One year as of July 24th!!

Top 10 Moments of Year One

10. A new car!

9. Our House.

8. Getting through the unexpected moments together.

7. Watching you bust your butt to support your family,

and me grow to appreciate and love you even more then

before. Thank you for your hard work.

6. Loving you more and more each day and while life

continues to change we let each other be who we've

always been...for the most part.

5. Our families being joined together.

4. Finally being together!

3. Our kitties!

2. Our baby boy, who is soon to bless and join us.

1. Having NO doubts that I married the right guy!

I love you and Happy 1st Anniversary Love.

Blast from the past and some other stuff

Ode to Michael Jackson! That's right, that's my

cute husband (I think 3rd grade) wanting to be

Michael Jackson for Halloween. Of course his mom

being a great mom made sure that happened. Oh

and he's not tan, he put brown make up on!

You might have to click on the pic to get a better look! Our new purchase! Between Mike's car whose

engine is shot and it beeps while driving down the road

and my two door Honda we decided we wanted

better for our baby boy. Growning healthy roses in a bucket!! Who knew?!

Baby room pics before and kitties

I'm trying to pay bills and as you can see

someone else in the household finds it a major

drag too! I didn't have a lot of room to work with.

What's fun for me is that all my life my mom and dad's cats

have always jumped up on my dad's desk and

bugged him when he's trying to get work done.

This looks familiar huh dad? Here is what Andrew's room looks like

right now. Within the next month it

will look more like a baby room and less

like an office. I'll be in WA as the room

really takes on it's new shape so it'll be

a surprise for us all!

I'm sure you don't care a whole lot for pics of the
kitties but their a huge part of my world and I love them!

Look Grandma Londa, I love water from the rose
bushes you sent us! Boy has it been hot here. I
also really like laying in front of them for some
shade. If you click on the picture you'll see a bud
forming on the second to right bush!

A lazy day at home!

See you in the next few weeks! I can't wait!

Cortney's wedding

I'll be 31 weeks tomorrow! Eeek, where does the time go?

All and all I feel pretty good, it was fun

to get dressed up and wear heals. But I don't

think heals are in my future until after

Andrew is born. The bride! I was Cortney's "B" the day of her wedding.

It was fun, but MAN was I tired the next day! I did

nothing. It was a great wedding and tons of fun! Molly/Amy,

you gals did such a great job at our wedding! I totally

respect the job you did that day, even more than before!

Thanks again gals!

Kale and Gina Joyce! I work with Gina at Burlington,

she's our special ed gal and I took a few of

her groups last year. They're super fun!

A trip to Great Falls and Harper Sue!

A few weekends ago Mike and I headed up to

Great Falls, MT to visit Jaime and Mike. We

took a little drive out to "The Falls." Mike (my

brother-in-law likes to call Great Falls just "Falls,"

cause he says "there's nothing great about it!"

It does have a cute downtown and pretty

scenery.

So Harper Sue is a long haired cat and mama

thought it would be a good idea to get him

shaved for the summer. Well, do to all the

construction going on behind our house Harper

had to go in to the beauty parlor sooner then I

had planned. He took it upon himself to roll

in what smelled and looked like tar or oil. Our

beautiful boy went from long and lucious to short!

He's was super shy at first but he's coming around.

Missing my friend Liz...

Liz is one of my dearest friends who I met

through teaching in Bellevue. We were

instant kindred spirits and have remained

that way ever since. From the day she met

Mike she knew we were meant to

be together and has always seen things

in me long before I discovered them

myself. Liz has always been that friend

who finds the right words whenever you're

lost for your own and is an amazing support

system. What would I do without her?

My dear friend is many miles away from me

and going through some very tough times.

In fact, her family hasn't had a break in over a year.

For personal reasons I'll leave out the details,

but I can tell you she and her family could really

use some prayers for strength and comfort.

Life is so precious, please stop a moment

to tell those you love how much they mean

to you. Hug them, kiss them and tell

them you love them.

Liz, if I could hug you, kiss you and tell you

I love you in person I would and I will as

soon as I get out to Washington.

I love and miss you all and thank God

for you everyday.

A few things

27 weeks and I feel pretty good! 3 months

to go! Time has flown. I can't believe I'm going to have a baby small

enough to fit into this tiny diaper! It fits in

the palm of my hand!Good kitties! Their looking out our bedroom

window at all the construction. Yep, that's a

porta potty and a dumpster...lucky view huh?! Val and Dez stopped in Billings on their way

to Pensicola, FL for Val's new assignment. She's

about 5 weeks pregers here. Surprise! Just like daddy "driving shoes."Miss you all and can't wait to see you sometime

in July!