Trip to Rochester, NY

My brother in law, Mike, graduated from medical school at the University of Rochester and Josh and I were lucky enough to travel back there with my parents to partake in the festivities! It really is so beautiful in upstate New York and we were able to visit all of the awesome church sites.

Josh and I in the Sacred Grove

Us and my parents outside of the Smith frame home just outside of the Sacred Grove


The Smith log home

The Palmyra Temple grounds overlooking the Sacred Grove

The top of the Hill Cumorah

The Peter Whitmer home where the church was organized

Pregnancy Update: Well I am into my last trimester and can't believe how fast time goes! I feel great except for the occasional inconvenience of an ever growing belly.

Here is my first belly shot that I have let the outside world see. Our little boy kicks me constantly and is growing like crazy...we can't wait to meet him :)

Sarah's wedding

My best friend Sarah got married on Wednesday! It was such an awesome day and Sarah was such a beautiful bride. Her husband Dave is a great guy and I know they are going to be so happy together!

It's a miracle I fit into my bridesmaid dress with my ever growing belly!

Sarah and Dave coming out of the temple

We had a way fun bachelorette party!

Drumroll Please...

IT'S A BOY!!!

We went in for our ultrasound on Friday and found out that a little stud is joining our family. We are so thrilled! They even moved the due date up a week, so now he is due August 14th. I am hoping he comes 5 days early, so that he will be born on 8/9/10...how cool would that be?!
Everything looked great on the ultrasound and it was such a surreal experience to see the chambers of his heart, his bones and the hemispheres of his brain. I now think of him as an actual person and not just a weird thing that is changing my body.
All I can say is that I am loving my second trimester! I feel great and although my tummy is gradually getting bigger I don't have much to complain about :)
Bring on the blue!

Well...what do ya know?!

We're having a baby!!!!

Our little babe is due August 21, 2010. Have I been sick? YES... Will it be worth it? OF COURSE :) We are a little over 14 weeks, and so far the doctor says everything looks great!

Rest In Peace

Well, it was a sad week around our house because both of our fish, Jacque and Kenneth, went to a better place. Fish are actually hard pets...you think everything is fine and dandy and then you come home from work and they are floating at the top of the tank. We will be venturing out this week to get a new one because the tank is pretty nice and we don't want to waste it. Hopefully the new fish lives more than a month!

Where does the time go?!

Whew! December flew by before I even realized it...I was sitting with friends New Year's Eve and thinking not only where did 2009 go but where did my favorite month of December go? We were crazy busy with parties, Josh's first law school finals, church callings and spending some quality time with each other. Here's what we were up to in December :)


To start the month off I turned 23 on December 1st! I had such a great birthday as always!

We got to spend lots of time with family and loved every second of it. Isn't our niece Aubree just the cutest? Our families spoiled us as usual and we are so grateful for all they do for us!

No picture for this, but I got a new calling in our ward. I am now the Young Womens President and to say I was overwhelmed would be an understatement! Luckily the girls are great, my presidency is great and all is going well...so far :)


Josh with some of his Christmas loot. He loved his Orlando Magic Skull Candy headphones :)

Josh surprised me for Christmas and got me two Gold Fan Tail fish! I was thrilled because fish are definitely my type of pet... We named one Jacque because he has red above his upper lip that looks like a French mustache and the other one Kenneth because we thought he looked like a Kenneth :) Don't mind how beautiful I look early in the morning...ha

We went ice skating with my brother and sister in law at the Gallivan Center downtown and although I almost lost my toes due to frost bite it was great fun!

Here's to another great year....Happy 2010 everyone!

The past few weeks....

The past few weeks have been such a blast! We have been lucky enough to spend lots of time with family and do some fun things. To start off I went to New Moon with my cute mom and my two awesome sisters in law. Thanks to Coventry Mortgage we were able to see the show at 9:30ish and didn't even have to stay up late for the midnight show :) None of us are fanatics, but we all enjoyed when Jacob took his shirt off...I mean come on!




Josh even went and saw it with me a few days later...doesn't he just look thrilled? :)
Then the Ostler family all got to go see David Archuleta's Christmas concert at Abravanel Hall and it was so fun! What a great way to start the holidays!