Misty Taste Of Moonshine...

...teardrop in my eye.



We are in West Virginia this week because Darrin's son is graduating from high school tomorrow!

Where oh where does the time go??

Today we checked out the oldest covered bridge in the state, it was very cool.





I love these last 2 shots!





Stay tuned for more fun and exciting things from West By God Virginia, where it's legal to marry your first cousin!
I'm not kidding.

Sign Says

D and I enjoyed lunch at our new favorite place Pop-n-Doc's today. It's right over the state line in Decatur, NE overlooking the Mighty Missouri.



They have great signs on the ceiling.

D and I think this one describes our love for each other perfectly.

LOL.

Gone Fishin'

My creative urge that is.

I can't seem to come up with any funny or interesting Blog stories lately.

All I have for you today is this pic of Pete acting a little confused
in front of the first big baby item we've brought home.



Oh Pete, hang in there buddy, it's only going to get worse.

CL's First Video

Today we got to see & hear Chicken Little's heartbeat- now I'm really starting to believe that I'm actually growing a tiny person!

He/she was moving all around, kicking it's legs out and then crossing them.

They measured the baby and changed the due date from December 6th to November 27th.

Here is a little video clip:



And Chicken's first portrait:



AMAZING.

Ummmmmmmm

I thought I got my stimulus check today.



All I saw was "Office of the President" and the big "Thank You!"



I never even looked at the Omaha return address.

Or the postage.



God I'm a dork.

I know. Shut up.

Southern Moms

I got an email today with this pic and a joke about Alabama parenting.



Joyce said it reminded her of my gorilla pic from the Atlanta Zoo....



Too funny!

Must be a southern thing.

I Love Shooting Kids

Yesterday I took some pics of this little cutie, Lauren.



She was adorable and sassy!



The best was when she got mad and pouted.



I LOVE the pout!

Ho Ho No

I have a strange feeling that someday Chicken Little
will regret being a December baby.



Awesome.

Tulip Festival

Today we drove up to Orange City to check out the Tulip Festival.

It was our first time to this town and it was really cute!

Enjoy the pics, I'll be over in the corner going into a funnel cake/caramel apple/corn dog coma.

Go Go Boots & Calendar News

First, I wanted to clear up any confusion about yesterday's post- there was some concern that I might be harboring human body parts in the backyard.

Nope, it's just a huge dog toy from IKEA. I love it.



Now on to the exciting news!

One of my photographs has been published in the Images of Western Iowa: The Loess Hills 2010 calendar!

No, I didn't make the cover.



Hell, I barely made the inside!



If you look really hard you'll find my teeny tiny sunflower picture way down in the corner of September.



I didn't name it 'Reaching for the Sky' either.

Oh well, at least one made it, right?

[sahr-kaz-uhm]

Our dogs have absolutely ZERO chew toys.



That's why it makes perfect sense for them to steal empty food containers from the garbage.

Oh How I Do Love Pink...

Pink Gerbers.



Pink raspberry/blackberry/strawberry/banana smoothie.



Pink snowsuit.



Oops!
Sorry Chicken Little- if you're a boy I won't make you wear this.
In public.

My What Big Teeth You Have!

My little angels can look so fierce sometimes!











Can't they?

WTF?

I've got nothing today.

Except for this.

Beached

Found a dandelion. Picked it up. Made a wish.



Wished for the beach.



Who said you can't find the beach in Iowa???



Feet in the sand + water = beach.



Right?

Close enough.

Huge Jugs!

When I think of Cinco de Mayo, I think of frozen margaritas, chips and salsa, and the smell of sizzlin' fajitas. YUM.

Unfortunately for me, that's not how my Cinco is going to go down.

Oh no.

I have to start some 24 hour pee collection today for my doctor. Yeah, I said pee.

Seriously?

They gave me these 2 HUGE jugs to use with strict instructions to collect every drop for 24 hours then return them to the lab tomorrow.

I placed my Chia-Pet next to them so you can fully understand the size of my jugs.



And if the thought of collecting pee for 24 hours is not funny enough, guess where I have to keep my jugs? Hmmmmmmmmmm?

In the fridge! GROSS!

So to avoid any Cinco de Mayo confusion today I had a brilliant idea.......



I think my jugs will put a smile on some lab rat's face tomorrow :)

Tumbleweed

Lookie what we found in Omaha today.....



Interesting.



Green hair lady's sign says, "My urine pleads the 5th".



Good one.