The times, they are changin'!

This is me learning how to change my IV bag of fluids. 

 I'm on a constant Zofran drip, 24/7.

 Only a little blood spilled from the trainee inserting my IV. 

 Zipping up the backpack that carries my pump and IV fluids so I can take them with me everywhere I go!

 David was doing a really good job listening to the in home nurses so I wouldn't have to remember how to change everything. He is such a good husband. I might wrap up the pack in a blanket like a baby to prepare for what is up next. That's right! We are having a baby! 

 David is super excited, and so am I, obviously! But I have also been keeping him up all night with my puking. We are hoping my home IV system will replenish my body and get be back up to speed. 

 We are so cute. We may look absolutely exhausted, but we are excited. Promise.

 My cool new back pack! 

So, if you haven't seen us lately, here is the scoop. We are gonna have a baby! I am only 8 weeks but with my condition, we thought we would spread the news before people see me with a tube up my arm. David has been taking amazing care of me, so a big shout out to him! I have an amazing husband who has stepped up to all the responsibilities that a household requires with no help from me. 

We are SUPER excited for the new changes that are happening. 

Plus, a shout out to my mom who is going to come up and stay with us for a few days until I get back on my feet. Thanks everyone for your help! 

Peace and blessings. 

We Have Some Catching Up to Do...

It has been a really long time since we have posted a blog, so we decided to upload a few pictures of some of the major events over the last 6 months. 

We saw the Northern Lights while we were in Alaska. Stayed up till 3 am to see them. That is a big deal for us tired, married folk. 

Saw my Grandma and Grandpa Haueter and Grandma and Grandpa Hayter when we got back. Don't have a picture of they Hayters yet. It was so fun to see family and it reminded me that I have the coolest grandparents ever!

Went to Alexis' volleyball game. She is amazing! David says "Alexis finally got that pancake down." He takes all the credit but Lex, we know the truth. 

We had a super fun bonfire with the Baers! The evening consisted of cutting my fingertip off with a peeler, driving around forever until we found a park to have the fire at, tinfoil dinners, and good company. 

Went to Dallin's football game and found out he is a STUD! The entire game he was taking down boys a lot bigger than him. Dallin, I am very impressed!

Jensen is back from his mission! Old news, I know, but this was the first night I got to see him since he had been back. Love these two people with all my heart. 

Obviously everyone had a birthday this year but we were fortunate enough to get to Mason's birthday party. There were cousins, cake, and nerf guns. What else could a Hayter family want?

David was able to go hunting this year and shot a couple ducks. Look at that face. Good lookin'? Yes. 

The Hayters came for Thanksgiving. We all crammed into our apartment here in Idaho Falls. It may have been lacking in space, but it was so much fun to cook my first turkey, go bowling with all the pros, and stay up all night talking. It's great to have good company during the holidays. 

 My super hip family looking good under the neon! 

I asked David to help me find my sweats. In response to my plea, David handed me his sweatshirt. 

Shortly after the Hayters left the Scotts moved in. We had a ton of fun with them too! Christmas was also spent with great people and good times. There was never a dull moment in the apartment when the spare room is turned into a sauna (you know what I'm talking about Brooks and Alexis). Also, David, Dustin, and Brad were pretty entertaining when it game to Kinect games. 

Took a trip down to Utah during a 3 day weekend. We were going to spend the weekend in Idaho but my loving parents wouldn't have it. They made sure we could spend some time with the fam and, boy, are we grateful! We went shooting, went to the movies, and ate great food.

David turned 24!!! Wahoo! My friend Shaleah helped me with the amazing cake decorations. Thanks to Brooks and her amazing ice cream cake recipe, we had mud pie for dessert. 

Just a couple weeks ago we went to Washington to visit the family because Derek got back from his mission! We went shooting, watched Alexis throw discus (she is an amazing athlete!), and sported our AMAZING wolf shirts that David and I found in Alaska. Best purchases ever. 

My target

 Dustin's target

 Brad's target

 Can't find David's target....

 Pictures: Addi and I strollin' the town. We set up the tripod and stood in the road to take the picture. It's the touristy thing to do!

On our night to celebrate winning the competition, we went out to eat at the Fish Company. The food was amazing and they played Simon and Garfunkel all night.

 We surprised Addi by going to the Northern Lights Pizzeria for her birthday dinner. Elise (our roommate) made her the sweet crown!

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 We got her a backpack for her birthday a few months ago. She asked me if I would rewrap it and give it to her. I think she forgot that I was going to do that. It was a cool surprise.

 Addison is always a good time!

This is from the point just outside of Skagway. The night was clear and BEAUTIFUL. It almost looks like the background was inserted using Photoshop.

 This is Smugglers' Cove. We also call it make-out cove for all the single folks. We figured we'd come down and check out the scene. The picture is a little blurry because it was actually dark outside. We extended the shutter speed to see what it would do. It looks aight.

Liarsville

This blog had to be started with this photo. My hair is sticking up (David) and we look like we just woke up. The night before, we sent a text message to the male acquaintance of one of our roommates named Andrew. Andrew is a bus driver for a company called Holland America Princess Alaska (HAPA). We were trying to get on a free tour, but he didn't answer. So we went to bed a little sad. In the morning time, we arose to discover that my phone had died in the night. I plugged it in, fired her up, and read a text saying that he would be taking us on a Best of Skagway tour in 10 minutes and that we better not forget our passports. We got up and rushed around getting dressed and getting the camera bag together. The battery only had about 20% left, so our ability to take pictures was restricted. We rode the bus with him up to Fraser, Canada to pick up the tourists who were riding the train. We rode back down the mountain and went to the lookout, which is where we took the panoramic. Then we went to Liarsville. The story of Liarsville is that some journalists from Seattle came up to cover the gold rush. Instead of making the difficult journey to Dawson City, they just camped out in a small settlement just outside of Skagway. There, they relayed the stories/tall tales of those returning prospectors to the lower 48 as if they were fact. Hence the name Liarsville. They had some AMAZING fresh grilled salmon. I went back for seconds and thirds on it. There was live music playing that was also pretty sweet. A guy played the national anthem on a hand saw with a violin bow. It's a little hard to explain how he did it if you've never seen it done. Basically the more he would bend the saw, the higher the note would go. There was a little show that went with the experience. If you ever come to Skagway and do that tour, don't go to the show. It was just painfully dumb. I felt like I was watching Nickelodeon. Addi got called up to participate at the end when they demonstrated how to pan for gold. Then we panned for gold and got a few flakes of gold each. That was just one recent adventure. Until our next adventure............