Happy Father's Day!

I know there are many wonderful men out there that will be honored on this Father's Day, but I will honor two of them. First, I live far away from my family and am not able to be with my own Father today. I wish I was-the meals up there are delicious-I'm sure much better than what I'm making for Father's Day dinner tonight. My dad is one of my heroes. He was for a long time the only man that I held such admiration and love for, now I share that love and admiration with my husband. My dad is soft spoken, loving, kind, hard-working, sensitive, a worthy Priesthood holder, full of wisdom and knowledge, funny, and much much more.

I love him so much more than I can ever express. I know I tell him I love him, but it's always difficult to express so much love. I am sure he understands though because that is probably how he feels about all his children. My dad is wonderful and has taught me so much. He has taught me the value of work. He has taught me how to love my family. He has taught me how to make fudge and check the oil in a car. He has taught me that I am a Daughter of God and worth more than sometimes I would believe. He has taught all of his girls not to let your boyfriends work for your Dad- it never turns out good. :) He has taught me how to cry and laugh and much much more. To write it all would take days and days of posting, but you get the picture. I love you Dad! Thanks for being such a wonderful Father and example to all of us!

Next, is my husband, Ezra. Handsome, isn't he? He's mine and I'm keeping him!

Who amazingly enough has many of the same characteristics of my father. Which I am so grateful for. Ezra is one of the kindest people I have ever met. I strive to be more like him. He is positive and optimistic and full of energy. Always convincing me that I can laugh even if I'm in a bad mood. Not only is he super handsome-he is hard-working as well. I know that we have had plenty of bumps in the road of work, but he never ceases to work hard. He does the dishes (which I hate to do), and when he knows I am tired or not feeling well won't even let me try to help him. He is constantly trying to keep our home a comfortable place and treats me like a Queen.

He makes me want to be a better person which I think is very important in a relationship. He listens to me when I've had a bad day or a good day. He laughs at me and with me. He loves music and having a good time. He has a stomach of steel! He will eat anything I cook even if it is disgusting! He loves the Gospel and is a worthy Priesthood holder. I can't wait to see him in the role of a Father. I know he is going to be an excellent Dad. We still have lots to learn and I'm sure we will make plenty of mistakes, but I have no doubt in my mind that he is going to be great! I love you so much Ezra! Thanks for lifting me up and being such a great example to me. Thanks for keeping me laughing-your laugh makes my day. Our baby is very blessed to have you for his Daddy!

I love you both so much!

Oh baby! Oh baby, baby!

IT'S NO DOUBT! We are having a beautiful BOY! I think he did such a good job at his second photo shoot. He seems proud of his "stuff" too! Not shy about it at all, I think we may need to keep our eye on him. Ha. Enjoy the pictures....for those of you that can look at them and decide what body part is what. Although she did label some! Ezra asked me, "Are you really going to put the pictures up? That's our baby boy's privates." I said, "I don't think he'll mind!" But so cute still, getting all embarrassed for him already! Please understand that I had to scan these into the computer-hence the crooked and speckled images you can see.I really like this one because you can see him with his legs curled up. It was really cool while she was doing the ultrasound he kicked his legs as if to say, "Leave me alone, please."

Cute little baby feet!

Profile picture! I think he is just so beautiful! Look at his cute little nose.

Oh well would you look at that?! This was the first shot the technician got! She said, "Let's see if we can see between the legs." followed by, "Yep we definitely know what this one is." Meanwhile at the same exact moment I'm saying, "Oh yeah! It's a boy!" She said, "That is definitely a boy!"
This one is the hardest to see because of the shadows. She said he is kind of turned away from us and then his spine reflects and makes shadows in the picture. This is his face. You can see the eye spots and nose. He also has his hand right by his mouth and the other one above his head!

We feel so blessed and grateful to be taking part of this amazing experience of pregnancy. We are excited about our many adventures waiting. We cannot wait to meet our beautiful baby boy...but I guess we will stay occupied until the time comes to welcome him into our family. We love our baby boy!

Weird

For some reason it won't space my paragraphs or even let me indent...it bugs me because it looks weird. Just know, that if I could fix it- I would.

Finally, the Nearly Perfect Day! (warning it's long)

Okay so I figured I better finally document the nearly perfect day before I forget it. Plus, I am getting very far behind in other posts now. Anyhow, what makes a perfect day you ask? I will start at the beginning. I usually work a part time job on Saturdays and hardly ever have a Saturday off because lets face it- who else can handle 60-80 kids making useless crafts for a few hours better than me? (Just kidding, hopefully they figure it out soon).

So, when I do have a Saturday off its usually because I have something else going on- a baby shower, a wedding, I'm out of town for something, a training, you name it. However, this particular May 16th of a Saturday- I took off purely for the reason that it was the Saturday after our birthdays and I wanted the day to spend with my husband and myself. Aww, I think I may be quitting sooner than later, because it was absolutely WONDERFUL! I know we did extra stuff, but just having the day off to do nothing or to do house work would be wonderful too. Just spending the time with Ezra is what makes it a perfect day- with some added bonuses! I took pictures to document the day!

1st event- SLEEPING IN! Sorry I don't have a picture of this one. Ezra always wakes up earlier than I do, but not today, which made it even more perfect- nothing better than getting up when you want (around 9:30 if I remember correctly). It probably helps that we were both exhausted from Field Day the day before. Sleeping in-Aww, wonderful.

2nd event- A delicious, homemade breakfast with all the fixins! (No picture either) but some of you can probably imagine. Homemade french toast (Grandma Sycamore bread-which I haven't been able to find since), homemade buttery goodness-we call Butter Syrup, fresh strawberries, eggs, sausage, and a smoothie. Delicious! After breakfast we move to the next event.

3rd event- this does not really add to the perfect day, but it made me feel a little accomplished for the day, we (yest together) did some laundry, put my Scentsy orders together, delivered a few orders, and then we came home to prepare for our first destination of the day. Here is where the pictures begin. We changed out of our clothes and left the house.

Destination #1- Pretzel Time at the mall, being pregnant, I have often been craving soft mall pretzels. However, its such a pain to go I rarely give in to my craving. Ezra and I drove to the mall parked to the door closest to Pretzel Time and sat on a bench together. We people watched and enjoyed our wonderful salty pretzels. (I could have ate his too, but I didn't).

Destination #2- This is probably the most important destination of the day! The Las Vegas Temple. It is such a peaceful and beautiful place to retreat to. Whenever I go to the temple, I wonder why I ever leave. (I'm sure the workers might get tired though if everyone wanted to stay forever, and something about a tummy rumbling always helps get you going too.) I just love the temple, any temple! The temple truly is The House of the Lord and you can feel so close to the Spirit in the temple. I am very blessed to have a temple so close and to be able to feel that peace when I make the time for it. I am going to try to go more often. I love to just sit and pray and know that God loves me and answers my prayers. My little one growing inside shows me that God knows me better than I know myself and He loves me.


Destination #3- No perfect day would be complete in Las Vegas, without In-n-Out! Because that's what a hamburger is all about! Ezra and I went to In-n-Out because by this point with only a pretzel in our bellies we are feeling empty.
Destination #4 - To top off the day we have to include DESSERT! We have been wanting to go to Serendipity 3 since it opened here. It is the same as Serendipity in New York. We thought for sure we would be waiting for awhile. To our pleasure we had a mere 15 minute wait in which we again enjoyed people watching. Ezra was laughing hysterically because of people dancing, and those of you who know Ezra's laugh when he gets hysterical, know that you can help but laugh yourself. My husband is one of the happiest and fun-loving people I know.

Dessert was beyond delicious. I ordered the frozen hot chocolate because I had to- it was my first time-and its what they are known for. Ezra ordered a sundae which was big enough for 6 people I think. It had a slice of 7 layer cake along with plenty of ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped cream. Unfortunately, my camera died before the pictures of Serendipity. Sad, I know. A lady took a picture of us and said she'd send it to my e-mail, I gave her a business card, but I haven't got the picture yet-it most likely isn't coming. I took a few with my phone-I'll try and get those up soon.

To make it more perfect we got to enjoy one of the beautiful things on the strip (not many) the Bellagio water show. We enjoyed two beautiful songs and fountain show before my bladder kicked into overdrive and I was about ready to drop kick anyone that got in my way or walked too slowly. Eventually, I gave up on Ezra keeping up and told him I'd see him inside. I think that was the most time we didn't spend together the whole day.

Then we came home and enjoyed laughing through a movie together until we fell asleep.

Ezra and Lynsie spending time together= a perfect day! The only reason I said it was nearly perfect is because it didn't have a few extra hours added to it.