Nesting

I have been trying to get myself in gear & do some serious nesting around the house so i can be as prepared as I can be for the little girl, who will hopefully be here in less than a month!!! Since I started working part time I have had a little more free time to get stuff done, but honestly I haven't really figured out the whole part time schedule yet.

Last weekend my mom & dad came up to bring us some things, help paint & put the nursery together. We all worked hard for a couple of days & I felt really good about what we had accomplished when they left to go home on Monday morning. It is not complete enough to post pictures of the room, but I thought I would share some of the results. They were so great & we got a ton while they were here, thanks for coming!!

Today we have managed to cross a few things off the list in between watching college football. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Weekend Post

Last weekend Cody & I decided to explore our area of Texas a little & took an afternoon / evening trip to Graham, Texas. It was such a cute little town & we had a great time. We walked around the town a little & then had dinner at the Wildcatter Ranch. Our dinner was amazing & was a little splurge for us before the start of school & young life & crazy fall semester (not to mention we only have like 40 something days til our life really gets crazy!!!). Here are some pics of our date night & me at 33 weeks.


Other weekend news:

My brother's team the Charlotte Eagles made it to the USL Finals & will be playing on the Fox Sports Soccer Channel on Saturday night - Go Eagles!!
Cody had his first day of school this morning, here he is about to go start another school year.

Bekah's Graduation

I am trying to work on my video & camera skills before Baby Girl gets here so I can have lots of fun pictures & videos of her & remember all the moments that I know we won't want to forget. So lately I have been trying my hand at putting some videos together. I made one last week for our committee of all the different camps we went to this summer. I also have been meaning to make a little something of Bekah's graduation (that was back in May) & finally got around to it this week. Just a side note - we have gotten a lot better at using our video camera since these shots were taken!!

Enjoy, hopefully there will be many more fun videos to come, especially after Baby Girl gets here!

Recap of Beach Vacation

I realized after we got back from the beach this year that I really didn't take that many pictures & I am so sad about it. I will have to be better at taking pictures everywhere when Baby Girl gets here. Anyway, our beach vacation was a while ago but I am trying to catch-up on blogging so I wanted to post some pictures from it.

This is my cousin Josh on camped out on our spot at the beach, he is pretty much modeling what I did everyday at the beach.

Love being with my family on vacation, it's one of the only times during the year when we get to be together without crazy things going on - I miss them!

We celebrated Uncle Terry's Birthday with a little cherry delight - yumm...

On vacation we always take turns making dinner each night for everyone & when it was our turn Hannah, Bekah, & I decided to try our hands at some home made pizza. It turned out pretty good, except for a glitch in the oven at our condo. I am definitely going to try to make homemade pizza again sometime soon. Here are some pics documenting the process:

All the ingredients you need for making the dough

Then you knead the dough


Flatten it all out to make the pizza pies


Spread the sauce

Add the toppings & bake - we made some cheese pizza, margarita pizza, & some deep dish, it was fun :)

Here is Cody taking one last look at the ocean before we left, it's always sad to leave. I'm glad we are home for the summer, especially since I just looked at the ticker for Baby Girl & we only have 66 days left - so much to do!!!

Crooked Creek 09

Camp was definitely different for Cody & I this year. Instead of going with all the kids that we have been working with we went with a whole new group of kids. Last Sunday when we got on the bus we didn't know any of the kids & only a few of the leaders, it was hard & we definitely missed our kids we had been with all year, but we knew we were suppossed to be on this trip. I am thankful we got to go on this trip with our new group as we now feel like we actually know people here & have begun to build relationships with kids & leaders.

Here is where we were last week:
Another reason why this trip was so different is that I was 6 months pregnant which mean I couldn't do a lot of the things that I usually do at camp. It was hard being prego at camp & not really my favorite & it definitely wore me out, but I did get to do a lot of watching & picture taking.

I watched all our kids at the rodeo, here is one of our boys at the rodeo:
I watched lots of people blob, here is Cody:


Here is one of our kids that got blobbed really high!



I also watched people do the giant swing called, the "claim jumper" - it's pretty intense:Here's Cody going on the claim jumper (in the yellow shirt):

I did get to play with my team in the camp volleyball tournament:
Went to the camp carnival on my favorite night at camp:

Cody got pied in the face, I did too, but not til later that night:

Even though there are so many fun things to do at camp, some of my favorite times are towards the end of the week when leaders & kids have the chance to talk about life & all that they have heard that week at camp - they are usually really powerful conversations.

Since camp we have been having Bible study over at our house every night. We have been going through Mark & it has been a great time to get to keep up what all the kids experienced camp. We will keep this up all of next week too, it makes the nights kind of crazy, but well worth it.

Can't wait til camp next year!

Summer So far...

We have had a good & busy summer so far. We have been in the process of moving for about a month now & have not had Internet in our house until a couple of days ago! We are finally moved in, well at least all our stuff is in one place now. Cody has pretty much been living with a paint brush in his hand for the past week & our house is looking great.

There are so many things that I want to blog about, but will just have to do a quick update for now since we are leaving to go to Crooked Creek in Colorado with kids in about 5 hours - ahhh!!

Here is what we have been up to in the past couple of months:

1.

My "little" cousin, Alan, got married to Shannon at the beginning of June in Abilene. It was a great wedding & they are a cute couple.

2.

Had a couple of baby showers - one in Abilene that my sisters & sister in-law, Jane, threw for me. It was all so cute & Baby girl got some GREAT things!

Another shower in Arlington that Holly, Kyley, & some other friends threw for me. It was really fun & once again, Baby girl got some really cute things.

3.

Moved! Well, Cody moved & I packed. Who knew we had so much stuff??

4.

While Cody moved & painted I went to Rockport for the weekend with my Dad's side of the family. They also gave me a small baby shower here, but I didn't have my camera, so I don't have any pictures now til my Dad sends me what he took.

5.
Had a BIG surprise all planned by my mom & dad. We planned on making a stop in Houston for an Astros game, but had not planned on seeing Luke, Jane, & Tyler there! My parents brought them in for the night, since they could not go to the beach with us :( It was SO FUN to have all of our family together. Definitely one of the best parts of the summer.

6.
Orange beach with my mom's side of the family. We had lots of people missing this year due to jobs, I guess that's what you get when everyone starts growing-up & working in the real world. We had a great time & it was very relaxing. I LOVE family vacations!

7.

Crooked Creek - leaving to go here with about 50 + high school kids in a couple of hours!