My favorite (and only) picture from Father's Day.

David's parents live in no-man's land.

That's cool by us...it's peaceful and a pleasant place to visit.

Their drive way is about, ohhh, 2 miles long. no kiddin'.

When you round the second corner, you start down the actual drive to their cabin. I'll admit, when we lived there 16 years ago, it freaked me out.

THIS van is what greeted our 2nd corner rounding yesterday. I thought "OH, this is rich"

The boonies are really goin' down hill.

This was actually something that my bro in law Nathan was involved in. For someone's bachelor party..I never did hear the entire story but according to Katrina, when she and Matt were out at the Cabin a few weeks ago, there was actually a TREE stuck in the middle.

I really wish I could've seen THAT.

so there you have it. the ONLY picture I took on Father's Day.

You know you love it. and you know that, because of this high voltage entertainment, you will not be able to help stopping by Livin' the Good Life tomorrow.

Happy First Day of Summer 2010!!

weird weather...

got these outside of Domino's while waiting for David to pick up the 'za. very spooky.

this house on Main St. makes me happy...but the clouds overhead are a tad spooky.

on our way to retrieve Will from Phos/Ontos

I do believe I have a cloud fetish. more on that later...until then, enjoy these Sunday, June 6, 2010 cloud delights...

Levi & his camera adventure etc.

nice nostrils

it was only 45 degrees outside but this kid manages to lose his shoes.

a self-portrait of his Mr. Mischievous shirt...

nut. but I do have to say, he has gotten quite good at

self-portraits. love the cheeks.

like my Botox?

how can I torment this li'l lady?

this is my mad face

Nuff said....night.

more reasons to hide your camera from your kids...

Driving to see the Robbins' last Wed...thanks Will
Piper spent the night Fri. night...
yet another reason to hide the cam...
Molly stylin' in her borrowed exersaucer...
yah, another reason....we need more pix
of Levi's mouth close-up.
Well, here we are, another week. Weren't we just in last week? I was looking for pix to post on here so my sister would have something to see on Monday morning...the kids' strike again. I got a few pix in though, ones that make sense anyway. maybe.
The top pic was taken by Will. We drove down to friends' house in southern IN last Wed. #2 is Uncle "Davey" with Levi and Pipes...that girl is wild and crazy, I tell ya! I meant to get some pix of her and Levi all dressed and ready to "get married"...and she informed him that when they WERE married, that they would be able "to kiss". ha ha. she is too cute and too dramatic for her own cutie patootie good.
#3 is another kid gift...Levi is wearing his pj's on his head. he is such a goober. such a show off. totally into telling me that he doesn't like "this or that".
#4: Molly is using my lovely friend, Donna's, exersaucer (thank you Donna, you are pretty AND helpful)...which I thought she may be too young for, but she actually does quite well in it and it's nice for her to have a place to sit and observe the coming's and going's of our household. she is even starting to grab for toys quite nicely. soon enough, she will be into EVERYTHING. and I'm just not that ready for that phase. She is really just too dang cuddly and adorable though.
#5 self-explanatory...see #3.
Otherwise, this weekend held many enjoyable times. David and I went out on a date Friday night...yes, a date...be that as it may....I got to leave Molly and her siblings for 5 hours...David's a part of the Bricklayer's union and they had their annual holiday dinner. good food, weird fellowship, we only knew the one couple at our table because he's the dude that did our brick work in the early fall. then we went to the new Barnes and Noble bookstore for a while, got some coffee and shared a piece of devilishly rich double choco cheesecake. Looked at some books and then it closed so we drove for a bit and went home. We hope to be able to go out on a REAL (non-bricklayers related) date soon...k Mom? are you up to it? (she is my only babysitter...no one else likes us or does it for free...sigh). Yesterday was cleaning, raking, mowing, Tom came and spent some quality time with Levi(you are an awesome uncle, Tom, thanks for being with Levi). David and the 2 big boys worked. I love the satisfaction you get when you mow your leaves and you can see your yard again. Mel, Levi, Molly and I went to our family Bible study last night, which was on thankfulness and how we should be thankful to the Lord every day, not just one day or one week per year. I needed to hear that. In light of all that is happening around us, I'm thankful that the Lord blessed me with good family and an incredible husband. He is not afraid to stand in the gap for me or anyone else around him. You rock, Davey boy. My kids are pretty dang cool too! I am one blessed momma/sister/daughter/friend.
Well, I think I could ramble on and on so I will put myself out of your misery. Happy Monday. At least you only have to work 4 days this week, Beck. Isn't that cool?? we should go shopping at midnight Thursday...or all day friday...doesn't that sound FUUUUUUUUUUUUN? no. good night y'all.

I'm still here!

Yeah, ouch.

No baby yet...my 4th of July prediction was off...which is pretty unusual for me. But I did also predict July 7th...and the way I feel today, it will most likely be BY then...I woke up at 5:45 this morning with some pretty consistent, not so comfy contx. Timed them a little then got up to "nest" a bit...do some dishes, laundry blah blah blah...they slowed down...dang it. I decided to go back and lay down and slept SOME MORE and woke up a bit ago. What's a girl to do to have her kid come out?? (yes, I know all the old wive's tales and we've tried a lot of them) I've done this 4 times already, you'd think this kid would just fall out. Fall out girl. c'mon...

Soooo, my loving sister and momma called a few times to check on me, see if I happened to have the baby in the middle of the night (remember, a watched pot never boils:):))and I've been instructed that I will be hanging out at mom's house when David leaves for work, in case baby #5 gets her act together and heads out. That way, loving hubby can leave his job (down south of us, an hour away) and mom can get us up to the birth center (such a weird concept to me...can't I just have it at home?)

Hope y'all enjoy the extremely pregnant pix of me up above...I look painful, don't I?? youch.

Sorry to dwell...it's getting old. soak it up, soak it up...cherish these moments...I'm trying.

I will get any new news on this blog as soon as I can...we only stay at the birth center for four hours after the baby arrives so you know I will be blogging as soon as we get home.

Have a super day, keep me in your prayers...I appreciate it!! Lots of love coming your way!