Monday, December 29, 2008

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!

Our ultrasound confirmed it at 11:00 this morning! We going to have a daughter, due May 17th, 2009! We couldn't be happier!!

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Just a little update!

Well, I didn't really get any pictures of our Christmas this year, hence the wordy post.. but it really was a wonderful and adventurous Christmas! It's freezing here (well below freezing usually, ha!) and we woke up pretty early, so Jack went to turn on the space heaters to make the living room nice and toasty before we opened gifts. Much to our surprise, our power was out from the blizzard! We decided to get up, bundle up, and open up the gifts.. then call Jack's parents to make sure they had power. Luckily they did and after our "good attempt" to get the Honda up the road, our neighbors helped us push it back to the driveway and Jack's dad came to the rescue! He picked us up in the Durango and we spent the rest of the day at their house. It was so much fun and Jack's mom prepared so much good food, we had to take a little nap after we ate! We got all kinds of goodies, including some new Paula Deen pots and pans and 800-count Egyptian cotton sheets! We love them! We are so grateful for all we received this Christmas and even more, for the blessing of having family so close by! At the end of the night, Bob drove us home to find our power back on and our house nice and warm! It was a great end to a great day! It has been such a wonderful year for us! Time has flown this year, but we hope y'all all know how much we love appreciate you! We hope everyone has a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2 MORE DAYS TILL OUR 20-WEEK ULTRASOUND!

Thursday, December 25, 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I know it's a little late, but I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Christmas! Ours was so much fun, but we certainly miss everyone far away! Enjoy the rest of 2008, we love you all!

Monday, December 22, 2008

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!

SANTA CAME EARLY THIS YEAR! When Jack and I arrived home tonight there was a big box on the door step! I was so excited to see a brand new set of red pots and pans from my Mom! I absolutely LOVE cooking and this was my biggest gift on my wish list this year and I just started crying when I saw the box, I told Mom I couldn't wait till Christmas to open it! We are going to have such a delicious Christmas dinner!! And they match my kitchen perfectly!


We love our Charlie Brown tree!
It has been such a busy week, getting ready for Christmas! I guess you can probably tell from the pictures, but it hasn't stopped snowing yet... we are treading through it literally! Shoveling and driving are awful, but I love the snow!! We are so excited to have another White Christmas!


Friday, December 19, 2008

Welcome Home, Elder Maxfield!

I've been a slacker with blogging lately, but Jack and I have been working some crazy hours! December 17th was our first day off in a while. Jack's brother Thomas returned from a two-year mission in Brazil on the 17th! We are all so excited to have him home safely and so proud of all the work he did in Brazil! I snapped a few pictures at the airport, then we all went to Garcia's for lunch and back to Jack's parents to watch movies and catch up a little. It was such a fun day and we're so grateful to have family so close by for the holidays! I hope everyone is enjoying their family this season and remembering the true meaning of Christmas! This is my favorite time of the year! We all have so much to be grateful for and it's easy to forget when life gets busy, but celebrating the birth of the Savior always brings us back to the things that are really important! We love y'all all and we're so thankful Thomas is back safe!

Grandpa and Baby Mason are twins!
Jack and our nephew, Mason
Thomas and his Mom
Thomas and Jennive and their Dad
Jack and Thomas
Jennive, Mason, and Thomas
This huge chunk of ice got stuck under our front bumper!
Merry Christmas! Love, The Maxfield's

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Cruising the Carribean

Last week, Jack and I were fortunate enough to go on a cruise with the Vision Carolina's office because he worked so hard this summer. It was really fun (minus the motion sickness) and we were able to visit San Juan, Puerto Rico, and St. Thomas, and St. Maarten. It was such a fun experience, we saw some beautiful places and ate a ton of good food. We were both a little sick, but it was worth it! It was fun to hang out with all our friends from the summer again. We feel we've been so blessed to have so many fun adventures in our first year(and a few months) of marriage. It's such an awesome opportunity to be able to do all of the traveling we've done!






And now we're ready to settle down a bit and get ready for Baby Maxfield! For our first day back today, I had my 14-week appointment and we heard Baby's heartbeat! I was a lot more emotional than I thought I'd be, it's crazy to already love someone so much that we've never met. We can't wait for December 29th, to find out the sex!

Friday, November 7, 2008

BIG JUDD'S


Big Judd's is a restaurant that I guess you could say is part of the Southeast Idaho experience. If you can eat the whole burger you get your picture on the wall (Jack and I can barely split half), but there are people who have eaten triple's and quadruple's. It's a really cool place and we're dying to get Joey out here to see if he can eat the whole burger! We leave for our cruise tomorrow, so enjoy this picture of Jack with the massive burger :] Have a good week everyone!

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Another wonderful birthday!

Thanks for all the birthday calls and messages! I had a really fun birthday! Bob and JoAnne game me a really cute maternity outfit. Jack got me some really sweet presents (for those of you who don't know, we are pretty obsessed with out Nintendo Wii) so he got me a few games for it. One is the Wii Fit, which I've been wanting for a while, and the other is a game called Boogie where you sing and dance that we saw Jenny and Brandon play a while ago and it looked way fun. He also got me some movies and a gift card so I can get some long shirts for when my belly gets huge, haha! He got an i-pod touch as a gift from his company for passing 100 sales, but I fell in love with it, so he's getting me one too. I guess it's our last birthdays before the baby comes and he knows next year all I will want is baby stuff, so he made this birthday really special for me. It really has been wonderful. He also got me a cake with baby stuff on it! It was so cute, so here are some pictures! Everyone have a safe weekend!


Thursday, October 23, 2008

A healthy baby makes a happy birthday!

Jack and I went to the doctor for our first ultrasound on Tuesday! It was really fun even though I hadn't known what to expect! Right now, I'm 10 1/2 weeks along and the baby is 3.12 cm. We could see the baby's heartbeat and I already can tell how cute it is! Every time the doctor would look around the baby would just wiggle all over! The doctor said "That's good, dance for your mommy!" Anyway, we're about to go eat at Johnny Corrino's for my birthday, but I wanted to post some pictures of our little baby! We love him/her SOOO much already!!


Sunday, October 12, 2008

Going to the fair tomorrow!

We are just so excited, I have been telling Jack about the fair for years! And Ginger and the boys are coming with us, what a treat! WE CAN'T WAIT!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Charleston, South Carolina

This past Sunday Jack and I had the opportunity to go to Charleston to visit my Grandaddy David and Granny Pam. It was really fun, we don't get to see them very often so it was nice to be able to visit. I forgot I had my camera until later, so we didn't get any pictures with them :[ They took us to lunch and of course I got shrimp!! (You have to get seafood in Charleston, even though I'm trying to eat less of it lately). Then they showed us around and we got to see the beach. Jack and I love the ocean, hopefully we'll be able to live closer to the coast when we're older, I never realized how much I miss the ocean when I'm in Idaho. It was such a treat for us to spend time with them!! Later Jack and I went downtown and rode around and saw The Russell House, the old city market, and The Battery. Then we took pictures at Rainbow Row, one of my favorite places in Charleston! It was such a fun weekend, we only have a few left out here and I want Jack to see all my favorite Eastern sites before we head home!



Thursday, September 25, 2008

CONGRATULATIONS JENNIVE AND DANIEL!

We can't wait to meet Mason! Congratulations! We love y'all!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Another Fun Savannah Weekend

For Labor Day Weekend, Addison came down and stayed with me and Jack! It was SO much fun! We cooked a lot and went swimming and watched movies, it was a really nice, easy-going weekend! Then Sunday, we had a big get together for our friends Kathie and Kasey because they were moving Monday. It was way fun, lots of good food! And Mom, Grandmother, and Grandaddy even showed up to eat with us! They stayed the night and I got to show them downtown Savannah, the River Street and shops, Tybee Lighthouse, and they took me and Addi out to Lady and Son's (Paula Deen's restaurant)!! We went right in and there wasn't even a wait, like it was meant to be. It was delicious (I got shrimp of course)! We brought home food for Jack because he had to work, but he loved it too. I had so much fun with my family, I'm so grateful for the opportunity I've had to be closer to them for the Summer!!





Monday, August 25, 2008

Tybee Lighthouse



Yesterday, Jack and I went to Tybee Lighthouse! Jack really likes lighthouses and we love anything historical, so this was really fun! Though it's been restored and rebuilt, the original Tybee Lighthouse dates back to the mid-1700's. When we got to the top, it was so beautiful to look out over the trees and see the ocean. I'm so glad we've had this opportunity to live near the coast all summer. I love the ocean so much! We also went down by the river and walked around. Yesterday was such a fun day to start off the week!

The Tybee Lighthouse


Jack at the top!


Me at the top!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Happy Birthday, Kathie!

Over the summer we've gotten to hang out with some really cool people! Next week is Kasey, Kathie, and Brookie's last week and we're definitely going to miss them! We've had some fun times and yesterday was Kathie's birthday. We were all supposed to barbeque, but thanks to Hurricane Fay we settled for pizza and a yummy birthday cake that Vil and I got! Late last night we all got together and let her blow out the candles and when she gets home Kasey's going to buy her a car! Happy birthday, Kathie! It's been so much fun hanging with you and Brookie while the guys work all day!!! I hope you liked me and Vil's presents!

Kathie's B-day Cake I got her



Kathie and her daughter, Brooklyn


Brookie, Preston, and their Dad's


Siv, Preston, and Vil


Me and Jack (Man, do we look tired.. haha!)

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Happy First Anniversary!

Yesterday was Jack and my first anniversary! This year has flown by so fast! I still can't believe how lucky I am to have Jack as a husband! He is my best friend and the man of my dreams! I am so grateful for Jack, he's given me the best year of my life so far, and I'm looking forward to the years to come! I love him with all of my heart!





And to top it off we finally finished our puzzle! I bought this puzzle for Jack to motivate him to get his 100 sales so we can have our end-of-the-summer trip to Disney World! He's at 91 right now and in case you can't tell, each piece of this puzzle has a different scene from a Disney movie! It was pretty tough, but it gave us time together every night (even just a few minutes) to wind down from work and just do something fun together! I love spending time with Jack no matter what we're doing!

Monday, August 18, 2008

Tomahawkin'

Jack and I went to Braves game in Atlanta at Turner Field yesterday! I've been a Braves fan for as long as I can remember, my great-grandpa on my dad's side loved the Braves and I've always wanted to go to see them play. Tonight we're going out for dinner for our anniversary so I'll post pictures from that tomorrow. Yesterday was absolutely wonderful! I'm so lucky to have Jack, he makes all my dreams come true (even the corny ones like seeing a baseball game!)

Turner Field



Chipper Jones