Carden's newest COUSIN!

Any resemblance?? Carden on top and Halle on bottom!! Definitely got the SWEENEY look going on!

Halle Smith
2nd Grand baby on the Sweeney side.
We are all so EXCITED! She is so precious!

Congratulations!

Yeah Ashley and Mike had their BABY girl on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 11:27pm.
Congratulations!
Halle Smith 7lbs. 11oz and 19.5 inches
She is beautiful!
I don't have a picture yet but will post it as soon as I get one.

These are pictures from Ashley's baby shower in July. We had a great time!

Lake Combie

My Aunt and Uncle had to drive their two kids up to BYU so Hillary and I were the babysitters while they were gone. We had a great time with Hillary, Jett, Lucy, Clark, and Laker!
This is what all our faces looked like when we went down to the lake in the morning and saw how SMOOTH the water was. We were just wishing we could drive the boat!
I love this face! Carden has a huge bruise in the middle of his eyebrows, poor thing.
This is Laker who is about a year and a half older than Carden but probably weighs less than Carden!
The boys loved playing with each other. There favorite thing was riding bikes and clapping!

Another Testament Trailer

Mark Mabry (a family friend in my parents ward in Mesa) is about to release his second project "Another Testament: Reflections of Christ". He filmed this in Guatamala mostly, but I know he's been working on it for over a year now I think. His first movie and book were very powerful and this one looks to be the same. Enjoy and pass along.

Carden Getting Pumped Up

(He's watching the new BYU football commercial below)

Summer 2009 (repost)

here's a larger version of the video so you can actually read the snippets.

Are you ready for some football?

Only two more weeks!
(Carden's reaction to this video and commentary are coming soon...)

Growing Belly

August 4th, 2009

July 19th, 2009

July 10th 2009

June 29th, 2009 about 17 weeks along

Wow, it feels great to be back in Sacramento! Today is the first day of school (now as 2nd years!) wooo hooo! Justin has a CRAZY schedule and just going over it last night made me sad because I forget how much I won't SEE or be AROUND him :( It just makes my heart ache thinking I won't be with Justin in the evenings for dinner and the rest of the evening. I was so spoiled this summer while we were in AZ together! We are trying to balance everything with only one car. Part of me thinks we can do it! We have been trying to throw around the idea of doing the whole bike to school thing, but then as I look at Justin's crazy schedule it makes it seem impossible (with books, lunch, dinners, clothes, job, showering...) there just seems to be too many things that he will have to take with him for the 15mile bike ride to school! And then he has classes till 9pm and work till midnight that I would be nervous having him ride all the way home on his bike that late at night. So yeah I don't know what to do! Another car seems impossible to afford, but then at the same time impossible to be without. We tried putting an infant carrier in the car with Carden's car seat and it didn't really work. We have to move the seat all the way forward and then take out the base. It will work, but it will just be a miserable ride in are tiny carola.
So we are keeping our eyes out for a great price on a van. Let me know if anyone sees one!

As far as this pregnancy goes. WOW! I can't believe HOW CRAZY it is carrying TWINS! It is so different. So the end of June I was still teaching dance at 18weeks along and I was barely showing. No one knew I was even pregnant. And now being gone for a month and a half I am FULLY PREGNANT. Let me just share some CRAZY measurements.

18 Weeks Pregnant
Measuring at 21cm which is saying I am 21 WEEKS along. (so measuring 3 weeks ahead)
Pregnancy weight: 138lbs.

24 Weeks Pregnant
Measuring at 32cm which means I am 32 WEEKS along!!!! (so I am measuring 8 weeks ahead)
Pregnancy weight: 152lbs.

So pretty much in ONE MONTH I grew 11 cm!! I also gained 15 POUNDS in one month!!! Is this CRAZY OR WHAT! I'm HUGE and still have to go until at least NOVEMBER!

This morning we had an ultra sound at 24 weeks and the BOY is BIGGER by 4 oz! Which is crazy b/c they have their own umbilical cords and placentas. I don't know HOW he is this much bigger! So the girl is measuring 1pound7oz and the boy is measuring at 1pound11oz! The boy was moving around like CRAZY so we couldn't see his face but they both LOOK good. Everything is going well. The boy is measuring at 25weeks and the girl measuring at 24weeks. Kind of weird but good to know they are growing.

It is exciting that we are having a boy and a girl. I really feel blessed to be expecting two new spirits into our home at the same time. I have been feeling really good lately. It is nice being able to go out and take walks and get moving since the weather is so nice.

Oh and cute little story. Carden has turned into a Daddy's boy! Probably because I am trying not to pick him up as much and I think he really senses this. He loves it when his Daddy puts him to sleep but now that he is getting better with words he cries out from his crib, "My Daddy!" It is so cute. It is so hard though b/c he used to just lay down and go to sleep on his own but now that we are back he has been crying for his Daddy. It is so hard to not want to go in there and hold him when he calls out like that. But for the most part he ends up falling asleep on his own and sleeps through the nights again! ahhh!

Summer 2009 Video

here's a quick snapshot of our summer.

Coming Home

Well our summer is almost over. I can't believe it is already gone. It makes me sad because I really love SUMMER! I feel like my summer was only a MONTH long since I worked until the end of June and then July we've been in AZ. Luckily on our way home for the 12 hour drive back we will break it up with a stop in SAN DIEGO (oh I wish I lived there) for a couple of days and then up to Visalia to see family and friends, and then to Sacramento, home sweet home! Actually I am not really looking forward to going back to our small apartment. I was completely fine with our apartment ALL last year but now that we are expecting two more children I feel claustrophobic thinking about going back to it! I will just have to start selling furniture and start rearranging things and making sure everything is practical and organized!

I just can't believe how big I already am and to think that I have another (well maybe) 4 months! It is scary to think that this month I nearly tripled my size (just in ONE month). I left wearing my bigger jeans and now I am in FULL SIZE maternity clothes! And not only that I feel SOOO HEAVY! I just don't know how I am going to carry them another 4 months! They already feel big enough come out! I don't know how the body can even carry TWO babies at once and I can't even imagine 3! Well, I just have to stop thinking about it or else I get pretty overwhelmed. I just have to pretend like this is just like my first pregnancy and then I have more hope of carrying them full term. I can't wait to see everyone at home!