highlights

highlights of this week include:

-the AC breaking at jazzercise...oh wait...that wasn't awesome. but the frozen washclothes they gave us brought back some sweet childhood memories

-penny has reached FIFTY pounds!! how did that happen so fast? and how does she still manage to escape from her crate? little houdini...she's bad but at least she's not dumb!

-i got to tutor one of my fave 7th grade boys yesterday. i love combining ministry and math!

-maureen is getting married tomorrow!!! can't wait! we got married december 29, 2007. within 2.5 years, all of our sibs got married...sorry dad & dad-in-law!

-RICKY GOT A NEW JOB!!! the Lord is so good to us!! ricky is now a project manager at a commercial construction company, with huge opportunities to advance and he is pumped!! they need him out of town for his first three weeks on the job, not so great. but he will happen to be out of town in dallas, which means we'll be in the same place for one of those weeks, woohoo!

-bram fam vacay in one week! it came at the perfect time!

recent happenings

bad blogger, my b! libs inspired me to post again! we've had lots going on lately, here's the rundown:

doggie update: penny is getting big & bad! she only has a few puppy teeth now, and double sets of canines until the puppy ones go, she looks like a crazy woman! but she acts like one too. she woke us up at 5:45 this morning running around our room. she sleeps in her crate...not a good wake up call! so she now gets twistie tied into her "home". we also have a third lab hanging out with us this month! murdock stayed with us last year when his parents were on yl assignment and again this year, i don't think i can give him back! i'm in love! minus the fact that he & penny bite each others faces and leave marks and scabs. hunter is enjoying the break from playing that murdock has given him. he's as sweet as ever! i gave him his summer buzz last weekend...major dog fail! sorry for the bald spots & patchiness buddy! but all in all, we LOVE having labs in our lives!

job update: my summer is crazy! we have no interns this summer and my boss is on sabbatical, so there are two of us getting the job done & i'm having a blast! i'm loving the challenge of more responsibility. and i've already gone to camp (amazing trip!), played whirlyball, and enjoyed chick-fil-a spicy chicken & fro yo with some awesome middle schoolers. do i really get paid for this? tomorrow is a scorching day at six flags & our dallas mission trip is in less than a month! oh yeah, and my pastor just got elected president of the southern baptist convention. he's a pretty big deal. and has a pretty big vision for missions, so awesome.

ricky's at an interesting transition right now. his position won't exist by the end of june, but apparently he is amazing (well duh) and has already interviewed & has his sights set on a couple of great gigs! the hope is to get him out from behind he desk and on site more and to have a new challenge since he already has this decorating thing down. :)

house update: we've been here a year and are loving it! lately it's been lots of yard work, but it is HOT in Georgia so the work is moving inside. ricky crossed a $30 mirror project off our list & we have some repainting on the agenda...

we've got some fun family stuff ahead with the royals-braves showdown on friday, maureen's wedding next weekend, and bram fam vacation the week after that, woohoo! life is good!

bailey weekend!

libby and ruffin left a few hours ago and i just now realized that we took zero pictures. dang it!! but a wonderful weekend for sure! yesterday the weather was just gross so we talked, watched movies, cooked, and just hung out. they came to church with us today & then we hit up the outlets for a little bit. pottery barn + jcrew = dangerous. and amazing. but anyway, i never wanted them to leave! and they fell in love with penny, of course! but apparently she wasn't enough to keep them here!

maybe the fact that when you're cleaning up her vomit, she pees all over the carpet. just maybe.

penny macdonald

thought i'd throw in the only picture we took at disney...everest in the background!

penny went to the vet today, she's a whopping 24 pounds! big lady! here she is displaying her cute baby belly and watching her first k-state game!

 

playing with the fat man (is ricky smelling that toy?) and taking over hunter's bone. he hasn't touched it since christmas so he's not too upset.

 

she's trouble but a sweet cuddler. and she likes to sleep in weirdo positions just like me!

she slept like an angel last night, only cried for about 10 minutes! wouldn't have mattered though because i stayed up until my heart rate slowed down after the amazing double OT K-State/Xavier thriller!! sleep was definitely hard to come by! raising a puppy is exhausting and housebreaking is already the opposite of fun, but i know it's worth it! i'm hoping hunter will rub off some of his awesomeness and laziness onto sweet baby penny! he's warming up to her...my bet is that they'll be bff by this time next week!

omgee!

we may be coming home tomorrow with a new addition! both of these sweet girls are ready for new homes! and one of them will probably come home with us tomorrow!happy early birthday to me!! i set up a poll on the side of the page, so please vote and help us figure out a name for our new baby girl!

we've been wanting another dog for a long time, but haven't taken the plunge because hunter is so awesome, we knew he deserved our full attention! but hunter had so much fun with his bff chloe last weekend! and when ricky suggested the idea of a new pup, of course i couldn't turn it down!

hunter and his mini-me.

the new baby daddy! his name is slick and he weighs 150. i want to take him home, too!!

SO excited!  and GO STATE!! when is the last time k-state went further in the big dance than the jayhawks? amazing! cheering for the cats to keep it up! national champs?!