Pops and Rachel

We loaded up the car Friday and headed off to see Wes' parents. We had a great time seeing family and friends. Wes' parents gave us our anniversary present... free babysitting and a night on the town. We went to dinner, got ice cream, and went to a movie. We stayed out until 12:00! Wow, we haven't done that in a while.
Rachel spent a lot of time with her Nana and Pops and her aunt Kim and cousin Alyssa. I think everyone had a great time.

Rachel and Pops

Swimming

Last night between thunderstorms we ran to the pool for a quick swim. This was Rachel's first time in our neighborhood pool. She seemed to like it. The water was great, very warm. The thunderstorms cooled everything off so getting out was pretty chilly. Rachel's teeth/gums were chattering. We wrapped her up in a towel and dried her off and headed home for a bath.

Wes and Rachel

Smile, pretty girl!

Rachel laughed and smiled a lot in the water.

Rachel and Lizzie

This is daddy holding me while mommy is praying I'm not dropped.

Check out our strong girl!

Video of Wes and Rachel swimming.

Fun and Games

After dinner we are always looking for fun activities to do with Rachel to pass the time before her bedtime. The 7:00 hour can be tough! Watch the video to see what we did tonight.

In case you're wondering....yes that is a plastic jug that Wes and Rachel are playing with. We laughed and said, "one day we'll tell Rachel that when she was born we were so poor that instead of buying her toys we would play with old plastic jugs." Se how much fun you can have a 6th month old (not to mention Wes). All in all we met our goal and were able to keep Rachel happy until bedtime.

Running in Circles

Rachel has this toy that she sits and and can push herself around a play table. It's kind of like a stationary walker. Well, this week she has started to run in circles around her little table. She loves it! I think it's been great for her leg strength and balance. We're expecting to see her dragging the table behind her soon.

Rachel standing in her toy. She's ready to take off.

Just finished a lap around the table.

I'm tired!

Watch the video and see how fast she goes!

Happy Birthday Aunt Doris

Saturday we celebrated my Aunt Doris's birthday. She will turn 74 on Monday. She is the most inspirational person. My aunt had a major stroke about 3 years ago and has made a good recovery. She always is so happy to see her family and has never gotten upset about her situation. What an example. My uncle Graham (her husband) has also been such an example of a loving husband. He cares for my aunt on his own and make sure she is well taken care of. What a beautiful example of marriage. They've been married about 54 years. We ate Bar-B-Q and hotdogs and of course birthday cake.

Uncle Graham and Aunt Doris with there new digital picture frame.

Rachel and Aunt Doris

My mom and her sisters and brother.

Steal beam 1 : Wes 0

Yesterday Wes called me to tell me that a steal beam fell on his head. He was bleeding pretty badly and went to urgent care to have it looked at. When he got there they told him he needed staples put in. He had 5 stables put in his head. He said and continues to say, "it doesn't hurt." The staples will be removed in 7 to 10 days. Wes continued to work the rest of the day. I was hoping this would knock some since into him but I think it might be a lost cause. :) For everyone sake I will not be taking a picture of this and putting it on the blog...yuck!

Lunch atop a skyscraper

A couple of years ago when I was visiting San Fransisco, I saw these great black and white photographs of construction workers. I thought they would look great in our house especially since that is Wes' life. I framed and hung all the pictures and I love to look at them. One day as I was studying the picture below I was shocked to see a man that looked just like my dad. My dad is in this picture! Well, not really but he must have had a twin. Please don't think I'm crazy! Whenever my family comes over I tell them to pick out the man that looks like dad and within seconds everyone picks the same guy. Crazy ugh! If you knew my dad take a guess at which man is him.......give up? He's the third man from the left in the overalls.