Jamie's Wedding

She's married. Yay!

Sorry...I take the responsibility for leaving our camera at home...my fault. I'll do an online link when the professional pictures are posted in January.

Christmas Highlights

Eating pumpkin roll, Shadow chasing Bryan down the sledding hill, listening to 4 kids run around the house (it sounded like 14 kids!), hosting 13 people at our house for Christmas, watching Shadow unwrap her toys, watching Bryan search around the porch for his new ladder, holding up 3 HUGE maternity shirts, wondering if I'll ever fit into them...spilling chicken broth on the kitchen floor, having Shadow lick up the chicken broth, showing off our Christmas cards from 2004 until present (yes, we save our Christmas cards in a photo album and display them each Christmas).

Christmas with Todd Agnew and Chris Tomlin

Bryan and I spent an evening with Todd Agnew and Chris Tomlin...along with about 300 other people at Alliance Bible Church in Oconomonoc. It was so neat to meet Todd Agnew after following his career from its incepation at Germantown Baptish Church in Memphis.

13 Week Appointment

Ashley and the little swimmer had their 13 week check up yesterday, and we heard the heartbeat for the first time. Here are the stats:

Heartbeat: 160
AB cholesteral: good
AB blood sugar: good
AB weight gain: 1 pound

No belly measurements were taken, but Ashley can detect small changes (her JCrew cordoroys don't fit like they used to)...

Next appointment: Jan. 15th (Happy Birthday Jimmy!)
The BIG ultrasound appt: February 12

Where are my blankets?

5 inches of snow on the ground, not a warm day in sight

Shadow rushes in from outside with a fright.

Ice glued to the trees, something's not right.

At least our baby keeps me warm at night!

Granddaddy's house

"I don't like dogs," has been my grandfather's motto since 30 years of working as a US postman in Dyersburg. As you can tell, he definitely hasn't taken to Shadow.

Thanksgiving 2007

As always, Thanksgiving was a wonderful holiday to spend with my TN family. One night in Dyersburg, one night in Memphis, and two more nights at Granddaddy's in Dyersburg.

My cousin Leah introduced Bryan to her pet rat (see Bryan's shoulder).

Jamie's Wedding

Our friend and neighbor, Jamie, is getting married on December 29, 2007. Congrats Jamie!

I am helping her with the big day by making the invitations, researching wedding party jewelry, and making the wedding programs.

Check out our bridesmaid dresses! The color will be wine red.

What's your weather?

After a beautiful weekend, today we finally say goodbye to the summer months.

Bryan and I woke up this morning to a frosty 45 degrees! We were warm and snuggly under the blankets, but our lungs breathed crisp air. Even Shadow felt the drop in temperature--we awoke at 7:30 this morning to find her squeezed between us!

I can't believe that only 72 hours ago the three of us were swimming in Devil's Lake.

Once Bryan gets home, I will have him show me how to download pics from our camera to the computer. We have lots to post!

The first weekend in October

Bryan, Shadow and I spent the first weekend at Devil's Lake State Park (yes, again). The weather was great, and we were able to swim in the lake in October! It's a fall miracle!

Our last weekend adventures before the snow

This weekend is supposed to be 80 degrees, and Bryan and I will say our ode to summer at Devil's Lake State park.

Here we are last year, overlooking beautiful Lake Country of Waukesha County.