2 Months Pregnant!

Me at 2 Months Pregnant!

I dont think people normally show... but I am!

Yikes... I better get some tummy rubbing Coco Butter =)

3 month pic coming soon!

Lv, Mar

Exciting News =)

We are pregnant! I know!! About time eh? We are thrilled =) We are about 9 weeks along. Baby is due June 4th, 2010... right around our 4 year anniversary.

Got really sick between week 6 and now... but I think Im getting a little better.

It was funny, we were filming a friends Wedding in beautiful Sedona and I started getting grossed out by food and feeling a little uneasy. Then the next day I had another 8 hour Wedding filming day and I couldn't shake this sick feeling, I was scared I was getting the flu.

So after all the Weddings that weekend we got home and I took a test, and it was positive! I was actually shocked. Then I think once my body realized I was pregnant, thats when the sickness hit.

Anyways, went to our Doctors Appt today and he said the baby looked right on track and healthy! The baby was even kicking their foot to a beat. It was precious. Heart beat was strong. We are grateful =) Pic below is from the Ultra Sound today!

The Doctor I have has delivered almost 10,000 babies, so we are in good hands =)

The Story of Briella's Birth =)

Well the McLaws' finally have a Grandbaby in the family! Christina and Ben had a BeAuTiFuL baby girl Sept 29th, 2009! Here is the story...

I went home to Billings to visit and hang out with my family for a week.

Pic below is beautiful Christina at like 38 weeks I think. We went on a walk at the Zoo and she let me take some shots of her =)

-This is a diaper from the "Diaper Game" we played at Christinas Baby Shower

-The "Diaper Game" was really fun and funny. Its chocolate bars melted and put into Diapers and you have to smell and taste it and try to figure out what candy bar it is. It looks so real... so the girls were screaming and laughing. It was really fun!

-The day after her baby shower, Christina started getting light contractions. This is me timing the contractions while Christina packs for the Hospital.

I decided to stay in town for a few extra days.. I just had a feeling the baby was coming!

-Ben helping Christina get through the pain =)

-After Christina was in 48 hours in labor on and off we decided it was time to get the baby out the old fashioned way.... walking stairs. Christina, Mom and I walked up and down 45 stories. It was tiring! But it did the trick and she went into labor 4 hours later!

-A new Grandaddy. He was so excited =)

Briella is 2 hours old here!

She was born at 7 lbs 2 oz & 20 inches long

-Aunt Marianne with Briella at 2 hours old!

-A new Grammie =)

Mom with Briella at 2 hours old

-Briella with Aunt Marianne at 1 day old =)

-Beautiful baby girl!!! We think she looks pretty McLaws ;)

-Briella at 2 days old... at home from the Hospital sleeping in Grammies bed =)

-Mommy Christina looking at her treasure =)

Aunt Marianne Turns 50 =)

Today we celebrated Aunt Marianne's 50th Birthday! Our family has good genes! You cant even tell this girl is 50! We had fun at Red Lobster. Sounds like for her Birthday her husband Norm got her a cruise for next Spring!

WOO HOO!

Have fun... =)

More Summer Pictures

AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WERE HOT BUT FUN!

MOSTLY... JUST FIXING UP THE HOUSE BIT BY BIT AND WORKING...

AND TIME WITH FAMILY, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE BEST!

ENJOY!! J

-Marianne Repelling "Ozzy Style"

-With the twin nieces in Prescott.. PRECIOUS!

-Billy & I enjoying the Weather in Prescott (below). We went to Prescott, AZ only 2 hours away from where we live so we could get away from 105 degrees and hang out in 70 degrees! We went with our Watts family. It was fun. Good times and good food =) We also got to visit my precious Nana (97 yr old Great Grandmother) I love her!

-Giving Charlie Boy Butterfly Kisses ... He is my favorite nephew.. Chunk O Love!!

-Charlie, Andrew, Annabelle, Charla, Adeline and Billy Walkin around Prescott downtown.

This pic was not staged this is how they were walking so I took a quick picture.

CUTE!

-Kobi and Arthur just waiting for me to let them out to chase the geckos and crickets... LOL! They will love when Winter weather returns =)

-Arthur and Kobi hanging with Bill and I as we make a walk way in the back yard.

The yard is looking a little better... slowly but surely =)

-Bill took pictures of some family friends and shot a pic of me. I love it because of the palm trees. We fed the ducks too... hence the bread =)

-We LOVE visits to the Temple

Mesa, AZ

-Girls lunch out.

Left to Right:

Annas daughters: Milly and Abby

Anna and Tatum (Jennys Daughter)

Brittany and Macey (looking somewhere else lol)

Jenny, and I

We need a baby boy in this picture... Hummmmm =)

-Bily and I at a friends Bday Party

Mar, Sarah Rae and Mr. Bill

Until next time......

bill loves the doggies =)

Its funny cause when I married Bill he swore to never have a Dog... "I only like cats" he'd say... now we have 2 beautiful Doggies... Arthur and Kobi.... who are Caviler King Charles Spaniels, and whats funny about it is, I think Bill loves them more than me! LOL!!!

May & June 2009 Update!

Oh my goodness. No time to blog ever. Its been busy.... here's what happened in May and June:

MAY 2009

Curtis got married May 16th (last post) it was wonderful!

Christina visited AZ and we visited Nana (our 96 yr old Great Grandmother) in Prescott:

Christinas Updated Prego Tum Tum =)

Nana & I

I filmed the Molina Jewlers Family Members Wedding. It was a $250,000 wedding with Diamonds literally dripping down from the ceiling.

JUNE 2009

Bill and I visited our favorite vaca destination: Keystone, South Dakota

My side of the family has a lot of history here and Papa has a Ranch that we LOVE to visit.

Pic is Curtis and Auli'i working at the Candy store in downtown Keystone.. 5 minutes from Mt Rushmore that my Parents recently opened!

-Me at the Presidential Wax Museum. Im a GW Bush fan...

-Bill looking at the Reagan Wax Sculpture. These wax things look so real sometimes!

-Billy and I at the Needles Point. Its beautiful there!

-Me in Papas backyard =)

-Bill and I at the Game Lodge built by my Great-Great Grandfather.

Calvin Coolidge stayed here back in the day and my GG Grandfather met him.

-I love the stones by the walkway!

-Another view from Needles Point!

-Mariannes Nani and Papa (Grandparents) with Billy & I =)

LOVE THEM!!!

-Bill at Vahalla.. also built by my GG Grandfather CC Gideon.

-Mar at Needles Point

-Visiting my 2nd cousin Gideon at his new shop in downtown Keystone called Teddy's Deli... and its Y-U-M-M-Y!!

-Bill kayaking...

-Mar Kayaking (sorry for the ugliness... just woke up and went straight to the lake)... it was like 8am and all the animals were out. It as beautiful. We saw bighorn sheep, turtles, fish diving out of the water, eagles, white tailed deer!

-Then after South Dakota we headed over to Billings, MT where Mars parents live and got to see Mars brother Orrin get his Eagle Scout.....

(Left to Right: Christina, Ben, Auli'i, Curtis, Mom, Orrin, Dad, Benjamin, Mar & Bill)

-Marianne Repelling with Ben (Brother in Law)

Ill post better pics of this later =)

-At Curtis and Auli'is Montana Reception!

Family Pic minus Billy

Dad, Mar, Mom, Curtis, Auli'i, Christina, Ben, Benjamin, Orrin, Aunt Marilyn, and Uncle Arthur)

-SHERIDAN WYOMING PEPS!!!

These are some of our best friends from Sheridan coming to visit for the Reception!

-Christina and I .... look at that growing tummy!!

-Curtis and Auli'i after they cut the cake =) cute....

END OF JUNE

My sweet nieces come over for a visit....

These are Bills Sisters Twins =)

Annabelle and Adeline

You really realize how blessed your life is when you Blog.. lol =) We are so lucky to have amazing family and wonderful memories.....

JULY COMING SOON =)

ThE EnD

Curtis is Married =)

Well, Curtis & Auli'i are finally married! It feels like this was a long time coming!!!

We are so excited for them!

The Wedding was held at the Los Angeles, California Temple. 

The Temple is beautiful and super big,  first time most of us had been there.

And California of course, was beautiful.

The Reception was at an awesome home on the mountainside with its backdrop! Just stunning!

Here are some pictures from the Wedding. 

Between Bill and Christina we took about 1,100 pictures! YIKES!

(Thank goodness I was doing the Video or we'd have more.. LOL!!)

So since there are so many, this is all I will be posting on the blog.. to see more.. visit my Facebook page.

CONGRATS CURT AND AULI'I!!

Curt & Auli'i coming out of the Temple! MARRIED FINALLY!

Happy Kiddos after the Ceremony!

Curt swingin' Auli'i around! LOL.. I love this pic!

Kissy kissy =) The trees, plants and flowers all over the Temple grounds were just beautiful!

LA Temple Background =) Its huge!

Front of Temple!

Auli'i was actually not posing in this one... she was just waiting for her Photographer to take the pic and Christina snapped this shot =)

Cousins! =) Jared, Moi, and Derek!

The Boys waiting for Curt & Auli'i to emerge!

The McLaws/McDonald Clans

Curtis's Immediate Family = US!

Moi, Dad, Orrin, Ben, Mom, Christina, Auli'i & Curtis

Cousin Shot Minus Curtis and Nathan

Ben, Me, Orrin, Wyatt, Derek, Christina, and Jared

Dad, Bill and Orrin Dancin' the Night Away =)

Dad and his Brother Ivan doin the Boogie! =)LOL

Aunt Marianne and Jared Dancing! This was at the Reception! Look at the houses view. Those mountains were beautiful!

THE END

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Workout with SIONE from The BIGGEST LOSER!!

Well this was a great week! I am really into the TV show 

"The Biggest Loser"

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE BIGGEST LOSER FINALE

One of the finalist, Sione, came home recently from the show.

The Biggest Loser really changed his life and so when he came home he decided to become a Personal Trainer. He lives here in Arizona close to us so he decided to get a small group of people together to practice what he learned on the show. I was excited to attend because I wanted to learn the exercising tricks that he learned from his amazing trainers. 

Thanks for the great Bootcamp Workout Sione!!!

If you dont watch The Biggest Loser .. you should start NOW! =)

Sione and I (when he entered the show he weighed 372 lbs... now he weight around 215 I think he said!)

The group of girls that worked out with him!

Mahima 2009

Here's a little slideshow of the evening =) PAUSE MUSIC BELOW TO PROPERLY HEAR AUDIO ON SLIDESHOW!

(Our Friends are: Ramesh & Aruna and their Daughters Niathara & Diya)

Mahima is a Hinduism Celebration. Bill and I attended the Hindus Mihima of 2009.

We went with some long time friends who have lived in America for over 20 years... but were raised in India as children/teens and still practice the culture here.

It was so much fun! The star of the show was Dr. KJ Yesudas. He is extremely popular in India. He has produced over 30,00 songs... yes, I said thirty thousand! Thats insane. He was amazing. He is 72 and has been singing and preforming since the 1970's. Most his songs are used in popular India Movies. They were going crazy over him. PS.. This guy is actually a Indian Christian but sings at Mahima's (Hinduism Traditional) cause he enjoys the music so much.

Its customary for the women to dress in traditional attire. Anyone who knows me will get a kick out of the pic of me in the dress (slideshow) ... cause they all know that I was more than happy to dress up. I love Bellydancing so I usually wear the Bellydancing clothes when I dance... but I've never worn the Traditional Attire so it was really fun for me!