Walmart Prayers

Tonight I went to Walmart to do the weekly shopping. The lady who was the checker in my lane was unusually pleasant and friendly. She chatted with me the whole time she was ringing me up, and she seemed very nice.

At the end, as she was scanning the box of pregnancy tests, she held it up and asked, "Yes or no?" Meaning, did I want it to be positive or negative. I said, "We want it to happen, but it hasn't quite yet." She grabbed my hand and said, "Honey, we are going to claim it right now." And then she bowed her head for a couple of seconds and prayed for me silently right there in Walmart.

I'm sure that might have offended some people, but as a Christian it was oddly comforting to me. She made me promise to come back through her line again and let her know once it happens. We haven't been involved in this process for very long... so it could be a while.

We pray for our imaginary future baby every day, but that's the first time a stranger has prayed for me in Walmart!

Father's Day, 2009

I am blessed to have a wonderful dad who is an excellent godly example in every way. <3

Shopping

We spent the weekend in Houston visiting my Fun Aunt Lou. While we were there, we did a little shopping on Saturday. At JCP, Brian found some cargo shorts that were on sale ($20 on sale + $10 off coupon = happy Brian). He pretends to hate shopping, but he loves getting new clothes on sale. In fact, he cut the tags off and wore them the very next day while we were still in Houston. He actually wanted to wear them out of the store like children do with new shoes, but we convinced him not to. :-D

Last night after we got home and were getting ready for bed, he reluctantly took off the new shorts. As he was undressing, he wistfully said to me, "I wish we could wash these shorts every night so I could wear them every day."

It was the best laugh I had all weekend.

It's mah birthday!

My birthday fell on the Memorial Day holiday this year, which was nice for me. It's hard to believe I'm 36. I'd like to put the brakes on and stay right here for a little while. I feel a little behind - my mom had her 3rd baby at 36 and people thought that was pretty old back then - and we are still hoping for a first!

Even though I don't really like getting older, I still love my birthday. I drag out the celebration as looooooong as possible. And really, why not? :-)

Celebrating at my parents' house

Celebrating with my awesome, gorgeous, and super-fun girlfriends!
I got many nice gifts, but this one is extra cool.
It's a brownie pan that makes LOTS of corner pieces!
The chewy corner pieces are the best part!
White chocolate fountain!
I wanted to forget about the fruit and just drink it straight.

Kristen and I digging in!

Anniversary Bling

Brian gave me this lovely anniversary band for our 3rd anniversary on May 6th. It arrived about a week after the actual day because the store mixed up his order, but I think it was worth the wait. Just like my Brian - more than worth the wait. <3

I love sparkles!

In other news, the rose of sharon bush we planted last year has its first bloom!! We planted it in the fall, so this is the first flower we've seen. I'm glad it survived the winter. It's going to be beautiful in our back yard.

Niagara Falls, April 2009

We took a 5-day trip to Niagara Falls/Toronto in late April; an early anniversary vacation. Brian had been before, but I hadn't. And since his first visit to romantic Niagara was with his buddies on an annual baseball trip, this excursion with me was markedly different. ;-)

We had a lovely time in Niagara. Toronto was a disappointment - not the city, but our experience there - because so many freaky things went wrong and we ended up not seeing much of what we planned. It was a great trip overall, though.

The view from our room, overlooking Niagara Falls

Brian enjoying the view
Beside the falls

The American Falls

The Canadian Falls

Canadian Falls

Rainbows!

Canadian Falls viewed from the Skylon tower, where we had

a very nice dinner in the revolving restaurant.

American Falls from the Skylon Tower

Our last evening in Niagara

We had tea at the Prince of Wales hotel

(in Niagara-on-the-Lake)

Afternoon tea

Concentration!!

Toronto skyline, taken from our car.

We were stuck here in traffic on the Gardiner Expressway for 2 hours.

We stayed in the Fairmont Royal York downtown.

Lobby of the Royal York

Parliament. It looks like a haunted house under such ominous skies.

This is when the downpour began. With 100 km (over 60 mph) winds.

The CN Tower.

Most of the observation area was closed due to the storm and high winds. :-(

My feet, looking down through the glass floor high up in the CN Tower

Three years ago today....

Three years ago today, I married my perfect match. The most considerate, kind, and caring man, and in my eyes, super-hott! I am so thankful for him. He was worth every long year I had to wait for him to find me!

This is the man who still puts toothpaste on my toothbrush every morning and every night, who still opens the car door for me, who doctors up my coffee just the way I like it even though he takes his black, who will kiss me in public without a second thought, who e-mails me love notes first thing at work every morning, who woke me this morning with a kiss and "Happy Anniversary".

He calls me "my special". I used to always ask him "special what?" He replied, "Just my special." Special is an adjective, but he uses it as a noun. I love him.

Dan from DEN

A couple of weeks ago, my youngest brother Daniel was in town for a wedding. The wedding activities naturally kept him hopping the entire time, but he was able to have lunch with us on Sunday before his flight back to Denver. It was great to see him.

Daniel is an awesome guy and one of the funniest dudes I've ever met. He's seriously one of my favorite people ever. I wish we lived closer so we could hang out more often, but he is loving life in the mountains these days.

I *heart* these boys!!

With the parentals...is my mom shrinking? He's grown a bit since then....

Finally Complete!

I had a work holiday on Good Friday, and I put the time off to good use by finishing up the last few things in our master bath. The glass people came and installed a re-measured shower door that afternoon, and I hung all of the towel bars with the aid of my super-bad power drill. I also shopped for a few little decorative things to add. I love the way everything came together (special thanks to the clearance racks at Hobby Lobby & Garden Ridge!).

The towel bars match the sink faucets.

New Orleans - March, 2009

A few weeks ago, Brian and I went to visit his parents in New Orleans for the weekend. His dad's two sisters and BIL were in town (Brian's aunts & uncle), and we hadn't seen them since our wedding. Brian's two brothers, kiddos, and girlfriends also came. There ended up being over 15 people on Saturday, and we all had such a good time!

Brian's aunt Julie, uncle Merrill, his mom & dad, and aunt Jacquie.

Brian and me with his aunt Julie, whose 60th birthday prompted the gathering in the first place. I love this picture of Brian's parents.

The twins Brad and his girlfriend, Christa

The Wilson boys, acting like girls.

A more serious picture

Tom and his girlfriend, Alisha
The whole crew!