House Prodject

Ever since James and I moved to Cali., We dreamed of Living in Richmond forever, (J/K), James planned on building a house in Orinda. Last weekend we got a little closer to our goal. James and I now own land, in a city called Orinda, CA. James and I moved to Orinda mid June. We now spend every extra moment except Sundays and regular paid jobs to work on the house project. We hope to have a house on the land some day.

Last weekend James and I went to Utah for a little family and friends visit. We had so much fun at Uncle Dave's Wedding, high school reunion, and a baby shower for me. It was great to see everyone again!! I left town on Friday, went to a wedding bbq Friday night and saw family. Mom and I took a stroll in the morning around the Flat Iron Mesa track early Saturday morning. Jan and I dropped by the high school reunion during lunch. Crazy to see all the people who used to be familiar faces. Dave's wedding was held in his back yard and was very beautiful!! We saw tons of family and friends. It was nice to catch up. James flew in, and arrived just after the wedding for the reception and a Sunday movie with his grandpa in Provo, Ut. He is the sweetest of Grandpa's. It was nice to get away for just a moment to revisit our Provo stomping grounds and experience the nostalgia of a moment in the history of the life of James and Bekah. On Monday Mom invited my girlfriends over for a baby shower. It was really fun to sit and talk about kids and hang out with the greatest friends in the world, minus one Jeni. I didn't want to leave. Thanks everyone for coming and for the gifts.

Gas Prices

Anyone else want to complain about the current gas prices. When I started my job 3 years ago in San Mateo, I thought the proximity of my work and where I lived was not that big of a deal, I could just drive. Considering the current price of gas, and the required $4 bridge toll to commute to my job, it makes me question my logic. In 3 years my commute cost has almost tripled.

Our first Ultra sound pictures. It was soo cool to see the little growing. . . boy inside of me!
Doctor said he looks healthy and good for his age, he's about 12 oz's now, I'm sure that will change with time. Now I can start shopping and playing the name game.

Anticipation

James and I find out what we are having on Monday. I am so excited to see the little baby in my stomach again. We are both excited for a boy or a girl. We just have no clue what to name the baby boy or girl. So life for the two of us has been pretty uneventful, work, weekend, and church. We've got our routine down. We had a fun date night to celebrate our 3 year anniversary April 30th. We went to the temple for sealings and diner at a nice restaurant afterwards. Sorry I don't have any new fancy pictures. I am not really showing a baby bump yet. I guess that can be typical with 1st time mommies. The morning sickness has gone. It is soooo nice not to be sick. Well that's all for now, until Monday.
Bekah

Todd's Wedding

This photo's a little delayed, but James and I took a little trip to Vegas in January to see old friends and Todd (an old roommate) get married. It was fun to have an excuse to get together again.

piano lessons

This summer my sister-in-law, Wendy, decided to move and didn't have room for her piano. I got lucky and get to store her piano for her. Since James and I moved into our apt. I have had a loaner keyboard, but a real piano is so much more, especially considering my church callings. As of 2005 I have been called to play the piano in one class or another during church. Last year I started a free Tuesday night piano class for the relief society ladies who want to learn more about music and how to play the piano. Our ward(s) need more piano players. For church, I've been called as a missionary to another ward to play the piano for their sacrament meeting (because they have no piano players), then I play the piano for 2 more hours in the primary. All in all, the callings are great! It's a lot easier than early morning seminary teaching. Last week I hosted my very first paid private lesson. It's a very exciting beginning for me.