The Moment You've All Been Waiting For...

Yes. We are expecting a baby sometime in April 2012.

I'm pretty excited about this ultrasound because it actually looks kind of like a baby (or panda bear, as my Dad said).
Although my doctor keeps moving the due date (further back), I think I'm 14 weeks. This picture is for our relatives who keep wondering if I'm showing. I still haven't told a lot of people I work with, but I can't keep it a secret much longer.

My Favorite Things

I guess every once in a while Oprah makes a list of favorite things that become famous or something. There have been a few things in my life that I just want to share because I like them so much... (Feel free to follow my lead and make your own "My Favorite Things" post.)

1. Psych. Tim and I have enjoyed this for a few years now. So funny!Speaking of tv shows, I also love Parks and RecAnd I'm loving this new show so far...
2. Moccasin slippers. My new work shoes! I'm on my second pair.
3. Walking. I saw on Good Morning America that sitting too much is linked with increased cancer rates. I really struggle having a job now where I sit ALL DAY. It's hard.
4. Penzey's Spices. Every catalog they send has FREE spices and yummy recipes.
5. Pottery. I've been taking a class. It's nice to be artistic.
6. Nutella. Chocolate. Hazelnut. Fantastic.
7. Netflix. This keeps me entertained anytime.
8. Now on to books. I read this book for book club. Its about a woman who had to stay in a bathroom with 7 other women during the Rwandan genocide in the 90s. Sad, but so full of hope.
Speaking of books. I love books by Shannon Hale. I like to put them on my ipod and listen to them. They are just fun and make me happy!
And of course the scriptures help me every day.
9. I love allrecipes.com. I don't make a recipe unless it's 4+ stars with lots of helpful comments.
10. Chick Fil A. I crave it every day. This is truly one of my FAVORITE things.
11. Dogs. Lately I've been wanting to adopt a dog. I don't think we actually will, but take a look at these two puppies for adoption in Boulder.
He looks just like our last foster dog, Buddy.
Freddy is below. He's potty and crate trained. I want him!
12. And last but not least. My MOST FAVORITE THING:
Tim's birthday is next week and I love him SO MUCH!

Halloween Week

Wednesday morning I woke up to this...And this...
I was so GLAD to be working at home!

Here is our house a few days later, ready for Halloween
The past two years, a group of friends from church have rented a house in the mountains for "Vampire Weekend." This year we went to Estes Park. Tim and I worked late on Friday, so we didn't make it up there until Saturday afternoon (due to a detour of going to Chick Fil A for FREE breakfast for customer appreciation), but I enjoyed my time there by snowshoeing up to this view from the house:
With Kristin Woods
While Tim played paintball with the boys (sorry, no pictures).

We also carved some excellent pumpkins. Here's Jaime trying to look like hers (Jaime is the one with glasses)
Kristin and Nate carved some cute ghosts
Ours is the Grim Reaper-scary.
Happy Halloween!

Ben+Kaitlyn

My little brother Ben got married two weeks ago, and I'm finally putting some pictures up. It was a small wedding with just immediate family which actually made it really nice. Here is the happy couple.
The kids loved every minute of being together.

We had fun at the "Girls table" doing cheers!
Tim says the boy's table was not as well behaved.

We wish Ben and Kaitlyn all the best and are glad we could be there to share this special day with them.

Fall Fun

This post is a few weeks late coming, but I've been busy. I switched to a similar, but new position at work where I get to do more teaching and less questionnaires, but I am getting used to new hours and have had to go into the office a lot. It'll just take some time for me to get into a new routine.

After spending two Fall seasons in Virginia, I was spoiled with leaves, apples, and crisp air. I tried to go back to my Virginia roots by going to a farm to "pick" apples. The day ended up being so HOT! I was dying in my pants. And the apples were just out on a table in baskets. This was my favorite part:
We got some yummy apple cider donuts, and a few delicious apples that, sadly, are gone now. It was a good attempt at having a real Autumn activity, but I miss the East during this season.

St. George Weekend

I found some decent plane tickets right into St. George, so I took a long weekend to go visit the fam. Both Mindy and TJ ended up coming the same weekend as me and bringing some of the kids, but it ended up being all of us Lotz's with no spouses! We were only all together for Saturday night, so we went to eat at the Pizza Factory. My dad ended up giving me my moms old (yet, new) camera, but I didn't get any pictures of us on Saturday :(
Jonas and Will had a blast together. This is not from this weekend, but these two are crazy.
St. George has a new carousel run by the city. Ben and I both rode it with Mindy's boys (we got a deal: $1 for all three of us each ride!)

Henry wasn't so sure about it at first, but by the end, he loved it.
We also had fun playing in the water downtown.
Will has a crush on Ben's girlfriend, Kaitlynn. He was always excited to see and hang around her. He's pretty much in his element here with both "Kait" and the i-pad.
Monday night, the "big kids" and Dad went to the Broadway version of The Little Mermaid at Tuacahn Amphitheatre. It was so great! They had the most amazing effects to make it look like they were underwater. I loved it! It was a great weekend.
For more photos, click on this link and on the bottom right, click photos.

A Friendly Visit!

A few weekends ago (sorry I'm so late posting), one of my BEST friends from high school and college roommate, Janeen, came to visit. She was our first non-Tim's-family visitor, so we tried to make Colorado worth visiting.

We started out with a trip to the Rockie's game:
Keep in mind, I didn't have a new camera yet, so all pictures are high quality i-pod pics.
We met up with some other friends from our church who got us these great seats!
Above: Zack and Natalie and Erik and Jaime. Below: Ben and Breanne

Saturday morning, we went on a hike up to Royal Arch then ate a delicious lunch at a fun cafe on Pearl Street in Boulder.
Tim was gone on a camping trip most of the weekend, so Janeen lucked out and got his ticket to Les Mis. It was AMAZING!

Again, not the best quality of pictures. But its the memories that count.
Thanks for visiting, Janeen-come back anytime!