HE'S HERE!!!!

Parker Lynn Crockett arrived June 3, 2010. He weighed 8 lbs. 11 oz. He is 21 inches long. We are so glad that he is here safe and sound! We aren't biased at all, but we think that he is the cutest little guy ever!

He ended up not wanting to come out...so I had to have a C-section after 14 hours of labor. Needless to say, we are VERY relieved to have him here safe and sound, healthy and happy! (Well, he's happy most of the time...as you can see he doesn't like it when you take away his blankets...)


Here he is just yawning away...

Our cute little family.

Here he is with his eyes open. He has the biggest eyes!

We feel so blessed to have Parker in our lives! He has already been a wonderful addition to our family!

What has been happening lately

So, Curtis told me that I could post this picture if there was an explanation...so here it is. For one of my callings at church we were invited to attend a daddy daughter nerd night. So we were supposed to dress up as nerds. I really didn't think that Curtis would look that good as a nerd, but I was wrong! He won the award for "Best Costume." I have to say that I agree with the award. He is such a good sport!


On May 20th we had the wonderful opportunity to go to one of my best friends' weddings. It was such a beautiful day! I love this picture with her grandparents in the background because it reminds me what love can grow into. I was once again reminded how blessed I am to have a temple marriage. I'm so excited for Megan and Jeff and their new adventures together!

As for us, we are still WAITING for our little baby boy to get here...baby Parker apparently doesn't want to come. We are anxious to have him here all safe and sound. He was supposed to be here 2 days ago, and so we are hoping he gets here sooner rather than later. Hopefully I will have some good news to post SOON!!!

SPRING BREAK!!!

Sometimes I really love being a teacher! Especially when that includes good spring breaks! Since I had a week off this year, and it was supposed to snow in Northern Utah, we decided to head south where it would be a little warmer. So we randomly decided to go to St. George on Friday, left on Sunday and came back on Wednesday.


We were able to listen to General Conference on the way down to St. George, and once again realize how blessed we are to have a living prophet and apostles on the earth today. It always seems like they know just what to say, and I felt like it was a lot of things that I needed to hear. How blessed we are!


On Monday it rained most of the afternoon in St. George--we were just glad it wasn't snow. So we went to the temple that morning. It was a little windy. I think that the St. George temple is GORGEOUS with the red rocks in the background. I still wonder where they got the white stone to build the temple...

Then that afternoon we met up with my parents and my 2 little sisters. We went to Brigham Young's house and went shopping. The next day we decided to go to Zion's. It was perfect weather! Just warm enough for a sweater and not too hot. We did a couple of easy hikes and were able to enjoy the beauty of nature. Here's my parents on the hike.

My little sisters...Jannalea got sick on Monday and she was a trooper! We were really glad that she felt better on Tuesday so she could go hiking with us.


Last, but not least, is Curtis and me on one of the trails.


We also were able to see a couple of my really good friends. One of my mission companions and an old roommate. It was SO good to see them and to be able to catch up!

Before we left on Wednesday Curtis got to go golfing. All in all it was a great trip.

Now with just a couple of days left of spring break, I need to get on the ball with everything else I need to get done! We are so excited for our little baby boy to get here. (Not any earlier than planned of course!) It will be fun to finally see him and hold him! It's going to be a busy next couple of months with school ending and getting ready for the baby, but it will be good. I must say that I can't complain one bit about how great life is...good family, friends, and lots of blessings!

It's been a While!

I can't believe how fast time flies! We found out in January that we are having a...BOY!!! We are really excited. He moves around a lot and he is doing really well. Only 10 more weeks to go! (That also means that there are just over 10 weeks of school left.)

We have been really busy, but now that I am finally blogging I can't think of what we have been so busy with! Life mainly, just the same old things. We have been to a lot of Aggie basketball games, spent time with our families, and been really busy with work.

I do have to say that I am SO excited that Spring is here! With the time change we actually get home when it is still kind of light. In January I had a student ask me if Spring was ever going to get here. I told the student that we had a ways to go because the first day of spring was on March 20th. Now that it is here, I can't believe that time has gone so fast!

Christmas Fun

I love Christmastime and the wonderful feelings that come with thinking more about the Savior. I know-I should think about him more through the year, but Christmastime seems to make His birth so much more real to me. When I think about all the things that the Savior did for us, I am truly in awe. I am so grateful for all of the blessings in my life-especially great family! Both the family that I was raised in and the family that I married into.

As a teacher I think that I get more excited for holidays simply because my students are SO excited. But this year seemed to be a little different. Every year we are supposed to give a list of students who need coats to the police department for a fundraising thing that they do. I had 1 student this year that didn't have a coat. I will never forget the look on that student's face when they came back into my classroom and told me that they had received a coat. It reminded me that there is so much more to Christmas than just getting presents. It's about being more of a Christlike person and trying to help others see how much Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love them. That is truly what Christmas is about. After that experience I was once again reminded how blessed I really am. I am so grateful for little tender mercies that help remind me what is really important in life.

As for Christmas itself, we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas with my family since Curtis' parents are on a mission. We had a good time with my family and enjoyed the time we spent with them.

The day after Christmas all of Curtis's brothers and sisters came to our house to celebrate Christmas. It was so much fun to watch the little kids open presents and play with their toys. They are just SO cute! We had a good time with them too.

Our little baby is still doing well. We find out if it is a boy or a girl on January 18th. We are really excited!