~Jordan and Dorian~

I wasn't going to update until next week, but I got these pictures from my sister and I just have to say that my niece and nephew are just about the cutest kids I've ever seen! Dorian is two months old now and Jordan baked him a cake on her easy bake oven to celebrate. I thought that was so cute. Jordan is getting ready to go into 3rd grade, which is hard for me and my sister both to imagine. She's turning into a little woman. They're both growing up so fast!

This is very random, but I just have to say that I have been truly blessed this summer by several relationships. First, my best friend, who is a constant source of calmness in what feels like an otherwise chaotic world. Second, a friend who I have been reconnected with this summer, who is genuine, supportive, and inspiring. I love our phone dates, *A*! And then there's my sister, who has been there for me this summer in a way that I was not expecting, but am so grateful for. And of course, there's my husband, who is amazing and loves me unconditionally, which you would think would not be that hard, but I'm sure it is. :)

2nd birthday and baby shower

I'm a little late getting this blog posted, but this week has been kind of busy. But this last weekend was Camdyn's 2nd birthday and I'm pretty sure she had a great time. She helped make and decorate her own princess cake, which you can see her eating in these pictures and she got a lot of cool presents every two year old would want! Dan and I had a fun time watching her have fun!


Then Sunday was Sarah's baby shower for her son who is due to arrive in the next few weeks! We're all very excited for a boy in the family. So here are a few pictures from that.













I just have to say that technology and I have not been on good terms lately. I have been having the hardest time getting these pictures to work today and now for some reason everything is being underlined. Oh well.

In other news, Dan is getting closer and closer to the first days of school and has been getting prepared for that. I have been busy with work and am entering the 23rd week of pregnancy, which is exciting! Dan and I will be celebrating our 3rd anniversary in Colorado in a week. We don't really have much going on until then, which I have to say is kind of a nice change of pace compared to all the going, going, going. We will enjoy the much needed down time and update after our trip to Colorado!

Good to be home

Well, we survived the long drive to Minnesota for the family reunion! We actually had a great time. It was relaxing and we did a lot of fun things! The picture below is of the fireworks we watched from the paddle boat on the river. It was such a perfect night for a boat ride as well as for fireworks!

These next couple of pictures are at the Mall of America. It is huge! We spent almost an entire day there and we probably could have spent tons more time there just looking at everything. Both Terry and Dan were glad to get out of there and eventually I was too!The picture above is me drinking my caribou coffee drink. It was pricey, but delicious. There's a caribou coffee on just about every corner in Minnesota. The picture below is of Terry and Dan standing on third floor of the mall in front of the roller coasters. Debi rode one ride with Dan's cousin, who came with us and Terry rode one ride with a different cousin who was also there. We had fun watching!

Here's Dan in front of the entrance to the "Great Mall." I was wishing that my sister in law was with me, because Sarah would have loved this mall! She loves to shop!
Dan and I are standing in front of the giant Bloomingdales store, but we are just little dots because Debi had to stand all the way across the street to get the store sign in the picture! That's how big it is! P.S. I definitely could not afford anything in Bloomingdales, not even the stuff on sale!


Here's Debi, me, Uncle Jack, Jayden, and a distant cousin, Emma on the boat ride.Me and Dan enjoying our boat ride. It was kind of nice to do something different for the 4th of July!

Overall, we had a great time, but we were definitely glad when we got back home. We are going to be doing some more traveling in July to Topeka again this weekend and then to Colorado in a couple of weeks for our 3rd anniversary! So there should be lots of fun pictures coming soon!

Nothing much

Things have been very calm around here lately, which is good. I went to see Lindsey in Kearney last week, which was wonderful. We went out to lunch at Ruby Tuesday(I love their salad bar), got pedicures, and did a little shopping. It was wonderful. Then this weekend, Dan and I relaxed and went to Hays for an afternoon. We really just have not been doing much. We are getting ready to go to Minnesota for a family reunion on Dan's side. That should be interesting. I have never been to Minnesota and I'm so excited to go to the mall of America, or "the great mall" as I like to call it. So we'll get back Monday, the 7th and I'll have an update with pictures then. But for now, I just have a picture of me and the baby bump at 20 weeks! Halfway there...

Crazy days and bathroom fixes

Wow, things have been so busy around here and time has just been flying by! We had an amazing trip to Topeka and Abilene and got to spend good quality time with his family and mine. We went to two weddings and I got to catch up with friends from high school, which was so fun. Sadly, I do not have any picture of it. That's a first for me. And then last week, Dan ripped up the carpet in the bathroom... finally! Seriously, who has carpet in a bathroom? That's just gross. So now it's gone. And this week, I'm just trying to get caught up at work and enjoy the summer. Here are some fun pictures of the bathroom fix.

Here's my handy man cleaning up the floor after the carpet had been ripped out. I really should have taken a picture of the carpet, but I didn't. Then you could see how gross it was.
Here's my toilet in the office on the floor. I just thought it was funny.
And here is the sort of end project. It's not entirely done, but we've been procrastinating on finishing the little section by the tub. But it's mostly done and I think it looks gorgeous!

And this is my 19 week picture. Not too much change, but we're getting there.

Quick Update

Dan and I have been enjoying our summer so far and are getting ready for a fun weekend trip to Topeka and Abilene for some family time, a golf tournament, two weddings, and Father's Day! It will be busy, but will be so fun! I always love getting out of P-burg for a few days! Anyway, here are some pictures from last weekend when we got semi-dressed up and went out to a nice dinner. It's not something we do very often, so it was a lot of fun!

Summer time!

Last week my eight year old niece Jordan came to stay with me and Dan. We had a lot of fun together even though the weather wasn't the best. Dan had basketball camp all week and Jordan would just wander around the house asking when he was going to get home. She just loves her Uncle Dan. I guess he's more fun to play with than me. I didn't mind.






Jordan thought it would be fun to take some pictures with my camera. I thought her pictures were so funny. She always wanted either me or Dan to come to her party in her bedroom and the picture that Jordan took of Dan laying down is when he was at her party. He looks like he's having so much fun. The one nice day we did have, we bought an inflatable swimming pool and went swimming! Jordan loved it even though the water was pretty cold! We ended up having a great week and we were happy she got to stay with us.

Then yesterday, Dan and I took five girls to the circus for Big Brothers Big Sisters. It was a small circus, and I have to say, not exactly what I was expecting. There were some impressive parts, like the trapeze artist who was swinging from a bar by her neck. I was worried she would fall and there were hard boards on the ground underneath her that would not have been fun to have break your fall. And of course, I loved the elephants. Anyway, here is a cute picture of me with the girls.

And last, but not least, here is my 16 week picture. I definitely feel bigger than last week!