A Few of My Favorite Things-May 23, 2008

How Morgan knows she wants the pacifier in her mouth, but she just doesn't quite know how to get it in there the right way.

How her tiny hands always seem to find the tags on all of her favorite toys.

How Morgan is finally starting to notice Nobi and how she loves to watch him. He always makes her smile.

Her smile.

Her innocence.

Her fake cry.

Her real cry.

And the way she sleeps.

BUNKO-May 20, 2008

Once a month a bunch of us girls from church and our various friends get together to play Bunko. We all eat dinner together (tonight it was pizza and IBC Rootbeer, both favorites of mine) and then play a couple rounds of the game. Its SO MUCH fun (even though we have to miss American Idol). These are some pictures from last night's game. Of course I didn't win any prizes. I never do :( I just don't have magic fingers like Sara does.

Jenny Taylor, Katie Whipple, Julia, Sara Allen

The 'Roll Off'. When we have a tie between players we do a roll off to break that tie.

Nikki Grandy, Sara's sister, Missy Isakson, and the back of Mindy Salisbury's head.

Katie Whipple, me, and Nikki Grandy just goofing around after the game.

May 19, 2008

Clint's been gone less than 24 hours and I'm already having a love afair with Edward Cullen. Those of you who don't know who he is...well...I'm just sorry for you. Now that I've started reading 'Twilight' I just can't stop. I started yesterday and I love it. I've already been to the authors webpage. If you know the books then you know they're making a movie. Here's a link to the trailer. I can't wait! It comes out December 12th. Which means I won't be here to see it with all my fellow Ft Rucker Twilight groupies :(

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=33429578

He's Gone-May 18, 2008

Clint is off to 3 weeks of school. I didn't get a picture, but he packed up this week and left about 4:30 this afternoon. It won't really hit me until about Tuesday, then I'll probably be a wreck. For those of you who don't know, we will have absolutely NO contact whatsoever for 3 weeks. He left his cell phone here and there's no writing letters this time. I've vowed to start and finish reading the Twighlight series while he's gone, which will hopefully keep my mind a tiny bit occupied. After this training is over we'll have about 4 weeks left until Clint graduates. And shortly after that we'll be moving. But don't ask, cause we still don't know where we're going :)

Camping at Blue Springs State Park-May 16-17, 2008

On Friday night we went camping with some of our friends. We went to Blue Springs. We had so much fun! We wish we could have stayed 2 nights. Everyone got there at various times on Friday afternoon and we pretty much just hung out around the campfire all night. We cooked dutch oven and tin foil dinners, roasted marshmallows, and ate some junk food. Only one scary story got told :(

Jimmy, Nate, Mindy, Paysen, Katie, Nikki, Porter, and Missy

Saturday morning we all cooked our various dutch oven breakfasts. It turned out really good! Jason & Ambria, Clint & Morgan mezmorized by the fire.

Saturday after breakfast we headed to the springs. Notice I didn't say "hot" springs. The water is 68 degrees all year round, which is NOT warm in the summer. Everyone but me and Missy got in. She's 9 months pregnant, I don't have a good excuse.

Nick, Stace, Clint & Katie, Nate & Mindy, Curtis & Rusty, Caleb, Katie & Ryan, JimmyAfter freezing in the springs we hit the volleyball court. They're all looking up but I don't see a ball? Ryan, Clint, Nikki, Nate, Curtis, Braydon, Rusty, and Caleb

Some of us had to quite the game early and sit in the shade cause we burn too easily. Including me.

Morgan & me, Shelly, Paysen, Mindy, and Kristin

Morgan did a lot better camping than I thought she would. She woke up about 4 times during the night, but only because she was getting cold, or maybe because Nobi barked a few times, I'm not sure which. Lots of us brought dogs. I think there was a total of 6 dogs and about 20 people. We had so much fun we can't wait to do it again. Hopefully we can before we move. Here is a video of Nobi. He was so excited to be in the gread outdoors that he just ran back and forth for hours. It was SO funny! He would only stop to smell the bugs or eat a piece of bark every now and then.

An Unwelcome Visitor-May 15, 2008

Clint found this guy in our driveway the other night. Not something I wanted to see. We've never had a problem with snakes out here and this summer our neighbors have found 2 and then this one winds up in our driveway. We've also heard of several Copperhead snakes being found on walking trails on post. Scary. I don't know what kind this is (any ideas Luke?). We didn't know if he was poisonous or not so Clint had to take him to the woods, we don't want Nobi getting bit.

Sorry-May 18, 2008

I had to close my blog to univited readers for a few reasons. I don't think I'll keep it this way forever, but at least for a little while.

Silly Picture-May 13, 2008

No body get mad at me okay! I just HAD to post this picture cause its really hilarious! You might have to blow it up to get the full effect. Katie (on the left) looks drunk, Megan (on the right) looks like she's meditating, and Missy (center) looks...well...I'm not really sure how to describe it...kind of like she wants to get that baby out of her I guess :) I guess thats what happens when you watch an ancient movie like "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", it either leads you to drink, meditate, or go into labor.