furniture glazing and taking a break...

nice working mask to protect baby thomas from the fumes!

can only stand so much georgia heat... in for a little computer break :) 35.5 weeks along!

barn raid!

fruits of our labor... one of the many perks to living in a barn... SALVAGE! most of these pieces were discovered in the neighboring barn... talk about treasures! pieces over 100 years old! these are the pieces in the process of being fixed up... i'll post the finished product displayed in our new home :)

used an old door and old banister posts to make a headboard... GORGEOUS!! i came up with the vision and my dad made it happen... he is one TAL-EN-TED fella :)

a neglected old coffee table that looks better than new... one of the many specialties of my dad's handy work... the pieces ALWAYS come out stronger than the original construction!

gadgets and gizmos of plenty...

my dad is the KING of gadgets... this little gadget here stretches his neck and spine... he did this religiously all throughout the day 15 mins at a time. hmmm... this need could be because i was working him so hard in our furniture sweat shop!

moving out and making furniture!

with dallin gone to boot camp we have LOTS of changes in the works... packing up and moving being one of them. in the mean time, my dad has come to babysit me while hubs is away, so we've been VERY busy making and fixing furniture! this is me at 35 weeks ps.

talk about serious georgia heat... the doctor suggested drinking more water... 2 liters a day, so to keep up with that i wore dallin's camel pack. then add long sleeves and pants to protect from the blasted MOSQUITOS!! seriously insane to be pregnant and doing all this... BUT the end results will be worth it right :)

35 weeks... cleaned up :)

ready...

her expression says it all...

rapping up the trip...

LOVE the colors of this! nothing says PUERTO RICO like bright colors :)

another mission family dallin and i got to visit (the Acosta family cousins!!)

these beautiful flowering trees were EVERYWHERE... here in yellow!

simply gorgeous! this time in red...

lovely city scape... on our drive to the airport...

gotta love the american flag and puerto flag lining the freeway... heading home.... and oh what a trip it was!

off roading through the hills of puerto rico!

it's gonna be a bumpy ride!!
we spent our last night with the Acosta family. dallin knew them from his mission to rochester, new york 1999 to 2001. they had a beautiful home in puerto rico on the west side of the island near cabo rojo. for a little island adventure, they took us off roading!

the lovely Brenda Acosta... she said i was the EASIEST most amazing 8 month pregnant girl she's ever seen! shoot, i'll take that as a HUGE compliment... dallin you're SO lucky :)

baby girl thomas enjoyed EVERY MINUTE of it!

night view as we were driving back...

bio bay!

went with a tour group to the bio-luminescence bay on the remote island next to puerto rico, vieques island... seriously, this should be one of THE wonders of the world! hard to explain, but in the vision of mister walt disney, it's like swimming in tinkerbell's fairy dust! (there are no photos of it as 1)it was a night swim and 2) it can't be captured on film! yes, THAT amazing!! you really won't believe it until you try it for yourself.)

our island flyer... about a 40 minute boat ride... and yes, they MADE the pregnant girl sit on the inside of the darn boat. talk about YUCK!
this photo may look like i'm being oh so pensive... NOPE... serious sea sick and the only bit of air on the inside of this little boat was to hang out the sea splashing windows. pregnant and motion sickness mixed with sticky humidity makes for an "experience"... admittedly though, i'd do it again in a second for the bio bay!!
we had an oh so YUMMY puerto rican feast... fried pork chops and plantains! delish!!

no joke... this was our transportation to the bio bay... we literally drove off the road and through the beaten path of the jungle! quite memorable really :)

drivin around old san juan...

sigh vacation time...

old san juan...

a little windy eh!

my husband the gum chewer :)

puerto rico!

since dallin has to leave me for 6 weeks to texas at the military boot camp officers training, he thought a nice hoorah trip was in order! and why not puerto rico!! and sure... 32 weeks pregnant no problem :)
historic forts of old san juan... my attempt to smuggle a cannonball home :)
old wall drawings made by a captured sea captain on the dungeon walls... waiting his execution!
dallin as my prisoner!
beaches outside our hotel... simple gorgeous!