NEW ARRIVAL!!!

Gage Averett Spieth

Born December 1, 2009

3:29 p.m.

7 lbs. 12 oz. 19 3/4 inches

He is doing great and we are all enjoying having him here. Sorry I haven't got to posting sooner, and I'm probably going to be a little slow at posting for a bit, so be patient with me!!

Tired?

So this will probably be short and quick, but I told myself I had to be better about posting on the blog. I've been really busy and yet I feel like there really isn't anything for me to post. Mostly I've been working on the normal things, laundry, cleaning, playing, church, and preschool. I've got sacks of things to take to DI sitting here nagging at me to get rid of them, but I just haven't done it yet. I also have a few piles of boy baby clothes that I've received from people that I have to get washed and put away that have been starring at me for DAYS!! Now I have a stack of diapers, thanks to Lynette (you're awesome) who gave me a "diaper shower," that the girls keep playing on and with that I need to get put away upstairs!!! Plenty to do, just too little energy! Mat has had meetings all week, which is pretty normal, but he had a couple more than usual and an Elders quorum activity today too, so we really haven't seen much of him. I've been pretty hormonal lately in a pissy kind of way so I could totally vent and go off about different church service issues, but I won't!!! Needless to say, sometimes people you interact with can be annoying sometimes, but who isn't annoying sometimes right. Well time for lunch and the girls are letting me know it!

Sea World!!!!

So last weekend we took a trip to Sea World. It was something Mat and I had been talking about and so we finally just did it. Mat was able to get discounted tickets through work and with the extra money he made off of going to Alaska for work for a month it wasn't a big stretch!! The girls were so excited to go, and the 5 hour drive really wasn't too bad. Mat got a good deal on our 5 star hotel right on Mission Bay beach, the Hyatt Regency, off of priceline -- except we had to pay $20 just to park our own vehicle in their parking lot, but it was nice! We drove early Friday morning went straight to Sea World and spent the day. Then Saturday we went to the beach, which we have video of that, but I was unsuccessful in getting any pictures, which I was bummed since it was the girls first time at the beach. We ended up getting wet, my fault which Mat will be the first to relate that story to you, so we had to change before we went to Sea World that day. We then went and ate breakfast, which FYI we fed our whole family at Denny's for breakfast what it would have cost us to get 1 serving of pancakes from hotel room service!! So after that we headed back to Sea World spent most of the day and left for Vegas around 3:30. The drive home was pretty good the girls slept most of the time and we got home at a decent hour!! It was such a fun experience and the girls have still been talking about it and when we are going back. Anyway, here are some pictures of our trip, they are in reverse order from the end of our trip to the beginning!! Hope you have fun looking at them.

Sea World Trip!

The "sword" souviners. We tried to have them get necklaces, but that was out of the question!















The Rides and meeting new friends.




























Dalia was so excited to go on the rides she even went on the Atlantis with her dad, but only once after that she didn't want to try it again.

We got to see Chris on of the Budweiser horses too!

The Penguins during the big feeding time.

We also went to the Sesame Street 4D Imagination movie. We got to wear the cool glasses, and Dalia kept trying to touch everything. It sprayed, rained, and blew wind on us for real inside the theatre, which the girls loved.

This was the Sea Lions Live Show, which was hilarious and the girls LOVED it!!! They even danced for us, doing some hip-hop.

Before the Sea Lion show started "Biff" the stage crew guy picked Dalia to come help. He tried to get her to let him heft her over the side into the pool. She of course was shaking her head no and then looked back at us to see if it was something she could do -- it was really cute. And sorry I just accidently deleted that picture and I'm not going to take the time and trouble to reload it!

Buluga Whale











Polar Bear

Manitee

This was part of the "Pets Rule" show, where the dogs, cats, and pigs did tricks and things. Of course afterward Mataya was in heaven getting to meet one of the pigs!!

OF COURSE, the Shamu Show, the girls loved watching all of the tricks and jumps it was great watching their faces.

I don't know if you can see Mataya's face, but she was in awe!

Getting to touch and pick up the sea stars as long as we kept them under water.

Sea Turtle

We had Mataya on the leash sometimes, but she is determined to go somewhere.

Sea Lion during feeding time.

The girls watching the Sea Lions during the feeding time.

Shark Reef -- they were a little scared.

Dad and the girls walking into the Shark Reef, it was actually really dark and they were a little nervous and were infatic that they were not going to touch any sharks!

Sting Ray's head peaking out of the water.

Dalia trying to touch and feed the Sting Rays, she was feeding a little one and got upset when one of the bigger ones stole the food.

Mataya was not to keen on the idea of touching the Sting Rays, she really didn't like the slimey feel since she has issues with her hands feeling dirty.

Watching the dolphins -- when their new show opens it will be awesome.

This was one of the first things we saw, the killer whales at the underwater observation area! and the girls just stared!

Here are the girls arriving at Sea World, they weren't excited or anything!!

Nesting Anyone?

Okay so I've been "nesting" for like the last month, which is good since I'm getting things done and yet it makes me feel like I should be closer to my due date!!! Plus the annoying thing is nesting happens when you are not easily mobile and are getting no sleep -- come on it is twice the work bending over, lifting, sometimes just walking around depending on the position of your little nester. I do have to say that I've spring cleaned my mom's house for her and also went through all of my girls baby clothes, plus more so the sense of accomplishment is high!!!!

Slacker!!!

Yes, I am a slacker when it comes to updating my blog!!! I've been busy yes, plus I haven't been taking very many pictures lately. Life is only going to get more complicated so I just sat down and decided I needed to post something. This last Monday the girls had their last day of gymnastics -- which they have loved their classes and teacher, it has been so much fun to watch them! We will probably do a dance class in January after the "new baby" onslaught. The last few months have been filled with canning with my mom -- canning is something that is amazing how much satisfaction and feeling of accomplishment it gives you when you are done!!! Also, this past month, well 3 weeks, Mat was sent to Nome Alaska for work -- not fun!! It was a good experience for him even though it wasn't fun having him gone for so long. So to help the time fly the girls and I headed to Alamo for 2 weeks!!!!! We canned, played, and I helped my mom do some "spring cleaning" in the fall!!! Also we helped Grandpa move dirt, or rather the girls played in all of the dirt piles that were delivered!! The weather was great, and it did help time go by to stay busy, but have the plus of not being in Vegas!! Now of course we are all back here in Vegas trying to get back into the groove of things -- so I feel really behind in everything I need to get done. I'm trying to get as much Christmas done now, since after Thanksgiving I'll be busy adjusting to our new addition. Also, I have all of these nagging projects that seem to be haunting me to get them done, all while just trying to do the daily stuff. Things are always going and we are busy but life is good and we are excited for the upcoming holidays. Hopefully I won't be slacking off as badly with my blog and pictures and the such!!