The Wedding and Reception :)

Well - on Thursday morning Em and I took the red-eye to Kentucky for my big sister Laura's wedding! The trip was incredibly refreshing however the flight was horrible. Remember to never book a red-eye flight so you can spend more time with your family - just miss more school and get sleep in a bed, not a plane.

We'll blog about our Thanksgiving (we celebrated some holidays out of order this year) festivities with the Bay/Krebs bunch, we just wanted to get some pictures up from the festivities. Friday night was the reception and Saturday morning was the wedding. It was a great time with family - we just wish we could have gotten there a little earlier to enjoy Christmas, Halloween and Independence day with the grandkids! 

Coming out of the temple - a beautiful ceremony :)

Not the last kiss of the day...

Me and my big sis - "Maybe now the family will think I'm older than you..." - Laura Bay

They got their marriage license :)

Ben and TyTy, so stinkin' awesome.

The girls - Aliya and Emma Margaret

The three eldest Marcums - Jacob, Josh, Sarah

Laura made it to the reception - the nieces love it!

Matt playing with Jojo.

Little brothers - miss you Elder Krebs

Both families - sans spouses.

The Krebs Kids

Parents pic.

Sibling love :) Aliya and Jojo

More love...

Multiply and replenish - all the nieces and nephews!

Cute Ben :)

prize winning photograph - Little WillBill...

always happy...

Sisters :)

Mom and boy :)

The Krebs fam... one of them at least.

look at will...

These brothers love each other :)

Fun at the reception!

Happy and radiant - Laura is gorgeous, Tom complements her beauty well!

Pages of love.

I know scrapbooking is kind of old-fashioned since shutterfly and digital wedding albums hit the market, but it's kind of my obsession. There's something "homey" and comforting about the look of handmade pages that keeps me from falling into the digital rage. I know it's crazy to spend bazillions of dollars (okay, not a bazillion, but it's a lot) on pretty paper, insanely expensive embellisments and loads of adhesive squares, but I can't help myself. Plus, scrapbooks have always been one of my favorite gifts to give. For this reason, I actually have no scrapbook of my own experiences. Luckily, I married my best friend (who has received one of these said gifts). Anywho, since my current project is a Christmas gift (and I suspect a surprise!), I won't put up any photos. Instead, here are some shots of the scrapbooks that I made for my husband :)

Blessings galore.

I'm the financial worry worm of the family. No surprise there, right? So, as we've been getting closer and closer to little peanut's big debut, I've become more and more anxious about just how we will make ends meet. Well, just like Chuck always says, "Everything will work out." Thanks to so many wonderful people, we have truly been blessed financially in the last couple of months.

1. Papa Woods.

When we first found out that we were pregnant, I was just graduating from BYU and consequently losing health insurance ((bad timing, I know). We had applied to a few health insurance companies, but they denied me because I was already pregnant (darn those pre-existing condition clauses). We tried Medicaid, but weren't able to get any response from them before we left for Fiji. So, we were in a bit of a pickle.

Thanks to Obama-care and my dad's efforts, I was able to hop onto my Dad's health insurance at no additional cost. I make it sound like an easy process, but my dad went through a lot of work and even changed his plan so that I could get affordable care in Utah, not just Kentucky. So, thanks Papa for keeping us insured in one of the most important times!

AND as my birthday gift, my dad offered to pay for my flight to Kentucky for Laura's wedding (this weekend!). Pretty generous birthday gift. Thanks, Dad :)

2. Tammy and Greg Adams.

Tam and Greg just had adorable little Grant on January 2, 2010.

Adorable baby Grant :)

Consequently, they have so graciously offered us loads of baby gear. I'm not just talking baby clothes (extremely cute baby clothes that I look through almost every week) and burp clothes, but a swing, her boppy, their stroller...things that they could have sold, but decided to give to us instead. Thanks Tam and Greg for clothing our soon-to-be son and so much more :)

3. HELP International.

Chuck and I had planned a big trip to New Zealand and Australia after our Fiji excursion. Since HELP pays for our direct flights to Fiji, we just purchased the entire trip (LA to Fiji, Fiji to NZ, NZ to Aus, Aus, NZ and NZ back to LA) through HELP. The cost of the extra flights were surprisingly only around $400/person. We told HELP that we would just deduct that amount ($800 total) out of our final paychecks when we got back.

Chuck's sweet grandma, Twilla Hancock, passed away just days before we were to fly to New Zealand. After a lot of prayers and discussion, we both decided to cut off our trip and head straight back home to attend her funeral. Luckily, we were able to change the flights with no additional costs whatsoever-a major blessing that we weren't expecting. We made it back just in time to spend a wonderful week with the Krebs family and to celebrate Grandma Hancock's life.

The Krebs Family with Grandpa Hancock at Grandma Hancock's funeral

When we returned to Provo, we went into the HELP office to return the various items we had used over the course of the summer (laptop, phones, etc.). The directors asked us just how much extra we owed them for our flights. When we told them that it was around $800 dollars, they dismissed it and told us not to worry about it. Yet another incredible blessing.

4. Corinda Krebs.

Corinda, who happens to be about 3 weeks behind me in her own pregnancy, offered to host and plan a baby shower (with the help of Momma Krebs and Momma Woods and a few others) while we will be in Kentucky. How sweet!

5. Momma Woods.

As we've started to look around more seriously at baby gear and ask other women and couples tons of questions about what's worth it and what's not, we were a little overwhelmed. Momma Woods has graciously offered to get our very first crib for us. Not that it will fit into the place we live now, but she said she'll "hold it" until we find a place where little peanut can have his own room. Thanks, mom!

Not only that, but she has offered to let Chuck and I use her "companion certificate" (a reward through Delta Airlines that allows you to purchase one ticket and then a companion ticket on the same flight for only $99) for our flights home for Christmas. Thanks momma for helping us out more than you know.

5. Medicaid.

Just today we found out that if we apply for medicaid as soon as little peanut is born, Medicaid will pay for 100% of the baby's hospital bill plus appointments, etc. up until age 6. Holy cow!

So, as you can see...we're a pretty blessed little family if ya ask me. And just like Chuck always says, "Everything will always work out." In fact, President Hinckley says it a little better, "It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. … If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers."

Just gotta have a little faith (and some really wonderful family and friends ;) ).

Krebs Reunion = PARTAY.

Chuck's lovely sister Laura is getting married this Saturday, October 15th (Woot Woot) to her sweetheart, Tommy Bay (check out their website here).

We are so extremely excited for them! And to celebrate, the whole Krebs clan has convened in Lexington, KY. If you are unaware, that includes Momma and Papa Krebs, Tam and Greg plus Emma and Grant, Matt and Corinda plus Aliya and Joseph (and little baby krebs on the way!), Jeff and Ash plus Ben, Ty and William, Laura and Tommy (duh), Chuck and I (and little peanut), little Glen and John (in spirit). That's a lot of Krebs family lovin' going on if ya ask me. And don't worry, Momma and Papa Krebs (with the help of Krebs gals) have not only planned fabulous wedding goodness, but a week full of fun! In fact, we're celebrating every holiday within one week. Brilliant. Chuck and I are missing some of the fun this week (silly school), but we're heading there tomorrow night and couldn't be more excited! We haven't been to beautiful KY since our own wedding and are anxious to get back east and to be with our awesome family.

Congrats, Tom and Laura! And watch out, we are SO ready to party.

Peanut Update :)

We're 30 weeks (tomorrow marks 31weeks) and we are getting super anxious for little peanut to arrive! We had an appointment today and heard his little heartbeat again (always makes me so happy!) and everything seems to be right on track :)

October 8, 2010: 30 weeks

Last night, for about the thirty-seventh time, Chuck asked little peanut if he could just hurry up and get here. I argued that his little brain and organs are growing and we don't want him to skip that! Chuck promptly reminded me that I was six weeks early and my brain turned out just fine (according to him at least). Touche. 

Another interesting anecdote, I've taken to fainting lately. Only twice...in the past two days, one of which occurred while I was visiting someone that I had just met (talk about embarrassing moments) Luckily, both mom and OB doc gave me some advice to keep this to a minimum. Apparently, hypoglycemic episodes are pretty common in pregnancy and as long as I eat every 2 hours, I should be able to keep them from happening too frequently. The doctor just prescribed more eating...could life get any better? So no worries, we're both doing just fine :)

Chuck did say he would be more worried if I wasn't such a fainter already. Maybe it just runs in the genes...

Go COUGARS!

Emily and I got the chance to go to the BYU vs. San Jose State game on Saturday night. We got the tickets through an interesting connection. I met a guy on twitter (I know... haha) who served in my ward in 2003 in KY and was also in my older Brother Jeff's ward in college. He said he had two tickets to the game that he'd give us for free. Since Em and I didn't get all-sports pass this year we had wanted to go to at least ONE game this season, but this guy (Nick Newman) lived all the way in South Jordan (45 min.) and we didn't want to use the gas to get there. We were lucky because Nicole (Em's best friend) had a brother coming to the game from Salt Lake and he picked the tickets up for us! Thanks, Clint.

BYU has had a rough season this year - we were lucky to go when they won, they lost to Utah this year 54-10. BYU beat San Jose State 29-16 in a fast first half and SLOW second half. Three passing touchdowns in the first half and none in the second. Here's a few pictures we took with our cool telephoto lens - courtesy of Sarah and Dad Woods (I brought it to see how it worked - not too shabby).

Riley Nelson started - first start of the season.  

This was BYU celebrating their first touchdown of the game!

The famed Lavell Edwards Stadium - what a great place to watch football. 

Riley Nelson looking for a receiver downfield. 

Nelson finds a whole - he had 65 rushing yards on the game. 

We sure had a fun time :) 

October Snow.

 I learned a few things today:

1. Cold weather = increased desire to read books and drink hot drinks.
2. I'd rather walk. Always.
3. Dad's are pretty awesome people.
(see following story)

Today was going to be productive. I was going to scrapbook 5 pages, clean the bathroom, coach, do the laundry and make a couple of desserts. I promise.

And then it snowed.

Let's face it, when it's cold and raining outside all I want is to cuddle up on the couch with a good book and some hot cocoa. So, thank you Western Family cocoa for making this chilly first snow of the season spectacular.

Fortunately, I did get to diving practice to coach, although trying to find a parking spot on the first cold day of the semester is not something I particularly enjoy. In fact, in the amount of time I spent driving around looking for a spot and then walking from that spot to the pool I probably could have...okay, I wasn't doing anything before so it's not like it was a total waste of time.

However, when I got home from practice I found a lovely little package in my mailbox. Inside was this:

This is a ridiculous picture, but you can't really tell what it looks like in the other picture :)

 
My Dad, who's birthday is today (Happy Birthday, Dad!) sent me a lovely maternity sweater "just because." These little surprises are the best kind of surprises. Thanks, Dad for increasing my winter wardrobe and for making me feel loved :)