Why we love the summer

Because we can take an afternoon and go on a bike ride up the Provo Canyon!  Life is good!  You can definitely see a baby bump there--I can't hide it any more!

The news everyone has been waiting for . . .

We went in for the gender check ultrasound today.  We found out that we are not having a monkey, or a crocodile.  We are not having a lizard or an elephant.  Here are some pictures . . .

That's right . . . it's a BOY!!  We are soooo excited!  Chris says that his seed has prevailed. . . he is thrilled.  Chris's mom wonders if she will ever be able to buy dresses for a granddaughter.  But she is still pretty excited.  Chris also claims that he saw the "goods" before the ultrasound tech did, which she swears is not the case.

So, the name of our son will be Davis Christopher Rusch.  We are thrilled, and even started looking at little boy nursery goods before we even got home.  Don't you think he is cute?

Going private

Because of issues with Junior High student(s), our blog is going to be private.  Please email me at tinamrusch@gmail.com if you would like an invitation!  You can also leave a comment at this post!

A great Spring Break

We had a wonderful time for Spring Break!  Chris's parents came to visit us, which was fabulous, because we didn't have to share them with anyone else!  We just got them all to ourselves!
We went to City Creek Center, which was a lot of fun.  We also went to the Park City Outlet Mall, and just played around with them.  It was a great, relaxing week.  Now, here we go, back to work!

At Bridal Veil Falls.  In a few weeks, it will be beautiful.  But it's not now!

A giveaway!

So, a friend of ours from our old ward made a children's book that is really cool.  And another friend is doing a giveaway.  Check it out!  I entered!

Chris Says: Check out the Prokudin-Gorskii Collection

If you have been following our blog you are probably aware I am working on a masters in library science.  This semester I am taking a digital libraries course and have been introduced to the Prokudin-Gorskii digital photograph collection maintained by the Library of Congress.  This collection is unique for two reasons.  First, the photographer traveled the vast expanse of the Russian empire and photographing people, landscapes, architecture, and just about everything else.  Second, these photos were taken prior to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, before Russia was ravaged by two wars, and the photos are in color.  Here are some of my favorites from the collection.  I have not been through all of the collection because there are over two thousand photos in the collection, all of which are made available online through the Library of Congress.

Click here to view the entire collection 
Click here for the collection's mainpage

Here are some photos from the collection.

Russian Peasant Girls

Author Leo Tolstoy

Turkmen Camel Driver

The Emir of Bukhara

What $2600 worth of medicine looks like

We have been trying for a couple of years to have a baby.  We have been with a fertility doctor for about a year, and nothing has worked.  The doctor has told us that my time is ticking a little faster than most women's time ticks.  So, my wonderful parents said that they would help pay for us to do in vitro fertilization.  We are paying for the medicine, and they are paying for the actual procedure.  Today, we got our IVF medicine in the mail!  Hooray!  Here is a video of me opening it: