Our Next Big Project...

We a redecorating one of the spare bedrooms. I don't have a current picture of it, but this is it right before we moved in.  I'm not really sure what that weird spot on there is, but you get the picture.

The reason we are redecorating is that in January it will be home to this little guy or gal!

We are really excited and can't wait to make a space in our home for this little munchkin. :)

Boys Boys Boys

This weekend three of our nephews stayed with us while their mom and dad (plus baby Carson) went to Hilton Head to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. We started off Saturday morning doing my work out video which was too funny! They kept asking me if they were doing it right and "Will this make me strong?" They are too much! I could hardly keep a straight face because they were so serious. They like to play wrestle a lot but as always, someone really gets hurt (Hampton) and starts throwing things (Hampton again) so they had their own spots in the living room for when things got too rowdy. I felt a little mean telling them to "go to their spots" but I would rather do that than go to the hospital!

Cory and Hampton went missing for a little while and when I went to find them, I discovered this:

I wonder where they get their love of fighting from???

Saturday night I had to go to the YW Ice Cream Social and broadcast, which was AWESOME. I left Cory and the boys watching Area 51, a movie about aliens. When I got home they were watching a movie about banshees on Syfy. Poor Pearce was hiding under a blanket and Hamp made me check the bathroom for banshees before he would go in it. I was worried they wouldn't be able to sleep but they seemed to be over it by bedtime.

On Sunday it was a bit like playing musical chairs in Sacrament meeting. I love that they are so entertained by each other but it sure makes things hard when you try to get them to be reverent! Despite their craziness, I was too proud of myself for getting them all ready and to church before the opening hymn started to be too upset about it. After church we went home and made lunch (spaghetti is a huge hit with them) and chilled out waiting on their parents to come home. Overall, I would say it was pretty successful!

This is our life.

I don't know if you can tell, but that is Cory under there holding up these two crazy monsters masquerading as our nephews. We have a lot of crazy fun times with people a quarter of our age. I know everyone is jealous. :)

Ethel May and Lola Faye

Last night while driving home from Cory's softball game we somehow got onto the subject of what we will name our children (at that time in the distant future when we have them). Well, here is how part of that conversation went:

Cory: "If we have a girl, or a lot of girls, we are going to name them things like Ethel May and Lola Faye."
Me: "Ummm...No."
Cory: "Well, we wouldn't call them that! Those would just be their middle names so they can use them when they are old ladies."

That's my husband, always planning ahead. :)

Our New Nephew!

We got the phone call Friday evening that my sister in law, Jenn was starting to have contractions. When I went to bed that night, I neatly folded my clothes and put them by the bed because I just knew we were going to get a call in the middle of the night. Well, I was right! By about 2:30 a.m the contractions were close enough together for them to head to the hospital so Cory and I hopped out of bed and headed over to their house to stay with their older boys. Ever since life has been crazy, but those are stories for another post! Carson was born around 1:40 in the afternoon on Saturday and we took the boys up to see him a couple hours later. He is so precious and we are so glad to have another sweet boy in the family! His brothers are definitely in love!

They hadn't given Carson his official cleaning at this point and the boys made all kinds of faces at the little discoveries they found on him! It was so funny! Since it is only his first day in this world, I think we will forgive him for being slightly "yucky." :)

He has the sweetest little face!

Cory holding Carson looking so cute. His brothers are already so protective of him. Hampton wouldn't let go of his little trolley the entire ride from the nursery to Jenn's room. It was adorable.

Pearce loves to take pictures and so of course he had to take some of his new little brother. Right now he is getting a good zoomed in shot of the umbilical cord. :)

Snapshots!

In the past few weeks Cory and I have done lots fun things! Here are some snapshots from some of the exciting stuff!

River Rats!

My family from Arizona came to visit last week and we had a huge river party on Saturday! We had so much fun! They are all awesome and I am doing my best to figure out how to move AZ closer to SC.
And how cute does Cory look holding my cousins baby!? And how about my adorbale pregnant best friend! Seriously, I a can hardly wait to meet "Peanut" Jennings! I am with Stephen and keeping my fingers crossed for brown hair. :)
(Disclaimer: These comments do not mean Cory and I are planning on kids anytime soon, I'm just saying...I like babies, pregnant people, and cute boys holding cute babies. This is not a crime.)

Beachin' It!

We also went to the beach last week and had a blast! It was so nice to be able to spend time with our family and friends. David had never been buried in the sand before (seriously, this man had a sad childhood) so we had a lot of fun making his dream of being buring come true! We even threw in a sand beard. It just doesn't get better than that!

My brother took this picture for us before we left and made fun of me for my "prom arm." I actually hate the hand on hip arm pose but if you don't do it then your arm looks all flabby and gross (well, mine does at least). Maybe I should just try flexing them or something. I don't know.

Wet 'N' Wild!

Finally, I set up a gaint slip and slide in our back yard and our nephews came over to play on it. Hampton and I had a blast! Everyone else pretty much just watched. But I love Hamp's face in the middle picture. He is definitely a tough guy!

A Visit

My grandfather came for lunch today. It was the first time he and his wife, Miss Anne had ever seen our house. My mom called me on Thursday to warn me that he was planning to stop by on his way home from visiting one of Miss Anne’s sons in the upstate. Now, I love my grandfather but I was terrified and immediately thrown into a tizzy. He is very no nonsense, has a way he thinks things should be and is very vocal about his opinions. Ever since I was a little girl I have known “Papa means business.” So you can imagine my despair as I looked around my little house at all the things out of place, things with no place, things not working, and things to make things work that were strung all over the place! Since then I have spent hours cleaning, organizing and just plain stressing out all for the end result of not that much difference! And you know what? He didn’t even care! He said it looked great and he thought we were doing a fine job of fixing everything and that pretty soon we would have it how we wanted. All that worrying over the boxes still unpacked in the office (and everything else) was for nothing! He totally understood. I guess the point I am trying to make with this story is that I’m glad my respect for my grandfather makes me set higher standards for myself and I’m glad his love for me helps him understand when I haven’t quite gotten there. It was really good for me to see that acceptance from someone I think so much of because I worry all the time about the state my house is in. If it were up to me, I wouldn’t let anyone in until it was absolutely perfect! Luckily I have Cory to realize that the people who love us will understand we are in the middle of a very long process and appreciate where we are now without thinking about how far we still have to go! The fact that is story applies to life as well as to houses is purely coincidental. :)

Papa and me at my wedding reception. Yes, I do wish I had inherited his dark skin tone but alas, no.