2 Reds a Monkey and a Peanut

11 months...he's almost ONE!

2011-03-22T20:22:00.001-07:00

It really is crazy to think about how fast our little man is growing! I should have written this post last week, but Mom was here and I just didn't take much time to sit down at the computer! Speaking of last week, it was simply the best spring break--I certainly didn't want it to end! It was such a blessing to have my mom here the whole week and I only let her go home because she'll be back in 3 weeks for Rogan's bday party :)

So here's some pics and a few random things about our little monkey man...

Rogan is crawling EVERYWHERE. If you leave a room, he'll follow you out. He still does the army crawl, even though he "dances" on his hands and knees. But he sure is quick!

A few days ago he woke up from his nap crying after only half an hour so I knew he needed to go back to sleep. I went to get a bottle warming and when I looked back at the monitor he was STANDING up in his bed...little toot! He's been pulling up to his knees for about a week now, but to his feet is a whole other level. Look out!

He LOVES Cheerios...if all else fails, try Cheerios. He likes to hold one between his fingers and use his teeth(only ones in front of course) to bite it in half.

He's got REALLY good vision. He will pick up the tiniest speck of dirt off the floor. I've dug things out of his mouth so much that he's learned to just pick it up and hold it up to give me.

He hates getting food on his face when he eats. Seriously, he gets upset.

He waves bye-bye and sometimes will say it at the same time, although usually the two aren't together. Sometimes he'll wave HI.

He loves baby einstein's Baby MacDonald...it's the farm one and he will literally sit in his bumbo and watch the entire thing...talking, waving, and dancing through it.

Now that he's not sick any more, he's back to being a good sleeper...usually two naps a day, but if they total much less than 3 hours, a third nap is sometimes necessary.

He's been totally on whole milk for a couple weeks now and does great...I think at first it took some getting used to because he pooped like 5 times a day, but that's gotten better.

The time change worked well for him...well, better for me! He now sleeps "later"!!

He LOVES to be outside(which is nothing new!) He gets REALLY excited if you just walk with him towards the door!

If you ask him what a dog says, he says "uffff" "uffffff" --hasn't quite got the "r" yet.

He loves to play with anything that makes noise...the more he can make, the longer he'll play with it!(pots and pans on the kitchen tile make LOUD noises!)

He has 6 teeth! 4 on top and 2 on bottom

He can make a fish face(sucking in your cheeks) and it is HILARIOUS!

He can clap his hands really well...and likes the louder noise it makes in the tub when his hands are wet!

He was totally meant to be my son--such a ham for the camera! Here's some pics to prove it!

Outdoor bathing

2011-03-11T18:56:00.000-08:00

So this evening Rogan took his bath outside since it was so nice...just thought it would be fun...and he did have fun. Unfortunately I didn't grab my camera til the end, but he's still just as cute. I was just too busy laughing at him before he got out. He even slipped completely under water and didn't freak out--so I'm pretty sure he's going to be a little fish!

Here's a few of our little monkey man and his all-too-handsome Daddy :)

This week at the Ivey's

2011-03-11T11:19:00.000-08:00

So, once again, the little monkey man has been sick...this time some virus...totally congested with a nasty cough. He had a low fever off and on about a day and a half, but other than that, he's been doing good. We're hoping it all clears up this weekend so he'll be nice and healthy when Omi(my mom) gets here on Monday!! CAN'T WAIT!!
Rogan had pizza for the first time last night at his friends Max and Marlis's house...and he LOVED it...seriously. He was eating like a little machine and his life depended on it! I think it's his new favorite :)

Rogan is such a content baby and it's such a blessing. Today he crawled all over the house playing and talking for like an hour...he's so entertaining--especially when he doesn't know you are watching!

As far as baby #2 goes...he is doing well! And for the most part I've started getting some energy back, although the last 2 days I have been extremely tired...hope I'm not getting sick! Baby is now the size of a softball! However, my belly looks like he's the size of a volleyball :( Oh well!

The busy season is coming upon us at the greenhouse, as Allen starts to leave earlier for work and more and more plants and flowers are filling up the greenhouse...it's amazing to go in there just once or twice a week and see how much has changed--they sure do work hard!

Rogan will be 11 months old on Monday, so I'll have a post with pictures then!! tata for now!

Getting so BIG!

2011-02-21T20:30:00.000-08:00

Yep. It's still February and I'm writing another post! Getting better, I hope! The last several days have been a little crazy...the little monkey man has had fever since Friday so we went to the doctor this morning. His normal doctor's on vacation, so it was some other lady. She thinks he has the flu. Poor little man.
Anyways, our little man turned 10 months old on Valentine's Day!! Soooo hard to believe he is so big. Seriously. Where has the time gone?? He's getting to be such a little boy. He understands so much and it is so much fun to watch him learn. He picks up on things so fast! Who knew that such a little guy could bring us so much joy? And to think we're going to have another one in like 27 weeks!

This is a short post because having a sick baby means sleeping whenever you have a chance! So off to bed we go. :) Here's a couple pics of our little monkey on Valentine's day. We went to the greenhouse to take Daddy a smoothie and have a little visit.

Determined.

2011-02-07T17:36:00.000-08:00

So, I'm not sure how many times that I've been "determined" to keep this blog up, but I figure it's a new year and I'll try again! I'd like to be able to keep our friends and family that aren't here to see our little monkey grow updated! AND as our second little peanut grows, keep y'all up on him/her as well!

This last year has been so amazing with our little man coming into the world and living in Lubbock has been wonderful. It's so great to have so much family in town! Rogan has been thoroughly spoiled by his grandparents and great-grandparents. I'm not going to try and catch up on all that I haven't written about, but rather pick up right here and keep going! Rogan will be 10 MONTHS OLD next week!! He's been healthy for the last few weeks, which has been a blessing. After an ear infection, 2 bouts of hand foot mouth virus, and then mono the second week of the year, it's been quite a ride. Next week he will have some more blood work done because when he was really sick a few weeks ago they did a bunch of blood work(which is how they found out he had mono) but his lipid panel came back with his triglycerides ridiculously high--574! They should be below 99. So I'm praying that they are normal and it was just a lab error! Anyway. He's such a happy and easy little baby, it's hard to see him sick! Right now he has a little cough but the doctor said he was fine. Maybe it's just this crazy weather we've been having! The windchill last week was subzero, then Saturday was beautiful, then it snowed yesterday, was nice today, and then another arctic blast is blowing in tomorrow night. BRRR!

Tonight one of my best friends had to go to the hospital to deliver her baby after they found that there was no longer a heart beat. My heart aches so much for her and her husband. This is not the first time for this to happen to them and I simply can not imagine the pain that they are feeling yet again. I know God is in control but it is so hard not to just ask why? Why does this have to happen to them AGAIN!? And yet our lives and the lives of our babies are not our own. They are his from the very beginning. This is something I have to remind myself daily as I watch our little boy grow and fight against worries and fears that something could happen to him or to the little peanut that grows inside of me right now. I know He is sovereign and I know He is in control, but letting go completely is so hard.

Well, it's late and the monkey is in bed and peanut(or rather fig--that's how big he/she is this week) is causing some ickiness, so I'm thinking of hitting the sack early.

I'm soooo going to keep this up! You just wait! I'll leave you with a pic...

We made it!

2010-03-29T07:47:00.000-07:00

Ok, so here's the scoop. The day after we got back from the successful house finding trip to Lubbock, our buyer backed out! Sad day, but we got another one in less than 2 weeks and were back on track to move....we closed on our house on March 9, and drove out of town to Lubbock! We're finally in our new place and I am DONE traveling all over the place--FINALLY! We're in the process of fixing up the house, unpacking, and getting ready for baby boy! He's gonna be here in 6 weeks!( or maybe less!). Anyway, we just got the internet and all that good stuff hooked up, so I'll actually be keeping up with this thing. I'll post pics of the new casa as soon as it's done!

Lubbock!

2010-01-31T13:14:00.001-08:00

Ok, so Allen and I came to Lubbock for the weekend on a quest to find somewhere to live...and it only took one day! We left thursday after my last doctor's visit with my obgyn there in FW :( and got here around 4:30 or so....and it's a good thing we left thursday because snow was already covering everything and driving that night would not have been good. We started our search on Friday morning, and aside from a reeeeally quick lunch stop at the parent's house for about 10 minutes, we were driving around all day long looking at houses. We had found several possibilities and the next to last one was around 725 sq ft but only $525....we talked about it on our way to the last house for the day, thinking that it would be a very "cozy" house, but that it was just for a year or two and our ultimate goal was to save money and get out of debt, so it became the top of our list of houses. Or so we thought. Allen's grandmother had called us saying that her best friend was moving to Austin and they were wanting to rent their house...but we were pretty certain that it just wouldn't work out because they could get so much more for their house than what we could pay. But we agreed to at least go and look at it. We were prepared to politely tell them that it was just too much for us. So as we drove from the 725 sq ft house to meet Allen's Nana at her friend's house, we didn't get our hopes up or anything. As soon as we walked in we knew it was out of the range we were willing to spend. Nana's friend, Edna, showed us all around the house, which was absolutely lovely, and big! The shocker came when they told us how much they wanted to rent it to us for and I'm sure we had the look of pure shock and disbelief as we stared back at them! We told them that they could get much more than that if they were to rent it to someone else, but they insisted that they wanted us to rent it and wanted someone who they knew would take care of the house. CRAZY! seriously. We tried to argue with them about it but they would not have it. They insisted that we were an answer to prayer and as it turns out they were an answer to ours. Who knew we would find such a great place to live!? I know that through this Edna and JB will be a true blessing to us we hope to be the same to them. Anyway, we drove away in silence as both of us were in too much of a shock to say anything. I kept thinking I'd wake up to realize that I'd laid down for a nap and had a wonderful dream. But it was real!! Anyway, after we left I realized that I hadn't taken a single picture of the house so I went back yesterday to take a few...I'll post those this week when I get home! Anyway, we were able to just relax and hang out with the fam the rest of the weekend....so nice!

Well, I should go start packing up our things so we can head back to fort worth. More to come later!

And we're back!

2010-01-18T10:39:00.000-08:00

Soooo, it's only been about forever since I've updated this thing...but figured it was about time that I start at it again! I've mostly just been posting to my photo blog, but figure I can do more personal stuff on this blog, especially with baby boy on his way! I don't want to overload my photo blog with pregnancy and then new baby stuff every day!

Soooo, here's to trying to keep up with this thing more!

Later today should mark a day of relief--we found a buyer for our house!! I'm just waiting for the contract to show up in my inbox and then it can be all official and I can breathe easy knowing we get to move to lubbock before baby comes....ahhhh.

I should have started this think back up as soon as we got pregnant again, but better late than never! Can you believe Allen and I will be married for 2 YEARS in just a couple weeks!? Craziness! Man how time flies!

Anyway, I'm now 24 weeks and counting! Baby is growing steadily and last week Allen felt him kick for the first time! It was so fun!

I'll have to take an updated belly pic to post soon!

Anyway, that's it for today--my brain is too excited to do much writing!

Our Little Blueberry

2009-04-20T19:06:00.000-07:00

So for those of you who didn't know, at the beginning of April we found out we were pregnant and couldn't even contain ourselves as the joy just overflowed! We'd been trying for a few months and just couldn't believe it. Our hearts were just filled with love for our new little life growing inside of me. Last week our baby was the size of a blueberry! Amazing how such a tiny thing was already forming into a little baby and had a heartbeat. Last Tuesday we had our first appointment, and we were set to have our first sonogram this Thursday to hear that little heartbeat for the first time...however this past Thursday I had to go back to the doctor's office to get some more bloodwork done due to some things that had started to happen and Friday we found out that we had lost our little blueberry. You never how much it hurts until it happens to you. The nurse called me on the phone just as I was pulling out of the parking lot after having lunch with Allen. I pulled back around, he drove us home and we cried ourselves to sleep in each others arms. Never before have I felt such loss as I have now. We pray that through this loss, God will draw us even closer to Him and to each other, that we would find comfort that only He can provide. We never realized how many people we know have gone through the same thing. There are times when we are doing fine, and other times when it just hits you out of nowhere. But "we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,^a]"> for^B)"> those who are called according to his purpose."

We have decided to plant a blueberry hedge in our backyard in memory of our little blueberry. I'll post some pics once we get them planted!

Thank you for all of your love and support through this tough season in our lives!

My man...

2009-02-24T23:26:00.000-08:00

Ok, so for those of you who check this blog and it never seems to be updated, I'm sorry! I have enough trouble keeping up with one blog...you can check out this one.
But here's a little something that should make you smile....this was at a shoot last year with a couple and Allen was just being Allen...

My sister's card...

2008-12-13T19:01:00.000-08:00

Well, I have been super busy this week finishing up clients' pictures for Christmas and cards...and in that time I made my sister's christmas cards as well as mom's...hopefully I'll get to mine and Allen's card soon!....so what do you think?

Shelley's card

Mom's card

Cake Balls, I'm 27!!

2008-11-16T22:54:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it---27! It's kinda funny, sometimes when someone asks how old I am, I have to think about it for a second before I answer. But I usually get it right...unlike Allen, who for some reason, on our honeymoon, thought he was 28. About the third time he told someone that, I stopped and was like...wait a second...no you aren't! You're only 27! Crazy boy...trying to grow up too fast! ;) Anyway, in April he did turn 28..and now I'm 27. 27. 27.27. I need to remember that for the next year...HA!

Anyway, I think life only gets better with each birthday. And this one was indeed the best so far! I mean, it was in fact, my first birthday to have a husband!!!(and the best one ever at that!) This year I used my birthday as an excuse(as usual) to have a party! Back in college I would have had some huge party where people have to park 3 blocks away and then walk...and while I'll ALWAYS be a party thrower(I just LOVE being a hostess!)...I have toned down the numbers since college...we just don't have room for 75-100...I don't even know how we fit that many people back then(I think it was just our HUGE back yard). Ok, this is random, but at one of our parties, my roommate's room was on fire and we didn't even notice!!(Don't tell our landlord, we never did!)...moral of that story...don't burn a candle in a wooden candle holder on a wooden shelf on your wall...I LOVE YOU LAUREN!! haha! ok...back to present time....I digress...
Anyway, yesterday was my birthday and we had some friends over for food and fun! A friend of mine let me try a cake ball she had made the other day and it was so delicious, I decided I had to make them for my party...they are FABULOUS!! I can't wait to make them again for Thanksgiving at my parent's house! You can find the recipe here. This blog has so many fun and delicious looking treats! I totally bookmarked it!

It was sooo easy, you just bake a red velvet cake...

Then let it cool, crumble it into a bowl. Mix it with a can of cream cheese frosting and roll it into balls(this can get messy). Then let them chill for a few hours in the fridge...

Then you just melt some chocolate bark and roll the balls in it and plop each coated one onto wax paper to harden...and get THIS!!!!

mmmmm....does it make you want to try it now?! It makes like 50 balls and cost maybe $5 total?? YAY!

Anyway, my dear husband, who also loves to try new things to cook(and I do mean cook...he's not so much the baker!) made some DELICIOUS meatballs...I don't have pictures, but just imagine yummy juicy maple-glazed meatballs...oh so good! We also made chocolate covered strawberries, which by the way, are my favorite fruit. Chocolate covered strawberries...remember that if you ever feel the need to give me a gift of any sort... ;)

OH OH OH! I almost forgot to tell you....Allen got me such a fun birthday present, and since this post is all about yummy foods, it fits right in...we've always talked about going to one of those cooking classes at Central Market but never have...but guess what, on December 1st, we ARE! He knows how much I love tamales(hey, i am from south Texas, what do you expect!?), and he found a Tamale Workshop they are having--YAY!! Isn't he just the best ever!? I'll tell you all about it after we go! We're supposed to learn how to make all sorts of yummy stuff...so Mom and Dad Ivey, looks like we're gonna make some Mexican food for Christmas this year? ;)

Sad Day...

2008-11-05T12:53:00.000-08:00

Well...somehow Obama managed to deceive enough people and now he's our next president. It's disheartening...BUT, God is sovereign, so it's nice to know that no matter what, He's still in control!

So, life has been busy here on Vineyard Lane...but this last week Allen didn't have to work a single night! It was so nice to have him home...we finally hung the hammock out on the back patio, which made a great place for our sunday afternoon nap...then the night before last, Allen lit a fire in the chimenea and we sat outside in the chilly air enjoying the warmth from the fire and a nice beverage...it's just been nice!

We are looking forward to the holidays with our families--thanksgiving with the Schovajsas, and Christmas with the Iveys...and who knows what for New Year's!
Anyway, just thought I would post a little something since it's been a while...maybe next time I'll have some pictures!

Nice weather...and no patio furniture!!

2008-10-21T20:54:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the lack of blogging lately...I think my last post talked about how much Allen's been working and well, he hasn't slowed down! And I've been swamped with work as well and other things have taken priority...but I promise I'll try to keep up with it better!
So about the post title...we have been having such nice weather lately and so we decided to look around to see if we could find some decent priced patio furniture...for our fabulous back patio...
Do you know that there is nowhere that has any patio furniture!! I mean seriously...it's not winter yet guys...and it's Texas. Give me a break!
So i'm guessing that if we want anything, we'll have to order it online.
After our disappointing excursions looking for patio furniture on Sunday afternoon, we came home...washed our cars with some new soap Allen wanted to try out with his pressure washer(it works great!) and pulled weeds...like 5 million or so...just in the front yard. And there's still more! I pulled another trashbag full today...they are some nasty little weeds!
It sure is nice though knowing that it OUR lawn we're working on...and not someone else's! God is good.
Well, I've got lots to do. I'm having a beginner's photography workshop so on top of everything else, I have to finish preparing for that! Should be fun!

Take care, we love you!

Hard working man!

2008-10-04T23:36:00.000-07:00

So if you read this blog, you know Allen, and you know that he is just not a complainer and such a hard worker. I just thought I would reiterate that to everyone. He is simply amazing and the best husband in the world! This week he has been working day and night...literally. Starting last sunday afternoon, he left to work with Travis, was back that evening for about 20 or so minutes to say hey and change clothes...then was back out to work for the night...to return the next morning, sleep 3 or so hours, get up again, go to work at cellworld til 6pm...Casey and the kids were over on Monday so he got home and then had dinner with us before they left...then crashed at like 7:30. Exhausted, he slept through dinner, got up at like 6am the next morning, went to work at 7am, worked til 6pm, was home for a couple hours to eat dinner and then leave again for work with Travis, get home in the morning, sleep a few hours, go to work, come home a couple hours go to work with Travis again, get home in the morning, sleep a couple hours, go work til 6pm again....etc, etc. You get the picture. After a week like this, the closest thing to anything negative that I heard come out of his mouth was simply..."It'll be nice when this week is over."...He doesn't have to work this much, but he does so that we can pay off our debt...and save some money to hopefully have a baby in the near future...what an amazing man.

I am blessed beyond measure to have Allen as a husband. I love him more than I knew was possible and I never doubt his love for me. What a gift he is!

On a totally different note, if you don't keep up with my photography blog then here's a few pics of my precious nephew...from his 6 month shoot...too cute, huh?

Home for a while....sweetness.

2008-09-29T20:35:00.000-07:00

So yeah. October is in a few days! I honestly don't understand how time goes by so much faster these days! Does that just happen when you get married? Anyway, September has been good! We went to california for a wedding/mini vacation and had a blast, fell in love with this yogurt place called Pinkberry (i think we went there 4 or 5 times in the 4 days we were there!)...played in some big waves(as soon as i figure out putting video on here, i'm posting a video of allen in the giant waves!), and had a great time with friends at a wedding on a yacht. fun times. Then like 2 weeks after that we were off to the booming town of Seadrift, TX to shoot the wedding of my dear Audrey--our families are super duper close and she's practically a sister to me and my other sisters. The wedding was outside as the sun set over the water...perfect. I'll have more photos of that wedding posted on my photoblog later this week, but here's one from her bridal shoot we did in august...just stunning! Anyway, my best friend came over with her kids today and she helped me decorate the house more! Such a successful and great day with her! I'll post some updated pics of the house soon! Anyway, we're not going out of town until Thanksgiving!...it'll be so nice to stay in town for a while! Love you all!

September!?

2008-09-15T20:49:00.000-07:00

Ok, so September is halfway over and I don't even recall it getting here! I'm way behind on posting, but that should come as no surprise! Over the past few weeks, we have been home to Inez for our "Inez wedding reception" along with 3 photo shoots, had 3 more photo shoots upon return, had a small family of Louisiana evacuees stay with us for a week, had a mini-vacation and wedding in california, and taken care of our dear friends' almost-3-yr-old for a week while their new baby was in the hospital. And now we both have a cold. YUCK. So needless to say, blogging was on the backburner. You can however visit my photography blog for a view of all those photo shoots I've had. But for now, I'm going to curl up in bed!

We're done painting!!

2008-08-06T15:26:00.001-07:00

Well guys...it took a little longer because it's been a crazy week...my mom came to town to help paint and to hang out...we started moving...i stepped on a screw that went into my foot...and we finally have the internet and phone hooked up! So... last night I finished the last room to be painted--now the whole house has new paint! These are just a few I snapped for those of you who have been begging for pictures!! Once we get all our stuff moved in and I get things hung on the walls and all that fun stuff, I'll take some "final" pictures...until then, enjoy these!!

This is the new studio--i'm on the hunt for some vintage cool looking couch...

Here's the new office--those are clothes for a garage sale on the floor!

I LOVE the barstools!

That tv looks Tiny!...it's actually sitting on our end table...but we haven't moved our other tv and haven't decided on an entertainment center...

So I have to say that this tub is heaven...even Allen is a huge fan!!

This is our unfinished guest bathroom...it's finished now, but I when I was taking these, I forgot to take a pic of it and the sun went down, so the lighting stinks...but not to worry...more will come!

I have to say that God has totally blessed us in providing such a wonderful house! We absolutey love it!! It's way bigger than we had been looking for and very open and we are just down the street from some good friends...Such a blessing! thanks to everyone who helped!

I know...it's been a while!

2008-07-30T11:10:00.000-07:00

Well, I've been a little off the radar on here...because we've been soooo busy!! We ended up closing on our house on July 14th--5 days early, but worked out very well because of some crazy details that came up. There is so much stuff that goes into closing on a house...who knew! But I think the calls have finally stopped--no one calling saying, "um, we just emailed you some pages that you forgot to put your middle initial on when you signed. Please fax them to us and overnight the originals back." Which is odd because one of the papers we signed was giving them permission to do things like add an initial or whatever if we happened to miss something. Weird. What the point of that paper? Anyway, all that done--It's OURS!! I spent about a week cleaning--not your typical cleaning...I mean scrubbing baseboards, cabinets, drawers, doors, doorframes...FLOORS...every surface of this house has been scrubbed, cleaned and sanitized. I don't think the people who lived in it before EVER vacuumed(thank goodness for the amazing carpet guy that cleaned the carpet) or mopped or dusted...or cleaned period. All that's left to clean is the tubs and showers, but you'd be amazed at it now if you'd seen it before. Then a week and a half ago, we started painting! Now I've painted a room before...and a bathroom. But never a whole house!! It's quite a job! My mother-in-law is loves to paint(she should be on one of those home shows!) and she came over last monday to start painting with me...Boy did we get a lot done in just like a day and a half! I'm hoping to be completely done by the end of the week--I'm so ready to move in, but I want everything to be done first!! Anyway, I'll post some pictures later today of the progress!!

The House :)

2008-06-20T00:13:00.000-07:00

I promised a few pics of the house...Here's a few I snapped!

The charming front.

The entry way looking back at the front door--the office on the right with the french door, and closest to the front...will be my studio!

My future studio/meeting room...minus the chandelier of course!!

Need I say anything? Bubbles will be nice... ;)

The master bedroom...we need to hire Stanley Steemer!

Ahhhh....granite!

We love the open concept!

Our back patio! Can't wait for some fall evenings with outdoor dinners!

Well, that's the house! Pray everything goes well in all the closing and within a month we'll be homeowners!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

2008-06-19T09:43:00.001-07:00

Can you see my excitement? Haha! As most people close to us already know, we've been waiting for about a week and a half to hear back about an offer we put on a house....and the verdict is....YES!!! They came back yesterday and asked for best and final offers. There was another offer on the house as well and so what were we to do? Offer more? Keep our same offer? We REEEEALLY wanted this house, but it could just be a game to try and get us to offer more money. Not having any idea what the other offer on it could be, we just upped our offer to their asking price, which was only $900 more than our original offer, and we got a call this morning from our realtor saying they'd accepted it with a few minor changes...only about a $300 difference....so we accepted back and YES! We're waiting on paperwork and such and our closing date is July 18th!!!!
I'll have a few snapshots from the first time we looked at it, so I'll try and post them later!

Was that a big catfish?

2008-06-16T23:36:00.000-07:00

So Allen and I went on a bike ride around our neighborhood tonight. There's this little creek that runs through the area and a nice bike/walking trail that winds around. Well, as we passed over part of the creek, I saw something moving through the water. I hollered back at Allen, "did you see that in the water? Was that a big catfish?!" Now keep in mind this is barely a creek....there was only water at the one end where we crossed--about 2 feet deep maybe--and the rest of it was dried up. Anyway, being the curious monkeys we are, we turned around to go check it out...we stared in the water for a while trying to find what I had seen and finally Allen says, "is that a BEAVER!?" He poked in the water with a stick and out from the culvert came a creature....a beaver! Does this surprise anyone else? I don't think I've ever seen a beaver before that one....weird.

Ahhhhh......

2008-06-15T21:40:00.000-07:00

So this weekend Allen made the decision to go to the river! So off to Leakey we went for a relaxing weekend with the family. The Frio was pretty low so Allen and I only actually floated down the river once--too much walking! A few others floated a longer float the next day, but us being so white, we decided not to be in the blaring sun all afternoon! Just where our cabins were on the river there was a little spot in the water where we could put our chairs and just hang out in the water...mom, dad, teri, and carlton even set up their table and played dominoes in the river! Shelley and Corey came with little Corbin, my little nephew, and he is sooooo cute! I can't believe he's almost four months old! Anyway, it was a great little getaway with family and hopefully next year there will be more rain!!!

mmm...we definitely weren't counting points over the weekend!

enjoying the ribs and more!

Daddy and Mr. Carlton relaxing after some good food!

Corbin REALLY wanted some ribs--but he's got a ways to go before that!

...the domino table!

Isn't he just sooo cute!? We had some fun with him and the watermelon--haha!

Waiting....

2008-06-10T12:59:00.000-07:00

So our offer didn't actually get in until Monday morning, but as far as we know there aren't any other offers on the house!! So now it's just time to wait and pray they accept our offer! So if you think about it, give a shout up for us. We're just trying not to think about it so that it's not so hard...in a couple days we're going to leave for either the frio river for my family vacation or to lubbock for allen's 10 yr. high school reunion(he hasn't decided which he wants to go to more yet!)...so if we haven't heard by then, at least we'll be distracted for the weekend! Anyway, not much else going on--have a great day!!

Scratch that--

2008-06-03T22:04:00.000-07:00

Soooo...yeah. Last post said that we were going to wait to buy a house...BUT, we came across a really good deal and if all goes well in the morning we may be putting in an offer! So pray that if this is the house He has for us that all will go smoothly!! I will let you know what happens!

Putting a hold on it...

2008-05-17T14:38:00.000-07:00

Sooo, some of you know that we have been house searching for the past several weeks, but after prayer and consideration and advice, we have decided to put the home search on hold. We found out our lease continues on a month to month basis once it is up in August, so we are planning on working hard core over the next several months to knock out a huge chunk of our debt before we get a new house. Who knows, it may only be a few extra months that we are in our house, but we've decided to get aggressive on our debt so that we are in a much better position when we do get one....
That's about all our news....for now... ;)

Welcome to our blog!

2008-05-09T21:00:00.000-07:00

So we have decided to make a blog--and here it is! We hope to keep up with it and keep those of you up to date who care to know what's up with us. Please leave us comments and keep in touch!
We'll start with some pics from the wedding!!