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What a great week! Went by far too fast.
We were lucky enough to have our besties visit from SoCal.
Pregnancy is keeping me sleepless and massive, which is fine,
because it means he's growing and coming soon!
Can't believe I'm almost full term.

1. Primary Program, that's right, we're the new 4A CTR teachers. Again.
2. My birthday surprise day in Sacramento started with baked goods. Pumpkin muffins and caramel apple donuts to be specific. Oh it was good.
3. After my prenatal massage Jake took me to a fancy Italian restaurant in Roseville, Margarita pizza is one of my top five favorite foods. Next to donuts.
4. The fancy Italian restaurant gave me a free dessert.
5-8. The next day we took Maizey and a picnic to SF for a free concert at Golden Gate Park. Parking was horrific and we missed the first two groups because of it, but we ended up having a good time and The Goo Goo Dolls and OneRepublic were aweeeesome. Of course.
9-12. The Domans are in town and I talked them into going to the Jelly Belly Factory.
13. Making chowder for the sad USU vs BYU game... poor chuckie.
14. Went to SF with the besties and decided to get some crazy donuts for breakfast.
15. Lunch at Boudin. I want to kiss whomever invented bread bowls.
16. Conference Breakfast this morning was Baked Pumpkin French Toast with Caramel syrup. Sooo good.

Anybody notice I take way too many pictures of food? #pregnantproblems

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Things are finally starting to get back to normal.
I miss my family like crazy but it's lovely to be home nesting with my husband.
Here's a little collection of photos from my trip!

1-3. Ten hours to Utah? No problem.
4. Note to self. Never plan anything when theres a BYU game. Husband turns into a boring zombie.
5. Onerepublic/ Sara Bareilles concert at Deer Valley. Lots of traffic and useless lines getting in but we had no problem getting out! Plus they both sounded incredible. I cried like a crazy pregnant person through Sara's performance. Especially when she came out singing this song... baby momma didn't stand a chance.
6. Back in Idaho after our fun weekend/baby shower in Utah. Maizey loves this place.
7. Watching Mckell kick Volleyball butt. She is so talented!
8. Eastern Idaho State Fair. Someday I will own a goat.
9. Carnival lights.
10. On our way out we witnessed a lady being wheeled out to the ambulance and a crazy tattooed man being forced into a cop car after a fight. He was sobbing like a baby!
11. Reed's Dairy "brown cow" vanilla ice cream with chocolate milk on top. Oh yes.
12. Peach Days! Uncle Tom's float.
13. Watching the parade with the Johnstons!
14. Sisters Mary jo and momma.
15. Baby Clark is the cutest.
16. Anniversary flowers from Jake. Four years!
17. Fresh BC peach pie. My favorite. We ate peaches at least three-four times a day.
18. Watching Kell at the Homecoming Parade.
19. Double rainbow at the fair! It rained all night.

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It's been quite sometime since I've blogged. Mostly because this has been the most insane week of my lifeeeeee! Ugh, moving across the country can be exhausting. First there was the twenty-six hour drive in the twenty-six foot truck. That was crazy. Then we finally got here and things got real nuts. Like, we might kill each other if we have to spend one more night in a hotel nuts. So needless to say we have been in full blown house hunting mode.

Moving can be stressful enough, but moving while pregnant... it's exhausting! So by day four of "Operation: Home in Vacaville" my body and mind had been pushed way past my limit. Around four o'clock we sat in the Target parking lot with massive headaches and randomly found a listing that changed everything! I'm very excited to say we'll be moving into a house today. In case you're wondering, we decided to rent. With the market the way it is and the possibility of us only being here a couple of years, we thought I'd be best. We found a cute little cottage in Vacaville (right by all the shopping) that will fit our little family perfectly. The master is huge and it includes three walk in closets, a secret door into the nursery, and a bathtub so naturally I said, when can we move in? I'll put up pictures later this week:)

1-2. Packing up in Enid and ready to go!

3. Waking up to breakfast Texas style. 

4. Truck boredom. 

5. Teddy bear welcomed us in Vegas.

6. Oli and I shared some late night oreos. 

7. A classy gas station pregnancy picture towards the end of our trip. 

8. Our first stop at Travis AFB was the exchange, in which we bought 

the largest computer ever. why....

9. Our second stop, In-and-Out for lunch. Have you tried their neapolitan shake? Mmm

10. Walking in China town

11. Our favorite kind of treats. Pastry heaven. 

12. Big belly and big peaches on the bay. 

13. Made it to the warf! 

14. Fireworks in Ghiradelli Square!

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Oh me, oh my, I am done with Idaho! 

The month truly flew by. 

I wish I could say the same for Jake...

Now we're together at last and on our way BACK to Oklahoma

one final time to pack up our stuff and head to the Sunshine State. 

21 weeks pregnant and traveling across the hottest states in the US 

should be rather interesting but

I'm praying for a quick and smooth road trip! 

Let the adventure begin...

1. Coconut Macaroons with Mom

2. Pool day with the Domans

3. Dad's nightly routine

4. Sick Supplies.

5. Dog lover brother

6. Maizey got groomed!

7. German pancake tradition.

8. Grandma spoiled us. 

9. Garden roses in full bloom. 

10. Farmers market Saturday. 

11. Great Gatsby Downtown. 

12. My favorite walk along the canal. 

13. Strawberry covered Reagan. 

14. Emmett Love

15. "She's painting her door red and

 changing her name to Elizabeth Arden!"

16. Watermelon for dinner. 

17. Belly snuggles. 

18. Square Ice cream sisters.

19. Top down.

20. Sun bathing the belly. 

21. Buddha baby. 

22. Reunited with my warrior.

23. Pool day recovery.

24. A wittle high school reunion! 

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Week one in Idaho was craaaazy. All four kids were able to be there for my mom's birthday which is always great. I spent most of my time trying to hide my pregnancy from my siblings and the public eye until Jake could come into town. When it was finally time for him to get here, tornadoes hit OKC. Luckily he stayed out of danger and the next morning he was able to fly out of there by the skin of his teeth. It was a miracle! We told my siblings the night he got there which resulted in a explosion of yelling and chaos. That's how we do things in my family. And after dodging curious ward members on Sunday we were able to tell my Dad and Nicole at dinner. After a gender reveal and some friend time, we were off to Draper to share the news with the Kearns family. Oh how I love surprising people. As terrifying as it is, I'm enjoying having the news out in the open. Keeping secrets is stressful stuff.

1. Naughty puppy on the flight home. Didn't sleep a wink. 

2. Nothing is quite as cute as momma's house in the summertime. 

3. Getting spoiled with Breakfast Sammys. 

4. Mckell's choir concert.

5. Puppy snuggles. 

6. Momma's birthday BBQ.

7. My dad's ice cream drawer. It's an addiction. 

8. Twins in khaki. 

9. Toasted Marshmallow Shakes.
(Don't forget a little vanilla)

10. Awaiting the gender check. Ohhh how I had to pee! 

11. Mornings with Reagers. 

12. Hide and Seek with Maize.

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How was your Memorial Day?

We spent ours in Dallas for the second year in a row

and it was a lot of fun. 

We were able to catch up a bit with some old friends

and spend lots of time with the Roses. 

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be on my out of Altus and on my way home!

Couldn't be more excited. 

1. Shopping with the boys.

2. My first time at Sprinkles...

3. Reunited with Melissa!

4. One of our many trips downtown.

5. Outdoor movie with The Roses. 

6. Flag cake decorating with Taylor.
7. Maizey knows when we're about to leave.
8. Church time with Will.

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Helloooo there. 

Nice and hot here in Altus this week. 

How I wish the pool was open, sigh...

But we've finally got a end date in sight and we're hoping

to get done right after Memorial Day. Fingers crossed! 

Jake will start flying Tuesday. Yes I said START.

 I can't believe how long we've been here... :|

1. My new summer sandals! So comfy. 

2. When we're bored, we find treasures like these at Walmart.
3. We leave her for two hours and come back to a maniac. 

4. A day trip to Lawton and a stop at my favorite froyo.

5. Trying on Jakes NVGs. Very heavy. 

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It's Summer in Altus! 

Everything is getting brown and toasty. 

That's Oklahoma for you.

After nannying a good fifty hours this last week 

I have a whole new respect for the mothers of this world. 

I'm exhausted. 

As for Jake's training, I'm praying that by some miracle

he'll get done at the end of this month. 

However, that pit in my stomach is telling me a different story. 

Ohhh Air Force. 

1. Ninety degree heat in April. 

2. Blue Coconut Cream Slush to keep me cool. 

3. A windy day in the park with Jack.

4. Picked the perfect Watermelon. 

5. That one day a week where I have a "I'm stuck in Altus"meltdown. 

6. Off roading. 

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Happy Monday!

(hah. good one.)

It was another looong week in Oklahoma, shocking I know. 

If you're still reading these I'm very impressed. 

 But we survived! Thanks to another great weekend in Dallas.

Four weeks left.

1. Floral leggings, fashion magazines, and OG. My happy place.

2. Wittle Jack brightening my morning.

3. Dinner in Dallas at Hard 8 BBQ. 

4. Can't leave Texas without one. 

5. Sleepy Josh. 

6. Bruders on the move. 

7. The most adorable pie shop! I want to own one. 

8. Smash Burger Virgin. 

9. Tay and Maize. 

10. Will has swag. 

11. The Drive home. 

12. Green pastures for days. 

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I guess I have some pictures to post...

Things here are moving on slowly, 

It's getting warmer and I found a nanny job! 

It's only a week a month, unfortunately.

But the kids are great! 

10 month olds are the cutest humans. 

I want one. 

1. Drawing my way to sanity. 

2. General Conference outside with Gushers.

3. Maizey the cat. 

4. Jake's observation flight, being refueled by the C-135. 

5.  We went camping last weekend and forgot firewood. Jake searched the area 

for some and stumbled upon a general store. After peeking though the windows, a creepy

man let him in and locked the door behind him. He was a real life hoarder but instead of killing him, he gave us a nice bucket full of firewood, then he invited us to come back for breakfast in the morning. 

6. On the way back, he drove past some Bison. 

7. Alli and Maizey.

8. Cuddling while the powers off. 

9. Baby Jack.

10. Reliving our childhood at the Pizza Hut lunch buffet.

11. Swinging at the Park. 

12. Date night at the... 

13. Back Door Steakhouse

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Greetings from snowy springtime Utah, 

where I am stuck waiting for the flight that will 

let me return to my husband. 

My week in Idaho was very relaxed and pretty short, 

but I'll be back soon enough, and hopefully it will be warmer then. 

Please standby gods, let me get home! 

1. A treat after a lot of house hunting. 

2.  Gabe and Maize, best friends for life. 

3.  Grandpa Baty, my favorite. 

4.  We love Grandma's freezer jam.

5. Kendall and his girlfriend. 

6. The drive to Draper.

7. What six hours in the airport look like. 

8. Standby Defeat. 

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Oh hey...

It just me, Courtney.

My blogging has been pretty lame lately. Probably because I have nothing to blog about... Altus is very dull and most of my days are spent reading, watching TV, taking Maizey on walks around the base, and applying for jobs, but it's not looking good. Jake and I started the Lost series over again. I think that gives you an idea of how slow things are...

This week we are going to visit sunny San Fran, California to look at some houses! So that's exciting. After we spend time there, I'm stopping by Utah/Idaho to see the family for a few days. I never thought I'd be so excited to visit Idaho in March. Maybe it'll make me a little more grateful for what we have here :)

Any book recommendations?

1. Maizey and her new barking collar. It made her pee everywhere so we stopped using it. 

2. I pride myself in professional egg scrambling. 

3. Our puppy stalkers. They come by three to five times a day knocking on our door and peeking into our windows to see if Maizey's home. I love kids, but come on!

4. Click it or ticket Maize. 

5. Our first time eating out in Altus. It was quite the experience. There was only one waitress in the entire restaurant and when I asked for a salad she said, "uhh, okay just don't be surprised if I don't have time to get it out to you." Hmmm...

6. These Jack Rabbits are all over the base golf course. We took Maizey on a walk there yesterday and she was in agony when we wouldn't let her chase them. 

7. My "taking Jake to work" disguise. So attractive and slimming, let me assure you. 

8. Bachelor finale! I wish Jake enjoyed it as much.

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Greetings from Altus, Oklahoma. 

We had an interesting time getting here...

Dallas was lovely. Full of sun and spring. 

We left Sunday and after three hours of driving 

in the middle of nowhere, we made it to our destination.

I didn't think it was possible to get smaller than Enid... but oh, it is. 

We showed up to lodging where they informed us that 

our reservation had been given away by mistake and there

were no other rooms to place us in. 

Furious and sobbing, we left base and spent the night in a Best Western.

By some miracle they were able to put us back on base the next morning

where it was snowing sideways and freezing cold!

What's going on Oklahoma?

Anyway, we feel very blessed to have such great family that let us come visit

and the miracle that is us in a pet-friendly TLF. We didn't think we'd get one for a month.

I have hope that the next three months will be speedy 

and warm! Spring come quick!

California come quicker!

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So it happened. 

We packed up all of our crap,

stuffed it in a storage unit, 

and left. 

It wasn't easy. 

In fact... it was awful. 

Oklahoma decided to embrace winter

and snowed. a lot. 

But we made it.

We're recovering in Dallas for the weekend

and then off to Altus, OK until June!

It's an exciting time :)

1. Babysitting our kittens one last time :(

2. Death by the groomer.

 Seriously, he fell asleep with Maizey on him

so I decided to cut her hair and Jake

didn't even notice!

3. While packing we found my Young Women's 

time capsule. 

It was full of random pictures, a mixtape, and notes

to the older Courtney.

4. Melissa's thank you gift, a Volcano candle. 

She's a keeper. 

5. Loading up the Jetta earlier today. There was nowhere

to sit. It was a long drive to Dallas...

6. Leaving base! 

What a relief. I thought we'd never leave :)

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Well time is moving as slow as ever...

We've started packing up the house little by little, it's sad but exciting.

It snowed like mad today, reminding me of home.

Sunny California come quick!

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How are you all doing?
I'm well. really, I am.
I just figured we could all take
a break from my Hawaii pictures.
Because I know you are all crazy jealous
we got to go to such a paradisaical land.

The two weeks we've been home have
been wonderful. I'm really trying to embrace
every moment we have left here in Enid
with Jacob not working, because I hear
Altus is sooo boring.
So there's been a lot of jamming out
to this song. I like to do it while I'm eating
Melissa's leftover chocolate cake, which I was suppose
to give away to my neighbors, but little by little I
take away luscious pieces of soft cake and tell
myself to go to the gym tomorrow. I don't.

Also, I've been enthralled in Homeland.
I know, I know... but it's so good!
Kind of like that chocolate cake.

Hope you're all surviving the January blues! 

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As most of you know, we recently spent a week in paradise. 

It was life changing, laugh until it hurts kind of fun

and I'm counting down the days until we vacation again with the Spencers.
We're home now after almost a month of vacation time
and things are changing fast.
The fact that we're moving in a month is starting to excite and terrify me.
Good thing I have American Idol to keep me distracted.
(I can't stand Nicki Minaj!)

1. Our gorgeous view from the hotel. Right on the beach!

2. The birds gathering around Shauna-relli for a Cheerio breakfast. 

3. The first of three Puka dog visits. 

4. Hanging out with the Monk Seal. And it's alive.

5. The man I married. 

6. Breathtaking Waimea. 

7. Made it to the top!

8. Ancient Hawaiian ritual on a cliff.

9. Burgers on the North Shore.

10. The best sunset I've ever seen. 

11. Tunnels Beach. 

12. Snocapped shaved ice on Mac Nut ice cream. 

13. Gangnam Style. 

14. Tunnel of Trees. 

15. Another for the road. 

16. Dinner at Dukes. 

17. Hula Pie. 

18. The last supper. 

19. Gelato addicts. 

20. Pog sorbetto and Shauna.