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Dear World, I'm Pregnant!

Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Say hello to little Baby Sayre!


We are so excited!  I am somewhat of a slacker, I am 15 weeks along and just announcing to the Internet that I am pregnant.

Today we went in for our 15 week appointment, and I am pretty sure they forgot about us, we ended up sitting in the exam room for over 30 minutes before we heard the nurse outside the door tell someone we were in there.
  Finally the intern came in to get the heartbeat and Jason asked if it was too early to find out the sex (which we knew it was, but were hoping.)  He said usually they wait until 20 weeks and I wasn't scheduled for an ultrasound.  Shortly after he left my doctor showed up with the ultrasound equipment and said he'd try to figure it out before Christmas. I was sooo excited!  Apparently baby was moving around way too much, and he said he was leaning towards a girl but wasn't sure. 
This was no surprise to me, seeing as everyone who guessed thought it was a girl, including Jason.
 Then he said he'd see if the ultrasound tech could come in and take a look, so finally after waiting around for another 15 mins with goo on my belly, this time more excited than annoyed, they came back in and the ultrasound tech tried, and said she thought it was a boy, but the baby would hold still long enough to tell.  There was no way I thought it was a boy.  The doctor told us if we wanted to know before Christmas we could go to the mall and they could find a better picture.  But the tech told us we didn't need to spend money on that and took her into her room with nicer equipment and confirmed it most definitely is a boy!  They were sooo nice, I am so grateful for the extra time they spent with us!

After our appointment we went and got burgers from Parker's drive in, which I had never been to but always wanted to, sadly they are closing at the end of the year.  This was Jason's mom's tradition when she was pregnant with him, and even funnier is how we found out today the Dr. Parker who delivered Jason still practices at the clinic we go to!

We both have always wanted a boy first, and are so shocked and excited!  It is weird to completely change plans, we had the perfect name picked out and I had been thinking this was a baby girl for a long time, and now we have no clue what to name a boy!  Jason already has plans to buy camo from Cabela's, and jersey's for the baby.  
Now that I saw this little baby inside me it seems so much more real, we can't wait to meet him!

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Yay for Fall!

Posted on Friday, October 14, 2011

I know, I know I am horrible blogger. I feel that I have so much to post about that I don't know where to begin! I'll make it easy on myself and start with today. Hopefully I will get around to our trip to Oklahoma for B.C. and Katie's wedding, seeing our cute new nephew Asher for the first time, and everything else soon.

When I got home from work my iPhone had arrived! For some reason Jason thought it would be a great joke to hide it from me. It didn't take me long to find it in the dirty clothes, but apparently he thought that would be the last place I would look. Since i NEVER do laundry... Proved him wrong!

This evening we took a drive up the AF canyon. I love all the beautiful colors up the canyon in the fall time. It is fun to basically see the progression of fall as you drive higher and higher, starting with green trees and ending with trees already half bare and orange. Here are some pics from Instagram which I am already spending way to much time playing with!

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Lava Hot Springs

Posted on Tuesday, July 5, 2011

To celebrate the fourth Jason & I went on a last minute trip with our good friends Danny & Aly to our favorite summer camping spot Lava Hot Springs.  We camped with the masses at Smith's Trout Haven, where we slept in our new green tent and braved some of the smelliest port-a-potties one has ever seen.



  We tried a new twist on the roasted mallow and sacrificed little pink peeps over the flames instead.  Very appropriate for July I think.


Besides enjoying the hot springs and the boys floating the cold river, we found an awesome field of purple flowers on the way to visit Jason's Grandma.  It made me wish I had makeup on and a cute summer dress instead of my swimsuit!  Idaho is full of so many great rustic photography sites!




I love lava, hopefully we can make it back soon!

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You're A Grand Old Flag!

Posted on Monday, July 4, 2011

I think if you ask almost anyone they would agree the Fourth of July is one of the best Holidays!
What is there not to love?  Summer, No-work, America, Blowing stuff up....Yeah!!!
We were lucky enough to get to go to the stadium of fire this year.  Every year living in Provo we would sit outside and watch fireworks outside the stadium, usually on the roof of the riv....and they are so much more exciting inside!   Jason was bashing and bashing Utah's fireworks, but now that he saw the whole sheBANG, he thinks Utah is a whole lot cooler.  My  parents were supposed to come with us, but unfortunately my mom wasn't feeling too great, so we got to bring Danny and Aly instead.
And you know, i wasn't all that excited for Brad Paisley, but I actually had a ton of fun listening to him!  Jason looooves Brad!  David Archeleta was also adorably awkward as well.


My favorite part was the parachuters :)

Right  now we just got back from Lava Hot Springs (post to come).  We are exhausted and spending our fourth of July evening on the couch.   Once the sun goes down we will make our way up to the parking lot and watch other people's newly legal fireworks in the valley and maybe a few of our own.

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Cherry Trees & Trash Piles

Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011

We came home from  Lake Powell early Saturday morning and I already miss it...
Here is a little sneak peek photo, but i promised myself i have to write a full post about it!

Jason & I at Rainbow Bridge
I am super sad to be back, it went by way too fast!  At least we came back to two surprises...

Today as I was waiting for Jason in my car, I noticed one of the huge trees in front of our complex is a cherry tree!  I don't know why i haven't noticed this yet, last august when we moved in they must have all been gone.   They are almost ripe, the only problem is 95% of the cherries are only reachable by the birds who seem to really be enjoying them.  I ate 3 :)




 How do you like them freckles?

Surprise #2, it seems that it is some sort of  special trash day and everyone is leaving piles and piles of wood and junk on the side of the road to be picked up.  And that saying one man's trash is another man's treasure is so true!  Jason refused to let me stop and pick up a awesome green chair the first time around, but he eventually creeped around the neighborhood with me and looked at all the piles with me.  The chair was snatched up before I could get back to it, but I did find this cool old green trunk!


I can't decide yet if it is keep-worthy yet or not, even I will admit it is really dirty.  The top has a name, T.S. Bytheway (related to John?), and the address we picked it up from painted on.  The leather is cracked and caked with dirt and rust, but its cool, right?  Kinda almost creepy, but cool?  I will have to work on cleaning it up and see what happens.

There were so many old panels of wood from white-washed picket fences and such, so perfectly antique-y looking... but as badly as I want to I couldn't think of anything to do with it.  Ideas?  Maybe I'm crazy for picking through people's trash piles?

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More Portland Vacation

Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2011


If you ever visit Portland, Oregon on a Saturday, you must go to Saturday Market!  It is so much fun to wander around the many many tents and look at the art & handmade goods made by local artists.  And if you are into people-watching...Jackpot!!!  Have you seen the Portlandia video "Put a Bird On It"?  About half these vendors are exactly what they are talking about.  I got a handmade journal that I've been looking for forever, and we got some funny t-shirts

My brother Ryan's favorite part of Saturday Market is the elephant ears.  Can you believe Jason has never heard of them!?  So he had his first elephant ear with melty-peanutbuttery-goodness.  From the looks of things I think he enjoyed it!
Next up on our itinerary was OMSI.  I have spent many field trips in that place!  Jason and I went on the submarine tour, then we wandered around with my Grandma & Parents until our feet were about to give out.
From top left; my mom in Egypt, Jason starting the tour, distortion, my dad in front of OMSI, Jason by the submarine.



In the interaction area I was shocked with the biggest shock in my life right in my face!  It felt like a punch!  But look at that static in Jason's hair!








If you want to taste some of the best desserts ever you must visit Papa Haydn's!  Yum!  Another Portland must!




After Easter dinner on Sunday we sadly had to leave on Monday.  Before our teeth-cleaning at my Dad's office, We had one last stroll down the Riverwalk with my Grandma.  We were lucky to have such beautiful and unexpected weather.  We had a fancy picnic of crab salads, leftover ham, pie, and my Grandma's famous potato salad, washed down with coca-cola from the bottle, a great last meal for our Portland trip!

In the we were enjoying our Gustav's fondue, and some last minute magnet-shopping and we almost missed our flight!  Would that have been so bad though?





PS, Ryan and Amy were on the same flight as Fred Armisen, the main actor of Portlandia.  Could there be a more perfect way to end a Portland trip?

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Our Own Deadliest Catch Adventure

Posted on Monday, May 2, 2011

Last Easter Weekend Jason and I were Lucky enough to go to Portland with my family.  We had so much fun and did so much!  I love visiting Portland, there is so many interesting people and so many interesting things to do.


Our first day there we began our adventure to the Coast to go crabbing.  We drove to the coast on winding, narrow roads, passing tall green forests of pine trees and the scenic views of Oregon farmland. My stomach was churning by the time we reached the small dock.  But while my Grandma and Mom waited patiently for us on the dock we made our way out onto the choppy waters of a windy bay, lined with pine trees and sandy shores dotted with sunbathing seals and sun-bleached driftwood.

My sister in law, Amy, and I were the picture-takers in the bow of the small aluminum boat.  My Dad drove while Jason and my brother Ryan set and pulled up the crab traps.  We caught only one crab.  Crabs have to be of a certain size and you can only keep males.  I almost felt bad because we interrupted him having a nice dinner, he was still chomping on some rotting fish guts.


A couple hours on the water was enough for me, and Jason & Ryan were soaking wet with salt water, they were devoted though and kept crabbing off the dock.  Luckily my Dad saved the day and came prepared with plenty of dry clothes!  Our crab along with a couple others we bought were cooked up and the dock and after some seafood at a oyster factory, we were beck to my Grandma's house.


In my past I have not particularly loved crab, but I was brave and tried some, and it's not that bad! I wasn't as brave as Jason who ate the heart, and some of the rotting fish bait, but I like to pretend that didn't happen.  After helping cracking a couple crab I legs I decided crabs are the spiders of the sea and pretty much creep me out.    (Until I found there are real sea-spiders, eek!)  

We had fun!  I think Jason's jeans still smell fishy, but it was worth it.  More blogging of our Portland adventures to come!