these are a few of my favorite things...

--sunday morning walks with my boys, discussing what our baby will look like, sports they'll play, that property we want back home, that dream house we'll one day have, and of course that time in our life where we'll sit on our front porch on our rockers discussing how cold that winter in wyoming was ;-)
--daily talks with mom. you think i can talk? have a chat with that woman
--baking.
--farmers markets. picking out my favorite fresh fruits? count me in.
--great yoga sessions. the ones where you walk away feeling like youre a pretzel
--snuggling in bed watching Grease, even though he hates it and than catching him singing along with my Grease cd on our next road trip
--cooking dinner and being told its his new favorite food
--paying bills. i love seeing debt go down and savings go up.
--going on junk food trips. grabbing kit kats, skittles, popcorn, caramel popcorn, cookies and pigging out on all it.
--texts from best friends saying i love you. those mean more than you'll ever know.
--learning a new crochet pattern and actually accomplishing it.
--getting a "reminder" that my first doctor appointment is in a week, shows that others are just as excited for us.
--going on drives in the truck playing our favorite old songs
--decorating for fall
--huckleberry competitions with dad, even though he always picks more than me
--changing the scentsy smell
--taking long baths... this is the only reason i drive 9 hours to go to class =)
--pintrest.com okay this is my new favorite pass time. pictures and planning, its great.
--new pair of boots. cowgirl boots go with everything.

move it like a cyclone? :-)

i'm finally putting pictures of our new home! yay! sorry for those who really don't care but the pictures are pretty boring and detailed. we have family who wanna see and i have one nosy mama ;-) oh and you can tell i also have a nosy puppy... can you spot him in the pictures?!

its pouring down rain otherwise i would have taken better pictures from the outside but please spare me... the morning walk was wet as it was! here's the details though... its a 2007 heartland cyclone. it is a 5th wheel toy hauler with two slides (the bed and the couch/table).



Here's our nice new king sized bed. i will never go back now lol i love having mike and remmi in bed but never even know =) plus i loved shopping for new bedsets.



Here's the view from our bed... we finally have a tv in our room and hello cable =) we'll eventually hook dish up but for now i'm happy with my scratchy 5 channels... also its really nice to have a built in dresser so we can put the other one in the back for baby. also notice the closet! hello space for more clothes!




this is probably the only thing i would change is to have the bathroom one room but since its just the two of us we'll live... the nice thing about this sink compared to the last though is its out of the way plus the mirror opens up for more storage!



yay! we can finally shower in our trailer! the last one had a stupid half bath thing so we just used it for storage. its so nice to be able to use this one now...



heres the couch... this is the first thing you see you when you open the door... the second tv is above the door so its nice and cozy to sit and watch movies all day right here =)



just another trailer table...



i was a little worried about the cupboards being sideways and how we were going to keep it organized but i actually love this. everything has its own shelf!



this is probably my favorite part. i love baking and now i have enough counter space to set my kitchen aid and kind of spread out. i know it doesn't look like much space for you "privledged house people" but trust me it is!



here's the view from the garage =)



and here's christopher's bed up above. lemme tell you that is probably the hardest bed i've ever had to make... christopher will probably love it. for being such a big guy he sure like cozy spots =) also its kinda bulky and i don't really like having the kennel inside but it sure has made a difference in kennel training remmi. he's starting to like it more and more! thank goodness!



and here is the garage part of the trailer that we're turning into the nursery! we have this bed and actually another bed comes down over this one to make bunk beds but we're leaving the other one up. for now we're also moving this bed up so make can use this for work clothes and taking off muddy boots...



this is the dresser we had in the other one that is currently empty but i'm sure will be full of baby clothes here soon! =)



our plan is to put the crib in this general area... now grandmas and great grandmas don't freak out. we will be moving the rifle and dog food and carpeting this area. you guys know me better than this =) i still have 7 months to make the rough edges soft =)



and lastly the door! lol no remmi just looked too cute he needed his own picture... who would guess that this sweet devil has been giving me a run for my money!

well there ya go! a look inside the mcbride trailer house. we're so happy it finally worked out and we have a nice large place to raise remmi and soon baby mcbride =)

i was made for this.

i'm currently back home in idaho enjoying some good, quality time with family and friends. its been so fun wandering stores and looking at baby things with mom knowing i'm actually "aloud" to look at this now. i've been busy reading my "what to expect now that you're expecting" and man i didn't know anything... but i have come to the conclusion that i'm just built to be pregnant!
-all those hours i spent praying to the boob gods to at least get me out of my sports bra, well thanks for listening 7 years later! and as grandma cinderelle keeps saying enjoy them now before they turn into flat pancakes! gosh am i ever gonna win?!
-this constant queasy feeling? i've been preparing for this part every friday and saturday night for the last year. hung over much?!
-exhaustion? yup i sleep more than my 19 year old brother who doesn't get up before noon (and thats early!)
-remembering those giant, horse sized prenatal pills? piece o cake! i'm a creature of habit. oats and a glass of milk with those horse pills? yes please!
-constant nagging hunger pains? i'm a foodie so i love this part. greatest part of being home... hello jamms! you've never tasted SO good!
-oh those lovely, spontanious crying fits? oh yah love em.... i've never been a huge crier but guess its good for me? ugh no i hate this part. i cry over songs, pictures, nice text messages, fb comments? come one!

truth is, i love being pregnant. i've know for almost 2 weeks now but it feels so much longer. i've grown so attached to this little baby already... by the way my baby is currently the size of a few poppyseeds and its growing arms. creepy much? good thing mama loves you! =)

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.