Vacation Here We Come!

This week started childless for us as Zane stayed in Iowa with Gaga and Papa Farmer for a couple of days. My school had their annual fundraising golf tournament Monday and I was helping with it, so we thought it might be a little easier to just leave Zane there for a couple days and get some other things done at home. Monday proved to be the hottest day of summer...not one in which I really wanted to spend outside, but my shift only lasted 2 hours and I was in the shade, so all was well! After that I went to school to work on my classroom. I spent Tuesday in my room as well. I really have most of the work in my room done already, but when you are starting your 6th year in the same classroom and grade, it is much easier! We met Matt's parents in St. Joe to get Zane on Tuesday evening. Here are a few pictures of Zane "farming" while in Iowa. He loves to hook as many tractors and wagons on as he possibly can! He sure comes up with some interesting combinations!



Zane had his 3-year checkup at the doctor on Wednesday. He did a good job and did everything they asked him to do. The doctor did hear his heart murmur again and said it was probably nothing to worry about, but if he hears it at Zane's next appointment, he will probably send us on to have it checked out just to be on the safe side. We will say lots of prayers that it is an innocent heart murmur!

We got to have our friend Madelyn over Thursday for a couple of hours while her parents were busy. We went to the grocery store...my first grocery store trip with 2 kids! Everyone looked at me like "lady, you have 2 kids a year apart and another one on the way...?" They had a good time together. You'd think they were siblings the way they get along and argue at the same time! Here they are at Hy-Vee getting ready to do some shopping!


My cousin Jamie and her husband Eric are in town, so they came to see us last night. We had a nice time catching up and talking about fun times when we were growing up! My brother Aaron was able to join us also, so we really enjoyed it! We grilled out and Matt did a great job of cooking! After Jamie and Eric left, Matt, Aaron, and Zane sat down and enjoyed some popsicles. They even "toasted" their popsicles...my picture just didn't turn out! Here is a shot of the boys and their snacks, as well as video of Zane licking his popsicle!

My pregnancy is going well, I'm feeling Bobby move around in there a lot more, which is reassuring! I've been noticing that I'm having a harder time getting comfortable when sleeping, so I bought this new pillow, which is a DREAM! Unfortunately I think Matt and Zane like it as much as I do...I may have to pry it away from them! Here they are cuddled up in my new pillow!

I'm posting this early because there has (again) been flooding in Iowa...so much that they have already cancelled the races this week. We actually are okay with that this week...we're heading to the Ozarks for a vacation, so this means we get to leave early! We're going to get everything packed tonight and then head out in the morning. We'll be leaving a whole day earlier than originally planned! This is our first vacation with just the three of us, we are really looking forward to it! We'll have lots of pictures and I'm sure stories after the week is over! Take care and thanks for checking in on us!

In Zane's Words

As we were getting relaxed and ready for bed one night, Zane was walking around on the bed with his arms straight out. He said "Zane on bowey beans...like nastics" (Translation: "Zane on balance beam...like gymnastics." At least he remembers!