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It hasn't been too long since our last blog, but more even more has happened. Most of it is news that you are aware of, but we'll share it all anyways. Our biggest news has been the decision to move to California, coupled with Aaron's new job in Ventura, CA with Precision Environmental. It's a small company that is owned by a member of the church. We hope that it will work out to give us a place to be for a few years as we get our financial foundation worked out. We put a new link on the right hand side for his company's website.
In other news, we have chosen a name for our little boy. It is Joseph. We still don't have a middle name worked out, but we're content having a first name for now, and feel like it will suit him well.
The school semester is winding down very fast. We have two more days of classes, two "reading days" with no classes or finals, and then our final exams. We are excited to finish up, though we will be sad to leave as it has been a great experience here at BYU. Aaron's university commencement is on Thursday, April 27. His college graduation is on Friday, April 28. We are very excited to see all those who are able to come and celebrate with us. We plan to have a great time.
As said before, Aaron had a soccer game and Julie worked really hard to get a good picture of him. It's really hard to get a good picture of soccer players! But she eventually got one good one! Sadly, they did not win that game, but Aaron did get a t-shirt that has "Dennesty" on the back. His old roommate was nice enough to pitch in so he could get a team shirt, and remembered that name from when they were roommates.
Though Julie does not quite feel it does her growing belly justice, here is another picture of her, a bit more updated. She is now 26 weeks along. Her due date is still July 24th and Joseph is as active as ever. Though it isn't always very fun for Julie, it is comforting to feel him so often and for Aaron to be able to feel him more and more.
Julie has made a few more creations in her classes she can share with everyone. Her floral design class proved to be great fun and she enjoyed being able to brighten up the apartment with her floral and cake creations. This first picture is an Easter basket of sorts. It's really a hodge podge of flowers, but it was fun to make and a fun addition to the "kitchen table garden." Her last assignment for Floral design was to create something out of silk flowers. So Julie chose to make something that would go well in her bedroom. The flowers aren't an exact match, but it looks great. Aaron isn't very picky about colors matching anyway, so he enjoys it too. Julie also had one more cake that she made, however it didn't quite turn out the way she wanted it to. She had planned how she would decorate it, but her fondant icing just wasn't being very nice that day and her and her teacher had a horrible time with it. Kneeding hard and dry fondant frosting for about half an hour can take away anyone's creative juices. So needless to say, Julie ended up just throwing the cake together and calling it done. It wasn't anything special. The picture looks alright, though the frosting is purple, not blue. But it was far from the picture Julie had in her mind.
We will surely have new pictures in a few weeks from graduation, and moving. However, it might be a while before we get things back and running with the move and all that is involved with it. We hope you are all doing well. You are all in our prayers. We are extremely excited to see all of those who are coming for graduation and thank you for making the trip. We love you all and wish you all the best.