Good News . . .

Gavin and I are expecting our first kiddo. I am due Nov 18! We went to the doctor today and we found out that we are having a little baby boy! Yeah a Pouliot to carry on our name. Just wanted to share.

RIP Oster Blender

On Tuesday, our Oster blender gave up the ghost after an admirable 2 years and 10 months on the job. The blender was a good provider, but ultimately his demise came from overuse. (If only we had never discovered homemade Orange Julius.) He leaves behind a heartbroken food processor attachment who will soon join him in the appliance afterlife.

While another blender will soon join our family, it can never fully take the Oster's place. We heartily knew ye. Goodbye old friend.

New Friends!!

We are so blessed to have good friends wherever we go. Here in Arizona, we love hanging out with the Bateses (that's the plural of Bates, right?) and the Bogels.

The Gang @ Diamondbacks Spring Training (from left): me, Kate, Kathrin & Ryan Bates, Shanda & Ty Bogel.

The Bateses are coming with us to NH for a summer getaway. I can't wait!!

Blessings

Well, it has been a long time since we posted on our blog. We need to get blogging again. Today Gavin and I taught Sunday School. We were talk ing about Moses and his caution to the children of Israel; he wanted them to remember God and always remember him. We talked about how easy it is to come to him in times of trial, but in times of goodness we tend to remember him less. I think I am guilty of that from time to time.

So I wanted to post about some of our great blessings. Gavin and I have such wonderful family surrounding us. Although we only see his family a couple times a year they are so supportive and kind. We enjoy their support even we are not together. My family here is wonderful. We also have great friends here, friends that are wonderful at church and work. We are blessed with jobs, sunshine (ALOT!!!), cell phones, computers, books in libraries, and vehicles that keep working.

I am also grateful because we have opportunities to travel and see our family. We get to go to Utah in July and we are going to NH in August! Yeah for cheap airplane tickets. I am blessed.

Most importantly, I am blessed with a sweet husband who puts up me all the time, in every condition and I love him. I am grateful I had this opportunity to even write these thoughts.

Hope all is well

Kate

School So Far...

Well, it's been a while and I am sure some of you are wondering what is going on. Well, I have been in school for a month now. My Master's program is in Educational Technology, which I have a better definition of now. Educational Technology is the designing of instruction ("lesson planning") and then using whatever tools ("technology") would help you reach that goal in the most effective way.

My classes so far are just beginner core classes and so some of the chapters are a little tedious (e.g. a five-page comparison on how e-mail differs from traditional mail) but some of the projects are interesting and some of the technology here at ASU is pretty mind-blowing.

So, all in all, it is pretty cool so far but I'm excited to get my hands dirty.

Pretty Awesome

I love mashed up trailers and this shows why. Sometimes it's not the irony but the similarity that makes them interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TuRbk-00Sw

Check it out.

We have so many things to be Thankful for . . .

We haven't really "caught up" yet but . . . Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was really fum this year. I haven't been home for Thanksgiving for several years and this year we got to be home. We got up, Gavin played dome football with guys in the ward, and then Gavin and I did the Stake Turkey Trot. Fun. Hard. I did it and Gavin rocked. The point was to guess your time. Whoever got closest won, but you didn't know how long the course was going to be. My dad makes a really good turkey, my sister and I got to make some pies, and cranberry sauce was a new thing at the table for Gavin. We had dinner a bit late - 3:00 which was nice. A bit later we had some thankful thoughts.

I am thankful for family - in NH and AZ, and temples, and Gavin, and a body that is healthy. I am so blessed.

And then we went to the Grand Canyon with my family on friday. I t was fun. Here is Gavin and I:

Happy Thanksgiving!