Mason Stuart Young!

Mason Stuart Young was born at 12:05am Dec 9th 2009. He was 9lbs 1 ounce and 21.5 inches long. HUGE baby! My labor was about 9 1/2 hours long, with only 4 hours of hard active labor and 30 mins of pushing. It was such an incredible experience that took faith and every ounce of strength that I had. I wouldn't have done it any other way, even though it was tough. I still can't believe I am a mom! I love my little boy so much and am so grateful he is healthy and perfect. This experience has also brought Stuart and I even closer. I have the most amazing husband who was with me through everything, holding me, helping me through every contraction, talked me through the pushing and actually got to deliver Mason. He is the love of my life and I don't think I could have done this without him.



Here is Mason and cousin Cooper together :)

Mason with Aunt Robyn
So cute!

I love my little man!

My pregnancy!

Here is my pregnancy so far! I am now 9 days over due but still doing good! I am just anxious to meet my little boy : )

Halloween 09

Halloween was fun! I am 36 weeks and getting closer and closer! I thought Mason should be the one dressing up for Halloween this year :) Stu spent about 3 hours carving that pumpkin! What a fun time of year

8 more weeks to go!

This is me at 30 weeks. Now I am 32 weeks along. I can't wait to see my baby boy!Stu is going to be such a good dad! I can't wait to see him interact with our son. Our lives are about to change forever! The best change!

IT'S A BOY!!!

Stu and I found out we are having a baby boy! We are so excited! Our ultrasound technician said he looks great and everything is healthy. It was such an amazing experience watching my baby on the screen and feeling him kick at the same time. I am so grateful to have experienced this!

Fun in Rock Springs

A couple weeks ago Stuart and I went to Rock Springs to spend some time with Mandi, Darren and baby Trayden! We had a very fun weekend that included volleyball,attempted frisbee golf, the power going out, us going to a friends house and watching UFC using a generator, birthday party with fun games and lots of card games! We loved spending time with them!

Here is a couple more photos of my growing belly!

BEAR LAKE

So last week Stu and I went to Bear Lake with My dad, Sheila, Carol and her family. We spent our time playing tennis, cards, swimming and building sand sculptures at the beach!

This is what we did while at the beach at Bear Lake! We sculpted a 10ft dragon/gecko monster! This definitely kept us busy on the beach! Stu did most the digging and building, and my sister Sheila and I did a lot of the shaping and sculpturing! My dad and neice added on some sea shells to give our monster scales!
Stu and I lovin the sun!

This is my step mom Carol and my step-sister Carrie

This is my step sister's son: Brett

Getting ready to play some Pinochle!

We got my Dad addicted to it!

21 WEEKS! More than 1/2 way there!

Getting tough, ready to protect my baby.

Stu's "drugie" face :)

Well I am 21 weeks now and still feeling great! I have felt a lot of kicks and movement and it is so much fun to feel my baby growing inside me! As you can see, I have started to get a baby bump :) We will find out in Sept. if our baby is a boy or girl!

Fun with Pope Family

These some are pictures from one of our last family get togethers. I just love my family so much so I thought I would post some pics :) This is called the "creepy kiss" it is performed by my brother Mike.
These are my brothers Ken and Steve playing ping pong with Stuart :)
Here is a picture of my sister in law Marinda, my dad, mom and brother Mike
This is William, he is Mike and Camille's little boy.
This is Gwen, she is Mike and Camille's first daughter.

Always treasure time with family! Kids grow, people change, so never forget the fun memories you make together!

Update on my pregnancy!

Well folks, I am on week 12 and have been very blessed with NO sickness! As long as I keep food in my belly I feel great! I  have noticed that I enjoy others cooking for me as well ;)  I finally found the midwife I am going to use to deliver my baby.  She lives in PG and is very experienced and also cheaper than all of the others I have looked into :)   I haven't had a lot of changes yet, just a little more tired, and pee more!  Either a boy or girl would be lovely! Just as long as our baby is strong and healthy!  This is a new experience for Stuart and I but we are very excited to start on this new journey! As for now, we will continue to read up on the "how to's" of parenting!  

Guess who's having a baby!

I had bought a pregnancy test a couple days earlier and I was in the bathroom and felt the need to take the test. I waited for the results... Once I read that it said "pregnant" I ran to Stuarts office and said "Hunny I need to talk to you when you are off the phone" he looked at me and said "ARE YOU PREGNANT!!!?" and I said yes and started crying tears of joy, he hugged me and then took pictures of my happiness! I am so excited to start this new journey of parenting!

Sealing Pics by Bryndee

Bryndee got a shot of Stu carrying me in the snow. What a sweetheart!

I love the pink glow on the temple. What a magnificent place to be!

The Young family at the timp temple after our sealing. This was such an amazing day!

CREATE

Everyone has the ability to be great. We are all on this earth to fufill our divine purpose. Nothing can stand in our way of being the people that we can and should be. I love my life. I love to create new ideas and opportunities. I am here for a reason, and so are you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhLlnq5yY7k&feature=channel

25 Random things about me. (I did this for facebook, so I thought I would post it here too).

1. I think this note idea is a good way to know information about people that you otherwise wouldn't.
2. I love to dance. I am not very good, I would like to get back into it, but I love dancing whenever music comes on and my husband just laughs at me.
3. I like to sing. I don't know why but I randomly sing all of the time. Most of my friends and family give me weird looks but that's me!
4. In the past 2 years I have become a completely new person. I have learned to be responsible for my thoughts, actions, and feelings. Life is amazing once you take responsibility and stop blaming others.
5. I have been skydiving. It is the most amazing feeling. It is the closest I have ever been to being a bird. lol (which is what I would be if I were an animal. Preferably an eagle, rather than a pigeon)
6. I love country music, pop,church music, some rock and some other genres that I'm not sure of. I like everything but hard hard rock.
7. I don't love to read, but i do love learning so I force myself to read a lot. Right now I am reading "Bonds that make us free" by C. Terry Warner. I suggest every one reads this, it is an amazing book. I have found that the more I read, the more I love my life.
8. I play halo on x-box. I don't know why but I love halo. I think it might be that I am good at it and I don't want to learn another game, and can't justify to myself to play any other computer or nintendo games, so I stick with it.
9. My husband and I just got sealed in the Mt. Timp temple. It was the most amazing experience ever. It was the first time I truly cried because I was soooo happy. I reccomend this experience to everyone.
10. I don't like when people don't say what they mean. If you want something, say it. If you don't want something, say it! I enjoy honesty.
11. I have been to Costa Rica. Stuart served his mission there and then last year we went back for 10 days. We stayed in a tiny house with a family from his mission. The family was so sweet. She made all of our food, which was amazing, and welcomed us into their home. We went hiking in the jungle and saw some beautiful waterfalls. And everyday Stuart wanted to get "trence de queso", which is a yummy cheese bread. Good times.
12. I am not in love with any actresses or actors. I never posted pictures on my wall or idolized famous people, although it would still be cool to meet some of them.
13. When I was little my brothers would call me Crusty Poop.
14. I like to play racquetball with Stu. He gets pretty competitive though!
15. I enjoy being outdoors and going camping once in awhile. I love making memories. I have a whole quote bored complete with sentences that no one else but my husband and I would know what they mean.
16. I like to play pinochle with Stu and his parents.
17. I broke a rib on my 3rd time snowboarding. Which was pretty painful.
18. I love kids. I can't wait to be a mom and I know I will love it, even though I know there will be hard times.
19. I want to bear my babies ALL NATURAL.
20. I have a pet snake. His name is "Stretch Viper Young". I never thought I would own a snake but my husband wouldn't let me get a puppy. (I even taught my snake to roll over)
21. I am blessed to have an amazing family as well as amazing in-laws.
22. I love the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. Although sometimes life seems monotonous, every single one of us has a great purpose for this life. I will not seperate church from state. I think the gospel needs to be part of every arena of life, because frankly, the whole reason why we are on this earth is because of our father in heaven and we need to show him that respect.
23. Over the past 2 years I have grown a love for freedom, the Constitution of the United States, our founding fathers, righteous men and women, knowledge, and a hope that the people of america will wake up and start taking responsibility for their actions.
24. My husband and I have created a website called www.guardingourfreedom.com. Most LDS people know that the Constitution is sacred and will one day hang by a thread. Now they have somewhere to go to know what to do to prevent this.
25. I have the most amazing husband in the world. He is intelligent, sweet, understanding, amazing, and good looking. :) He gives me an amazing life. I will be able to be a stay at home mom and he will be able to be home also while we raise our kids. His drive to keep moving forward amazes me. He has such passion for life and always is seeking more knowledge. He is the perfect guy for me. He is everything I never knew I wanted in a man.

Being sealed

Stuart and I were sealed in the Mt. Timp temple Jan 20th 2009. It was the most amazing experience I have ever had. That is the most I have ever cried from being so happy. I even got a couple tears out of Stu! The promises that are made are incredible and irreplaceable. My life continues to get better each day. It is so great to have the blessing of the temple. I now have somewhere to go when I am feeling mediocre. I have also realized that there are so many people waiting in heaven for their temple work to be done and I know those people will be eternally grateful for our willingness to help. I have also realized now more than ever, that my happiness is only up to me. I am responsible for everything that happens in my life and I determine my level of joy in this life. Heavenly Father will jump at the opportunity to bless me as long as I am living righteously and I should be willing to give him enough respect to do so. Going to the temple was unbelievable and I recommend this experience to everyone!

Turning now, into Forever...

We are getting sealed! Everyone is invited to the open house! If you want an actual invitation I need your address!

Layered Jello!

So i was asked to make a jello salad for my family christmas eve party and I don't really like jello salad so I looked for something else. This is what I made instead. It is very easy but very time consuming.