Austin and Mindy

Pics and vids of Asher

2011-11-07T21:41:00.006-07:00

First time trick or treating
Asher doesn't really like his car seat so sleeping is always a good thing.
Burrito!

Just thought I would post a couple pictures and videos of Asher. I haven't tried uploading them from my phone to the blog yet so hopefully it works out. Asher is 8 weeks old and loves to smile and laughs a little. He is good at standing(w/ support of course), head support, eating, sleeping, and being cute. I think we really lucked out with an easier baby. The last time he was weighed he was 12 1/2 pounds. Now I'm sure he is in the 13's.

BABY ASHER!!!

2011-09-22T16:25:00.006-06:00

After two days of having contractions I was finally admitted into the hospital. As you can see I was not very happy. So this is the before picture.

And here is the after picture. I am much happier a week and a half later!

I cant believe he was in my belly.

Our new family. Asher was born on Tuesday September 13 2011 at 12:23 am. After pushing for three hours, I finally got a c-section because Asher was big (9lbs 2oz) and he was face up. He also has a large head.

Asher at a week and a half old.

At the hospital an a tanning bed (bilirubin bed).

Tummy time at one week old

Asher has turned out to be such a cute boy. Here are some interesting facts. He has a cleft chin, his hair has a tint of red but we assume that will go away, his feet and hands are very large, he is five weeks old and is wearing three month old sleepers (which his feet are too big for), he is pretty easy baby to take care of because he only really cries when he is hungry or tired, his chin quivers when he gets frustrated, he enjoys watching football with his daddy, and he really likes baths.

We are pretty obsessed parents. We tell each other (and anyone else who will listen) how cute he is at least 15 times a day. We are very happy and loving every minute of parenthood.

These pictures are all from the first couple weeks and we have plenty more plus videos so we will hopefully update again soon!

Nursery

2011-08-17T15:52:00.004-06:00

I am now 37 weeks! Austin and I are so excited... the baby could come at any time! We still don't have a name picked out. We decided to choose a name for him after he is born so we will let everyone know then.

Here is a 37 week picture. I don't think I really look as far along as I am, but that could be because I am comparing myself to Tawnya (when she was pregnant with a very large baby) and Jessica (who is pregnant with twins). But the doc says I am measuring normal so all is well.

It has been a pretty easy pregnancy except that I am tired all the time. Luckily, my mom and Dan were able to come visit for a few days. They helped me to set up the baby room.

Austin and I painted the wood crib and changing table white. The first two are before pictures and the rest are after pictures. I am really happy about how it turned out! And now I will be stress free until the baby comes.

Baby Belly--26 weeks

2011-06-01T10:53:00.004-06:00

Yup, I am 26 weeks along now. It has been going by too fast. Only three more months. According to babycenter.com the baby is now about fourteen inches long and weighs a little more than a pound and a half! Pretty cool!

I thought that I didn't really need to update with a picture because it doesn't really feel like I have grown much more than my last post, but when you look at them side by side it's actually a pretty big difference!

You would think the weirdest thing about being pregnant would be feeling the baby roll around inside you, or seeing your belly get bigger and bigger, but I have found that the weirdest thing for me is watching my innie belly button get smaller and smaller :)

BABY BOY!

2011-04-16T15:48:00.007-06:00

We had an ultrasound a couple weeks ago and we found out we are having a BOY! We are both extremely excited and I am trying to enjoy every minute of my pregnancy.

This is a picture of his little feet! The nurse was obsessed with his legs and feet because we were getting such great views of them. We never got a good look at his face though. After shaking my belly he finally changed position, but then his face was toward my spine.

This is of his legs and belly. This picture is one of my favorites because his little legs are so cute! There is a little baby with legs and everything growing inside me!

This is another cute picture. He has his arm tucked up and his head ducked down hiding his face. I think his arms and legs are my favorite to look at. I I'm not sure why, but they are just so cute! Probably because they are so small. At this point he is only about six inches from head to rump.

Some people have requested that I put pregnancy pics up, so here is one straight on. You may also notice that I died my hair brown! It is dark brown but it is not permanent so it will fade to light brown or perhaps even my regular color of blond. I love it.

I am almost 20 weeks (5 months) along. It kinda looks like I am pushing my belly out but I'm not, I was just trying to get my arm out of the way. I feel much bigger than I look. I can't imagine what it will be like later!

I thought I would put this in here so Austin doesn't feel so left out :). We went to Montana this past weekend and Austin decided to ride a tractor. He looks grumpy in the pic but he actually enjoyed himself. Maybe he just takes his tractor riding seriously. :)

New Car and Baby pics

2011-03-17T13:35:00.006-06:00

So, this first picture is an old ultrasound photo that we have of the baby. Since it's the only one that we have, I'm going to post it anyway. This is 9 weeks along. Mindy is currently 15 weeks along though. The due date is Sept 7th. The rest of the pictures are a result of the baby coming. We decided we wanted to get a car with four doors and an automatic transmission to make life a little easier.

We bought a 2010 Corolla S and we love it!!

Camping!

2010-06-27T09:48:00.006-06:00

Well, here's an update finally. Lately, we've just been going to school and working. Pretty boring so that's why we haven't been updating the blog much. We went Mesa Falls this past weekend on a camping trip with David, Jessica, Spencer, and Robin. We had a great time and got some great pictures.

We took a hike down to these falls. It was such a perfect day!

The happy couple!

Spencer and Robin Liljenquist, some of our good friends.

David and Jessica, Family and friends.

Prison Tattoos

2009-11-26T10:13:00.003-07:00

I bet the title spikes at least some sort of interest...or worry.... Anyway, when I was on my mission I talked to this kid that had just gotten out of prison. He told me when he was in there he made a tattoo gun out of common household items and made money in prison. Well, I decided to make a tattoo gun too, but I'm not giving any person a tattoo. Instead I am tattooing my hard hat. I work at the hard hat steakhouse now and we have to wear hard hats, some kind of theme or something. lol Anyway we are supposed to personalize them to our personality and stuff. So I decided to tattoo mine.

Materials
-5 v output cell phone charger
-Motor(can be found in old vcr, cd player, printer or Radio Shack)
-Button
-Guitar String(used as needle)
-Bent spoon
-Mechanical Pencil
-Of course every good project must have a little Duct Tape

Since I'm not that great of an artist, I cut the designs into some duct tape and color inside the lines. So, here is what it looks like so far. It looks like I just did pointelism or dadaism(I think that's what it's called).

Halloween and Dorodangos

2009-11-05T12:14:00.004-07:00

We had a halloween party with our ward the other day. So, as usual, we went to the DI to find our costumes. I found a karate shirt, that was too small, for my ninja outfit and wore sweat pants. Mindy found a scrubs top and some black pants. I think the costumes actually worked out pretty well. Anyway, here are some pics.

Now for the Dorodangos(aka: shining mud balls). We thought these were pretty cool. We saw a mythbusters where they made these balls out of mud, so we thought we would try it. They are a big hit in Japan apparently. Here's what they can look like if done with experience. Can you believe these are only made of mud?!

Here is what ours looked like. Mindy's is the first one and mine is the second one. If you want to try it out you could try this website: http://www.kyokyo-u.ac.jp/youkyou/4/english4.htm? Could be fun for the kids...I guess we're kids too.

Body Work

2009-10-31T12:59:00.002-06:00

So, On the way back from Colorado we decided to do some custom body work to our car...We slid off the road and hit a pole. The roads were completely clear until we crossed over into WY, then they got really bad. There were several people sliding off, including a semi. Anyway here's some pics of the damage. Oh yeah, I almost missed the pole too. The sign had two poles and I was able to kind of steer the car in between the two poles. I was so close. Lol. The weird thing was that I hit the pole on the right of my car but the left pole broke.

Mindy's Sewing Projects

2009-10-11T19:04:00.011-06:00

So... I bought a sewing machine and have now been making stuff. Here they are...

This is my most recent project was a purse... black and gray.

Next is my skirt. I really wanted one like this so I just made one how I wanted it.

When we first moved to our apartment we had a greenish couch so we bought tan curtains and tan pillows. Then we got rid of our green love seat an got a tan couch. It has always bugged me how tan everything is now. So I made pillow covers for the tan pillows.

My next project is to make thicker and longer red curtains to go behind the tan ones.

2009-08-25T17:18:00.001-06:00

Because of Brenda's comment on my last post, I must clarify something....I did hike the 50 miles. I even lost 5 pounds! Chris is the only one that rode a horse because he was kicked by a horse a few months ago in the knee. Anyway, now you all know. lol

2009-08-24T09:43:00.004-06:00

Hey everyone! That's right! We're updating our blog!!!!

These are some pictures of the 50 mile hike that I went on a couple weeks ago. They are low quality pictures because they were taken from a disposable camera. Anyway, the 50 miler was really fun.

This was taken and Jordan Lake. It was a really great mountain lake. Untouched it seemed. I caught over 50 fish at this lake(catch and release). I did keep two though because they were the biggest of the trip. :) Which as you can see weren't huge...

This is the first day of the trip. Me, Chris Hanson, and Ray Gorham. The rest of the pictures are just some amazing views. They don't do them justice though.

Snowboarding(videos)

2009-03-21T08:41:00.015-06:00

First, I thought all of you would enjoy seeing our bloopers. This first video is my second jump of the day. You can hear and watch my head smack the ground. It really hurt for a little while and my neck is pretty stiff today. Haha. We all know I have a hard head though, so I'm doing good.

Mindy just thought this one was hilarious because I was rolling around.

I thought this one was hilarious because of the faceplant.

Then I did almost the very same thing!

Now our videos we actually landed!

Here is both of us redeeming ourselves on the boxes.

Here is my big jump of the day.

Here is Mindy's sweet 180's. She is way better than me at these. I landed a couple of 180's but then wrecked soon after.

Austin's new haircut

2009-02-24T17:34:00.003-07:00

Well, I have always been curious about what I would look like with a buzzed head. So, with the encouragement of Mindy, I decided to try it out. Here it is. I don't think it looks too bad. I actually kind of like it, I especially like how low maintenance it is. I highly recommend buzzing your head...well to the guys atleast.

Better late than never?

2009-01-31T15:18:00.011-07:00

Hey everyone, it's been a while so I figured I would update everyone a little bit. We went to Denver for Christmas and went snowboarding. It was awesome! Now we are in school and taking a snowboarding class. Life is good in the lives of the newlyweds! Here's some pictures of our snowboarding with the family in Denver.

Here's Mindy getting her board ready for her first ride on her new board.

Right before we head out on the mountain.

Good 'ol family fun!

Getting on the lift.

What's a family gathering without a little rough housing. He was trying to force me outside for a silly string fight but I wasn't having any of that.

Unfortunately there were a couple of casualties. Jack and Jill here didn't fair so well in the rough housing.

Jack and Jill ended up biting back when I tried crushing them with my hand.

Costumes

2008-11-01T12:57:00.008-06:00

Well, Austin and I (really just Austin) decided not to do the whole ninja thing. Mostly because for our ward Halloween party everyone had to dress up as famous couples. As easy as that seems, it took us quite a while to come up with some good ideas that we both liked. Austin wanted to dress up with a pitchfork fork and be that one old picture.

I know, I know.... such a likeness of me and Austin, right? But I still said no. And teased him for his suggestion. Now that I think of it, it might have been really funny. Probably not though.

I thought we should just put a piece of paper on each of us saying "1 minute" and then we would be "a couple of minutes". Austin just laughed at me.

So we decided on Robin Hood and Maid Marian

We decided to do these costumes the day of the Halloween Party. We had to do some quick thinking and preparation. We ended up going to the DI and Walmart to get my costume. Please note the "boots" first. We just picked up a little fabric from Walmart and Mindy sewed some thingies for my legs. The shoes were just my brown church shoes. It turned out a lot better than either of us expected. Then we bought two shirts and cut the sleeves off of one. The hat.......I'm kind of ashamed to say that I made that thing. I didn't measure or anything, I just started cutting. I was really lucky that it turned out. I wish you could see my sweet bow and arrows in the picture. It was a little kids bow and arrow set with the suction cups as tips. lol
Mindy's costume looked great! We just picked it up at K-mart for 50% off. At the halloween party there were all kinds of games. One was a word game where we all had letters on our backs and we had to make words as fast as we could. There was also a cow milking contest. It was really fun to watch, but we didn't get to try it out. We had a lot of fun and ended up getting 8 Reese's candy bars(not the fun size ones, which ironically are not as fun as the bigger ones, but the full size ones!) and 1 Hershey bar. I would call that a success!!!!

Whelp, halloween...

2008-10-22T15:30:00.004-06:00

Halloween is coming and the only decoration we have in our home is a pumpkin that we were going to carve and make into a scary face.... we just haven't quite gotten to it yet.

However, we have decided on our costumes (although we still have no Halloween party to show them off at yet). We are going to be ninjas, which works out because Austin (conveniently) already owns a ninja sword. Which reminds me, if you get a chance to look at the ninja cat video posted on the side, you should. Austin and I watched it at least three times in a row and could not stop laughing.

So, even though we don't have much to show in our house this year for Halloween, we have still gotten in the Halloween spirit by eating pumpkin seeds and lots of candy! Austin tried to hide the candy from me, but I found them after looking at the only two hiding spots he has :)

Well, if you have any suggestions of inexpensive decorations or treats I could make, I'm all ears!

Peace out till next time!

Camping!

2008-10-21T13:16:00.003-06:00

Yeah... we went camping. Twas fun. Mostly we just went fishing even though neither of us like fish.

I played with the camera while Austin set up the tent! :)

I caught one and ate it, and it was gross. Here is the one we cooked.

That was the only fish I caught that day, but Austin got a pretty sweet catch too...

Projects

2008-10-02T10:47:00.000-06:00

Well, we're new to this whole blogging thing. So, this will be our first attempt at a blogsite. Here goes!

Lately, we have just been working and working on little projects. Our first project was the under-the-bed dresser. When Dad gave it to us, it wasn't in that great of shape. But, we sanded it down and stained it a different color.

Here is the after picture of our couch that we reupholstered. It was in really rough shape, but was a really good price so we just picked out some fabric and stapled it everywhere to make it stay!

Our next project was a table. We rummaged through the scrap pile at work and found some extra wood flooring lying around that we thought would make a nice table. So, we brought it home and got to it.

Here is the underside of the table. We have limited tools, but we just had to make do. I had to buy a saw and sander though. The screw gun was a gift from our wedding.

Oh yeah, if you notice.....we made this pretty much all in our apartment. Here is a picture of the table before we took it out to stain it.

Finally! The finished project. All in all the time to make this table wasn't bad. It took about two days. With the limited tools and space we have I don't think it turned out too bad. Just to be funny, we decided to put it on craigslist.com for sale to see if we got any responses. We aren't planning on selling it. We're just curious.

Well, that's all for now!!!