Brief Rundown

Nothing exciting happening here. I have neglected blogging because wanted to take some pictures to post as well but Chris took the camera to work and keeps forgetting to bring it back. Just so you dont feel too neglected here is a brief rundown of the last 2 weeks...

Wednesday, July 4th: Chris replaced trim and painted the outside of the house and I cleaned inside. We went to Chris' uncles house for a little while to visit his family and then ran back to our house so my family could come over for dinner. I made Paula Dean's Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. They were YUMMY!!! Chris made Tyler Florence's Ultimate Barbeque Ribs which were finger lickin' good. We had a great time visiting with my family and I think my grandma enjoyed getting out of her nursing home for a couple of hours.

Saturday-Sunday, July 7th-8th: Chris made a new entertainment center for the living room. It looks awesome. I am so impressed with his carpentry skills. I have pictures of the before and after that I will have to post later. We also got a new computer! YEAH!!!!

Monday - Thursday, July 9th - 12th: This was my last week of my Child Psychology class. I had to take 3 tests and write a book report. I got my final grade yesterday and I made a 92.5 in the class. Turns out I do better in school when I am paying for it myself!! I really enjoyed the class but am looking forward to a little break. Classes start back August 27th. We also took Allie in for her 9 week check up and she weighs a whole 2 lbs. I thought some of you mothers who post about your kids check-ups would enjoy knowing although I dont know what percentile she is in.

Friday-Saturday, July 13th-14th: Chris' niece and nephew, Benjamin and Katilyn spent the night. We took them to see Transformers. Everyone really enjoyed the movie escpecially Chris who had flashbacks of playing with transformers. Saturday we took the kids to the mall so Katie could find something for us to get her for her birthday. She picked out a really cute outfit at Dillards and then we headed to the food court for lunch at Chick-Fil-A. Chris did not think it was fair that we bought Katie something and not Benjamin so we spent the rest of the day going to everytoy store in Amarillo trying to find a Bumblebee Transformer. Apparently every other child in Amarillo wanted the same Transformer so Benjamin had to settle with getting Jazz with the promise that we would get him Bumblebee for his birthday. We had a great weekend with the kids but Chris and I both returned home exhausted and grounded in our plan to wait 3 years to have kids.

Monday, July 16th: I dont know if I have ever mentioned it but I play on a city league volleyball team with by best friend, Ashley, and most of the other females in her family. Anyway, a couple of months ago when the season started our games were rained out so we had to play our regular 2 games plus 2 make-up games all in one night. We played from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Needless to say I slept with the heating pad.

Tuesday, July 17th: As much as it pains me to admit it, I was coerced into judging Tulia's Miss Splash competition. The competition is part of their Swisher County Days celebration. There were about 50 girls from age 4 to 8th grade. The girls were really cute but if you know anything about Tulia you will understand why I watched my back as I walked out of the venue.

I hustled back to Amarillo to see my brother, Daniel, before he left for a 2 week mission trip to Africa. Please pray for Daniel and the rest of the group.

THE END

Because I have nothing exciting to report...

Well nothing exciting is going on here. I had a crazy week at work last week with some new laws the legislature passed down I had to help save one of our largest clients a couple million dollars in franchise tax. Of course I did not do all of the work myself but I like to think I did. Well enough with the boring work stuff. Since I don't have any fun pictures to post I will leave you with this survey stolen from Megan and Shauna. Hope you are all having a good one.

1. Who was your first prom date? No Prom at good ole' SJCA just sports banquet and it was Brett McCrary

2. Who was your first roommate? Jennifer Rucker-Woodard and thankfully I moved into a private room so that we are still friends today

3. What was your first alcoholic drink? Trash Can Punch and yes I regret every gallon that I drank

4. What was your first job? Salesman at Trolley Car Bridal Boutique

5. What was your first car? 1988 Chevy Nova

6. Who was the first person that texted you yesterday? Chris. This is a great story so I will interrupt this survey to tell it...I was outside in the front yard with Allie yesterday morning and the woman who lives 1 house over came outside in nothing but a towel, which by the way did not wrap all the way around her. I am assuming she did not see me by the fact that she crawled into her husbands huge truck to get something out of the backseat and showed me everything the Lord had blessed her with. I was trying not to bust out laughing when a car full of people drove up and saw the same thing I did. They had the window to their car rolled down and they were all laughing loud enough that she could hear them. The funniest thing was that they were almost passed her when they realized what they had just seen and backed up to take another look. But I digress....back to the survey.

7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning? Chris always. Love ya babe.

8. Who was your first grade teacher? Ms. Spencer. She died a couple of weeks ago and I went to her funeral. It was so sad. I loved her.

9. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? To Dallas to visit my grandparents.

10. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was with you? I never snuck out of of my house we live about 20 miles from anything fun or my nearest friend so it was too risky.

11. Who was your first best friend and are you still friends with them? Katie Reha, and we have lost touch over the years.

12. Where was your first sleep over? If you don't count spending the night with my grandparents, I am sure it was with Katie.

13. Who was the first person you talked to this morning? Since Allie is not a person I will go with Chris

14. Whose wedding were you in the first time? My aunt and uncle's when I was 3.

15. What is the first thing you do in the morning? Go pee.

16. What was the first concert you ever went to? DC TALK D-D-DOWN WITH THE DC TALK

17. First tattoo or piercing? Ears pierced when I was 10.

18. First foreign country you went to? Mexico

19. First crush? As much as it will pain Chris for me to say it...Nathan Duvall

20. When was your first detention? I don't remember ever being in detention. I was a perfect angel.

21. What was the first state you lived in? Texas

22. Who was your first kiss with? Brick Wall when I was 4. I swear that was his real name. If that does not count then Beau Robertson 7th grade.

23. Who was the first person to break your heart? Bobby Reneau 2 days before the first day of our senior year. I cried the entire first day of school and had to be removed from one class because I had a breakdown. I thought I would never get over it at the time but now I find it highly amusing. Really what did I know back then??

24. Do you still think about that person? Occasionally, one of the ladies I work with is best friends with his cousin and I get an update every once in a while. Got a girl pregnant a year after we graduated but they are still married and have another kid.