Trying to catch up!

I'm sure most of you who check this often are quite bored with our blog! So I decided to make a new post. Right now, it's 11:05pm, I'm in bed with my laptop...only the 2nd time I've ever done this. Dave is sound asleep next to me...for some reason I just can't sleep! So I figured it's a good time to do things on the computer that I never have time for during the day! And of course, one of those things is to post a new blog.

This month has been crazy so far! We took a trip to Branson with a couple friend of ours (Joel and Kendall and their 3month old, Oliver). We had a an awesome time...hopefully I'll post some pics of our trip soon! I was back for a day after Branson and then left for Premier's National Rally in Ft. Worth! It was amazing as usual but I was exhausted when I got home! I'll hopefully get some pictures of that up soon too! All these pictures I would like to post have not been downloaded from the camera yet and I don't think I will try to do that in the dark. So you'll have to settle for some random pictures of........who else.....but Taylor!

Bath time in the sink....if only she really knew what we did to her hair! She thinks we're just taking a picture of her cute self!


This next picture is taken after her escape from a diaper change! She not only got away, but also turned to me and stuck her little tongue out! Her personality is getting to be much more fun lately! Hopefully this picture is legal to post.Have we mentioned that she is already reading at a kindergarten reading level! What can we say, we have a braniac child! She is trying to hide her pride a little bit in this picture...she doesn't want others her age to feel bad they are not as excelled....but it's just so hard to hide such greatness!


Taylor will be 9 months this Friday...so hard to believe! We're taking her to the zoo for the first time with one of Dave's best friends from college who will be visiting us with her 1 year old son! Saturday we're headed to KC for another Pi Phi wedding (one of my sorority sisters from college). Like I said....things have been crazy and will continue to be that way. Maybe I AM ready for school to start....it seems like summer is always this way!

Fall, already?

69 degrees, sweatshirts, hanging out by our fire pit....my favorite time of year....fall! Oh wait, it's July! Well, at least we got a taste of fall these past few evenings! Last night, after we put Taylor to bed, we decided it was the perfect night to try out our new fire pit. It's not exactly new, we bought it last fall right after Dave finished building the deck in the backyard. But seeing as Taylor came along shortly after the purchase, we couldn't seem to find the time, energy, or the right weather to enjoy it.

We also are very excited about our new lights that we hung over the deck. We've been looking for this certain kind of light ever since seeing them hung in Macaroni Grill! We finally found them at Target a couple of weeks ago. So we hung the lights, made a fire and had a nice and relaxing night on the deck. There are lots of other plans we have for the deck, but of course everything always require $$$$. So we'll have to add things one at a time. We'll keep you posted on any new additions (of the deck that is).

Our First Blog: Weekend in California

Well, this is our most recent and best family photo! This was taken at my sister's wedding in California on June 9th. I was the matron of honor and Dave played the role of daddy quite well, keeping Taylor occupied and happy for 2 days, pretty much cooped up in a hotel room! The wedding was gorgeous! It was a beautiful California day. The ceremony and reception were outside. Rebekah and Steve looked great and were SO VERY HAPPY!!


We were in California for 3 days and one of those days we got to do some sight seeing. We would have loved to stay longer and do more, but hey, just because I have the summer off, doesn't mean Dave does too! On Sunday, after a yummy brunch with Steve and Rebekah and other family and friends, we went to San Francisco! Taylor got to stay at the hotel with Grandma! We went to a Giants/A's baseball game and then tried to find our way to Fisherman's Warf (one of the major touristic piers on the bay). On our way to the pier we just happened to look down the street and see the famous hill street where the cable cars drive!




















We finally got a taxi and made our way to Fisherman's Warf where we saw Alcatraz, the famous seals that have taken over the dock and we ate at Bubba Gump's Seafood Restaurant (which was all based around the movie Forest Gump).






It was a very fun weekend, but we were glad to get back home and get Taylor back on schedule! That 2 hour time difference really messed her up! We were so excited to get to share in Rebekah and Steve's BIG weekend!