Wedding in Phoenix

I got to take a nice little getaway to SUNNY WARM Phoenix a few weekends ago.  It was SOOOO nice to get away and not go to work!  Colette is a good friend and roommate of 2 years up at BYU-Idaho.  She found her prince charming and they tied the knot!  I was one of her bridesmaids.  Here are just a few quick snapshots I took at her beautiful backyard reception.

Her "cupCAKE" wedding cake was BEAUTIFUL.  What a sight! 

Oh I also got to stay with my good friend Jen and her cute little family after the wedding for  a few days.  Her CUTIE of a little boy was such a doll and made sure to entertain me while I was at his place.  Jen and her hubby were so sweet to take care of me and drive me around town.  I am SO wishing I was back there now...so nice and warm!  It is FREEZING here today and raining!!!!

Baby Knight due Sept. 29

Here's our little 1 cm long peanut!  We went to the Dr. for the first time on Monday and got to see this little blob inside of me with a little heart racing a mile a minute!  It was so much fun to see!  At least it was for me.....Pete got a little queasy/motion sick from watching the ultra sound screen and had to leave the room as soon as he saw the little heartbeat! Haha my poor hubby doesn't know what's in store for him - it's only week 9!

Ice/Snow Storm

Ok so this is old news but I just downloaded these pics from my camera and had to post them!  We had a bad storm roll through here (not surprising, seeing as we have had every kind of crazy thing happen since we've moved out here!) and it seemed to get worse and worse each day!  The poor dogs got sooo cold but they dealt with it.  Fiona refused to even touch the snow at first but after holding if for a day she figured it had to be done!

We took the dogs out one night and saw that the ice had competely covered this tree!  It was so pretty!

Then it just kept getting snowing and freezing over and snowing and freezing over......

And the trees couldn't take it anymore!  This one had the strength to just bend over due to the weight of the ice but many older bigger trees just broke left and right!

The whole thing lasted about a week.....that's one week too long for me!  I'm ready for some CA sunshine!!!

Announcement!

Mark your October calendars for Baby Knight's arrival! 

He didn't believe me or the test!  I had to take another a few days later to "prove" I was really pregnant.

Now he believes me and fully supports me!  We are SO excited!

Family Pic...Finally!

So it's official...the Garrard's finally have a recent family picture....last one taken was 11 years ago!!!!  I took this of us while we were in California for Thanksgiving!  

Happy Birthday Pete!

Pete celebrated his 27th birthday on Dec. 28th!  We got him a chocolate ice cream cake from Coldstone.....YUM! 

They wanted some birthday cake soooooo bad.... 

Merry Christmas!

We did most of our Christmas "celebrating" on Christmas Eve this year because Pete's parents invited around 30 missionaries over for breakfast on Christmas Day!  We wanted to have our family time before all of the chaos so we did gifts and stockings the night before.

Yummy Christmas dinner!  Pete and I are sporting some of our Christmas gifts (sweaters!).