while you're internet surfing, i'm internet surfing AND growing a tiny pancreas

true story! my uterus is the home of a 15.5 week old little human, and michael and i are SO excited about it :)

we are going to find out if it is a boy or a girl in about two weeks, at which point i will be able to stop referring to our little person as an "it." yikes. in the meantime, baby everton gets bigger and bigger with every passing day (and so do i...). i just keep crossing my fingers that people think that a chubby, pregnant dani is a cute dani.

just think, around valentine's day you'll be thinking about romantic dates and chick flicks and i will be praying to go into labor. sigh. i can't wait.

ps: my dad snuck me into the emergency room to get an ultrasound a few weeks ago and imagine my surprise when we saw him/her sucking his/her tiny thumb. i died a little. so cute. i can't wait to meet him/her! (do you see how annoying it is not to know which pronoun to use?) Also, in case you were concerned for a moment there, my dad's a doctor, so apparently sneaking your daughter into the er to perform a covert ultrasound is totes kosher.

live every week like it's shark week

Exciting news!

As of a few weeks ago, Michael got into the University of Washington MPAcc program! Come Septemer 21, we will officially be Huskies. I was raised in a home that rooted against the University of Washington in every sport and for every game (my dad got his undergraduate degree from Washington State), but that is all going to change pretty soon. I can't lie, I'm pretty excited to break out all of my purple from high school to wear on game day. Yessss!

Another exciting thing. Michael got a job offer from PricewaterhouseCoopers! My husband is a pretty impressive boy, no? So in September we will go back to living the life of college students until June(ish) when he will graduate and then study his brains out for the CPA exam that he will take before starting work for PwC in the Fall.

Because Michael got a job offer, he is at Disney World right now. Yes, the Disney World. As in my favorite place on earth. I am so jealous! All he's been doing for the past few days is work training, but I'm hoping he gets to sneak in some rides before he comes back tomorrow. I got Michael to commit to a Disneyland trip next summer to make up for me not being able to go this time :)

Since he is off in Florida, I am in the happy little utopia of Baker City. So far I have gone to Pendleton to BBQ it up with my extended family, gone wogging with my mama, and watched Shark Week a little too much.

i heart shark week.

In case you haven't been able to tell, I love Baker. I think me and Michael are going to be moving apartments pretty soon, so look forward to pictures coming soon!

Our Life Lately :)

Hello all you patient readers out there! Odd that I have such a hard time updating this blog since I am working as a writer these days. Or maybe that makes sense... either way, it is definitely time to update everyone about the goings-on of the Everton family. Seeing as how our last post was about our anniversary, I have quite a bit of ground to cover. Get comfy, because we have had quite a crazy summer so far.

May
Me and Jill ran the Ogden Marathon! It was both awesome and horrific. Probably leaning more toward the latter. 

Still looking happy at mile 8!

Looking a lot less great at mile 17... Sorry, the husbands didn't get a face shot.

Aaand I've pretty much fallen apart completely down the stretch to the finish.
I really feel like this picture captures my best side.
Jill, on the other hand, looks like she could go do it again.

SO happy to done with that painful thing.

We finished in 4:30 and are pretty stoked about it. Are we going to do it again? Eh, the jury's still out on that one.


June
In the first week of June we moved out of Wymount Terrace, our very first home. It was stressful to move but exciting to move on. All in all, we are pretty excited to no longer be undergrads. I might only be speaking for myself on this one... Michael sings the BYU fight song every night before we go to bed.


Right after we moved out of Wymount we went to Moab for some serious mountain biking and camping. It was actually pretty terrible... Like, 30mph gusts of winds terrible.

See how overcast it looks? Those aren't clouds, that's sand in
the air from how windy it was. Yikes.

On Sunday we went on a picnic near the Negro Bill Trail.

Aaand looked at some sweet fossilized dinosaur footprints.

And on Monday we did this. Of course.

Where Michael ended up on his face. Of course :)

Later that week, KENNAN GOT HOME FROM HIS MISSION!!! After 2 (long) years in the San Fernando, California Mission, my baby brother came home and my family could not be more excited about it.

best.day.ever.

Colten got the revenge he has been plotting for 2 years.

And on Saturday. ASHLEY & BOSTON GOT MARRIED!! We are just so excited for these two :) They are perfect for each other. And this day was absolutely beautiful. Ashley looked stunning (as per usual). I just can't say enough about how excited we are. I wish we were in Provo so we could hang out with them next year! Unfortunately, I didn't end up with a single picture from this day. Booo! Here are some pictures from their bridals to give you an idea of how the lovely couple looked :)

Not to brag or anything, but I did her makeup :)

Not that she needed the help.

Love this!

July
After some playing with the Everton family (including the two cutest kids under the age of 5 I have ever met), we went to HAWAII with my family! And sadly, I only got 1 single picture of this event. Fail. My skills in capturing history are seriously lacking.

I'll take the second one on the left, please :)

After Hawaii, it was on to Jackson, WY with the Evertons!

Yellowstone looks cool, but smells pretty disgusting.

  

Nate loves his grandpa!

This is probably my favorite picture ever.

Our close encounter with wildlife.

Old Faithful!

I like this boy :)

Family picture! We look pretty sharp, no?

Now that we're back in Seattle, it feels really good to just be hanging out in pajamas all day, watching Penelope, and trying to figure out what to make for dinner. So far the summer of 2012 has been filled with travel, adventures, and excitement. I'm quite ready for it to be filled with a little boredom :) That'll probably only last about a week though.


One last thing. Me and Michael went on a hike at sunset to the Puget Sound last week. It was pretty incredible. After all of these pictures of places we have traveled to, here is one from our new home. We are a little in love.

ps: visitors are welcome!

drumroll pleeeeaaase...

michael and i are moving.

TO SEATTLE!!

i die.
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so my brilliant/charming/amazing husband landed an internship with the pwc office in downtown seattle. the reason he was gone for a whole week (while i moped around back in provo, missing out on the adventure) was because he was busy interviewing with a bunch of different accounting firms. after much deliberation, we decided that pwc was the best fit for our little family and sealed the deal. we are so excited!

and to be completely selfish... I LOVE SEATTLE. why, you ask?

1. i was born there 

2. it rains allll the time 

3. hippies 

4. the ocean (so, so close) 

5. the mariners 

6. new hobby: kayaking 

7. puppy! (coming soon) 

8. cool names of places to live 

(issaquah, sammamish, snoqualmie) 

9. seafood. sigh. 

10. close(r) to baker :)

his internship starts in the middle of june, so we still have a few months, but only a few :)

ps: michael is pretty sad to leave utah :(