YAY! Only 99 days left! No more triple digets on the baby ticker! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going! The girls are so excited to have a baby brother. Even Sara who had a melt down everytime we mentioned it being a boy is excited since I figured out that she thought we were trading Libby for a baby brother. Now that we've explained things and she can see my belly getting bigger, she understands that we're adding a brother.
We have had so much fun this summer! I can't believe its almost over! Kellan finished his last summer class at the end of June. Its been so nice to have him home so much more since he's only had work the last few weeks. We are dreading the start of school when we won't get to have him around as much. The last few weeks we have had tons of fun playing in the back yard, camping, trips to the logan zoo, the Oquirrh Temple open house, etc. Sorry there are so many pictures! Maybe I'm just really vain, but its too hard to pick just a couple!


Instant Water Slide!



Oquirrh Mtn. Temple Open House



One of a few trips to the Logan Zoo. It's mostly birds and ducks, but there is a tortise and an albino porcupine and some monkeys that the girls absolutely love!


Playing in the sand box with Dad. Everything is more fun with Dad!

Finally, last week we went camping with my parents and brothers and sisters to Bloomington Lake, which is about half and hour north of Bear Lake. It was one of the most gorgeous places I have ever seen!
Something funny Anne said our second day of camping, I was trying to convince her to let me do her hair up so she could go swimming that day. When I told her she had two choices; get your hair done and go swimming, or don't and stay at camp. When I asked what she wanted a few minutes later she said. "Better Choices!"
We camped right next to the trail the took us up to the lake. The girls loved hiking the mile or so to the lake everyday and swimming, and throwing rocks in. They also loved roasting marshmallows and hot dogs and throwing things into the fire for hours on end. They were so sad to go home.

Things have been pretty exciting this last week or so. First off, Libby finally cut her first tooth- a bottom one- at 13 1/2 months! We're glad its finally in, since its been coming in for about a month and she hasn't been too happy about it.

Yesterday was my 26th birthday! My mom and dad and sister Jaecee were all able to come spend the week with us, so I got to spend my birthday with them, which was really nice. It was a pretty awesome day! We had an awesome BBQ up at Tee and Adam's house, and Kellan and I got to go to a movie alone. We forgot to take the camera up with us, so sorry no pictures. Sara was really cute, about every time she saw me she would wish me Happy Birthday.

The best part though was probably my ultrasound! Again, sorry no pictures, my computer isn't letting me scan anything at the moment. We took Anne with us, who was absolutely facinated and acted like she new exactly what she was looking at on the screen. It was all good news! The baby is very healthy and active, I am two weeks farther along than my Dr. first thought, which I think is fair, since last time the ultrasound added two weeks to my due date. So, I am due Nov. 12, and we are having a boy! Craziness. Really, we're not sure what to think. We really didn't care if it was a boy or a girl, but we're so used to girls that we feel kind of lost. It's exciting to do something new, but kind of scarry too. Anne is really excited to have a brother, and Sara is warming up to the idea. For a while, Sara would break down every time I suggested it might be a boy. She said Dad was the only Stevens boy she wanted. But she didn't cry when we told her, so we're sure she'll warm up to him quickly. Kellan was the most surprized. I had felt like it was a boy all along and wasn't too surprized, but I think he really just expeceted another girl. He was pretty speachless for a while. So, like the ultrasound technician pointed out to us, we'd better get shopping for some awesome boy clothes. I love the old man church clothes- flat capps, bow-ties etc. maybe we'll start there.

First, let me say, that I really love reading all of your blogs. Especially those of you who faithfully update your blogs more than twice a year. I really wish I could return the favor, but can't garuantee that. Blogging just isn't my thing, but I still wish I had blogs like yours, so I keep making feeble attempts every six months or so. Meanwhile, I'll just keep writing in my journal and shoving pictures into albums. Anyway, on to my semi-anual report.

First off, Kellan and I decided that we needed a break. But were do you go with limited funds and time? Why not baseball spring training for the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, AZ? Seriously, that's what we did. Most people couldn't beleive I went along with this one. Anyone who knows Kellan, knows he's a die hard Chicago Cubs fan even though they screw things up pretty good every year. He's always wanted to go, I wanted somewhere warm, and we left the kids at my mom's so it was pretty easy for me to be excited about watching hours of baseball in 90 degree weather. And I'll admitt I've become a bit of a fan myself, even though I enjoy teasing Kellan. We also got to go to the Mesa AZ temple, which was amazing inside and out. So the week after USU's spring break, we went(We couldn't go the week of Spring Break, because Kellan had to work). It was really fast, but really fun. We drove down Wed., went to the temple and a baseball game on Thurs. and Friday, and then drove home on Sat.
"No Pat no, don't sit on that!" We took this one just for the girls since they love Hop on Pop
Hohokam Stadium- Winter home of the Chicago Cubs
Mesa AZ Temple

For Easter we just stayed home, which was different for us. We really wanted to be Eastering with my family on the Desert or with Kellan's family in SLC, but it didn't work out, so we just spent it together at home. It turned out to be one of the best Easters! We still missed our families, but it was nice to just have it on our own. The girls had their Easter Baskets in the morning and then after church we had a specialy FHE on death and resurection, which turned out really neat.




Recently, we had Libby's 1st birthday, and Sara's 3rd birthday. Craziness! Let's just say that for my birthday in 2 weeks, we might have pie instead of cake. The girls had so much fun decorating and choosing birthday cakes. Sara asked me everyday for 2 weeks if it was her birthday yet. I found some easy cake directions on the internet, and they turned out pretty well, if I don't say so myself! Especially Libby's frog cake!










Last but certainly not least, for those of you how don't know yet, we are expecting our fourth baby in November! Which is another reason blogging hasn't been much of a priority the last few months;) Our ultrasoud should be in about 2 weeks, so we'll let you know if Kellan will continue to be grossly outnumbered or not!