San Antonio

It was my oldest sister Shelly's 40th birthday on June 14th, so we decided to surprise her and take her on a trip to San Antonio. My mom, 7 sisters and 3 sister in laws were all there for the party. Here are some pictures of my trip. Thanks for all the fun memories sisters! I love ya'll!



This is Shelly's house. We totally shocked her. She was so excited to see all of us. Most of my family lives in Houston but the rest of us came in as a surprise.




A picture of the river walk. It is beautiful. There's a tons of restaurants and shops plus it is close to the Alamo and other sites.








Some of my sisters trottin' along in front of the Alamo.














This is where you'll find the best mexican food north of the Rio Grande.









Some more of my sisters posing for a quick picture while we were walking.










Aren't we a fun lookin' bunch of gals?












Shelly's birthday party. Happy birthday. We love you!










There are 11 children in my family. The line up is 3 older brothers and 3 older sisters, and then the 5 youngest are all girls in a row. We were always called the 5 little girls. That is why we are holding up 5 fingers. I loved growing up with these sisters.






Here we are taking the trolley from our hotel to go to dinner.








This is obviously Shamu doing some kind of back flip.





We all wore these green t-shirts to Sea World that said, Shelly's my favorite", because Shelly always tried to convince us she was the favorite. For example, instead of signing her name she would just sign from, "the favorite" and we would know it was from her.

What's New

I feel like I haven't posted in a while. A ton has happened so I'll just start by rambling some thoughts about recent events.

I have been so clumsy lately. I made pizza the other day and as I was getting it out of the oven I tilted the pan and all the topping slid into the oven. Might I add it was the biggest mess I have ever had to clean. I also spill milk even time I poor it. After doing things like this every moment of every day Brody mentioned clumsiness is part of pregnancy. And there really is a medical reason for being clumsy when pregnant. So, I have an excuse for the next 4 months.

We have ants. Last year we used these raid ant house bate things, and the ants would take the poison and then share it with their colony and kill them all...haha stupid, naive ants. It worked last year, but apparently the ants have evolved into brilliant, immortal creatures and aren't dying this year. So, does anyone know what works?

I got a letter from the state of Ohio this week, and they think I owe them almost $1,300 because I didn't file state taxes in 2006, which is true because I didn't live or work here. We moved here Sept '06 and had no income in Ohio so filed in Utah. Ohio says if I don't pay in 30 days they will bomb and attack me and take everything I'm worth...that's right, don't mess with the government. We filed through HR Block, so I talked to a guy there today and he was suppose to call me back when he figured it out. He never did so I hope I hear from him tomorrow.

I am going to Houston next week to visit my family. I am very excited. I'm sure I'll post pictures and comment about my trip when I get back.

So, people often talk about getting locked out of their house by their children. If they live where I live they just get maintenance to unlock their door. I got locked out of my house, but my story is not as simple as getting maintenance to unlocking my door. I have a latch on my basement door and my front door and the only way to open it is if you unlatch it from the inside. So, Brody was in our basement studying, and I latched that door so Baylor wouldn't keep going down. I also latched the front so Baylor wouldn't just run outside. So, I went out on our patio for one second to flip some steaks on the grill, and Baylor had slid the bar that locks the back sliding door against the door so I was locked outside. Maintenance couldn't help me, because you have to be inside to unlatch the doors. In fact, I'm sure they would think I'm crazy locking my husband in the basement and my child inside. I began to panic when I noticed Baylor mimicking me, so I pretended like I was moving the bar that locks the siding door and he copied me and actually moved the bar. Good thing my son is brilliant.

My Craft Group

I have some wonderful friends here in Ohio. There is a group of us who get together once a month for craft night. The host will provide us with a delicious dinner and teach us how to do a $10 craft. All of the girls are so creative, and we have a blast being together. Here are some pictures of recent crafts we have done. I have finished more, but some crafts are seasonal and boxed for now, and others I have given away as gifts. Thanks for the great crafts, friendships and memories girls!

Is It a Boy or Girl?

Oh joy, it's a boy! We are very excited. I would have posted the ultrasound picture, but I'm not sure if it's appropriate to post a picture of a pee-pee on my blog. But, I can tell you he is for sure a boy and proud of it. We got at lease 3 different pictures of his man part from all different angles. The ultrasound went well and our baby boy looks great. We are so happy to know that he's a boy so we can start picking out names and preparing for his arrival.