Congrats!

Yesterday my step-brother, Derek, got married to a beautiful girl named Lindsey. Hopefully I will get to see (and post) a picture of the happy event soon. According to my mom it was a beautiful wedding. Congratulations you two!

Another exciting event was that my brother, Scott (aka Elder Snow), and his mission companion were able to baptize a brother and sister in New Zealand. What a wonderful blessing!

Elder Snow, Harlem, Malia, and Elder Swift

With the opportunity to watch General Conference (and snuggle with my husband), I couldn't have asked for a better weekend!

34 Weeks

I promised my mom and my grandmas that I would post some more belly pictures. Here I am at 34 weeks. Our little guy is growing fast now! We are getting really anxious to meet him.

Shower Time

On Friday night Jenn and Marianna threw me a baby shower and if you know them, you also know that is was a great party!

The awesome girls in my ward came with great food, gifts, and advice.

Thanks everyone! I had a blast!

Girl's Day Out

This is one of my dearest friends, Jenni Mae, and her adorable daughter Megan. Jenni lives in New York City and while she was visiting family in Southern California she and her mom decided to come up and visit her brother in Menlo Park. Lucky me!

We went to a fancy French restaurant for lunch (called Left Bank) and had delicious sandwiches.
After that we drove over to the Stanford campus. I had never seen it before and I really enjoyed it. It is such a beautiful campus!


However, I think the best part of the day was being able to chat with one of my best girlfriends. Its hard to beat that! I'm so glad you came Jenni Mae. Love ya!

Oakland A's

A little over a week ago our friends were headed to the hospital to have their baby so we scored some last minute tickets to an A's vs. Yankees game. D and A's little guy is only about six weeks old here. Isn't he the cutest A's fan ever! Seeing him makes me so excited to have my own soon. Thanks for inviting us! (Yes, this is one of those pictures you're supposed to pay $18 for, that's why it has the watermark).

Birthday Belly

Here is my 29th week belly shot from my birthday. I get a bit scared when I think this little guy still has 1o weeks to get bigger. I'm going to be huge! Anyway, to celebrate my 27 years on this earth Rex brought me flowers and a sweet card (from him and the baby) to enjoy since he wouldn't be home. His school scheduled classes both Saturday and Sunday that he has to attend. Of course they had to do that when my birthday fell on a Saturday!


When Rex got home we left to enjoy a nice Thai dinner at a cute little restaurant. I have always loved Thai food thanks to my dad! When we got home Rex helped me make my birthday cake. He took a break from helping and got out the camera to get some belly pictures for my mom.

And a close up...

We made a Chocolate Pudding Cake, which was a new recipe I found online that I was really excited to try. When Rex found out what we were making he said, "Oh, this is my dad's favorite cake." It turns out that I have had this Kimball family favorite recipe ever since we have been married in a little recipe book my sister-in-laws made for me. Why did I not notice it before? There is a batter layer, two other layers of different toppings, then you pour some boiling water over everything right before it goes in the oven. When it comes out you have cake on the top and warm chocolate pudding underneath it. It was so yummy!


This picture is random but I wanted to remember that I was laughing at Rex for sticking a toothpick in the cake and lighting it as soon as it came out of the oven. He started singing and the flame kept going out so he re-lit it a couple of times before I convinced him to get a some real candles out of the cupboard.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes!

Muir Woods and Stinson Beach

Rex had a couple of days off the last week of July so we planned a little day trip. When my family came in May I took them to Muir Woods but Rex had class and wasn't able to come with us. So the first stop was to see the trees.

I have super long arms so we had to check out my wingspan!
(this picture doesn't do them justice)

Rex wanted to document my tree-hugging!

Rex made me laugh the whole time by being the tour guide..."On your left you will see a tall tree and if you look up ahead to your right you will see another tall tree..." You get the picture.

We saw two cute baby deer with their spots.

Our next stop was Stinson Beach for a picnic lunch. Neither of us had been to this beach before so we really enjoyed the scenic drive!

It was cool and breezy but there were still quite a few sunbathers and a couple of boogie boarders. Rex and I were with the other half of the people on the beach wearing jackets. My toes only lasted a few seconds in the water. It was freezing!

My handsome husband

We walked a little ways down the beach and Rex found me a sand dollar. I was pretty excited because when my family used to go to Mexico on vacation we searched all over for them and weren't very successful. Thanks honey!