What I know at 8 weeks..

Some secrets are not meant to be secrets! They are way too exciting to keep to ourselves! We had our first appointment today and it was awesome! I am 8 weeks along and I am due September 28. The last couple weeks I knew I was pregnant but it is so amazing to go to the doctor and see your little baby and hear its little heartbeat. It took my breath away. What a little miracle babies are.

As far as my pregnancy so far, I have a confession to make. I must apologize to all the mothers that I have made fun of for the last couple years. I used to think that they were all exaggerating that they have to eat every 5 minutes and they are nauseous every 2 minutes. I am sincerely sorry. Please forgive me. I am lucky that it is not really bad but I definitely have had to change my eating habits in the last couple weeks. If  I am not constantly eating, I am sick. But it is all worth it.

Sorry the picture is a little blurry. We don't have a scanner :)

We are officially Business Owners!

After a year and a half of thinking, drawing, talking and working his butt off, Nathan has officially turned us in to Business Owners!!

It is called Bingham's Custom Meats and we will be the FIRST (that we know of) to have a mobile butchering trailer. We have a custom built trailer that will be available to come to you when you have recently gone hunting and have brought home some meat! We will be able to skin, cut, grind, wrap and make jerky out of your game right at your house within a couple hours.

We have a website going and would love for you to check it out! www.binghamscustommeats.com We will start doing business by the end of the summer so be sure to tell all of your friends about us before the hunting seasons start. To help get our business going we will also be selling shirts and hats on our website to help with the initial costs of getting a business running.

I am so lucky that I have such an amazing husband like Nathan who has been the brains of this operation. For those of you who dont know him, he is the most dedicated, hard working man I have ever met. He has put so much time and effort into getting this ready. The countless phone calls, the cardboard drawings that he would think up at work and write them down and everything else he has done. It has definitely been an adventure and we can't wait to see the benefits that it will bring to us and our family.

We love you all and thank you for all of your love and support!

Sharlie & Nathan

Hawaii 2010

What a great way to start the New Year! Don't ya think? We got back from Maui on Sunday and we were there for a week! We went with some friends and had a blast! The weather was perfect.. we stayed right across the street from one of the best beaches.. we ate junk food and shaved ice the whole time.. it was freaking amazing! I can't wait to go back! Someday...

Funny story.. Our friends Carlene and Kevin left the same day we did but because we booked the tickets so late we had to fly out on different flights and had a few layovers. They had to be there at about 7:00 in the morning and we didn't have to be there until 9. Well, we got there early and made it through securtiy in about 10 minutes so we were just sitting in the lobby waiting to board the plane and we got called up to the front desk.. The lady said that they had over booked our plane and asked if we could change flights. She told us that we would get 2 roundtrip tickets and the flight she could fit us on flew out 10 minutes later than our regular flight and it was a direct flight! SWEET!! It was a hard decision.. Not. We were so excited and we beat Carly and Kevin to the airport.. Isn't that awesome! Alright.. enough talk.. more pics. They are few and random. I decided that since there were 2 other couples going with us, I could slack out on picture taking and get copies of theirs.. I will get them posted as soon as I get them.. Thanks guys!

This was the beach we stayed on:

Of course, the first thing Nathan did was look for climbing.. and he found it! sort of..

Kevin is a little too strong and he broke the handle off the sliding glass door.. OOPS!

We woke up at 4:00 in the morning to watch the sun rise through the clouds on the top of the Volcano.. it was beautiful! And 30 degrees.. we were right at home!

A friend told us we could snorkel here... ya right.. good luck with that!

"Road to Hana" and blacksand beach.. My favorite sight by far.. but he Jellyfish warning kept us out of the water..

Whaler's Village

This is Carlene.. funny.. every night when we would get home from our daily activites.. she would sit down and fall asleep within minutes.. it was awesome.. no kidding.. every night.. on the couch..

We went whale watching in Lahina and we saw so many whales! We saw a group of about 4 or 5 whales that were fighting! They would all stay really close and we would see fins slapping and head butting..Our tour guide said that it has been 20 years since they had seen anything like it and we got to witness it.. we were lucky to go when the whales are so popular.. we kept seeing them from off the beach and we saw quite a few jump out of the water.. Man, I can't believe how big those things are!

Us at the "Old Lahina Luau"

Our last night on the beach... A sight I will never forget..

And last but not least.. The moment we got off the plane and Nathan spotted a palm tree, he decided he needed to climb one..

New Bathroom

Ugly Plum Purple: Before
Cute Tan: After

Happy Birthday Nathan!!

I'm a couple days late on posting, what else is new.. but I wanted to post anyways! Nathan turned 25 on Wednesday and I successfully planned and carried out a Surprise party for him! It was awesome! Thanks to everyone that helped me out with it. I want to give an official shout out to Nathan and tell him how much I love him and I can't wait to spend the next eternitys worth of birthdays with him! Here are only 25 of the million reasons that I love you Nathan!

1: Your Smile.. I melt

2: The way that you laugh at your own jokes

3: I can finish your drink and you just laugh (I don't exactly react the same way)

4: Your passion for climbing

5: You will stay up late talking to me for hours even when you have to work early

6: Your love for the gospel

7: You put up with and pretend that you like my teenage drama shows

8: You make a wicked steak.. mmmm

9: Me: "Guess what?" You: "You found your brain.."

10: Patience

11: The way I fit perfectly in your arms

12: You push me to do my best

13: I love the way you laugh at "Hot Rod" even though you have seen it a million times

14: You can recite practially the whole movie

15: My Snuggie

16: You like to make me mad just so I will beat you up

17: Ernie loves you

18: You look freaking sexy on your motorcycle

19: Your hair

20: You still love me even after I have ruined many of your favorite shirts in the laundry

21: Ripped Body

22: You let me fall asleep on your lap and then you carry me to bed

23: You love your family

24: You love my family

25: You love me unconditionally

New York: 2009

This summer we had the opportunity to fly out to New York to see Nathan's brother Cory graduate from Chiropractic School! Way to go Cory.. I am ashamed to say that I do not have any pictures of his graduation, sorry guys.. but I do have plenty of the rest of our trip. Cory and Sarah were nice enough to be our tour guides, even though they have done it a million times, and take us around to see all of the LDS church sites and up to Niagra Falls! It was absolutely amazing! I want to say thank you again to Cory and Sarah for letting us stay at their home and let us eat all of their food and drive them crazy for a week! We love you guys and can't wait to see you soon!