dr next week.

We just got back from an alomst two week long vacation...wow...way too long for me, especially not feeling good. we left two weeks ago tomorrow and went to st. george for Zach's brother's soccer game, then thursday -sunday we spend up at Zions camping with all of my mom's side, then sunday, my cousin Sammy got marrried in St. George (what a beautiful bride). From there we made our way on up to Zach's families to spend time with his brother Neal, his farewell was this last sunday, he reports to the MTC on June 9th and is serving in Mexico City East, it was a lot of fun to spend time with Zach's family, us girls went to LEtters to Juliet (so cute) and the boys spent an afternoon at Trafalga, we got to be there with Neal when we went to the temple(thanks to zach's youngers brothers and sister watching Casen) and just hung out a lot playing Wii and watching movies. Thanks for the fun trip everyone! ( I purposely left out the details of our car problem because I am trying to forget how our brakes went out going down a MOUNTAIN so I don't have another heart attack, luckily I have a very calm husband who wasn't screaming along with me, "we're gonna die, we're gonna die" and was calm enough to get the car stopped!)

I have been pretty sick with this pregnancy, which is completely opposite of Casen. I haven't changed a dirty diaper for five weeks now, except once in a gas station in Utah, where afterwards I had to go and tell the lady that there was something all over the floor in the bathroom. I have a wonderful husband who has been doing all of that for me, taking care of casen, taking out the garbage, doing dirty dishes, because all of that and more makes me gag!

ATTN: Announcement below....

2010-05-18T16:01:00.000-07:00

Casen is going to be a big brother!

valentines day

2010-02-13T19:41:00.000-08:00

i'm sitting here while my wonderful husband bathes casen and gets him ready for bed and thinking about how grateful I am for him. I have the best husband in the world who is constantly trying to put my needs above his own, thanks babe, I love you!

We went to an Elder Quorum Valentines Day Party tonight and had a lot of fun, had a great dinner and played some fun games. We were each given two random words and told to write love poems to eachother...(ours were actually picked with a few others and read out loud..we were very proud ;-)

Mine to Zach - Scotch Tape and Tender
Love you tender,
Love you true,
Love you like Scotch tape,
I'm stuck on you!

Zach's to me! - Backhoe and Promise
Like your papas backhoe
steady and true,
I'll keep all the promises
I make to you!

We also got to open starbursts with our mouths together...not an easy task and try to pick which hands were our husbands out of the rest of the husbands... it was a funny night.
Zach, Thanks for being my valentine and for getting casen ready for bed!
Love you!
Happy Valentines to all you lovers out there!

wastin my time...

2010-01-13T22:03:00.000-08:00

I hate the internet....I got on for just a few minutes to see if I could find a recipe for chocolate chocolate chip muffins cause they sound really good and because I'm on a diet so of course I'm going to make something I can't have so I'll give in and eat them...all. 1 hour and 15 minutes later I have looked at about 40 different recipes ... checked the miles to deer valley the payson way and flagstaff....even though I know we're going payson...i hate I-40(ugly holbrook and winslow)... and it's good to atleast go by the temple even though we haven't gone IN it this month...or last. which got me looking at our schedule to see when we can go this month and in my planner I have receipts to take some shoes back to kohls this weekend which got me checking out what I want to exchange them for ... which got me looking at baby clothes(kohls has cute baby stuff) which made me realize that casen is NOT a baby anymore...which made me go to babycenter.com to look at baby names....now it's been an 1 1/2....goodnight....oh and no I'm not pregnant

yummy! can't wait til morning :-)

the most wonderful time of the year

2009-12-30T14:40:00.000-08:00

christmas favorites

2009-12-13T21:11:00.000-08:00

Today in my sunday school class we didn't have much time for a lesson cause sacrament ran way over so i read them "christmas sweaters" by glenn beck and talked about enjoying the true spirit of christmas and christmas traditions that we have in our families(i teach the 10 and 11 year old girls) and they had some pretty fun answers of things they enjoy with their families...but it really got me thinking about all of the christmas traditions that i enjoy and Tonight we made sugar cube houses as we do every year at grandmas and we got home I started thinking about all of the things I love that we do at christmas and what christmas means to me. here are a few things i came up with....
1. I love the smells (yummy cinnamon, baked goodies, and christmas trees)
2. I love the smiles on everyone's faces...christmas puts everyone in a better mood.
3. I love my Savior and I love that there is not just a day but really a whole season that is dedicated to celebrating His birth, life, and love.
4. I love the feeling that I get everynight when we read christmas stories before bed.
5. I know that most people hate how commercialized christmas is...but for me when I start seeing christmas decorations and everything the day after halloween i start getting in the christmas spirit and what's wrong with that...i feel happier, jollier :-), and in a more giving and service-minded mode...i should really keep my house decorated year round.
6. I love christmas movies...last night we watched it's a wonderful life.
7. I love picking out perfect presents for everyone i love.
8. I try to get really crafty during the holidays...and i love doing crafts! especially when they turn out good enough to give as presents.
9. I love chocolate making day at grandma's....yummy homemade dipped chocolates to eat!
10. I do not like the 5 lbs I put on eating chocolates and other yummy goodies... or losing it after I make my new years resolutions
11. I love teaching Casen about Christmas and doing all of the firsts with him...decorating tree, caroling, putting up lights, wrapping gifts, seeing santa...
12. I have to admit that I do love getting gifts.... I love getting new, fun stuff. However I also love giving gifts and watching faces when they open their hopefully perfect gift from me:-)
13. I love doing the 12 days of christmas...especially when we are able to chose a family that really appreciates it...this year we are doing it with my mom and started tonight...it's fun and exciting to hopefully brighten someone's day with fun goodies and gifts every night.
14. I love Christmas Eve....acting out the nativity, santa claus, christmas pj's, everyone at grandma's, cards and games, yummy homemade mexican food(especially the red chili)!

I love christmas!

If you have not read this book, you should...it's really good and is what everyone's heart needs for christmas.

ThAnKsGiViNg!!!

2009-11-27T20:21:00.000-08:00

Wednesday night at 11:30 Zach got off work and we headed off for Utah, I love driving at night, casen slept the entire time, it was beautiful! Zach got us to Utah safe and sound to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family. Thursday we headed to Bluffdale for dinner at His Uncle Rich's house and we had lots of fun with some of his uncles and their families. This picture was taking at Rich's house..thanks Christy and Rachel.

burke and rachel pemberton

2009-11-16T17:56:00.000-08:00

over the weekend we were able to go to st. george for zach's brother's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and reception and a really fun day overall. Burke and Rachel are a beautiful couple and we wish them a best. The whole trip was great except the drive there,six and a half hours stuck in the car with a 14 month old who didn't even sleep a half an hour, it was horrible!
Here are a few pictures from the temple, luncheon, and reception.

Chaco Canyon

2009-10-24T23:41:00.000-07:00

This week we went to chaco canyon with our friends Blake and Martha Finch and their cute boy riley. i had to go for a class that I'm taking and we had so much fun! we left thursday drove the four and a half hours to middle of no where new mexico and camped out...it was so cold...and went sight seeing friday morning and got home friday evening at six. it was worth it though, chaco canyon is home to multi-storied indian ruins that date back to 1200 AD and it was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. if you ever get the chance to go, do it, it's worth it!
here are a few pictures from our trip and the ruins.
daddies & sons

Casen & Riley

me and casen

looking out over pueblo bonito

looking around gallo campground

freezing cold casen

pueblo bonito

Zach & Casen, Blake & Riley

isn't she pretty...

2009-10-20T21:10:00.000-07:00

I dont know if anyone remembers this dress, probably not, but it was my prom dress sr year. ellen rae bast modified it for jaime's first homecoming and it turned out so so cute!! look at those shoes!

casen loves balls!

2009-10-18T21:30:00.000-07:00

here's casen aiming and throwing a ball!! he's a pro!

elder kyle hauser

2009-10-11T22:54:00.000-07:00

today was my baby brothers farewell...and it was great, his talk was wonderful, and the spirit was so strong. but it's also been a very bittersweet and emotional day, kyle cried through his whole talk and so did a lot of other people. i am so proud of kyle and jealous of the people of argentina that they get to spend the next two years with him, but i wouldn't want him to be anywhere else. me and him have always been really close, probably because we have so much in common and i am going to miss him so much.

zoo & diamondbacks!

2009-10-09T23:07:00.003-07:00

A few weeks ago we took casen down to the wildlife world and a diamondback game. and we had lots of fun! here are a few pictures from our day-trip!

2009-10-07T22:18:00.000-07:00

Zach and Casen feeding a bird!

one year pictures!

2009-09-17T11:28:00.000-07:00

yesterday we had a photo shoot...it was lots of fun. I started posting some pictures on here then my internet went down cause of the storm..I think, then before it got back up we had to drive in the storm to showlow for casen's well check with his dr...he's healthy, he was 29 1/2 inches and 23 lbs, and the dr did feel a tooth coming through(finally), maybe that's why he didn't sleep last night...

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county fair

2009-09-15T16:46:00.000-07:00

we spent all of last weekend at the county fair and had lots of fun!! here's a few pictures...
here's a pic of casen and his jr floriculture grand champion ribbon...he put some of his and nonna's flower into the fair, they're his flower because he went up almost every day and helped my mom water, or rather play in the mud and pull up flowers.

future redskin

casen is one!

2009-09-06T11:16:00.000-07:00

casen's birthday was yesterday! can't believe that my baby is one...all week long I was trying to teach casen that if I asked, "how old is casen?" he should hold one finger up when I said, "casen is one!" Of course it didn't work but it was worth a shot!
We started out his birthday with his favorite breakfast...pancakes and applesauce.
Then we went to showlow and snowflake with nonna...we went and ran errands in showlow and then were planning on going to snowflake to the corn festival ( i love that kind of stuff) but when we got over there it was pouring and cold...so we just went to the distrubution center to pick some stuff up for kyle and then came home...then we played all afternoon while I made his cake and then finally...we had a birthday party for him at my parents... where casen made a huge haul, he got so many presents...here's a few and who they're from...
Momma and Daddy - basketball hoop, popper, and lots of puzzles and clothes!
Nonna and Grampa - slide, another basketball hoop (can you guess what we want casen to be good at :-) ), and lots and lots of toys!
Grandma and Papa - $10,000 life insurance policy, and $100 savings bond.
Aunt JOelle & fam - a tractor and holds big legos...so cute, he loves it!
Abuela - stacking cups...which he loves to play with, thanks abuela!
And last but not least...casen's favorite present...all of the balloons that nonna had out...he played with them all night (under careful supervision)
Here's a few pictures from casen's special day!

Here are a few things about casen...
-he can't walk yet...i think it's gonna be atleast another month.
-he has NO teeth! not one, but he still eats everything in sight.
-he quit nursing about a month ago...he had had enough!
-I don't know his birthday stats yet, his dr appt isn't til next week. but he's pretty small and skinny...he lost all of his baby fat because...
-he is constantly on the go, throwing or pushing balls and chasing them or pushing cars across the room or just trying to see just what he can get into and how big of a mess he can make with it, last week it was my huge container of granulated beef bullion, he stunk for days.
-he loves to go outside, especially with his daddy! but grandpa ok too.
-he loves our two black labs and would watch them play for hours while screaming at the top of his lungs.
-he gives great kisses when he's in the right mood.
-he loves to go to sleep at night and lays right down and falls asleep. we're still working on the naptime not crying thing though, but it's getting a lot better.
-he is loved very much by his momma and dad!

pretty girl!

2009-09-04T22:34:00.000-07:00

a few days ago zach was taking a nap and had been sleeping for a while and I was trying to get things done...dinner and scrapbooking, and casen was demanding lots and lots of attention so I decided that it was time to wake zach up...which is never an easy thing, he likes to sleep, and he had gotten a root canal that morning and was pretty groggy. but I decided he would definlety get up if....
I put a bow in casen's hair...

So I did and went in and said, "daddy, look at me I'm a pretty girl. I've been spending way too much time with mommy, I need to spend time with my daddy!"

Zach got up pretty fast and him and casen spent some quality time together after that... now I know how to get zach out of bed...I just hope I didn't give casen an identity crisis...but he did make a pretty cute little girl!

candace's bridal shower

2009-09-03T12:00:00.000-07:00

Last week me, my mom, and jaime threw candace a bridal shower! It was lots of fun! Her and Kyle are getting Married October 8th and of course she's super excited and hyper about it! gotta love candace!

momma's boy!

2009-09-03T11:37:00.000-07:00

we love the rain!

2009-09-02T21:22:00.000-07:00

Casen loves the rain...when it's raining I just open the front door and let him play right by the door and so he can get a little bit wet ( only cause it's summer and it's warm rain :-) ) The other day I took him out and we walked around in the rain and kicked a soccer ball around. Zach took him out in the rain when it was pouring yesterday, here are a few pictures of my guys playing in the rain...

camping

2009-07-23T19:41:00.000-07:00

we escaped the heat of st. johns (those of you from the valley are probably saying yeah right!) and went camping twice in the last week. we went friday-sunday with my family and some other families(but zach had to work)so monday and tuesday we went back up and went by ourselves.

Kamarie and Paxton came up and went camping too(it was great to see you kam, hope you're feeling better! wish you would've stayed for the 24th)!
Casen and Paxton fell asleep on a 4-wheeler ride(that was the point of the ride).

casen played with this piece of wood for like a half hour

And he loved standing up with the shovel.

taking the dogs on a walk with dad

lovin the dirt!

WHOLE Orea in his mouth...no teeth but he eats everything and anything!

casen & pizza

2009-07-13T20:07:00.001-07:00

tonight for dinner we had pizza...usually I feed him whatever we're eating in pieces, but I was painting and so zach just gave him a whole piece and he ate it ALL, almost! he pretty much eats anything he wants even though he has no teeth yet.
yummy pizza!

2009-05-29T22:54:00.000-07:00

this pic was taken about two months ago...but I'm at my in-laws visiting and it's the cutest, more recent picture on their computer. we came up on wednesday (after zach worked all night), i drove all the way (hate driving) and got here just in time for Zach's little brother Neal's high school graduation from Salem Hills High School. and we're heading back home tomorrow, yay, love trips, but love to be home.

8 months...

2009-05-04T14:04:00.000-07:00

can't believe my baby is 8 months old already...here are a few things we love about casen.
*the way he smiles so BIG when you say his name
*his giggle and laugh
*his hugs and kisses
*when he falls asleep on you
*how excited he gets when daddy takes him out to see the dogs
*how he rolls his toungue really loud and high when he's upset..it's hilarious!
*he's a mommy's boy!
*but his daddy is his #2
*he loves being outside
*he's starting to like walks in his stroller
*he can't crawl, but scoots on his tummy anywhere he wants to go...except forward!

here's a pic of casen just a few days old...

and here is one of him recently...check out the hair..

what we've been up to...

2009-04-24T12:30:00.000-07:00

the play, this year the high school is doing "bye bye birdie" and i've been helping a lot with dances and backstage... the preformances are next wed, thurs, and fri.

kyle, julieann, amanda, steven

jaime and garrett

I took Kyle's sr pictures...here's one.

kyle wayne hauser

kyky

We went up to Utah last month fo watch Zach's brother's soccer games and went and visited our friends Tom and Sara...their little girl sierra is 6 weeks older than Casen and was trying to give him a kiss...poor kid didn't want her near him. haha

zach loves to take casen out to walk his dogs and casen loves to go.

5 Months

2009-02-22T19:20:00.000-08:00

So I can't wait I'm getting a new camera this week- yay for tax returns. But here is a picture that my mother in law took when she came and visited last weekend.
Side note---way to go Lady Redskins, they are playing for State Champs this next Thursday...the boys team also had a terrific season and made it past the first round for the first time in a while, they really had a great team this year. Both my brother and my sister play and it's been so fun watching them this year...Way to go Jaime and Kyle!

christmas in utah

2009-01-05T18:51:00.001-08:00

This year we spent Christmas up in Payson UT with Zach's family. and it was a lot of fun, filled with family parties, games, and movies. thanks to zach's parents for a wonderful christmas! the only bad part about it was I lost my camera while sledding, so these pictures of compliments of my mother in law, thanks denelle.

2009-01-05T18:33:00.000-08:00

daddy and casen at the sleding hills

one of casen's favorite christmas presents...a BUMBO seat!

2009-01-05T18:24:00.000-08:00

mommy and casen playing PIT, I love that game!

2009-01-05T18:17:00.000-08:00

Casen's First Christmas!

2008-12-01T11:50:00.001-08:00

this last weekend was the 2a state football game and we won! we went to flagstaff on saturday and cheered Kyle on! he did such a great job! it was so fun to be able to watch him this month in all of the state playoff games. I can't believe he's a sr!
we also went and got christmas trees this weekend, and it was so much fun, especially because of all of the snow up by the whiting homestead. of course mom's car got stuck, but we had a lot of guys with us and they were able to push it out in no time. i haven't been able to go christmas tree hunting for quite a few years and it was especially fun to find one for my own front room! yay!
here's some pics from this weekend!

happy mommy

2008-11-08T11:23:00.000-08:00

yay! two nights in a row of sleeping for six hours straight! I love my baby! I feel so good, not tired all day long.

byu v new mexico

2008-10-11T21:20:00.000-07:00

we got the chance to go the football game today (thanks grandma) and we went, despite the freezing weather, including snow flurries and had a lot of fun! byu won, they're having a great season!! go cougars!!

Casen looked so cute all bundled up in BYU garb!

I got a new camera...yay!

2008-10-10T23:37:00.000-07:00

my camera broke a few weeks before casen was born...I've had problems with it for a while...it was pretty old, but I finally broke down and bought a new one that will do for a while and I had a fun time tonight figuring stuff out on it and taking pictures of Casen, I can't believe that he's already five weeks old...it has gone by so fast so far yet at the same time I feel like I've been his mommy forever...
here are a few pictures that we took tonight...

just some pics...

2008-09-25T18:07:00.000-07:00

since we can't go to my little sister and brother's games this fall i made casen little onsies that support his aunt and uncle :-)
Go Auntie J (what jaime wants to be called)

Uncle Kyle is #1 (he really is...I so wish we could come down for a game...the only game we'll be able to make is the State game so hopefully they make it..GO SKINS)

my great grandma, casen's great-great grandma made this little afghan for him and asked for a picture of him with it as a thank you, so cute...

I love my baby boy!

2008-09-23T13:34:00.000-07:00

Casen had his two week appt on Friday...it went well, the dr said Casen looked good except for he wasn't back up to his birth weight yet... he lost 8 ounces before we even left the hospital, and i know he lost a lot more before he started gaining...but he only weighed 8 lbs 3 ounces on Friday, (and i thought he'd been eating a lot) and then they pricked his little heel to take blood samples and Casen was screaming and crying, then while we were putting him back in his car seat out in the car i hit his head pretty hard, I think it scared him more than hurt him, but he had just quit crying and then I go and hurt him again...I felt like the worst mother in the world...first he doesn't weigh enough and then we keep hurting him. Anyways, the dr asked us to go back in today for a weight check and Casen now weighs 8 lbs 8.5 ounces, Yay! he's back up to his birthweight. I feel like a huge load was lifted off my shoulders i was so worried that there was something wrong, but the dr was very pleased that he'd gained so much over the weekend.
Being a mother is so great! I'm really enjoying taking care of my baby. Casen still has his days and nights a little mixed up...he likes to be awake from about midnight to one thirty or two...but it's not so bad, he's not fussy, he's just awake and alert, so we read! and then he sleeps til about 5:30 or 6 which is when Zach gets up and goes to work so it works out pretty great!
Here are a few pictures that we've taken recently of our fun baby boy, they're so small because they're from my phone...my camera broke :-( I'm hoping to get a new one soon... i've been taking pictures with disposable cameras til then.
funny face :-)

Zach and Casen

our sleeping little angel-boy

Casen - ONE WEEK ! (warning picture OVERLOAD)

2008-09-12T15:46:00.000-07:00

finally got some pictures loaded...
i know that everyone thinkgs that they have the cutest baby in the world..but I really do! haha, just kidding, every baby in the world is the cutest baby.
My cousin came to the hospital to see me and Casen and this is what she said, "oh good he is cute, I don't have to lie!" I couldnt' quit laughing, but I agree, he is cute! but even better than being cute, he's healthy! we had a hard time nursing at the beginning, and he was looking so skinny, but we're both learning and doing good, now the kid just eats and eats and sleeps when he's not eating, he's so calm most of the time and hardly fusses unless he's hungry. he's the best baby ever!! (knock on wood)...we've had a few all nighters, he's got his days and nights mixed up and sleeps so good during the day, but at night he's up a lot more.
My mom was able to stay til Wednesday and take care of us, she had to get back to the fair, but it was so hard for her to go!
Okay... here we go with some pics!

Our New Little Family

Casen at the hospital

Casen and his grandma!

Casen and his girlfriend Sierra(she's 6 weeks older)

Casen and his daddy!

mommy loves Casen

Zachary Casen Pemberton

at the hospital...

2008-09-05T15:25:00.000-07:00

no pictures that I can load up on the computer yet but HE's HERE! Zachary Casen Pemberton came into the world at 4:06 AM this morning (Sept 5th)...
My water broke the evening before at about eight, we got to the hospital about nine and by then i was having some pretty strong contractions...they admited me and gave me an epidural pretty quick...labor went pretty quick, i thought, by 2:30 I was dialated to a ten and at 3:00 I started pushing...and an hour later he was born.
He's a lot bigger than I thought he would be, 8 lbs 8 ounces, 21 inches long... i'm glad that i didn't know how big he was going to be before he was born or mentally it would have hurt more...i was expecting a 7 1/2 lb baby at the biggest.
anyways, we're both doing great, my epidural wore off during pushing so i could push better so pretty quick after he was born I was kinda up and around. I love epidurals...why would anyone hurt when they don't have to!
I'll post some pictures as soon as I get some loaded....

nothing!

2008-09-03T10:33:00.001-07:00

okay, so I guess I better update though I have like absolutely NO news whatsoever!
I went in for my 39 week appt on Friday and they stripped my membranes again, this time it hurt... a lot, but i'd do it again if I needed to, which they might ask on Friday and I'll say yes, I also found out I'd dialated to a 3 1/2...one more since Monday... Saturday and Sunday I had contractions (these ones hurt)all day and major lower back aches and then they stopped and since then I've had just some braxton hicks...it's like my body wants to go into labor it just doesn't know how..here we come induction. we're getting pretty impatient and frustrated. Tomorrow is my due date and i know we won't have him tomorrow :-)
My grandma brought my cousin up to school on Thursday and since my dad has been SO worried about my mom traveling by herself when I go into labor (he even called me and made me promise to call him before my mom so that he could decide when she left...he definetly didn't want her traveling at night...my mo doesn't do well traveling and if she stays up all night she gets sick) so my mom followed my grandma up and is just here waiting with me...it's nice to have the company during the day.
For two weeks now Zach has been MAKING me walk anywhere between 4-7 miles almost every night! it's horrible! just kidding...well it's pretty bad, but I don't even think it's helping!
Wish me luck and wish us patience!

ten days...

2008-08-25T14:11:00.000-07:00

we had our 38 week appt on Friday and I was still dialated to a 2, but he had dropped so the dr stripped my membranes, didn't hurt as bad as i thought that it would. i woke up saturday with really bad back aches...went to bed saturday night with a killer headache...spent sunday with a headache that just won't go away and hurts really bad! so this morning I decided to better to safe than sorry and went on in to the hospital...they were concerned because of the headache, so they monitered me and casen for a while, i was having pretty steady contractions and his heart rate looked really good, they did blood work to check for pre clampsia, but everything checked out, so now i'm just home waiting again.
i was pretty sure that i was okay, but i just kept thinking what if i'm not...i haven't had any head aches my entire pregnancy and i was up half of the night last night because it was SO bad...and i never get bad headaches unless i'm really sick...
anyways, the dr and nurse said that it was good that i came in, and hopefully they'll see me back soon...the nurse who checked me said I wasn't quite dialated to a three, but pretty close, so i've changed a bit since friday, i hope that it keeps up!

37 week appt

2008-08-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

I had my 37 week appt friday (15th) morning. my family was here, so Jaime came with me, and she thought it was pretty cool to hear the heartbeat, but I think she wishes she would have left the room before they did the exam...now she never wants to have kids.
But I had progressed more...dialated to a 2 and 70% effaced, the dr said that it looks like Casen may come a little early (but I'm sure she got me excited for nothing...haha)... she said that she was surprised that I had effaced so much because he's still so high and putting no pressure down there, and usually effacement happens more as they drop...and he hasn't...at all. but as soon as he drops we're ready to rock and roll (her words)...haha. I haven't really had any contractions...just a few here and there. Any advice on how to get a baby to drop let me know. My family was up here this weekend, and my mom kept telling me to push my belly down and rest my hands on it to help him drop because she didn't want to drive back to SJ just to have to come back really soon...but for her sake hopefully he comes more on his due date so she has two weeks atleast before she comes back.
We had a lot of fun with our families this weekend and it was really great to see everyone...I'll post some pics of the weekend later, maybe.

Happy Anniversary!

2008-08-12T06:58:00.001-07:00

Wow, this year has sure flown by! we didn't do much for our anniversary last night, I made dinner and got zach a book of mormon study companion book so we can make the more of our family scripture study, he's been wanting one for us. and he brought me home some gorgeous flowers when he came home from work. then we had our last pre-natal class, then we came home, had some cheesecake that I made. I guess our real gift to eachother is taking place this weekend. we're getting sealed on saturday in the timpanogas temple, and we're very excited.
my family is coming up on Thursday and we're excited to see them, my poor mom has to drive back up in three weeks (or whenever Casen decides it's time to come) to stay with us to help me out after the baby is born(i'm so excied that she's coming)). I'm very grateful that my family is making the trip up here, especially since they're all missing things to come, Kyle - football, Jaime -soccer, and Dad-soccer, I have the best family and I love them. i would have loved to go to Snowflake to be sealed, but since I'm so far along it's just easier and makes more sense to do it here.
anyways, needless to say, we're looking forward to this weekend.

a few reasons why I love my hubby

*his smile, it's contagious and well worth it to make him smile
*his eyes, and the way he looks at me :-)
*he is such a hard worker, his job is hard and he does it every day to provide for us
*the way he'll spend the whole day with me on his days off
*he'll watch whatever movie I want, no matter how corny or chick-flickish it is, if I want to watch it so does he.
*his muscles!
*how excited he is to be a daddy.
*his commitment to the gospel and to the Lord. he has such a strong testimony and i love it when he shares it with me.
*his overwhelming desire to make me happy.
*he makes me So happy!
these are just a few reasons why I love my husband, and I'm looking forward to loving him more and more each day!

36 Week Appt

2008-08-09T17:04:00.001-07:00

Yesterday we went to our 36 week appt, yay, four weeks left! everything looks good too, at my 35 week appt I was 50% effaced and dialated a "fingertip" (not quite a one), and at this appt I was effaced 60% and dialated to a one! and Casen's in perfect position, and hopefully he'll stay that way. yay! the dr says we're right on track ( he even said that I may even be a little bit ahead of schedule), which would be AWESOME, but I'm not counting on that, if he comes on time i'll make me happy! The dr scared me though when he was checking for the heartbeat he looked at my stomach and said, "woah, look at those stretchmarks"...I didn't have any last time I checked and he looked serious, but then he laughed, he was just kidding and told me not to flash my belly out in the waiting room because I might get some pregnant women angry at me. We laughed... I am lucky that I don't have any at the moment. I'm sure that they'll come though, if not before he's born then I'll notice them everywhere afterwards.
We go to a group of 8 dr's and so far we've almost seen all of them, and then just whoever's on call at the time delivers the baby. But this Dr that we just saw yesterday is our favorite, he's really funny and personable and friendly. we really hope he's on call when Casen makes his entrance into this world.
anyways, wish me luck to continue progressing, I'm hoping next friday we'll have more good news!

st. johns and moving (caution...kinda long)

2008-08-06T13:53:00.000-07:00

We've had a busy last couple of weeks. First we took off to St. Johns for the traditional 24th of July celebration, I don't think that i'll ever be okay with missing that, even though it's not as fun as it was when I was in highschool, I just don't think that i'd be okay knowing that I could be home spending time with family and having fun at the events and seeing old friends. this 24th was a little stressful for us, we were going going going the whole time, we completely wore Zach out, poor man, he was looking forward to relaxing a bit and having a few days off of, but he was a lot more tired when we left than when we got there.
My dad was hired to cater the class reunion of 71 72 and 73 luncheon and he asked me and Zach to help him out, it seemed like we were always doing something for the luncheon. Dad and Zach deep pitted the meat for it Thursday night and it took me hours to shred it all for them. But it was well worth it, dad gave us the proceeds for it and it paid for our whole trip plus some, we seem to always make money when we come home to SJ...haha! We love my Dad, he's the greatest, he never wants coming home to be hard for us, so he always helps us out.
It was great to see everyone, to eat at El Camino, get a few snow cones, and hang out with my family.
Zach also had fun going out caving with Kyle and a bunch of other people, he loves hanging ot with my siblings.
Here's a few pics from caving.

James and KyKy

Yes I went out with them and watched..and got SCORCHEd, my arms were very burnt!

Kyle going down into the hole.

Zach following Ky... everyone kept telling me it was my turn next, but I just laughed...because I probably wouldn't have gone down even if I wasn't pregnant!

Poor Zach got dragged into being in the parade, he said it was fun, but it just wore him out even more. Here's a pic of my man in the "drill team"...

A few pics of the baby shower that me and Kam had on Saturday, thanks everyone who came for coming, you guys are so sweet! and I love you all!

we got back from SJ on sunday and I packed all week and we moved to a different apt on Friday. we like it so far, it's a little smaller, but nicer, and hopefully kindof temporary.
Here's the view from our balcony

And here's at pic of me today at 36 weeks!

33 1/2 week pic

2008-07-21T15:44:00.000-07:00

the last few weeks i've gotten huge! and don't you love how I add that 1/2 of a week.
I'm hoping that the next 6 1/2 weeks go by fast. we've got lots of things going on so hopefully they will. First we're going to SJ this week and then when we get back we're packing and moving, so atleast the next two weeks will go by fast!

OH, P.S... those are clean clothes on our bed, I just did all of the laundry from the camping trip. we're really not that dirty!

camping trip

2008-07-21T14:13:00.000-07:00

we went camping this weekend with Zach's family and had a lot of fun. we left friday afternoon and came back sunday afternoon. the worst part was the sleeping, my bed is a lot more comfortable than I thought. we had a lot of padding, but i could not get comfy! and my back is still stiff! oh well...I guess that i'll get stiff again when we go to SJ on wednesday, 8 hours in a car makes anyone stiff! but i'm still so excited! i love the 24th, not only do i get to see my family but everyone else who comes for the celebrations! and i've really been wanting some el camino lately and snow cones...i love st. johns :-) anyways, see you all soon!
here are a few pics of our camping trip!

zach eating dinner

zach and his younger brothers pushing down a tree...boys will be boys

me and zach swimming in the lake

zach and burke sharing a cot in the shade for a nap

zach's little sister and bro, hope and eli

30 weeks/family reunion/zach's bike ride

2008-06-25T13:07:00.000-07:00

30 weeks! yah! 10 more to go! here's a pic that I took earlier today, and just so you know I no longer do my hair...it's a shower and then a pony tail for me, it's lucky if I brush it some days. With the exception of sunday I just don't care what I look like :-)

Last week was the Pemberton family reunion and it was a lot of fun. It was Zach's grandparents 50th wedding anniversary, so the reunion took place in Logan, UT where they were married 50 years ago. They have eleven children, yes ELEVEN. and everyone and their families was able to be there for the occassion, and it'll probably be the last time too. One of Zach's aunts and husband are moving to Australia soon and another aunt lives on the East coast..but besides that everyone lives here in Ut. Crazy! My father in law steve is the second oldest, so Zach's younger aunts and uncles are still having kids so there were tons of kids and babies everywhere, it was so much fun.
The reunion started on Wednesday for a few of us crazies. Zach, his dad, his brother burke, and his uncle Rich decided to ride 100 miles from bluffdale to Logan on Wednesday to start the reunion weekend off with a big kick...in the butt! they were tired the rest of the weekend, but also pretty proud of themselves. It was a lot of fun for me to watch them ride on in and see zach reach a goal he's been practicing for. here's a few pics of zach at the finish line (the hotel)...where I had been wating all day for him :-)

they figured that the ride would take them about 8-9 hours with stops and everything, but it ended up taking them 11 1/2 hours! they ran into a few problems...a little wreck a few flat tires, they were only on their bikes for 6 1/2 hours so I think that they did a pretty great job!
The rest of the reunion was tons of fun...we had a huge talent show, where Zach and his dad, and two brothers sang "The longest time"...it was cute... I'm glad my husband is one who can have fun...

After the talent show some of the kids were messing around and trying to dance with one of Zach's cousins who did a little dance routine..Zach joined in and tried to learn too..tried being the key word...it was the high light of my evening watching him try to move as fast as she could.
Friday we went swimming all afternoon and I guess I didn't put enough sunscreen on becuase my friday night I was hurting...saturday we went and got family pictres taken...what a chore! I think there was 68 people there...like 20 of them were under 8 and we were crammed in this tiny room, lucky i can plead pregnant and go and wait in outside til the photographer had us all seated.
sunday morning I woke up and the sunburn, late night, junk food, and playing with a million kids had taken it's toll on me, I ran a fever on and off all day sunday and monday and was miserable, I either had a fever with the chills or was sweating so bad I had to change my clothes a lot! it was not fun, but now I'm fine! and my dr said that my fever wasn't high enough for long enough to have an effect on the baby, so hopefully everything is okay there too!
WOAH, long post, sorry everyone who had to read it all...oh, but there is something I left out. Friday night Zach and older brother Burke decided to go ona few rides at this mini-amusement park in Logan and I went along to take pictures, they went on two rides, both of which looked so fun and I wish I could have gone on them.
Here's a few pics of them enjoying themselves (or being scared out of their minds)

This one took them over 300 feet up in a little cage and then they free-fell down into a barrel and it made a huge BOOM noise like they hit the bottom...scary!
Here's one of them coming down....

happy b-day to me!

2008-06-12T12:52:00.000-07:00

yesterday i turned 22...I feel so old, for some reason 22 seems so much older than 21. Anyways, I had a great day! I slept in and got tons of phone calls from friends and family, it's nice to be loved, isn't it.
And when Zach got home from work he brought home my birthday present with him...and he completely surprised me...this is what he got me...

we haven't boughten any "new" furniture since we got married, we've made due with hand-me-downs, but he started our new collection with this rocker/recliner, he really wanted me to have something comfy to nurse and rock the baby in. He's so sweet, I've secretly been wanting one, but I didn't really tell him, he's the best!
he also gave me some shoes that I thought were so cute in teh store a while ago, he's more perceptive than I thought, and a cute new maternity shirt. and dinner out! it was a great birthday, thanks Zach! I love you!

28 Weeks...

2008-06-10T13:35:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that I'm 28 weeks pregnant...weird. 12 weeks left...but I'm hoping for more like ten.
Here's a picture of my huge belly...(and our messy room)...I have another Dr.'s appt friday and am not looking forward to see how much weird I've gained so far, but oh well. I'm eating okay (not great, but not too junky) and walking every day.
I can even fit into a few pair of my normal jeans, which makes me a happy.
I keep having this nightmare that I give birth to an 11 lb baby...I know it's ridiculous, but what if I do have a HUGE baby! I don't think I'll make it!
I'm not really uncomfortable yet, unless I have to bend over and pick something up then I remember that I have this huge belly blocking my way and makes it more difficult to just bend over. Also getting in and out of the car kinda makes me grunt sometimes (oh well).
My back hasn't bother me at all yet (which surprises me, especially because I have a really bad back anyways because of our accident this winter), so I'm really counting my blessings.
After reading Taytum's last post I realized that I never thought about what color his eyes are..but now I do all of the time, will they be blue like mine or green like Zach's?

I've been a little busy lately, our contract for this apartment is over at the beginning of August, so we're looking for a newer, bigger place, and even though i'm really excited (this apartment just got smaller and smaller throughout the year), I'm not looking forward to moving at eight months pregnant, but oh well! I'm really excited to be able to set up all of the baby stuff when we move, right now it's in our storage room and I've never even seen our crib all set up.
I guess that's all for now...enjoy the pic...I know I'm huge...it's like my belly pokes straight out in front of me!

two posts! wow!

2008-05-29T21:43:00.001-07:00

Okay, so I've been really into crafts lately...especially sewing/quilting. My mom gave me her sewing machine when she came up in April and I've been working on baby quilts and I'm even trying to make baby bedding for our crib...hopefully I'll finish soon too...so far so good! Anyways, I was at quilted bear (really cute craft store) a while back and saw the cutest baby rag quilts...my friend saw them too and she wanted one so bad, but they're like 40 bucks...anyways, my friend is pregnant too..she's having a girl in July so I decided to learn how to make them and give her one for her baby shower that's in a few weeks!...it was SO easy and fun!

i'm really excited to give it to her and will probably make a few burp cloths to match!

update... 26 weeks!

2008-05-29T21:23:00.000-07:00

Wow, I can't believe I'm already 26 weeks along. only 14 weeks left, though these next 14 weeks will probably feel like an eternity. :-)
We havne't been up to much lately. Memorial Day was fun, we spent it waiting in line for Indiana Jones ( not the best movie I've ever seen, kinda weird), and we went to an art exhibit at the BYU Museum with Zach's parents and grandma. It was a good day off from everything though, especially for Zach. Because since Monday he's been working 10 1/2 - 11 hour days. WOW! He comes home so tired, I feed him, he does some homework, we watch a little TV and he hits the sack about nine... I have been too because I've had a pretty bad cold all week, I've been sleeping a lot, but today I felt A LOT better!
Two weeks ago we went to a benefit concert/family carnival for Zach's uncle, it was a pretty fun day. really nice weather except it was SO windy! I felt like I was home in St. Johns! We got to pass out these really neat scrapbooking idea books that were donated to each family who came to the concert...and it would have been fun too if people hadn't been a little greedy. These books were sold in stores for 30 and they wanted more than one...It all worked out fine, it was just a little weird to tell people that they could only have one FREE book for coming to a FUNDRAISER. Anyways, it was a really good day...here are a few pics of me and Zach and one of Peter Breinholt singing (he's really good), kindof a local celebrity, but he's gone pretty far I guess.

I got really sunburnt...and spent the next day exhausted and sore! Oh, and I had bought these really cute white maternity shirt, and wore it for the first time that day and guess what happened. We went to go get drinks at Maverick and you know how they have the different flavors you can put in your drink...well Zach was haven't a hard time getting it to work and I was frustrated cause we were running late and so I walked over and pushed the button really hard and sure enough the Cherry flavor came out, hit the tray and sprayed all over my NEw, White Shirt! I was so angry! and became very emotional when we got out to the car, I always ruin new shirts (it's okay though, I used enough spray and wash and bleach and finally got it out).

Happy Mothers Day...

2008-05-11T20:35:00.000-07:00

...to every mother out there! Isn't it a great day! I love that there is a day set aside to honor mothers everywhere (fathers day is good too). Last night, I was helping my sister write a talk for church today and whenever I think about mothers I think of a talk given in april conference 04...i don't know why I always remember it...probably because I was just about to graduate from high school and leaving my mom and because it's a talk about what I strive to be everyday..
It's called "a mother heart" and was given by Sister Beck...
Here's the link....
http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=4b988fbe352fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1

Happy Mothers Day everyone! I hope you had a great day!

Oh yeah...my husband is so sweet...He got me a willow tree figurine to represent the stage of mother hood I'm in right now, and I love it! I've started collecting these...and this one is my new favorite...

Jenni Pemberton

2008-05-07T06:33:00.000-07:00

on April 1st Zach's aunt and unborn cousin passed away. They died from complications of an amniotic-fluid embolism, here's the story that was just covered on 4 news ( http://www.abc4.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=478c2568-5045-4d72-af48-accb58fb37d1 ). We actually just stopped by Nate's house last night and got to see the kids, Dakota, Sequoya and Theoryn. Theoryn (2) loves to play football with Zach. It was so scary being at the hospital, along with the rest of the family, and seeing just what could happen to just about anyone. There is a benefit concert for Nate and his family, details are posted here on their blog http://www.jennipemberton.blogspot.com/
Zach's father Steve is the second oldest of eleven children. So Nate's only nine years older than Zach. And they're pretty close. this all really shook Zach up with me being pregnant also.
i just wanted to share this sweet story with you, nate and his children are struggling, but their faith amazes me whenever i think them. Something that was not mentioned in the news story is that Nate and his family were not sealed when Jenni passed away. They did have their family sealing date scheduled for April 12th, 12 days after jenni and baby broden passed away. Since they already had their temple recommends they were still able to keep the scheduled date and perform the ordinances proxy rather than wait a year like most have to. I think it really helped them bring a little closure to the deaths, knowing that they would for sure see their mother, wife, brother, son again. Dakota (8) has amazed me throughout the whole thing, she's showed so much faith, understanding, and maturity.
The NICU at the hospital let all of the family go in and give the baby a name and a blessing before taking Broden off of the ventilater. And lots of pictures and hand and feet prints and molds were taken to help the kids remember their baby brother.
We all miss Jenni, it's so different/weird to go to their home in Eagle Mountain and have her not there.

Bike crash...

2008-05-03T10:00:00.000-07:00

okay, so this last monday I was riding my bike...not one of my favorite things to do...but our car was in the shop and I didn't want to take Zach to work that morning and keep the car, I told him I'd ride my bike and bring him lunch instead...I didn't really need his truck that day anyways...so there I was just riding along...

..it was a gorgeous day and for once...I thought to myself...this bike riding thing isn't too bad...I actually kinda like it! I was excited at that thought, Zach loves road biking and just got a new bike and has been riding every day and it would be fun once in a while to go with him (even though I'd turn around and go home early..he rides like 20 miles day..ouch!) anyways, so I was pretty excited that I was liking my bike ride...it's only three miles to Zach's work..and I was about half way there and...

yeah, this isn't really what happened exactly...I was riding on the sidewalk..the road was all torn up because of construction and I was just riding along, and this car came zooming out of a parking lot entrance and scared me...and I jerked my bike and I hit gravel from the construction going on and like flew off my bike and landed on my hands and knees(luckily, it would have scared me so bad if I would have hit my tummy at all)...anyways..I start untangling myself...Zach's lunch is under me, completely squished and my purse and all of the contents are scattered...and by the time I get up...the car is gone! that's right, it just drove around me and went on it's merry way! jerk! anyways...the bike tire was too lose to ride and I was too shaken up anyways...so I called Zach, in tears, and he came and got me...the only real damage to me was my knee..but it is still KILLING ME, I'm such a baby...it got scraped pretty bad and deep...and I've finally got that to start healing..now it's just super sore and really stiff...and I try not to bend it or else it starts bleeding so I walk around like I have a broken leg or something...anyways, needless to say I don't like bike riding anymore.

good book!

2008-04-20T19:08:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to share a really good book with you all...it's called 21 days closer to christ, by emily freeman. I'm only about a third of the way through it...day seven. But it's been amazing so far. It really helps me enhance my scripture study and ponder more about what i am reading and how it applies to me
Anyways...someone told me about the book and I just wanted to pass it on...
love ya!

Zachary Casen Pemberton

2008-04-16T19:02:00.000-07:00

We had our find our appt and first ultrasound! I was pretty nervous because I haven't felt the baby yet and so I was really worried about it being healthy, but the ultra sound lady assured us that Baby Boy Pemberton is developing perfectly and very healthy as far as they can tell! Yah! At the end of the appt when she asked us if we wanted to find out or not we told her of course and she found the right angle, and there it was, our little boy! :-)
I told her that I hadn't felt anything yet, so she bugged the baby so it would move more and so I could feel him..but I felt absolutely nothing, I was watching the screen and watching him move and kick inside of me and I didn't feel it. It was so weird, at one point I said, "WOW" and she asked if I felt it and I didn't, he just kicked really hard and I saw it!
More than likely we are going to name him Zachary Casen Pemberton...I've always like Casen and it's our favorite name that we talked about and both liked before we got married, so I don't think that it will change...but who knows!

Here's a few more pics of the ultrasounds...and one of me at TWENTY WEEKs (and one day)...our due date is right, Sept 4th (according to all of the measurements)!

I love this picture of his profile..you can see his little nose and arm next to his side!

And here's a top view of our baby boy!

ME - 20 weeks!!

the proud, happy father (he really, really wanted a boy!)

Me again, so far I've gained nine lbs...but I feel kinda like...well, a cow!

today

2008-03-05T13:34:00.001-08:00

Not much to post about, my camera is broken so I haven't been able to take pictures for a while which DRIVES me crazy, I'm hoping to get a new one for my birthday in a few months. Today I didn't feel like getting up and getting ready for work and I was laying there and I though...I have never called in sick to this job and I've been working there for ten months...even though I've been pregnant and had a little morning sickness here or there, I've never once called in for a sick day. SO this morning I decided that's what I was going to do. We had a DR's appt today anyways, so I took the day off! It's been pretty great so far, cleaned a little, went to the library, Now I'm working on my online classes. Anyways, great day!
Our Dr's appt went well today. I haven't gained a pound since my last appt four weeks ago, which really surprised me, but a very good surprise! We got to hear the babies heart beat again and scheduled our ultra sound for six weeks from now when we're twenty weeks, We are so excited to find out! I can hardly wait!

BoOk TaG

2008-02-28T12:15:00.000-08:00

Celeste tagged me, but I really haven't been reading that much lately...but a few weeks ago I couldn't put books down. Last night I decided I was in the reading mood again so we went to the library and I ofund a few books I haven't read before (kinda hard to do sometimes)...

1. Pick up the nearest book (the one you are reading)
2. Open to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence
4.Post the fifth sentence
5. Tag 5 people

The book I decided to read first is called, "Second Chances" by Debra White Smith...it's a christian type romance book...and the fifth sentence is...drum roll...

"My trainer is going to kill me!"

I'm not going to tag anyone, because I think just about everyone has already been tagged!

State Basketball

2008-02-25T08:53:00.000-08:00

So we didn't make the trip down for STate Basketball this year, didn't want to risk getting into another car accident...haha! And my family is coming up in a few weeks for conference/parents mission reunions! Anyways, the girls ended up losing by 6, I think. And my brother Kyle got kicked out of the game because him and some friends painted thier upper bodies and took their coats off when they were told not too...I haerd it was pretty funny..anyways, Polly texted me last night and told me where to find this picture of my sister...I think it's pretty awesome! She's only a freshman and she played Varsity and got her picture in the paper...

100 things i love

2008-02-21T14:26:00.000-08:00

so I stole this off of someone's blog because I am hopelessly bored at work and this might help me take some time so I don't fake sick and just go home for the day :-)

1. turning on the car and one of my favorite sing a long with songs is on the radio
2. getting up early and not wasting the day (rarely happens)
3. ZACH
4. Zach's hugs
5. Getting to see my family
6. Excercising (also, rarely happens...but I just set myself up a new workout schedule, fingers are crossed)
7. hearing my baby's heatbeat for the first time
8. finding gas 5 cents cheaper than it is anywhere else, pathetic I know
9. going to see a movie i've been excited to see for a while
10. the spring season, new fresh crisp air
11. fall season...turning of leaves and cooler days
12. watching House
13. Catching a random episode of Friends on TV...I love that show
14. Looking at baby stuff on the internet
15. SATURDAYS!
16. Reading. I do this way too much...but kindof in spurts, I dont' feel like reading at all this week, but last week I couldn't put the books down and I read four!
17. Getting a really good grade on a test that I studied for
18. getting an even better grade on a test that I didn't study for
19. talking to my mom on the phone20. talking to my sister on the phone
21. watching my brother Kyle win State Championships in football this year and seeing the smile on his face
22. lighting a candle
23. getting my hair washed at the salon...it feels so good!
24. a back massage from Zach ( I get one almost every night... I came into marriage expecting it, my dad gives my mom one almost every night)
25. Reading my scriptures (doesn't rarely happen, but it doesn't happen as often as it should)
26. Talking to a good friend, who I haven't talked to for a while and chatting about current lives and past memories
27. Cracker Barrell - Chicken Friend Chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and green beans!
28. BYU Creamery Peanut Butter Trails Ice Cream - mmmmI want some!
29. getting somethin fun in the mail (usuallly from my grandma)30. buying a new shirt!
31. Taco Bell nachos Bell Grande! I love them!
32. the way my house feels SO much cleaner after vaccuming it!
33. Light Lemonade, Minute Maid, Fountain drink
34. Subway!!! Turkey on honey oat, provolone cheese, lettuce, olives, pickles, jalepenos, yellow peppers, onions, mayo, sweet onion sauce, vinegar, and salt and pepper! I had one yesterday, it was SO good!
35. having a clean room, doesn't happen often and it doesn't stay that way very long, but I love it!
36. friday nights...i'm not as tired as weeknights, because I know I dont' HAVE to get up in the morning at a certain time.
37. My Daddy!
37. looking at friend's blogs and seeing what they've been up too, especially fun since I live so far away and never see any of you
38. cuddling with my husband while watching a movie
39. talking about baby names with Zach, we've pretty much decided, but who knows...

WOW i'm only at FORTY!

40. Knowing that my Heavenly Father loves me
41. wearing a baseball hat (i've been told I look pretty good in hats)
42. spending time in SJ and knowing almost everyone you see
43. getting prettied up for a date with Zach
44. knowing what I'm going to make for dinner that night
45. falling more and more in love each day
46. getting up early and going outside, there's something special about no one being out on the street, no cars, no noise
47. having time to do my hair in the morning (meaning getting up on time), and feeling good about myself for the rest of the day because my hair is done, it looks like CRAP today
48. cooking dinner, like I did last night, and having it turn out really good, last night I made fried potatoes and barbequed chicken! MMM. and the night before that i made hamburger & potatoe foil dinners in the oven, SO good! I'm on a roll! tonight - chicken fetticine alfredo, wish me luck!
49. when Zach does the dishes for me...I love this quite oftenstrong>50. When all of the laundry is done!
51. going on trips! even if it is just to SJ, it's fun!
52. feeling like I just helped someone out
53. holding just out of the bath babies and smelling them...I'm SO excited!
54. taking a lunch break and getting something accomplished! lately it's been birthday shopping for Zach and I haven't been very good at it, I keep getting sucked into the baby departments!
55. eating a good breakfast, ie, waffles and bacon :-)
56. finding time and motivation to scrapbook and the results!
57. camping and waking up early and having hot chocolate around the fire :-)
58. singing in the shower, it really wakes me up!
59. having time to make my bed in the morning! NEVER HAPPENS
60. Utah Weather
61. Arizona people
62. watching seinfeld every night at six thirty while making dinner
63. laughing
64. highschool memories, just fun, no real worries...obviosly before we got to be adults
65. making new memories every day!
66. getting pictures developed
67. making bread...it makes me feel like such a homemaker, and reminds me of my mom
68. giving Zach a hair cut...I only love it because he does! and it's so cute, because he gets pretty excited!
69. drinking hot chocolate, reading a good book while it's snowing

OKAY SO IT's TAKEN ME AN HOUR SO FAR..on more hour to go before I get off!

70. the cologne, armani code when Zach wears it
71. figuring out something all by myself
72. changing my own tire or oil...it makes me feel so independent, love it!
73. getting "i love you" texts throughout the day from my hubby
74. when my back doesn't hurt at the end of the day....it's about 50/50 now...better than hurting all of the dang time!
75. dreaming about vacations....italy! never gonna go, but that's okay
76. drinking water! I don't do enough of it, but I always feel better when I drink enough (yeah I know...these are getting really tough)
77. getting out of the shower and pulling a warm towel out of the dryer..greatest warmth ever
78. watching Anne of Avonlea...favorite movie!
79. knowing that I'm right in an argument

OKAY, SO I HAD TO LEAVE WORK... maybe I'll be able to think of 20 more things and add them later!

80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.

HAPPY V-DAY EVERYONE!

2008-02-14T07:51:00.001-08:00

Okay, sorry that I lied to you Bailey...it's so funny, because when you asked is like RIGHT after we did pregnancy test...you are so good! When we went to the DR they thought our due date was about september 4th... and no, I haven't really been sick....I get kinda naseous if I don't eat...and about nine or ten at night I start feeling queasy and my tummy hurts....so I just go to bed and i'm fine. Other than that I've just been really tired...but I'm getting better every day now that I'm getting farther along... I haven't even thrown up once...I think I'm a lucky girl not being sick and all, but Zach's still been treating me like a queen. My back hurts from the accident still, but honestly since we found out we were pregnant it's improved by like 200% no joking! it's so much better, Heavenly Father blesses us so much!...the one thing that still bothers me is doing the dishes....and i'm a lucky girl again, I have a wonderful husband who will not let me touch them and insists that after a long day of work I sit down and read and watch TV while he clean the kitchen every night...even though I KNOW his days at work are a lot tougher than mine...he's such a sweetie!!! Thanks for your congrats everyone! Love ya!

surprise!

2008-02-13T12:53:00.000-08:00

me and zach are pregnant...completely unplanned...but still pretty excited... and a little scared...okay, i mean a lot scared..we're due in september. hearing the little heartbeat was one of the most exciting moments of my life. the dr. said everything's going good...i'm about eleven weeks!

random...

2008-01-22T09:26:00.000-08:00

Not much has been going on in our lives lately...just work, school, and SNOW! It snowed like six more inches yesterday and we're supposed to get that much more by the end of the week...it's supposed to snow Thursday and Saturday.
I didn't have to work yesterday (YAH for paid holidays), but Zach did, so I slept in and cleaned and shopped, it would have been a very nice day except for having to brave the snow everytime I went outside...I really need to invest in some boots, my feet were wet and cold all day long in my tennis shoes. You'd think I would have already living here in Utah for the last three and a half years!

So, growing up, my family always had all of the John Wayne movies and so did Zach's. and I thought that I'd seen about all of them, but we were at the library the other day and I saw one called Rio Bravo that I've never seen before

And also one of my favorites, Chisum, and Zach had never seen that one before.
So we got both of them and watched them this weekend

So much fun! I forgot how much I like John Wayne movies...and it was so much fun to watch them with Zach too!

oh the weather outside is frightful!

2008-01-10T14:53:00.000-08:00

we had so much snow the last few days...we only got about eight inches in our front yard, but up north of Salt Lake they got anywhere from 15-20...
CRAZY! we woke up one morning to tons of snow on the ground and more coming down,
it took us over a half an hour to drive five miles. Zach was late for class, but that's okay, so was everyone else...it's fun though!
here are a few pictures...

8 things we're looking forward to in 2008

2008-01-09T14:38:00.000-08:00

1. getting sealed
2. Zach starting school :-)3.
3. jill's raise and her getting to learn A LOT more about escrow
4. we're weird..but we're looking forward to going and seeing these movies, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Chronicles of Narnia:Prince Caspian.
5. Jill's back getting better (hopefully)...I just don't want it to hurt constantly...is that too much to ask?
6. spending the summer in our basement apartment that doesn't have A/C (last aug/sept was bad enough...HELP)
7. loving each other more and more each day...(sigh)
8. and hopefully making more friends, spending more time together(probably not going to happen), going on more dates, laughing more, talking more, enjoying each and every day to the fullest!

slacker...

2008-01-02T09:55:00.000-08:00

I never post anything new becasue not much "new" goes on in our lives...so I guess I'll just write a little bit about the holidays.
We got to go down to SJ for Christmas... we left Saturday (22) morning and made it home in time to go over to the Platt's for our annual dinner and caroling - so fun!
Then we went to my parents and had so much fun! me and Zach bought ourselves a play staion two because of this really fun game called SingStar...it's like guitar hero, but you're singing and trying to stay on tune and hit all of the right notes, it's a blast!

We had lots of fun with this all christmas... Christmas was pretty relaxful, lots of food, lots of presents... it was really fun and so good to be with my family, Zach even wanted to stay longer...him and Kyle really bonded this trip and playing kyle's new Xbox360 a lot and just hung out, it was really good for both of them. We ended up leaving Wednesday afternoon, I had to work thursday, but because of weather we ended up stopping half way in Blanding at Zach's uncles and Aunts and spending the night with them...I got really sick (cold, flu, fever type stuff), so the trip home and staying in blanding was not fun for me, but oh well.
Friday evening and Saturday were filled with Zach's mom's side family Christmas parties.
New Years eve was pretty fun,I only had to work til two and then I went home and
made a really yummy dinner...barbequed ribs, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, and veggies...we're still eating it, but it was fun, I tried to make it a nice "restaurant" meal, and I think it turned out okay. Afterwards, we went and saw National Treasure and then we went down to Zach's parents for his brother's birthday cake and then stayed until after midnight and celebrated a bit with them.
New Years Day I got to sleep in til after eleven, and I woke up to Zach doing and almost finishing all of the dishes from the night before, I love my husband. Then we just spend the day watching TV, eating junk food, and reading. We were going to go ad see Enchanted, but when we got there, it was all sold out and the mall was so crowded, so we decided to not fight the crowd and shop and just go home and relax some more...so we did! and it was a great start to the new year!
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODY!

Party!!! and promotion

2007-12-14T13:31:00.000-08:00

So lsat night we had a little St. Johns Reunion/Christmas party and it was really fun... or atleast I thought so. I made goodies and Britt brought drinks, not everyone from SJ who's up here in good ol' Provo was able to make it, but it was fun to see those who did. Here's who came, Brittany and Candace, and Maren(Platt). Adam Patterson. Jenny and Mark Brown, and his fiance....they're getting married Dec. 29th! Jordan Rothlisberger and his roommate. My brother in law Burke came to keep Zach company...I feel bad for those of you who married SJ people when you're the only one not from SJ in the room. Who I am missing, oh yeah, Emily Burgoyne came too! It was awesome to see everyone!
Promotion - So I was kindof expecting it, but I think that it's always kindof a surprise, but I got a promotion at work. I work at EQuity Title Insurance Agency...we do title insurance for homes, and it's a lot of fun. I started last April as the receptionist, and got moved to Recorder in October, and now I'm going to be an assistant! I'm really excited, and pretty nervous too. I'll have a lot more responsibilites, I'll be working right under an escrow officer..but I think it'll be good/fun...plus more money, that's always great!

so I was bored...

2007-12-10T13:28:00.000-08:00

10 FAVORITES

Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Foods: Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Favorite Month: October..or November... Or December
Favorite Song: right now i'm really liking, "our song" by taylor swift, me and Jaime jammed out to a lot this summer, so now Zach knows it by heart too..it's our song :-)
Favorite Movie: Anne of Avonlea..I'm a nerd!
Favorite Sport: Volleyball
Favorite Season: Fall...no Winter, no fall! I don't know...
Favorite Day of the week: Friday
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: anything with peanut butter and chocolate in it
Favorite Time of Day: 5:30...when I get to see Zach after work.

9 CURRENTS

Current Mood: kinda bored...i'm doing this aren't I
Current Taste: i just had pizza and I want some sweet tarts
Current Clothes: tan pants, red shirt
Current Desktop: thomas kinkade christmas picture
Current Toenail Color: mauve..I guess
Current Time: 2:36 PM
Current Surroundings: in my office
Current Thoughts: I really want to take this neck brace off and finish knitting my sister's birthday present (scarf)

8 FIRSTS

First Best Friend: Brittany
First Kiss: Michael Lindsey
First Screen Name: azjmari
First Pet: BLOOMERS! I loved that little dog!
First Piercing: and only, my ears when I was 6 months and again when i was 7
First Crush: Clint Monson, second grade, MS. Weight's class...he was SO cute!
First CD: I think it was like Deana Carter...did I shave my legs for this? OR Dixie Chicks!
First car: Jeep Cherokee...loved it! actually, if I had one right now I'd still love it!

7 LASTS

Last Cigarette: never
Last Drink: apple juice
Last Car Ride: Zach dropped me off at work, he won't let me drive because i can't turn my neck all of the way to each side...silly
Last Kiss: Zach when he dropped me off at work.
Last Movie Seen: Bandit, some action flick we watched the other night...i fell asleep
Last Phone Call: Marcus Barney...haha, I answer the phones a lot at work..he's a loan broker...
Last CD Played: oh, since most of mine were scattered all over the car after the accident, I don't have a lot anymore

HAVE YOU EVER?

Have You Ever Dated One Of Your Best Guy/Girl Friends: yeah, me and Zach were really food friends before we started dating
Have You Ever Broken the Law: speeding...
Have You Ever Been Arrested: Nope
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: kidna
Have You Ever Been on TV: nope
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: haha, no, that would be hilarious though

5 THINGS

Thing You've Done Today:
Wow.... Made breakfast
Make lunches to take to work
Worked
Ate Lunch
BORING LIFE

2THINGS YOU CANT

Live Without: My husband
Thing You Do When You're Bored: Read..surf the net, take a nap

PLACES YOU'VE BEEN TODAY
1. Home
2. work
3. uh... on the freeway
4. in the car

PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ANYTHING TO
1. Zach
2. Jaime
3. my mom

CHOICES
1. Black or White: White
2. Hot or Cold: Cold

1THING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
1. Get sealed to Zach

State Football...

2007-12-07T10:00:00.000-08:00

so I know State was like two weeks ago now, but I just wanted to make a post. The football team was really good this year, and they were okay on the field too. I just think that all of the things that they were able to accomplish this year is pretty neat!
Way to go boys...#3/#22 ROCKS!
This quote and pic were in the paper...‘We, as members of the St. Johns football team, were overwhelmed by the amount of support we received from this wonderful little town last week, as we played for the championship game in Tucson. Throughout this season we have come to know of the great blessings that come from living in this town and the wonderful people that live here.’

favorite christmas things

2007-12-07T09:54:00.000-08:00

my favorite things to do during the holiday season is watch old christmas movies and do puzzles...while drinking hot chocolate while it's snowing outside. I know, I can rarely get all of these things to happen at the same time, but when it does, it's wonderful!
Here's one of my favorite movies to watch....

And I love Thomas Kinkade puzzles, me and Zach finished one kinda like this a few weeks ago.

blessings

2007-12-05T10:53:00.000-08:00

Hello all, if you some of you have heard, Yes, me and Zach were in a car accident on Sunday Nov. 24. But we are doing just great. We rolled the car twice, but two of the three cars that stopped were LDS families and we were able to receive blessings. I don't remember the accident or the people who stopped to help us, all I remember is being in the emergency room, getting lots of x-rays and throwing up with a neck brace on, NOT FUN! But I do remember that I was never scared or confused. Zach wasn't taken to the same hospital I was, I was air-vacced to Farmington, NM, and he was taken to Ship Rock, NM. I always knew that Zach and I were going to be okay. This experience has made me so much more aware that Heavenly Father is with us always, and blesses us constantly, most of the time without even recognizing it. Looking back there are so many things we've learned from this accident, but the one that I hope I remember forever is that He does not leave us, ever! He's always with us and with those who help us. The two LDS couples who stopped either left late or early and one of them didn't even normally take that route, but for some reason, they felt prompted to. We are so blessed that they had the Spirit with them that day and were able to help us and bless us. I'm also grateful that the two men who gave us blessings lived their lives in such a way that they were worhty to hold the priesthood and bless me and zach.
We went back to SJ after leaving the hospital and stayed for a few days until we could both travel.
WE're both doing great now. Zach was only in the hospital for a few hours, and he was released with a minor concussion and a cracked/fractured skull, he took ibuprofen last week, but this week he's doing great! he's not even sore. Me - I wasn't buckled up...opps, but I was sleeping and since my body was relaxed, the doctor said I could've been hurt a lot worse... they thought that I had compression fractures in some of my vertebrae, but I was even luckier than that. My entire back is bruised and scratched. And I have strained muscles and ligaments, and I've been taking percocet, but I am doing great. I have a neck brace that I have to wear for another week or so, but I am doing great! we're both back at work and we couldn't be happier, well, maybe if our medical bills would just disappear...just kidding. No, we're doing great. Thank you all for your love and concern.
We're coming home (to SJ ) for christmas and maybe we'll get lucky enough to see some of you then!

we're crazy!

2007-11-23T10:16:00.000-08:00

okay, so me and zach are a little looney.... I was having a hard time with the prospect of missing my little brother play for state football! like a very hard time, so we decided to go! YEAH! but not until tonight (friday) because I'm at work right now(friday).... so we're going to drive all night long!!! like I said crazy, but I am so so so excited. I couldn't imagine not going! and I have the greatest husband...I didn't even ask him if we could go, he just say how upset I was and told me we were going... anyways... GO BIG RED! TAKE STATE!

Redskins

2007-11-19T11:28:00.001-08:00

So I'm pretty proud of our Redskin football team this year, and I think I even would be if my brother wasn't on the team.Copy and paste this website to go and read a pretty neat article

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19029045&BRD=2264&PAG=461&dept_id=506182&rfi=6

I would do anything to be able to watch their state game this weekend! Maybe I'll see some of you there if I get lucky!
TAKE STATE SKINS!! GO #3!!

Go Redskins!!!

2007-10-31T13:00:00.000-07:00

So I haven't really been into the whole SJ football scene for a few years now. But remember when we won state our JR year, that was SO SO SO much fun! I can still remember the game and how nervous and excited I was, and I wasn't even playing.
But his year, I can get into it again because my litte bro Kyle is playing, and I hear that he's okay too. They're playing NWCC this Friday at seven! and I'm so excited to watch them play. I love road trips, and me and Zach are leaving tomorrow evening for Phoenix! I can't quit talking about it, i'm sure he's getting annoyed! but it's so exciting for me, I haven't watched Kyle play since he was in seventh grade! anyways...GO SKINS! (hopefully I'll see a few of you there)...

memories...

2007-10-31T12:28:00.000-07:00

As you can see, I married a real gentleman! My mother-in-law just sent this to me today. Zach is shoving that cake in my face! it got EVERYWHERE..but it was fun to get him back!

okay...three in a day...all time record!

2007-10-22T14:51:00.001-07:00

Saturday, Jackie's cousins Teddi and Coda threw a baby shower for her at Teddi's families house in Spanish Fork. So me, britt, and candace went down for it. It was fun to catch up with Teddi and Coda, and see Jackie and Brittany again (we had a party during Pristhood session a few weeks ago). Anyways, Jackie is so cute, and they're now supposed to induce her in November sometime, I know that she was hoping it would be this week. Anyways...after looking at this picture today...you can't even see Jackie's cute belly...and that's what I wanted to get in the pic. But i'm sure she'll like this one better...

hunting trip...

2007-10-22T14:40:00.000-07:00

a few weeks ago, we went hunting with a few of Zach's uncles families. We stayed in a pretty nice cabin and had a lot of fun. We got there REALLY late Thursday night, and all of them men went out hunting all day Friday, and I pretty much slept all day! it was so nice. Then Saturday morning, I went out with Zach and had a lot of fun. We didn't even see a deer, but it was nice to get out...Zach's brother even let me wear his camo!

My wonderful husband Zach...who I guess is picking his nose...who knows :-)

OK...so Zach couldn't look more like he's TEN in this picture, and I just look UGH! but oh well!

oh yeah...kinda funny. My mom told my sister Jaime that I went hunting, and I guess she said..."hunting? jill would never kill anything mom. They're changing her!"
I thought it was funny... i never had gone hunting before

our GORGEOUS "new" table...

2007-10-22T14:36:00.000-07:00

So, I completely forgot to take a "before" picture of this table...but just imagine, a HIDEOUS, badly painted BRIGHT red table!
And then look at this beauty! I can't take all of the credit, Zach helped a lot...but I love the way it turned out...next job..the chairs, I want to put some cuter fabric on them....

Elder Eyring

2007-10-18T08:56:00.000-07:00

So was anyone as surprised as I was that Elder Eyring is the new second counselor in the first presidency. My guesses were Oaks, Holland, or Hales...I didn't even think of Eyring. Anyways, I don't know how many of you saw this pictures, it was in the Salt Lake Tribune...President Hinckley "knighted" President Eyring when he sat down after announcing him the new second counselor. I thought it was so cute!

conference...

2007-10-18T08:42:00.000-07:00

Alright, so I haven't updated in a long time...I just have some pictures I want to put on, but I haven't had time. Maybe I'll have some time this weekend.
Okay, so everyone knows that we had conference a few weekends ago, but did anyone know, it's one of my favorite weekends of the year, and there are two of them, lucky me! Anyways, I love the speakers and the Spirit and everything, but there's even more to it than that for me (because let's face it, I don't hear the entire talk of very many talks, I sleep...). But I love having a real reason to stay home ALL day long, for two days in a row, and relax, and stay in my pajamas and bake yummy things and eat them. and I always have a craft that I like to start and complete during conference (I didn't complete it this time, I just finished it last night...but it's SO cute!)Anyways...Conference is the best! I had a favorite talk, but I don't remember who it was given by...it was one of the seventies...it was the one on "Know that you know" I just thought it was so inspiring, to KNOW without a doubt that you KNOW what you belive in. Anyways, I ran across ths quote this morning, and it reminded me of that talk, it's from Elder Ballard, 2000, "We need not apologize for our beliefs nor back down from that which we know to be true."
Another one of my favorite times of years is when the November issue of the Ensign comes out, because that's when I actually get something out of the talks! And I'm excited this year because we even get it delivered to us...Zach's grandparents, who get home from their mission in Africa in a week, got us a two year subscription for our wedding...I'm a little nervous to meet them. Zach's their first grandchild to get married...Anyways, i'll update more this weekend with some pictures of our hunting trip. Love to all!

Highschool - REDSKIN PRIDE

2007-10-16T13:37:00.000-07:00

Fill this out about your years in high school! The longer ago it was,the more fun the answers will be!!

1. Who were your friends? Let’s see…Aubrie, Brittany, Bailey, Jackie, Celeste, Danielle…there were so many of us!
2. What sports did you play? Volleyball 4 years, Basketball 3 years, Softball 2 years….I definitely got lazier
3. What kind of car did you drive? The ugly Green Jeep! And then my beautiful (new to me) white one
4. On a Friday nights what were you doing? Same as everyone else it looks like…football game, hung out, watched movies...etc
5. Were you a party animal? Yeah right!
6. Were you considered a flirt? I was once told that I was, but there is NO way, I was so shy
7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Choir, so much fun!
8. Were you a nerd? I don’t know…I guess that it’s possible, I definitely cared about my grades,
9. Did you get suspended/expelled? No
10. Can you still sing the fight song? Yes, and I still do, to either annoy my husband, or when I’m lucky enough to go and watch my siblings in a SJ ball game!
11. Who was your favorite teacher? Probably Mrs. Burdick, she was a really good teacher, I also really like Sarge Magarg! Even though I hated her at the same time!
12. Where did you sit during lunch? My kitchen table
13. Name the school full name? St. Johns High School
14. School mascot? Redskins
15. School Colors? Red & White
16. Rival high school? Round Valley!
17. Did you go to Prom? Yes.
18. If you could go back and do it again, would you? I used to say yes, but I don’t think so, I’m way too happy right now!
19. What do you remember most about graduation? Taking pictures afterwards, having fun with friends, hugging everyone in sight
20. Where did you go senior skip day? I missed it, our choir group was in Disneyland, which was so much more fun than what our Sr. ditch day!
21. Favorite memory? Football games, being so nervous and and so excited when the guys won State in 2002. Baseball games in the wind and laying on blanket with my girls eating sunflower seeds, licorice, and red cream sodas. Cruising in whatever vehicle down main. Hanging out in the hallway between classes. EVERYTHING!
22. Were you in any clubs? Yes…drama club…NHS….I think that was it
23. Where did you go most often for lunch? home
24. Have you gained some weight since then? Who hasn't?!?! I've gained and lost, I’m actually like two lbs less than what I weighed when we graduated... I think
25. Who was your Senior prom date? Jordan Rothlisberger, it was fun
26. Are you planning on going to your 10-year reunion? I wouldn’t miss it for the world!
27. Who was your home room teacher? Homeroom? We didn’t have homeroome, but my first hour Sr. year was Magargee, Human Anatomy
28. Who will re-post this after you? Everyone pretty much already has
29. Who was your high school sweetheart?I didn’t have one, I had a crush on most of the guys
30. Do you still talk to people from high school? Yep! And I love it!
31. Did you win prom queen or king? Haha, nope!
32. Where did you work in high school? Didn’t really…
33. What were your grades? Mostly A’s
34. What was your dress style? Comfortable! Sometimes cute…I guess
35. What year did you graduate? 2004! Out the door! 

wedding pics from SJ!

2007-09-08T16:38:00.001-07:00

pemberton family update...

2007-08-31T11:25:00.000-07:00

i haven't posted any more wedding pics because i haven't gotten the ones back from the SJ reception yet, and I think there are going to be some VERY cute ones in that batch...anyways, this is sort of like my journal of sorts, so I thought I'd update on a few things. My brother Ryan moved up here a few days after the wedding and he really likes it up here. He's living with Zach's older brother, Burke, and his two buddies from highschool. They live right near UVSC. Ryan's also kindof on a soccer team that Burke's on and that my father-in-law Steve helps coach. And I think he's having fun. They have a game tonight here in Provo and i'm so excited to watch them!
Me and Zach went to a ward luau party last night, and it was so fun. There are about six newly wed couples that just moved in, i'm so excited. I thought that the younger couples would chose to go to the BYU married ward instead of the family ward, but we wanted to go to the family ward because of the kids and it's more homey. Anyways, i'm so glad people think like we do. It's going to be fun, we already talked last night about doing some sort of intramural team with just newly weds from the ward on it. And also game nights and stuff. YEAH! Our Bishop is from Panama, he's seems like a great man, but he's really hard to understand, he's been in the US less than ten years, and he has a strong accent. It's kindof funny. He was talking to me and Zach in church on Sunday and we couldn't really tell what he way saying, he must have told a joke because he started laughing, NO idea what he said...but we laughed anyways, the chuckle that someone tries to produce when they don't really get the joke, but don't want the person to feel bad...anyways, I'm sure we looked pretty funny!

four things

2007-08-27T09:55:00.000-07:00

Four Things...I have been tagged!! ....I'm bored at work again :-)

Job's I've had:
1. Receptionist at Equity Title Insurance
2. "Office Girl" at IM HOME FURNITURE (favorite job EVER because that's
where I met my Zach
3. Office Assistant at Apache County P&Z
4. BYU Catering

Getaways(I dream of):
1. Italy (Rome, venice, Tuscany)
2. Switzerland
3. New Zealand
4. Maine

Movies I put on repeat:
1. Pride and Prejudice (old and new)
2. Hope Floats
3. Just Like Heaven
4. The Notebook

Guilty Pleasures:
1. buying myself something I don't REALLY need
2. the cookies I make at work ( I can't eat ANY MORE)
3. reading when I should be sleeping...two in the morning last night,
I was definetly late for work
4. sleeping

Places I've lived:
1. St. Johns, AZ
2. Kanosh, UT
3. Provo, UT
4.

Places I've Vacationed:
1. Rocky Point Mexico
2. Utah
3. Illinois
4. California

Favorite Foods:
1. Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
2. Chocolate, Peanut Butter Ice cream
3. Pizza
4. Thick French Fries with Fry Sauce

First Kiss Location:
1. My first kiss with ZACH - outside his apartment, near my car...and I kissed him (just a peck) First REAL Kiss with him...outside my apartment near his car...he kissed me!

A few wedding pictures...

2007-08-22T10:58:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few pictures...I haven't even seen the ones from the SJ reception yet. Love ya all!

My Man

2007-08-21T11:55:00.000-07:00

Okay...so I know that I didn't get tagged...but I was extremely bored at work today...so...here ya go :-)

Basics
1. Who is your man? Zachary Ja Pemberton
2. How long have you been together? 9 months and ten days :-)
3. Dating/Engaged/Married? Dated - seven months, Engaged - two months,
Married - ten whole days now

4. How old is your man? hehe...19 and a half!

You or your man?

1. Who eats more? Zach, hands down!
2. Who said "I love you" first? Zach
3. Who weighs more? Zach
4. Who sings better? Zachary
5. Who's Older? uh..me
6. Who's smarter? about the same, we just learn a lot differently
7. Who's temper is worse? toss - up
9. Who does the dishes? Both of us, me more so far
10. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you're laying on the bed, I'm on the right
11. Who's feet are bigger? Zach
12. Who's hair is longer? My hair
13. Who's better with the computer? i don't know
14. Who mows the lawn? no lawn yet
15. Who pays the bills? We haven't had to pay bills yet, maybe we'll do it together
16. Who cooks dinner? me! but we just talked about this last night, and he's going to take atleast one night a week...and he always tries to help me
17. Who drives when you are together? Zach
18. Who pays when you go out to dinner? Zach usually
19. Who's the most stubborn? I don't want to say it, but me
20. Who is the first one to admit when they're wrong? me... I don't know
21. Who's parents do you see more? definitely his, they live twenty minutes away
22. Who named your dog? we don't have one, but Zach wants one really bad, he'll probably name it, because it'll be his
23. Who kissed who first? I kissed him
24. Who asked who out? Zach asked me
25. What did you do? Went to dinner, and to Color Me Mine (a really cool place where you go and paint pottery and then they fire it for you, it was fun!)
26. Who's more sensitive? me...but he's not unsensitive, that's for sure
27. Who's taller? Zach
28. Who has more friends? Me, and he would be the first one to tell you
29. Who has more siblings? Zach, he has five
30. Who wears the pants in the relationship? huh...Zach