What I've Been Up To

So this is just a bunch of random stuff we have been doing over the last week or two. We got the fence up around the garden and it is all planted! Thank you Dad and Mom for helping us do that!

Also, we have been working on the babies room and have it almost totally decorated! We found some cute jungle animal stickers for the walls! It adds some color which is what we were wanting.

We have also been working on the basement. Brad got all of the cheap wall board pulled out and so now we can start from scratch and remodel the basement the right way!

Tomorrow starts an exciting weekend. Dad, Mom, and Tam are coming in to go to a Rockies game on Saturday. The only bummer is it will be cold and maybe rainy. Yuck! I am still very excited to see the Rockies play and spend time with family!

The Garden

It's all about the garden! Dad came down on Tuesday and brought his tiller. The ground was really dry and really hard but Dad and Brad powered though it and now we have a place ready to plant! Dad also got our AC running so thank you Dad for all of your help! I raked as many grass clumps and rocks off to the side as I could and made rows. Waffles tried to help by digging in a few places. ;) Because of our dog's love for freshly tilled earth, we are going to try to put up a fence this weekend and plant. Dad and Mom might come down to help! YaY! Here's are few visual aids to help with your imagination.

Here are the rows I made today! Can't wait to plant!

You can't really see it but I've made two mounds for sqaush and cucumber. The tomatos will go in the space where nothing is done and the grapes will be against the chain link fence.

Though you might like a belly picture. I'm at 24 weeks now

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This is a short video of Brad tilling.

Anniversary Celebration Number Two!

Our Anniversary is not until Monday but since Monday is Memorial Day as well we thought we'd celebrate a little early. To get things started we ate at Cracker Barrel for breakfast. Brad loves to get the Mammy's Breakfast and their pancakes are really good! That's what I had. This year we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. They had the Body Worlds exhibit and a Hubble video in Imax that we wanted to see. There were lots of other cool things to look at and do as well. It was really neat to think about how your body is put together so perfectly and how everything fits so well inside! They had a part about babies and how big they are at different parts of the pregnancy. That part was very personal since we are cooking one up right now. At week 9 you can see almost everything; eyes, fingers, mouth.... they are tiny but they are all there! I think that made me realize that I have a miracle growing inside me right now. It's an amazing, emotionally moving, feeling. For dinner we went to a sushi place but limited ourselves to the California rolls because they don't have any raw seafood. All of the rolls we had were very good. I think we both left very stuffed. To end the day we saw The Prince of Persia. Good movie. Lots of fun packed into one day! Here are some pictures for you to enjoy!

Brad and me at the museum

We always buy a little something to help us remember our day. This is Selinite. Brad and I both thought it was neat looking. Brad was a huge rock fan when he was little and I have become one since teaching Earth Science.

This was a necklace Brad bought me. It looks kind of like the rock we got.

Final Friday

I went in to work late today and packed my final 3 boxes. Everyone was checking out so I joined the madness of trying to find all of the necessary people to sign off on various things. I was finished by 10:20 am! I said my goodbyes to the people I would miss and tried to avoid those I wouldn't. There were no tears as I walked out the door for the final time. I couldn't help but say, "So Long, Suckers!"

Last Thursday

Today was spent going to meetings. They gave us a bunch of info on stuff for next year; stuff I didn't need to know but had to sit through anyway! I used it as another reminder of how nice it will be to not have that stuff to worry about in August! Yay! They also fed us lunch and then had an awards ceremony. I got "The Luckiest Pallet" award. Everyone is very envious of my excellent souse chef husband! After the fun I packed up several boxes and put them in my truck. I still have 3 more boxes but am trying to organise them so if I ever look at them again it won't be very hard to figure out where stuff is. It is a good feeling to know that I have 1 more day left and then I 'm free! Summer fun here I come!

Last Wednesday

I had one class that took finals today. Four out of ten came to take it. Needless to say only 3 will pass. Somewhat disappointing but I keep reminding myself that my other 2 classes did very well. I started taking all of the posters and student work off the walls and saving all of my lessons to a hard copy so if I ever teach those subjects again I'll have it all ready to go. As I was cleaning my room, I was once again shocked at the amount of paper I was throwing in the recycle box. It is really crazy how many copies of stuff you have to make and then not use or how much useless info you get at meetings that you look at for 5 minutes and then forget about it till the end of the year. I left my room looking bare and rather empty. Although I will miss a few of the students, I will not miss the stress involved with trying to get them to come to school and make good grades. Three days down, two more to go!

Last Tuesday

I gave my last Astronomy finals today! Just one more class to go before I can officially be done with students! We alLso had a field day at the park. EveryOne had lots of fun playing volley ball, kickball, & other games. We were all finished by about 2pm and I was able  to get all the finals graded. I also got my brides Maid dress in to get Altered. It fit a little more snuggly than when I first bought it. Cross your fingers And hope it still fits in a month! HAHA!