Our Trip To Massachusetts

Here we are in Boston on the Freedom Trail. There sure is a lot of History right in the middle of the city there.

Miles and I on the subway. That was a fun experience.
Miles during our lunch break with a Mango seed in his mouth. :)

Miles and I walking down the freedom trail.

Mom with her tour guide book trying to find the statue of Paul Revere.

We had fun feeding the squirels in the park.

We stayed at an amazing resort in the Berkshires, Miles favorite area of his mission.

We not only went all over Massachusetts, but we went into Vermont to see some of the church history sites there (birth placeof Brigham Young and Joseph Smith).

This 381/2 foot monument marks the birth place of Joseph Smith. It is the largest single shaft of granite, and each foot represents a year of the Prophet's life. There was also an amazing visitor's center here.

And you can't be so close to Palmyra without taking some time to over there. We went to a bunch of the church history sites while we were in New York. (those pics are coming soon, I was having computer problems)

How fast I can type :)

99 words

Speed test

Baby Hyrum's room in progress

Last night I was able to work on some of the decorations for Hyrum's room. We have decided to decorate in blue and brown with mokey's. My mom is making the crib set but I have been working on idea's for the rest. This is the first part that has been completed and I'm excited to do more. :)

She tagged me

So Monica "tagged" me and I don't know where to respond now....I guess I'll do it here, since most everyone doesn't see my page anymore because it needs a lot of TLC. Here goes:

A - Attached or Single: Attached
B - Best Friends: Monica, Matt, and Becka
C - Cake or Pie: Hmm...... I think pie, but that's tough
D - Day of choice: Saturday, because it can be a day that I have to work on big projects!
E - Essential Item: I love gadgets. Being a guy, I couldn't survive without them to fascinate me!
F - Favorite Color: Blue
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Probably worms
H - Hometown: Eagle River, AK
I - Indulgence(s): Cars and Motorcycles (these are time indulgences for the moment, but doomed to become financial ones, I'm afraid.)
J - January or July: July. Its a better time to enjoy the outdoors. AND I was married in July.
K - Kids: One coming to a home near you
L - Life is incomplete without: My wife and my passions (I think she calls them obsessions behind my back....I'm sure she does. :) )
M - Marriage Date: 07/07/07
N - Number of Siblings: 1 Brother, 1 Sister, 3 Brother-in-Laws, 2 Sister-in-Laws
O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges, for sure. You can peel them in creative ways, too!
P - Phobias or Fears: I really have a phobia of Monica being hurt somewhere and me not knowing about it.
Q - Quotes: "Every man dies, but not every man truly lives." -William Wallace, Braveheart
R- Reason to smile: My wife and unborn child, and working on projects that I am passionate about.
S - Season: Hmm....probably spring or fall. Summer can be way too hot.
T - Tag 4 Friends: Well, Monica already tagged people, and I think everyone I know has been tagged at some point, so I will stop part of the cycle here, as sacrilegious as that might seem to some.
U - Unknown fact about me: I have cadaver tissues in my leg from a knee reconstruction
V - Very favorite store: Probably Shucks/Checker/Kragen(Same store chain)
W - Worst habit: Not paying enough attention to my wife when I'm working on a project.
X - X-ray or Ultrasound or Mammogram: Ultrasounds are pretty cool, but I've had more X-Rays.
Y- Your favorite food: Probably boneless chicken wings! The best are either at Wingers, or now my favorite: Wright Brothers in the BYU Bowling Alley.
Z - Zodiac: Pisces!

Hyrum's most recent Ultrasound Pictures

I've been tagged!

A - Attached or Single: Definatly Attached :)
B - Best Friends: MILES, Mom, and family
C - Cake or Pie: Ohh cake for sure!
D - Day of choice: I have come to love Sundays (not only cause it's the sabbath, but it's the one day a week that Miles and I actually get to spend it together all day)
E - Essential Item: Food
F - Favorite Color: Blue for sure (it's a good thing that we're having a boy)
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: hmm, I like the sour gummy worms
H - Hometown: Wasilla, Alaska :)
I - Indulgence(s): Hmm well that's changed through out the past couple of months, I would say right now, it's anything with chocolate and peanut butter. :)
J - January or July: July of course, cause that's when we got married :)
K - Kids: One really active little boy on the way
L - Life is incomplete without: Family and the Gospel.
M - Marriage Date: 07/07/07
N - Number of Siblings: 3 Brothers 1 Sister and 2 Sisters-in-law and 1 Brother-in-law.
O - Oranges or Apples: Hmm, well I love them both, apples are easier to eat so I do eat them more often, but both are great.
P - Phobias or Fears: I really don't like snakes and big bugs, and I would say my biggest fear is being left alone
Q - Quotes: "Live well, laugh often, and love much!"
R- Reason to smile:My love Miles and for life in general.
S - Season: I would say that I love the spring because of all the pretty flowers.
T - Tag 4 Friends:Libby, Cortney, Miles & Lori
U - Unknown fact about me: I don't like cheesecake (and for those who did not know me in high school I was a cheerleader)
V - Very favorite store: I would say Ross for clothes, Costco for food and other fun stuff, and Target for cute baby stuff :)
W - Worst habit: Not getting up until I absolutely have no time left to get ready
X - X-ray or Ultrasound or Mammogram: Ultrasound for sure (it's so cool to see little Hyrum in there!)
Y- Your favorite food: Well I just love food in general. I would probably say pasta is my favorite though.
Z - Zodiac: Aries (yeah that's right I'm a ram)

We just found out last Thursday that we're having a baby boy!!!!! :) We are so excited!!!! We have decided that we will name him Hyrum Miles Victors. The doctor said that he looks great and everything seems to be right on track.

Baby's 1st picture:)

I am now 16 weeks along, and in the second trimester. Miles and I are getting more excited all the time. We got this picture taken at our last Dr's appointment. We still don't know what it is, but we're thinking that it might be a boy. We'll know on March 15. We can't hardly wait.

WE'RE PREGNANT!!!!

We were so excited to find out that we are going to have a baby!! The one on top was the first one that we took. The line is a little faint so at first we thought it was negative, but a closer look proved that wrong. A few days later we took the second one just to be sure, and there was no mistaking a positive from that one. The baby is due on August 4 2008, however, we think it may be coming a little bit sooner than that. We can't hardly wait. :)

Playground Fun!

Miles and I were having a lot of fun at the park by my parents house when we were there for Thanksgiving (as you can probably tell by the pictures). We thought we were gonna get stuck in the slide, but no worries, we got out just fine. :)

Thanksgiving Fun

Natalie

This is my favorite cutest little niece in the world Natalie Louise Rogers. We all love being with her and watching her grow.

Miles and I got the chance to go to my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. This was at the breakfast with all of the family the day of. We had a great time!

Our Story

Boy meets girl, it happens every day, it could happen to you. :) So at least that's what the commercial says. Their story began in Alaska in the Wasilla, AK stake. They got to know eachother through a lot of different activities such as stake dances, youth conferences, choir groups, and mutual friends. They were friends for quite a while when Monica's senior prom came and she decided that she would like to go with her friend Miles because she knew that they would have a lot of fun together. The day of prom came and there was a pretty big group of them that were going together. They made it into basically a whole day date, first they hiked thunderbird falls in Eagle River, the girls made dinner for the boys, they went to the dance and danced the night away then watched a movie and stayed up really late playing games and trying on skunk hats (well that was just Miles :). Through out the course of the date Monica and Miles realized they had feelings for each other and a new relationship began. They dated for a while and had a lot of fun but after Monica graduated they decided that it would be best to go their separate ways. Monica went off to BYU-Idaho and eventually Miles went off to BYU in provo. They kept in touch every once in a while as friends, and then even while they were both on their missions they wrote each other now and then. They never lost the friendship they had. After Monica returned home from her mission she felt inclined to call Miles up. They started talking on the phone more often, and before they knew it they were once again dating. This time things turned into something beautiful. After just 3 wonderful weeks of seeing each other everyday they knew that things were right. They had gone up to Boise for Easter with Monica's family and on the way home to Provo the wheel of her car went flying into the ditch with sparks flying everywhere. They were only about 15 miles outside of Boise and had to wait for a tow truck to come pick them up. While waiting Miles spread out his coat on a hill on the Side of the road and they ate their picnic lunch. While eating they watched the sunset and the stars come out and Miles sang to Monica "I wanna grow old with you" from the wedding singer, then asked Monica to marry her. She was taken a little by surprise but with excitement answered YES! (to be continued...)