To the McCorristin Family

So I hope you all got your invitations to the baby shower Chance's family is throwing for me on Saturday. Please don't get me any gifts since you already have but if you would like to come for good food and company please do! It will be a lot of fun!

Reliving the glory days

So for the past six weeks Chance has been putting his pads on playing football for a city legue. Its made me a little nervous that he is going to get hurt when he is now the provider of a family, but besides the few battle wounds he has recieved he has been okay. I have really enjoyed watching Chance play and he has really enjoyed playing, not to mention he is pretty much the best player they have on their team (no offense to the others on the team.) :) Most of Chance's friends are on the team so it has been good for them to all get together and relive the glory days. But after every game the boys are realizing more and more that they aren't as young as they used to be in high school.
Here is some video footage. If I showed you every video where Chance made a good play, it would fill up this whole page, so here are just some from this past Saturday's game.They played the opposing team twice and the first time they lost, and the other team was pretty caucky about it. So our team came out for revenge this past Saturday and revenge was granted. Here are just a couple of highlights of my man! I love you babe!

Its kind of hard to see but Chance is the one running with the ball. :)

They were joking on this play that it took the whole other team to get Chance down.

And here is Chance running one of his three touchdowns in the game. :)

Baby shower!

This past weekend was so great. My family put together a beautiful baby shower for me. We had a really good turnout. It was kind of a crazy night if I do say so myself....first off there was a gas leak in American Fork so they closed an exit down so traffic was so horrible it is amazing anyone even made it to the shower. Then half way through the shower our power went out due to a crazy snow/wind storm. I opened all of my presents up in the dark. It made for a rather eventful/fun evening. I can not tell my family thank you enough for all of the hard work they put into the shower. I don't know how I ever got so lucky. Suzie did an amazing job on the balloons, I am truly amazed at her talent that she says she doesn't have. Chelsie did an awesome job on the chicken salad sandwhiches, and everyone thought Val's cupcakes were to die for. :) And I'm so grateful to my mom and all of the support she has given me. And thank you for all of the gifts! Emma is already spoiled rotten and she isn't even here yet. I woke up Saturday night to the wind and the storm outside our house, and while I was trying to go back to sleep, I just kept thinking of all my blessings and how I don't deserve them. I have a wonderful husband and a beautiful daughter on the way. And I have the gospel. Who could ask for more. Anyways, I didn't take many pictures of the shower, but I did happen to get one of the baloons. :)

Here are some of my friends that came to the shower with me. Four of us are pregnant in this picture. Me, Katie, and Amber are all having girls! Yeah for girls! And my friend Whitney is the outcast and is having a boy. :) And my little niece Makenna snuck in on the picture.

And these are the balloons Suzie made. Everyone loved the pacifier/rattle balloons!

Our little cowgir.l

Early Saturday morning I arrived home from work to find Emma's little nursery already complete. Chance's family had worked hard all week long to get everything ready and Chance and his family worked all Friday night to complete it so it would be ready in time for my baby shower on Saturday. I was so surprised by it all that I was speechless. It really looks amazing. A big thanks to everyone that contributed to make it so great! I owe it to all of you! I am truly blessed and humble.
So here are pics of the room...

I kind of picked this vinyl lettering out..its too perfect. :)
Gotta love the cowboy boots!

The crib and assessories...

The curtains, you can't really tell but the curtain holders are made out of horseshoes.. Chance's dad welded them all...

We better not change the name now, it is set in stone. :)

This is on the front door.

Baby bump!

Last night we went and hung out with Ryan and friends for his birthday and while we were there I finally took a baby bump pic! My tummy keeps growing every day. I feel move and kick all of the time now and I love every minute of it!!! Chance has felt her move a couple of times as well... I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be a mother in June. I already love our little girl, its amazing. anyways, enjoy the pics!

I look more fat than pregnant in this pic...but oh well. And I love Josh's face! :)
And thats me and Emma!

California and Disneyland!!

This past weekend we had the chance to visit the warm state of California! Chance's cousin was coming home from his mission so we all took advantage of the situation for a little fun in the sun! I met up with the rest of his family on Thursday after only getting two hours of sleep, so that day was spent mainly just getting sleep and hanging out with family. The next day we all went to Disneyland. We had given a day of service by making quilts for an organization, and as a result we all got a free ticket to Disneyland. It was well worth it and saved us some moola! I mostly took pitures of Disneyland. It was me and Emma's first time going and it was...well majical is a good word. :) Me and Chance definately felt like kids again and we can't wait to take our little girl in a couple of years so she can enjoy it too. Here are the pics.

The whole Rasmussen gang...
Me, Chance, and Grandma Ras..Grandma Ras was no wimp when it came to the rides. She went on every single one including Space Mountain. And she loved it! there are not many 89 year olds willing to do that. Taking her on the rides was so much fun. His parents also took wheelchairs so they wouldn't have to walk around the park which made it so nice cuz we all could get on the rides faster than anyone else! They have a special line for the wheelchairs and with every wheelchair six people can ride with you so we never had to wait very long. It was awesome!
Me and my cute little niece Hanna..

Me and Chance in front of the majical castle!

Saturday the girls went to the beach while the boys went golfing. It was alot of fun. We didn't actually go swimming, the water was freezing, but it was fun to chill and relax on the beach! Sunday we went to church and heard his cousin talk, and we were planning on coming home right after, but due to truck problems, we didn't come home till Monday. So we had another fun day spent with family. We were actually kind of glad cuz we weren't ready to leave California yet. :)

Projects!

With the coming of our new child me and Chance have both undertaken projects for our little girl Emma. We are excited to make something for our new little one. Chance is busy making a changing table. This is the start of it. He has cut out all of the wood and sanded it and now he just needs to put it together and then stain it, ect. We just purchased a crib this week so our little nursery has some real potential. :) And while Chance is busy with that, I have undertaken a project of my own: Emma's crib bedding. I am going to need some help from Chance's mom, but I really wanted to make her some cute cowgirl stuff.
This is the fabric I'm using to cover a bullitin board where I can hang pictures, ect....

And this is the cute fabric I found to make her crib quilt, bumper pad, etc....I also have some other fabric to compliment it for the crib skirt and other things. I have a feeling its going to turn out really nice! I can't wait to see the finished product. :)