Vacation & Dora

We got home tonight from our Colorado trip with my parents. We had a BLAST!! It was beautiful! I think if Colorado was closer to Kentucky, you'd never get Ryan out! We all had a really great time. More pictures & info to come.

Before our Colorado trip, we took Sydney to see Dora & Boots at the Louisville Zoo. Thankfully, it rained that morning, so the zoo wasn't too busy. Being a holiday, we were prepared for the worst. The line took a little while, but it wasn't as bad as we expected. We got our picture with Dora & were able to see many different animals. The day was a complete success! Below are a couple of pictures of our little family with Dora and Boots. Hope you enjoy!

Zoo outing & Little One Update

Today has been a wonderful day! It is my 29th birthday...the last one in my 20s. :o(  ANYWAY, I spent it with my 2 most favorite people (Ryan and Sydney) at the Louisville Zoo. We LOVE the Louisville Zoo!! At first, we were a little nervous that it would rain on us, but God was good & made the rain, rain go away. By the time we were ready to leave, it was sunny and very warm. It was great!

Saturday, we went to the Zoo as well. Two days in one week! How lucky can one girl get? It has been so much fun. Here are a few pictures:

I also wanted to update you on our little one. She is getting SO big & growing so much faster than this mommy likes. BUT I'm loving every minute with her! She's saying so many words these days. Here are a few that I can think of: Mommy, Daddy, go, stop, hi, bye, thank you, please, helpin', no (of course), yes, monkey, cracker, apple, juice, hungry, Amen, and puppy. She can bark like a dog, meow like a cat, roar like a lion, ribbit like a frog, and quack like a duck. In other words, she's getting quite vocal and I'm loving every second! There is so much else that she is doing, but I will have to give you more updates at another time. Hope you've enjoyed this one!

My weekend

This weekend was a good weekend, but WAY too short! My mom came up Friday to hang out since my dad was heading with a church group to canoe on Saturday. We went to Red Lobster (yum!) then hung out and watched TV Friday night. It was nice and lazy! Saturday my mom, Sydney, and I went to the Louisville Zoo! We got to have fun while Ryan had to stay behind and work on a paper for school. :-( Although it was hot & humid then turned cool & stormy, we had a great time strolling through the zoo seeing the sights we wanted to see & bypassing the sights we didn't care much about. Luckily, the zoo was much less crowded than it was on Memorial Day. Saturday night, my mom headed home. Ryan, Sydney, and I watched a couple of movies on TV. Sunday we did the normal Sunday morning routine then headed to Lowe's to get some flowers for the balcony. Ryan has been wanting to get some flower boxes to put out. I have to say, now that the job is done, it looks really good! After we potted the flowers, we headed out to get Ryan's early Father's Day gift. I told him that I was planning on surprising him with a small table and chairs for the balcony, but couldn't figure out how I would get it all on my own. Plus, I wanted him to be able to pick out what he wanted. After a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, and Home Depot, we finally found the table & chairs we wanted. We ended the evening by sitting out on our newly decorated & furnished balcony. All in all, it was a GREAT weekend!