Family Camp 2009

We had a wonderful time at Family Camp again this year! Taylor was old enough to run around and participate in some of the kid's activities. Eric was able to take vacation days to go and we even had our own room for the three of us (in the past we've separated in guys/girls rooms). It was a really great weekend spending time with our WOCC church family, studying God's word about families, and having real quality time together. The weekend was also very, very hot!! Being 9 months pregnant doesn't help any in this Texas heat so I was extremely grateful for the air conditioned dorms and meeting rooms. They were even better than the pool, which felt more like a bath!

We spent a lot of time and thought on organizing the camp and I'm really happy that it came off without a hitch. The teachers were all WONDERFUL!! Thank you, thank you to all who taught and watched the kids!!! I've heard that Family Olympics were tons of fun (I was napping at the time) and we even got to have the campfire this year with yummy cobbler and s'mores. I loved watching Taylor have so much fun playing in the dirt and running around with her Daddy at the kickball game.

Our numbers have grown over the past three years of camp from 54 campers to 122! I pray that we can continue this growth and get the rest of our WOCC family out there soon. It is such a blessing to have each other and to spend time together away building our relationships. Thanks again to everyone who made this possible!

Now here's some pics of the weekend:

Daddy & Taylor in line for breakfast. - 2009


Daddy & Taylor 2007

Blog reading

So, lately I've started reading a lot of other blogs by random people I don't know. Usually it's a matter of following links from various blogs until I'm really not sure how lost I am. Some of them are good, some not. Most are about design and creative stuff or good mommy ideas. Well, today I ran across one I have to share (mostly because I was laughing so hard that I actually had tears.) So, if you're looking for something to read today, check out TheBloggess.com . I do have to put a warning on this though - it's not very pg, pc, or CoC. But the three posts I read I found funny anyway :)

Jacob's room

Well, thanks to a wonderful Daddy in our house, Jacob's room is ready! We (but mostly Eric) spent all day Thursday & Friday measuring, sawing, routing, nailing, caulking, taping, painting, & finally cleaning. Jessica and Amanda had helped me paint the top of the room a little while back so this week was the time to finish it off. Eric has done crown molding, wainscoting, and a picture rail in here. Then he used his master painter skills to finish it off. He was also so sweet to move the furniture back in after 10pm last night so that we could see it "completed". We still need some finishing touches such as pictures, a lamp, etc. but I have checked the room off as officially "done!"

Guest room "before"

Taylor "helping" - that whole wall is covered in Taylor graffiti!

Blue walls taped off so Eric could use the paint sprayer

Our house now smells so nice after spraying enamel paint in it!

Finished!!

I Won!!

I am super excited right now!! I tend to enter drawings from time to time but never really expect to win anything (because that's usually how it goes :) ) but today I did!!!

As you might have seen recently, I've added the Fabulous Fun Finds button to our blog. I found her blog from the Tip Junkie blog and have started entering her giveaways. She always has tons of cool stuff on there (and next week starts the ALL BOY week!) that different companies are giving away. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on her blog.

So last week I entered to win the Sperry Top Sider Sandals she had featured and this morning I get an email that I won! Actually, the email went to my junk mailbox accidentally so it's a really good thing that I checked that too today :) How fun! Here's a picture of them:

Sweet picture of Taylor & Daddy

Baby Update

Just an update about our baby boy we're expecting. At the last Dr. appointment I had an ultrasound that estimates little Jacob to be 3 lbs already! With this in mind, and since I had a c-section with Taylor, we went ahead and scheduled his c-section date for July 22nd. So, hopefully that remains the plan! I'll keep everyone posted as we go...

Taylor's Big Girl Bed

Taylor's "Big Girl Bed" arrived yesterday. We had been talking about it for awhile so she was pretty excited to try it out. These are some pictures of her first time sleeping in it for her nap. Mommy had to stay and rub her back until she fell asleep but since then she's been great about getting right in. It's funny to see her in there because she takes up less than a quarter of the bed! All of her animals are at the foot of the bed so today when I put her down for a nap she said, "Just a minute Mommy, I have to get my bear in bed with me." Which meant moving him from the end of the bed to up by her :) We have to give a big "Thank You!" to Mimi for her new bed! It's definitely beautiful in her room and just what Mommy wanted :)