Twelve

Just thought I would post 12 random things about myself. Trust me, you want to stick with me until the end! :)

One: I have been married to my wonderful husband for just over 1 year. The year has been full of lots of changes and I'm so glad I always have my best friend by my side!

Two: I have 2 sisters. Jill is a nurse and loves gross, bloody things. Stacey is a sophomore at Ball State and hates gross, bloody things (makes for interesting dinner conversations). I am the oldest although Jill is only 15 months younger than me.

Three: I have 3 favorite places: the lake, the beach, and my house. :)

Four: I would love to have 4 kids someday. 2 biological and 2 adopted. 1 little girl from China and one little boy from Africa. That's my dream..we'll see if it comes true!

Five: There are currently 5 bottles of Gatorade in our refrigerator. Blue..if you must know! :)

Six: Kaia was just 6 weeks when we met her for the very first time. She was so small and so calm. A lot has changed in the past year! She is currently in the backyard digging...Duane is not going to be happy!

Seven: When I was 7 years old I was in Mrs. Copeland's 1st grade class. Mrs. Copeland (Kristi) made me want to become a teacher. She is one of the most caring people I know and she is currently one of my good friends.

Eight: There are exactly eight rooms in our house. They are all painted different colors!

Nine: I took dance lessons for about 9 years. Through those years I took tap, jazz, and ballet. I loved every minute of it and hope that my future daughter wants to be a dancer (or gymnast:)).

Ten: I was 10 years old when my family moved from our home in Indianapolis to Plainfield. It was a tough adjustment but I love Plainfield and all of the experiences I've had here.

Eleven: There are about 11 students in my class that don't know their multiplication facts. Boy, I sure do wish they'd learn them!

Twelve: Today, I am 12 weeks pregnant!!!!!!! Baby G will make an appearance in March!! :) :)

More details to come..very soon! Happy long weekend! :)

Weekend Wrap Up

This weekend we. . .

Went to the my favorite place...can you guess where we went?!

(I'm no fan of small dogs..but these two are pretty cute!)

You guessed it, we went to the lake! Dad, Jill, and I headed out to the lake Saturday afternoon. Duane joined us later, after his flag football game. We had a yummy lunch and then went out for a relaxing ride on the boat. It was a gorgeous day and we had a great time! I'm already anxious to get back on the boat this weekend! :)

We also took some pictures of this cute two year old . . .

That cute little girl is our niece. She turned two this weekend so her mom asked me to take a few pictures of her. I'm no professional, but I love to take pictures for fun, especially of adorable two year olds that happen to be my niece! :)

We also celebrated. . .

First, we celebrated Haylea's second birthday. It was so fun to watch her blow out candles and open presents. It's hard to believe she is already two..it seems like we were just getting the phone call that Elaina (our sister-in-law) was in labor. Time flies! We can't wait to get that phone call again in December when our new niece or nephew joins the family!

Finally, we finished off the weekend celebrating my dad and cousin's birthdays. Dad turned a whopping 53 earlier this month, so it was fun to celebrate with Dad's side of the family!

Whew, we had a busy weekend! I'm still trying to get back into the work-week mode after a fun weekend!

And you can't forget this cute face that took up the rest of our weekend. . .

She got lots of attention as well, even though we were super busy!

I hope you've had a great start to the week! Only 3 more days until a 3 day weekend! Now that's something to be excited about! Speaking of being excited...check the blog out this weekend for a couple exciting updates! Have a fabulous week! :)

The Odd Couple

Our assistant principal sent this video to us to show our kids. She warned us to watch it before we showed our kids because it was a tear jerker. I of course didn't so I was in tears while showing my class (luckily it was dark:)) I wanted to share it because I thought it was really cool especially if you love animals (particularly dogs) like I do...enjoy! :)

Happy Tuesday!

Kaia might drive Duane and I crazy...

But she sure is cute!

Happy Tuesday! :)

Summers End

I can't believe another summer is on it's way out. I also can't believe that I just finished my third week of school! Whew, time is flyin' right past us! Lots of things happening around here and I can't wait to blog about them soon!

I am summer's #1 fan, but I am also over all of this humidity! It has been in the 90s here in the midwest and the heat index is well into the 100s. All of this heat has made me long for fall. I'm ready to go to the apple orchard and get a carmel apple. Ready to carve pumpkins for Halloween. Ready to see all the trees light up with color. Ready for fall candles to make my house smell delicious. Ready to snuggle up on the couch on Sunday and watch the Colts. Yep, I think I'm ready for fall. I'm just not ready for what comes after fall...winter!!

I feel like I have a gazillion pictures I haven't posted this summer so I decided to post a few random ones. This summer was great and I want to look back in a few years and remember all the things we did but didn't have time to blog about.

Here's a look into our summer:

The end of July means one thing, the fair! I'm not sure if it's my cheerleading competition memories that make me love the fair or what, but I really enjoy going!

Duane, Steve, and Todd decided to start kayaking. They really liked it and now Duane is begging me to buy a kayak. We'll have to see about that....:)

We grilled out...a lot! We had lots of cookouts with our friends..a sure sign of summer! I'm sure there will be a few more before its al said and done! :)

Kaia played with her best friends (Daisy, Russ, and Audrey) a lot! She knows where they all live and if we even think about walking by their house without stopping Kaia makes an immediate bee line for the backyard!

I finished my third and final summer at Camp Cross Training. I've loved working at the day camp in the summers but I think it's time for me to use my summers as "kid breaks". I will miss the kids and counselors a lot but am ready to move on!

That's just a quick look at our summer. I'm counting down the days until fall but know I will be begging for summer once January hits.

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend! :)

Lazy Saturday

This is what lazy looks like . . .

And today Kaia and I are very lazy! The couch is the only place we want to be and will stay there until Duane gets home from golfing!

I've been trying to figure out how to make my pictures bigger for a while and after playing around with blogger, photoshop, and photobucket, I think I finally figure it out! I might not be that great with technology but give me some time and I'll eventually catch on! :)

Happy Saturday! :)

Anti-Bath!

Our sweet puppy just happens to hate bath time...but I couldn't help but snap a few pictures of our little drowned rat!

Starting to dry off and trying to decide whether she still likes Duane and I or not...:)