Tate's Farm

Last weekend we went to Tate's Farm with a group from church. We had a bunch of fun! It was kinda like the apple farms we go to in Michigan, but with no apples.

When we got there Tyler was off to the toys. He went down the slides, rode on a horse swing, and of course played in a tractor!

We took some time to get a few pictures in front of this cute little pumpkin house!

And then Tyler and his friends Caleb Davis and Nathan James posed for a picture!

Then we were off on a hayride! It was fun exploring the farm, Tyler liked seeing the farm equipment, and we even sang songs!

After the hayride we roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. It was funny when we gave him a roasted marshmallow he did not like it. He was "all done" after one bite, more for mommy! But he did have a bite of a smore and liked that!

One of the fun things was letting Tyler pet the farm animals. They let you in the cages with them and Tyler was not shy at all. He walked right up to those pigs saying, "oink, oink, oink." It was too cute.

We have a funny story about these puppies. They were so cute and Tyler was running around with them and saying "hi," and waving when one puppy (the white one below) knocked him over. The puppy got on top of him and was nibbling on his hair and ear, then Tyler started screaming. Mike and I were laughing so hard. Even after that Tyler still wanted to play with them and was laughing.

We also had fun playing in the "corn crib." It was a bin filled with corn and the kids would jump in it and try to walk in the corn. It was funny.

It was something fun to do on a nice fall evening. Here are a couple other family shots we took.

-Bri

Family Picnic

On Saturday morning we went to a Family Pincnic at my dad's work. Tyler had lots of fun, there were blow up games for him to play on.

He even went down a couple big slides with daddy. And let me tell you, they were fast! He had his first ride on a train and loved it, we went twice!
And Tyler even tried cotton candy for the first time! He didn't like it too much at first, but then started asking for more.

It was such a beautiful day for a picnic, the weather was warm and the sky was clear. We of course had some good southern barbeque too!

-Bri

Transformers

One of Mike's favorite movies and toys when he was a kid was Transformers. So we had to rent the new movie this weekend. We enjoyed it, and Mike filled me in on all the details. Daddy even let Tyler watch a little bit of the movie. Tyler just kept going "Woooahh!!!" He thought it was cool watching the cars and trucks change into robots. Here is a clip from him watching it.




-Bri

Chucky Cheese Birthday

Well I finally downloaded my pictures from my birthday party while we were in Micigan visiting. Yes, this is my birthday, I've always wanted a party at Chucky Cheese! We had lots of fun and here are some pictures.

-Brianna

The Big Day is....

May 9th, 2008!!!

Mike and I went to the Doctor this morning and we got to see the baby and hear the heartbeat. The baby is 9 weeks and 4 days old, which is more than we figured so the due date is sooner, which works for me! I'm sure I will be late again, but you never know!
Here is an ultrasound picture from this morning. We saw the baby move and his or her little arms and legs. It was so cute!

I haven't been feeling the greatest lately, but hopefully in a few more weeks that will all be over with.

We had a great trip to Michigan and had a good time at the wedding and celebrating my 27th birthday on Friday night. We went to Chucky Cheese! My first time ever having a birthday party there. The things mom's will do for the kids. We had a great time though, it's been a while since I played arcade games. I got a new camera for my birthday so after I get that all set up on here I will download some pictures for you all to see.

Hopefully it will not be so long inbetween my next posts. This is the longest I have sat down on the computer in a month or so. I will try to be better and keep you updated more often.

-Bri

Here it is!

Okay here it is, for those of you who have been wondering what this special picture will be. I actually have a video and a picture so here it is....

I'm PREGNANT!!!!

A lot of you already know this exciting news, but just in case you didn't I wanted to make it public. I'm not good at keeping this a secret. I was going to wait until I had my first appointment, but I can't wait that long. I am about 6 weeks along now. So I know you all are wondering...what's the due date?? If I go online a get a few different answers anywhere from the 12th to the 16th of May, and they always change it at the first doctor's appointment anyway. My first appointment is scheduled for October 9th, so I will let you know then.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

-Bri

Dining Room and Scrap Room

Here are some pictures of the dining room, which is open to the kitchen. You can see we fit our big table in there so that's nice. Also there are three long windows that let in plenty of light. Our pantry is in the back corner, there was no other place to put it besides downstairs, and I didn't want to walk down there every time I needed something.

Here are some pictures of my scrap room. It's not the way I would like it, but it's working for now. Mike put up that cabinet for me and I made use of the microwave cart underneath it. There is a door that goes out to the backyard, but we don't use it much. It pretty much acts as a window for me.

I still need to clean up other area's of the house so I can take pictures. But as I promised a special picture tomorrow!!! Stay tuned!

-Bri

Master Bedroom

Here are a few pictures of the Master Bedroom. Again, fresh paint on the walls. I love the way this color turned out too!! Their is carpet, but hardwood underneath...hopefully to be finished one day. Tyler of course had to get in on the picture taking...such a ham. Oh and I have a story about our furniture...do you notice that we have bedroom furniture now!!! When we left Michigan we could only fit one dresser in the moving van so we had to leave the other's behind. Anyway, the day we moved in Mike was driving down the road and saw a garage sale with furniture. He got both endtables and the big dresser that match and two other dressers all for $50!! Can you believe it. So now we have bedroom furniture again, and it even matches...bonus!

Here is a picture of our main bathroom. We took off wallpaper and painted, put in the medicine cabinet and new light fixture.

-Bri

Tyler's Room

Here are some pictures of Tyler's room. It has fresh paint and hardwood floors.

Tyler loves his bookshelf. Every night before bed he picks out one to read then he runs to the rocker. After we are done reading it to him he has to "pu baaa" (put it back in Ty language). And then he say night night to "turrrrtlll" (turtle on to of the bookcase) and has to give him kisses. Such a cutie.

Keep checking back as I add more pictures and by the end of the week I'll have a special picture for you!!

-Bri

New House!!

Well we are finally back online and I can post some pictures of our new house!

It still feels weird that we are actually homeowners but so far we are enjoying it! There are still boxes everywhere and we are unpacking as we go, but it is coming along great. If I post all the pictures I have taken since we moved in it would take up so much space so I will just post a few here and there. And yes I will be good and start posting more often!

So here are some from the move in day. We had 6 trucks and one trailer filled up with all our stuff. It took us a couple trips, but we were done by 12:30. My dad and a lot of the guys from Mike's bible study came to help.

Later that day we even had Tyler moving boxes!!!


-Bri