We had a really good weekend. I took Friday off and first thing in the morning was violated by a Nurse Practitioner at my OBGYN office who told me that I was in great need of lowering my blood pressure and basically that I was fat. She didn't come out and say "you're fat"... she was nice, but it was obvious what she was getting at. AND well come on- it wasn't exactly news to me. ANYWAY, after a quick change of a poopy outfit at the daycare when I went to go get Ben after I was done, we ran to my work so that I could let someone use my computer to run a report and so that everyone could go bonkers over my cute kid. After I was done there, we drove to go see Cecilia and her little Ryan! It was so much fun! I haven't seen her in a long time and haven't seen the baby since he was itty-bitty so it was so good to see her and spend some time with her. Plus we talk very candidly and I appreciate that a lot. Ryan is a cutie little bundle of happiness and fun and I am so happy for her and Aaron.
After we spent a couple hours with them, we met up with Clint, Ashley and JENNIFER! YAY! It was SO good to see her. And then basically the whole day was spent in honor of Jiznin. We ate lunch and talked and laughed and then headed to the Terry's and talked some more and then that night we had breakfast for dinner and the Elton's, Neaner and Clint came over (and Ryan came with the Elton's after work). We got to listen to her tell us all about her mission and she showed us some really neat pictures. We are glad to have her back and are proud of her and pray for her to get back in to the swing of things soon and to find a good job to boot, hopefully close to all of us! Yesterday we went and helped move Clint in to his new apartment. Goodbye stinky, scary place and hello nice little apartment. (Even though there is already cockroaches in the new one!) After we got done with that we ate lunch and then cleaned out our back room and put up a lot of stuff in the attic. I didn't really realize how many clothes Ben has until yesterday... ones he doesn't wear anymore anyway. Hopefully we have another boy eventually! We basically really just cleaned yesterday. Did a lot of laundry... and played with Ben. Today we did the church thing and then made spaghetti and cookies for our Sunday Dinner, had our home teacher over (whom we really enjoy) and had a good night with our friends. It was such a nice night some of us decided to eat out on the deck. Other than stupid mosquitoes it was great!
John and his family are off to Argentina today, I wish them the most fun and safety and a safe return. I can't wait to hear all about it!!!! The Fall is rapidly approaching, I dare say I am already seeing some of the leaves on the trees changing and the air and light is changing. It's making me quite excited! We are excited to go to FL in a couple weeks, hopefully TN in Oct, maybe even a quick trip to Chicago to see DJ. We will see about that one, but here's to wishing! We are also hoping (and praying) that my parents can come out here to GA for Christmas. That would be so awesome. Hopefully finances with allow it.
Well, here are some photos... Ben looked super handsome and all grown up today at church I just had to take a couple of pictures of him. Also, I wanted to add video of him playing the piano over at the Terry's house Friday. He's pretty much the cutest thing ever, and I'm smitten over him!!! Also, when we were sick last Monday we decided to go on a drive to get out of the house. When I was younger my mom always sent me outside to get sunshine and fresh air when I was sick- and so I decided that's what we needed too. To get away from the germs and fill our lungs with goodness. So we drove up to Lake Lanier and Benny decided he wanted to play in the water. It was warm and he had so much fun.