Baby Names!

Ok, so you all know Travis wants to name this baby Travis Jr. & call him TJ, right? Well, the other day I made the comment that people keep asking me what we're going to name him. He said, "Ok, if you don't want to name him TJ, how about Sivart?" Yes, he actually said Sivart. When I asked him where the heck that came from he said, "It's Travis backwards." Yea...like I'm going to actually name my kid Sivart!! He told me, "That's my compromise." I quickly informed him that Sivart, is in NO WAY a compromise!
Then tonight on the way home from the Hyrum fireworks I mentioned that the baby must have liked them because he was kicking quite a bit. When I asked the kids what they thought we should name their brother, they both said, "Caleb." When I asked, "How about Sivart? How about TJ?" They both adamantly stated, "NO. Caleb." So, now Travis is outnumbered 3 to 1. I told the kids it's a good thing their dad doesn't hold veto power in our house! Travis tried to convince us that he does, unfortunately for him, we all know better than that! Aside from him not actually holding veto power, I'm the one that fills out all the paper work, so I have the last say anyway!!
So, I think this baby will be named Caleb Travis Bown. Now that the fireworks have started, Samantha asks me several times a day if it's time for the baby to be born yet because when we first told her she was going to have a brother or sister & she asked how long before he'd be here, we told her he wouldn't be here until after the fireworks. I don't think it's helped that I have bags packed & sitting by the door for the kids & I!
Happy 4th of July!

Look A Like Meter - Samantha

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I did this one three times. The first & third time it said Samantha looks more like me by 4%. I found another picture & this time she looks like both of us equally!

Look A Like Meter - Nash

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I did this one three times b/c the first time I did it it said that Nash looked more like me by 4%. The second & third times it said he looks more like me by 5%! Anyone that has seen Travis & Nash & I together knows that Nash totally looks like his dad! I was surprised by this one!

Baby Update

I went to the dr. today for my weekly check up. The good news is that the baby has turned (yay - no breech baby) & that I am dialated to a 1. Not much, I know, but after almost four weeks of contractions, I'll take what I can get. Dr. Fowers told me that IF I make it to 39 weeks he'll likely just start me b/c of how big my other babies were. I didn't argue that one!

Another weekend, another project!

Well, this past weekend we started trenching so Travis could put in 2 more secondary water bibs so I don't have to drag the hose all over the entire yard. Right now all we have is one tap out front. We've hooked 2 hoses together so I can water everything I've planted & it's a huge pain in the butt & takes about an hour to water every night. The kids spent Friday night at Trav's mom & dad's house so early Sat. we were out working hard.
Here are a few pix of what my yard looks like now - a virtual ankle breaker for both kids & myself!


This is where our only secondary water tap is - out front & right on the edge of the property.



Going across the entire backyard.




This is our little garden. I managed to get all my flowerbeds & the garden weed free before it got too hot in the day.


One of my flowerbeds.