Baby Belly - 20 weeks

Ben and I finally decided to take a belly shot. This is at 20 weeks. The baby is approximately the size a large mango!! My pants are finally getting tighter and some I can't even button anymore. I went through my clothes this past weekend and boxed up more than half of my clothes; since I won't be able to wear most of it for a while. It was depressing, but atleast know we have lots of room in the closet.

I'M STARTING

So finally I decided that I should start a blog of the newly married couple! Wow, I can't believe that we've been married for 6 months already tomorrow. It sure has been fun. Ben and I still are in Utah. Ben just completed his thesis and will be graduating next week with a Master's from BYU!! Unfortunately, I will be once again starting up school in a few weeks. This will be my finally year! I'm excited. I can't wait to be done with school...forever.

One more thing. I'm pregnant and due in December. We get to find out what the baby is the 18th of this month. Ben is so excited. He just gets to excited when he thinks about being a dad. He's going to be great! Now me as a mom. I might need to work on a few things!! :-) Hey, atleast we'll have some fun!

Nauvoo

This was the first time Ben had ever been to Nauvoo. It was fun to go back for me and revisit all the little homes and shops. Most of the family even got to do a session in the Nauvoo Temple. It is a beautiful place and the history just makes it even more beautiful and amazing.

Here we were outside Carthage Jail. You can't see it in the picture, but the 2nd story window is the window that Joseph Smith jumped out of trying to save his life. It always is a great experience visiting this place.

Guess who won? Ben totally kicked David's butt! :-) I was proud!

Ben's favorite shop...The Browning Gunsmith Store. He never knew that Browning was LDS.

Ben totally won the little horseshoe that the blacksmith makes for each group. I have always wanted that horseshoe!! Unfortunately, there was a 2 year old in the group and Ben just had to give it to him!

Thanks mom and dad for a fun reunion!

Ozark Adventures

Here are just a few pictures of our Knecht Family Reunion. We all had a fun time doing about everything possible you can do outdoors.

I just thought this was a super cute picture. Little Luke sure knows how to cheese it up for pictures. We were on our way to the hay-ride and cook-out.

After an intense game of tug-of-war, I decided I was on the wrong team! I lost against my sisters how embarrassing. ;-)

Ben tried to wind surf. He finally got the hang of things after a couple of hours. He definetely doesn't give up easy. The life-guard actually had to come tow him to the opposite side of the lake because he kept drifting towards the dam while trying to get going on the surfboard. I was ina a kayak next to him, giving moral support! :-)

The Arch

K, this thing is huge. We had to be like a half-mile away just to fit the whole thing into a picture. Ben and I got to pass through St. Louis on our way to Ozarks and Nauvoo. It definitely isn't a very pretty town, but we got to see it's few highlights.

Outdoor Adventure!

Ben finished his thesis so we finally went camping! It was really fun, but for some reason I was scared a bear was going to eat me the whole time. :-) We got up there late on Friday, set up camp right before it starting pouring rain for the next 3 hours. Our tent wasn't quite water-proof so we ended with a lot of puddles under us. Not the best sleeping conditions!

The next day was beautiful so we got to hike all day. We tried to hike up Bald Mountain, but it still had a snow pack on it so we couldn't go all the way up. We adventured out and found another "trail". We reached the top and got a great view.

The next camping trip we will remember matches and bring more than PB&J and Beef Jerky!

Lino's Wedding

Ben and I took a trip to California for Lino's wedding. I was a great experience for Ben, since he has been good friends with Lino since before he was baptized a few years back. Ben's family even got to come down for it. It was a quick weekend trip but we found time to make it to the Chinese Theatre with all the stars, and the beach.

We decided to get all dressed up to go walk around downtown Los Angeles! Actually, we went here right after the temple cause we had to see some sights. It's a busy street, with lots of interesting people! :-)

On Sunday we decided to take a quick trip to the beach before we headed back to Provo. It was so relaxing and beautiful. I wish we could have stayed longer.

Unfortunately we weren't wearing our bathing suit. We couldn't help but jump in though! I thought I was going to die a few times in the waves. They totally just pull you under. The ride back to Utah wasn't the most comfortable