More piping!

It has occured to me that with all of the pictures of Camille piping you could be safe in assuming that I do absolutely nothing cool. It's true. I suppose we could put more pictures of me on my blackberry...or laptop...that's pretty cool stuff.

These are from the 2008 Scottish Festival last weekend. Camille was still pregnant and looking as cute as ever. This time I actually snuck a picture with her (it's the last one!).

Please make comments about this post. Blog comments have become very exciting for me and Camille.

the return of the pregnant bagpiper

Last Saturday I marched with my pipe band in the Eagle Mountain parade. (depending on the heat of the summer and the health of the baby this might have been the first and last parade for me this summer)
Matt took this great shot. I love it! Just a bit of a pregnant belly poking out :)

This weekend is the Scottish Festival at Thanksgiving Point. There is a concert and fireworks Friday night, then all day Saturday there are dance competitions, vendors, athletic competiions, clans, and of course bagpipe competions. Add some delicious haggis and it makes for a great day!

The band competions will begin on Saturday after the opening massed band ceremony which is at noon I believe. My band will be competing after 1:30 sometime. (We won't know the exact time until that day)
After my several year Sabbatical from piping I am excited to be playing and competing again.

Tickets for Friday night are $7 for adults. Saturday=$10 or I think you can buy both days for $16.

If any of you are looking for a great time come check it out :)

me and my belly

By request, some belly pictures:

me at 28 weeks











me in the backyard not looking pregnant








me in the backyard looking pregnant





We had our dr appt last thursday and everything is going well.
Things we learned: I don't have gestational diabetes (courtesy of the "delicious" orange soda glucose test)
-we need to choose a hospital
-we need to sign up for a prenatal class (which was nearly impossible
because of our schedule. We are now however signed up for one mid-August....hopefully the baby doesn't come early :)
-oh and we were reminded I need to get the Rhogam shot because of my negative blood type :(

a finished project

Yesterday I finally finished painting all the doors!

(I thought I had finished once before, but somehow missed two doors...............pregnancy=decreased memory or attention ???)

Pregnant Bagpiper

This is the most adorable picture of my pregnant bagpiping wife. I took this as she was getting ready for a show that she and her pipeband played on the Sunday before Memorial Day. Honestly, she looked so cute with her belly and a kilt that is really way too big for her.

Today she is in Manti playing at a funeral. I'm quite proud of her for being so dedicated to what she loves.

blogging

After fourteen attempts of Matt showing me how to blog I think I might have it. It's a miracle!
I really love reading other people blogs but for some reason I have been very reluctant to blog myself.
Maybe its because I hear my high school english teachers voice in my head saying something about knowing who your audience is when you write, and catering to them and with this blogging thing I don't really know who my audience is.....
or maybe it's because I like reading a lot more than writing or maybe I can't imagine anyone wanting to read about our lives.
Whatever the reason I am tossing them all to the wind and am going to keep more up to date with this blog.
I can hear the cheering now......that imaginary audience is thrilled!!



Just a few minutes away from our house is a marina/pier type thing.
We like it.

Florida continued.....

We loved our trip to FLorida so much, it's really hard not to include all the pictures we took. But alas I will spare you ALL the boring details and include just a few more before moving on to more current events in our lives--

These pics are from a couple of the airboat rides we took. Matt loved the first one so much we went in search of another :) We got to see plenty of birds and alligators oh and a cow..... We were a little too close to the alligators if you ask me