We’re having some rainy, gray
weather right now—very uncharacteristic of Utah. But just in time for track
season (right, Mom?). It’s keeping me inside and giving me an opportunity to
finally update this blog. It’s been awhile!
First things first, we found out
that we’re having a baby BOY! We’re very excited to meet our little guy in
about 3 months (and nervous about all of the things we need to do between now
and then). Everything is going smoothly with the pregnancy. He’s very active
and seems to be moving almost constantly! Our nursery is slowly accumulating
things. We purchased some used furniture—a crib, rocking chair, and
dresser/changing table. I’m hoping to start decorating soon and will share some
pictures then.
Ultrasound at 19 weeks
We are excited to have three
other couples from our small group Bible study who are also expecting—due in
May, July, and September! Since we’ll all be first time parents, it’s been
great to navigate pregnancy and planning for baby with these friends.
In late February, we were able to
spend some time with high school & college friends. Brian Odegaard, our
teammate from Calvin Cross Country, was in town for a Neuroscience Conference.
We spent an evening in downtown Salt Lake City with him. Jeff & Lindsey Lombardo,
Todd’s high school friends, were also in Utah for the weekend. Todd, Jeff,
& Lindsey competed in the US National Snowshoe Championships at Powder
Mountain Ski Resort. They did a 10 kilometer race in snowshoes at 9,000 feet!
Beautiful day at 9,000 feet
Todd & Jeff at the start
Todd, Jeff, and Lindsey
Just a few weeks ago, we traveled
to the Big Island of Hawaii for a babymoon!! We are so grateful we were able to
take some time to enjoy being the “two of us” before we become the “three of
us”. The Big Island is beautiful! Before getting there, I had no idea how much
variety in landscape I’d see there. The island has 11 of the world’s 13 climate
zones. Since we drove across the island several times, we were able to see many
of these different areas—coastal, desert, rainforest, alpine, etc. We spent
most mornings relaxing at the ocean or pool, and went on hikes or rented gear
for water sports in the afternoons.
Pololu Valley
Rainbow Falls
Baby Bump at 24 weeks
Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens
'Akaka Falls
Waipio Valley
Glow of the lava at the Halema'uma'u Crater
When we returned from Hawaii, we
got to spend several days with Grant and Allison. They were in Salt Lake City
to ski for a few days with friends, and stayed a few extra days to hang out
with us. Unfortunately we were busy with work and track during their stay, but
we gave them a tour of the athletics facilities at the University of Utah and
of Olympus High School. They had the privilege of seeing Olympus Track &
Field in action at the Utah Valley University Invitational as well (for 11
hours, yikes!J).
As always, it was great to spend time with family in Utah!
Olympus Track & Field has had
some great success already! We place 7th out of 38 teams at our
first big invitational and 4th out of 23 teams at our invitational
last weekend. We’ve had many state qualifying marks already—in the girls shot
put, discus, 3200m, 1600m, & 800m and in the boys 200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m,
and long jump. We’re hopeful that we could win region on either the boys or
girls side this year!
