I love holiday weekends!!

This weekend was a real treat because we had Friday off for the 4th. Thursday night about 11 of us went to Hanging Rock State Park to camp out. We got out there around 5 and started setting up camp. It was so fun and we really enjoyed all being together. I sadly didn't get any pictures of our camp site, but hopefully someone did. Thursday night consisted of sitting around the campfire making s'mores and just catching up. I know this picture doesn't look too exciting (and everyone looks a bit bored), but we were all just relaxing. :)

So we all went to sleep around 11 or so. The weather was awesome and we slept pretty good. We all started waking up around 8 or so. Had a good easy breakfast which was muffins, bagels, and fruit. Luckily the place had a pretty good bath house so we were able to wash our faces and brush our teeth, it was very nice. So after breakfast, David and Byron headed to the lake to fish and the rest of us decided to go on a short hike. We hiked to the waterfalls. It was a good hike and we all had fun. Here is our hiking group, keep in mind that this is just after we woke up from sleeping in a tent, needless to say, me above all, look a little rough! :) Honestly, I can't believe I'm putting this picture up, but oh well. It's a memory! :) And let me just tell you Francesca is such a little trooper. She camped out with us and was so good (until her mommy and daddy woke her up), but they got her back to sleep. :) And here she is on the hike. I let them try out my new backpack stroller. You can carry it on your back and then stroll it around if it gets too heavy. Dom said it worked pretty good for the most part, a little awkward to carry, but convenient, but he was also on a hike, so I'm sure that didn't help the situation.

Then we hiked back to the camp site and cooked hot dogs. So we had a good lunch and then we packed up the tents and everything. We were going to go to the lake, but it was so crowded and it looked like rain might be coming, so we decided to take it to the house.

So we went to the house, showered and rested for a few hours before the fireworks. We met a group from church out by the Warthogs stadium to watch the fireworks. We were there for a good 2 hours before they started but it was fun to just hang out with everyone. Here is the group that went, minus a couple that hadn't arrived yet. And of course, my husband can't go anywhere without accidentally matching someone. And sure enough he and Brian basically had the same outfit on. It was so cute. :)

Finally when the baseball game finished around 10:30 the fireworks started. It was a good show and I really did take lots of pictures, but this is the only one that turned out. After the show, we went to the Chunn's house (with a few others) for dessert, keep in mind, that it was 11:30! It was fun though and we had a good time! And here is a picture of David and I at the fireworks, I'm also going to include a pic from last years 4th of July, I'm not going to lie, it's pretty scary what one year can do to you. :)

So Saturday, I convinced David to close the curtains so that we could sleep in and we did! It was great to sleep till 9:30! So we went downstairs and ate breakfast and then I didn't get off the couch till 4!!! I couldn't bring myself to do it! So David left around 1 and went to the Chunn's to work on a slide show and I met them over there around 5. We stayed there till about 10, just hanging out and watching the Olympics and HDTV. :)

So Sunday morning, needless to say, I was well rested. After church we went out with some friends for lunch and then we headed home to clean. We got a good portion of it done until the power went out around 3 and we couldn't see. So we headed to Target, just to get out. Then the storm finally hit. After church we headed to Lowe's to get some supplies for a shelf David was making me and then home for Mac and Cheese. Yumm!

So, that was pretty much our weekend. We had fun, but we definitely relaxed, which is really what we needed!

And never fails... Here is my 29 week belly picture.

Well, I thought I would catch up on yesterday. It was our anniversary, and my sweet hubby started out by delivering 25 white roses to my office, so when I got back from "being in the field" I found them. They are gorgeous and smell so good! Can you believe that a lady at my office actually came to my door with a vase and said I'm begging you to let me have one. I mean, I did, but I will admit it was a little strange to me! :)

We met for lunch with Bill and Charlie because it was also Charlie's birthday. So Bill and Jo took us all (that were having special occasions) out to eat. Thankfully it was our anniversary and not our birthday because Charlie had a little performance. We went to a Mexican Restaurant and they did their sing and dance for Charlie, it was quite funny! :)

So anyway, after work he had arranged for us to go to Greensboro to eat at The Melting Pot. I was so excited. When we arrived they said, "Happy Anniversary" and lead us to our table that was set up with 2 red roses and balloons and an anniversary card that all the servers had signed. It was so sweet and David was so precious. He loves when he can surprise me and make me feel special and boy did he ever. So then, on to the meal. I have been known to obsess a little over food, so if you're not into that kind of thing, just stop reading now. Anyway, if you haven't been there before it is a fondue restaurant, with basically anything you can imagine. Since it was our 1st anniversary we decided to splurge a little and get the "Big Night Out", which is a 4 course meal with all the fixins.

So we started out with Spinach Artichoke Cheese Fondue. It was so good, and they served it with veggies, bread, granny smith apples, and chips. Strangely to us, the apples were are favorite, but the cheese was amazing just by itself!!

Then on to the salads. I ordered the California Salad, which was really good, and David got the Tropical Salad, which he LOVED!!

After we ate that they brought us the meat. We got the Fondue Feast which had: filet mignon, jerk seasoned sirloin, chicken, pork tenderloin, shrimp, butternut squash ravioli, and fresh vegetables and got it cooked in Coq au Vin, which is bouillon based seasoned with spices and veggies. It was so good! We loved it all! And as you can see it came with every dipping sauce imaginable! :)

And last but not least the chocolate. After much debate, we decided on the Flaming Turtle, David really didn't want this one, but once again, he's so sweet! :) So this one consists of Milk Chocolate, caramel, and chopped pecans. They brought, strawberries, bananas, cheesecake, marshmallows, pound cake, and brownies to dip in it. It was so delicious!! Of course we couldn't eat very much because we were stuffed, but it was so good!!!

I tried to take pictures of most courses, but as you can see, I got a little carried away with eating before I took the picture, so in most of them, we were pretty much done. But you get the point. :) So we had lots of laughs and really enjoyed just being together. This is us before we left at our little table.

We know we are very blessed and not a day goes by that God doesn't reveal another blessing to us. We are very thankful for each other, our family, and our friends. Life wouldn't be the same with you!!

A year ago today...

Would be 7/7/07 and our one year wedding anniversary. So I thought I would share a few pictures from that wonderful day!!

I can't believe it has already been a year. It has flown by and we have had so many fun happy memories this year. Yes, we have been faced with a few downs, but ups for the most part. David truely is my best friend and the man that I get my strength from. For you all who know him, he is the light in a room. He brightens everything and puts his heart and soul into everything he does. He truely is a wonderful christian man and I am so thankful that God put us together. We really do compliment eachother and fill eachother's weaknesses. He is so thoughful and romantic. He makes me feel like I am the most important person in this world and does the "sweet" stuff every girl craves. I cannot say enough about him, but that if the rest of our lives just get better, I cannot wait to see what God has in store for us. He has blessed us so much already and now that we are getting ready to bring Tyler in this world we are so excited to see what the years ahead look like. I love you David and could not ask for a better husband and friend!!! I love you now and forever!!!

A random posting.

Well, this blog is going to be somewhat random because I have a few pics of this and that that I want to post, and really none from the weekend because we were so busy doing everything else, I unfortunately didn't take any pictures!

So here are a few more pics from when my sister and kids were here. This is one of Me, Austin and Madi. And also one of them playing with Kylie. They loved her and she was so good with them. Kylie's brother, Rusty, is at my grandmother's house. He is much bigger than Kylie and much more aggressive, so Austin was just wondering if he could bring Kylie with him and we take Rusty for a while so that everything would be fair. I didn't really go for that and I really doubt that either dog would go for that either. :)

We played alot with the Trinh's once they got back into town. Austin and Eliott played so good together and Madi and Millie did too. They were all so cute following eachother around. I didn't get a pic of Austin and Eliott, but here are Madi and Millie with their KiKi. :)

So this weekend, we went to Ohio for David's cousin, Jillian's wedding. It was a pretty good trip down there although twice we hit horrible storms. So we got there around 10:30 on Thursday night. Friday we got up and headed down to grandmas to help cook and prepare stuff for the wedding. The whole family basically did all the wedding stuff, so we were pretty much busy the whole time helping out with what needed to be done. All of David's aunts and cousins were there so it was really fun just all being together. Also there were 9 kids under the age of 12, so needless to say, it was a full house! :)

Sarah went to pick up Tyler (her fiance) from the airport and met us back at grandmas. We spent most of the day there and then headed back home for a wonderful steak dinner. After that all the kids (David's sisters and significant others) went to meet up with some of our friends and go sing karaoke. It was a fun night, but boy were we tired!

Saturday we got up and headed back to grandma's to do all the flowers for the wedding. It was a big job but with David's mom at the lead, they turned out beautiful and we all got them done on time. The wedding was that night at 7:30 in her (Jillian's) back yard. It came after a huge storm, so the ground was very muddy, but everything looked great and it was a great time. Here is a picture of her with her 3 sisters.

So we all went home that night and crashed. Sunday, up for church and then headed with the family to eat leftovers from the wedding. Which was great food. David's aunt did most of the food, and it was all so delicious! So we headed back to North Carolina shortly after lunch. We stopped by one of David's old friend's house for an hour or so and then hit the road again. We had a good trip although ran into more storms. It was crazy! But we did get to see a double rainbow and it was beautiful. The crazy thing about it was that we saw it about 7 or so and I talked to Barbara that night and she said when they were leaving church there was a double rainbow too. Wonder if it was the same one. Crazy! This pic is from the car window driving by, but I thought it turned out pretty cool.

So, we made it home around 11:30 that night to a very anxious and excited puppy, although we shortly found out that she is in heat! Blah! But either way, it was a great weekend and so fun to see our family!!

And as always, here is my 28 week picture. I really did get bigger this weekend. His whole family kept telling me that I really did get bigger while I was there, and I believe it! I went for my check up yesterday and everything looked good. I had my glucose test, and will get the results in about a week. But I"m sure everything is fine. So that little boy is just growing and growing. He's kicking and stretching a lot more lately! It's so cool to feel him! Still no crib, but I'll keep you posted! :)

It's summer time!!

So, it's officially summer and actually it has cooled down a TAD bit. Not much, but cooler than a few weeks ago! :) We definitely are in the full swing of summer and enjoying most of my family being off for summer vacation, because that means they have more time to spend with me!!! First I will catch up with belly pictures. Here is my 26 week belly. It really got bigger this week!

Since, I had all my shower gifts, Mandy, Austin, and Madi drove me home to North Carolina. They were here all last week and are here till I think Wednesday. I love having them here and am going to SO miss them! It is so fun to catch them for lunch or for them to be waiting at the door for me when I get home. It's such a fun feeling. We really have had a blast since they have been here. I don' t know if Mandy will agree, since she's been at the house ALOT, but I think she would. :) We have gone to the pool, walked to get icecream, made about 1,000 paper airplanes, because that is what Austin is majorly into right now! Played with "the kids" as Austin would say, went fishing, ate alot, and just spent time together, which is the best of all! They really have been great and have adjusted pretty good to our time zone here. Which is going to bed lots later than usual and sleeping till about 9 or 10. Here is a picture of Madi being her precious self with Uncle David's hat on and one that is just priceless, it is just a "classic" picture to me! We didn't even tell her to pose like that! :)

And here is a classic of Austin with a very well invested $5 Wal-Mart clearance toy. It's actually pretty cool! It's a bow and it has a target that floats on water that you use nerf arrows for. It's really neat. He just loves it and I'm pretty sure Eliott and he shot lots of "bad guys" yesterday at my house with it! I never knew there were so many around my house!! (Eliott came to play all day after church and boy did they have a blast.) It was hilarious, by the end of they day Austin was so tired he was crying because Eliott couldn't come to his birthday party. (Which is at the end of July in Florida!!) Hilarious! So needless to say, he's made a new friend!

Saturday, we all, including my great friend Sarah, went to the Branch's farm to do some fishing, which is Austin's all time favorite. First cast, huge bass! He is a great fisherman and really did good. I think we were there for about 1 1/2 hours and he caught at least 10 fish. He even caught a catfish, which Sarah said she had not ever seen anyone catch a catfish out there! Boy was Austin excited. He was so cute! We all just sat and watch him. Even Madi was a trooper, she was hot a tired, but managed to let "bubba" have a good time! Here are a few pics, one of him reeling one in and then showing off his prize. He wanted us to take one everytime he caught a fish, so we have quite a few pics. I'll post some different ones as soon as I get them from my sister. We didn't catch this on camera, but the last fish he caught he was trying to "set him free" and slipped in the mud into the pond. It was so funny, but we assured him that you're really not a great fisherman unless you get dirty, so after that, he was pretty proud of himself! :)

So that has pretty much summed up our week. I did get to see my hubby for a few hours before he was off again. I sure do miss him, but he's having a blast and will be back before I know it!

Oh one last thing. Tyler is stubborn, I have concluded. The whole week last week he was moving and kicking like crazy! Well, I hadn't felt him since Saturday morning, so I started to get a little worried. So this morning, I called the dr. and she said to drink a coke and in about 30 minutes lay down and see if he moves. So, I did. I was at work, so I just shut my door and laid on the floor. Still nothing, so I called back at 10 and she said come on in and lets just make sure everything is ok. I then got a little worried. I headed up there and sat in the waiting room for 1 hour. It was crazy in there, but Bekah was there too, so I did get a little conversation in before she was called back. Then after the hour, I got called back. The heartbeat sounded great and dr. said he was measuring good. But wanted to do a stress test, just in case, for reassurance. So after another 30 minute wait and another coke. I was called back. On those test, they have to measure 10 movements before they stop the test, so after 45 minutes we only had 6 or 7 movements, she went and asked the dr if everything looked fine, and she said it did, so they unhooked me and honestly as soon as she did, Tyler moved about 10 times, majorly! That is when I discovered that Tyler must take after his dad, although David might beg to differ! :) Either way, he gets it honestly and he's perfectly fine! So that was the excitement for today. And before another week passes (starting Wed.) I must post my 27 week picture. Can't believe we are less than 3 months away!! Yay. We are enjoying these last few months, as everyone with children has told me. But sure are excited to see that precious little face! Until more news... Have a great day!

A weekend in Florida

Well, I finally made it home Friday night around 6:45. My flights were pretty good. I had about a 45 minute delay in Atlanta, but it wasn't as bad as I made it out to be at the time. I was just dying to get home and didn't want to be stuck in an airport. Tyler was going crazy on the flight, he was turning and flipping. It was really neat to feel him though.

When I arrived in Pensacola, I was anxiously greeted by my family. Dad, Mom, Mandy, Brittany, Austin, Madi, GG, and Hannah. We then went to Sonny's to eat cause everyone was starving. We pretty much hung out the rest of the night and just visited.

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early to go garage sale shopping. We found some really fun stuff and managed to get it all inside the truck just seconds before the down pour. We went to LaHa for lunch and then went to GG's to play games. We did that most of the day, and then had an awesome steak dinner that night. Dad was alot like David and couldn't wait for his father's day gifts, so we did them Saturday night and had a scavenger hunt planned out for him. It was fun just all being together and laughing. I miss those time oh so much. We randomly took pics with dad and with the fam, so yes we are looking rough, but it's us, so there is not much I can say to dispute them. :)

Then Sunday we got up and went to church. Mandy teaches the nursery so I always go in there when I'm home cause I just love those babies. Here's a random pic from that.

Then after church we had the usual awesome dinner at GG's with roast, gravy, homemade rolls, fresh squash, fresh beans, corn, and gg's peach cobbler! What a treat it is to get to eat on Sunday with my family! So after lunch we got ready for my first baby shower!! It was a lot of fun and so fun to sit a visit with some of my best old friends! All the hostesses, were my friends growing up and there mothers who are like mother's to me.

And here is a picture of the food table and most of the gifts before they were rushed into the car before a huge rain storm!! :)

So, Monday we got up (Mandy, Austin, Madi, and I) and headed for North Carolina. We really did have a great trip and didn't hit much traffic at all. The kids were awesome, didn't cry at all and I think that's awesome for a 1.5 and 5 year old!! So every time we pray Austin has been saying, "We are glad that we made it home safely, and that we made it in one day!" For some reason he keeps thinking that usually it takes them longer than one day. Then Mandy also told me this morning that she told him they were going to go to Wal-Mart, and he said, "Oh man, that will take too long!" Until she informed him that we have a Wal-Mart in North Carolina too! :) Precious. So I am so enjoying having them here with me this week! David is gone and it is a wonderful blessing to have them stay with me. :) Just to let you know where David is. He is gone to Lipscomb this whole week. He took the kids to "Impact" there. It started Monday and will end Saturday. Then he leaves for an Atlanta Mission Trip on Sunday morning and will be there till Thursday and then we leave Thursday night for Ohio, for David's cousin Jillian's wedding! Boy will he be tired!!

Okay that is about all the updating I have at this point. Hopefully soon, I will have pics of the nursery, if my stinkin crib will ever come in!! I've cancelled one order and have ordered it again from a different store, so we will see if they can ship it any faster! :)

Baby Ty-La

As Millie likes to say! :) It's precious to hear her say it!

I'm going to post his last ultrasound picture, although it's not as clear on here, as the first ones were, maybe you'll get the picture though. One is of his profile and you can see his little ears (not so little) and his big precious head (although I like to think the picture was widened a little), its precious anyway. I did ask the dr if his head was measuring right and she said yes, he's right on track, and that everyone asks her that! :) And the other one is of his massive foot. It's really surprising I'm not feeling him as much as I think I should for him to have such big features. I guess it's all in perspective. Who knows? But I can't wait to see that precious little boy in real life!! :) These were taken at 25 weeks, she said he was about 1lb 12oz and around 14", but who knows how accurate that really is! :) Oh and by the way, we were looking at David's baby pictures the other night and Tyler's mouth profile, looks just like David when he was little. Sorry it's a little hard to see!

And one more thing my sister sent me these pictures and I must share. I mean does it get any more adorable than this? This is Madi (my niece) she is 20 months old (as of yesterday!)

The heat is here!!!

It isn't even officially summer yet, and boy is it hot!!! Everyday this week it has been around 98 degrees! It's incredibly hot and muggy! I can't believe it has happened so soon! But we are trying to adjust and go to the pool as much as possible!!!

This weekend was not any different than the rest, but we actually did some fun stuff that we haven't done before. Well, it started on Thursday when Sarah, David's sister came into town. We went to the pool and hung out while David was busy working on the graduation slide show, for Sunday. We hung out the rest of the night, went to David's softball game and then finally turned into bed around 1:00am!!

Friday, we worked all day while Sarah got to hang out with her dad and step mom, Jenni. We all met for lunch and then they went shopping. We went back to work and then after headed to Emily and Stephen's graduation at Forsyth Country Day School. It was a good graduation, and thank heavens it was in the gym. Still hot, but not nearly as bad as outside. Here is a pic of us and the graduates.

After graduation, we went with the Branch's to eat at Millners. It was delicious and we had a great time all together. After dinner at 10:00, David went to the Chunn's to work again on the slide show and I went and picked up Sarah and headed to Wal-Mart. I needed a "spray fan" for the next day's activities. So after that excursion we finally got in bed around 12:30.

The alarm went off at 5:45am (yes on a Saturday!!) we were all (us and the youth group) headed to Charlotte for a day at the National Olympic training center. They have white water rafting, rock climbing, mountain biking, low and high ropes courses, and a few more activities I can't think of. We left the church building around 7:00 in a 15 passenger van! Note, there were 16.5 of us. So David, Sarah, Shanna, and I (4.5 of us) shared the front seat, needless to say we were a little cramped for the 1.5 hour car ride, but it wasn't too bad. At least all the kids had a seat! :)

When we arrived we were set to do the low ropes course. Which is meant for team building and learning communication skills. We had a blast and the kids were awesome!! I cannot tell you how proud of them we were! Here is a couple pictures from that excursion. They really don't do justice for what we had to do, but just ask if you want more details. It was awesome!

I went and picked up Subway for lunch while they were in the middle of pushing everyone up a straight vertical 25' wall. It was amazing and I hated to miss it, but everyone was getting really hungry! :) So they finished there activities and then we had lunch. Everyone was hot and hungry but so proud of themselves. No one was complaining, it was great!

So after lunch, more fun was in store. We were going white water rafting, of course, I tried but they wouldn't let me, but it was still fun watching them. There was a trail that went around the rapids, so I walked around and tried to get some pics of them. Here is some shots that were taken. We had 3 rafts of 5 people, so they were split up. Also, I got a great group shot!!

So after the 2 hour rafting trip, everyone was pretty wiped out. They all changed into dry clothes and we all headed home. Needless to say it was a much quieter trip on the way back to Winston Salem.

When we got back home, I was dying to get in the water since I didn't get to all day, so Sarah and I headed to the pool. It was so very relaxing! Then we met David for dinner. We did get in bed that night around 11:30, so that was nice.

Sunday was filled with church and then the graduation luncheon. It was so nice and the video that David and Brian Chunn did was amazing. They did an awesome job! After that we all went home and crashed for about 3 hours. It was nice taking a nap, although I always feel guilty taking a nap when it's pretty outside, but we needed it! After church that night we went to eat with a huge group from church and then we went back to our house and some of the kids came over to hang out till about 11:30, so off to bed around 12! What a way to end the weekend!

We had a blast and was so glad that Sarah got to be with us, but I think she was ready to get back home so she could get some rest! :)

And I must post my 25 week belly picture! Tyler is definitely getting bigger! You know that feeling when you have eaten way too much and your belly feels so uncomfortable, like it's going to pop... Well, that is what I feel like 24/7. But at least I know he's growing and he's just trying to get a little more room! :)

And last but not least, I just thought this picture was funny, I don't know if it's from the heat or the lack of sleep. :)

We didn't plan it we just both did those silly faces! :)

I'm going home this weekend for the first time in 6 months and I am so super excited!!!! I have my shower there on Sunday, so I will have lots to post next week!! And nursery pictures soon to come!! :) Life is Good!