Happy Birthday to Me!

Yesterday was my 27th birthday...can you believe it? I'm getting so old! It was a very good and relaxing birthday. My day began with a wonderful phone call from my little brother Brandon. He was at the airport getting ready to fly to his mission in Des Moines Iowa. It was great to hear his voice and hear how excited he was to fly to his area. Then I had to go to work but work was pretty slow which was very nice. My wonderful friend Brittney took me to lunch and after work Jared took me out to eat at one of my favorite resturants...the Olive Garden. Then we went home and had a nice relaxing evening together. I'm only 5 days way from my due date so laying around the house has become one of my favorite past times. Thanks to all of those who wished me a happy birthday. It really was a great day.

Bitter Sweet

Last Wednesday we had to say good-bye to my little brother Brandon. We took him to the MTC where he is preparing to serve in the Des Monies Iowa mission. He will only be there for 3 weeks and then he is off to serve and teach the people in Iowa. We are very proud of Brandon and his righteous decision to serve the Lord. It was hard to say good-bye but we know that his spirit will touch the lives of many people.

Look at what I have created! Ok so I can't take all of the credit. My dear friend Brittney created this LO and I just copy, cut and pasted everything else.

House of Terror

Jared and I have been in our house for about 4 months now. In that 4 months we have had a few things break, fall or stop working. First it was our dishwasher, then the fridge, then the pipe to the outside faucet broke (well more like Chad broke it) and last but not least half of our very small tree fell down. To say the least we have quickly learned what it means to be a home owner.

Camping

Over the 4th of July weekend Jared and I went camping with his family. We went to Camperworld at the base of Mt. Nebo which is just a few miles away from Nephi. It was a lot of fun but very hot. It was the first time in a long time that the whole Vidoni family has been together. Hopefully this little camping trip will become a tradition. While we were camping we celebrated Taggart and Race's birthday. Below you can see them opening their presents.

Here are a few snap shots of the family playing frisbee and horse shoes...

One of my favorite memories from this weekend is playing with the glow sticks. Jared's sisters bought tons of glow sticks and made fun "outfits" for the kids. Jared, his dad and his brother Jimmy had just as much fun as the kids did.

Called to Serve

Brandon will be the first Withers missionary! He will be serving in the Des Moines Iowa mission. He will report to the MTC on October 3rd. We are so excited for him and very proud!




Here you can see him reading his call to us.

Guess What...

After waiting for more then a half an hour at the doctor's office Jared and I got to see our growing baby BOY! The doctor looked at his heart, liver, kidneys and spine to make sure that he is healthy and strong. The doctor said that he looks great and weighs 14oz. It will be another 4 months before we can hold the precious baby in our arms but we are happy to say that we are the proud parents of the next baby boy Vidoni. Below are a few pictures from our utlra sound.




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Our Month of May

May has been a busy and exciting month. For Mother's day Jared and I gave our moms a card that said..."We have a very special present for you but it won't be ready until October 29th. Here is a picture of what you'll be getting." Inside a wrapped picture frame was this picture.

Yup that's right we are having a baby and he/she will be coming October 29th. We will find out if we are having a boy or girl on June 18th so make sure you check back to find out what we are having.

Jared and my little brother Brandon celebrated their birthdays this past week. Jared turned 27 and Brandon is 19. I can hardly beleive that my little brother is getting ready to go on a mission. He seems too little to be all grown up. Brandon is getting ready to turn in his mission papers and soon he will be on his way to serving the Lord for 2 years. We are very proud of him and so excited. He will be the first missionary of our family.

For Jared's birthday he got this nice new grill so we fired it up and had a BBQ on Memorial day. Jared sisters and their kids came over to enjoy yummy food and water. Here you can see Maci & Race sliding down the slippin' slide. Oh to be a kid again.

Our New Home

Jared and I just bought our first home! It is located in south Orem and is in a very nice neighborhood. Last week was our first Sunday to attend our new ward and Jared and I had to speak in sacrament meeting. They don't waist any time getting to know the new members in this ward. We are starting to get settled and really love our new home.


Here you can see Ryan getting ready to paint our living room. We decided to paint a few rooms before we moved in and it became a much bigger project then we thought.

We had to clean all the walls, patch all the holes and try and pick colors. We went through a few different colors before we finally found something we liked. Painting is not as easy as we thought and a lot of hard work.

New Years & Zions

New Year's day we took a nice walk in Zion's National Park. Jared's brother Jimmy LOVES this park so we took a family drive to the park and spent the morning walking a trail and taking lots of fun pictures. It was a cold day in the park but beautiful!

The Holidays

This year Jared and I spent Christmas eve and day with my family. We stayed up late waiting for Santa to come and to pass the time Jared and I made this gingerbread house. We had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed being with my family.

We went to St. George and spent New Years with Jared's family. Here are a few pictures of our exciting last night of 2006. We are playing Mexican train which we tried to play a few months ago but that was a disaster because the instructions that came made no sense...at all!

So New Years eve we decided to give it another try and this time with some better instructions. Once we figured out how to play it was lost of fun but you couldn't tell that from these pictures.

Here fishy, fishy

Do you see the fish? Neither do we but they will be coming soon. Jared's dad so kindly lent us his aquarium and we spent one night setting it up and buying lost of fun fish stuff. We plan to fill it full of fun and unique fish. So stay tunned :)

Go Margy go!!!

Jared and I saw Margy in action this summer.
She played soccer and did a great job.



SAY CHEESE! Mom and sister Lucy sit on the
side lines cheering Margy on!

Pizzeria

While Jared’s family was visiting we hosted a pizza party. But this was not your ordinary pizza party…I made fresh pizza dough and everyone got to make a pizza of their choice. Here you can see Jared trying to toss the dough and the yummy pizza Margy made.

A rainy day at the zoo

Jared and Mom

Grandma and the kids

While Rachael and the kids were here visiting we went to the zoo in hopes that the sunshine would come out. But it didn't and the rain came down and the floods came up. The kids seemed to have a pretty good time seeing all the animals and running around in their ponchos. Even though it was cold and wet we made some good memories.