3 years!

So here we are three years after the big day. Actually three years and 1 day. I can't believe how fast it has all gone by. Josh and I got some of our wedding pictures framed for our anniversary gifts to eachother. We haven't got them back yet, but I am so excited to see them. Yes, that is how fast the time has gone, we are just now getting our wedding pictures! Josh is such wonderful husband and I don't know where I would be without him. Here are some of my favorite things about him.

- He has such a strong testimony. I have been a member of the church my whole life and Josh has been one for 8 years and he knows so much more than me. He is a great example to me and I learn so much from him.
- He is a strong hard worker. Josh has a hard job, but he loves what he does. When he has a day off he can barely sit still. He has to be doing something, he can't lounge.
- He is really clueless when it comes to baby things. Everytime I say something about the baby, he's like, "Do you need to go to the doctor? Do you need to call your mom? ARe you sure thats okay, maybe you should call your doctor." It is really cute.
- He is not afraid to shed a tear every once in a while.
- He is going to be our little baby's daddy!
- He tries to listen and give input about decorating and clothes and baby stuff, but he does it just for me.
- He's a hottie.
- He loves the outdoors and wants our kids to grow up on a ranch like he did.
- He has a great family.

I love you Josh Happy Anniversary!






PS I went to the doctor and am dialated to a 1 1/2 and 75% effaced, and the babies head is really low. I don't know exactly what all that means but I am excited!

6 more weeks

I'm still here, sorry for the long time no blog. We have been really busy lately unpacking and plus we didn't have the internet until Friday. Josh and I went on a little mini vacation to Jackson and Yellowstone and then to Logan for a couple days while I went to the doctor. It was a pretty fun little get-away, and very relaxing. The trip to Yellowstone was very adventurous and for a moment I didn't think I was going to come back with a husband. Are you ready for this? (I know all of you who know Josh are wondering what the adventurer did, here goes)

Story:
While we spent the whole day in Yellowstone, Josh wanted to see a grizzly bear. He kept getting really mad at the National Geographic channel and how they always show grizzly bears walking across the roads or eating food by someones camp, and he has never seen one at Yellowstone. All the time we were driving around we were eagle eye searching for a bear. But, alas there was not a bear in sight. We saw all the usual like the buffalo and the elk and deer, but no smoky the bear. So our Yellowstone was coming to a close and we were headed back to Jackson. As we were getting closer to town, we saw a bunch of cars along side the road trying to see something. You guessed it. Someone had seen a bear and they were all waiting for it to come this way. Whoever saw it said it was walking this way and we should see it soon. So we waited and waited and no bear. This other guy comes over to our car and him and Josh decide to see if they can go into the little field to see the bear coming. So Josh and this guy go down the embankment through some willow trees and cross a small stream. They are looking at something behind some willow trees and see the bear. I ask if they can see it and Josh says, "yeah come look." So I am heading down across the little creek, and I hear in the background, "Oh great, now a pregnant lady is going down there." I am thinking, "Its okay lady, I am from Wyoming." Yeah right. So I go down to where Josh is, and look for the bear thinking it is like a mile away and wham. The bear is like right there. A grizzly bear eating something. The bear was maybe half a football field away. So I decide I don't want to be dinner and run back to the car. I try to get in but the door is locked and Josh has the keys in his pocket. In the meantime more people are gathering, and the guy Josh went out there with decides they are a little too close to the bear and he comes back. Not Josh. Josh decides to go closer to the bear for a better picture. I am starting to freak out a little because everyone around me is freaking out. "What is that guy doing?", "Someone needs to tell him to get back." "Who is that crazy guy out there." One lady from Jackson was actually going to call the game warden. I am just sitting there by myself thinking yes that crazy man is my husband. Then I start to hear some whistling. Josh is walking closer to the bear AND whistling to him so he will look up at Josh. So by now everyone is freaking out and I decide I cannot watch Josh get eaten by a bear. I go back down to the first willow trees and yell at Josh to come back. Of course he was annoyed and says there was nothing to worry about and he knows more about bears than anyone there. I kind of freaked out a little. But he is alive and thats all that matters. I just told him I will never go back to yellowstone with him again if he wants to track bears that are eating their dinner.

Sorry that was a long story, but the most eventfull thing that has happened.
Here are some pics of the nursery and our house (just the kithchen)

The crib I absolutley love.

The bedding. This is not a very good picture, but the bedding is green and brown. I didn't want anything pink and frilly so I love it.

Here is a picture of the kitchen, also not a very good one. I love the kitchen it is big even though it may not look like it, and there is tons of counter space.

Home

We have a home. It is true. Back to Rocket City, but better than nothin. I have been moving in and getting everything unpacked this week. My sister, mom, and me painted the baby's nursery today and I love it. I will take pics soon and post them because it is so cute. I have a wall called french roast (the color). Anyway it is nice to be able to be somewhere. I don't know for how long, but it is nice.
I cannot believe how time is flying. Our baby will be here in 2 months!!! Ahhh that is so crazy. Sometimes I can't wait, other times I have a mini nervous break down, and the rest I just can't believe. Me a mom, who would have thought. Its okay friends and family you can tell me if it is hard to believe. I know I still can't.
Another exciting bit, on Sunday we get to talk to Blake! I miss him, but he is doing amazing. He absolutely loves it and I know how blessed we are because of him.

Mt. Rushmore

Since we were in Wright and so close to Mt. Rushmore, we decided to take a little trip over to South Dakota. It took us about 2 1/2 hours to get there. It had been really nice in Wyoming, so we thought it would be nice there. Wrong. It snowed the morning we were headed to see the big heads. It was freezing! We had fun, and it was nice to get away for a little while.
Josh and I kind of want to take a mini vacation before we have a little baby. I wanted to go to Yellowstone for a long time, but I don't want it to be cold and I don't want to wait until the summer because I don't want to go when my belly is gigantar. If anybody has any fun suggestions, let us know! Here are some pictures of our trip and my belly.





We went to a place called Reptile Gardens that had huge turtles. They loved Josh, they all came over to him to have their necks rubbed. It's okay if you don't believe me, but they talked to him. They sounded like dinosaurs, and smelled not so good.


My belly at 27 weeks. Hot pink hotness!

UPDATE

Hooray! We are for sure having a girl. Just thought I would let everyone know the good news. Also I am a week farther along than we thought, so the new due date is July 13th. Thats all for now, hope everyone is doing great.

Adventures

We are going on an adventure. Friends, you might not be hearing from me for a couple of weeks. Josh got a crazy job offer to go "clean up" a pipeline in Wright, Wyoming. Soo, we are packing up the fifth wheel and headin out of town. I find this a small blessing in disguise because we will be gone for about 6 weeks and that is how long we are going to have to wait for our house in Rock Springs. I will be without tv, internet, more than 10 gallons of hot water, and a large fridge. Dont' get me wrong though, I am excited to go. I have been staying with my parents and my aunt since we moved back and I am getting a little restless, even though I very much appreciate all they have done for us.
Update: We may never find out what we are having. I am having some frustrations, but we may be having a girl? Yes that is a question mark. We went to the doctor yesterday to see what we might be having and no luck. This is what the doc said:
"Well I can't see any boy parts, but I also can't see the girl part because your umbilical cord is running right between the legs. It may be a girl, but I can't be sure."
Alayna: "So can you give us a percentage?"
Doc: "Well I'd say its a little over 50%."
Huh?!!?
Alayna: "Should we start buying girl things."
Doc: "Oh no, stick to the greens and yellows. Rainbow colors too."
Our doctor is sort of a rainbow child/hippie lady. She wears grandma snowboots over her scrubs and our baby is "angel baby".
SOooo there is like a 52-55% percent chance we are having a girl. I guess that is the botton line.
We did buy a take home from the hospital outfit today and a little onesie and sox. Here they are:

Take home outfit for baby XX or XY

Baby, Bellies, and Birthdays

Here is perfect hand wave. Yes that is our little critter waving at us from the inside.

Here is the unknown sex picture. Our little baby is lounging. It is kind of hard to see but the baby's legs are crossed and its arms are behind its head. The head is in the bottom right and the legs in the top left.

Here are some more pictures of my belly and my husbands "belly" We just got done eating Sunday dinner and it was lookin fine. My Josh also went and lifted some weights and sprouted some major pecs. What a hottie!




So now I will give you all an update of our lives. We did move from Casper and are trying to find a place to live in Rock Springs again. Josh is back to work and he is taking online classes through the University of Pheonix. He is really working hard and doing very well. I have to say I am really glad to be out of Capser and closer to my family. I am just starting my fifth month and can't wait for the summer!

This weekend we had a birhtday party for my Grandma Joan, she is 90! She is living in an assisted living home in Evanston and is doing alright. She is rapidly losing her memory, but she had a blast at the party and remembered quite a few people. I love her and miss the great times I spend at her and my grandpa's house when I was growing up. For those of you who know her, she is quite the lady. Josh and I were visiting her in Evanston and here was our conversation.
Grandma:"So who is your husband again?"
Me:"Who is he Grandma, whats his last name?"
G:Silence and laughs, "I can't remember."
Me:"Roitz."
G:"Oh thats right, did you two get married in the Temple?"
Me:"Yes Grandma, in 2005."
G:Looking at Josh, "Oh, so what religion are you?"
Anyway she is a funny lady and I hope she is happy, but she does not believe anyone who tells her she is 90. She is only 80 and it is 1979. I love her. I miss her old self and my grandpa, but I know they both lived great lives.

Decisions

I hate making important decisions. We are at a point in our lives where we have to make a decision about where to move in the future, where we are going to be living when we have a baby, where and if Josh is going to go to school etc. I know everyone has to make these decisions, but sometimes they are so hard to make because I need to know I am making the right decision. I know what you are thinking... pray about it, stay in school, do what feels right. I have, and it is still hard. Also, Josh is a very indecisive person and things like this are close to impossible for him. Oh dear I am whining way too much. Sorry I had to let it out. It will all work out. On to better and more important things, it snowed a lot here in Casper and the wind has not blown it away yet. One thing I love about winter and the cold is when it is so frigid outside that your boots crunch in the snow and your nose hairs and snot freeze when you breath. I love that feeling, its like ahhh fresh frozen air. I am sorry if that sounds weird, but I like it. Also my little brother Blake is doing awesome at the MTC and he leaves for Canada on Monday! I feel so protective of him lately and I know he will be great. And speaking of cold. Average temp of where Blake is going,... -20 with 4 hours of sunlight in the winter.

Oh Baby!

Yes thats right, there is one on the way. I am sure most everyone already knows, but here is my formal announcement. We are having a baby!!!! It is really crazy to think about but we are super excited. I am 12 weeks a long and the baby is due in July. We got to hear the heartbeat a couple weeks ago and that was amazing. It is hard to believe that it is real, because I am not showing yet, and it is just so surreal. I was very sick my first couple of months, but I am starting to feel a little better now. I have been eating a lot of cereal. Lucky charms and rice krispies. Anyway just thought I would write down our good news.

Christmas Tag

Well thanks Skip, now I have something to write about.

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper. We have contests in my household to see who can wrap the prettiest gifts. A suprising winner is Mike.

2. Real tree or artificial? Real, but guess what? I don't have a tree! Didn't do it, I am a major slacker. We are going home for Christmas, so I figure I can glory in the beauty of everyone else's.

3. When do you put up the tree? See question 2.

4. When do you take the tree down? If I did have a tree it would stay up for as long as it was alive.

5. Do you like eggnog? Eggnog!! It is the best. I am quite disappointed in all you who don't like it. They have a pumpkin spice kind, mmm. It does come in second to wasil though.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? A singing microphone tape player thingy. Sounds crazy and it was. Had it for years. We would always sing the "Mormon sunday school" songs on it.

7. Do you have a nativity scene? My mother gave me the Willow tree one. I so love it. Thanks mama!

8. Hardest person to buy for? My dad. I never know what to get him. Books usually bode well, but that gets old.

9. Easiest person to buy for? My neices and nephews, they are so funny and crazy. Plus they will tell you exactly what they want.

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? This wasn't mine, but its a great story. My grandma (bless her little heart) used to go walking every morning like 2 miles. She found a wallet on the side of the road (with tire marks on it) no money or anything in it. She decided it would be a great present for my little brother Blake. He was super excited!

11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, I am even mailing some, I need to get on that.

12. Favorite Christmas movie? Christmas Story. Doesn't get any better. I did watch a Charlie Brown christmas for the first time the other day. Wasn't bad.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I think this year was the earliest I got it done. Last saturday I got everyone's.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Everything! Christmas food is the best. I love ham and my mama makes some great ham. Ohh and the candy, peanut brittle from my aunt Karen. Caramels, cinnamon popcorn, peanut clusters, pecan tarts, rolls oh my I need to stop.

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Yeah I like the clear ones. I like how people put green and red spotlights shining on their lawns, looks cool.

17. Favorite Christmas song? Oh this makes me cry. My grandpa Hamblin had a gorgeous voice. He would always sing Oh Holy Night. We have it on a cd, so we always listen to it. Nobody else compares.

18. Travel for Christmas or stay home? Home, no kids. Boring Christmas with just me and Josh. (Sorry for the confusion, when I say home I mean Mountain View, so yes we are traveling Home.)

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and the most famous if you recall... Rudolph.

20. Angel on the treetop or a star? I like either. It doesn't matter.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? One present Christmas eve, and the rest Christmas morning.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Not enough snow.

23. What I love most about Christmas? Being with those who you love. Giving, sharing, serving it really is a magical time. I also love thinking about Jesus Christ and having him be the center of our hearts.

No snow

AHH! Where is the snow? It seems like for the past couple of years there has not been enough snow. I need snow for the holidays. Snow makes things all the more magical and christmasy. It has snowed a couple of times, but here in Casper the wind blows it all away. All of my best memories are waking up winter mornings and having my mom or dad say it snowed. I would run to the window and gaze at the beauty. It really is so beautiful. I love waking up Christmas morning to a nice warm fire, opening the curtains before we opened presents and enjoying Christmas while it looked like Christmas outside. I know that there are more serious things to be concerned about than snow(like that I haven't started my chirstmas shopping), but I just would like it to snow like 4 feet for me please.
Josh and I took some holiday pictures during Thanksgiving holiday and notice the no snow going on in the background. I'm done.


Me and Kaylee on the couch at Grandpa Roitz's.


What a look! Isn't it cute?

Family

We took a trip to Mountain View this weekend for Josh's brother's baby blessing. Kolby Boone Roitz. It was such a great little blessing, even though baby blessings are pretty common it was really moving to me today. I love all my family and could not be more grateful. We are for sure not perfect, but I love 'em. I love coming home and spending time with them. When we get together we go crazy. I also love my new family and the time I have been able to spend with them. They are wonderful people. I especially love all of my neices and nephews. Some of my favorite things are:
*Playing outside when the weather is nice and brisk
*Going for drives up in the mountains
*Having a tea party with the little neices (my two neices of opposite sides of the family became good friends this weekend)
*Eating a nice meal with them
*Talking the gospel with them
*Looking at pictures and talking about our memories growing up
*Being with them
Here of some pictures of my crazy family who I love!




My little neice Emry when she was born

Tagged

So I got tagged by Skip. I haven't posted for a while so now I can have something to talk about. Thanks

The Rules:
Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
At the end of the post the player then tags six people and posts their names then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Have fun!

1. I love microwave smores. Make em all the time. 2 grahams, 2 mallows, and lotsa chocolate chips. Microwave for 37 seconds, ahhhh perfection! Glass of milk and that is my favortie treat. I try to justify by saying that marshmallows have very little calories, they are just sugar, grahams don't have that many, and what can a few little choc. chips do?

2. I love reading. I would read all day if I could. I love all sorts of books. I just finished the golden compass series, they were great! I am trying to include the scripts in there too.

3. I had to come into work by myself for a week while my boss was on vacation. I chowed like nothing else. I ate junk food that whole week. I ate a butterfinger everyday. It was great and I am now in love with the turtle chex mix. Try it.

4. I love to snowboard. I'm not so good, but I am getter better every year. Josh is a maniac and goes like 100mph everywhere, but he does wait for me and tries to help all he can. I tried some jumps last year and it was so fun. I have a green and white board. Sweetness.

5. I have started to not shave my legs very much. It seemed like before I would shave them like once or twice a week. Now its like once or twice a month. Josh really loves it. Getting ready for the winter.

6. I have shoes from my junior year of high school that I wear everyday. I can't seem to find a pair I like enough to but them and wear them with all my outfits. I smelled them the other day and they do smell that old.

Sorry everyone who I know has already been tagged. I'm a loser

Pathetic

I am just going to admit it. I have been such a pathetic person in the past it is so sad. I cannot believe I am going to admit it, but here goes. This conference session is the very first time I have watched all 4 sessions from beginnning to end. That it absolutely horrible. But.. I am proud of myself and I am going to stive to do it every time. I loved conference it was so uplifting. I don't mean to put people in categories, but I loved all of the hispanic speakers. I especially loved Pres. Costa's talk, he was the one that read the poem about "if tomorrow never comes." I was in a emotional mood the past couple of days and I cried and cried during talks. We also went to the stake center to watch a couple of sessions and that was a great experience. I have always just watched them at home in front of the TV, and a couple of time we got to go to the conference center. Going to the stake center really helps you pay more attention and you are able to feel the spirit more easily. Anyway I am proud of myself. It is also a good thing we did listen to all of conference because our bishop told us last night we were probably going to talk about conference in a couple of weeks! PS. Hey Rhonda how have things been going? Josh told me he talked to you a couple of days ago. Hope all is well in beautiful Georgia!

Oh my goodness, I can't believe that another week has gone. It is finally starting to cool down here and I am glad. I swear its like 20 degrees hotter in Casper than the rest of Wyoming. I just found out the coolest thing today, its really awesome. We live in "felony flats". That is what the area we live in is called. My cousins that live here already told us we live in the ghetto, but this was a new revelation. My co-worker told me that when she was looking for a place to live here, she went to the police station and asked what parts of town were not good to live in. Apparently where we live is 1 of 2 places you shouldn't live. It doesn't look that bad, but I guess we will just have to bare it for now. Pray for us at night please. Just kidding. But you can if you want. I think we live in the nicest part of felony flats so thats a plus. Here are some more funny pics of hawaii. Man we are wierd people.

Here are some dolphins, they were swimming right by us. They were so playful, they would race our boat.


Such talent (he's only like 5 feet off the ground)

Oh yeah!

Here is Josh in Hawaii trying to imitate the Samoan people.

My niece Brinley's birthday is actually this Thursday, but since we were home we celebrated it on Sunday. She is 4. She is such a funny little girl and I love her. We had a long weekend and Josh had an even longer one. A friend from our ward in Rock Springs got some Boise State tickets and wanted Josh to go. 10 hours from Casper is Boise. He was picked up at 5:00 a.m. Saturday morning in Rock Springs and got back to Mountain View at 5:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. Sadly Wyo didn't win, but he had a fun road trip. He is a crazy obsessed fan, but at least I know there are others like him! We went to church, came home and had a rockin party, then drove back to Casper.


Brin in her Belle dress. Horses, pink, and princesses are her obsession.



Here is Brin and her uncle Blake. Blake just turned in his mission papers. I can't believe he is 19 and ready to go on a mission.



This is Makelle, she is almost 1! I can't believe it, she has grown so much. She is so cute and has a major attitude.



Here is my nephew Cayden, he is a crazy cat. He's a pretty good little soccer and football star though.



Here is Brin in the shirt Josh and I gave her. She is in love with horses and pink so it was the perfect combination.

Well, we finally got the internet! I am so happy, I forgot how much I depended on it to do so many things. Thats probably no too good eh? We have been here in Casper for almost 3 weeks, I can't believe it. It is a nice place and we do have some family here so that makes it better. Revalation: I have a full time job. Oh my goodness, 8 hours 8-5 with a 1 hour lunch M-F! It is kinda killing me, I don't like having a full time job. They are really nice and let me take 2 hours off on Tuesdays for my class. I get to answer phones and take orders and do a bunch of computer stuff, I am the "office girl". It is sort of fun, but I still don't like it. The biggest suprise of all is that Josh still doesn't have a job. We have switched roles. I am the bread winner and he is the household keeper upper. HAHA he makes our bed and does the dishes and guess what?, he even made spaghetti the other night! He is amazing and he studies like a little kangaroo all night long. Anyway I am glad to be connected again.

Kolten and I at the game. We had to entertain ourselves because the boys were going crazy and Kolten was having a hard time keeping up. He kept saying are we the cowboys or the pokes? He's a good little cheerer and will have a little brother or sister here soon!

Hey everybody! We just moved on Sunday. We are unpacking and settling. We don't have the internet yet, so I am over here at Skip and Rocky's just dropping a line so you guys don't start panicking that you haven't heard from me :) We will be back by the 10th.

I found my USB connector to my camera so here I go. Everyone else's blogs were so neat I decided to start one. I am not sure who wants to hear about me, but here goes. Josh and I have had a very busy summer. In May we took a vacation to Hawaii, it was awesome. My favorite part was the beaches. I loved Sunset beach. Everything was so beautiful. We went to Oahu and Kauai. I want to go back.

The next chapter of the summer was spent preparing for girls camp. Yes I was the GIRLS CAMP DIRECTOR! It was very scary and stressful, but it turned out wonderfully. It was a lot of fun and the girls are great. They didn't fight and got along better than I remember getting along with the girls in my ward. It was a great experience. I am glad it's over.

This last part of the summer, I have been getting ready to move. Yay! I am so excited. Rock Springs has been great, but I am ready for a change. We really love our ward and the friends we have made here. I am most excited for a washer and a dryer and a regular size fridge and stove. Sad huh? Josh is mostly excited for Wyoming football. He is obsessed. I need to pack. Here are some pic's of Hawaii.

Waimea Canyon is beautiful, but little can you see the nude
yoga people on the shore