Pretty Pictureless Post

This is me catching up on what all happened over our Christmas break. Sadly I forgot my camera, everywhere we went, hence why there are no pictures :( I guess that's what pregnancy brain will do to ya ;) Regardless...we had an amazing time getting away from Laramie for a while and spending time with family.

Our break started with a week in Laramie. I just hung around the house doing a few things here and there, and watching a TON of netflix. Daniel had work to attend to, but was so excited not to have anything school related. That weekend we left for North Dakota to spend a week with my family. Saturday we began our travels. On the way up we stopped in Gillette and got new tires put on the car, ate at Sandfords, and watched the Cowboys lose in the New Mexico Bowl. We stopped in Miles City, MT that night because our Anniversary was Sunday the 18th. Didn't do anything too fancy just relaxed and enjoyed our time together. We walked around the Wal-mart and I'm still convinced that it's the cleanest Wal-mart I have ever stepped foot in....it was pretty amazing! Sunday we headed out and made it to good old Ross, ND before the family got home from church.

The next week was filled with a lot of downtime as everyone still had to go to school and work, but the nights were fun when everyone got back home. We took a couple trips to Minot to do various activities, but for the most part enjoyed the long overdue visit. My sister and Mom were so very excited that my baby bump had decided to make a debut while we were visiting. We got the game Logo and had a blast  playing it, and would definitely recommend it to anyone. The week was filled with excellent food and a lot of catching up. Everyone made it up including Matt and his wife.

 It's tradition in our family to open presents on Christmas Eve and this year was no exception. Brindi's boyfriend, Ty, and brother spent Christmas with us since they couldn't spend it with their own family. We all made out like bandits this year. Our stockings this year were huge bags filled with fun things. Baby Sorensen even got spoiled and he isn't even here yet! Daniel got two really nice overcoats for work (now that he's a professional working man now). I was spoiled and got an awesome red kitchen aid! Sadly I haven't gotten to use it yet since school started back up and we just got moved into a new apartment, but we'll talk about that in a little while. These were our big gifts from mom an dad and we all exchanged gifts with everyone else. We set up Bk's new Wii and played that for awhile. Zak's Xbox Kinect was a hit and quite the workout too! It was a fun time.

Our fun-filled trip had to come to an end and Daniel had to get back to work. The trip back seemed a lot longer than the trip up because we went straight through, and I think we need to make it into a 2 day trip every time :) Another week or so of Netflix and other random crafts went by and then we headed to Lyman for Daniel's family New Years Eve party. They reserve the pool and get it all to themselves for a couple hours. It was a blast. Of course it is followed by some delicious food to snack on clear through to the new year. We played a lot of games. This year I was in bed by 10. By the time we had gotten done with all the swimming and playing I was plain tuckered out. Everyone else went and played games and Shawn's house and eventually lit off some fireworks.

So Daniel's internship has turned into a full time job that he absolutely LOVES! Toward the end of last semester his boss approached him with the opportunity to become an actuary for Mountain West Farm Bureau. They were very impressed with how quickly he completed the projects he was given and how efficient he is as well. He's still working at McDonalds part-time but will be done with that in a couple weeks so he can spend more time focusing on his last semester of college. That's right.....his last semester!! Woohoo! He is definitely ready to be done with school. He's says its really hard to focus on his schoolwork when he already has a job.

In other news....On December 27th, 2011 we found out that we're having a BOY! The ultrasound appointment was so great. The ultrasound tech explained everything to us since she had a CNA shadowing her. Little man was full of wiggles and moved throughout the entire appointment. It was kinda weird seeing and feeling him move at the same time. When it first started he did a somersault. We got a DVD of the last half of the appointment so I watch it quite regularly. He waves at us about halfway through when they are doing the 3D imaging. You can see his little fingers perfectly, and  they are just of so cute! Doctor says everything is still looking good and we have another appointment on Tuesday and I can't wait to hear his little heartbeat again. He kicks around all the time so I know he's doin alright. I don't have any other pregnancy symptoms for the most part so his movement is good reassurance that he's doing alright. Love him TONS!

We just moved into a new apartment a couple weeks ago since we were living in subsidized housing and Daniel is now making too much to stay there. We're all moved in but still organizing things. I'm loving teaching my primary class! They are all turning eight this year so it's an exciting time as they are preparing to get baptized. This semester hasn't been too demanding and I'm really enjoying the  classes. I'm taking genetics, ecology, and teacher as a practitioner. After this semester I'll only have a year left of school! Yay! Only bad part is that Baby Sorensen isn't going to have mom around as much as I'd like to be, but everything is going to work out just fine.

That's pretty much what the Sorensen Adventures are made up of right now, until next time :) ....

Nothing New

A bit of time has passed since I wrote my last post, and I don't think a whole lot has gone on. We went to Lyman for Thanksgiving and I forgot to take my camera, so we didn't get any pictures. While we were home we found out that Daniel's brother, Clint, and his wife are pregnant and due about the same time as we are. We're in the process of trying to get into a new apartment and are just waiting to hear from the landlord as to when we can move in.

I started using pinterest and it's quite a nifty little site. It's great for compiling all the little odds and ends that you find and may want to try someday when you get enough time. It's more of a wish list in that sense.

We had our second doctors appointment yesterday and we got to hear the baby's little heart pumping away. We get to find out whether we're having a boy or girl next month. I'm feeling pretty well, but my workout regiment is feeling a little neglected and I want to get back on top of it before too long. Doctor said everything is looking good, but really didn't have a whole lot to say or tell us. He asked a few questions, listened to the babies heart and was out of there in what seemed like about five minutes. He seemed in a bit of a hurry so we weren't very impressed with how the appointment went.

It the last day of classes and so the week has been filled with turning in projects and other various assignments before beginning to study for their finals. Daniel is still hoping to be able to graduate in either May or August. He needs to get a few final things cleared with his advisor and then we'll have a better idea of what this coming year is going to bring. I'm all registered for classes and turned in my Phase III application for the secondary education program. I should be student teaching next spring and I should know where that will be by the time May rolls around.

We're very excited to see what the future brings!
Life is great and we couldn't be more blessed.

Our Big News !

Our news has made Facebook and the family all knows, but now to make it Blog official......

(Drum roll please........)

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!!!!
Baby Sorensen will be joining our little family at the end of May.
Everyone is so very happy and we couldn't be happier to have a new addition. Mom McGinnis is so happy that she is already sending gifts our way lol. I'm not showing yet, but I'll be sure to get some belly pictures up.

In other news, the semester is quickly coming to a close and the holidays are rolling in. We're both doing really well in school and should both end up with another pretty good semester under our belts. Lyamn is on the menu for Thanksgiving with Daniel's family and then up to North Dakota for Christmas with my family. And some anniversary stuff in there somewhere.Once the holidays ate all over and done with its back to school we go.

Well, until we have some more news....

Update

Well Daniel ended up getting the awesome paid internship at Farm Bureau and is loving it! He's still busy with school and McDonalds so we get to see eachother when our schedule decide to cooperate :) He just recently got sick and I just told him it was because he's working too much. He didn't like that explanation at all. He's workin all the time and I love him very much. He provides for us very well and I lucked out in that depatment. He's one hard working man! (Not to mention my favorite <3)

Playing Catch Up....Once Again :)

I'm pretty sure it safe to say that I've failed the last few months, well 5 to be exact, at keeping up with this blog of mine. A ton has happened and I'm sure I'll forget something along the way.

Since my last post I think I've had my 22nd birthday. Daniel was such a sweetheart and bought me a wonderful sewing machine, and I am happy to say has been put to VERY good use since its arrival in our home. That story has to do with some other happenings in the last few months.

For spring break we went to Vegas with Daniel's family and had SO much fun. it was my first time ever being on the strip and oh what an experience that was! All the late nights and lights were very entertaining. We stayed in an amazing condo with the whole family. We went the "The Tournament of the Kings" show in the Excalibur. It was loads of fun! In the Excalibur they had this stand where you could go "pearl fishing." This consisted of choosing an oyster, tapping on the shell three times to "welcome it" to the world (per Hawaiian customs), and opening it to find our treasure. I really wanted to try it so Daniel decided that this adventure could be my early Easter present. We made out like bandits! The first pearl that I got was rather large according to the man running the stand, and also a very pretty pink. We bought a necklace setting to put it in and the guy threw in two more pearls. The next two were smaller but both equally beautiful in color. We did a LOT of walking around to get our sight seeing done. We weren't going to try to attempt driving in all that chaos, so we took the condo shuttle to get to the strip. Daniel, his sister Korrine, and I rode the roller coaster at New York New York that was a thrill all on its own. Eventually we made the journey down to Fremont street to see the crowds and the LED ceiling show. (I have no idea what else to call it, lol) There was also this amazing spray paint artist that was amazingly talented. We went to the Coke and M&M stores. We tried the Coke products from around the world. Some were good and others were completely disgusting!We visited the Hoover Dam and took a train ride with the nephews. The weather was warm and definitely a nice break from the snow storm we left in Laramie that week!

Making it through the rest of the semester seemed to take forever, but it happened all the same. I managed to pull out another 4.0 semester GPA and was very excited by that fact. I also graduated Institute which was an awesome surprise at the end of the school year. I had no idea I was close to finishing it up! We had to make the hard decision of paying rent at two apartments because we got accepted into the Rainbow Vista Apartments. The new apartment would have two rooms, a better environment and pretty much everything nicer than our lovely Harney St Apartment. Not to mention that it's subsidized. We had to take it right then or it wouldn't have been ours. It really wasn't much of a decision, but more of an issue of having to finish out our lease on Harney St while paying for our new place. Paying for two places sucks. Money was a little tight, but we made it and couldn't be happier! Now if we could just get our old landlords to send our security deposit back.....things would be great. We've got our new apartment all decorated and plan on being here until we can get finished up with our college degrees!

This summer seemed pretty long because Daniel and I spent a lot of time apart since he was working and going to school in Laramie, while I was getting all the shifts I could get over in Pinedale and Big Piney. Lots of traveling made for long days. We did get to do a few fun things this summer whenever we could our schedules to mesh nicely. We went fishing quite a bit with Rustie and Rowdy, went down to the Ft. Collins drive in movie a couple of times (we highly recommend it), hung out at the Carnival for Jubilee days, and even made a trip down to Denver Six Flags Elitch Gardens with Kolton, Amanda, and Tylie. The Sorensens ( Clint, Becca, Shawn, Daniel and I) ran the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay and pushed ourselves to some new limits. Needless to say we were all in pain after everything was said and done, but it was well worth it. Hopefully we can do it again next year. Somewhere in here was some adventures involving Cheyenne Frontier Days. I got to go over and work the Kevin Costner (yes the actor) and Darius Rucker concerts. They both put on pretty great performances. Hopefully I can work more of them next year!

Speaking of races I ran the Oyster Shooter down in Denver with two amazing ladies this last weekend! Angie Taff and Olivia Petersen are studs! They could probably kick my trash any day. Their in great shape. The race took place in about a 5 mile radius of our starting point at the Denver aquarium. It was an Amazing Race type of course. We had to go around and complete different tasks before moving onto the next obstacle. The only downside was how stinking hot it was....93 degrees to be exact! Talk about dehydration by the time we got done even with all the water we downed throughout the ordeal.

Matt, my brother, and his wife Jessie got sealed to their sweet little son Dean Matthew Aug 13th. It was a great day to spend at the Idaho Falls temple surrounded by family and friends. Little Dean is the first grand baby on the McGinnis side of the family and he joined us July 19, 2011. He was 4 lbs and 17.5 inches long. Very exciting!  Now the family is looking at Daniel and I thinking, "OK it's your guys turn now." Silly family :) In all honesty, after holding that precious little one, you can only want one of your own. We'll see what life brings our way.

This is where my sewing machine story comes in. I took up making jean quilts. I started small with a couple baby blankets. One for my Dean and another for our friends Rustie and Rowdy's baby Janaina Sage. They turned out really good and I'll upgrade sometime soon to trying to make something a little bigger. Deans blanket was made out of his Grandpa McGinnis' wranglers and Sage's was made out of her dad's Carhartt jeans. So it added a little sentimental value to each blanket that was made with love :)

School has started and things are running pretty smoothly for both Daniel and I. We'll see what fun this semester brings!! We're both working as Computer lab assistants. Daniel is still working at McDonalds and is waiting to hear about a possible internship and Farm Bureau. I just called as the CTR 5 teacher in primary and this next Sunday will be the first Sunday I teach. It will be a great new adventure and hopefully the kids like me.

The plan is to keep everything up to date much better then I have been. So bring on the semester!

Swimming Sorensen's

It's been a little while since my last post and not a whole lot has gone on, or maybe a lot has gone on and I just can't remember! The semester is progressing well and we've both made it to mid terms in pretty good shape. Daniel has gotten another promotion at work and he still loves his job. The only downside is that we don't  get to see a lot of each other at home.
 We've continued to make it to the temple monthly and are so very very happy for that! It's been a wonderful experience to share.
Daniel and I have both gotten new callings; I, as the primary chorister, and Daniel, as the first counselor in the Sunday School Presidency. That is keeping us pretty busy as well!
I entitled this entry Swimming Sorensens' for a reason, I promise! We were up in Gillette, WY two weekends ago for Boys 3A state swimming. Nic and Chris both swam really well. In fact, Lyman as a whole swam very well. They took 3rd overall in 3A. It was a great weekend that we got to spend with Daniel's family, sadly it is Nic's senior year, so we only get to go watch Chris swim for the next three years. At that point he'll be concluding the Sorensen swimming legacy until the nieces and nephews are old enough to start it up again. We are expecting some really great things out of Chris he placed top 12 in all his events and he's only a freshman!! That's pretty impressive. Needless to say, a few months ago we were in Gillette for Girls 3A State swimming and Daniel's little sister Korrine was a state champ for the third year in a row! She did absolutely amazing and it too is her senior year. We'll miss watching you two swim!
Valentine's Day this year was an odd one because Daniel had to work, so it kind of turned into Valentine's Week because it wasn't until the weekend that we got to go to dinner like we wanted. It was fun and my hubby got me a beautiful heart necklace. Love it!
This last weekend we went to the Brown and Gold Ball sponsered by LDSSA, and had a blast. Dinner was pretty good and we enjoyed a little bit of time on the dance floor. Daniel likes to think he doesn't dance, but i proved him wrong. Sadly we had to cut the night short so that he could get home a finish a take home math test. It was fun while it lasted.
There you have it, in a nutshell.....the Sorensen Adventures :)

Christmas Break and New Semester



Sorensen Christmas Tree











White Christmas at the Sorensen's

Finally found some time to get the blog updated!! Yay for me! Well Christmas was definitely an experience for me. This year we spent Christmas with Daniel's family in Lyman. Let's just start out by saying that his family does things way differently than I ever did on Christmas. They spend ALL DAY opening presents. Everyone opens one gift and plays with it until you've lost interest or you complete it. We had lots of Legos to put together and movies to watch. :) It was a blast! Daniel did extra well with my gifts this year. He got me a keyboard, so now I can practice piano at home. I was very very excited that I was lucky enough to get it.







Before Christmas rolled around we were fortunate enough to go through the temple and get sealed on our anniversary! Forever and Always has never meant so much. I sure am one lucky girl. With the anniversary came us taking the top of our cake out of the freezer and enjoying it all over again. It was SO delicious, even if it was a year later. Daniel's brother Nic had a pieced and commented that he forgot how good our cake was. In all of the chaos we were also able to get some actual wedding pictures taken (a year after the fact). Due to some unfortunate events almost all of our wedding pictures were lost by our fabulous photographer last year. So now we have temple pictures :) We've made a goal of getting down to the Denver Temple once a month and so far so good.  One month down and the rest of the year to go!



We're almost through the second week of the spring semester and it's looking like Daniel and I will both have good ones. Daniel is taking a few math classes and getting some of his financing classes taken care of. As of right now he's on track to graduate next May.



Last week I started training for the RAGNAR relay race down in Utah. Lots of running, swimming and Zumba for me! It's great getting back into shape and being able to enjoy the workouts too. Zumba is the greatest and I would recommend it to anyone who wants a fun entertaining workout that really works you out. You can't beat having fun while working out. If you want to look at what exactly the race is check out the site:  www.ragnarrelay.com/race/wasatchback 



Well this has been a pretty random and unorganized blog, but hopefully you were able to follow. Well, until next time....



That's my goofy husband and I love him so so much!!!

One year together...the start of something wonderful!!!