April

I have had internet problems with my computer for awhile, so that is my excuse for not posting more often. I finally downloaded some pictures to Rex's computer so I can post them. So here is what was going on in April...

• We showed the vacant apartments in our buildling about 75+ times the last two months. (Now that the semester ended they are finally rented. Thank goodness!)
• General Conference, Spring Break and Easter. Yea!
• Rex taught Sharing Time in Primary and did a great job!
• I went to Utah to see my sister graduate and go to the temple with my brother.

Spring Break

We took a quick day trip to the Monterey Aquarium...definitely worth doing at least once!!!

Can you see the tiny seahorses?

The aquarium was crowded but fun. My pictures don't do justice to all of the amazing marine life that we saw!

EASTER


It is a Snow family tradition that the Easter bunny hides peanut M&Ms in the house to find.

I love the Easter bunny too! What a thoughtful guy :)

UTAH TRIP

First I got to visit two of my BYU roommates, who happen to be two of my best friends ever!

Me, Laura, and Jenni Mae

The next day I went to my sister's BYU graduation ceremony in the morning. She graduated with her BS in Elementary Education.

Isn't her hair gorgeous?!

Me, Brandon, Melissa, and Scott

Way to go Melis, we are so proud of you!

The next event of the day was going through the temple with my brother, Scott. He is preparing to leave on his mission this summer to New Zealand!

Mt. Timpanogos Temple

This was the first time that all four siblings were in the temple together. It was an experience I will never forget!

On Saturday I went to my friend Melanie's baby shower and then my awesome family threw me a baby shower of my own!

These ladies are amazing! I love you guys!

Here is the cute baby quilt they made me. Thanks everyone!

To end my trip I also got to go see Jenni Mae and Brandon's baby girl be blessed. She is named Megan Joy Muirhead, after two wonderful women. I was really lucky that so many great things were happening that weekend. It was a fun-filled trip!

It is True!

I know some of you were wondering about my last post. Our April Fool's joke was that the email was NOT a joke. Which means...we are going to have a BABY! As Rex and I were discussing this possibility we talked about getting rid of some of the stuff we have accumulated and making more room in our apartment. So when my pregnancy test turned out to be positive I told Rex by emptying out his sock/underwear drawer and filled it with newborn diapers and this note...

So this is what he saw when he opened his drawer...

He was so excited and he kept saying "Whoa!" It was such a wonderful day!

We are expecting our little one on October 31st! We just hope he/she doesn't come out too scary looking! I have been really lucky and have experienced almost no morning sickness. The doctor has told us that everything looks good so far. We are so grateful for this new blessing in our lives. Another exciting thing is that my best friend from growing up is having twins on the same day. Yea!

The Joke is on Us!

First we sent this email to our family...

Dear Family,

Can you guess when our "snowball" is coming?

Happy April 1st!

Then the following email was sent to the family by Rex's sister...

Dear Family,

Congrats to Rex & Amy.

Ha ha! I love it!

Called to Serve

My brother Scott's mission papers came yesterday! He has been SO anxious to know where he will be serving his mission. He will be serving for two years in the...

New Zealand Auckland Mission!!!

Congratulations Elder Snow! We already know you will be a great missionary. We love you!

Lucky

The other day Rex came home and told me he heard a song on the radio that he thought I would like. He found it for me to listen to on the computer. He was right...I love it!

I feel lucky to be in love with my best friend. Love ya Rex!

Sunday Stroll

Last Sunday the weather was beautiful (close to 70 degrees), so Rex and I made a picnic lunch and headed over to the Berkeley Marina. After eating we walked out on the pier and enjoyed the scenery.

There were seagulls everywhere. Rex hates it when they fly over his head. It was pretty funny!

The view to the north and some of the sailboats. My friend Melissa lives on one. Isn't that awesome?!

The view of Berkeley to the East. Home Sweet Home.

Rex and Oakland to the South.

The view of San Francisco to the West. It was such a beautiful, sunny day I loved being outside. Rex told me that I was giddy. The joys of living in California.

Holidays

I know this is almost a month late but here is the rundown of our holiday vacation and just to warn you...its really, really long.

The first item of business was to get in one more Six Flags trip before our passes expired. If you read Rex's 12 days of Christmas posts, I actually went through with the 6 seconds falling.

Here is a video of what we did.


These are the guys that went right after us. I thought $20 was too much to pay for the video they take for you. The whole time they were pulling us up I kept saying to Rex, "Why am I doing this? I don't want to do this!" Luckily we chose him to pull the ripcord or we might still be hanging there. The first fall is super scary and then when the rope catches and you start swinging its super fun. Rex had a blast so I'm glad we did it.

After riding a few of our favorite roller coasters we kept driving to my mom's house in Nevada. While we were there we had fun chatting, playing wallyball and just hanging out. We had a white elephant gift exchange with my new step siblings. We didn't do silly gifts but it still ended up funny because my mom and Steve picked the gifts they brought hoping one of us would steal it from them. None of us did so they ended up with a pull-up bar and a cookie jar full of chocolate. It was pretty funny to see their reactions.

The next day we had an early Christmas since Rex and I were headed to Arizona for the big day. Mom and Steve spoiled us with a fancy video camera. I had no idea that they made them so small now. Thanks Mom and Steve!

He headed down to AZ on the 23rd so we could be there the morning of the 24th for Rex's mom's birthday brunch. He has 5 siblings that live near his parents so its quite a party when everyone gets together. Happy Birthday Mom! We spent Christmas Eve with Kitty and Kevin's family and we even stayed up late enough to help Santa!

On Christmas day went to go see what Santa brought Becky and Aaron's family and then had a big family dinner in the afternoon. Rex got to give his siblings his gift after dinner. He made a game show for everyone out of TV showtunes from the different decades. Rex was the host and I was his "Vana White." It seemed to me that everyone had a great time.






Rex already explained what our anniversary date would be in the previous post but I have to add a few details and pictures of the actual thing. Our anniversary was on Sunday so we went out to dinner at Carrabba's on Saturday with all of Rex's siblings and their spice. It was also Rex's sister's anniversary that day as well. We were going to go to a movie but then decided we would have more fun playing games instead. We played Imagine If and Ticket to Ride. After the games ended Rex and I headed to our gondola ride at the Hyatt. It was late and super cold but our gondoleir was awesome. After chatting with him we found out that his son was in the same mission as my sister in Tennessee. Small world eh?

Our gondolier sang Silent Night for us. It was beautiful.

I was so glad I had my camera because the first time we went my battery was dead.

After our ride we left the hotel and got pulled over because the little lightbulb that lights up our license plate was out. Our next stop was the lake where we had our first kiss on my birthday. We did take a bite of our year old wedding cake and it actually still tasted prety good. It was freezing so we kissed (much better than the first time) and drove back home. It was such a fun anniversary date. Thanks Rex! I love you!

We spent the next week with more family get togethers and fun. We drove down to Tucson and visited more with Tammy and Mike's families. We went on a quick hike with Anna and her kids on New Year's Eve. She posted about it on her blog. Here is my favorite picture from the hike.

Rex and Ali with Sombrero Peak in the background. It really looks like one huh?

Finally, we drove back to Tempe and celebrated with the family in that direction for New Year's Eve. Rex got a new game for Christmas called Carcassone which we played a lot that night (and the whole trip). We also played Settlers and Ticket to Ride. Fun times...

The kids celebrating at midnight (Eastern Standard Time...sneaky parents!)


Cari and Blossom

A little tired...but excited for the New Year!

WELCOME 2009!