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This is baby bump at

19 weeks!

Baby Bump at

17 weeks!

My niece Emma(6) colored me this beautiful fairy picture!

My oldest niece, Maddy (10), colored this awesome picture! When they gave these pictures to me it melted my heart! They are now proudly displayed on the refrigerator.

These last 3 pictures are from a couple of weeks ago when we went to the Drum Corps International Competition at Invesco Field at Mile High.

During Seattle Cascade's performance, it started to rain and thunder.

We had to wait an hour inside the stadium for the weather to clear up. I started getting super nauseated so we had to leave early... I was so sad!

Next week I find out the sex of our baby!

We might be changing addresses here in a month...

we may have bought our first little home!

Part 3: Vacation in Rexburg, ID

Blake and I purchased a bunch of fireworks in Wyoming before we got to Montana. Wyoming is the best place to buy fireworks because a) they sell them year round and b) they sell fireworks that are illegal in most states like Artillery Shells and Roman Candles (which are Blake and mine's favorite fireworks).

On the 4th of July we shot off most of our sweet fireworks in Montana!

We left some of the Ladybug fireworks to do in Rexburg. When we got back to Rexburg we had a Weimer pizza get-to-gether at the Weimer grandparent's house. (Kim and Jody's family, Dusty and Christy's family and Shane) Blake and I usually play with the kids every time we have a family gathering. We took the kids into one of the potato cellars and played tag.

Afterwards we went back to Lorraine and Daris' house and my sister Christine came over. We shot off the rest of the Lady Bugs and danced the night away!

Christine, my crazy sister... I think that means we are related.

Lauren doing her Barracuda dance.

Yeah you go girls! (and boy)

Lauren came up to us with a picture and was like "Look this is me!" It was really cute.

Celeste, Emma, Christine (20)

Here are some LadyBugs for your enjoyment. Blake almost got hit by a crazy one in Montana but luckily he has fast reflexes. :)

Montana Vacation Part 2

Blake and I took Emma and went four-wheeling. The mountains are so beautiful here! I wish we could have had more time to go four-wheeling!

We also went and swam at Fairmont Hot Springs. There was a large pool outside that was as warm as a bath tube and a large pool inside. The girls, Blake, and Daris went down the Dragon Slide.

Maddy and I had a ton of fun riding in the car together and taking pictures.

Lauren's under bite is cute. Her family calls her the "Barracuda."

Blake, Lorraine, and Daris making us some awesome grub!

One of the mornings we went to a Sapphire Mine. We got large buckets and then we put the dirt in the sifters.

We had to shake and bounce the sifters in the water so the Sapphires go down to the bottom in the middle.

It was a perfect day and we didn't get eaten alive by mosquitoes luckily!

Shaking the sifters in the water was my favorite part, then flipping it over to find the hidden gems.

Everyone was able to find at least 10 gems a person.

Blake was cute. He would secretly find a gem and then put it back in the pile and tell Emma to look in that pile to find that gem.

The day before we went to the Sapphire Mine we went Crystal Mining. Crystal Mining was another whole experience! When we got out of the car thick swarms of mosquitoes came and attacked us. We all sprayed every inch of our skin with mosquito repellent. Those mosquitoes were RELENTLESS though! (This is why I have no pictures of us Crystal Mining). I ended up going back to the car and tried to take a nap. But everyone eventually gave up after an hour because of the mosquitoes. In this mining, you had to dig in previous wholes to find the crystals.

After mining for crystals, we drove to a Ghost Town right down the rode. (I ended up taking my much needed nap while everyone walked through the Ghost Town... man pregnancy makes me so tired!)

Here are some videos of the Ghost Town:

Montana Part 1

LEWIS AND CLARK CAVERN

Day One:

Lewis and Clark Cavern! In the afternoon we went to the Lewis and Clark Cavern

(about 1 hr from Butte, Montana)

(All the pics are from last to beginning)

This is us finally leaving the long tour of the cave.

These are cool features of the cave.

The cave had some pretty steep parts to it. The CCC back in the 30s created the stone steps and blasted parts of the cave. If you notice, lots of the stalagmites and stalactites have been broken apart. The first tour guide of the cave, Morrison, allowed his guests to take a piece of the cave with them as a memento or souvenir. Obviously, that is not allowed today, but there is a lot of damage to cave formations from the early tours of the cave.

I love this picture of Daris.

Emma and Celeste

Little Lauren (3 yrs. old) wanted to walk everything by herself... and she did.

Celeste (24), Maddy (10), Emma (6), and Lauren (3)

Nice cross-eyes Maddy!

There were lots of bats in the beginning of the cave.

We also had some annoying people in our tour group that made our tour even more interesting.

This is Blake's brother Shawn, and his wife Candice with their 3 beautiful girls.

There was this Asian couple that made the group wait at every stopping point because they were taking a gazillion pictures. Before we left the cave, the couple started walking back from where we had come from. The guide lady had to go back and get them. LOL

Lauren is pointing to a fossilized turtle shell. Cool!

Before we got into the cave, we had to hike up the mountain. It was a surprisingly hot day in Montana, and we all sweated like beasts. I fortunately took a nap before this hike (it's hard being pregnant!)

Lauren took the shuttle up the mountain.

Aren't they so cute?

Before we left for the tour there was a sign that read:

This is a 2 Mile, 2 Hour Tour.

We were all surprised we all didn't have to sign some liability form (after we did the tour); it was pretty strenuous and people could get hurt and get stuck in the cave (if you weren't small enough).

Hey but it's Montana we are talking about here... this state is pretty dang chill.

We stayed in Fairmont Chalet Cabins. Apollo came with us too. He was very entertaining for the kids to chase around. Lauren followed him around and called him "Pillow Pet."

Blake and Maddy got their game on.

The weather was hot and beautiful the whole time!

Shawn and Grandpa Stewart

Blake reading a book (he's going to be an awesome dad).

We slept 10 people in the cabin.

Lorraine always prepares the best food and we had yummy meals.