WW: Playing in the Hay!!!

WW: Walking in the Rain!!!

MIA!!!

I have been MIA!!! I have lots of updates that I need to get posted like...4th of July, Harvest, Summer Updates, and looking back I realized I never posted Easter...so we will see I may do a very belated post on our Easter just for my memory...lol!!! But, this will probably have to wait until after this weekend as I am trying to get things done for our 10 year Class reunion for Saturday!!! It is hard to believe we have been out of high school for 10 years...it doesn't seem like that long and some days it seems longer...lol! Then I will have to blog about that...the list just keeps getting longer and longer...

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Paulin...

A is a friend that we went to high school with. He got married on Saturday, June 27, 2009 to S Lehman and DH was the Best man! So...we headed to Girard on Friday, June 26, 2009 for rehearsal. We were suppose to leave shortly after lunch, but that turned into 2:30 due to DH and his brother, M trying to plant.

So, we were off and made a hurried trip down! Girard is a small farm town so the closest place that has any hotels is in Pittsburg, which is a college town! We originally were planning on getting there a little early so that we could get checked in, change our clothes and have time for DD to run around for a little bit after riding 3 hours before going to the rehearsal and then rehearsal dinner afterwards. Plans changed seeing how we didn't end up leaving until later and we reached Pittsburg a little after 5:30 and it was about 15 min. or so back to Girard and DD and I still needed to change our clothes and rehearsal started at 6:00. A was still at the hotel with his parents so he waited for DH and DH rode back with him while DD and I got checked in and changed our clothes and then we headed to rehearsal a little bit later.

Rehearsal went good and then we went to dinner at Rockin K which was very good. The place was kinda in the middle of nowhere and it reminded me of a old saloon that you would see on those old country western movies. Very neat, unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the rehearsal or dinner. Dinner consisted of BBQ, salad, pickled beets, corn, and HUGE potatoes with the fixins...delicious!

After returning to Pittsburg after the rehearsal DH and I took DD swimming for a little bit. We didn't have much time because under 18 was only allowed in the pool until 10 and it was about 9:30 time we got back to the hotel, but oh well DD still had fun until it was time to get out. Then she pouted some because she didn't understand why she had to get out while other people were still in!!! After swimming we went back up to our room while DH went for a little bit to hang out with another friend from high school that came down for the wedding also and A while I got DD to bed. JR and his family happened to have a room at a Motel across the street from ours.

*Hi Mommy!!!*

*DD pouting*

The next morning we got up and got around and went down to eat breakfast. Shortly after JR took DH back to Girard because he had to be there at 10:30 for pictures and the wedding didn't start until 2:00 and we didn't have to check out until 12:30, so DD and I stayed at the hotel and DD took a nap while I got around. I knew if we went with DH at 10:30 that DD would be done for by the time 2:00 came around...she's two!!! So, dd and I checked out at 12:30 and slowly headed back to Girard for the wedding.

The wedding was very nice!!! DD did ok...she just didn't understand why she couldn't go see Daddy he was after all just standing up front...lol! She kept telling there's Daddy, I go see Daddy and then would try to crawl under the pew to go see him, but we made it threw without any major blow ups!!! The reception followed at a hall just around the corner.

*Pictures from the Reception*

*DD and S twirling*

*JR, A, and DH*

*DD and Daddy*

After the reception which ended at 6:00 we headed home! About halfway home we ran into a storm that consisted of heavy rain and wind and some hail. After we drove out of that it was smooth sailing and we made it home around 9:00.

*The aftermath of the storm*

*DD on the way home...plum tuckered out*

It was a busy but nice couple of days and DD and I spent Sunday recuperating while DH was back at planting again.

Congratulations A and S!!!

Weekend @ Lake

A couple of weekends ago June 5-7 we decided we would go to Cheney Lake. Some friends of ours were going to take their boat out on Saturday any way so we said we could take our camper out and make a weekend of it! It would be close and this would be the only time to go for awhile before harvest.

We arrived at the lake Friday around 5. We wanted to be there earlier that afternoon but things just didn't work out that way! Our friends were already there and had picked out a camp site so we set up and decided to go take the boat out for a little spin around the lake. It was a little windy so the lake was a little choppy, but it was a nice sunset boat ride. It was DD's first time being on a boat and she seemed to enjoy it, but I think she would have liked it a little more if the wind was not blowing and the water was a little smoother!


After returning from the boat ride we came back and grilled some Teriyaki Chicken and ate supper. DD played around the campsite for a little bit and then I went in and put DD to sleep and then the adults sat outside and chatted on into the night.


The next morning when everyone decided to get up...and believe it or not DD was actually the last one to get up ALL weekend...we ate a late breakfast that consisted of Breakfast Burrito that we made and juice. After breakfast we decided to go for a drive to the south side of the lake to see how the water was on that end. We wanted to see if we would be able to launch the boat on that end and it be smoother. But no such luck, it was windier that day and we just didn't want to take a chance on tearing up the boat and didn't really want to pound ourselves to death just to go out on the boat. We decided to drive around the lake a little further to see if we could find the swimming hole that they usually pull into...to see if we could access it from land. This little drive turned into a hour or so drive clear around the lake...oh well, we didn't have anything better to do. That is one nice thing about camping you just go with the flow and you don't really have a schedule to follow!

After we got back to the campsite we decided to go back to one of the swimming holes that we found and go swim. We swam for about two hours or I should say floated and then came back to the camper and grilled hot dogs and then lounged around, played some football with DD, and watched some movies. Later on we grilled some steaks for supper and enjoyed a relaxing evening.


Then Sunday morning we got up ate breakfast and packed stuff up and headed home...Back to reality!!! It was a great weekend spent with good friends and delicious food!!!



Here are a few more pictures from the weekend!!!

WW: One of DD's Many Faces!!!

WW: I Got It!!!