My phone.

This morning, I was sitting here looking thru the gallery on my phone and I thought geeeze, I've taken some pretty interesting pics lately! I think I'll share them! Actually, they are boring, which sums up the last few weeks here. We're all in a holding pattern awaiting May when Ash comes home and Britt's baby shower and July when the baby FINALLY gets here!

OHHH....last night Britt was laying on my bed and she said the baby was moving. SOOO, I figured I should start singing to her. So, I got real close to her belly and started singing the alphabet. LOUDLY. I got to..."Q R S..."and right after "S", she kicked the hardest she has yet! She loves me and my singing! Tonight, I think I'll get my guitar out and play Dueling Banjo's just for her!

Anyway...back to my boring pictures.

This pictures was taken after Ashley called me on Mike's birthday wondering if he received her card in the mail yet. I said, no, it hadn't come. SO, she asked if I was sure! SO, I took a picture of the mailbox and sent it to her cell phone.

Told you we're boring!

This next picture was taken at Mike's birthday party at his parents house across the street from our house.

His birthday is also St. Patricks Day, hence the decor.

He's 47. I'm 29.5.

This next picture I took at work the other morning. A co-worker brought in a sunflower she had bought for decor. I paired it with a cup of coffee and thought, how appropriate! Two happy things!

This next picture I took while sitting on a bench outside the hospital while I was on break.

I call it..."Spring Time in the Hospital Parking Lot". It looks empty, but we actually do have patients!

Last night, Court sang the Canadian and American Anthems at a hockey game last night. Britt, boys and friends all went too.

And lastly...I didn't take this next pic, but Ash sent it to me last night while I was at the hockey game. She was on duty.

I know you are wondering how is it possible for a mother and daughter to look SOOO much alike and I find it astounding as well. Wierd how genetics play out!

Welp, that's it for my current phone photos. After y'all finish yawning and scratching your heads, remember I said we were boring at the moment! At least I didn't post any Wal-Mart pics! ( I HAVE done that before!!!!)

Joan

Horse Show!!

Saturday was Courtney's very first ever HORSE SHOW! her boyfriend, Dillon and his family have coached, groomed, trained and placed Court on one of their horses for the show. Court's been working with Dillon's Mom for awhile now and Angie felt Court was ready.

Ain't the horse just beautiful! hee

Court was actually NERVOUS! She looked incredible as did Lady, the horse.

The family was there showing support!

Here is Court and Dillon's Mom, Angie competing together in one of the events.

here's another...

and another...

Here's two of her three ribbons...

Everyone had a great time. Mom and Dad was there too, but Mike didn't get a pic. I was at work, so Mike took alot of these photo's and Dad took alot too.

Here's a link to Dad's pics...

https://picasaweb.google.com/larry29662/CourtneyRides19March2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCOz_mZGbkfy29wE#

Here's a link to Mike's...

https://picasaweb.google.com/112298489614175847253/HorseShow031911#

There will be alot of shows this summer, so stay tuned!

More soon-

Joan

Mike's Birthday today!

AND, we're all going to the Tadpole tonight to eat suppppppper!!!! Darrell and Connie - we'll miss you!

I'll be taking pics there tonight and sharing with you tomorrow.

If you can tell, I've had very few posts lately. Most of that is due to how busy I've been, or lack of interesting material. But a part of that is I don't feel comfortable sharing Britt's pregnancy on here as I'm not sure who's reading it. Maybe NO ONE! hee!! But, it's really bothering me that I may be sharing dates, photos etc...that will be counter productive to her and eventually, the baby's privacy.

We, as a huge family, have "closed ranks" around her to protect her from the over-whelming stresses that comes along with her situation. The enormity of these stresses became too much for her recently, and we've had to restrict access to her....this is AT HER REQUEST.

My blog should be included too, since it is a way in.

So, I hate HATE to do this and I don't even know if it's necessary, but I will have to set my blog to invitation only to view it.

I've had my blog for years and have enjoyed it so much. I will be wanting to share photos, stories and our lives this year to everyone who wants to share with us. I DON'T want to have to worry what I'm posting and sharing to certain people who can find it just by a simple google search. I'm just grateful I have options over shutting it down.

SOO, soon, when you click on my blog you'll see a "invite" button to click on. CLICK ON IT!

I will be SOOO honored to add you to my peeps!

We're SOOO excited about allll the wonderful changes we'll all be having this year and I can't wait to add loads of pics!

Ashley is also coming home TWICE this year and I will be blabbing on and on about that too! ha

I hope you will join us!!!!

Joan

ZZZzzzz.....

For those of you who regularly check my blog for breathtakingly interesting blog updates, I'm SORRY! We really haven't done a thing after returning from Myrtle Beach, except work and watch Britt's belly get bigger! ha

She's so happy and getting so excited. Mike is getting the fever too and will begin remodeling the bathroom soon. I wish his Uncle Sonny was here to help, but Mike will make due. He was a mason in the Air Force, so he can't wait to lay some tile! I will take before, during and after pics of his progress. It will be gorgeous and perfect!

I'm beginning to plan the baby shower. I'm looking for a bigger place to have it. Our house has held 50+ people, but we're anticipating way over that at her shower, plus Mike may be in bathroom mid-renovation. SOOooo, the hunt is on for a larger in-door place. We could have it outside at our house, but if it rained, we'd be in a huge hurt!

We're also SOO excited about Ashley coming home in May. O.M.G. How much excitement can a person take with all this to look forward too in one year!

That's about it for the moment. I'm sure i've left a bunch out. OHHHH....I'm going with my parents next Tuesday to get my little sister, Abby Grace. She's being flown to Charlotte from Minnesota or Michigan or one of them "M" states up yonder. Anyways, she's half Cocker Spaniel and half Poodle! WE CANNOT WAIT! I'm sure all this happiness and excitement is taxable! hee

I don't have any pictures because I haven't taken any. I guess I could take a picture of the inside of Home Depot or Wal-Mart again or the dogs, but I haven't! ha

Hopefully something blog-worthy soon!

Joan