Thursday, May 22, 2008

Excuses, Excuses

I know, I know. I've been promising to do this for weeks now. And just when I feel like I have nothing to write about, I start thinking back to all the things that have happened in the last few weeks and realize that I do have a lot to blog about. So here goes. A few weeks ago, Jeremy started building a pergola onto the back of our house. What we thought would be a maybe 2 weekend project is now dragging out into a sweet forever, but one day soon (hopefully before Lauren's 3rd birthday) we'll have shade and ceiling fans and a really nice spot to sit outside and enjoy the view of the creek from our backyard. If anyone would like to help us paint, we have plenty of brushes :) Here's a picture of what it looks like right now:




I can't wait to see it once our backyard is cleaned up! So anyway, the pergola building started, work picked up, birthday parties happened, 2 neices graduated, and I just got busy. I kept thinking "I must update the blog or I will lose my faithful 3 readers!" However, it just never happened, and I kept pushing it farther and farther out. But fear not my faithful 3 readers, here is your update, along with lots of pictures of our little one!

The slideshow covers what we've done the last few weeks.



We are now firmly ensconced in planning a birthday party. I cannot believe almost 3 years have gone by! Every day gets a little more challenging and a little more fun, as Lauren develops into her own little person. Questions are asked all the time at our house, and I stay mentally exhausted, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I have a post about my first New Orleans trip that has been circling around in my head for a few days now, but I didn't want to turn completely serious in my first post back. So, someday soon, when I've sorted it all out, I'll blog about it, but until then....enjoy the slideshow!

6 comments:

Joanna Ashlock said...

Absolutely adorable! We miss you guys!!

Phillips Family said...

Faithful reader number three is checking in! Ha!I love those pictures at the Old Mill. Lauren is just too beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Love the slide show! Love y'all!

Sara said...

Found your blog thru Facebook...your little girl is adorable and yes she does look just like you! How fun!

Sarah said...

Faithful Reader #5 here. It's about time!!!

Lauren is absolutely adorable.

Amy said...

glad you're back!