In the past month...

The past month has been eventful. I'll try to sum it up. After Dan finished his clerkships we were able to go on a wonderful cruise with Holly's parents, brother, and sister to the beautiful Mexican Rivera (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas) . Josh was the hit of the ship with the staff and all of the other guests.


He had a blast playing on the beach and soaking up the sun.


After we returned from the cruise, Dan started is final year of law school! It is a wonderful feeling knowing that the end is in sight. Additionally, Dan turned 28 last week so we had a fun get together at Dave and Julie's house to celebrate.

Holly is keeping busy chasing Josh while getting ready for Maggie to join us in December. She is also preparing the primary kids for their Primary Program coming up in October.

Here are a couple more pictures for your enjoyment. The first is a demonstration of how Josh eats a doughnut and the second is just a cute picture of Josh being Josh. Notice that he insisted on wearing his socks and slippers to church yesterday. Although he may not always match, it sure is fun to see what he comes up with to wear.

Thank you for your help

I am rather hesitant as I sit down to type this because I am not one who likes to ask for help. However, recently something has occurred in my life that I feel impressed to share in hopes that I might be able to make a difference in the lives of others. Some of you may know that about two years ago, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. She did some initial treatments and the doctors thought that everything was looking good. This week, however, we found out that the cancer has returned. I did not know much about breast cancer prior to this week, but I have certainly done my research over the past few days. That being said, I have a renewed desire to do my part to help my mom and to help anyone who may find themselves fighting the same battle. While my mom is the true fighter in this story, my sisters (and Holly and I in spirit) are teaming up with her to raise awareness and money toward finding a cure. In November, my mom, Mauri, and Jenna will walk 60 miles in three days to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a group that raises money and provides support for victims and survivors of breast cancer. As part of their efforts my mom and sisters have committed to raise $6,000. I encourage you to do some research on breast cancer and you will see why it is so important that continuing efforts are made to find a cure, a cure that will bless the lives of mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters, and aunts all over the world. Please click here or click on the link in the top right corner of this page to donate even a little bit to help my mom and my sisters with their goal. Thank you in advance on behalf of my mom, my sisters, and women throughout the world for your generosity.

More pictures of Maggie!

Yep, it's still a girl! We had another ultrasound and everything looks great! We even got some cute pictures of her in 3D! I love the one with her arms crossed and the next with her tongue sticking out!

Getting ready for Maggie!

OK, so I know that I still have 5 months to go, but I'm so excited about having a girl I've got a jump start on getting everything ready. I'm already in the "nesting" stage, wanting to get everything perfect for when Maggie comes! This past week my parents came down and helped me paint the nursery (non-odor paint, so it's safe to use while pregnant) and make crib bedding, thanks to my mom's expertise sewing skills! Thanks so much mom & dad! The nursery is almost all done, we just need to put together the dresser and organize the cute clothes she's already gotten from her Nanna and Grandma, thanks so much! Thanks again to my parents for coming down and helping! Josh had so much fun with you! We love you!

Meet Maggie

Here are a couple pictures and a short video clip of the Ultrasound. This is a 3-D ultrasound picture. You can see her face and her arm just to your left next to her head.


We will ask her forgiveness for posting this without her permission...I think she'll understand.


Looks like she's got her mom's graceful dancing legs.

Maggie's first starring movie role!


Happy Fourth of July everyone!

IT'S A GIRL!!!

Yep, we're going to have a little girl join our family in December. We are so excited! I thought it was going to be a girl, and I was right. I'm now 2 for 2 for guessing the sex of our kids, yeah go me! I'm so excited to start getting the room ready and getting stuff for a little girl. We're going to name her Marguerite "Maggie" May Colton after both Dan and my great-grandmothers. In the ultrasound they did a 3D image and we got to see Maggie's profile, she looks gorgeous! More importantly she looks healthy and everything is on schedule with the pregnancy! I'm 1/3 of the way done, only 25 weeks to go! Yeah!

Long time, no blog

Well, it has been a while since we've ventured out into the blogosphere. I hope I remember how to do this. Here it goes. Since we last posted something (Josh's announcement - see below), we have had a trip to Utah, a family reunion, and a birthday party for Josh (all in Utah). No, Josh's birthday isn't until July 1, but we had lots of family gathered in Utah while we were there so we thought we'd celebrate with everyone. Here are our pictures combined with Mauri's

Here are our pictures from the family reunion:

Here are the pictures from Josh's Birthday: