Bear Lake

Jared and I went with his family last weekend to Bear Lake. We rented a cabin there, and had way fun. I laugh because we always have good intentions of taking lots of pictures but neither of us brings the camera whenever we go somewhere. So, here are a couple of pictures that we actually did take. In the midst of all the rain, and yes SNOW, we managed a couple of nice 4-wheel rides, swimming in the pool, a hike through the Minnetonka Caves, and of course, the story of the Bear Lake Monster. Jared and I actually had to leave a couple of days early because #1 neither of us have enough vacation to take 4 days off, and #2 Jared has been studying HARD for his licensure exams, even on his vacation :( Maybe next year we'll have less responsibilities!

Oh yeah-and did I mention that it rained a lot and even snowed? We spent most of the time in doors watching everyone beat the "old school nintendo" visiting, eating, and watching movies. That is how Jared was able to get so much studying done, YEA!

Baby Turner

Jared and I had our 18 week appointment on Thursday. We were really surprised when the nurse and doctor said we could schedule an ultrasound. We were thinking it would still be about 2 weeks away. Of course, Jared asked them if we could do it RIGHT NOW but they couldn't get us in until Friday. So grandbaby Bergeson #7 (which will be the 3rd one for 2008) and grandbaby Turner #5 (which will also be the 3rd one for 2008) is a...

GIRL! And she is so cute already! I can't figure out how they can tell stuff from some of these pictures but the ultrasound went great and we are still hoping that everything is OK since the technician can't ever tell you any bad news. She explained everything that she could so that was nice. We did count 10 fingers 10 toes, kidneys, spine, lips, nose, feet and hands, and the blood-a good sign. I felt lucky because we were the last appointment for the day and she did a really thorough job in an hour and a half. It was way fun, and she gave us a lot of pictures. Jared keeps getting mad at me for telling this story but in the first minute of the ultrasound the technician said well, it looks like it's a girl and I turned to look at Jared and his mouth was hanging open in disbelief. Not sure if it was because it wasn't a boy, or because there was something actually moving and it seemed real, or because the technician told us so quickly and very matter of fact! We are excited! They confirmed my due date again as 10/23/08 which Grandma Bergeson was very exited about because it's her birthday!

I also wanted to post some pictures of Jared and I's latest yard projects....

I looked out the window and what did I see? This boy in a car whose is he?

Actually this is our sprinkler guy, he drove his car over...HA! This is the neighbor boy that comes to help his dad do the landscaping and is quite experienced. I asked him if I could take his picture, he frowned, and shook his head no-I think he was just really cold!

Jared in knee deep dirt.

He just couldn't just stay in the house and went to help dig some of the trenches

SOD-we felt lucky again that we had a brief break in the rain, and wind to put the sod down...WAY HARD WORK!

Are we done yet?

Ah-the finished product

Jared's parents surprised me with a Lilac Bush you can see under our window

We haven't quite decided where to put it yet, but I'm way excited about it

Garden Spot

And...our first Bar-B-Que with Chef Angela

Actually all the guys were way tired and sick from all the hard work they didn't even really want to eat :) We appreciated everyone that came to help us even my 2 80-year-old grandpas. They are such "Stallions" as Jared says! Thanks everyone!

At Least I Voted!

Well-I was pretty sad last night when Archuleta didn't win. BUT, at least I voted. I think I would have felt worse (if I hadn't have voted) to be wondering if I would have voted if it would have changed all the results...HA! Actually I thought the best part of the night (since he lost) was Gladys Knight and her PIPS; that was hilarious. I also thought the de-highlight was Carrie Underwood and her underwear almost being caught on camera, that was way too short of a skirt thing or whatever, and obviously the camera man was thrilled with it. I really liked her until then, and I feel so bad now that she can't even remember her own last name because she was so drunk!!

In the meantime, Jared and I have some BIG news oursevles. We got our gay sprinklers in finally, and our rain gutters today just in time for all the showers we've been having. I will update with some pictures soon as they are more fun than just reading stuff, and we hope to lay our sod this weekend too. Jared actually has 4 days off for the long weekend so hopefully we will be able to get some yard stuff done. Oh-and one last thing...if anyone is interested in this cool website my friend showed it to me. www.springhillnursery.com. You can select a specific garden and they send you the bulbs with a map of how to arrange everything...it's pretty cool. They also have tons of other stuff to plant for your specific zone. Hopefully later this summer I can post some pictures of the end result :)

If anyone is wondering what we will be doing tomorrow morning

The Board of Trustees, the Faculty
and the Graduating Class
of
Idaho State University
request the honor of your presence
at the Sixty-second Annual Commencement
and the awarding of the degree of
Doctor of Pharmacy
to
Jared G Turner
at ten o'clock a.m.
on Saturday, the tenth of May
Two thousand and eight
ASISU Holt Arena
Pocatello, Idaho

WOO-HOO! Can't wait! I think I am more excited than Jared, I tried to get him to try on his robe for me, and he wouldn't. It has been one party after another this whole week, and I am so proud of him! I am also so glad that Jason Castro got voted off Idol-I started thinking he was the one that was stoned not Paula. And I voted for Archuleta...I hope he wins, and I'm jealous that my bro and sis-in-law get to see him live at the JAZZ game tonight. He is singing the National Anthem...no fair! I want to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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5 Days Left to Go!

Well it's finally about here. Jared only has 5 days left of school. WOO-HOO! I have seriously contemplated a paper chain several times over the past 6 weeks just to help pass the time. However, we have survived! This has been the most stressful by far. Jared's boss pointed out a couple of weeks ago that according to pyschologists, Jared has at least 7 of the top ten stressors known to mankind happening all at the same time. So, this is why we (and definitly not he) haven't updated our blog for a month in case you were wondering:

New House (we finally closed and moved in last weekend in the midst of it all)

New Job (jared has been putting in about 60-65 hours/week between work and school to help get them through until he graduates)

Pregnant Wife with a blood dyscrasia (Yes-I am pregnant, just started month 4 we are way excited but nervous because of my 3 miscarriages, however, only 182.5 shots left to go!)

New Puppy (No explanation-we've had lots of discussions about her lately)

Graduating from Pharmacy School (Go Jared!)

New Contacts (No comment-he's lucky if he gets up on time to put them in)

7 Home Teaching Families (Jared is the only one (mostly) that goes in our ward)

Executive Secretary Duties (Appointment with the Bishop anyone?)

2 really HUGE assisgnments left to complete in the next 5 days!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS Jared for being such a stud muffin and thanks for putting up with me through it all! I love you!

Random Thoughts by Jill

I guess we bought a house. Jared and I have been in a tranz (don't know how to spell that) since last Thursday when we spent 4 hours just making an offer. Now, we've been going from person to person signing paper after paper...not really the fun part! We're still excited though. Jared started his last rotation today for the rest of our lives, and we're excited, but the next 6 weeks are still going to be rough. We were discussing today during our 15 minutes at home together how nice it will be for him to only have to work 40 hours/week and we're thinking it might be good not to worry about moving until after graduation. I seriously can't believe it's coming up so soon. It will be so rewarding for us to have a dishwasher (like I've taken any of the tests) :) HAHA! Oh - and a garage. I got way distracted at work today because my friend from high school e-mailed me about our 10 year class runion. Yeah, I had no idea about this website www.classreport.org it was so fun to read about everyone from high school and remember all the people we (meaning I-not Jared) toilet papered and prank called during those tender years. HA! Quite Fun! It will be fun to have a runion. American Idol was Awesome tonight! Though it was the first time I disagreed with Simon. I really thought David Archuleta's song was good. I liked it, and thought it seemed like a great high school..."Ah"...feel good song. It fit him too because he's only 17. I missed Ramielle's song and didn't hear what the judges said but I'm pretty sure she can't compare to Carrie Underwood-that was by far my favorite song from her. The Champion song made me like Austrailian boy for the first time, and I liked the Billy Jean thing. I still like Carly too, and hope that she doesn't get booted becuase she was in the bottom 3 last week, what was with the whole bathroom comment? I always way love Brooke...but lastly, Why is Kristy still in? I need to start voting, that was a good song, but she just BUGS me...oh and Jason does too along with his hair. OKAY!