I am 38 weeks
tomorrow! We had great news at our doctor’s appointment today. The doctor said to come back in next week for
an appointment if I’m still pregnant, but if not, he’ll see me at the hospital. That was great news for us! I am 70% effaced
and dilated to a 3. I am measuring at a
39 weeks, so that doctor said that I might have been due on July 1st
which is one of the dates they guessed back in October. The doctor said I am good to bring this baby
along; he told me to get walking! Baby
has a healthy heartbeat again and has his head down. He is still quite active; I can feel him
readjust often, but feel less kicks. He
seems to be pretty big because he has dropped, but still can reach his feet and
knees into my top right ribs. One of my favorite foods is still
carrots. I set a new record. Last week I ate 2 lbs. of carrots in 5 days. This week I ate a pound of carrots in just
one day. This baby better have good
eyesight; he took my eyesight for sure!
Kolt and I spent
Monday through Wednesday working. Kolt
had quite a few waters this week, and I worked to get checks printed before the
wagon train. Monday night I went with
Kolt and helped irrigate. I was pretty
proud that I could still help him move pipe.
I only lifted up the ends of the pipes and latched the end he was
carrying in. We moved 30 pipe in no
time, but it was sure hot! We got home
at about 9:30 just in time for his boss to call and say that one of the other
worker’s waters was overflowing, and that guy wasn’t answering his phone. So I went to sleep, and Kolt went to fix that
water. He is a good sport to work late
hours, including checking waters at 2 AM.
I never hear him complain about working early and late every day. We feel pretty lucky that he can schedule
around family events and make it home to have lunch with me most days.
Tuesday night we
watched the Spurs lose to the Heat in overtime.
I think that was the first basketball game on TV that I have really
gotten excited about. We were pretty
bummed when they lost, but even more bummed when we heard that the Heat beat
them in game 7 on Thursday night.
Wednesday Kolt and I changed waters and then headed into town to do some
grocery shopping. We stopped by Sonic to
use a coupon that we had. Kolt was
pretty talented to spill his chocolate banana shake all over the seat, console,
and floor within the first 2 minutes. We
went to Albertson’s to get water and Oreos which were on sale. We ended up finding a whole cart full of
snacks for the wagon train.
Thursday morning we got up at 5 AM to leave for the Annual
Piquet Wagon Train trip. Every June,
Kolt’s family takes horses and wagons from Heise to Green Canyon. Kolt and I had to work the first 3 days, but
we made it the last 3. So Thursday
morning, Kolt finished carrying out the last of our things to the truck and loaded
Chex, while I worked on making French toast.
We pulled out at 6, did chores at his parents’ house, and then headed up
to Green Canyon. Bryant was so nice to
let us use his 4 wheeler, so I could have a smooth ride. Kolt drove the 4 wheeler and I drove the
truck and trailer to Thursday night’s camp site. We were really happy we found it right away. From that camp site, I drove the 4 wheeler
and Kolt rode Chex back to meet up with the wagon. About 3 miles down the road, Chex started
limping pretty badly. We noticed he had
lost a shoe during the night. He had
scuffed up his hoof pretty bad, so we walked him back to the camp site, tied
him up and drove the 4-wheeler to find the family. We met them at the last campsite and heard
about their eventful trip of losing their horse Choncho and Wednesday’s rain
storm. We helped them load up and then I
rode in the wagon with Kolt’s dad for the first part of the trip until Kolt got
back with a truck. We then waited for them at the next
campsite. Thursday night we had yummy
Eldorado casserole, one of Kolt’s mom’s specialties and Kolt’s favorites. We stayed up late visiting with Clyde and
Susan Waddell, who came to visit. Clyde
shoed Chex, so he told us to come up early Friday morning to Driggs, and he
would put on another shoe, so Kolt could ride him.
Friday we got up
early to head to Driggs. Clyde put on a shoe in about 5 minutes. He is so fast. We got back just in time for eggs and sausage
and to pack up camp. Kolt, Shauna, and I
drove the 3 trucks to the next campsite and then drove the 4 wheeler back to
the wagon. I rode along behind, and Kolt
rode Chex. Kolt and his brothers rode all over the hills
and fields, working Chex pretty good.
By the time he finished Friday, Kolt could swing a rope up over his
head. He was pretty happy about
that. I put a saddle bag on the 4
wheeler, so I could snack the whole way.
I was pretty happy I made it the whole way with the fuel light blinking!
Friday night we had pork chops and potatoes, which Shane’s magical ingredient,
apples! They were yummy. We also drove
up to Green Canyon to swim that night. It
felt SO good to get the weight off my back and feet in the pool. I almost drowned when I found out how fast
this belly floats!
Saturday we slept in and then ate pancakes. I was so glad I slept well both nights. Kolt and I put a bed mattress and lots of
pillow in the back of the truck with the shell overtop. It was so comfortable and kept us at a pretty
good temperature. Kolt and his brothers
rode up to the top of some super high mountains. We got some pretty cool pictures. Chex made so much progress on this trip. Kolt says the wagon train trip is where a
horse completely turns the corner. We
were glad we were able to make it without having a baby on the trail!
We got home at about 4 Saturday and got all unloaded and
cleaned up at 6. We headed up to Rigby
to Bambino’s, my pregnancy craving. I
promised Kolt I could eat 3 Bambino’s, which are kinda like a pizza hot
pocket. He’ll never believe me again
because I only ate one before I was too full.
We went to the Jefferson County Stampede Rodeo Saturday night. Macoy Hill was Mutton Busting. He did awesome and we were cheering pretty
loud. I think he was a little bummed he
didn’t win! We had a great time visiting with Jared and Jeanna, but sure missed
Tate. We love being with the Hill’s and
never see them often enough. Saturday night we barely crawled into bed
before we fell asleep.
Sunday morning Kolt
got to rearrange ours and the neighbor’s horses before church. Joe Davidson had his farewell talk and did
excellent. We got to sit by Jacob
Shipton and Zack Pickering. It was good
to see some friends that we graduated with.
Kolt taught the Sunday school lesson.
We played a scripture/Priesthood trivia game. The kids have really been struggling with
knowing the scriptures. We hope they
learned a lot, especially things that will help the kids in engage in
discussion during the lessons. We ended
Relief Society with just opening exercises, so that we could make it to the
Worldwide Leadership Training meeting.
What a neat time for missionaries.
We are so excited for the changes that are being made and are excited
for what it means for Tyler.
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