Our Family

Annual July 4th festivities at Lake Shannon, MI
We made the 9 hour drive to Michigan. Evey did well. We all had a wonderful time as usual with the Michigan family. Evey had some firsts as well. First time for fireworks which she loved and is still talking about them. She also played in the beach sand and really like it.

Here are a couple of little things we have been working on around the house.

Herb Garden: I finally did something with those huge planters. The herbs are doing wonderful...already growing faster than I am using them but I don't have to pay for fresh herbs now...awesome. Oregano and Cilantro here

Basil, Mint and Parsley here.
We created a space near the living room for Evey's activity area. Books, puzzles, crayons, legos etc.

James and I (James did all the hard work) made a lawn game. One side is for washers.
The other side is for bean bag toss. I sewed the bean bags as my first little project with my new sewing machine. They actually turned out nice.
James has been working really hard in the garage. He built these shelves around the fridge. He painted the floor with that epoxy stuff...it looks AWESOME. He has even wired and installed new lighting. I tell you what I am SO impressed with his new electrical skills.
More projects to come...evey's big girl room, laundry room move, basement family room

Evey is going to be a big sister! I am due December 14th so I am 13 weeks. My energy has come back...yay. I am feeling great. We are really excited. We found out Easter Sunday morning...my birthday. It was a little bit of a surprise but very welcomed. We will keep you posted via the blog. I went to the doctor yesterday and the baby's heartbeat sounds great. I think we are going to skip all those extra tests that they offer. They aren't 100% and that would just make me worry so we are just praying for healthy healthy baby. There is still a 25% chance that this baby will have MCAD just like Evey, but we will cross that bridge when we get there. Evey points to my tummy when I ask her where the baby is, but I still don't think she understands yet. Thank you all for your prayers and support. Love you.

Memorial Weekend was really fun. The weather turned out really nice. Grammy (Char's Mom) was here visiting. Evey spent some time in her little pool. Then the cul-de-sac had a cookout on Sunday. James made a washers and bean bag game. I sewed the bean bags (my first sewing project). We brought out badminton and there was even a bounce house for the kids. It was load of fun and food.

We are having so much fun with her these days. She is putting so many words together and learning new songs each day. Her favorite thing these days is swinging at the park. And getting picked up from school in the stroller.


This is Evey's first official haircut. She did really well except that I had to sit in the chair with her. The lady did a really nice job. It looks really cute.

Last weekend we took our first family road trip to Ohio. James's really good friend from highschool was getting married just outside Cleveland. It was a tough trip. We drove up late Friday night and came home early Sunday morning. Evey did really well and we had a wonderful time. Saturday morning we took Evey to the Cleveland Zoo. It was a pretty nice zoo. We only did about 1/2 of it.

Evey's Great-Geema was in DC for some meetings she comes to every year. We got to visit her at her nice hotel, the Mayflower. Evey had fun running the halls (it was the afternoon and we weren't being that loud). She took a bubble bath. It was a wonderful little visit.

Every now and then I get sad about being here in Virgina and feel like I am missing out on what is going on the lives of Texas family and friends. (Thank goodness for Blogs). Then the Lord blesses us with weekends like this past one.

So it got hot here...90s. YAY. So I pulled out the little blow up pool that Mimi brought for the cup cakes at Evey's first birthday party. And well here came the kids. You fill it and they will come. Evey didn't really want to get in...little cold I think. But it was so much fun. Both Saturday and Sunday. We got out lawn chairs and hung out, lots of fruit snacks and popsicles. Sunday, we are hanging out by the pool and all of a sudden in 5 minutes we had an impromptu cookout. Everyone brought something and we all ate dinner together and had ice cream. It was wonderful...aside from church we spend in the whole weekend in our front yard.