Done with school!

This week I finally finished all my coursework to get my B.S. degree in Entrepreneurship from the Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. It's been a long road that has lasted 10 years and has been through four different majors and two different universities. Following is a brief history of my collegiate career:

I started out at the U right after I graduated from high school. I began work on a Computer Science degree, but decided to change majors after the first couple of semesters. I transfered to Weber State University and started work on an Information Systems degree. After my mission to San Diego I went back to Weber State and decided that Business Administration was more my thing (this was partially influenced by something my mission president said to me). The U seemed to be calling to me and I transfered back and eventually settled on their Entrepreneurship degree. I have always had dreams of starting a business and I figured I may as well study something that I thought was interesting.

And now it's over! I don't really know what to think... It was kind of an anti-climatic finish when I emailed my final project to my professor. I expected trumpets to sound and angels to sing "hallelujah" or something but all I got was an email back from my professor saying "thanks".

I have been working full time and taking night classes, so it will be nice to just come home after work and not worry about going to class, working on homework, and presentations. Now I can focus on some of the things that I have been lacking: Spending quality time with Sabrina (and Harrison in a few weeks!), getting back into shape, reading, and the list goes on...

I think I am going to participate in the graduation ceremonies at the end of next semester (they don't have any ceremonies at the end of this current semester). I figure I might as well get a picture shaking some guy's hand after 10 years of work.

BUNKO!

Who knew that bunko was so much fun!
Well i guess alot of people must but i've never played it before, until last night i'd only though of it as a marginally taboo game that mormon women played.
Well Danae Dunn invited me to go play with her and some of her friends and it was really alot of fun. I'd never met the people there before but to play the game you dont really need to know the other players very well.
And I won a prize at the end of the game. Not a very significant prize. I never won BUNKO, i didnt have the most wins, or loses, or even BUNKOed off. I just had my score card drawn out of the basket.
Well it might be a while before i go and play BUNKO again... the baby is coming soon and my time will be spent being a new mom. but I really had fun and maybe in the summer i might find a group to join and pick it up again!

Spanglishbookstore.com

Josh just this past week launched his very own online books store! We are very excited and hope that all his hard work will pay off.
Josh has been selling spanish and bilingual books at our preschool book fairs for the past year. He has been really successful with them. So he decided that the next logical step would be to sell his books on line.
So if anyone is interested in Spanish or Bilingual books come and take a look.
We'll ship to you where ever you are! We think that the site is really easy to use but any feed back you might have would be greatly appreciated!
OK so go and check out the books at www.spanglishbookstore.com

Also the first week of December Josh will be doing his very first book fair for an entire bilingual elementary here in SLC! Wish us luck on that one too! We'll keep you posted to tell you how it turns out.

The 3 Baby Greens

We were trying to decide who the little guy looks like.... We pulled out some baby pictures. They are alot older than he is right now... obviously... but we thought that he has some features from both of us. He is just sooooo cute!
p.s. from the ultrasound he weights 2 lbs. 7 oz. He is getting bigger!

New pictures!

We went to see the sonographer again today to get some 3D pictures and video of our little son. Here are some of the better pictures...

Look at his little face!

This one is a profile of his head, you can see his little ear on the right.

Here is one of his face from the front. That's his little hand over his eye.

This is one of my favorites...just relaxing and all stretched out.

Here's another one all stretched out. That is his other hand on his chin.

Look at his cute little nose and cheeks!

Monster Clothes for our "Little Monster"

Over conference weekend we made a few new shirt for our "little monster". We are pretty happy with how they turned out!

We also saw this shirt and hat at Old Navy, and I couldn't pass them up...

A fun family night.

Last night was a fun night for Josh and I. We were looking at ultrasound pictures of a fetus at 25 weeks on the internet, and then our little guy started to kick. He kicked and kicked and kicked. Probably 3 or 4 times for a few minutes each time. It was so cool to feel him kick, (my belly even was moving when he kicked) and to see a picture of what a baby that size looked like while feeling them inside of you was so amazing. We were watching the kicks of an entire and complete little boy. It was amazing. We both go so excited thinking about when our son finally comes to our family.

Viking Man Tri

Today was my last tri of the year...the Viking Man in Pleasant Grove. It was a fundraiser for the Pleasant Grove High School swim team. It was so cold and was raining off and on the whole time. Even though it was cold, it actually turned out to be pretty fun. Jod also raced and my Dad and B raced as a team (my Dad's first time!). This was the first reverse order tri that I have done and I liked the change. It was nice to have the run (my least favorite of the three) done at the first.

All in all I participated in 5 races this year: Utah Summer Games (as a relay with Sabrina), Echo Tri, Alta Canyon Tri, Ogden Valley, and Viking Man.

Next year I am hoping to do a few new ones including one in San Diego and one in Burley, Idaho.

LoveRunner at Velour

Last night we played a show at Velour in Provo. It was a fun night. We had a "fill-in" drummer with us, who did an excellent job with only one practice with the band. Velour is one of my favorite places to play because it is such a nice venue. They have great sound and a really cool atmosphere. We played with the Darling Broads, Knotty Pine, and the Goodlife Experience. Photos courtesy of rock photographer Sabrina Green.

Here's me and Jonathan. (The smoke is from our wailing guitars)

Here is the whole band.

Ogden Valley Tri

Saturday the 15th was the Ogden Valley Tri. It was the first time that I have participated in this race, and it was great. It took us about an hour to drive from Salt Lake to Pineview Reservoir in the morning. It was pretty chilly when we got there, but warmed up a lot by the time I was done. It is a really pretty area and a great place for a tri. I ended up doing a lot better than I thought I would. The sad thing is that I got a faster overall time here than at Echo and the bike course was a few miles longer here.

Here I am getting out of the water...I felt pretty good even though I hadn't really trained. The wetsuit I was using made it hard to move my shoulders. Next time I will rent a tri wetsuit.


Somehow I actually pulled off my fastest bike time at this race...faster than any other tri I have done. I lost my water bottle with about 1.5 miles to go and I almost hit a spectator who was crossing the road, oblivious to the fact that there were bikers coming down the street at 20+ mph.

The run was bad news! I had a pretty slow time (about 30 minutes). The first half of the course was a gradual hill and then turned into a single track trail run. By the time I got to the run it was getting pretty warm. I had been leap frogging this one guy the whole way. We ended up chatting with about 200m to go, it was his first race. I couldn't let him beat me on his first race so I took off right at the end.

It was a fun race that I think I will be doing again next year.

Removed Family Photo

Sorry if you are wondering where my family photos are. But i've been asked not to have that on the internet. So i've removed it. Sorry for any troubles.

Just for fun poll

I just added a poll to our blog to help decide our baby's name. So far I think we are probably going to name him Harrison and his last name will most likely be Green...it's the middle name we need help with. So here are the options (and explanations):

Joshua (his dad's name)
Averil (not sure if that is spelled right, but that would be his great-grandpa's name, my dad's dad)
Trevor (Sabrina's dad's name)
Ford (uh, hello...Harrison Ford!)

This is just a fun poll, we aren't taking it too seriously...let us know what you think!

Baby's First Kicks (first that dad felt anyway...)

We were just sitting on the couch tonight watching tv when Sabrina said that she felt the baby kick. I put my hand on her stomach and he kicked two more times! Sabrina has been feeling him move a little but tonight was the first time that I felt him move. It's a pretty awesome feeling to know that he is in there and moving around.

Alta Canyon Triathlon

Today I did the Alta Canyon Triathlon. It was a "mini sprint" which means that it was shorter that a standard sprint distance race. The swim was in a pool and was 400 meters, the bike was 9 miles, and the run was a 5K.


There were a few new things for me on this race:


First, I have never done a tri in a pool. It actually worked out pretty nice. We had to all line up according to how fast we thought we were going to swim. I got in the line at the end of the 6 minute group. Racers were started one at a time and were not allowed to dive. You had to first start your chip by putting your foot on the timing box and then jump in and go. Once you got to an orange flag, the next swimmer would start. There were four lanes and you would swim down and back in one lane and then move on to the second, third, and fourth and do the same thing. I passed the kid ahead of me after about 100 meters.


The second new thing was using my cycling shoes and pedals. I have used them on quite a few training rides, but this was the first race. They worked out really nice, but were a little weird to run in when leaving the T1 and coming into T2.


The last new thing for me on this race was that I actually won something! I came in 3rd in my age division and got a medal for it! I was 42nd overall out of the 172 racers who finished. I finished 26th out of the 65 male racers who finished.


Overall, it was a great even. I seemed to be pretty nice for spectators too since they got to see the racers at several points in the race. There was also a kids race that was a swim and run. We are looking forward to when we can do a father and son race day in a few years...


Thanks to Bina, Jod, and B for coming out to support me!

Custom Baby Clothes

Here are a few pics of the baby clothes I made for our little guy. We found a good deal on the onesies and the shirts at the Carter's outlet in Park City. We got blank ones so that I could print something on them. Yes the second one is a robot, I know I am a nerd.

The Crib

So we got our crib yesterday afternoon from Babies R Us (it was quite an ordeal that involved me locking myself out of my running truck in Orem and Sabrina driving from Salt Lake to open my door...). We love it! It is the same "rubbed black" finish as the changing table/dresser that we bought earlier. We got some bedding a while ago from overstock.com and it looks pretty good in the crib. Now all we need is a mattress...and a baby.

Homemade artwork...

I guess while I'm taking pictures and posting stuff...here are are few homemade pieces of art that are now hanging on our walls. I painted the one with the circles and Sabrina and I both painted the ones with the squares. We kind of needed something to hang over our bed since that wall was totally blank. We saw a similar project on HGTV and decided to make our own. The colors don't show up very well but they are blue, gray, and green. The one with the circles was just kind of freehanded with some colors that I liked.

New Baby Stuff!

So we got our first piece of furniture for the baby tonight...a changing table/dresser. It's kind of hard to tell from the picture but it is a "rubber black" finish. It's basically black with a few edges rubbed off to make it look older. It also has brushed silver hardware. The crib will have the same finish. The bedding we got to go with it is green, brown, and cream and looks pretty nice with the dark wood. One step closer to being ready!

New Baby Stuff...

So we are starting to get some more baby stuff... "Grandma G" gave us some PJ's (of course!) with little froggy feet and a really soft stuffed dog. Grandma J gave us some pants and a bib. We bought one outfit (on the left) and a blanket. We have also ordered a crib, changing, table, and some bedding.

SOLD!

With Sabrina off for a few weeks from school, we finally got our Civic up for sale last night. 24 hours later and it is sold! We ended up getting exactly what we asked for it and were paid in cash and didn't have to mess around with banks. It was a pretty smooth transaction that took place in the parking lot of the Target by Jod and B's house. I posted a couple ads on craigslist and KSL and had a lot of calls. We are planning on putting the money into savings and are planning on using it to make a downpayment on a house in a year or so...

Dual Immersion Academy Grand Opening

Tonight was the ribbon cutting for the new Dual Immersion Academy (DIA), a brand new charter school in Utah. Spanglish Books had a booth there and we got to talk to a lot of the parents of the new students as well as the teachers. Governor Huntsman was there to give a little speech and cut the ribbon. It has been pretty amazing to see the evolution of this school and to see how far it has come. We are excited to see how it works out over the next few years and would like to put our future children in the school. Channel 2 was on the scene as well as other media, so keep an eye out...you might see us!

Se venden libros

Today Josh's company, Spanglish Books, had a book fair at Sabrina's Spanish immersion preschool. It has been so much fun to be able to meet people who are trying to teach their children Spanish and to be able to recommend books to them. It's pretty hard to find used Spanish books, so that's one thing that we really try to keep in stock. We also have a lot of new Bilingual and Spanish-only books. The business is still pretty small, but there is huge potential here in Utah. Check out the website at www.spanglish-books.com.

Dorm Girls Reunion '07

Sabrina and some of her friends from the Dorms at BYU got together for a fun night of catching up in Salt Lake City. It was so good to see all of my old friends. Some I still see regularly some not so often and some not for many, many years!

Hopefully we'll get to keep in touch and not have to wait another 10 years to see each other.

There was Jamie (Williams) Nopper, Rachel (Denning) Smith, Lindsay (Crockette) Severts, Brooke Everett, Marlene (Hansen) Esplin, Andrea (?) Bingham, Becca (Keddington) Parkinson, and Me.

It's a BOY!!

Well, we had our second ultrasound this morning and it is officially a BOY! It was pretty easy to tell since he was laying there with his legs wide open... Everything else looks fine, he is growing fast and the sonographer didn't see any signs of birth deffects or anything. We were both really surprised when she said "boy" because we both really thought that it would be a girl. We are both really excited to be having a little son! It's really nice to be able to say "he" now instead of "it"! The first picture is his "alien face", the second is a profile, and the last two are the pictures she used to tell that it was a boy (you don't have to look hard to tell why...)

Josh just dropped of his bike and now he's gonna run a 5k.

Josh is riding the bike!

Echo Resivor Triathalon

Josh did awesome on his first sprint solo triathalon in 2 years.
We had so much fun watching him. We cant wait to see him do a couple more this year.
He has been training really good ever since he finished this race and decided he wants to beat his own record for the next race.

The St. George Team Triathalon

Well this post a bit late but i thought... "Better late than never!"
So Josh and I and the "peanut" did a triathalon in St. George in June.
We had a blast and it was blasting hot!
Josh has done another one by himself since and is planning on doing at least 2 more this year.
Maybe next summer I can do another one while grandma can babysit for us!

Baby Update - July 16

Sabrina had her second doctor's appointment today. He said that everything looks normal and that the baby's heart beat is still in the "little girl" zone at 155 bpm. Our next appointment is on August 13th and that's when we'll find out if it is a girl or a boy.

It's a....

...well we don't know yet, but our doctor thinks that it could be a girl! I guess the baby's heart is beating fairly fast (about 170 beats per minute) and the doctors says that if the heartbeat stays above 160 he thinks it could be a girl.

First Pictures!

So here are the first pictures of our baby... It just looks like a little gray blob right now, but we did get to see and hear its heart beating! It was pretty exciting! The first picture shows the baby with its heartbeat, the second is a close-up e of the baby (the big end is the head) and the third picture is actual size.

Week 10... just week 9.

We have our first appointment this friday and were planning on having our first ultra sound then but today i had to go and have the ultra sound so we got to see the baby! We though that we were 10 weeks along but after the sonographer measured the baby she said that we are 9 weeks and 1 day. So the new due date is January 22nd.
We have print outs of the ultra sound. Josh is gonna scan them and then we'll post them. It's not much but it's our baby! We even got to hear it's heart beat! It was beating around 171 beats a minute! It was so exciting to see the baby inside. It's still super small and everything looks good!
In about 9 more weeks we'll get to find out what it will be.
Sabrina

8 Weeks!

So we are about 8 weeks pregnant now...here is a picture of what our baby should look like at this point in its development (this is NOT a picture of our baby!). Look at the size of that head!

Oh the Smells!

I have been lucky to not get too sick in the first couple of months of my pregnancy. There have been a few things that i've noticed. My sense of smell has exploded. This has been cool sometimes but mostly when i'm driving and can smell restaurants and things that waft over the streets a little to well. I have not had morning sickness but my stomach has felt pretty quisy. Then i got pretty bad allergies so that has stiffled my sense of smell. But over all i've been pretty lucky, we are just so excited to be having a baby! We'll get to see the baby in 2 1/2 weeks so we can wait!

--Sabrina

First Baby Clothes!

Well Gram is officially the first one to buy clothes for the baby. We went out to Centerville for dinner and dessert on Sunday and she gave us this really cute outfit. It was specifically chosen because it is "unisex". We were really happy to get it, thanks Gram!