Precious Angel Inside

As the days get nearer I realize that there's still a lot of preperation, anticipation, excitement, and a little of fear. But as I can feel her move around inside my fear turns to joy. In the next 17 weeks I will be able to hold this precious angel inside.

CHINA!! Ni hao

I officially suck at this blog life...so to make up for that I have lots of pictures from our adventures in China. If you didn't know Quynn and I were invited to stay with my Dad who's lived in China for about 5 years now and to meet his super cute family. We had an amazing time walking the streets of Shenzhen. Exploring sites we had never seen before. Taking in the daily life as locals would. All while forming relationships with family we have grown to love more and more. Enjoy!

First stop, Tokyo Japan.



Meet the reason we came, Dad, Lin (mother), Linna (sister).




A Lot of time was spent traveling on the train. Cars are 3x's the amount they are here in the U.S. so public transportation is much cheaper. And after seeing how they drive over there much SAFER too!



Outside of a Monk temple

Street food was a favorite!



The following pictures are from the Dapeng Fortress, yes people actually still live in the fotress which was built in the 1300s. :)



Quynn feeling his inner warrior.

 

These two boys are from the Chinese Youth Opera. They asked for pictures with us because we were American, but they were way more famous then us! ;)





Streets of Hong Kong

Who wouldn't want to cook with this mixer!?



 



Not for the faint of heart, "Quynn, I don't think we're in Utah anymore". This was on the outside of an art institute. Good thing their feet were modestly covered. haha!







And to conclude our experience in China...the Cultural picture that sums up a day in the life of a hard working chinese Man.

Halloween 20's Style

Yep it's been quite awhile since I've blogged, so I figured I'd try to get back into the swing of things and post some pictures from Halloween.

Quynn and I got invited to our annual Murder Mystery Dinner. This year was 20's themed. Thanks to Chris and Davie who put on a fun and spooktastic party! Dinner was delicious and I wasn't the murder this year...YES! and I'm pretty impressed with the costumes we came up with from inside of our closet! :) The hat that Quynn's wearing was my great grandfathers hat which I inherited from my grandpa! I'm glad to see that they had about the same head size. ;)



Not to mention earlier that day we got to go Pumpking hunting for the first time. Much better and cheaper than going to your local grocery store! This will be a tradition for sure!


Hope everyone else had a great Halloween!

Friday night Forts!

"...become as a little child or you can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God."  -3Nephi 11:38

Sometimes taking scriptures too literally is the best thing for you!

*Friday night Forts will become a tradition in the home of the Udells as we raise our children! We'll be cool parents. ;) ha ha!

How much I miss this girl...

I wanted to post a little blog about one amazing girl! That would be...LINDSAY!
For those of you who don't know Lindsay I used to work with her. However she's more than just an old co worker she's like a sister to me (one day that will become permanent...hopefully). Today I was reminicing about the good ol' days as I was wishing I could hear her laugh down the hallway, eating Cafe Rio together at work, and telling stories about lifes valuable lessons. She helped me overcome personal struggles by just being Lindsay! She never had to say much I just knew she'd always listen. One of those people who is equally as beautiful inside and out! Today I got a phone call from Lindsay and it made my day! I can't wait to see her in August! Love ya Linds!

BoStOn Adventure

Well as some of you know for my birthday Quynn bought him and I plane tickets to Boston to visit Stephanie! Lucky for him we got to go over his birthday and celebrate his special day while in Boston, killing two birds with one EXTREMELY FUN STONE! *Shout out to Valerie Larson who made this trip possible by giving us buddy passes! Totally love her! Thank you! and another Shout out to Stephanie for putting up with our very touristy agenda and for letting us stay with her!* Now that I've got those shout outs I will be posting REAL pictures of me and Quynn in Boston...at a later time when I get those from Steph but for now I'll post google pictures of our adventure.
It started off with a drive....to LAS VEGAS!


We left Wednesday right after work and arrived in Vegas around 11:30pm. where we met up with my fabulous best friend Lindsay Ward who let us stay with her in her hotel at the Aria. UM SUPER GORGEOUS!!! We were totally spoiled and I got to see Lindsay! LOVE YOU Linds!
Once we woke up we got to visit with Gma and Gpa Udell and Rachel. It was too short of a visit but it was still nice! and BIG shout out to them for their idea of taking the public bus...except for the thought that we wouldn't be able to get home using the bus since our flight got in later...that's another story that I'll get to shortly.
Then we flew from Vegas to Boston with Jet Blue. LOVE JET BLUE! In my opinion it's the only way to fly!

The celebration of Quynn's birthday Steph and I had so many secret plans to make his day super special, not even taking into consideration the weather...IT RAINED! :( So onto plan B which I think was just as fun as we strolled the streets of downtown Boston, Quincy market, paid outrageous amounts of money for parking, and then onto the wee hours of the night. Which was my favorite part as we entered into some of my routes of heritage at the RiRa an Irish pub in Providence. It was one memorable night as we played in the rain ate yummy food and danced the night away as a local band played.

Too bad we don't have fresh markets like this in Utah! This was so fun to hear everyone barter for fresh produce.

Best Corned Beef Sandwich EVER!

Well that's all for now. I'm finding that some of the pictures we took on Saturday are far better than the ones on the internet. Because then you'll actually believe we went to Boston and that I didn't make this all up in a dream. Bye for now!

Happy Birthday to...ME

After a glorious birthday and many thoughts of love from friends and family via facebook, as well as in person, or on the phone I got the cutest electronic card from Quynn. So I thought what better way to post about my birthday then through my husbands eyes. ;) I will make a shout out to my mom too for making me feel super special and for cooking all day to make a FANTASTIC picnic lunch! Thanks Mom! And thanks Quynn for being such a huge part of my day! XO

Chelsea Udell

Happy Birthday to my dearest true love

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 

What a great day this has been. Even though I had to spend half the day away from you, wondering what you were up to....I still enjoyed imagining you happy on your special day. Then I was super excited to be picked up by my very attractive wife at 5:00. Had a lovely stroll through Gateway Mall. Enjoyed the best egg roll of my life, and did a bit of window shopping. I know that this was YOUR big day but you made it my day too just by simply being you. I love you and look forward to every minute with you. Cheers to many birthdays to come