Lake Tahoe, California / Reno, Navada Trip!

Jared's parents took us on a adventurous trip for a week to Lake Tahoe. I have never been and didn't know what to expect. Man was it gorgeous!!! We drove up Sunday night and stayed at a hotel in Las Vegas. We then finished the rest of the drive to Lake Tahoe Monday morning. Like I had mentioned before Jared's parents are very good at finding great deals on Condos, so we ended up staying in this really nice Condo in Lake Tahoe for the week. On Tuesday we drove up to Reno to visit Khyl and Danielle, Jared's brother and his wife. Tuesday was the day that they throw me the surprise shower. Wednesday we took an awesome Snowmobile tour in the mountains at Lake Tahoe. I was a little hesetent at first to go because of how far a long I am, but it turned out to be a lot of fun! Those pictures will be posted later, we haven't received them yet. Thursday we spent half the day in Lake Tahoe walking around the shops and stuff. Then we ended up in Reno for the second half of the day hanging out at Khyl and Danielle's house. Friday we packed up our stuff at the Condo and headed down to Reno to stay with Khyl and Danielle for the night. On our way there we stop off at some shops. Jared brought some really nice cowboy boots that took him over an hour to decide on buying. That night we went to the beautiful Reno Temple. We headed on our journy home early Saturday morning. The trip ended up being a lot of fun! Thank you so much to Mom and Dad Halbert for making all this possible. They are such sweethearts.

Reno Temple

Lake Tahoe

Surprise!!!

My wonderful Mother in Law and Jared's Sister in Law decided to throw me a surprise baby shower while we were in Reno. I was not expecting this at all! Jared's grandma and his two aunts and cousin came all the way from Utah to Reno just for my baby shower. They are such sweethearts. The baby shower was a blast! They put so much hard work into this and I felt so special. And can you believe this awesome cake that Jared's sister in law (Danielle) had made. Jared's side of the family are very talented, they made me some wonderful things for Jaxon.

Sedona!

My wonderful family and I had the opportunity to go to Sedona for the weekend about a month ago. Jared's parents are great at finding really good deals on Condo and things all around the U.S. They found a good deal in Sedona and allowed me and my family to go and stay there. It was so nice to get away for the weekend. The weather was perfect! And who new that Sedona could be so beautiful? My mom of course loved it, she is such a nature freak! We were able to go on a really nice hike to veiw the gorgeous mountains. Also, we went on a little tour of the Indian Ruins, that was neat!

My pregnant belly!

I would have to admit, my belly is a little bigger than I hoped for being 6 months a long. That's ok though, I have been having a wonderful pregnancy and I can't complain.

Jaxon is on his way!

New Mexico!

Jared and I went on a little weekend vacation to New Mexico. Jared's friend, Phillip Killian, lives on a Ranch up there that his family owns. They own about 74,ooo acres of land! We had a blast learning how to live like a cowboy for a weekend. Hanging out with the cows, bulls and horses was great, but the best part was hanging out with Phil and his sweet wife. Thanks so much you guys for letting us come over on such short notice and showing us a wonderful time.

Jared learning how to ride, cowboy style.

Me and Joey (Phillip's baby horse)

Jared and Phil

Looking good!

Jared learning how to rope.

Me and Poncho Villa (Phillip's dog)

Ok, Ok! Once again we have failed to update our blog. It has been a while since our last post and we have been chewed out a few times now for not updating. We have came to the conclusion that we better update or we won't be able to show you all how exciting our lives are. So here's whats been going on behind the scene of the Halbert household.

THE BIG NEWS!!!

Just recently Jared and I found out some exciting news. Once we were married we decided to take the next step in our lives, maybe a little earlier than we expected. A few weeks ago I decided to pee on a stick. Well that stick happened to be a pregnancy test. To my surprise it showed up positive! I decided I wanted to surprise Jared that morning when he got back from feeding our neighbors dog. I created this scavenger hunt for him. When he walked in the door there was a paper that said, "Solve the clues that will lead you to your surprise." In each room there was a clue telling where the next one would be. Finally it lead to our bedroom where I had laid a paper saying, "Congrats you are going to be a father," with the positive pregnancy on top of it. He was shocked! We both can't be any more excited and we are looking forward to being parents. Wow, that sounds so weird!

Yep, this is the actual stick I peed on!

Weddings!

One thing Jared and I have been really busy with is weddings. I can't believe how many people have got married in the past few months. It has been a crazy few months. We even have a few more coming up in the next few weeks. Jared has been shooting a few weddings lately. His pictures look amazing! If anyone needs pictures done give Jared a call. He can do anything from family photos to weddings, you name it. One wedding I particularly enjoyed was one of my very best friends Caitlin Owens, who is actually Caitlin Beach now. I am glad to see my friends settling down and starting a life with their soul mate. On Caitlin's bridle shower invitation there was this saying that I love. It read, "You don't marry someone you can live with, you marry someone you can't live without." At least I think that is how it went, somewhere within those lines. This I agree with 100%.

Just a few out of hundreds of amazing pictures Jared has taken!

Congrats to Derek and Kaela on October 11th!

Sunbeams!

Me and Jared were called to be Sunday School Teachers for the precious Sunbeams. We absolutely adore them. There are only four of them in this picture, but we actually have six all together. The two that are missing are Jenna and Birkley, cute kids also. These kids have been such a blessing to our lives. They are smart little buggers too!

Phoenix Mercury Game!

Those of you who do not know who the Mercury team is, let me tell you. Pretty much they are the girls Sun's basketball team. These girls are hard core and believe me when I say you would not want to fight them. Their muscles are HUGE!!! Besides us, the rest of the stands were filled with dikes.

Outside the Mercury Game

Chillin with Amare Stoudemire

4th of July

To celebrate the wonderful Independence Day, the Allen clan took a journey to Tumble Weed Park. There they had the blow up bouncy for kids and a giant blow up water slide. The weather was blazing hot, until the monsoon winds came rushing through. It ended up cooling the temperature down by quite a few degrees. It ended up being a fun family adventure with Karri, Greg, Chelsea, Abby Dabby Doo, and some of Greg's family.

Apologetic Note

We apologize for misbehaving and not updating our blog. We take full responsibility for our actions. Therefore, this time we are making our update extra special and exciting. There have been quite a few events that have occurred in our lives in the past few months. Here are just a few: