pregnant =)

whelp cats outta the bag and all over facebook now... mike and i are pregnant! well as Ash put it i'm pregnant and mikes just the lucky bastard ;-)just barely pregnant like we went off birth control 7 weeks ago. i had a period (i know ew yuck!) but it was a very light 2 day one... so i'm thinkin i'm right around 6 weeks pregnant now. we've been talking about babies steadily for awile now but when i came home we looked up my ovulation cycle and we were gonna get serious about it! no need in the house i guess! i don't really know why i even bought a test i'm suppose to start this week so i honestly did not think it would turn out positive! i had to go get sweet potatoes and just thought what the heck and picked one up. i took the test right when i got home and wham 10 seconds later 2 pink lines were popping up! at this point my mind is BLANK so i took the other 2 while freakin out on the phone with mom cause i couldn't pee again! but just like that the other 4 pink lines were very obvious and there's no denying i'm preggors =)

i really wanted to tell mike in a super cute way but lets face it. i saw the truck grabbed the sticks and jumped! mike was speechless but slowly the big shit eatin grin took over and my heart stopped. i've been looking forward to this moment forever just being able to tell him the news and it was even better in person =)

needless to say all sets of parents are very, very excited! pretty much everyone knew it was coming. i even had a 3 people say oh iknew you were i just didn't want to freak you out! what!? lol im also pleased to say i only got asked once if i was going to "take care of it" i kindly said no i'm married, it was planned you can kindly f off now. gotta love the one jealous ex. ugh. we've gotten a ton of questions too so i'll just spell it all out here...

-are we excited? HELL YES WE ARE!!!

-was it planned? yes and no. like i said we got off birth control thinking it would take a few months to get it outta my system... or 1 week?

-when am i due? whelp since i am just a freak and took the test way before i should even know i don't get to go to the doctors for oh about 6 weeks =( so for now i'm stickin with aprilish

-when are we moving back home? we're not. this is part of our "plan" mike has another yearish left of the apprenticeship and there's no way i'm giving up this fab life we've started. so we'll be back home in probably 2-3 years. we want to travel after mike gets his golden ticket. we're still getting ournew trailer probably the end of september. it has another back bedroom for a crib and everything! trailer baby!

-do we want a boy or girl? its weird i'm still getting used to the fact i'm PREGNANT! i really don't care either way. mike says he wants a boy(go figure) so guess we'll wait and see!

i'm really nervous, anxious and just really want to go see a doctor or nurse now. i feel like i have no many questions! am i for sure pregnant? i am excited but wowsa that was fast. can i run still? i'm not an intense 5 mile runner but would like to continue my little jogging... are these the only prenatals i need? cause these horse pills are gonna be a pain, a choking pain. yoga i know its good for me but can do i need to wait for the baby to be i dunno bigger? i don't wanna work on the splits and something bad happen! oh my gosh i'm freakin out! i just don't want to do anything wrong and something happen. i know i'll probably be fine. i'll just keep praying and play it safe? ugh... i think i'll be makin phone calls today ;-)

happy thursday all! =)

Fam Reunion

alright so since i've been back in idaho i've been a bit of a slacker but i think alls forgiven conisder i've been with most of you who read this ;-)

the drive home wasn't hard at all. remmi bean slept the whole way and sang along with me, my singing must sound like howling to him? we spent a few days here in town than headed up to the family reunion up past moyie. im one blessed lady because not only did i get to enjoy my mom's side of the family, my grandma schenck came up with more of the schenck side. how many people get to say both sides "hang out" together?! its wonderful.

i know i don't have to go into too many details of the reunion because lets face it 95% of who reads this is family... the reunion was a total blast. i've always loved being around my family, even my earliest momeries are wonderful but there's something to be said about finally not feeling like one of the "younger" ones. i loved visiting with everyone and feeling like i had something of "value" to add. like how marriage is so hard and rewarding, talking about how it is to finally feel married, and of course babies! thats a given question around my family. if you're dating someone its when ya getting married? and if you're married its when are the babies comin in? i love it.

even though i don't work and really don't have alot of stress in my life, i felt totally completly relaxed. like i didn't have a care in the world. the only thing missing was of course my husband. mike wasn't able to come this year but next year its not even a question. but i have to say it made me feel great and him wheni told him how much he was missed. growing up i've always wanted my boyfriend to be apart of the family and mike is no exception. i swear my parents have taken his side more than mine anyways. and if christopher had a choice he would trade me in for mike "his big brother". its such a wonderful feeling.

my days went like this: a little 4 wheeler ride to pick huckleberries, breakfast, pack our day bag, drinks, snack and head to the lake where we would spend the next oh 6 hrs laying on tubs laughing. i don't think i've ever laughed so much and so often. we would head back to camp and have shower/spicket time. which was by far my favorite time. mostly it was mom amy and i would gather up our shower gel, shampoos and combs to the spicket where in between gasping because of the cold water and laughing our heads off we would feel clean. (well in camping terms, decent feeling) the whole family would gather around for dinner and visit more and really enjoy each other company. i feel like camping with the family was the perfect way to have a reunion. everyone was able to be theirselves in their smelly, no shower, no make up kinda way =)

i love seeing everyone's posts about how great it was and how we can't wait for next year because its the truth! next year will be even better too =)

i leave monday to head back to my trailer life. i know some people have gave their opinions about me missing my 1st wedding anniversary (SUNDAY!!) its hard knowing i won't be there but its okay. i want/need to be here for Jocey's 1st birthday party. i was having some very hard feelings about going home but thankfully i did marry mike who knows me better than anyone and said exactly the perfect thing to help me make my decision. So cda i'm here until monday with no regrets and no hard feelings back home. although now my charming husband has taken pleasure in torturing me with some surprise... crap!

speakin of trailer life i will now be going home to a new car! yay, right? ha no.... mike and landon (apprentice/trailer park pal) bought a flippin race car. ugh its trashy but i got to pick the colors! yellow and limegreen haha guess well see!!

sorry no pictures this time.... all reunion pics are on my fb and i'll post pics of the race car later! =) xo

random events in the mcbride's trailer life.

although nothing super dramatic has happened lately i though i would at least update about the little things going on with us =)sorry for no pictures i haven't been very good lately!

- linemans rodeo was last weekend. mike and landon had to work half a day on friday so dustin got to be my shopping buddy. admit it dustin you loved it ;) we loaded up the truck and headed the 8 hr drive to cacasde montana. ick. luckily we had good tunes and lil bottles to keep us entertained. of course mike wasn't too thrilled with our unlimited potty stops we had fun. mike did great competing but unfortuantly during speed climb he cracked his egg so he didn't place. he's bummed and being way too hard on himself but i'm proud of him. i'm proud of all the boys for doin great! we were pretty anxious to get back home sunday. we left remmi in a kennel for the weekend and had to be there by 5. i was driving because the boys were either still drunk or way too hungover to drive. it was a nice quiet drive filled with my rockin chick tunes. but i got a little turned around and ended up driving the opposite way for about 2 hours =( luckily we made it just in time to pick rem up!

- Jim and Dina, my wonderful in-laws stopped by last night. they're doin a little road trip through yellowstone and made a day out of coming to visit us! and let me tell you boy did i need that! i've been craving some real conversations and it was so nice to have to here. we took them around our little town of casper and twice i caught myself having a little pride of this town and i've been here for oh 4 weeks? lol oh well i love it.

- we have our kid rock concert this friday and we're both getting super excited! the concert is in cheynne which is about two hours from here so we're boarding remmi for the night (luckily our pup is very social and doesn't seem to upset to be there!) since i'm boarding him i'm taking this opportunity to go shopping, finally! although i really, really wish i had my mom or one of my best frans to shop with. Sam and Ash you know how terrible a shopper i am! i talk myself out of everything. there are a few cute shops here so hopefully i can find some outfits to wear for robs bridal shower and jocey's birthday =)

- other than the little things going on i've just been keepin myself busy. i'm almost running the whole trail now which is really excited for me. im in full swing at yoga and i swear i fall more in love with it after every class. im turnin into a cookin machine. i have learned so many new recipes and haven't had a flop yet! plus i'm learning how to bake but healthy bake. which is excellent cause thats my favorite part of cooking. can't wait for the holidays, mikes crew and the trailer park are gonna be living in baked goods ;)

- warning: way too mushy section! mike and i are doing great. i am probably more surprised than anyone to find myself loving this trailer lifestyle. i finally feel 100% happy. although we've been married almost a year, we haven't been acting like even couple let alone a married couple. these past 4 weeks have been the best of our relationship. we're learning so much about each other. we're finally living our life together. i have finally realized how incredibly lucky i am so be here and married to such an incredible man. i used to recent this stupid job thinkin he picked it over me but in reality he's been doing this all along for us, our future. i guess it took me dragging our relationship through hell and pushing it to the edge but i know fully see how blessed i am to be sitting in our home and married to my husband. its been a rough road and i know it hasn't been easy on the people around us and for that im sorry but thank you for believing in us when we couldn't.

- and lastly (after i just got done saying i'm proud of casper, wyoming) the first recorded case of west nile just turned up in no where else but here! yay! here's to flyin, blood sucking mosquitos! eeek!

always somethin goin on in the trailer hood.

alrighty who's ready to see our second home, the use to be bach pad... everyone keeps asking me how it is to live in a trailer. well i love it. i love the simple life we've managed to make in it. its cozy and super easy to keep clean! my biggest stress was it was going to feel cluttered but with my amazing organizing/cleanin skills i haven't felt that was once.

but as much as i love our trailer we need an upgrade. its great for the summers but it won't keep us warm once the snow flies. our first thought lets try to find an apartment here in casper. rumor has it this job is suppose to last until january. but as most of you have noticed my life changes in the drop of a hat! besides with an apartment comes the stress of moving furniture, which we have none of. so than we'd have to find a furnished one and that grosses me out. we have thought of every situation, angle, blah blah blah so the most reasonable option: upgrade the trailer. mike wants to get a big 40ft 5th wheel toy hauler. me? i feel in love with the 24ft bumper pull trailer. okay compromise. we're not on the hunt for a 30ft bumper pull toy hauler! we've found a few and i'm so stinkin excited! we're hoping to still pay off some things before we do this so we're thinkin sept or oct... i don't like the idea of getting more debt but like mike said its our home it needs to be perfect, seeing how i'll probably be living in it for at least another year.

anyways thats the trailer situation. so for now please enjoy the pictures of my current, humble little house =)


our yard.




kitchen/dining table. yes i have managed to cook in the tiny oven! i baked cookies yesterday. took me forever but i got er done!


dresser and tv (as if sitting on the couch)


couch =) a little old school.


our bedroom.


bathroom sink. prob the main reason i hate getting ready theres no damn room ha good thing i'm low maintence! (bathroom is in a door behind this but who cares about that part!)

so thats the house part of it.
so how am i adjusting to the great move? excellent. i feel the happiest i've been with myself and my marriage. yes i get extremly loney during the days but between the little things i plan throughout the day it goes fast! i spend too much time on the phone. went over my mintues already woopsie. mike and i are getting to experience more together than i ever thought. time is flyin by. this weekend is the linemans rodeo. and as most of you saw we won tickets for kid rock for next weekend. than after that i spend a week and head home for 2 weeks. i am so stinkin excited to go visit. the family reunion is going to be a blast and of course seeing my friends. but i'm already homesick thinkin about leaving mike. i love the life we've created here, together.

the parts of town that matter to muah

i've managed to survive my first week here. people had me a little worried whenever i'd mention moving to casper but honestly i really like it here. its kinda an old fashion town which i love and i have managed to find target and walmart which is really all i need in life :)

i spent my days getting up making lunch for mike than goin back to bed, haha i know i'm lazy now. after an hour nap remmi and i go for our first walk/run of the day. i've measured it out and its about 1.2 miles one way. so we head to dog park and while remmi runs through mud and chases birds i'm that weird lady that does squates and lunges in the park, luckily this park is empty and no cars can see me! we head home eat some lunch. i facebook, tweet, blog, check accounts, blah blah blah while remmi sleeps. next is my favorite part of the day. i plop my ass in a chair (now in the POOL! yay!) and tan, read, and listen to music. life is sweeeet. next we head in the trailer and some dinner... when mike gets home we usually have to take remmi for another walk or go outside and play cards. thank you so much mom and dad for teaching us. its our favorite pass time now with no tv!! =)

i know my days sound pretty boring but its okay so far. i do miss home very very much though!! heres a few pictures of the town so you can kinda see where i'm living!


this is mikes office, yay hot time!!


down town....


nice, big fancy library :)



one of my favorite buildings. this movie theater is right down town and its only $3.50 to go see movies! they aren't brand new ones but as you can see new ones still! score!


and this is our church! its super small but wonderful! everyone was super super nice and welcoming. we can't wait to get to know everyone better!


Healthy Lifesyle studio. here's where i'll be taking my yoga classes =) bad picture but its off a main road. its an old house turned studio. can't wait to get my yoga on!!


i love this sign... this is down at the popular side of the dog park (not where i look like an idiot working out at) remmi has made lots of friends who tucker him out... thank goodness!!



this is their HIGH SCHOOL!! it is massive. obviously it doesn't matter to me a whole lot but it just kinda shows how the town is set up. this is also right up the road from our trailer park. i'll put up pictures of the football field once they get done redoing the field. the school takes up so much room. we can't figure how why its so big though! we're gonna sneak into it once school starts ;-)

whelps folks there ya go.... the parts of casper that i love. i forgot to get a picture of my dancing sheep shop though =( cutest yarn store! happy 4th everyone!! miss you all!!

Casper, Wyoming

i cried... alot. i cried when i found out we were moving. i cried when i said good bye to each of my best friends. i cried alot when my dad came home say bye. i cried when i saw my big little brother squirt a few tears out. i cried even more when i saw my mom cry. and i bawled my eyes out until we hit wolf lodge.

i didn't think it would be this hard to leave home. i also didn't think our trip would have gone the way it did... well folks it was rough real rough. but we made it one piece and i didn't cry once after idaho.


we left friday morning after getting a last minute fix on the truck. we don't know what happened but mike called me paniced on thursday because his truck "broke" i honestly still don't know what happened all i do know is.... tow truck came and we picked the truck back up friday before heading outta town. the first 8 hours went great. we made it to billings and devo took us out for a night on the town. also i got to have my first beer with my very best fran miss brandy and mwall =) couple beers later, okay and a few shooters we were walking our asses back to devos. and when i say walk i mean mike piggy backed me... ha

we got up early saturday- eager and ready to make the quick easy 4 hr to casper. boy were we in for it... we stopped for a quick photo at the wyoming boarder....

and BAM flat tire....
okay no big deal we have a spare and my handy man knows what to do... besides remmi needed some water and i needed to peeeee!!




well turns out the spare was flat so we had to load it up in my car drive 45 mins to the closet town and air it up.... okay we can handle this.


next we find out the stem broke on the spare so it wasn't holding air... wonderful! luckily being a linewife i have ooodddles and oooodddles of electric tape laying around so we taped that sucker up and took it back to the trailer. our thought process "we're broke we can't afford another tire right now. so oh it'll last 2 more hours to casper. it has to!" wrong... i was following mike and yup its flat again, along with the back tire on the other side too.... greeeat! okay i'll up my credit card limit real fast we'll buy too more tires and back on the road within an hour. we get to Firestone and the guy tells us he'll try to get to it today but most likey tomorrow morning. me- starting to freak out. mike (being the calm one)- okay and goes to take off the tires on the trailer. i said he was wasting time but he said it could help! and it did... the guy was so thankful that we helped him out he helped us! and cut us a deal so we only had to spend $100! woooop!!


Thank you Firestone!! back on the road...

after that we made it to Casper in no time... it was storming pretty bad when we arrived. its really cool cause its around 85 degrees and just thundering and lightening.... i love summer storms.


the trailer took the travel fairly well except another rough bump in our journey... somehow the toliet managed to get a leak and once we hooked up we ended up with a pool in the bathroom! yippee! luckily the water is CLEAN! and we have the showers close to our spot... which i'm very impressed with how clean they are. Thank God. so after trying to jimmy rig something to fix it Mike has called it unfixable. first paycheck = new toilet. gotta love adult hood right?!

but we're here safe and sound. we're happy and i haven't even cried once! here's a few pictures of our new home.... i'll post more once we get settled in our real spot. right now we're in the weekly spot and hopefully after this weekend we'll be in the permanent nice ones with grass back yards!! =)





oh and ps Happy Birthday to my adorable husband who got me into this mess... Happy 22nd Birthday ya old man!! ;-)

Casper, Wyoming

well guys so much for being number 8, scratch that 5 oh wait i mean number 1 and we're off to Casper, Wyoming! talk about movin books!! i'm a bundle of nerves... its weird i knew this was coming but uhm didn't think i would actually have to leave? silly right?? well now mike, the dog, and myself are leaving friday morning and headin out. we're driving 8 hrs to Billings to go visit a few friends. we'll go the next 4 hrs on saturday and head to our new home. Fort Casper Campground. i'll take pictures when i get there but for now here's the website for those who wanna check it out =)

http://www.ftcasparcamp.org/index.html


side goal: i'm gonna be running those foot trails daily =)


today is jam packed full of getting ready to go... last minute laundry, packing, getting all my crap outta my parents place, get the trailer all loaded down, and of course a last minute going away fire planned by muh best frans Ash and Tob =)

thank you to everyone who have been supportive through this whole process. its not done yet. i'm scared, nervous, excited and all around freaked out so i still need your prayers and thoughts =) love you to you all and heres to Casper freakin Wyoming!!