. . . JaNuArY. . .

Well the end of January was been pretty busy. For two weeks I was up in Washington. My Grandma Anderson passed away on the First of February. She was such a sweet lady and will be missed, but we know she is in a better place! Here is a picture of my family at the cemetary. I was so glad I was able to go visit my grandma before she passed.

My mom took all of us girls to get manicure and pedicures. It was so much fun! I have to admit i'm going to keep getting manicures cause i haven't chewed my nails since. Big accomplishment for me!

Well here is a picture taken last week of me at 17 weeks. It doesn't really look like I have anything there yet...but I am getting chubby. Even John said today actually that I'm in the fat stage now....what a meany huh! haha

John + Karie = Baby Strong

Yes, we are Pregnant!!!! We are so excited! I'm almost 14 weeks along. Time has gone by so fast already and I am so lucky cause I haven't been sick at all...except for tierdness and constantly having to go pee (but whats new), but other than that, I feel great! We got to hear the heart beat this last week. That was such a neat experience, and made it feel more realistic that there is a little baby inside me. John said it sounded like a washing maching cause of the heart beat and the Dr. said that the baby was moving around in there too... The heart beat was a 156, pretty high. Everyone has been teasing me that its going to be a girl cause of the old "wives tale". But, lets be honest, this kid will have 50% Anderson in it, so its probably have a high heart beat anyways cause the darn kid can't sit still!

We are awaiting the day till we find out, it just seems like forever away! I always joked around that I only wanted kids so I can decorate their rooms...ok well i was being kind of serious. I can't wait, I love to decorate!!! I've found a car seat and crib that I want, so that is fun. I just wish i knew what the little bugger was so I could start buying clothes and all the other fun stuff! Everytime John and I are out in Idaho Falls or Rexburg at any store, I always have to swing by the "baby stuff". I found this stinkin cute outfit at Cal Ranch. Its was cute little girl wranglers and a button up shirt, it was for a 3 month old. its would of been perfect for fair (if its a girl anyways). haha! I'm just going to have to sneak out there one day and buy it, just in case! lol!!! I will be sure to keep everyone posted on our little baby strong as time goes on!

Home for Christmas!

I was so happy that John and I were able to go to Washington for Christmas this year. We were up there for two weeks and we kept very busy...It went by too fast though! We spent lots of time with my family and I was so greatful for that!! We had such a good christmas, and my parents spoiled us the whole time we were up there!

All the family except my brother Randy who is on a mission

The girls and guys had matching PJ's!

Class of '06. A group of us High School friends got together over break.

John couldn't leave Idaho with out takin some of his guns. He finally got a coyote! I was excited for him cause he had been hunting those things forever. It was probably because there are tons more in WA than in ID. :)

Michael and Brittany threw and ugly Christmas sweater party. We had some good laughs as were were searching for the ugliest sweater at the Goodwill, our outcome was pretty good I thought. HAHA

Ben and Tanner were the winners, they were pretty crafty and made there own...too funny!

Sipping back on some good ol' Rootbeer!

I love the Christmas season and can't wait until next year!

Tradtional Vacation!

Every year since I can remember, my family and my mom's brother Dave's family have been going to the MT and staying in a cabin for a week for the New Years. I always look forward to this tradtion. Its one of the things were the memories keep on living year after year after year.
We always have so much fun when we are up there. We do tons of tubing, and now that most of us are bigger, we have to make the tubing a little more exciting by adding in some jumps. This year, when we arrived to the cabin we had a little bit of a suprise, this rat or squriel was caught in a trap. He was huge. My dad, being the jokester that he is, decided to put it on the outside railing, so it freaked everyone out! We also did lots of riding, playing games, eating, and just hanging out. I can't wait until next year!!

December so far. . .

These are our little piggies when we first got them, there were so stinking cute. . .but than they grew up and litterally stunk and they ate anything and everything.

(This picture was about a month ago, they were much bigger than this)

I took them out to the butcher the other day, so instead of John and I feeding them constantly, they will soon be feeding us! :) I've never ever really felt bad about rasing pigs than butchering them or selling them at the fair and knowing that they were on their way to the slaughter house and into someones freezer, but when I droped these guys off at the butcher and than walked inside to tell the butcher how I wanted the cuts, I saw a steer hanging with cuts taken from it and I thought of my little piggies and how they were soon going to be haning there. . . but than I left and was over it! haha

Well, the other day John and I adventured out coyote hunting. He has been going pretty constant and I go when ever he isn't getting up at 6 in the morning or when its -20 out. This is John practicing with one of his million calls. . . I always get annoyed when he practices them inside, so he usually does it when he is driving or when he is by himself. haha. . . he is too funy!

...This is what happens when you take your wife hunting with you and she has the better aim...Opps did i just say that! haha. :) Right after I killed it John looked at me and said, you killed one before me and with my new gun. MUHAHA thats right sucka! We have a very competitive relationship!

These are my cute Joy letters that I am so excited how they turned out. (sorry its hard to actually see them)

These are our cute christmas trees. Since we live in a camper, I didn't want the upkeep of having a real tree and I've always wanted these Apline trees, So thats what we ended up doing. They are so hard to decorate because they are so small.

We are packing our bags and are ready to leave for WA for the hoildays. I am so exited. This means family, snowmobling, my birthday, snowboarding, sledding, Christmas, the Cabin, games, food and much much more! I can't WAIT! Only 3 more days!

Merry Christmas to Everyone and have a safe fun time whatever you'll be doing!

My parents were able to come visit halloween weekend. I was so glad they came. I enjoyed their company. We didn't do a whole lot, but it was just fun to have them here with me and to show them around the area. Thanks again Mom and Dad for coming down and spending time with us. We miss you guys!

My little piggies are getting so big. I feel bad some mornings cause i'll go out to feed them and their water will be frozen solid and they'll come out of the barn walking so stiff cause i'm sure they are frozen! I want them to live in luxury until they have to die and end up in my freezer. ha

So the day my parents flew in, we did the whole tourist shoppong thing in Jackson, WY and we went to this one cute boutique and they had a drawing that we could enter to win this cute hand bag. Well-I WON!! A few days after I had entered the drawing, I got a phone call saying I won this hand bag. I was freaking out like a little girl. haha! I love it!

At the begining of fall, John and his brother, Luke, turned the old family suburban into the ultimate hunting rig. They put an old lift from another pickup onto the suburban and than we camouflouge it. Which wasn't that easy...that's alot of painting to do. But it turn out great. Than with the help of my amazing cricut I was able to cut them out some vinyl sayings that they wanted. haha crazy boys!

I have to admit when I drive it around I feel I have past the point of being a redneck...

Your never to old!

Your never to old to carve pumpkins! We had a blast the other night carving pumkins with Chantz and Jessica. . .but than again, we always have fun when we hang out with them! Don't mind John's pumpkin...he thought he was being funny! I told him that one wasn't going home with us. Chantz 's sister and brother-in-law live just down the street from them, so we deciede to pull a little prank. haha. We set John's lite pumpkin on their door step and than we "black person" knocked them. LOL!! It was SO fun! we all felt like high schoolers again. Crazy part was, when Andy (the bro-in-law) opened the door the neighbors black cat was sitting right next to the pumpkin. kind of creepy I know! haha! GOOD TIMES!

This is a wreath I made back in september. I loved how it turned out. I wanted to hang it outside, but I don't think it'll hold up to well on the outside of our camper.haha :) It was so easy to make and so cheap. Wreaths are so expensive these days, especailly the cute ones. I think I made this one for under $8.00! what a deal! haha, I love making things for cheap!