Hello!

Sorry!  It's been a few weeks...but never fear, I am still around :)  This is going to be a random post, but my husband was busy at work so I couldn't share my excitement so ya'll get it...

1. I found out today that another one of my "brilliant ideas" has made it to the market.  Yep, first it was the spicy chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-a (I had the idea in 2001 - just so you know) and today I discovered...drum roll please... Rock Band 3 is out and has added a Keyboard!!!!  For those of you who don't know - Michael and I are rock stars in our other life.  He is like break out in a sweat- strip to his boxers- style expert level drummer and I play a mean guitar!  I have been saying since we got the game, that a keyboard was the missing piece - and lo and behold - they listened!  Now if only I could get royalties on these ideas.  (for those of you wondering, my next idea that needs to come out is a Chick-fil-a kids meal that has a mini sandwich for the entree.  Just wait, it will happen!)

2. Michael hurt himself this weekend - well kind of.  I went to get us breakfast on Saturday, came back 10 minutes later and found what looked like a murder scene in my garage.  I will spare you the pics, but if you are interested in seeing them let me know.  Apparently, he didn't listen to his best friend who is a bike repair expert and put his pedals on too tight.  Now they won't come off.  In trying AGAIN to get them off - his hand slipped and he stabbed himself with the gears on  the bike and was GUSHING blood everywhere.  My first thought - did you get it on the new car and Lord help me with this boy (more on that later!)  His first thought - you should blog about this!  Well here ya go babycakes - I blogged about it.  Really the blog worthy part is about how I left him for 10 minutes and he injured himself and that he has really gotten into reading blogs!!!  I think it's adorable!

3. We found out yesterday that we are having a BOY!  We are naming him Ryan James.  I will post pics and more later, but now I just have to tell you how pathetic I am...  By the time I left work, I had picked out and was ready to order his bedding for the crib and by lunchtime today, I had already bought him a new outfit complete with a little hat!  I think I might run by Target on my home from work - after all I need to get some groceries and what better place is there than Target ;)

More later...sit tight!

Weekend Recap

Let's start with the good stuff - Friday night at the Fair!!!
True to style, 8 adults = running late.  Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, but if you check out my previous post you will see that we had a tight schedule to follow.  Never fear!  We made it with 7 minutes to spare!!!

Stop 1 - Pig races.  (well technically, I ran for pizza while everyone else held our spot for the races!) Our pig won the first race, but we came in 3rd and 2nd the following races.  All the pigs had racing names (like Britney Spareribs) and now my husband thinks he should have a pig racing nickname - any suggestions?!There was a brief pause in the races so we could see the baby pig jump from his platform into the water.  Thanks to pregnancy hormones, this actually brought a tear to my eye.  This poor piggy was PETRIFIED!!!  I mean scared frozen.  When he did finally jump, he was inches from hitting his head and was so scared.  It was all I could do not to take him from the handler and cuddle him :(  But it was pretty cool.

Stop 2 - Figure 8 racing.  Okay, I had never seen or heard of this until now.  Everyone told us it was so cool and it did not disappoint.  This was an action packed 45 minutes complete with rednecks, junk cars, near misses, and big time collisions...Friday's in WS just don't get much better!

Here are the racers and their fan clubs getting ready for the big event  (yep, we are now part of the fan club)

Gentlemen, start your engines!!!

This is the madness that follows...

The rest of the night was spent eating, walking around, checking out the amazing mullets in our town and of course playing BINGO - which none of us one and we were about ready for a throw down with some old ladies!

Now onto our much tamer Saturday... 
The morning started off the best way I can think - helping a family who needs it!  A few of us from our Bible Fellowship Class did some housework for the family we have adopted.  Mak was a kitchen cleaning machine, the whole Derstine crew worked in the yard (Alex broke his arm the day before, but that didn't slow him down - what a great helper!), and I tackled the bathroom.  And the morning would not be complete without a few rounds of freeze tag with the boys!  What a great morning!

Michael and I spent the rest of the day doing baby prep work.  Our nursery furniture came in, so the hubby got to work on assembly.  He did a great job!!!  In just 2 weeks we will have decorations to add when we find out what we are having :)

And then - it was time to haul away all the trash...

Seriously?  That much trash for a tiny baby's furniture?!  The funniest part was prior to it being in the car, it was all piled on our front yard for a good 3 hours!  haha - we were the trashy neighbors for a little while and it was so fun :)
Have a great Monday!

Who's ready for the fair???!!!

Get your jackets and walking shoes read...Round 2 - Dixie Classic Fair tonight at 6:30!!!!!!!  :)

It's a gorgeous day (how can anyone say there is no God when you look outside on days like we have been having - come on people!), and we are heading to the fair tonight with some great friends.  Here is a list of activities that we plan to partake in...I will let you know how successful we are!

6:30 - meet up with everyone and EAT - funnel cake is for sure on the list!
7:00 - Pig races - all for an Oreo, and it's not even fried!!!  Although, at this point in my life, I would probably race for an Oreo also!
7:30 - Figure 8 (I have never seen this before but I hear it's COOL!)
Bingo, other tacky games, and lots more food!
9:45 - fireworks

Whew!  I am tired already, but what better way to get worn out?!