Alida and I found out that we are going to be having a baby girl. Doctor says that everything looks good, all body parts are accounted for and she is healthy.
Bellow are some photos from our spring break vacation to New Orleans. We had a very good time and my driving only scared Alida a couple of times.
Alida is finally over being sick all the time and has managed to not throw up for quit some time now. Her only complaint is that she is tiered. Teaching early morning seminary probably has allot to do with that. Only two more months left until school is over and she will be relived from teaching seminary.

This guy has 3 legs and half a tail, he spent some time on our tent.

This oak tree is @ Oak Ally Plantation and is 300 years old

Having a Beinga (benya) at the famous Cafe Du Monde'

Camping

This is about all we can show of Bourbon st.

New Orleans from the ferry

Waiting for the ferry

Just checkin in with everyone, Alida is doing fine. I am sure if she was the one writing this blog she would tell you that she is sick and tired and tired and sick. Poor girl has been throwing up for most of the pregnancy. We are at week 17 now and when we hit the 20th week we can get a good picture of the baby and see what sex it is. If she does not start feeling better I think the odds of a second baby are not looking very good.

On a different note, Alida and I bought a new tent. It is pretty big I thought maybe we could sell the house and live in it but I was quickly out voted on that one.

Ok here we go Marthea I Finlay am ready to tell everyone my 5 addictions, I don't have a good excuse for not getting to it till now so I will just save it and get it done.
For the record this is not in any particular order.

1. My dog Mali, as much as I try and fight it I just cant help but be addicted to her loving nature and her complete devotion to me.

2. Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. I swear I have this uncontrollable urge to eat chocolate like a smoker needs a cigarette. Especially after I eat a meal.

3. The Internet has to be on this list. When I am board or don't have much going on I find myself getting on the web and just surfing around looking at whatever comes to mind.

4. Reality T.V. I love to watch other people make fools out of themselves, it makes me feel better about myself.

5. My lovely, beautiful and intelligent wife. You thought I was going to leave you out of this list didn't you Honey? I truly find myself more and more addicted to her as the days and months go by. I am not sure what I would be doing right now if it were not for my lovely wife. If I had to number the addictions that I have Alida would be at the very top of the list, hands down.

We had some heavy snow the last couple of days. The snow has been nice but I learned that I do not enjoy shoveling driveways.......

I wanted to show everyone what we do with our ginger bread house after Christmas. I first tried to blow it up with some fireworks but, that did not work so we tried somthing more effective. Sorry about the camera shot on the second one I had no control over that one.

It has been a very exciting time for Alida and I. Alida has been experiencing some of the more unwanted effects of pregnancy, she has been throwing up allot lately. Poor girl, I wish there was something I could do to make it stop but we are hopeful that it will subside very soon. We had out firs check up on Friday and got this picture of the baby. It is to soon to tell whether it is a boy or a girl yet but, when it is 20 weeks along we can take another ultrasound that will give us a much better view of the baby and what sex it will be. They said that we could even get it on video. For most of you that are already parents this is probably old hat to you but, for Alida and I it is a very exciting time. When we had the ultrasound it really hit me that this is really happening, there is a little person in there and I am actually going to be a dad, wow. The official due date is August 3. We will keep you all posted on what is happening.... Sorry to have taken so long to get this up and running Marthea......