Memorial Day Weekend with Some Odds and Ends

At first Memorial Day weekend was going to get a bust for us. Everyone we knew was going camping and as much as I LOVE camping, being 31 weeks pregnant made the idea a little more than daunting. At the last minute Tyler's family changed plans because we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the 1st Swallow grandbaby . due at ANY time. Instead of camping, we made a day visit to Salt Lake. First we went to a swap meet where Tyler's dad found baby Texas hats ( for those that don't know, Swallows are Texan's through and through!)! We scored this little beauty and baby Grayson will have a hat to match his daddy!

Next, we made a stop at the new City Creek Mall in downtown Salt Lake. It was pretty cool for my small town Idaho eyes! It actually has a creek running through it! With fish!! It also comes with some really neat sky-walk bridges and retractable roofs for crummy weather; which we ran into! And there's a baby belly pic!

 

 

On a side note we found a restaurant called, Jason's Deli (google it!) and they offer gluten free bread for their sandwiches. I got this little beauty:

 

and BOY WAS IT GOOD! Talk about a pregnant girl in heaven. We also found a gluten free bakery that makes gourmet cupcakes. Sorry, but the Red Velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting didn't even make it long enough for a picture. YUM! On Monday we had a BBQ and campfire at the Swallow house to finish off a great weekend! Just been gettin' my food on here in Utah, that's all! :) 

Anyhooo.... On to the odds and ends.

Tyler's been busy with baseball practice, here's a few gems that show how much fun he is having: 

 

 

Now, to end I have a funny story. We recently got a 10 gallon fish tank from Mitch when he upgraded to a larger one. We put 4 gold fish inside. Only 2 survived to flourish. 

Well the tank got dirty and Tyler cleaned it. He cleaned it with soap and apparently didn't rinse it out quite enough.... we woke up the next morning to another dead fish and this lining the top of the water: 

We didn't have high hopes for our last goldfish. We re-cleaned the tank and hoped for the best. We also bought a sucker-fish and 2 crabs in hopes that we would have to clean the tank less ourselves (for the safety of fish kind). It's been 5 days since "the cleaning" and our fish is still alive!! I call our crabs ninja crabs because they can climb up the filter and tubes by jumping off the plants and ship and "flying" to their destination! It blows my mind and creeps me out because they remind me a bit of spiders, but they haven't got out yet so they are still on my good side! Here's one ninja crab in all his known glory....

Sorry this post is a little long, we just have so much going one! My baby shower is Saturday and baby Lynnlee will be here by then so I need to keep up! Another post next week! Promise! Our summer is DEFINITELY starting to pick up! Also, if you want to see our epic escapade with the Solar Eclipse check out this page..... http://ktswallow.blogspot.com/2012/05/solar-eclipse.html there's a belly pic.... :)

Until next time....

It's Summer Time!!

Summer for us is just beginning! We are getting busy and things are happening! First of all Tyler is MUCH more busy than I am. We are extremely blessed and he just got a raise! The Lord is definitely looking out for us; we couldn't be more grateful. He is still in school, we (mostly me) feel it's very important to keep chugging away at school to get Tyler finished. He's currently taking 6 credits and pluggin' away like a champ! Baseball season has started and Tyler is coaching Tommy's(his little brother) little league team with his dad this summer. Already it's been very very fun! Tyler is also in the Young Men's Presidency and goes to mutual every Tuesday. I think we are really starting to enjoy Tremonton. It seems to be growing on us.
What about me you ask? I'm busy growing a baby! We are 30 wks as of Monday the 21st! 10 weeks left! Give or take! I would like to take, but our little man needs to come out healthy so I will suffer! I was worried about summer coming and surviving the summer heat, but I am beginning to remember all I LOVE about summer and trying to enjoy it! When I have the energy, I nest like crazy! Here are a few examples....

  

We have been SOO blessed when it comes to clothes! First I found a REALLY good deal on KSL and we got clothes from Newborn to 2T! Then Tyler's Aunt Marina gave us a lot of her baby clothes she no longer needed! My mom also saved a LOT of things that we went through and got our little man ALL outfitted for his first yr! They are all washed and folded or packed for later!

Our nursery is slowly making a metamorphosis from clutter to organized and ready.

 

 

We are excited for our little man to get here! Here's to hoping for a fun and easy summer! 

Until next time.....