My Name Is Bethea

Almost there...

2011-08-04T10:50:00.000-07:00

Well, last night and this morning I have had some SERIOUS contractions - they're making me a little nervous but I'm sure nothing is going on.

Two weeks ago I had really high blood pressure and it was looking like I was getting pre-eclampsia again. She told me she wanted me to rest up and take time for myself to relax. That was a little hard since we just moved that weekend and now live with my in-laws.... and had a giant family reunion to attend.

I we went back on Monday and my blood pressure was better so that was a relief. We read over my hospital report from my delivery with Royal and in the end, she said she thought that the chances of a successful VBAC were slim but still left that as an option for me if that was something I was really set on. She said she would hate to have me to go through another labor like I did with Royal only to have the same end result of a c-section but she ultimately left the decision in my hands. If there's one thing I love about my Dr. It's that she doesn't pressure me in any way. She's very reassuring and somehow makes me feel like whatever I choose is a great decision. She's said before that even though she's my Dr., no one knows my body like I do and that counts for a lot.

We took into consideration how long I was in labor and the fact that I only progressed to an 8. She said that if I would have "arrested progression" between 1-5 cm of dilation, it might be likely that a VBAC could be a success(mostly just because there's no way of knowing) but the fact that I stopped progressing between 5-10 cm's and that I was stuck at an 8 for so long, even after all their methods of trying to move things along...that told her it was most likely a pelvic bone issue that was making it difficult to progress/dilate. Things clicked a little bit more when I told her about my sister having the same trouble... and about how a physical therapist once told me that one side of my pelvis was smaller than the other and that was causing my hips to rotate wrong (I was having a lot of pain at the time when I would walk).

We feel good about our decision and have chosen to have baby Archer on August 19th around 5:00 pm! We'll be having him at Salt Lake Regional Hospital where Royal was born.

-Thea, Pete and Royal!

Moving is never fun...

2011-07-15T09:09:00.000-07:00

Well we have roughly 5 weeks until baby Rugh #2 is due to arrive and I'm feelin' it!

I knew that at this point in this pregnancy things were going to be crazy... but I'm just not ready to deal with it all!

Like clockwork, all at once, I've got sinus infections, swelling, headaches, carpal tunnel, bad acid reflux and heart burn and horrible pelvic pain as a result of my weird sized bones. Lets not forget about how bad these contractions are the second time around. Wow!

We are in the process of moving and OH. BOY. For those who don't know, my in-laws are moving back east for a year and are having us stay in their house while they are gone. Don't get me wrong, we would be pretty crazy to pass up a good opportunity like this to save money and pay off some debt.. but the fact of the matter is - I would rather move somewhere else (or stay where we are) where I know my cats are welcome, where I'm not afraid I'm going to ruin a $5,000 couch and where I can feel comfortable moving things around the way I want them.

I'm really going to miss living here (We have so much space for another baby) but mostly, I'm just going to miss having my OWN space! It's been really, really emotionally hard for me to pack up this place knowing that it's going to be a long time until I can my own things in my own space and feel comfortable again. I don't care if I can put up a couple pictures and paint a couple walls. It's still not my house. Plus, just telling someone that you're moving into your in-laws house automatically makes me feel like I'm telling them that we can't get our act together and have to move into someone's basement. It's a little embarrassing. The trickiest thing for me has been to pack up everything into boxes and not be able to create a space and be ready for our new baby. It's like I'm nesting in reverse..

I've tried to take some initiative as far as organizing things and moving things in efficiently (Since I'm not very helpful as far as lifting furniture and carrying boxes) but instead, somehow, me doing what I have done has been transformed into me being pushy.

Maybe I'll go stay in a hotel for the next 5 weeks and pretend I'm on vacation!

Summer 'round the city...

2011-07-13T10:22:00.000-07:00

We went to the Scottish Festival again this year. We were so happy it wasn't rainy like it has been the last 2 years. Royal loved watching the bagpipe bands and marching around the fields. He loves drums and talked about them all night!

Last weekend we drove out to the Spiral Jetty with Pete's Aunt Christine and her husband doug. It had been a few years since we had been out so it was a fun drive! It was mostly underwater this time but that wasn't a huge surprise. We stopped and found a bunch of geocaches while we were out there too.

Cabin Trip - June 2011

2011-07-13T10:02:00.001-07:00

We tried to sneak in a trip to the cabin before I couldn't travel as I got closer to my due date. We had a fun time with our friends Nat and Renee and their daughter Josephine and with my sister Shannon and her family! The cabin is always more fun with lots of people!

Royal's 2nd Birthday - May 2011

2011-07-13T09:19:00.000-07:00

Royal had a great 2nd Birthday! We had a Thomas party and had all his Utah cousins over as well as some other friends. We had a big BBQ, opened presents and had some cake! He hit the jackpot for sure! Thanks to all our friends and family who came and made it a fun day!

Disneyland - April 2011

2011-07-13T07:52:00.000-07:00

My sister Shannon and I decided we wanted to take one last trip with our "first borns" before our second boys came. We made the drive down to Disneyland, not without the help of a pair of glorious DVD headrests, and had a great 3 day vacation! We were both pregnant but made it through!. We had so much fun!

It's a BOY!!!

2011-03-12T10:49:00.000-08:00

I was too inpatient to wait until April 5th so, we went to the mall last night to one of those Fetal Studio places and found out what we are having! We had Royal with us as well as "Maaga and Papa" Cutler!

We're SO happy that this little guy is on the way and we're excited for Royal to have a little brother! I know he will help take good care of him!

... and I'm moving onto happier things...

2011-02-07T08:32:00.000-08:00

Baby Rugh #2 is now 12 weeks along... and as my belly starts expanding, I'm getting increasingly nervous about being pregnant during the summer. I get sick as it is in the heat so being pregnant and knowing we have to move during this super hot sumer to come - lets just say I have my worries!

Last month during a fabric trip to LA, I picked up some fabric to make some super-awesome maternity clothes. I'm excited!

Here are some photos of some ideas I have!

Hell-th Insurance: Part 2

2011-02-01T14:50:00.001-08:00

So, I gathered up all my paperwork and supporting documentation and marched into a BCBS office today.

I sat down and outlined all that had happened. I told her my frustrations and she did what she could to give me more info. about what was going on. She did say that my policy was cancelled because it went for 3 months, unpaid. She also said that a girl I spoke to previously submitted an informal appeal to her supervisor and to the membership supervisor asking that my policy be reinstated to my original effective date of Oct 1st, 2010 - or to at least Nov. 1st, 2010, so there would be no lapse in coverage and I could pay on what was owed. That request was denied. The membership supervisor said she was denying the request because I was told on the phone that I owed the $400+ and a note regarding the call said that I was informed of my policy's possible cancelation.

Not True

I was never told that my policy was at risk!

The woman working with me said that my only option now was to submit an appeal. Luckily, I had an appeal form all filled out, a 2 page attachment of what happened and what my problems were... and I had copies of any and all paperwork I have received from BCBS since I started my policy.

She contacted her own supervisor to help out and apparently she is going to be pulling all the phone recordings over the next few days so they have everything they need to submit this appeal.

Apparently this appeal will be considered a "second level appeal" and will be reviewed by a panel instead of just 1 person. Down side is... the woman who denied my previous appeal.... is on the panel. I have the right to be available by phone during the panel so I can be able to answer questions, give further information or help clarify anything that is confusing.

After giving them all they needed, I said that I was hesitant to even do the appeal (Even though I know I needed to) just because I KNOW it will be denied. I told her that I would do all I needed to do to get this sorted out.. but what bothers me is that it's going to take more waiting and more phone calls!

The woman was super helpful and nice. She told me to be optimistic and that she would do all she could to make sure everything is provided for the appeal.

I'm glad I went in to talk to someone face to face. I could have easily just waited at home, kept calling different people, submitted an appeal through fax or the mail but I'm hoping they will take into consideration that I'm actually seeking them out and taking action.

I am sad because I have already had to say NO to doing different screenings during pregnancy... It makes me sick that I can't take care of me and my babies just because I'm sitting around, paying for their mistake.

:0(

You can read my appeal below.

-Regence BCBS timeline – 1 February, 2011

· Sent in Application.

· BCBS Received it Sept 20^th or 21st, 2010

· Got notice back that I was accepted but that I needed to wait for an open enrollment period to add my son.

· Waited for Nov. 1^st and sent in application for my son Royal soon after.

· My effective date was to be Oct. 1^st, 2010

· My sons’ effective date was to be Jan. 1^st, 2011.

· Contacted someone on November 4^th, 2010 via live help/chat and asked about maternity benefits. I was told everything was all set and that there would be no waiting periods as far as maternity benefits. I am confused now as to whether they were looking at an old policy or whether they were looking at the most recent policy.

· December: Received bill from Dr. saying that insurance wasn’t going to cover anything from a visit.

· Around December 20^th, 2010: called BCBS to ask why things weren’t being covered. I was told that I had not made payments on premiums and that I owed over $400. I told them that I didn’t have that much to give them at the moment but that I would be calling back to take care of it. I was never warned that my account was at risk of being terminated. If I had known it would be terminated, I would have at least paid SOMETHING to prevent it.

Spoke Tuesday, Jan. 18^th, 2011 I called customer service to pay the amount I owed. I was then told that I could not pay and that my policy was no longer valid. I was told I had to go through the application process again and that I needed to wait for another open enrollment period to get my son coverage. I spoke to a girl in a Seattle office named Angel. She was very helpful in trying to give me as much information as she could. In the end, she requested to her supervisor and to the membership supervisor that my policy be reinstated to my original effective date of October 1^st, 2010 or at least reinstated to November 1^st, 2010 so there would be no lapse in coverage and I would them be able to pay what is owed.

I take responsibility for the fact that apparently the first payment was never made but what upsets me is that I was never given a chance to get that payment to them within the next 2 months before my policy was terminated.

· I was given no notice that my account was at risk of being terminated

· I was given no notice that my account has ACTUALLY been terminated.

· I was given no notice that payments were not received.

· I was sent no second bill for the next month’s charges or overdue charges.

· Not only did I not receive written notice through mail or email, I never received a phone call either.

I have made copies of every piece of correspondence I currently have received from BCBS.

There are currently 15 days standing in the way of me paying all that I owe and being in good standing with my policy.

I found out in December that I was expecting another baby. Going back and going through the application process again would mean that I would now be considered to have a pre-existing condition and I would run into at least a 6 month waiting period.

In my original application, I provided my bank account information on a sure pay information sheet. I’m confused as to why this information was to be provided when it was never used.

There is no way I would get pregnant and knowingly let my policy go unpaid or be at risk. Having insurance has been very important to me and I did everything I could to make sure I was covered and prepared for whatever happened to me.

I feel that the request from the woman, Angel, whom I spoke to on the phone most recently is fair.

I would request again that my policy be reinstated to my original effective date of October 1st, 2010 or at least reinstated to sometime in November or December or 2010 so there would be no lapse in coverage and I would be able to pay my premiums as I had intended to. I would also request that my son’s policy be reinstated to his effective date of January 1^st, 2011.

Please contact me with any questions, comments or concerns. It would be nice to have some communication.

Bethea Rugh

Hell-th Insurance

2011-01-26T11:02:00.001-08:00

Some of you DO and some of you DON'T know about my never-ending battles when dealing with Health Insurance. It's not that I'm particularly unhealthy or sick... or that I'm being ridiculous in my expectations of these companies... maybe it's just a constant flow of bad luck?

Here's a little background.

My husband is self-employed so therefore we are not eligible for any sort of group health insurance plan through an employer. My husband has been dealt his fair share of medical issues/health insurance issues and so when I talk about insurance coverage, it's generally about me alone, or my son and I.

I was previously an employee at the University of Utah Hospital and while working there, health insurance and the premiums I paid were like a dream! Seriously like $30 - $40 a month. I stopped working there in the middle of 2008 and a few months later... SURPRISE!... I found out I was pregnant with baby #1. Our only option as far as decent coverage was to pay $400+ a month for COBRA (continuation of benefits) coverage from my latest insurance coverage. This was a Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah group policy. We paid every month... and when our little boy Royal was born... it made sense to me that I needed to get him some type of health coverage. At that point, I figured my only option was to add him to my existing cobra coverage until we could figure out where to go next. This made our payment each month over $800. If anything I was trying to brace myself for all the well baby visits/check ups and vaccinations.

Phase 2: New Insurance.

My only option next was to get new insurance. This $800 a month business was killing us. I ended up getting a Humana policy for my son and I. Humana didn't have any maternity benefits... but seeing that IHC and BCBS wouldn't accept us on an individual health plan, I had no choice. I had to take what I could get.

We have been with Humana for about a year or year and a half then I said to myself... well I guess I should start rethinking insurance. I wanted to make sure I was prepared for another pregnancy in the future and I wanted to try again to see if I could get accepted with BCBS or IHC. I figured I would try BCBS since I had a previous policy with them and I actually was satisfied with most of their coverage.

Hallelujah... My wee prayers were answered and I was accepted by BCBS for an individual plan. The only downer I saw was that I had to take another month or so to put Royal on my plan and his coverage wouldn't be active until Jan. 1 st of 2011.

Here's where the fun starts.

Phase 3:

OK so...

September 20, 201o - BCBS receives my application

October 1st, 2010 - My new policy effective date with BCBS.

November 1st, 2010 - 1st day of open enrollment to add children to policy.

January 1st, 2011 - Royal's set effective date with BCBS.

November 2, 2010 - I called to get clarification on maternity benefits and waiting periods. (We were all "Good to go")

I was feeling AWESOME! I felt like the stars were finally aligning. I was applying, accepting, following guidelines and patiently waiting... doing everything the way I should! Totally playing the health insurance game by the company's rules.... until everything went wrong!

December 20, 2010 - I get a letter from my Dr. saying that my insurance didn't cover anything from a visit I made. I called BCBS to see what was up. They told me that they had received NO payments from me and that in order to be caught up, I needed to pay over $400. Well... That was right smack dab in the middle of our Christmas chaos... and we were waiting for a student loan to come through so we could take care of all of our bills 'n all that fun stuff. I told them that there was no way I could do it right then on the phone and that I would call them back in the next while to get caught up.

Tuesday, January 18th 2011: I called BCBS to finally make a payment to cover all the past due $$$ only to find out that my account with them had been cancelled.

WHAT??

I was told that since I hadn't made payments for October, November or December... my account and membership with them was canceled/void. I was told that I needed to reapply and go through the whole application/waiting process again. I would also have to wait until May to submit an application for Royal and that his date of service would begin July 1st.

The Cherry on top is that yes, not only would I have to reapply... but that my new pregnancy (That would have been completely covered otherwise)... is now considered a preexisting condition.

Here are the problems I'm having:

1) I was never warned that my policy was in danger of being canceled.

2) I never received notice that my account had been canceled.

3) I was given wrong information when I contacted them and tried to be educated about my policy.

4) When I called in December, the person on the phone told me that I owed money, but they failed to tell me that at that point in time, my account was already cancelled.

5) the fact that 15 stupid days stand in the way of them accepting my FULL payment of past due premiums.

It seems to me that it would be easier and more productive to accept my payment and SOMEHOW overlook 15 days.... rather than putting me(and their staff) through this nightmare.... especially when I feel they are partly to blame.

Hopefully someone else out there agrees.

The secret's out!

2011-01-26T09:22:00.000-08:00

Royal is going to be a big brother! Baby Rugh #2 is due August 23rd, 2011 and we couldn't be happier! :0)

... and I love to sew!

2010-11-28T15:03:00.002-08:00

So, I wasn't able to go to school this semester and I haven't been able to sew much during the last few months. I've been telling myself that I need to get a project going so I won't feel so behind next semester but still didn't take the time to do it. That's one nice thing about having to sew for school... you're actually expected to finish your projects!

I got a reminder email about a draping workshop that Cecile Pelous does every fall at our school. Cecile Pelous is 70 years old and still finds the time to travel and teach all around the world. She is AMAZING! I jumped up, went to the school and signed up!

"Parisian fashion designer and "modeliste" Cecile Pelous spent fifteen years working for Christian Dior and five for Nina Ricci before finding her true life's calling. Influenced by the writings and lectures of Dominique Lapierre, author of City of Joy, in 1986 Cecile wrote to Mother Theresa and asked how she could be of service. Mother Theresa's reply? "Come." And so she went. Quitting her job, Cecile went to Calcutta to work with The Little Sisters of Poverty, never knowing the far-reaching effects those six weeks would have on thousands of people from around the world in years to come. Cecile began spending a few months every year in India, between fashion seasons (yes, the fashion houses of Paris took her back-and appreciated the exotic new influence in the fashions she created!). After building dispensaries and schools in India and teaching families to raise chickens, ducks, and fish, Cecile learned of the efforts of Parijat Gosh and Bina Malla to start a school in Nepalganj, a small town just across the border, and the orphans who were starting to seek refuge there. With her first visit, Cecile's heart became committed to the children of Nepal. Sharing their plight with her friends and associates, Cecile began raising money to aid the orphans. She sold her own home to finance the building of an orphanage to house them. Since that time, Cecile has spread the story of the orphans of Nepal around the world. Committed to the goal of preparing them for independence and helping them become contributing citizens of their country, she has developed additional facilities in Kathmandu and programs there to provide university studies, internships and jobs for the children once they "graduate" from the orphanage in Nepalganj. Cecile continues her efforts with twice-yearly visits to Nepal to see to the needs of the children, and visits to England, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States to raise funds and awareness."

She only knew a little english and I only know a little french but during this two-day workshop I was able to get some great help and was able to get to know her a little better. I think the language barrier made it frustrating for some of the students and surprisingly, no one was even talking to her! I thought to myself "How often is someone like this even willing to teach us goofy fashion students? She's probably bored!" I decided I may as well get as much help/info as I could! The more we talked and the more I found out about her, I couldn't believe she was standing right there next to me giving me pointers!

During her career she has worked(I believe as a master draper) for Christian Dior(for 15 years), Nina Ricci(5 years),Guy La Roche and Pierre Cardin. She has also worked with Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano and I heard her even talking about Madeleine Vionnet and how different she looked in person compared to the picture in our classroom! haha

I asked her who she worked for the longest and that was Christian Dior. She said she loved it there but she decided she didn't want to stay in one place for too long. She said she moved around a lot because she didn't want to get used to any certain designer, style or technique. She liked to keep things exciting, and different!

When I asked her if she ever got tired of sewing or if she sewed much in her home, she said she didn't. She said she did a little sewing but that she didn't have a sewing machine. She said she was so used to working on "the mannequin" that she never really needed a sewing machine anyway.

She started looking through some of my magazines and would start laughing to herself or commenting in french about different outfits. I asked her what she was laughing about and she showed me a picture of Charlize Theron and talked about a recent dress she worked on for her. She went on and named a bunch of very famous, current actresses who she has made dresses for but the cherry on top was the fact that she used to help design and create dresses for Jackie Kennedy. Holy cow! Talk about fashion icon! Insane!

She started talking about working on collections for different designers and I asked how long it typically took to create what they wanted or how much time they were even given. She said it's usually in weeks, not months and sometimes less. She talked about once while she was working with John Galliano, he gave them 4 days to create his entire collection. She explained that he felt they would lose motivation and inspiration if they were given too much time to create it. Crazy.

She went on to talk about designers do their fittings, how many fittings are done, how many models are typically used and how much the models are paid. Maybe I was thrown off because it was so much $$$ or because she spoke in terms of euros but I still can't fathom making that much dough. It was an incredible compliment to have her like my design and aprove of my technique and taste!

In order to be a part of the workshop, we all donated $75 to her orphanage she runs in Nepal. She is still a salaried employee (i think with Dior?) and gets a paid 2 months off. She told me that she travels to Nepal twice a year and spends a month at a time.

Although I talked to her more about fashion than I did about her humanitarian service, I could absolutely see the love and concern she has for "her children" in Nepal. It's incredible.

I feel privileged to have been able to meet her and work with her. What an amazing woman.

To find out more about her efforts in Nepal, visit www.nepalfirsthope.com.

... and I moved my blog!

2010-11-23T22:36:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. Well, after trying to sort through some issues I was having while using word press... I decided to bite the bullet and move on over to Blogger again. It doesn't exactly look the way I would like at the moment, so expect some changes!

Graves

2010-09-28T08:06:00.000-07:00

Those of you who know me likely know about my interest in cemeteries and graves.

The first funeral/burial I can remember going to was for my Great Aunt Helen when I was just 3 years old. I can remember sitting on my mothers lap during the family prayer and holding on to the little program that had her picture printed on it. I remember it all so clearly. I have special memories from all of the funerals I've been to throughout my life. Now that I'm a little older, I realize that out of a lot of the experiences I've had in my short life, funerals are often some of the most special of all. There is always sadness and a sense of loss but I feel grateful to be able to see, feel and appreciate the joy that comes with death and no matter what, I always end up learning something about myself in the end.

Growing up, I've always had an interest in cemeteries. I'm not quite sure why. Once I was older and could drive, I started just pulling into random cemeteries and exploring! Most recently I've been living right near the University of Utah which is right in between Mount Olivet Cemetery and the Salt Lake Cemetery. Since I was at home all day with Royal, I started making an effort to go visit the Salt Lake Cemetery a couple times a week. I joined the website findagrave.com and signed up to be a photo volunteer so I could actually do something useful during my visits. There are so many interesting names and stones to look at and I feel happy that I'm able to visit these graves for people who can't. It's interesting to imagine the more than 174,055 graves and how for every one of those people, there were often people in the very spot that I stood in, mourning over the loss of that person.

Here are a few photos from some spots I like!

Clarkston, Cache, Utah

Clarkston, Cache, Utah

Shannon, Charles and I in Kaysville, UT Cemetery when we were little.

Mt. Olivet Cemetery

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Mt. Olivet Cemetery

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Mt. Olivet Cemetery

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Bonanza Cemetery

Bonanza, Custer, Idaho

Bonanza Cemetery

Bonanza, Custer, Idaho

Bonanza Cemetery

Bonanza, Custer, Idaho

Bonanza Cemetery

Bonanza, Custer, Idaho

Custer Cemetery

Custer, Custer, Idaho

Custer Seven Grave Site

You can search here to see some of the work I've been doing!

May - 2010

2010-08-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Royals 1st birthday on May 19th, 2010! We stayed in a Marriott Villa in Park City, UT and had a swim party!

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April

2010-07-19T04:54:00.000-07:00

April was a BUSY month! Lots of sewing and traveling!

The month started with me working hard with a friend on her collection for school (the SLCC Raw Couture fashion show.) She designed everything, made patterns, did fittings on the models she chose... but as the show got closer, that's when I jumped in. We pulled some serious all nighters for about a week and barely made it! Here are some pictures of the things we did. After we were finished, we went to The Cheesecake Factory to celebrate!

Easter came and went and our next trip was to Disneyland with Grandma and Grandpa Rugh! We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel then made a couple of trips into LA to explore, shop, eat and have fun! We had a great trip!

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March 2010

2010-07-15T15:20:00.000-07:00

March

My Uncle John passed away on March 4, 2010.

St. Patricks Day party with Tom and Susan at the Corroon for Governor kick-off party!

Hogle Zoo with my cousin Brittany and her little girl Bailey who were in town from Colorado!

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The first few weeks of March were rough around here. My uncle John passed away suddenly and I still think of him all the time. Out of all my uncles, he was the one I knew the best. I even lived with him and his family after I graduated from high school and worked for him. He was an amazing person and was loved by so many people.

Going to his funeral brought back so many memories I had of attending my grandparents' funerals in Twin Falls, Idaho. Maybe it's because Twin Falls is a smaller town but people show SO much respect! Over 600 people came to his viewing and over 1,000 people attended his funeral. That says so much about how many people he influenced during his life, just in that small town. There was a police escort from the church near the new temple in Twin Falls to the cemetery on the other side of town. There were a few really nice signs along the road memorializing him, traffic at every intersection came to a stop, people walking on the sidewalks stopped and people were taking off their hats as we passed. I miss him all the time.

JOHN WILLIAM REEDER

1944 - 2010

John William Reeder, 65, died March 2, 2010 surrounded by his loving family in Houston, Texas. John was born in Twin Falls, Idaho August 2, 1944 to Charles and Ione Reeder.

He was raised in Twin Falls and graduated from Twin Falls High School in 1962. He attended Utah State University, studying business management. He was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He met his wife, Judie Rash, while attending Utah State University and they were married in the Logan Temple June 6, 1968.

In the early 70’s he returned with his wife to Twin Falls where he became more involved in the family business, Reeder Flying Service. John was an accomplished businessman and involved in the community. He was honored as the Twin Falls Chamber of Commerce Person of the Year in 2009. John had great devotion to the LDS Church. He served a two-year mission in Toronto Canada (1964 – 1966). He supported the scouting program and served in many capacities in the church. John enjoyed skiing, flying, traveling, spending time with friends, family, and his grandson.

John and Judie are the proud parents of four children, Charles Jason Reeder, Jessica Ann (Reid) Thorpe, John Joseph (Amber) Reeder, and Jay Steven Reeder. He has one grandchild, John William Thorpe.

John is survived by his wife; four children; and siblings, Richard (Charlene) Reeder, Mary (Bob) Brady, Barbara (Preston) Cutler, and Robert (Kathy) Reeder. John was a loving, empathetic husband, father, and grandfather. He was also a beloved brother and uncle. He is remembered for being friendly and caring and being a distinguished, positive influence in every setting.

There will be a viewing Monday, March 8, 2010, from 6:00-8:00PM at Parke’s Funeral Home 2551 Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 11:00AM at the Twin Falls Stake Center 2085 S. Temple Drive.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made The Magic Valley Arts Council or charity of choice.

February 2010

2010-07-15T15:07:00.000-07:00

February:

Thea's Birthday, Valentines Day at Gilgal Gardens, feeding the ducks and geese at Liberty Park and lots of cuddling to stay warm!

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Wow - it's been 6 months?

2010-07-15T14:33:00.000-07:00

I really can't believe it's been 6 months since I updated this blog last! I've had quite a few people point that out so... prepare yourself for updates!

Fabric Trip to LA

2010-01-25T04:38:00.000-08:00

On Friday, January 22nd, I took off to LA on a quick trip to buy some fabric with the SLCC fashion institute. We met up at the airport and had some Cinnabon while we waited for our flight that was delayed.

We got to the fabric district in LA at 11 am and braced ourselves for the crazy rain they have been having. We had 4 hours to get what we needed. We found a bunch of great places and I bought some incredible silks... but Eliana still needed some good wools. We discovered B. Black & Sons (1/2 mile away) about 15 minutes before we were supposed to leave the district so we ran for it and were so happy we did! They are a family run business and had an incredible selection of wools and other suiting fabrics. The great grandson of the founder helped us get what we needed, he gave us a student discount and even charged my iPhone for me while we got what we needed!

We headed from there to the Western Costume Co. Somehow, we were able to get a tour of this place! This place is incredible! The Western Costume Co. has been around since 1912 and is known as one of the original motion picture businesses in Hollywood! You name the movie, they have created and still have the costumes! It's crazy!

We were allowed to go up into the archives and see how they get ideas for costume design. They create color/style boards for period pieces and other films so they can figure out style and coloration for their pieces. One of the ones out while we were there was for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". They had rows of articles, magazines and books that they use to create these boards. They also had a hard bound version of EVERY issue of Vogue. They took us into the room where they store the "Private Collection" - they actually let us search through everything they had, touch things and take pictures with whatever we wanted! Holy cow! I took some pictures of costumes from Some Like It Hot, The Sound of Music, Gone With The Wind, Little Women, Leatherheads, The Good German, 3:10 to Yuma, Cleopatra, The King and I, Cast away, Julie & Julia... and that was just in 1 row of this room! I also got a picture with Marilyn Monroe's jacket! In other parts of the building we saw costumes for Dances with Wolves, Water World, Gladiator, Troy and others. We also go to see "The Collection" where they have a HUGE collection of all vintage clothing. It was incredible. We got to see their millenary shop where they make all the hats for movies. They made all the hats for Pirates of the Caribbean in this shop and had photos. They even had Matt Damon's hat mold on the table!

Even after we left this place, we were trying to realize what we had just seen! It was so overwhelming! We went from the costume co. to have dinner at the Olive Garden and during our hour wait, we went next door and all had pedicures! After dinner, went back to the hotel and crashed!

The next day, we went and got some goodies at Trader Joe's then went to the fabric store Mood (The fabric store they shop at on Project Runway). They had an AMAZING selection of fabrics... crazy beautiful wools and knits and even jersey! I bought some awesome patterned jerseys, and some awesome plaid shirting fabric and some other pretty cotton! Woohoo! We left Mood and went back to the fabric district for some last minute things then headed straight for the airport.

It was a super quick trip but we were able to pack in the fun! I'm so glad I was able go to! Thanks to Pete for taking care of baby Royal!

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Happy Holidays!

2010-01-25T03:41:00.000-08:00

Here are just a few highlights from the holidays!

-We celebrated my nephew Evan's 2nd birthday! They had a luau and we ate some yummy hawaiian pulled pork!

-We went to see the lights at Temple Square on Christmas Eve!

-We opened our Christmas crackers and wore our paper crowns!

-We went to the Foster cabin for New Years and hung out with Josephine!

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Fall-time Fun!

2009-10-16T15:23:00.000-07:00

We've been up to lots of fun things lately! Now that we have this sweet lil' guy, we try to get out of the house more and have little adventures. Recently, we went to the Utah State Fair and to the "Wee Witches Weekend" at Gardner Village... and we've been lounging around at home too![gallery link="file"]

Cool chairs!

2009-09-12T10:11:00.000-07:00

So... Today I spent the afternoon picking out fabric and supplies with my moth-in-law to reupholster some dining room chairs. It took only 2 hours.. And turned out to took really nice! It was a lot of fun! I should do it more often!... Taking advantage of my student discount the fabric stores wasn't a bad time either!

Back to school...

2009-09-10T09:31:00.000-07:00

I never thought I would feel this way - but it was too weird starting the Fall without being in school! After much persuasion, I decided to go ahead and start back at the SLCC Fashion Institute. I'm glad I did. I thought it would be really hard going back after having a baby and having Pete in graduate school but it's really not bad.

Going to the fashion institute isn't like real school to me... so it's not as painful as past semesters!

I'm taking the classes at the new Library Square campus that was built a couple of years ago. It's really nice! The classes are actually really fun and are actually about topics that interest me... so of course that helps!
This semester I'm taking just two classes. Advanced Sewing and Textiles. I'll keep ya'll updated on my projects! Yipee!!!

My latest creation...

2009-09-09T14:54:00.000-07:00

So this is my latest creation. I've still been trying to nurse the wee babe... and have had a heck of a time trying to find decent nursing shirts... so I took to the sewing machine and created a solution. I made it in a bigger size than I actually needed so there was a lot of extra fabric around the top that I didn't need. I'm already pretty chesty... and this just makes it worse. Oh well.
Since taking this picture, I tightened the neck so it fits better... but I still don't like how puffy the sleeves are. I'm not willing to put more time into fixing that so whatever.

Royal Takes a Vacation!

2009-09-01T09:31:00.000-07:00

Royal Says Relax...

We took our annual trip to the Reeder Cabin in Idaho during the first week in August! Our friends Nat, Renee and their baby Josephine came up and the rest of my family came up a few days later! It was pretty rainy for the first few days but it cleared up and we had a fun time outside!

It wasn't until I was older that I realized how lucky we were to have a place, like this cabin, to go. After thinking about it a few years ago, I realized that I was SO excited to be able to bring my own children to the cabin and to enjoy doing things I did when I was little! I was excited that we got to take Royal this year... and I'm pretty sure he had a fun time too! We took Royal to Redfish Lake for the first time and he also went for his first airplane ride! (He slept the whole time and missed the view of the Sawtooth Mountains... but that's ok!)

We had a mean, 13-hour game of Axis and Allies one fine day... and then had fun looking at all the starts at night. We took some sweet star trail photos.

We were sad to have to come home but it was good to be back in our own beds... for 1 night. We left the very next day for Pete's family reunion in Eden, Utah.

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Pete killed it

2009-07-27T14:46:00.000-07:00

Title says it all

Funny Faces

2009-07-14T05:12:00.000-07:00

Sneeze face

So, Royal is constantly making cute, funny faces so I've compiled a little sampler for those who aren't here to see this funny kid.

Surprise face

Burp face

poop face

Feelin' so good/so full of food face

Funny dream face

wide awake/playtime face

Lovin' the outdoors face

Just about to fall asleep face

Very comfortable/sleeper face!

It's amazing how fast these little babies grow! He already looks different compared to a lot of these pictures!

Royal's Baby Blessing

2009-07-14T05:05:00.000-07:00

Royal with mom at church!

Royal was blessed on Sunday, July 5th by his Dad!

We had a lot of good friends and family in the circle and in the congregation that day! It was a special day!

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Tom made this masterpiece fruit bowl the morning of Royal's blessing. It turned out to be really cool!

Great-Grandmother Sessions!

Nat, Renee and Josephine came!! Yipee!!

Thea with the Cutlers!

The whole gang!

I don't know why my hair decided to be so frizzy that day... but this is a pretty good family picture!

Out 'n About

2009-07-14T05:00:00.000-07:00

Lately we have spent a few weekends with our friends Nat and Renee Foster at their cabin in Mt. Pleasant, Utah! We took the babies off-roading, had a picnic ... all that good stuff. Other than that, spent a lot of time watching movies, making movies.... and sitting in the hot tub!

We had to told the babies' heads... it was PRETTY bumpy!

Nat and Gus

The babies under the sweet fort we made! Awww yeah!

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This is a movie we made this last weekend. Pete has always wanted to make this movie for some reason... so here it is.

4th of July at Lagoon!

2009-07-14T04:17:00.000-07:00

This was our 2nd trip to Lagoon this year... and it was MUCH sunnier this time than the first. Turns out the 4th of July is an AWESOME day to go to Lagoon. I was worried it was going to be packed with crazies... but I guess most people have other plans on the 4th! All the lines were super short and it wasn't as crowded as it usually is! We had a lot of fun!

Royal and Granny C.

Shannon and I went on Wicked with my dad. He had his new cell phone in his pocket... and at the end of the ride, if fell right out. We spotted the phone from the fence and went back later for them to go pick it up!

Happy Birthday Eliana!

2009-07-14T03:44:00.000-07:00

On July 3rd we went to Buca Di Beppo with our friends Eliana and Gavyn Smith to celebrate Eliana's Birthday! It was fun to get together with other friends I hadn't seen in a long time! After dinner we went to watch some fireworks at Granite High School but ended up leaving because they were so loud. If you know me... you know I like everything loud, fireworks, drums, bass... ect.. but I was afraid for little Royal's ears... so it was a good thing we left! He can like loud things too someday... just not when he's 6 weeks old!

The yummy cake Chantel Brought!

Royal meets world...

2009-06-20T14:50:00.000-07:00

Well, getting used to this new, cute addition has been pretty exhausting! Both physically and emotionally!

Tons of diapers and wipes

Dozens of loads of laundry

Late night feedings

Super-sad crying fits...and from the baby too... ;0)

Conflicting eating and sleeping schedules for both parents and baby

Countless hours of battling with breastfeeding issues

He's definitely worth it though! What a sweet boy!

I love having this sweet little guy around. I love being a mom and sharing sweet, warm snuggles with him all day and night.

Click below for some pictures of what's been going on!

Royal's first bath! Both grandma's and I were there to help!

Susan with Royal!

Our cat Lilly loves little Royal. She is usually a pretty crazy cat but she is so careful around him. She will come up and give him a sniff.. and sometimes give his hair a lick. That's about it. She sleeps right through his crying! Lucky!

Meeting Josephine for the first time! Our friends Nat and Renee foster finally moved back to Utah from Virginia. Their little girl Josephine is about 2 months older than Royal.

So I've noticed that Royal likes to sleep like me with his arms above his head. I think it's so cute.

This tiny bundle used to fit RIGHT there. I can't believe he fit inside me!

Another arm picture...

Great Grandma Sessions working her magic! So cute!

Susan and Royal on her Birthday!

Sunday afternoon nap with dad!

Welcome to the world baby Rugh!

2009-06-14T15:44:00.000-07:00

So it's about time I get on here and give everyone the update they've been asking for! :0)

I was induced at 9 pm on Sunday, May 17th.

... and after 29 hours in labor and a C-section.. on Tuesday May 19th at 1:28 am I gave birth to a healthy baby boy,

Royal Henley Rugh!

He was 8 pounds and 20 inches long.

For the super-lengthy low-down on what happened... and a bunch of pictures... click below!

Here's the whole story...

I was given the pill Cytotec to dissolve in my mouth to help start contractions more naturally than just being put straight on Pitocin. My nurse came in at 7am the next morning and had a message from my Dr. They told me to have a nice shower and once I was done, we would "get the show on the road!" (meaning, they would break my water and start me on Pitocin)

I took a warm shower and got back in bed... my contractions were becoming pretty painful by this point. After another hour, my Dr. showed up and examined me. I was dilated to 2 cm and was 90% effaced.

The whole process of her checking my progress, both in her clinic and in the hospital, was VERY painful. She explained to me that my cervix was pointed backwards and now that I was progressing even more, the baby's head coming down was making things "Balloon" and the opening was even farther back.

She went in to try and break my water and stopped when I started screaming and crying. To break my water, she had to reach back and hook onto my cervix and pull it forward.. and there was no way she was getting close to doing that. The pain was SOOO bad that by that point, i was begging for the pain of my contractions instead!

I could have lasted longer with the pain of the contractions but in order to break my water, we called for the anesthesiologist. It's a little strange but one of the things I was most afraid of was an epidural! I've always been afraid of needles and shots.. and this was the MOTHER of all shots! The anesthesiologist was awesome! He made me feel SO comfortable. He showed me everything he used and talked me through the entire thing. I kind of felt like I was a little kid again, but I didn't care! hehe Anyway - it wasn't bad at all! I felt awesome after the epidural and was able to nap and hang out with all my visitors!

While I waited for my contractions to do their thing, every hour my nurse had me switch the side of my body that I was laying on...but towards the end, every time I would switch to my right side, the baby's heart rate would drop drastically and set off all the machines. So, left side it was!

I was dilated to a 3 when they broke my water and was stuck there for about 9 hours. After that, I was finally at a 6. Around 10pm that night, I was at and 8... and we decided to stick it out just a few more hours to see if I got to a 10. By this point, they had given me higher than normal levels of Pitocin and my body was definately getting tired. I started getting really nauseous and threw up about 7 times... Also, I started noticing a spot in my abdomen where I could still feel the strong contractions. They said it was normal to sometimes have a "Hot Spot" where you still have feeling.

12:30 pm! - My Dr. came in and I was still at 8cm. She said that at this point, we could have a C-section or we could stick it out a few more hours and see if I progressed the 2 extra centimeters. To begin with, I wanted to do everything possible before I was faced with a C-section.. but being induced, I knew the chances of a C-section were pretty high. My first response was to wait it out but then... I realized how tired I was. I figured 1) I didn't want to make the Dr. go home and then have to come back, 2) I was so tired, if I waited, I wouldn't be able to push the way I needed to and 3) I didn't want to wait for the baby to have problems and have it be an Emergency C-section... So - C-section it was!

As soon as I gave the word, everyone scattered! Moments later, The nurse showed up in OR scrubs and had some for Pete, she gave me some disgusting medicine to swallow and the anesthesiologist showed up with bunch of syringes! ahahah Since I had had my epidural for 18 hours, doing a spinal for the C-section would have not been very effective so he gave me the strongest epidural dosages possible. I got a little worried when he said that it may not even make a difference since I had been on it for so long... and my "Hot Spot" had me worried but once they made the incision, I calmed down.

I actually slept through most of the C-section and was woken up by the Dr. talking the resident through the surgery and by my own snoring. I would hear things like "OK, Count 'em up!", "I see a head!", "OK dad, do you want to see her uterus?"(They had it completely out of me and had set it on my belly to stitch it up!) and, "It sounds like someone is having a nice nap back there!" when she realized she could hear my snoring.

(Pete got a sweet picture of my uterus, it's pretty awesome! I had no idea it looks the way it does! - If you're interested in seeing - give me the word! haha)

Everything was a complete blur and I just kept feeling guilty that I couldn't even stay awake for the birth of my new baby boy! Once I felt the pressure of him being pushed out and heard his cry for the first time, I was WIDE awake! His first little cry was in such a low little voice! - Definately a boy cry!

Overall, it took then 15 minutes to get the baby out and over 45 minutes to stitch me back up. They put me back into a normal bed... and then the shaking began. I was shaking uncontrollably for about 30 minutes as a result of the surgery and all the medications running through me. They took me back to my room and my parents, Pete's parents and my sister Shannon were all waiting for us! A few minutes later, they brought in baby! We all took turns holding him... then daddy Pete took him for his first bath! We finally fell asleep around 5:30 am.

Another update! It's official!

2009-05-14T12:21:00.000-07:00

Here's the official news!

My Dr. is going to induce me on Sunday night at Salt Lake Regional Hospital. We will go in around 8 pm and hopefully have baby boy here by the next morning/afternoon! We're excited!!!!!

Showers... Bed Rest... It's baby time!

2009-05-14T05:06:00.000-07:00

Well, Renee was right... my last post was WAY too old and it is indeed time for an update!

On Saturday, March 21st, My mom, sisters and sister-in-law threw me a shower at my moms house for all of my friends and ladies in my home ward. It was fun to catch up with people I haven't seen in a while.

On Sunday, April 26th, Susan was nice enough to throw us another shower! It was a lot of fun too! There were a lot of friends and neighbors that came!

Pete showed up to take a few pictures and then fled the scene...

big baby belly at 36 weeks.

Lindsay, ME and Eliana! Thanks for coming guys!

AND - here are some more random pregnancy pictures!

baby Belly - 37 weeks

Hanging out - waiting for the shower to start!

Pete and I Geocaching at Gilgal Gardens. This is where Pete proposed to me! - and now we've been married 3 years!

36 weeks along - leaving Gilgal Garden

My sister's dog Wilco and I have a special bond that's for sure. He thinks he's a lap dog. He was smushing baby and baby was kicking back, showing him who's boss!

The baby belly - with a freckle smiley face!

Well - time for a story. I went in to see my DR. last thursday and she said I was 1cm dialated and 50% effaced. She also said that my Blood Pressure was very high. She told me to go home and relax for a few days and come back on Monday to get another reading on my blood pressure.

Monday - I go in and sure enough, it was still high. My Dr. was out of the office and so I waited to see what the other DR. there wanted to do. They were worried about me having Preeclampsia. The DR. told me to go up to the hospital where I was going to deliver and check into Labor and Deliver so they could monitor my blood pressure. I went up to LDS hospital, they tested my blood and urine... and I was monitored for aboug 2 and a half hours. The nurse said that there was no risk to the baby but that the risk was stroke and seizure for me. I asked her how they would treat the high blood pressure and she said the only way to treat it was to give birth and that if it didn't go down while I was there, they were going to induce me just to be safe. My BP went down progressively while I was there and so they sent me home on bed rest and told me that I wasn't to do much other than go from bed to the bathroom and back. BUMMER!

I go back to the DR. in about 30 minutes and will be checked again. Chances are... if my blood pressure isn't down today, they will induce me this evening. We shall see!

Thanks to some unexpected news, We are now going to deliver at University of Utah Hospital and sadly.. my Dr. does not have rights there so she won't be there to deliver! So sad... but - the things you put up with for 100% insurance coverage.

I'll keep you all updated!

I Love Barbies!

2009-03-10T05:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Barbie Doll! Yipee!

Some of you already know how much I love Barbies.

(ie: Andrea - I think I used to steal Barbie clothes of yours that I didn't have at home. Sorry! - I also remember you were over for my birthday and while we were waiting for your mom to pick you up, we decided to test out my new Barbie Dream Boat in the bathtub! Long story short, you ended up falling in the tub and playtime was over! haha)

As I've gotten older, I've realized how I lucked out in the Barbie department! I now know lots of girls, and older women too, who only had just a few, or even one!

I seriously had way too many but I enjoyed every single one! I have lots of fun memories with me and my barbie buddies.

My sister and I ended up fighting over all the barbies and their various home furnishings so one day, our barbie families parted ways. My sister got the giant barbie house and set up shop behind the couch in our family room and I got a special 6-story barbie house built into the other half of my closet. It was perfect! I would invite her barbies over for dinner parties and dances and her family would invite my barbies to go Jeeping and camping in the back yard. Not only did we have great barbie houses INSIDE, we had special barbie campgrounds that we made in the yard, complete with lakes and streams, campfires and cotheslines. We would take our Barbie Jeeps and our motorhomes out and camp!

Here are some pictures of a few Barbies I have!

And lets not forget my favorite Barbie phone!

Thanks mom for making cute barbie Beds, couches and chairs, making sure they had Christmas Trees every year, making sure the horses had enough room to play and that each room in the barbie house had beautiful carpet!

And Thanks to Shannon for house sitting when I was "Out of town", for making awesome Barbie magazines for my table tops and for making lovely, framed works of art to put on my Barbie house walls!

Happy Birthday Barbie!

Our Sophie girl...2002 - 2009

2009-03-05T04:04:00.000-08:00

We adopted Sophie On Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006 from the Humane Society. She had been there for 3 months and was pretty much next in line to be put down since she was already 5 years old. - the oldest cat there at the time. She was our sweetest little kitty girl and she was my best buddy! We had to put poor Sophie to sleep last Tuesday, February 24th.

About a month ago, she started peeing all over the carpet and she was getting kind of lazy and tired. I noticed she had pretty much stopped eating. I thought maybe she was just having an attitude problem because she had an encounter with the cat downstairs (she's pretty dramatic). I took her to the Vet but couldn't afford to do a blood test until later. The Vet gave us some antibiotics to use because her teeth were very inflamed (She has had teeth problems in the past and was missing about 8 teeth). As soon as we came home from the Dr., she was eating and drinking again like normal and we continued with the medicine. She was back to normal for about a week and a half then all of a sudden, she was worse. She had completely stopped eating and drinking. I took her in immediately for that blood test. That day, she was going downhill. She couldn't walk straight, she couldn't breathe through her nose and she was just MISERABLE! My poor girl. It came on so fast! I called the Dr. early the next day and she said that we had a very sick cat and that we needed to come in ASAP to "Discuss our options". As soon as I heard that, I prepared for the worst.

We went in and met with the Dr. She said that Sophie had really bad diabetes and that she also had bad liver problems. She showed me the 3 pages of test results and all of her levels were either extremely high and extremely low. Basically She had 2 separate, bad health problems. She was pretty progressed into her problems and was suffering. The Dr. laid it out and said that we could treat her and that it would no doubt run us thousands of dollars with no guarantee of success because she was very sick. Our other option was to put her to sleep. She said that this would be a very painful death for a cat to suffer through and that we should consider both options.

Seeing that Sophie's body was already shutting down and that she was in obvious pain, we didn't want to put her through long treatments and tube feedings where she couldn't be happy and comfortable. We decided that putting her to sleep was the best option even though it was the hardest. She was my baby girl! Pete and I said our goodbyes to our Sophie girl and spent the rest of the day together, thinking about our crazy day. We couldn't believe she was gone! We had only had her for 2 1/2 years! I had always planned on having my Sophie girl around with me when I had my baby and I always told her she was gonna be a big sister! haha She and baby bonded when she would do her little kitty exercises on my pregnant belly during the night.

It all was hard to deal with because it all happened within about 3 days - and she was gone. Maybe it was a blessing that it happened so fast and that she didn't have to suffer longer.

We love you little Sophie girl.

Me and girl playin'

Sophie on her favorite pillow...

Sophie in her tent.

Sophie in the first snow of winter, 2007.

Me and Sophie sleeping! She has her favorite toy (Her "cocktail wiener dog") under her arm.

Sophie on vacation with us at the cabin!

Sweetest girl ever!

Pains of pregnancy... a brief rant...

2009-03-05T03:34:00.000-08:00

Today : 28 weeks and 5 days along.

The first 6 months of my pregnancy had been SO pleasant... nothing like I had expected. I didn't have much of a problem with morning sickness... and after that initial first 12 weeks was over, it was like I had to remind myself that I was pregnant! I felt great!

Exactly around the end of my first 6 months, my belly TOTALLY popped out within a week. I was HUGE all of a sudden and people were finally starting to comment...it's pretty obvious I'm pregnant now. haha

Ever since I got my new, giant belly, all the real problems and symptoms of this pregnancy came along with it.

I immediately started having swelling in my legs and ankles and the only shoes that fit are my slip on Teva sandals! Also, since it's winter time... and all I wear is Sandals, I have huge, cracks in my dry feet! OH MAN!

My acne is BAD and to the point where it was when I initially went on Accutane 3-4 years ago. I get bad headaches from my acne and often just want to hang out at home so I don't have to deal with people seeing my face sometimes. Yes I know... I have zits. Don't stare at me!

I also have a bad case of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in my wrists. At night I wake up because my arms, from my elbow to my fingers, are asleep. I'll move my fingers to try and get the blood flowing.. but my fingers and joints are swollen and in SO much pain. I'm excited to wear my wedding rings again someday! Also, I've dropped and broken a LOT of our dishes. Next time around, it's plastic during the pregnancy.

I have Acid Reflux! I went to my Dr. during a regular visit and told her that I wake up at night and find that I'm gasping for air. I thought, "Oh, well I already snore a TON now that I'm pregnant, it's probably just related to that or I have mild sleep apnea that will go away." - I didn't expect to hear "acid reflux"... but yes, it makes sense. I have never really thrown up during this pregnancy but I throw up all the time in my mouth (Gross I know, sorry) - but I got used to it.. and the heartburn... it all fits. I now take Prevacid for my acid reflux and I hate having to wait 30 minutes before I can eat breakfast everyday. I'll get over it.

Restless Leg Syndrome. Apparently it occurs in around 20% of pregnant women and goes away around 4 weeks after they give birth. Basically if I'm not up at night going to the bathroom, I'm up stretching and flexing my legs and trying to relieve crawling sensations and charlie horses in my legs.

ER VISIT - 2 weeks ago I woke up on a Thursday night with a bad pain in my left side. I just thought it was another annoying, new pain I'd have to deal with and tried to sleep through it. I woke up again and was in SO much more pain. I thought, "Oh, I just need to go to the bathroom or , Oh, it's just Gas or something.? Maybe a muscle ache?" I took a bath to try and relieve the pain but nothing was helping.. and my trusty Tylenol did nothing. I basically cried to Pete for 2 hours and then finally fell asleep. Next day - The pain went away after I ate breakfast, came and went throughout the day but came back in the evening. It got even worse that night so around 12:30 when I was curling up and crying, shrieking in pain, I said "OK - we have to go to the emergency room!!!" We went to the emergency OB clinic at University Hospital around 1:15 am. They tested my urine, blood and did a full pelvic exam to see what was going on. They then hooked me up to an IV because they said I was very dehydrated. The vein in my hand collapsed (Because of the carpal tunnel) - so they used the vein in my arm/elbow. Talk about a bloody mess! I think the nurse was tired. A few minutes later, they gave me some medicine that would help me not to throw up then they gave me some Morphine. It made me really sleepy so I just hung out until they had more to tell me. In the mean time, Pete was in the bed just over from me sleeping. He had taken a sleeping pill before we got to the hospital. Poor guy. The Dr. finally came in and said "You are showing absolutely NO signs of labor, your baby is running laps inside you and is healthy and your fluids are clean." She said the only explanation was Kidney Stones. Those were the last words I had expected to hear. Apparently if women get kidney stones, they are usually pregnant. With the changes in hormones and minerals in my body, there was something that didn't agree with my kidneys. The Dr. said there was nothing they could do and that I would just have to pass the stones. Usually they would do an ultrasound to spot the stone but since there was a baby in the way, it was no use. I was sent home with an RX for Lortab and a strainer to try and find my stone once I pass it. Oh man. Once I was wheeled out to the car and got up, the pain came shooting back. The Morphine didn't do anything!! I went home and was in pain all night but atleast was able to sleep from all the drugs. The pain has gone away for the most part and even moved to the other side for a day. I'm just doing my best to keep hydrated and hopefully that's what is saving me from all the pain of passing a kidney stone.

Well sorry this post was so boring and long but, if people don't read it, at least I have a record of what happened!? haha
I go to the DR. today and have a check up. I do my glucose tolerance test today (YUCK!) so we'll see how that goes. Hopefully I don't need to tack on Diabetes to this list of ailments.

My 23rd Birthday and Valentines Day!

2009-02-15T07:18:00.000-08:00

For My Birthday, Claudia made me this awesome Birthday Cake! It's called a Black Forest cake! It was SOO yummy!

Here's Pete and I..

Here's our neighbor Georgia.... and Claudia trying to hide behind her fork...

After we had some cake, Charles, Claudia, Pete and I went to The Spaghetti Factory at Trolley Square. My birthday is also the anniversary of the shooting that happened there 2 years ago. Pretty crazy!

Huge picture of my giant face....

Me and my Pete!

Me and baby waddling our way to the car...

For Valentines Day we totally went and got our heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's! It was lovely.

I made a super-exciting 4-layer heart shaped cake for Valentines Day! Luckily we had a party that night where I could take it so i couldn't eat the whole thing myself.

Steve Nyman and I have the same birthday!... and we also share it with Abe Lincoln and apparently Darwin as well. Ah yes and let us not forget we share the same birthday with Kim Evans and Brittany - the girl who cuts my hair! haha

Steve and some of his US ski team buddies got their hands on this sweet place in Park City so we all went up and hung out for a while. We also played a few mean rounds of Catch Phrase. ...and ate heart cake!

It's been a while...

2009-02-10T07:08:00.000-08:00

Well it's been a little while since I posted anything!

A few weeks ago I participated in a "Short Cervix Study" at LDS hospital and they gave me a free ultrasound! Little baby was in a better position this time around so they were able to get some good, clear shots of his face! It made me so excited!

Hehe this one almost looks like he is smiling..

Anyway - we can already tell he has my chin.. it's pretty crazy how all this genetics stuff works!

They gave us a DVD of the Ultrasound and it's SO cute. You can see him moving all around and kicking me and you can see him open his mouth and move is tongue all around. YAY for little baby!

Here are a few more pictures from things that have been happening!

Charles and Claudia got married on December 19, 2008

Her whole family was able to come from Chile and stay in Utah for 3 weeks! It was a lot of fun!

Shannon's little buy Evan was having fun playing in the fountain.

Matthew and Melissa! The 2 youngest kids of my brother's friend. Melissa was the flower girl! They're the funniest kids.

I think this is one of only like 4 pictures of me at this wedding. haha It was a Crazy day!

So before Charles pulled out a garter from under her dress.... they pulled out this giant pair of underwear.. it was pretty funny.

It had been snowing ALL DAY!

_______________________________________Christmas...

We spent Christmas morning over at Pete's parents house! We had a yummy breakfast then opened some great gifts! I got a new kitchen mixer!

Well here I am with Pete's cousin Alice who is due about a week after I am. We had a night of spicy Thai food and some delicious hatches chocolates. I think I was about 23 weeks along at this point.

Its a BOY!

2008-12-30T03:49:00.000-08:00

Pete and I went yesterday for our first ultrasound and to find out the gender of our baby! It was exciting to see that there was ACTUALLY something in there! I haven't felt it move a whole lot..so it was fun to see. Going into it, I was pretty sure it was a boy... and Pete felt like it was too. Most everyone we asked were almost positive it was a boy... and one person guessed girl only because everyone said boy. I guess I just give off a strong boy vibe.

Here's some pictures of our little guy! They weren't able to get any good profile pictures... too bad... but on the DVD, there's a cute little face shot of him moving his mouth and chin around and then he disappears really fast. Cute!!

Here's his little feet!

his knees, legs and feet!

His spine and little bum down to the left.

Little baby wasn't really cooperating with the Dr. so he had to bounce things around for a bit. He finally got this shot (from the bottom, up through the legs and pelvis) and told us it was pretty obvious that he was a boy. You can see all his little baby boy business... Aww cute! haha

We're so excited!!!!!!!!!!! :0)

Virginia Adams Wiggill Cutler 1918 - 2006

2008-11-28T05:21:00.000-08:00

Well... it's November 28th and I thought I'd post something about my Grandma Cutler who died 2 years ago today. It was an amazing experience being with her as she passed away that day. I never thought I would be so involved in all of the funeral/burial decisions. I helped gather info. for the death certificate, write the obituary, pick out a casket, plan and make the program for the funeral and find burial clothes. My dads siblings weren't around and my mom had just had surgery the day before so I'm glad I was able to be there for my dad.

She was like another mother to me and it was hard to see her go... but I know she's happy! No matter how cranky she could get or goofy she was - she was always there for me! I could talk to her about a lot of things I couldn't talk to other people about and she was always ready with advice and support! It makes me sad to think that she will never get to meet my children .. but I realized she's probably babysitting all of them right now! Before I got pregnant, I had a dream that she was holding a baby and showing it to me like it was mine. It made me happy!

It's been two years now... and I still can hardly believe she's not here anymore! I still think about calling her when I have a free second... and realize I can't. Luckily I live close to the cemetery so I can go visit anytime I want!

I love you Granny!

Eliana + Bethea = Great dress!

2008-11-21T02:26:00.000-08:00

My friend Eliana and I have been going to the Fashion Institute at Salt Lake Community College this semester! This is Eliana's senior year at the University of Utah also and she is majoring in Opera. At the end of everyone's senior year, they do a Senior Recital and for Eliana's, she wanted a new gown to wear!

We tossed around ideas for a while.. but ultimately Eliana pulled out photos from Vogue and chose different elements of what she she wanted. It took about 3 weeks to construct our own pattern for what she wanted and we made 3 samples of the main gown to fit and play with and figure out what we wanted before we cut out the real fabric. We got some thick, black, silk satin (I have a horrible memory right now or else I'd tell you what it was called) and some red/marroon dupioni silk with black undertones. So Pretty!

It got to be 5 days before the recital and we hadn't done a thing on the dress. We started working on it every day until the performance.. and I ended up finishing it 3 hours before she needed it! Phew!!

Here it is!

~Pregnancy Update~

2008-11-21T01:45:00.000-08:00

Well... not much has been happening on the pregnancy front... (With me) - but I'm sure little baby is growing and moving around like crazy.

We had our first Dr's visit on October 16th! I was told my due date is May 23rd 2009!! Wahoo! - I was also told that my uterus is tilted and that they baby is growing pretty far towards my back (Which explains my horrible hip pain). Since it was so far back, I couldn't hear a heartbeat that day... so I had to wait another month. Sad!

My last appointment was on November 13th. I met my new doctor.. Dr. Vicki Macy. My cousin Jessica saw her and liked her so passed her info along. I was also told that the DR. was a "Weight Nazi"... which scared me! I'm pretty overweight and the last thing I wanted was to be lectured while I was pregnant. I went into the appointment ready to say "Look lady, as long as I'm not in danger or getting diabetes or something... don't talk to me about my weight." I waited about an hour and a half and ended up falling asleep on the table in the exam room.... and she came in! I was immediately relieved when I saw her. She was SO calm and nice.. I felt really comfortable....and she didn't even say anything about my weight! I had to ask her. When I did.. she was nice but still said that I was over weight to begin with so she only wants me to gain 20 pounds total during this pregnancy. Haha we will see how that goes. I've only gained about 3 so far.

It took a second but she was able to find a heartbeat! SO CUTE! Hearing that definately made things more real for me. It's crazy knowing I have a little 3-inch baby floating around in me and I can't even feel it! I go back December 5th.... and find out what I'm having the week after Christmas. I keep feeling like I know what I'm having.... then it changes. I started out thinking it was a boy... and now I feel like it's a girl. WHo knows. Plus... the heartbeat was slower than I thought it would be.... I'm told that means I'm having a girl. It's funny to hear everyone's theories...Any guesses?

I'm gonna be a momma!

2008-10-04T02:31:00.000-07:00

Well... the secret is out! Pete and I are going to have a baby! We are 7 weeks along....Talk about crazy! We found out the morning of September 17th and have laid low to see how things go. So far so good! I swear - no matter how much you talk about having kids... you're still completely shocked when you find out you're pregnant! What a weird feeling.

I have felt fine... up until this past week. Besides being tired ... if I don't eat like 8 times a day, I'm pretty miserable. I have yet to actually throw up but I've been pretty nauseous and weak! Not to mention my new experience with Acne.I've also noticed that my memory is already starting to suffer. I've been making lots of mistakes that are pretty ridiculous.

As for now, I have my first DR appointment scheduled for October 16th. I also heard from a girl at church that there are a few ladies in the ward who use a Midwife who is also an M.D.... might be something to look into. Who knows! Anyone have any suggestions on this whole Doctor situation?

Wow - I'm still in shock!

Coats!!

2008-09-25T11:18:00.000-07:00

So when Pete and I were in London in 2007, every now and then I would see these awesome coats people were wearing! Of course I couldn't buy one since everything there was double in price.... and of course... there was nothing like it in the US at normal stores....

So... after much searching... I found a few examples!

See them at : Soia & Kyo - http://www.soiakyo.com/

Two days ago I came across an AWESOME fabric store here in SLC! -- I was getting pretty discouraged thinking that all I had to choose from was Joann Fabrics or Hancock Fabrics if I wanted nice, quality, designer fabric. My friend Eliana and I went to Fashion Affair at 2828 E. 3300 S. Not only did they have just what I needed for a class project... they also had an Awesome selection of heavy wool and tweed! They're having a 25% off anything in the store sale that ends Saturday... so maybe I'll have to go in and buy something to make a coat with! Good plan... I know.

Shannon and Steve's Wedding!!

2008-09-19T09:27:00.000-07:00

My sister Shannon got married on August 8th, 2008. They had their wedding and reception at a CUTE bed and Breakfast called The Royal Scotsman at Pinecrest. Her husband Steve's side of the family runs it.

The night before the wedding, there was an emergency and so I was asked to go help Shannon's friend make the flower arrangements for the wedding. I was able to make all the centerpieces, corsages and boutonnieres.

Boundary Waters Canoe Trip

2008-08-17T13:29:00.000-07:00

My mother-in-law has been going on canoe trips in the boundary waters of Minnesota for the past 12+ years. On This trip, it was Me, Susan, Rachelle, Rachelle's friend Chris from california and Abby and Kristen Sheffield from Iowa.

Susan at the airport in Minneapolis with her new luggage tag!

I had never seen Lake Superior before! Very pretty!

All of us still clean before the trip!

We ate dinner at this funny restaurant. I had a HUGE steak. It was a good last meal before we started the voyage!

Starting our first portage....

Still somewhat clean and in a good mood....

Rachelle!

Chris and Rachelle

Lunch time!

My crazy tortoise friend was out getting some sun!

Getting a little cranky.... hair getting frizzy....

Our first Loon sighting.

We crossed over the Laurentian Divide on our long portage of 185 rods. (The Laurentian Divide or Northern Divide is a continental divide dividing the direction of water flow in eastern and southern Canada and the northern Midwestern United States.)

Susan's walnut after-bite surprise.

We made it!! After 200ft of climb with our canoes and 40 lb -60 lb packs.

Getting some candy bar energy!

At our campsite on the last night. We actually had some time to rest before the last part of our trip the next day. Luckily it was breezy and the mosquitoes were not as bad.

Trying to start a fire was tough with the wind!

But we did it! I was in charge of keeping the fire going so we could actually eat!!

Handy-Dandy bug netting.

cool mushroom!

Our last portage! - It was nice and cool that morning.. but stepping into knee deep mud wasn't the greatest.

SO close to the end! Me and my smelly shirt were READY to get out of there and into the shower!

The End

Saturn - Guest Post

2008-08-11T17:36:00.000-07:00

Hey there, this one is s guest post by me, Pete Rugh.

My cat was put to sleep a couple weeks ago. She was deaf, going blind, has shriveling kidneys, was losing weight fast, had balance problems and generally was dying.

So we took her in to the vet and they were super nice. They even sent us a card with nice messages. They probably write the same stuff for every pet but it was still nice.

Anyway, here a just a few pix of Saturn over the years (the digital camera years).

Starting in 2003...

1991 - 2008

-Pete

Twin Falls Air Show

2008-08-11T13:54:00.000-07:00

On Saturday July 26th we went up to Twin Falls, Idaho for the Air Show! The Blue Angels flew! Very exciting!!

My grandpa Charles Reeder started the airport there in southern Idaho. It was a really big day for Reeder Flying Service!

In Memory Of

Charles T. Reeder

Jan. 10, 1913 - Mar. 28, 1997
By Randy Grubbs

Charles T. Reeder was a major influence in the history and growth of the Twin Falls Airport. Born in Appleton City, Missouri, Mr. Reeder had a natural knack for machinery, especially cars and motorcycles. One day when he was a teenager a barnstormer came to town. As he circled overhead a wind driven siren on the airplane made lots of noise. When he landed in a nearby field everyone in town went to see the plane. Mr. Reeder spent the next couple of days cleaning oil off of the plane and was rewarded with his first airplane ride. His love for aviation started that day and would continue for the rest of his life.

In the late 30’s, two of Mr. Reeder’s brothers moved to the Wood River Valley. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Reeder got on his Harley and joined them. He got a job at Sawtooth Motors in Hailey, where he pumped gas and worked as a mechanic. When Sun Valley opened up he moved there and worked as a bus driver and mechanic.

Mr. Reeder would ride his Harley to Twin Falls to take flying lessons in a Piper J2 Cub with a 55-hp engine. He would later come to Twin Falls in his new Ford Roadster. Mr. Reeder traded the car for his first airplane, a Piper J2 Cub, and he and his two brothers and a cousin built his first hangar north of Ketchum. The property at the time was owned by the Lane family and Mr. Reeder was the only one that they ever let build there.

In 1941 Mr. Reeder married Ione Jarvis. He had to borrow a car from his roommate to go on a honeymoon because he only owned a Harley and an airplane at the time. Soon after the wedding he and his bride moved to Twin Falls and started Reeder Flying Service. The company offered flight training and aircraft rental and the city also hired Mr. Reeder as the airport manager.

April 9, 1942 was a very special day for Mr. Reeder: he earned his Instructor Pilot rating and his first son; Charles (Dick) was born. On Aug. 2, 1944 his second son John was born. The business was growing, too. Mr. Reeder added aircraft maintenance, fuel sales and charter service, and the company became a Cessna Aircraft dealer.

During this period it was very difficult to share his aviation-business ambitions with bankers, so times were very difficult. Mrs. Reeder was very important to the success of the business because she would get up every morning at 3 a.m. and bake pies to sell to local restaurants (Depot Grill, The Bowling Alley, Curry Store and Café). This helped support the family so Mr. Reeder could continue to invest in the business.

In 1946 his first daughter Mary was born and Mr. Reeder became one of the first members of the local Civil Air Patrol Wing. At the end of World War II the GI bill gave veterans the opportunity to learn to fly and many of them earned commercial and instructor ratings. This was a big boom for Reeder Flying Service; Mr. Reeder continued to buy more airplanes and continued to work very hard to make the business a success. During this same period crop-dusting came to the valley. Mr. Reeder got involved in this part of aviation right away and the business continued to expand.

On Sep. 22, 1952 his second daughter Barbara was born, and on Apr. 16, 1956 his last child a son Robert was born (now a Captain for America West Airlines).

In 1957 a lot of people thought Mr. Reeder had lost his mind because he bought four old WWII Torpedo Bombers. People couldn¹t imagine what he would do with them, but Mr. Reeder had an idea. He brought them home, mounted tanks in the bottom of them, and started large-scale spray operations for the BLM and Department of Agriculture. Those first 4 aircraft soon grew to a fleet of 10, the largest fleet in the United States. The aircraft were used all over the United States and eastern Canada spraying rangeland and forests. A few years later Mr. Reeder started using the fleet to fight fires, replacing the spray tanks with interchangeable fire retardant tanks. The fleet fought fires all over the western US. Eventually Mr. Reeder found an even larger airplane suitable for fire fighting, the B-26 Bomber, and incorporated four of those aircraft into the fleet.

In 1960 Mr. Reeder bought his first helicopter. Over the next few years that one helicopter grew into a fleet of 13. These helicopters did all kinds of work, including fire fighting, hauling people and supplies to offshore oilrigs, power line patrol, and scenic flights. They operated all over the Western US and Gulf of Mexico.

In 1983 Mr. Reeder sold the business to John and Dick. John is the President and Dick is the Vice President and chief pilot. After his retirement Mr. Reeder continued to visit the airport. You could see in his face that he was very proud of his two sons in the way the company was being run and the new directions the company was going. During his retirement Mr. Reeder restored a 1933 Model 45 Harley Davidson motorcycle and a 1923 Dodge Touring Sedan. These vehicles won several awards in competitions, and they are both on display today at the airshow.

Mr. Reeder left a lasting impression on the aviation community and the Magic Valley. His aircraft innovations led the way in many fields; he and his company helped thousands of Magic Valley residents earn their pilots licenses.

Later that night, we went to Jays and got in the hot tub!!.. and played the guitar.

Sun Tunnels.... and the Cabin!

2008-07-12T14:28:00.000-07:00

The night after the summer solstice, Pete, Susan, Tom and I drove out to the Sun Tunnels. We got there a little late and missed the sun set.... but I guess it didn't matter because it was so cloudy.

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I'm not sure what this guy in the video is meaning.. but yeah... these were done by an artist by the name of Nancy Holt. Pete's dad actually knows Nancy. These were made a few years after her husband died. Her husband is the artist who did the Spiral Jetty.... down in some later pictures. These tunnels were made to line up with the sun during the summer and winter solstices and when the sun shines through the holes in the concrete, it casts light in the shape of certain constellations. Engineers assisted her in making these so they would be perfect... and they are meant to last for over 1000 years.

Here's a better explanation:

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Sun Tunnels is located in the Great Basin Desert outside of the town of Lucin, Utah. The work is a product of Holt’s interest in the great variation of intensity of the sun in the desert compared to the sun in the city. Holt searched for and found a site which was remote and empty.

"It is a very desolate area, but it is totally accessible, and it can be easily visited, making Sun Tunnels more accessible really than art in museums . . . A work like Sun Tunnels is always accessible . . . Eventually, as many people will see Sun Tunnels as would see many works in a city-in a museum anyway."

The work consists of four massive concrete tunnels (18 feet long and nine feet in diameter), which are arranged in an “X” configuration to total a length of 86 feet. Each tunnel reacts differently to the sun, aligned with the sunrise, sunset, or the summer or winter solstice. Someone visiting the site would see the tunnels immediately with their contrast to the fairly undifferentiated desert landscape. Approaching the work, which can be seen one to one-and-a-half miles away, the viewer’s perception of space is questioned as the tunnels change views as a product of their landscape.

The tunnels not only provide a much-needed shelter from the sweltering desert sun, but once inside the dazzling effect of the play of light within the tunnels can be seen. The top of each tunnel has small holes, forming on each, the constellations of Draco, Perseus, Columba, and Capricorn, respectively. The diameters of the holes differ in relation to the magnitude of the stars represented. These holes cast spots of daylight in the dark interiors of the tunnels, which appear almost like stars. Holt has said of the tunnels, "It’s an inversion of the sky/ground relationship-bringing the sky down to the earth." This is a common theme in Holt’s work. She sometimes creates this relationship with reflecting pools and shadow patterns marked on the ground,like in her work Star Crossed.

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There were still a lot of people out camping

Finally, Pete and I were able to get out of town and get to the cabin!!! My most favorite place in the world!

For the first few days, it was was Me, Pete, Tom, Susan and Pete's friend Nat and his wife Renee.

Here we are at Redfish Lake.

Nat fly fishing....

We went up to Custer and went to the ghost towns at Yankee Fork. It is an old mining town and the power for the town was generated from a man-made dam built on the Salmon river. When we went, it was pouring rain and was really muddy. I felt like I was in a scary movie with the old rusted machinery stuck into the mountain. We bought some gold pans and went panning on the Yankee Fork!

Here's a funny site with some good pictures of Custer.

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When we were up there, we did a lot of Geocaching. I did a lot of bad picture taking... and these were some of the only ones that worked out. Nat, Pete and Renee climbed up over a huge bolder and found a cache that was a 2 1/2 gallon tub hidden around the other side. We swapped an umbrella for this sweet belt buckle. Too many mosquitoes for me....so I didn't run through the creek.

Here's Pete running back to the car because of the mosquitoes, you can see them all over his back....

This is an amazing picture....enough said.

Here's a fat chipmunk that lived in the old post office. on our property.

Charles' friend Manolo and his family came up to the cabin later in the week for the 4th of july. Charles met Manolo in Brazil when he was on his mission and I met them when they moved to Utah. His wife Lucia is an AMAZING cook and made dinner for all of us 2 nights in a row. Some of the best steak I've ever had!

Their youngest daughter Melissa was so cute. She loved playing guitar hero... and she played the same song over and over again

Me!

Melissa ready for the beach!

Camilla, Isabelle and Melissa on the beack.

Charles just hangin' out....

Mom, dad, Manolo and Lucia.

Their little boy matthew kept trying to catch little baby minoes.... I never caught them when I was little... they're way to fast!

Charles and Thea! haha OH yeah! and here is the swimming suit I made! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out!

Pretty sunsets!!

Good Ol' Reeder cabin! My favorite place to be!

Summer fun in the sun....and the dark i guess.....

2008-07-12T03:50:00.000-07:00

Includes:

Stewart Falls

Scottish Festival

Camping at the top of the Alpine Loop

Pete and I decided that we were going to try and get out and do something fun every weekend.

One night, Charles, Steve, Pete and I hiked up to Stewart Falls. I had never been there before!

Everyone was trying to play with their cameras in the dark......

I just sat there in the cold! hehe

Me, Pete, My dad, Shannon and Steve all went to the Scottish Festival at Thanksgiving Point.

If anyone knows me, you'll know that I LOVE bagpipes! I've been trying to find a teacher so maybe I'll be playing soon!

Little Evan loves being outside. He had a good time!

Steve 'n Camera!

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Happy lil' family!

Check out all these swords! Pretty sweet...

After the festival, Pete and I headed up to the top of the Alpine Loop and met Steve who drove down from Heber. We camped over night and roasted some Dogs!

Packin' out.....

St night when we were setting up our tents, I kept getting mad at Pete for burping. Turns out, it wasn't a burp I was smelling... there were tiny wild onions where we were pitching our tents... kinda funny.

Me spilling DR. Pepper all over me!.... I shouldn't have been drinking that early in the AM.

It's been a while....

2008-06-05T14:05:00.000-07:00

Here's some photos to catch you up with what we've been up to!

Sophie was having fun with her new "Mouse" toy.. Aww she's so cute!!

baby Nash liked pulling my hair...

Pete and Nash!

We met Josh and Angie.. (And Nash) at the Gateway for lunch!

On our way up to Heber for Steve's house warming BBQ!

Me

Aaron

Sophie enjoying some of the first warm weather of spring time!

We got a new 47" TV at Best Buy... and yes... this was actually the first "Best buy" I've ever had at Best Buy. I got myself a New best buy credit card and paid for it. I'm putting my economic stimulus check towards it... Thanks uncle Sam!

Susan is now Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences.. Wahoo! She also got this new Lexus. We had many fun test-drives trying to find the prefect new car!

Me playing with my cat friend on H street. He's a lovey, straggly little guy!

After the warm spring weather came, it continued to snow several times. That didn't stop Sophie from grazing in the back yard...

On May 30th, We went to Pete's Grandmother's 80th birthday party at the Grand America. It was SO beautiful and it was fun to see his family members from all over the country.

The Birthday Girl

Yeah.... Eric was there...

Cousins at the party...

the Sessions family

On May 31st, Pete, Kristen, Steve Nyman and I went to the Golden Spike Nation Monument... and to the Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake. We enjoyed some pizza from the Pie on the way...

Picture out the sunroof!

Everyone brought their fancy camera's. We were preparing for some intense picture taking.

Thea and Kristen.

My legs enjoying the first sun they've seen in a WHILE!

I thought some of these pictures I took were pretty cool. It just looks like they're out in the middle of no where! .... I guess they pretty much are!

I like this one because it looks like Pete and Steve are holding hands...

Steve stripped down and went for a swim.... He was covered in Salt for the rest of the day.

These pictures should TOTALLY be in a Land Rover AD or something..

The Spiral Jetty

" The Spiral Jetty, considered to be the central work of American sculptor Robert Smithson, is an earthwork sculpture constructed in 1970.

Built of mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks, earth, and water on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in Utah, it forms a 1500-foot long and 15-foot wide counterclockwise coil jutting from the shore of the lake.

At the time of its construction, the water level of the lake was unusually low because of a drought. Within a few years, the water level returned to normal and submerged the jetty for the next three decades. Due to a recent drought, the jetty re-emerged in 1999 and was completely exposed. The lake level rose again during the spring of 2005 due to a near record-setting snowpack in the mountains and partially submerged the Jetty again.

Originally black rock against ruddy water, it is now largely white against pink due to salt encrustation and lower water levels. "

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the Land Rover was LOVELY on it's first off road experience....

Gross but pretty salt foam at the Salt Lake...

Me watering the sand with my leftover ice...

Cupcakes!

2008-04-14T10:25:00.000-07:00

Sooo... I LOVE cupcakes! For our wedding, I got the ultimate cupcake preparation set-up! I make lots of cupcakes... but there is never anyone around to help me eat them all.

I got the Sur La Table easter/spring catalog in the mail and saw this cake mold. AWESOME!

We went and bought it last week and I used it for the first time

Thank goodness for Funfetti cake mix!

It's almost Swimming Season!

2008-03-29T14:10:00.000-07:00

So.. I've been thinking about swimming suits already. Every year, (As I'm sure it is for lots of girls), finding a swimming suit that I actually like is tough! I loved this suit i found at Urban Outfitters...but I would have to order it online.

With my luck, I'd be so excited to get it... and I'll find out it won't fit. The thought crossed my mind (a thought that I usually get when I really want something but have no money). I thought "This would be so easy to make on my own... and a lot cheaper". I actually went to the fabric store, found some brown and pink, super-cute polka-dot spandex and a pattern that I could alter to make the suit I wanted! I finished it today! It took 3 days of figuring out but it's done! Perhaps some day, when I'm brave enough, I'll post a picture of what it actually looks like!

SuRgErY!.. :0(

2008-03-26T00:27:00.000-07:00

So, pete is in having surgery on his nose right now. Poor guy! .. and of course i'm at work. This place is the devil. I'll post some pictures later!

Here's a picture of his nose when they found out what his problem was.

Easter Sunday

2008-03-25T13:00:00.000-07:00

I made my super duper Jello, Cream Cake! Yum!

1. Make a white cake mix.

2 Mix up Strawberry Jello and pour into the cake so it soaks it all up.

3 mix Whipping cream and Vanilla pudding mix for frosting...

Boom! YOu've got my cake!

Sterling and Eric

Barbara Sessions

The Easter gang...

Eric

At my parents house, trying to figure out the game Mouse Trap.

Melissa and Hannah fed Evan!

I love my kitty Bart! I played DDR and he stayed in my arms the whole time while I was jumping around. What a cute lil' bugger...

My momma and me shreadin' it up...

Randomness.. .and scooters..

2008-03-25T12:54:00.000-07:00

Pete and I were driving the other day and saw these shopping carts hanging in trees. Haha, Pete had to come back and take pictures of it.

So, Pete and I were in charge of the contest at our ward's Annual Chili Cook-off!..

Check out these decorations!. I'm not quite sure what Dinosaurs and Chili have in common but it was still awesome! haha

Wooooie!!!! Party!!

We.. we're needing to sell our scooter. If you're interested... Come and get it!.. and bring money!

http://saltlakecity.craigslist.org/mcy/613966192.html

There's the link if you're in the market for a new scoot scoot!

Baby Blessing!

2008-03-25T12:27:00.000-07:00

Shannon and Steve had their baby blessed in my parents ward in Sandy on Sunday, Marth 9th. We had a family party at Steve's parents house.

Father and son!

Little family picture!! Awww...

My brother Charles...

View from the patio at Steve's parents house...

Shannon and James. He was having fun with Charles' video camera!

The Cutler's and Phillips'

COLD baby! hehe

Goofin' Off....

2008-03-25T12:20:00.000-07:00

Pete and I went to visit Blake at autumn garage... and we ate at Lone Star...

So... I totally knitted all these scarves....oh wait.. no i didn't. Sorry.

My silly Pete Rugh

Steve and Me - with my asian foreign exchange student pose...

I finally finished my hat/scarf for Evan! It's about time!

Rainy night at the Gateway...

February Fun- 2008

2008-03-25T12:13:00.000-07:00

My Birthday and other fun stuff!

Super-Bowl Sunday!

Tom made some awesome pasta...

Patriots Fan...

Giant's fan!

Evan!!

Evan!! SUCH a stinkin' cute little boy!

He is SO interested in everything that is going on.

and he LOVES dark hair!.. much to my advantage!

Kevin and Rachel came to SLC to go shopping. We all met at California Pizza Kitchen at the Gateway and had dinner!

Rachel and Kevin

Thea and Pete

My Birthday at The Spaghetti Factory.

Shannon and Evan came!

These dudes sang Happy Birthday! ... and brought me yummy dessert.

Woooah! 22!

Steve and Evan

My birthday was the same day as the Trolley Square shooting last year. THey had a cool memorial in the mall. It's so nuts that something like that happened somewhere where I always go shopping. Definitely didn't stop me from going there though!

Me and Saturn..

Excited to open my giant gift box.

a New Bag!!

I love it!

a COLD february night in our front yard...

Gordon B. Hinckley Funeral Procession

2008-03-25T11:54:00.000-07:00

Pete and I watched the funeral for Gordon B. Hinckley on TV, then We and his mom drove over a few blocks to South Temple to see the procession. It was really cool to see people coming out of their houses to see the prophet pass. It was a real cool experience... not to mention that I was on TV! haha

It was crazy to think about how historical a death of a prophet is in SLC and how many times the prophets eventually made their way up to the cemetery along this same route.

The day before his funeral, I was up at the cemetery leaving flowers for my Cutler grandparents. They are buried near the Hinckleys. It was so crazy to see all the work that was done at the cemetery to make everything perfect for a historical day! It was so beautiful with all the snow everywhere...

It was so fun watching these older ladies wave their white hankercheifs around.

Hehe. This lady was waving at the Helicopters. SO cute! I love little old ladies!

My eyes were all gross from crying!!.. but I was happy! hehe

Susan 'n thea...

January - 2008!!! PARTY!

2008-03-25T11:36:00.000-07:00

So.. I have a thing for Cemeteries. It's fun to drive through and look at all the different headstones and different scenery. This is one of my favorites though! It's Mount Olivet Cemetery right across the street from the Stadium at the U of U. There are always families of deer just hanging out sleeping next to stones and eating grass! It's really pretty. Pete and I went one Saturday before we headed to Park City.

We were all trying to do Dance Dance Revolution. haha it was fun with everyone there doing it.

Tom and Susan.. Pete's parents.

Thea 'n Pete at the Golden Phoenix for his Birthday.

Laundry basket + plastic + snow = Cooler

Pete turned 26 years old on January 24th! We had a big party and all of our friends came!!

Angie and little Nash! SO cute!

The gang..

Pete's Cake... included with congrats tags 'n the like...

Brittany and Spencer and Felicia came.............That's felicia. ^^^^^

Guitar hero is important when it comes to parties...

Kissy kissy...

Cake fight...

Momma 'n Pappa. We all went to dinner for Pete's B-day.

The new Land Rover...

Theo

New Years Eve - 2008

2008-03-25T11:17:00.000-07:00

For New Years, we went up to Midway to Josh and Angie's condo. We had dinner at the Zermatt and went to their condo and watched Flight of the Concords! haha Fun night!

Josh and baby Nash!

I look kinda mad in this picture.... but I promise I'm a nice person! hehe. I was knitting like a mad-woman to try and finish my blanket for lil' evan!

OK.. this is sick. One day, I woke up with Pink eye!! What the heck! Who gets Pink-eye who's not in like 3rd grade!?!? There was some issue at my work where they weren't going to let me go home... lame!.. I ended up working overtime and took the next 2 days off! I HATE YOU WORK!

Christmas Time! lights, gifts, babies and family! WOoh!

2008-03-25T11:11:00.000-07:00

Temple Square with Eric and Nina!

"THE DIP"

Abbey Girl..

Pete as Santa at our Ward Christmas Dinner... It was hilarious!

Christmas party at the Colsons...

Princess Aubrey! She's so cute!

Lizzie in the house of blocks that Pete and I built...

Ms. Saturn loves me. She likes to snuggle right in my neck...

Poor Jade was SO sick... She even got 7 adults sick while she was in town toO! hehe Poor girl...

Hangin' by the fire...

My Christmas Kitty! I love my Sophie girl!

Shannon had her Baby boy Evan Royal Phillips on Christmas Eve!

The happy, new parents!

What a cute lil' boy!

Lizzie in her new outfit from Grandpa Rugh!

Opening presents in the hospital!

Sophie liked the new tent we bought her at IKEA. Silly girl..

Merry Christmas!! YAY!

Baby Shower!

2008-03-25T09:19:00.001-07:00

In November, My sister Melissa and I threw a baby shower for Shannon! Quite a few people came and it was a LOT of fun!

Guests!! Mindy, Michelle, Melissa, Diane, Karla and Becky!

My cute momma...

Shannon and Robin.

Momma's quilt she made!

New York Trip - November 2007

2008-03-25T09:19:00.000-07:00

Pete and I went with his Mom to NYC for Thanksgiving. Pete's brother Jeff lives in Manhattan and his other brother Jake lives in Princeton, NJ. We went and spent a few days with each of them!

Here's Pete in Greenwich Village

Charile gettin' busy with some glitter!! She's so cute!!

Charlie and Jaime!!.. and Max in Jaime's tummy...

Charlie doing cool tricks like on Yo Gabba Gabba

View from Charlie's bedroom...

the CRAZIEST Indian food restaurant ever..

There were lights and streamers EVERYWHERE!

My and my NYC Rat friend...

Times Square!

Pete 'n Thea

Thea pullin' a Marilyn Monroe...

OK... so this is weird. We were in Times Square and both had to go to the bathroom. We look across Broadway and see a GIANT Charmin toilet paper sign!... we go over there... and Charmin had the "Charmin Lounge" in a giant building in Times Square!! Perfect!.. It had nice colorful carpet.. and a giant stage lined with a ton of restrooms. There was a line and after everyone was done using a bathroom, someone would clean it for you and escort you to the bathroom! HAHA it was so helarious. There were some stalls where celebrities had signed it. So funny. Anyway, there were people singing and dancing and there were movies playing on giant TV's.. and when you come out, you had to vote on whether you like Soft TP of Tough... weird man!

I like soft...

Rockefeller center ice staking!

Me thinking..."My feet hurt..."

Shopping at PurlSoho...

Rupert's deli from David Letterman

This was a crazy art piece done by Damien Hirst

Walking back to our hotel...

Playing with the camera..

5th Avenue...

the streets were PACKED with people in town for Thanksgiving. NUTS!

The apple store..

Grand Central Station the day before Thanksgiving....

Cool fountain somewhere between our hotel and Jeff and Jaime's.

Columbus Circle...

Elevator shot!

Pete!!

Susan, Jaime, Charlie and Jeff.

Charlie was SOOO excited to see the balloons!

WOO! Sesame Street!

The American Fork Marching Band was in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade..

Hello Kitty!

Terri and Bindi Irwin on the Animal Planet float..

Snooopy!

Peice of cake!

Jeff Koons' balloon!

DORA!

Pete taking a Thanksgiving Nap...

Tha Rugh Fam, Minus Tom who was in Cambodia..

Jaime, Me, susan and Katie

Charlie goin' crazy with fabric!

the 3 rugh brothers...

Pete, Jake and Jeff...

Glenda the good witch... I mean Lizzie..

Glenda with her red finger nails that I painted! Lizzie was SO cute that morning. She woke me up, pulled out my chair, got me a bowl, got me a Vitamin, poured my cereal and then sat and watched me eat breakfast!

Ms. Jade just observing..

Pete and Jake

A WAY pretty tree.. it was SOO bright RED!

Frightmares & Halloween Party at the Radebaughs!

2008-03-22T00:24:00.000-07:00

Rachel and Thea!

If you know me at all, you know I love Roller Coasters! Rachel and I went on the Catapult.

Some info:

"The Catapult, manufactured in Europe, utilizes a specially designed spring machine that operates by applying over forty (40) tons of force to extension springs. This incredible propulsion energy is then transferred to the rider capsule prior to launch. When launched, riders will experience forces similar to astronauts as they are rocketed from ground level to well over 200 feet in the air. At the highest point, riders will become weightless momentarily as they freely rotate forward and backward before they are pulled back to Earth. After several oscillations up and down, the capsule is lowered to the boarding area to unload and load another group of riders."

SOOO FUN!

Rachel and Kevin

Pete and Thea

Astronaut Thea!

So... I have a bad habit of ruining some of Pete's photos on purpose. This is one of them.

Hooray!

We went to a halloween party at the Radebaughs! All of Pete's friends were there.

Even little Nash matson! He came as a 'Bug in a Rug" So cute!

There was plenty of fun with Guitar Hero to be had...

Pete went as a Storm Trooper... and I went as a flapper of course.... pretty random costumes.. but whatever.

YAY!

Fall Fun....

2008-03-22T00:07:00.000-07:00

Pete and I went to the Utah State Fair on one of our first dates. We had SO much fun.. and try to go every year!

Here's Pete playin' some good ol' fashioned tetherball.

Me and my goat friend posing...

Kissy Kissy...

Big momma 'n her little piglets!! I LOVE pigs!

My new fair hat!

Pete and I ate a funnel cake and watched the turkey races...... a perfect evening! haha

THE next day....

Gavin and Eliana came over for a visit...

Gavin and Pete bonded while playing guitar hero..

Ms. Eliana Smith ladies and gentlemen...

Oh I miss my Eliana! I wish we hung out more often!

Kamas Triathalon

2008-03-21T23:54:00.000-07:00

Pete and his buddies decided to do a beginners triathalon for fun. Here's Pete and Jamie registering...

Michael, Jamie, Blake, Pete and Steve..

Go pete go!!

Pete just a swimmin' away....

Team Zissou

Steve, Pete, Jenny, Eric, Michael, Blake and Jamie.

All the Nyman bro's took 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the men.

And jamie took first in her division...

Way to go Team Zissou!

China Bowl

2008-03-21T10:23:00.000-07:00

Every time Pete and I are in Orem... we eat at China Bowl. China Bowl has the best chinese food we've ever had anywhere around the country...let alone the world... not like we've been to many countries... but hey. Pete pretty much ate here every day when he was in high school.

The gang...

One night, Josh and Angie invited everyone over for a dinner/party. We played video games and had GOOD good food...

Summertime!!

2008-03-21T10:16:00.000-07:00

OK. So I'm sorry to post such a morbid picture. Pete and I.... and Sophie of course were driving up to my family's cabin in Idaho. It was like 1am.. when suddenly something swooped out of the sky and hit the side of our car. It totally looked like a plastic bag floating in the air... then there was a HUGE thud. Of course I start screaming... so we turn around and try to find what we hit. It was this BEAUTIFUL OWL! We had to take a picture. Of course I started crying my eyes out... but we couldn't help it. Pete was a good lad and moved it out of the road. Poor owl! I love you!

Sophie awoke at all the commotion and was pretty groggy.

The next morning I looked at the car... and saw the biggest bird turd I've ever seen....

This was Ms Sophie's first trip to the cabin. She loved it!She tested out the watter supply in the tub..Took a nap in the master bedroom,and played with grandma Reeder's yarn...Shoshone Falls...Thea with her horrible sunburn...and Mr. Pete Rugh..Pete and I went to the Gateway Mall for the release of the 7th Harry Potter book. For those of you who know me, we all know that I"m a giant Harry Potter freak!... the line was HUGE.Even Frodo and Sam showed up...Back to the cabin we went for another week of relaxation! Sophie was having such a good time.Skinny momma barb at the Beach..My dadCharles - my bro.The Cutler Clan - Photo taken by Senator Jake Garn... What a nice guy. We met him and his WHOLE family while we were at Redfish Lake.
Pete's Lovely cousin AliceMy sister-in-law KatieMy little niece LizzieAlice 'n Jared. We all went to lunch at Eats of Eden...Daisy and I made clay animals!!Sessions softball game...Lizzie was prepared for the game... She's SO cute...Some intense FoosballThe SessionsPete and I!The while crocodile at Hogle ZooLizzie!Me with Susan and Katie knitting away...Cute lizziePlaying with grandpa's beard...My brother-in-law jeff and my niece CharlieTheoCharlie trying on the new vest we got her for her Birthday!Getting tired of the zoo...

Springtime!!

2008-03-21T09:18:00.000-07:00

Here's my sweet Sophie girl... I took her to get groomed and as a reward, I got her a new toy!.. not knowing she'd actually use a cat pillow.

Pete and I on Easter Sunday - 2007

Susan, Eric, Sterling, Barbara, Tom, ME and Pete...!! Wooho!

Our anniversary!! We saved the top of our cake!... my mom had our cake in her freezer. She didn't cover it or anything... and I was mad! I thought it was going to be all disgusting.. and that I'd just want to throw it away.... NO WAY MAN! It was still just as awesome as it was 1 year before!

Pete's parents' block party/BBQ

Mayor Coroon was the leader of the pack in the bike parade...

Tom and Susan

Thea at the Salt Flats..

Twirling at Alice's wedding in Hayward, California.

Trip to London

2008-03-20T14:14:00.000-07:00

Flying over Ireland. I was SOO excited! Just seeing the landscape while flying over, I felt like I was in a different world.

At this point, I had been awake for about 37 and a half hours.. I was pretty much past the point of tired...

The first night, I made Pete come with me to find Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station. I felt like the biggest idiot! haha It was like 11:00 pm London time and here we were, two grown up's trying to take pictures with this stupid cart! haha The platform was filled with busy business-people cruisin' around. It was nice to know I wasn't going to run into anyone I knew! haha

Me in front of St. Pauls cathedral.

Statue outside of St. Pauls.

I HAD to take a picture of the cabs and busses. I wish I would have ridden on a double-decker bus... maybe next time.

Busy londoners...

Me on Millenium Bridge over the Thames River...

The slide exhibit at the Tate Modern.

HARRODS! I was SO excited to be in front of Harrods! I think when I first found out about the internet, I went to www.harrods.com and was SO amazed! I'm such a geek. It was SUCH an amazing store. I had so much fun walking through the fancy departments and getting sprayed with perfume! They had a really cool memorial for Princess Diana there. 'Twas quite pretty.

Pete and I in Camden town. haha Funny story. We were walking down a road and this whole situation played out in slow motion or something...3 people (2 men and 1 lady) tumble out of a pub in the early afternoon and were completely drunk. The lady throws the deadliest punch at one of the men, the other one tries to break it up, then out of nowhere, a cop("bobby" I guess...) runs up and lays down the law. I swear this all happened within like 5 seconds.. I felt like I was in a movie or something... Weird!

The Purple Turtle.. Isn't there a purple turtle in Pleasant Grove?.. haha

Makin' our way down to the Underground "Tube"...

This is China Town...It wasn't the greatest china town I've been to but hey.. whatever...

Getting off the train at Paddington Station.

For lunch one day, we went to this club called FUSE in Covent Garden.

I ordered lemonade.. and all I got was carbonated water... with a lemon floating in it. Lame.

My cute Pete Rugh

Outside in Covent Garden..

Statue Guy...

Me and my new Cath Kidston Bag!

We liked this awesome Diesel store..

The National Gallery

Fountain... and me!

Wooho!

I like this picture. You can see the fountain at the National Gallery and in the background, Big Ben, the spires of parliament, and part of Westminster Abbey.

Oh yes. I even love dirty birds in England too...

Cool...

Pete was not impressed with the gallery... maybe we should have paid.. haha

This guy meant business...

Haha awkward.. this guy never moved.

Cool tunnel thing...

Big Benny!

Westminster Abbey..

In the courtyard of Westminster Abbey.

Front of the Abbey..

Getting close to Buckingham Palace!

One of our favorite photos from our trip. We had it blown up and framed to put in our house.

The sweetest little old lady offered to take our picture! I wanted to take her home with me!! hehe

gate..

That guy looked totally lost. He stood there for quite a while...

The Tower of London! Oohh! Creepy!

It was ABSOLUTELY freezing! I'm pretty much wearing the same clothes in all of our pictures because I had to wear so many layers! haha oh well. I wasn't expecting it to snow/rain the whole time.

Tour guide... what a clown...

Oooohhh..... Traitors Gate.... Wooooh!

so.. we went to this place called Funland..... this is on the escalator..

and Funland really wasn't so fun ...

Probably the most elaborate street sign I've ever seen...

Empty Paddington Terminal...

Super Small Elevator in our Hotel. We stayed at a place at Norfolk Towers just near paddington station.

Going underground.......... like 15 stories..

Kensington Palace.. we went on a tour! It was so awesome! I got to see where all of the princesses 'n such live/lived. Towards the end, they had a bunch of Princess Diana's gowns on display and had a book of rememberance to sign for Diana since Kensington Palace was her main home. I was SO amazing.

Hyde Park...

It was crazy to realize that this is where some of the first LDS missionaries came and taught in the UK. Wowzers.

Our last night, we went and saw a play. We saw Chicago. Maybe it would had been better if we would have been sitting anywhere other than the last row in the balcony! haha

Yay!! Time to go home!!

Radebaugh / Fornet Wedding!!

2008-03-20T12:45:00.000-07:00

Kevin and Rachel got married on March 16th, 2007 in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple.

Thea 'n Pete

Blake 'n Thea

Angie and Josh were there.....

Thea 'n Blake dancin' it up...

I love my Pete Rugh...

March - 2007

2008-03-20T10:50:00.000-07:00

This was the day of My best buddy Rachel's farewell...She's serving a mission in Barcelona, Spain. She comes home this fall! WOOHOO!

These are my favorite little guys to babysit! Wyatt and Asa!

Asa loves to sit on your shoulder.. he won't let you hold him in your arms like other cats.

.. going into the kitchen for food....

Bending down to give him the food...... still on my shoulder... haha

Little Wyatt is a stinker! He likes to show off when we go over and visit.

February - 2007

2008-03-20T08:53:00.000-07:00

My new hat... hahaha

My dog friend Aspen...

Silly Pete Rugh

My cake..

I'm 21! Woohoo!

Our little family!

Happy Valentines Day!

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2007

2008-03-18T12:38:00.000-07:00

Wooooo Party! Happy New Year!

Ms. Saturn was so excited!

We were in puzzle mode for almost the whole month of January...

Hah yeah - luckily I wasn't the only one in the picture stuffing my face with treats!

Every Year, all of Pete's friends go to Josh and Angie's condo in Midway for New Years. We always have a giant white-elephant give exchange.

Believe it or not, this was the only good picture of all of us... and most of us aren't even in it. Oh well.

Honeymoon

2008-03-18T12:15:00.000-07:00

We went on a cruise for our honeymoon. When we got home, realized really practically took NO pictures.. Oh well..I ordered nothing for dessert and that's what I got!Our waiter, cool dude.These ladies were at our table every night. Way helpful when we disclosed Pete had a bad rash! (Poison Oak)

Christmas 2006

2008-03-18T11:34:00.000-07:00

For Christmas of 2006, Pete's parents were in NYC for the holiday. We decided to have our own, first christmas at our apartment then to head to my parents house for dinner and more gifts! I loved this sweet tissue holder.... so I got it for Pete.My mom, my sister Shannon and I Steve and Shannon Silly Hannah Sweetie McSweet Sweet Aubrey. James 'n Hannah were so funny that night. Tritoma Avenue all lit up for Christmas!

Our Wedding Day!!

2008-03-15T02:38:00.000-07:00

What a great day! Lots of friends and family were at the Temple with us and even more came to our Reception!

Let the cheesy photos begin!

"Can someone hand me my flowers?"

"Thanks"

So this is a pretty funny story. Our Photographers kept telling us to "Dip".

Yeah.. I know what a dip is... but knowing how to do it right was a different story.

Right after this, we kind of took like a slow-motion fall to the ground. It took a minute to get off the ground. How embarrassing.

Another weird one. He told Pete to spin me around... this is as close as we came.

Pete waiting for me to get changed. He does this all too often.

The Bridesmaids getting ready for the big show...

Our reception was at the Museum of Utah Art and History in Salt Lake City. It's a beautiful building!

The Bridesmaids: Eliana, Felicia, ME, Brittany, Lindsay, Rachel

Pete with his Dad and two brothers Jeff and Jake and little nieces Charlie and Lizzie!

Pete's Best Man, Kevin Radebaugh

Me 'n Momma...

I loved my cake... but it didn't turn out quite how I wanted... oh well.

My silly centerpieces. Kind of different... but lovely none the less!

Flowers were one of the things that were most important!! I loved the way they all turned out!

During the time of my wedding, the museum was having an exhibit of old pioneer furniture.

It sure made things difficult.

Right next to the cake, there was an old Bed.... and people were trying to sit on chairs that were part of the exhibit.

OH well... I liked it. It was definitely a unique reception! haha

I asked my Jazz Band Buddies from the U of U Jazz Ensemble to play for the reception. They did a super-duper job... I think I heard some Super Mario/Love Boat Improv. Nice.

Elyse and Justin came!! Wooho!

My present carriers were hard at work.

Grandma Cutler and her sister Jeanne.

Uncle Dale! All the Rickfords came from Colorado!

I didn't realize it until I saw this picture.

I was totally giving Pete a warning face... meaning "Don't embarrass me Pete!"

No Fair... Pete has some pretty tall friends...

Eric Lippincott caught the garter and Rachel Horton caught my bouquet!

WooohOo! party! BTW - Rachel totally slept with me at my apartment the night of my wedding. I was nervous! What a good friend! hehe

Saying goodbye to my super-sweet granny Virginia. She's the bestest ever.

Pre-Wedding fun!

2008-03-15T00:04:00.000-07:00

Pete and I were goofing off one night at his parents house. We made Muddy Buddies! Yum!

This picture tells a lovely story. Pete and I were on our honeymoon and he developed a CRAZY rash around his waist. He was miserable. We flew into the airport in SLC and went straight to Urgent care. Turns out he had Poison Ivy from his Bachelor Party/Geocaching adventure. He wore this hoodie every day on our honeymoon.

Easter/Temple

2008-03-14T23:57:00.000-07:00

I decided to go through the temple on Easter weekend. We had some fun dyeing easter eggs that morning and all met at the temple that night!

Bridal Photos

2008-03-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

This was pretty much the only photo that showed all the detail on my dress! T'was Pretty...

After my pictures were all done.. I was glad I experimented with my dress alterations and my hair! I was super happy with the way turned out on our wedding day!

Catching Up!

2008-03-11T14:04:00.000-07:00

Ok, now, UP go some of our old pictures. You can't begin to know Pete and I unless you see photos from our wedding, our trips and of our families!!In the next few days I'll work hard to get a bunch posted!

Time to get down to business!

2008-03-07T02:48:00.000-08:00

So within the next few days, I hope to update my blog with all the happenings from the past little while! Please disregard my ugly background! It'll be changing and will be lovely very soon! Woohoo!

Williams/Proctor Wedding

2008-02-23T13:06:00.000-08:00

Little Nash Matson liked the looks of my new yellow bag!

Cool...

Pete and Thea!

Rugh's and Radebaugh's

This was the CUTEST little girl. She was asking everyones name.

The Newly Weds cutting the cake...

Test shot..

This is kind of a weird picture... but whatever.

With Rachel!

Thea with Angie and Nash!

My name...

2008-01-09T13:41:00.000-08:00

is Bethea.