We just recently got an internet connection at our new apartment, so we can keep in touch better again. Since the last posting, Aaron has become an official BYU graduate! He has even received the diploma to prove it. Here is a pi
cture of the proud parents and the happy graduate. We were very blessed to have Aaron's parents, two grandmothers, two brothers, one sister in law, three nieces, and one future sister in law all come to the graduation. Not to mention Julie's parents, sister and brand new nephew. It was 
a great time to visit with everyone and spend some quality time. The photo of the event was undoubtedly Aaron's niece McKenna, wearing her grandpa's glasses. It was a favorite of everyone there. After all of the festivities, Julie's family helped Aaron and Julie make the long drive with a U-Haul all the way to Ventura, CA.We are now living in Ventura, CA. After living with Julie's sister Stacie, her husband Jim and their son Riley for about two weeks, we were finally able to find our own place. It was quite the process, but we made it. We are getting comfortable in our apartment and to our new routines. Aaron is able to make a pretty short drive to work everyday, about twenty minutes. At first, he was traveling quite a bit, and not enjoying it either. But now he works from the office and has been training with a nice guy named Justin, whose wife just had a baby boy two weeks ago. Julie is still adjusting to not working or having classes to
go to. She definitely enjoys being able to sleep as much as she can for now. As everyone loves to remind her, those days will be long gone once Joseph is born. She does have a small part-time job. She babysits (and Aaron helps) her nephew Riley, who lives only ten minutes away. This is a picture of Riley at his first trip to the pool that is in Julie's apartments. He really enjoyed it. He didn't get really worked up, but he was very relaxed and soaked up the entire thing. It was really fun.An update from Aaron's family: on June 16th, Aaron's little brother Tim was married to his new bride Anna in the Billings Montana Temple. Though we were not able to attend, we are so excited and happy for them. They are currently on their honeymoon, at Disneyland we believe. Maybe we'll be able to see them since they're in the neighborhood, before they go up to Kalispell for their open house.
And, we can't forget, an update on Julie and Joseph. For those who don't know, his full name is now Joseph Caleb Denney. We had an ultrasound right after we moved here. His estimated fetal weight was just over 4 pounds, which was quite a bit larger than he should have been at the time. So we are looking forward to another ultrasound in about a week so Julie's new doctor, Dr. Gustafson can get a better idea of Joseph's expected size and maybe even if he might come early, or if he might need to come early. But, Julie is measuring just normal and is still quite comfortable. She has just recently experienced the swelling feet and ankles. But as long as it doesn't cause pain, she doesn't mind it so much. On June 10th, Julie had her baby shower. Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures of it. It was really fun, and we were able to get a lot of the things we will need for Joseph, including a stroller and car seat. We are also going to pick up his crib this coming weekend. We have been attending a childbirth preparation class the last five weeks. We have a class tonight, and our last one next week. It has been a great class, and if you ask Aaron, he will tell you he has definitely learned a lot. Though much of it was like a review for Julie, much of it was also good to hear from a nurse, and good to hear with Aaron at the same time, so he can know where she gets all of her information and that it's not just wives tales. We have just begun preparing our hospital bag, making a list of what we think we will need, as well as preparing our mental birth plan. Once Julie's doctor gets back from vacation in two weeks, they plan on discussing that with him.
We have been slacking at taking an updated picture of Julie and
Joseph, but we do have one that is from a small get together of Julie's high school friends. For those who remember Jonathan Tigeri, this is him in the picture. Guaranteed, Julie's belly is already bigger than it was in this picture. Now that we're connected to everyone through the internet again, we'll try and be more diligent about taking some pictures of the belly growth before the belly is gone.Well, hopefully this has been a sufficient update. We really miss all those who are far from us, and enjoy being closer to those we are closer to. We keep you all in our thoughts and prayers. Hopefully we haven't missed out on any big updates since our last post. It has been a while, and you know what they say. Pregnancy can do weird things to your memory.
