Counting Down---babies

Heber and Emma at Thanksgiving!

Heber's workspace!

Jenni's workspace--the first of October (working on Ceramics while I wait for parents during PTC)!

Well, my due date is drawing nearer and nearer.  In fact, I am almost 2 months away.  Crazy, huh!  I am starting to feel a lot more discomfort than I have felt thus far.  It is exciting though.  I can't remember when other babies in the family are due though.  We should keep track.  

Heber and I went to our first labor class.  It was really good.  Now we just need to do our homework!  

Life is going good.  Heber is doing very well at his work.  We went to a work Christmas party for him, and ate at a very fancy restaurant in Park City.  I am doing okay at my job teaching.  I have been a little grumpy, I confess.  It makes work less-fun.  I have enjoyed having a job though.  I am thankful for that!  

I am still doing illustrations, as well, for Story Time Felts.  That has been nice to keep in touch with art.  You can see my work on my other blog: elephantshrunkart.blogspot.com.  

Anyway, that is all for now.  Hope to hear from some of you!

Jenni

Happy Happy Birthday Jenni, Dear

...Happy days will come to you all year,
if I had one wish, then it would be
a happy, happy birthday to you from me

Today's Jenni's Birthday, shout hurray,
So many things for me to say,
One year older and wiser too,
Haaaaappy Birthday, [clap] to you!

Happy Happy Birthday,
from all of us to you,..
we wish it were our birthday,
so we could party too - HEY!

Que Los cumplas feliz,
que los cumplas feliz,
que los cumplas Jenni,
que los cumplas feliz

I don''t know, but I've been told,
(I don't know, but I've been told)
someone here is getting old
(someone here is getting old)
I don't know, but it's been said,
(I don't know, but it's been said)
someone here is turning red
(someone here is turning red).
Sound off,
(one, two)
Happy
(Birthday)

Parabéns pra você

Nesta data querida

Muitas felicidades

Muitos anos de vida!

Parabéns pra você

Nesta data querida

Muitas felicidades

Muitos anos de vida!

É pique! É pique! É pique, é pique, é pique!

É hora! É hora! É hora, é hora, é hora!

Rá-tim-bum!

Jenni! Jenni! Jenni!

祝你生日快乐

祝你生日快乐

祝你生日快乐

祝你生日快乐

Sretan rođendan ti

Sretan rođendan ti

Sretan rođendan dragi/draga Jenni

Sretan rođendan ti

Joyeux anniversaire
Joyeux anniversaire
Joyeux anniversaire Jenni
Joyeux anniversaire

Viel Glück und viel Segen

auf all deinen Wegen

Gesundheit und Frohsinn

sei auch mit dabei

Selamat Ulang Tahun, Kami Ucapkan
Selamat Panjang Umur, Kita 'Kan Doakan
Selamat Sejahtera, Sehat Sentosa
Selamat Panjang Umur dan Bahagia

Tavallod, Tavallod, Tavallodet Mobarak

Mobarak, Mobarak, Tavallodet Mobarak

Labet Shad o Delet Khosh, Cho Gol Por Khandeh Bashi

Biya Shamha Ro Foot Kon, Ke Sad Saal Zendeh Bashi

Mulţi ani trăiască,
Mulţi ani trăiască,
La mulţi ani!
Cine să trăiască?
Cine să trăiască?
La mulţi ani!
Jenni să trăiască,
Jenni să trăiască,
La mulţi ani!

There’s a party going on right here, woop! woop!
A celebration to add another year, woop! woop!
So bring your good times, and your bad times too,
‘Cause we’re going to celebrate your birthday with you!
Woooo!

From the pasta we make
To lasagna we bake
Ba ba ba ba
We’re wising you a happy birthday!

We hope you will remember
This fond event forever
We’re wishing you a happy birthday!

It’s like family and friends
At the Olive Garden
In the true Italiano way
Hey! Hey!

So if youre looking for some fun
Try Hospitaliano
Have a happy happy day
Hey!

Buena Festa, what a joyous day
Life’s good fortune is sure to come your way.
So come sit back and just relax
We’ll fill your plate the Italian way
We’re so glad you came to celebrate with us today
HEY!

*Clap Clap Clap Clap*
This is your birthday song,
it isn't very long.

Happy Birthday Jenni!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 HEBER!ll

I know, you are thinking, "Why are these pictures of Jenni?"  Well, this is all I had.... and Heber likes to see me, on his birthday!!!....

For Heber Only!

For A Laugh!

Happy Birthday, Heber!

IT'S HEBER'S BIRTHDAY TODAY!  YEAH!  LET'S CELEBRATE.  HEBER IS NOW 28 YEARS OLD---GETTING SOOO OLD!  WE STARTED OFF THE DAY WITH HEBERS FAVORITE FOOD IN THE WORLD---FRENCH TOAST!  I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW REASONS HEBER BLESSED OCTOBER 29TH WHEN HE WAS BORN:

Heber is well-balanced, well-tested, and well-rounded.  Heber is good at most things.  He is a nerdy-nerd, when the climax is intelligent or he is a sportsy jock when it's recreation time.  He loves playing games, reading books, socializing or programming a computer game.  

Heber loves good food, but he does not like meat off the bone.  He loves breakfast food.  He could eat it morning, noon and night--all in the same day.  He loves candy and most of all, ice cream(mint chocolate chip). 

Heber is a hard worker.  He gets up each day around 6:30 am, and goes and thinks hard for 8-9 hours doing computer programming.  When he gets home, he works on the yard, listens to programming tutorials or helps me make dinner.  He doesn't complain, even when he doesn't feel like doing something.  

Heber has a strong testimony of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  He is continually relying on our beloved brother to improve and overcome his weaknesses.  He is a good example to me of pressing forward and having faith.  Heber is often the first on his knees, whenever I hear a pause in the other room, I usually find him praying, and he reminds me to kneel and pray as well.  

Heber is a good husband.  He sincerely wants me to be happy.  He doesn't get angry at me or yell at me, even when I make mistakes.  He wants me to have good things in life, and he provides, presides and protects in our home. I just love Heber.  

May 2007, I set some goals.  I called it Miracle May, and I began praying in earnest to find my husband.  At the same time, I enrolled in a Statistics Class, so opposite from any other class I had ever taken.  I didn't need this class to graduate.  Heber also took the class, his easy one for the semester, and he patiently tutored me through the class to a B+.  Most importantly, however, Heavenly Father brought us together, helped us grow together and get to know one another.  I was very close to Heavenly Father that semester, and when I prayed to know if I should marry Heber, there was and is a peaceful, wonderful feeling in my heart about my decision.  I live everyday now, feeling like Heber and Jenni were meant to be, and that God blessed me with Heber.  I feel like he is perfect for me.  Thank goodness for October 29th, 1980.  This is the day Heber was born, and one week later, I came.....I wasn't about to wait any longer! 

Construction Zone

Jordan has been doing a great job heading up our shed project.  So far, we've only had one person shoot themselves with the nail gun (Levi, I hope you're doing better :)

It's been fun to spend time working with Ryan and Jordan.  Here are some pictures of the framing that is just about done:

Hopefully we'll have the roofing and stucco on in the next 2 weeks...

a bientot!

Heber and Jenni's Haircuts!

Heber and I both got new haircuts.  Heber did his own--isn't he cute, and Rachel cut mine.  We are both doing really well.  

Jordan Mingo and Ryan are building a new shed out back for us.  It is looking very good.  We hope to get at least the exterior done before winter.  They are doing a great job.  We will insert some photos here soon.

My work at the school is going well.  I am keeping the students busy and they are doing good work.  Heber is doing great at his job.  His bosses say they really like his work, and give him more in those same areas, so it must be true.  

Rachel has got the whole (girls) family into coupons, and that is fun (saving money).  Most of us got around 25-50 bottles of powerade-zero for less than $5.00.  I got 70 cans of tomatoes (sauce and diced) for the price of tax only--not bad.  

My belly is getting big--kinda fun...  I love to feel the baby moving inside of me though.  

I still feel super blessed to be married to Heber.  He is wonderful.  

Well, that's it for now...

Why I am excited about being pregnant, today.

Because our kids could be this cute!  This is a picture of Heber (and Sarah, his sis) when he was a little boy.  I am so excited that our kids could be this cute.  I don't have any pix of him younger, but let me just say, he has been cute for a long time!  I still think he is simply handsome.  I really think Grandma Adah helped me find him because I think Heber looks a lot like her son...Thanks Grandma.  So who are you sending next...like February 11th?  I am about half-way there in my pregnancy btw.....SMILE.

Graduation Walk

Heber and I are walking for Graduation this Friday at 8 am.  Yes, we graduated a while ago, but we didn't ever walk, wanting to walk together.  So, if any of you are in the neighborhood and want to come, give us a call or email, and we will fill you in on the details.

High School 80s Music Video (fixed link)

For all you who've always thought I was shy and reserved, well, I am shy, but I'm not always reserved! ;)  I made this video with my cousin, Kim, and she just put it on YouTube.  Get ready for a great video!  Heber, I hope this doesn't embarrass you;)'  too much.  

Click Here

New Widget...Have a look!

Heber and I are pleased and proud to announce, duh, duh, duh...we are having a baby!  It is due February 11th (at approximately 2pm--JK ;).  You can look at our very cool widget on this blog to track our progress.  We are very excited and happy.  

Why Women Are Jealous of Me...

I am married to Heber, that's why.  I love Heber.  He is super.  Let me give you 5 reasons:

5-He listens to me.  I chat to him all the time, switching from one topic to another and back, and he keeps listening.  I don't always talk about deep things, but we can converse on whatever level.  It is so nice.  I have a true friend in Heber.

4-He is practical.  He wants to do things right.  Be it work or play, religious or temporal...Heber likes to do it realistically and RIGHT...

3-He constantly works to progress and be better.  Even if being better is choosing not to stress about or overdo it.

2-He is soooo funny.  I don't think anyone has any idea how funny he is.  You have to live with him.  It comes in the little comments.  His "wit is wet!" and oh so funny.  This is one of my favorites about Heber.

1-He is handsome.  He is so handsome.  Just look at him.  He is so handsome.  He is perfect for me!

I Love You, Heber.

New Job

I got a job!  Isn't that great?  I will be working very part-time at the American Fork High School teaching ceramics and study skills.  I am pretty excited about it.  It is perfect for me.  I can still do home art--freelance work, and I can  keep up with the little errands that always plague us, and still work a little.  My first day is August 18th.  It is a little scary to be with HS students, but at least this time I won't be one of them!  I am hoping Jared will teach me how to scare them real good, so they will be nice!  Anyway, I am excited about this, so I thought I would share. Jenni

AST 2008 3v3 Basketball Champion :)

I just started work at a company called Applied Signal Technology, and started just in time...to participate in their annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament

We played the tournament outside in the HOT sun, and I got a bit too much sun..

But it was well worth it, as our team won first place and each team member got one of these high-quality trophies:

It really was a lot of fun to play some basketball at work... and I even got to hit the winning shot in the last game :)

Our New Computer Program

We haven't figured out how to make this unfragmented, but here is a video we made for fun anyhow.  I know I sound like  I am going to die--I will keep working on my acting! Jenni  

Graduation Time, Come On! Let's Celebrate!

Hi Everyone!

He did it! He did it!  Yeah! Heber just graduated from BYU with a degree in Computer Science!  Whoopee!  He also had a minor in Psychology---he chose some tough curriculum for himself, and he did it!  He graduated.  We are very proud of him at the Sheffield house.  He did a great job.  I sure love him! Thank you to all for you love, prayers and support!  

One other exciting thing is he bought "Me" a  graduation gift!  Well, we are both sharing it, but he bought us a new Apple desktop--pretty darn nice!  

So Heber starts work full-time tomorrow for a company in Salt Lake.  It is called Applied Signal Technology.  He will be doing more computer programming.  I have also been looking for jobs.  I have this boutique (for more info, go to elephantshrunkart.blogspot.com) I am working on for Saturday, but other than that, I am looking for work...  We will see what happens.  Thanks to all.  By the way, both Heber and I will be walking for our graduations in August.  I decided to wait and walk with him, even though I graduated last December!

Stress

Hey All (meaning Aunt Arlene, Amy, Linzy, and Maybe Cody, Mom and Barb---the ones who will actually read this!),
Heber is on his last semester of classes, and we are very grateful for that. However, We are also stressed out, soooo please give us some of your prayers. Just take a second and pray we will get through this without too much anxiety and major stress. He has some huge projects and they are all compacted into a short spring semester, so help us out!
Thanks!
I am working on my art pretty full time. I have been disciplining myself and putting together a logo and researching the market and doing the story time felts job, so hopefully, I will be able to be a full-time free-lancer. I am also getting a job as an art teacher, hopefully! We shall see.
Hope everyone is doing good!

Yard work: hard work

Jenni and I are starting to work out the details of our yard. Here is a video I made while playing around with Google SketchUp. File size is about 1MB, so it may take a minute to load...

Our Date

Hello Out There!









Heber and I just returned from our hot date. We started by going to Los Hermanos and eating some semi-mexican food. Heber got his usual Smothered Burrito, and I tried something new--Chile Relano (sorry if that is spelled wrong--I'm more of a French speaker and a Spanish eater). I liked everything except the batter it was cooked in- it was soggy! Next, we went to the Dollar Store to kill sometime. We found all the things we didn't know we needed, including a big fat eighties belt for me. Finally, we went to the new movie, Emma Smith. It was excellent. We really liked seeing and learning more of her story. What trials. My life is way easy compared to hers. Everyone should see it. It really is a good, uplifting movie.
Now we are back home, and I thought we would post some pictures! We are still happy and married!

Jenni and Heber

No work and all Clay

We had dinner with Ryan & Kara a couple of times in the last month. Each time we played with clay after - it was great fun.

Kara and her dog!

Ryan being modest about his SENSATIONAL teddy-bear body (the clay one)

Jenni made a cute bird ;)

This 'aint no half-baked idea - they're done.

Doing Great!

Heber and Jenni are doing wonderful. We love married life and each other. It is really nice to have your best friend forever--literally! I had a good cry into Heber's lap the other day (just having a bad day), and I realized that having someone to cry to is a first for me. I usually just find a corner. I really love Heber. He is so good to me. He helps me cook and clean and fixes up stuff all over the house. And don't be telling me it will stop because his Dad still does it! Anyway, I am working at getting an art business going, and Heber is finishing up school. He will graduate now in June (cross your fingers). We are doing very well! Jenni

For Jeane

Well, these aren't pictures of NEW things, but they are previously unpublished :)
The first is showing off Jenni's BEAUTIFUL dress that beautiful Bev made, and the next 3 are desktop backgrounds that you may download (compliments of Heber ;)
- Heber

Zip-a-dee-do-da!

Ooohh... cute.

Gorgeous.

Even more gorgeous!
This is the vehicle we traveled in - it's been great to have a reliable car.

Beach-walking

Here is the cabin that we ended up in. They originally put us in cabin #31, however, we quickly realized that the power was out and that body heat was not enough to keep us warm. We called the office and they got cabin #4 ready for us. This cabin is huge. It's got 3 bedrooms, two stories, and sleeps 8 people.

We went on a walk yesterday and took in the beautiful snow. If you look close, you can see the lake in the background.

A tree.

Jenni and I enjoying a nice walk on the beach :)

Family. It's about time :)

Heber and Jennifer Sheffield are an eternal family!

Honeymooners

Jenni and I have been enjoying a wonderful honeymoon. We drove up to Elkins on Priest Lake, a resort in northern Idaho. It is so beautiful up here! Here are a couple of pictures to show off the winter wonderland.

Beautiful Scenery!

Two turkeys met us for lunch at Subway.
We ate chicken :)

We made it!

Jenni is gorgeous as we stop at a schoolbus yard to eat lunch on New Year's Day!

Here I am checking out the tree.
Yep.
Still there.

We love you all and thank you so much for ALL of your help on our wedding to make this whole thing possible!