Boating

Blurry, but the 3 pro wakeboarders!

Brady holding the shower as if he is peeing.  He always loves to make people laugh.  I hope I don't offend anyone.

The lovely flag holder.

Brady is obsessed with boating and would live on the lake if he could.  Unfortunately we haven't been able to go as much this summer because we can never get a third person to go, but luckily our great friends Brady and Steph came with us Monday night and we had so much fun.  Brady and Brady wakeboarded of course and did great and Steph got up on the wakeboard on her first try and you would have never guessed she had never done it before.  We both forgot our camera so unfortunately we don't have footage of it, but I did get some blurry pictures with my phone afterward.  I haven't been able to ski while being pregnant so I am the bum who just sits on the boat and holds the flag, but it is always fun to be with friends!

And the Verdict is...

Brady and I arrived to our baby appointment on time yesterday and the nurse rushed out to let us know the doctor had to do emergency surgery and that she would be back in a half hour so we should just sit tight.  We were already so anxious knowing we could find out if "it" is a boy or girl.  When the doctor returned, and the ultrasound started, it was important to hear how healthy the baby was and then the doctor zoomed in on the bum.  Well our sweet little angel had it's legs closed and did not want to move despite the doctors much jiggling of my belly.  Until..."oh it moved it's leg for just a second and I am sure I saw a little....boy!"  I look over to Brady and he is glowing with excitement as I realize that the world will be graced with another little Brady Mock.  We are so excited and can't wait for our little boy to come.  As many of you know, Brady is dead set on naming his little boy and as of now he is set on Brooks, after Garth Brooks.  So I guess I should say Brooks will be here come January.  

Shoe Frenzy

I LOVE shoes.  I can't throw them away either.  I collect and collect until my husband is ready to scream.  Who cares if they are ten years old?  It is not like my feet hurt.  Or of course I wear them, with that one outfit, once a year.  I am sure all you girls out there know what I mean when it is hard to part with something.  I always tell Brady that I shop and collect clothes and shoes now like food storage... we might not always be able to afford them.  He loves when I compare shopping to food storage...NOT!  Anyways...I collect shoes and I keep boxes to help organize and store them.  Well it is a pain in the but to move and take along dozens and dozens of shoe boxes.  So today, my sister, Jocelyn, and I decided to rethink our shoe organization.  We headed off to Walmart and looked at all the storage options available in order for us to view our shoes and keep them in cubbies.  This is our conclusion and I LOVE it:

I ended up organizing shoes by blacks, browns, tans, colors, boots, sandals, etc.. how long they will stay that way I have no idea!

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Here are my boxes piled up on the floor...GOOD BYE FOREVER!

Another look at my shoes.

Happy Birthday Colton!

My oldest nephew, Colton, turned 7 today. He was my first nephew/niece and thus has a special place in my heart. Every time I go to Idaho to visit he wants to stay up all night with me. Most of the time he wants to talk about the scriptures and have me tell him stories or else he wants to listen and sing to primary songs. He is such a righteous young boy and so good to his two younger brothers. He is a sports fanatic and can argue with the best of them about teams and players. I am so grateful for God's gift of children and everything they teach us in life. Colton will grow up to be a righteous priesthood holder and it amazes me that the world can continue to destroy itself and yet more righteous children are continually placed upon this earth to be the future leaders of the church. (I am sure you can't tell that I am in Primary and absolutely love all the children I have gotten to know through family and church.) Anyways, I will get off my soapbox and let Colton know how much I love him and how proud of him I am. Emily and Greg are awesome parents and I hope my children can be as righteous as my nephew and nieces are on the DeVries and Mock side.

Happy Birthday to 2 Great Brothers in Law

Happy Birthday to Greg who has been in this family for almost 10 years now. We all are so grateful mainly because he helped bring 3 gorgeous kids to this world (j/k) Greg is great to. Thanks Greg for putting up with our imposing family and me. It has been great to work with you and I am grateful for all your help! Brady is grateful to have such a great friend to. Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Craig (Tomorrow). I have always loved Craig since I got to know him in 7th grade. He has always been a loyal friend to me and I am glad we can always be friends. Even though he was my first kiss and broke my heart on my 15th birthday, he is the reason Brady even asked me on a date so we owe everything to him. Thanks! Craig has such a big heart and loves his family and friends so much, especially the little nephew and nieces. He is a great uncle, brother, brother-in-law, and friend. Happy Birthday Craig hope you have a great day!

Baby Pictures

My smile looks a little more real than his!

Don't love it of me, but Brady wanted to pose upset while I was happy.

Brady for some reason wanted to pose this way and I can't even remember why.

I was looking through my mom's pictures and found some of Brady and I on the day we found out we were pregnant.  I was so happy, Brady was so shocked, but happy.  We are even more excited as time goes on and we get more into the pregnancy.  I will keep everyone updated because if the baby cooperates we will find out what it is on the 25th!   YEAH!

Have Some Pride in Yourself and Brady is Sleeping in a Different Bed

Our clean table and floor

Our guest bedroom that has been my room this week.

A shot of our freshly vacuumed carpet and tidy family room.

Another shot of the family room.

My most prized possession that took months of convincing...our bedroom set (with no piles of clothes!)  Aren't you proud mother!?

Our beautifully clean kitchen!

Our newly bleached bathtub.  

Our sanitized bathroom (the floor by the toilet is my sanctuary)

Our freshly mopped hallway

Our clean kitchen area

How else do you take a comment when your mother tells you to have some pride in yourself and clean your house.  Since I have been pregnant my little baby does not want me to clean (or maybe it is my psychie)  Well my sweet mother Veronica saw Brady's and my living conditions the other day and told us we needed to clean.  We quickly told her we don't feel like it... I have vomited twice just from walking in the kitchen...thus I do not go in there at all after those experiences.  My sweet husband has been serving me hand and foot when it comes to any food.  Well my mother didn't care that we didn't feel like it and told us it all came down to us just having pride in ourselves.  Our house has been a disaster.  Just to give you an idea Brady and I have slept 4 nights in different beds because our king size bed was half covered in clean laundry just waiting weeks for their turn to be hung up.  Can anyone say lots of ironing needed.  Well after my mother's comment and wanting to sleep with my husband we cleaned our house.  My mom went to Portland the day we cleaned and she won't be back til Sunday so here are some pictures of proof so she can know we have some pride in ourselves.  So now it is the 4th of July (Happy Birthday America!)  and last night Brady and I came to Idaho Falls to stay with Emiy and Greg for the weekend (that is a whole other post with pictures I have been taking YEAH!).  Well we were really excited after 4 nights apart to spend one night in the same bed.  We went to bed really late last night and I felt like I hadn't even fallen alseep when Brady let me know he was going to sleep on the couch.  Why you ask?!  Anyone who knows Brady knows he has noise fetishes.  We sleep with a fan on every night at our house so he can't hear me breathe...yes I said breathe not snore.  Well we forgot a fan and earplugs so all he could hear was my breathing and that prohibited him from sleeping in the same room with me.  Thus now it has been 5 nights apart.  The sad thing is we are space hogs and love our own beds.  So today we will venture to a store and buy a small fan or earplugs and hopefully our marriage will be saved.  Just kidding.  Sorry this is a long post, but at least I have tons of pictures with tons more to come!!!  Thanks Em for letting us invade your house as always it is a blast!  I will post tomorrow of our weekend in IF.