Asael's Graduation!

Our exciting news recently has been Asael's Graduation!  He graduated with an Athletic Training degree in the department of Life Sciences on April 25th.  Asael's family came to the Commencement on April 24th where President Uchtdorf and Elder Cardon spoke to the graduates.  We then went to a family party for Asael and his cousin, who was graduating as well.

That next morning, Asael accepted his diploma to make him an official graduate of Brigham Young University.  My family came to support Asael that morning, and then threw him a party that next day.

We couldn't be more appreciative of the support that our families gave to Asael that weekend!

The next Monday, Asael and I decided to go on one last trip before the baby came.  So we drove to St. George and on our way we visited Cove Fort, Bryce Canyon and Zions National Park.  They were beautiful!

We spent 3 days in St. George visiting the Temple, Brigham's House, the Tabernacle, and Jacob Hamblin's Home.  We also went to a few plays, as well as got a pedicure together!  I wish I would have taken a picture of Asael getting a pedicure, but I think he would disown me.  Asael's goal for the whole trip was to make me comfortable, so he made it a point to get a pedicure for me.  So, I convinced him to get one also.  If you don't know Asael by now, he has an extremely huge heart for his wife and will do anything to make her happy.  The question now is, will he ever get a pedicure again?  ABSOLUTELY NOT!:)

(We went to a play, and 5 minutes before it started, we were the only ones there!  No this is not a chapel:))

The last night before we left, Asael received an e-mail telling him that he passed the Athletic Training Boards!!!  So he is officially a CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER!!!

With that being said, we are applying for jobs throughout the US hoping to find an Athletic Training job, or a job working with a Physical Therapist, in that that is Asael's final goal.  The reason why he wants to become a Physical Therapist is because of the hours that Athletic Trainers have to commit to.  Physical Therapists have more set hours, so he would like to be home more with his family then a typical Athletic Trainer can.

So we will keep you posted where we get a job!

We love you all!

Asael, Emillie, and Qruckess (5 more weeks!!!)

BABY BOY!!!

We wanted to share with everyone the story of how we found out that we were having a boy.  We apologize first of all that you haven't heard from us for awhile!!
Asael and I wanted to find out a special way, so we decided to keep it a surprise.  After the ultrasound, and after the doctor put the picture/answer in an envelope, we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.  We asked the waitress to take the envelope with the answer and if it was a boy, we asked her to bring us STEAK.  If it was a girl, we would then have her bring us CHICKEN.  As you could imagine, she was so excited!  As were we!
Every waiter that passed by us, our hearts stopped.

                                  

                                (GIRL)                                                                                                                   (BOY)

We then saw about 10-15 waiters come walking near our table.  We didn't not think anything of it because there was a birthday boy on the table next to us, so we thought they were going to sing to him.  I said to Asael, "oh how cute, they are going to sing to that boy."  

Then all of a sudden, half of them sat down at our table, and our waitress was in the middle of all of them with our STEAK meals!!!

I was completely shocked!!!  

They all started cheering for us!  It was so fun!  Asael and I looked at eachother with complete surprise!  I was determined that we were having a girl first.  "Boy" was I wrong!  

I'll have you know before the meal, Asael turned to me and said, "what if I want a steak meal regardless of what we are having?"  His wish came true!:)

I can't tell you how excited we are for this little boy!!!  The only regret I had from the evening is that we didn't take a picture of the meal and Asael and I.  I honestly don't even remember eating the meal, I was so excited!!!

We love you all!