Jr. Hunt Test

Soldier passed the last 2 points of his Junior Hunt test and is officially a Junior Hunter now. We are going to try and stud him out and see if we can recover all the money spent on dog food for him.

6 Months Along!

The Excalibur Hotel and Casino paid for the dress Sunny is wearing in this picture. You'd never know she was pregnant if you watched her walk away, but the side view is now a little harder to disguise.

More Pregnant Pictures!

So to appease the angry crowd asking for more pregnant pics of Sunny, here goes...

My brother got married to a great girl a little while back. These pics are from his wedding at the Mesa, AZ Temple.


Don't I have the cutest wife and sisters!

In this picture, I'm actually showing "blue steel" and David is showing "Le tigre."

Cruisin' the West Caribbean

Sunny & I spent our 3rd year anniversary, and our last vacation before the baby arrives, in the Western Caribbean. We flew into Fort Lauderdale and had a day to spend in Florida.

We rented a car and drove to the Everglades (Alligator Swamps), and took a fanboat tour. The boat hovers over all the swamp grass. It was really neat.

We spotted an alligator. Definitely feels different that seeing one in the zoo!

After the tour, we went to the "Alligator petting zoo." Sunny wanted to sneak it out in her purse and put it in our bathtub at home but we didn't think that the renters would appreciate it, and quite frankly, her purse wasn't big enough. (We tried!)

We learned the difference between Crocodiles and Alligators. Crocodiles are Man-Eaters, have pointy snouts, and you can see their teeth on the outside. Alligators don't like how salty humans taste, have rounded snouts, and you can't see their teeth when they close their mouths. See if you can tell which is which in the two pics below!

Cruisin' the West Caribbean

We cruised with Royal Caribbean. We heard good things about them, and they didn't disappoint. They had restaurants that were open 24-hours/day, non-stop fun things to do, and we met some really nice people.

One of my personal favorites was the surfing on the boat. Water rushes at you and you can just surf the artificial wave. Dude...

Sunny had a little too much to eat on the beach this day at our first stop in Labadee, Haiti. Or the baby is getting bigger.. one of the two.

Our 2nd stop was Ochos Rios, Jamaica where we got to ride horses in the ocean. It was amazing. They galloped so fast you really have to hold on.

Cruisin The West Caribbean

We didn't get any pics, but we went out into the water so deep that only the horses heads and necks were out of the water!

On our 3rd day in Grand Cayman, we went to stingray city and did a snorkeling trip. It was a little creepy at first because close to 50 stingrays would just swim past your legs under water and brush by you. Their stingers were like 2 feet longs too.

On our 4th day, we went to Dolphinaris in Cozumel, Mexico. That was AMAZING! We got to swim with them and interact with them. I never realized how large they are until we were in the water with them.

Cruisin' the West Caribbean

This was the coolest. You go out into the middle of the water and make a certain hand signal. The dolphin comes swimming at you full force, rolls over onto it's belly, and you grab hold of the dorsal fins. Then you just hang on for dear life! That was sooo cool.

You can see that the Dolphin cove is fed and backs right up to the ocean itself. If I wasn't so invested in Physical Therapy school, I'd drop it in a heartbeat to be a dolphin trainer. How cool would that be...

We went to a National Park in Cozumel and saw some amazing Iguanas.

Thanks for sticking it out to the end of our cruise!

New Baby Girl!

In case you haven't received our Christmas card yet, the good word is WE ARE HAVING A BABY GIRL! She is expected to arrive on May 10th. We are so excited!

My older sister Monique is also expecting one day prior to Sunny. Here they are barely showing at 13 weeks

Here they are at 15 weeks.

When Sunny and I went in for the official ultrasound (meaning Sunny had already ultrasounded herself several times off record), We asked the baby a simple question, "How's everything going in there." Here's the picture of the ultrasound right after the question was posed.

Here is an ultrasound of the baby's nose and mouth. We think she may be wearing a black zoro mask over her head and eyes which is why that part didn't come into focus. Sunny also thinks that the baby has my nose... you'll have to decide for yourselves.

You can see the two bones of her forearm. Those bones have never looked so cute before.

Here is an ultrasound of her foot. If I was a betting man, I would say she has Sunny's feet.

Here is an ultrasound of her spine. It is amazing that everything is so developed so early on in miniature form.

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The Grand Canyon at Sunrise

Our friends from the valley invited us to join them in hiking the grand canyon from North to South Rim (24.1 miles). It was quite the adventure.
Sunny and I standing at the South rim waiting for the 5 hour shuttle to the North Rim. Sunny wanted to ensure that no UV rays entered her eyes and so she bought the largest pair of sunglasses she could find. You can never be too safe!

Looking over the edge at the daunting task ahead of us!

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Getting ready to start our journey from the North Kaibab Trailhead at 5:45AM. Sunny and I exchanging a final kiss in case one of us fell off the canyon.

The sunrise coming up over the mountain.



Check out the layers of rock in the cliff walls

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A Grand View!

The cliffs of despair....

Crossing the Colorado river which means "Color Red"

Sunny navigates a stream to keep the hiking boots from getting wet.