I know you are all just DYING to know...

We found out what baby is well at least the ultrasound tech agreed with my Dr. and Kael's been right all along! Not sure how much stock to take in that fact, but still fun to think maybe he's known the whole time! 

He says that we should name the baby SISTER GIRL! 

p.s the baby is SUPER active so much so the tech had a hard time getting all the measurements so we didn't get super great pictures either BUMMER! That's why I didn't post any, maybe next time?!

It's a ...

well we think we know but you'll just have to wait until we have a confirmation on that subject. Baby is doing well and growing like a weed, and so is my belly! I'm starting to feel the huge uncomfortable feeling you have constantly when your belly gets big but OH WELL! I'm starting to feel better some days and some days I still feel yucky but I'll take that over what it was! We had an appointment on monday and we took the boys with us. Kael was so excited to see the baby on the ultrasound and talked the whole drive home (it's a good 45 minutes) about how he saw the arms and legs and belly. He was very excited! Brady just tried to play with the machine the whole time! He could have cared less! Stay tuned to see what baby turns out to be!

By Kristen's request...

While I still need to get a belly picture up for all of you to see a couple of weeks ago one night I was talking to Kael about the baby and how it was in my tummy growing bigger and it was making my tummy bigger. Which he insists that he has a baby in his as well, he tells me all the time I need to "shhh" because his baby is asleep or I'm squishing his baby! Anyhow as we're talking about my big belly he points to my chest which is rather well endowed to begin with but worse now that I'm pregnant and asks so seriously with a puzzled look "Mom are there babies in there too?" I said no honey there is only a baby in my tummy...he than says "well they're big like your belly!" Don't know if he's just never noticed them before or what but what a funny little boy!

Saturday Adventures

Growing up I was blessed to go on many many saturday adventures with my family. It was really the only day we saw much of my dad sometimes so my parents were incredible at making saturdays ones FULL of memories. I drive Jonny nuts sometimes about it because that's what I want for my kids. Now we don't live in cool places like Japan (my most favorite childhood memories were exploring that country with my family!) but we have spent several saturdays recently in other places close to home that I absolutely adore. We had plans to have dinner on the mountain but summer rain spoiled that plan so we stayed at Jonny's parents and made cobbler and had BBQ pork sandwiches. After we left to go home Jonny said he wasn't ready to get home and wanted to go for a drive. We ended up going sort of up the mountain to look over a canyon that is here. Kael is our cautious one and DID NOT like being close to the cliffs, Brady on the other hand is NOT AFEARED of much! He wanted to be right up close to see over the edge. He's going to be a handful camping next week! EEK! Here are some pictures I took (YAY ME but note to self take more with me in them too!)

p.s. Brady was everywhere so pardon the lack of pictures of him this time! 

It turned out scrumptious!

Our makeshift camping fire

Collecting rocks to throw

Who wouldn't adore a view like this only 10 minutes from your house! I ♥ my mountains!... And these aren't even the most pretty parts! 

We are going camping for our Annual Kremin Family Campout, I look forward to it just as much as I do Christmas and if you know me well that A LOT! I'll remember my camera (I hope) if not I'll steel pictures to share. Until another post...

Loved this quote!

I've heard this before and it's been a while but I would have to say that I couldn't agree more with Sister Hinckley! 

It was a good reminder to read it today, a good reminder to love the moments that sometimes drive me absolutely insane! I do have to say I love kisses from my boys they give the best kisses especially the sticky ones! 

"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know that I was really here and that I really lived".