I feel like a ginormous cow!

Here are some pics for all of the family and friends that live far away and have been requesting to see the baby bump. Even though I look at other pregnant women and think they are the cutest things ever, most days I just feel like a huge cow and get depressed. Nate made a rule that I am no longer aloud to call myself fat and that I have to tell myself I am beautifully pregnant. I have somehow managed to turn "beautifully pregnant" into a derogatory phrase so his rule isn't really working :) The part that scares me the most is that I still have three more months to grow!

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Merry Christmas!

The snow is piling up high already! Nate has been getting his workout again while shoveling our driveway. Our lights are pretty simple this year but we had fun putting them up and have enjoyed being a little festive.

Christmas here we come!!!!!

We decided to be smart this year and put up our Christmas lights before it got too cold. It was still chilly but nothing compared to what followed shortly after. Thanks to our neighbors who gave us the idea to put the lights up early!

Congratulations Roberta!!!!

After 7 and 1/2 long years of going to school, Roberta finally graduated! Her family came up from Texas and Arizona to support her which was super cool of them. Graduation has been a goal of hers for a long time and now she has finally accomplished it.

This is a lighthouse on the North shore of Kauai. Just another one of the cool sites.

We rented a Jeep while in Hawaii. It was fun to cruise around with the top off and we used it to help get us into some hiking areas in the canyon.

Nepali Coast

We hiked along the Nepali Coast until we got to a 300 ft waterfall. The hike was long and difficult but well worth it. It was one of the most beautiful sites we had ever seen.

Hawaii!

We went to Hawaii to celebrate our anniversary. We spent most of our time on the island of Kauai but also took a day trip to Oahu to see Pearl Harbor. Roberta had morning sickness the whole time but we still had a blast and it was an amazing trip.

Happy 1 Year Anniversary!!!!!

Believe it or not, we had our one year anniversary on October 13th! We can't believe how fast time has flown by. We also found out on the day of our anniversary that Roberta is pregnant! We are so happy and excited about it!

We planted pumpkins in the garden. We were told to pull some of the plants early on so that we could have bigger pumpkins. We got greedy though and thought "Why pull up some of the plants??? We want as many pumpkins as we can get!" We ended up with about 30 small pumpkins! We had no idea what to do with them all. Next year, we will follow the very wise advice we were given and hopefully get some bigger pumpkins.

Way to go Nate!

Nate hiked the Middle Grand of the Tetons all in one day! He trained all summer long for it and I am so proud of him. His goal for next summer is the Grand.

This is a small waterfall that we took a picture of on one of our bike rides to Swan Valley.

It has been a long time since we have posted anything so we have a lot to catch up on. We bought a motorcycle this summer! It is a Yamaha Virago. It rocks! It cut our gas cost in half and we also had a blast cruising to some beautiful areas. We have decided to become hippies, riding around on our bike and taking pictures of waterfalls :).

Grandma and Grandpa Stevens gave us some raspberry starts. We weren't supposed to get any fruit until next year but SURPRISE! They came early!

Our garden that we have been working so hard on

We planted late and weren't even sure we were going to get anything out of our garden this year. We are first timers!

Roberta's parents, sister Paula, and good friend Sarita, came to visit over 4th of July weekend. We went to Craters of the Moon and had a good time hiking through the caves. The fireworks in IF were also amazing. "The best on this side of the Mississippi!"

The Tetons

The Tetons from the air. We are hiking this mountain soon!

Warbird's Cafe

Beautiful view of Idaho from the air!

Out to lunch!

Our good friend, Tom, invited us to go out to lunch with him. He has his pilot's license so he rented a plane and flew us to Driggs where we had a great lunch at the Warbird's Cafe! The whole experience was amazing and Nate even got to fly the plane for a little bit!

Moraine Lake

This is Moraine Lake in Banff National Park. We found it on a list of "things you need to see before you die", so we made sure to stop by and admire the beauty. We can check this one off the list!

Traveling Buddies!

Our traveling buddies are our good friends from Phoenix, Skip and Soni. Although Nate and Skip have a long history of taking trips together, this is our second year as married couples to vacation together. We had tons of fun and we are already starting to plan our next trip.

Hello Canada!

We just got back from a weekend trip to Canada. It was our first time there and we had a blast. We stayed in Canmore and made a special trip into Banff National Park.

This is the kite that Nate gave Roberta for Mother's Day. Actually, I take that back. The card said that it was from our puppy, Philli. She is such a sweety! We spent the afternoon out flying. It rocked!

We have a few new things going on lately. Nate just finished a Project Management Professionals class, and he will be taking his test for certification at the end of this month. His national security clearance investigation has really taken off. We have been getting calls from old friends saying an investigator hunted them down to ask some questions about Nate. We are hoping it will complete soon so that he can get his clearance.

Roberta started school again in April. She makes the commute to BYU-I everyday and is still working part time. She was awarded an academic scholarship for this semester and next. She is studying hard!

Now that the snow has melted, we are spending lots of time outside working on our landscaping. We just finished getting all of the weeds out of our enormously large garden. We are having fun planting flowers and trees. Yeah... Yeah... we are getting all domesticated. :)

Nate bought me a kite for Mother's Day. This one is not it. I had to practice flying this foil kite before I could even try mine. We were both afraid that I would break my new kite on the first try with this Idaho wind!

Philli

Its a girl!!!! We are the proud parents of a beautiful little puppy. Her name is Philli. She is a little bigger now but still as cute as ever. She is our entertainment. We watch her for hours and just laugh at everything she does. She is quite the looker. She has even picked up a boyfriend named Reggie.

Our New Home! Check out our snow!

Here is the moment you have all been waiting for! We are finally posting a picture of our new home. We just closed on Friday so it is officially ours! Poor Nate gets a workout every day when he shovels our driveway. Check out how long that thing is!

Time in the slammer!

While at the Grand Canyon, we stopped in a Wild West town setup. Roberta got to put Nate in jail. It was lots of fun!

Grand Canyon!

We took our time on our drive to Idaho and spent a night and a day in Vegas. From Vegas we took a small plane to the Grand Canyon. It was Roberta's first time to go and it was a cool site to see from up in the air. We spent a couple hours there hiking around and had a barbecue lunch cooked by some of the Native Americans in the area. Even though it looks like Roberta is the one afraid of heights in this picture... it is actually Nate.

One of our other favorite things to do in Phoenix was hike. We had made a habit of going every day after work and we are proud to say that we conquered two of the most difficult mountain trails in the area. Will will absolutely be frequenting the mountains in Idaho as soon as this snow melts!

Go Coyotes!

Well... for those of you that have not heard yet, we just moved to Idaho Falls! Nate got a job at INL and so we left our beautifully warm Phoenix winter. We spent our last couple weeks in Phoenix doing the things that we love most there.... Hockey Games!!!!! Living just a couple of blocks away from the stadium, we have become huge Coyotes fans this last year. We are going to miss it, but will still be supporting our team from our living room.

Watching the sunset on a San Diego beach. It doesn't get any better than that!

Our next stop was Ocean Side. We ate some great fish and chips and then kayaked around the bay. We gave ourselves a lesson on the importance of communication. Roberta would paddle one way and Nate another. After we argued about what direction we wanted to go and then made up, it was an enjoyable ride.

We took the tram up to the top of the mountain in Palm Springs and found some amazing trails to hike. The trails were lined with Jeffery Pines and they smelled of Butterscotch. Delicious!

We spent our honeymoon in S. California. Our first stop was Palm Springs. We ate some good food and toured the town. Second stop was Disney Land and California Adventure. It was Roberta's first time to go. We had all of the magic and adventure that we could fit in one day.

Getting married was a scarry thing for both of us, but it is the best decision that we ever could have made. We are having so much fun and are loving life!

We had so much support from our family and friends. Everyone has been too good to us!

Hurray! We did it! We just hit our two months mark. Married life has been a blast. We have been busy with work, church callings in our spanish ward, hiking, learning how to cook, and our new hobby.... cross stiching. Life is good!

Engaged

She accepted! Now comes the fun part. Getting ready for a wedding in just under two months. Piece of Cake. Mesa Temple here we come.

October 13 2007
10:30am
Mesa Arizona

So we went up one of our favorite hiking trails and I had one of Roberta's roommates plant some surprises for us at the top of the hill. Something cold to drink, some cheesecake, and a couple of other things. At the point of taking this picture Roberta just thinks I'm just being sweet and still has no idea!

Finally!

The ring finally came and it was time to get to work. I received it at about 10:30am and I proposed 10 hours later. We had to wait until after our callings were fulfilled of course but Roberta had no idea it was coming. Bryon did a really good job on making it.

Go Diamondbacks

Two friends invited us to go with them to see a game and use their Season Tickets. I was way good. We played the Braves and went into the 11th Inning before we won. Very cool.

Roswell Alien Adventure

Well, I'm not going to lie. This was the best trip we have ever made! One of our good friends was getting married in Juarez Mexico so we thought we would make a quick detour to check out what was going on in Roswell, New Mexico. It worked out well because we got there just in time for the 60th Anniversary of the Crash Landing! Sweet!

Fossil Springs

This place was fantastic. We hiked in on Friday, late afternoon, swam like crazy on Saturday, and hiked back out that night. It was great. Hiking with all our gear was an experience but we can't wait to do it again. The water was cool and crystal clear.

Trip to Fossil Springs

Hiking in Sedona

Now this was cool. Sedona is about an hour and a half north of Phoenix and has some amazing hiking. The public library lent us a book to find the best ones and we made a day of it. Very cool.