Happy 4th

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We spent the day in West Union for all of their festivities. There was a parade at 2p.m. and then we went to the park and particpated in a cornhole tournament. Wasn't exactly planned...I would have preferred to have spent the afternoon swimming as originally planned but we found out last minute that my dad was hosting this tournament so it was sort of a requirement. Kevin and I came out in 3rd place so I supposed we didn't do too bad. That evening we watched their fireworks. It's always suprised me that a small town like West Union can put on such a popular fireworks display. We opted to sit back further this year since Reagan was burned pretty bad last year and spend half the display in the back of the ambulance. However, we chose a downwind area and still had firework pieces landing on us!

BeforeAfter

On Thursday, June 10th our patio project was finally started. We wanted to get the patio done so we can move on to our constructing the deck. We decided to go with a Walnut two-toned color with a stamped finish. The concrete people came out and poured the concrete on Thursday and came back the next day to spray off the layer of powder that they put on after pouring. We got a little nervous because the evening after they poured it, we got a pretty good down pour of rain. We just sat and watched nervously knowing there was nothing we can do and just hoping that the concrete was dry enough not to get all messed up. Luckily, everything was fine. One week later they came back to put on the sealer and viola...our patio is complete! Once the goat barn is done, we'll start on the deck to go over the patio.

Gotta love summer!

Happy Father's Day

Newton Pool

Drive-in Movie


Well, I know with the heat it may be difficult to say you love summer but there is so much opportunity for fun things in the summer. I've lived in Newton for over 7 years and live less than 5 miles from the Newton drive-in and never been there. We all went on Friday night (Reagan's first time too) to watch Toy Story 3. Once the sun went down, there was a nice breeze...turned out to be a beautiful evening. To top it off, Reagan and I watched a falling star from the sky! On Saturday, my dad came and over and we started on the goat barn. It had to be the hottest day of the year so far! We went to the new Newton Pool later in the evening to cool off. Sunday, we went to church in West Union and had a father's day dinner at my mom's house. Happy father's day to all the father's out there!

36 weeks and counting

I went for an ultrasound and my 36 week visit today. The ultrasound confirmed that the baby is still a girl...much to my relief. She weights approximately 6lbs 14oz. I didn't bother posting a copy of any of the pictures because they weren't very good. I could see a little profile of the face and the 4D visual just looked like a blob unless I could point out where the nose is. After the ultrasound, we headed over to the clinic for my appointment. The doctor states I'm 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced! She didn't act like I'd go anytime in the immediate future but said she was certain I would not make it to my due date. Guess this was enough to get me motivated to do some things to prepare cause I came home and finished picking up the babies room and throwing some things into the laundry. I decided maybe it was time to think about getting the car seat ready too. Hopefully I'll be able to get my maternity pictures taken in the next week or so before it's too late!! It's funny how you spend 9 months thinking it seems like it's so far away and here I am basically ready at any time and feel like I'm still not ready. Normally I'm very prepared and organized but I'm sure not feeling it this time!

Jessica's wedding in Kentucky

We made a trip down to Lexington, KY over the weekend...(well actually Georgetown) for my friend Jessica's wedding. This is a picture of her and my other friend Lynna who have been my best friends since I can remember. Despite the distance between all of us, we've been able to keep in touch and get together a few times a year. The wedding was a beautiful outdoor wedding with a reception in a rustic barn. Luckily there was no rain like was predicted but the humidity and heat made it a little rough...especially with me being 9 months pregnant now! Needless to say I wasn't feeling up for much dancing but did manage to dance with Reagan for a little while. Reagan absolutely loves "bacation" as she calls any vacation or aka hotel room. We got down there early enough on Saturday to do some swimming in the pool. Reagan also had a blast at the reception hanging out with the flower girl and running around outside. Congratulations Jessica and enjoy your trip to Ireland!

Happy Birthday Reagan

We celebrated Reagan's big 4th birthday this last week. Her birthday was on Wed, May 19th. Kevin and I had really debated on whether or not to spend the money on this Barbie jeep....they're certainly not cheap. It comes with a working radio and everything! But we figured she's going to have a sister that can get enjoyment out of it too and with summer coming, Reagan is always outside so she'll get plenty of use out of it. Reagan loved her jeep and always has her baby doll as the passenger. On Saturday, we had the immediate family over for supper, gifts, and cake. I got this Barbie cake from Wal-Mart and have to say I was quite impressed. It took all I could do to keep Reagan out of it while it was sitting on the table half the day. Happy Birthday Reagan!

Happy Nurses Week

Happy Nurse's week to all my nurse friends out here. Hope you all celebrated in some way or another. I did a little spa hour for my nurses at the nursing home. We had a lot of Beauty Control products and did the whole foot soak thing, warm neck wrap, lip appeal, cucumber eye pads and relaxes to some music. Then we painted fingernails and toenails and indulged in some sweets! I even had a massage therapist lined up to come in but things sort of fell through on that. We also had gift basics made up with a bunch of bath and body type products. It was a nice day to kick back and relax. Right now we're overlapped with nursing home week so we have all kinds of activities going on this week.