Busy Week!

Brian and I are hosting the after-party for his brother Matthew's ordination (deacon). It's going to be a lot of fun! I'm not sure how many people are coming 50-70? But if you're reading this, then you're invited too!
There's plenty to do this week to get prepared, but I thought I'd stop to take the time to share a bit of the recent mishaps that we've encountered...
Last Friday night, a suburban ran a red light and hit us on the way home.
The good news is we're all fine! But, I don't think I'm getting my car back.

Then, Saturday night, Holly (our German Shepherd-ish dog) got bit by a rattle snake. Her snout and just below swelled pretty badly. Brian took her to the emergency-after hours vet. She's looking great now, but that was added stress and more tough decisions to make. I don't have a picture of her, but Brian said she looked like an 80 year old, overweight man. Sad, but true.

Any thoughts on what kind of car we should get? Patrick is already cruising in a brand new Britax Marathon. I think he likes it a lot more than his infant seat.

Brian's Birthday...

The 26th, Sunday, was Brian's birthday. It was also Patrick's half-birthday. :) We didn't do too much to celebrate really, but we plan on taking a road trip down to the Shiner brewery sometime this summer. Brian has been doing a little bit of welding lately; he's building a smoker! Woo-hoo! Once he can get a hold of a plasma cutter, we can really get to building it. That was sort of the plan for last weekend, but we ended up fixing the mowers and trimming all the trees and crepe myrtles instead. The weather has sort of brought out some unwelcome guests. Saturday, Brian took care of a pretty big rattle snake. That's number two for us here at the house so far this season. The dogs are pretty good at letting us know about the ones that get close to the house. The one on Saturday was out in the barn. I could post a picture of it, but I'm not sure how that'd go over with everyone. I'll put up a "6 month" picture of Patrick pretty soon. :)

Meet Cricket

Brian and I have recently obtained a new, yet unexpected addition to our household. Cute? Yes, but there's much more to this little ball of fur than cuteness. At present, his only desire seems to be biting at our fingers and toes and making his presence known by persistent meowing. Other than that, he sleeps on the sofa - oh, and yes, he also enjoys sitting on the window ledge to look outside and tease the dogs. Speaking of which, Buddy and Holly have been taking to him pretty well recently. Our goal is to let him get big enough that he can stay outside and not be eaten in 5 seconds in the broad day light. It's tough for cats out here. I really hope Cricket can survive - for his sake and for the fact that it'd be nice to have a mouser around. :) The timing could have been a little better (I only have 2 more weeks before Patrick arrives!). But how can you turn down a poor, stranded kitten? Especially when there are mice in your garage? Well, things were getting dull around here anyway ;) Here's to Buddy, Holly and the Cricket - keeping me up and going in my last days of waddling!

Lubbock Floods!

So, as we're all focused on the east coast and hurricane Ike, Lubbock got 6 inches of rain from the west yesterday and flooded! It's true, anytime Lubbock got more than an inch, there were big puddles everywhere...making the walk across campus to the engineering key kind of interesting. Laura emailed me some pictures of the stadium. I really liked this one :) Could this mean a new sport for Texas Tech athletics?

I think I need to post...

Well, at present, there isn't much to say. So, I think that I should say little about the little things that have been going on.
Currently, there is a terrible odor coming from the kitchen sink area. Being pregnant, I notice smells much easier than most. Brian is going to investigate this later; and, to be honest, I'm a little concerned as to what he'll find.
We recently saw Prince Caspian. I really enjoyed it, despite the creative liberties they took in making the film. Really, the book is not so "filmic". I was sort of thinking through how they could have stayed more true to the actual story line...seems like a challenge really. It's true, it is different, but I wasn't offended by most of the changes. (I'm also looking forward to seeing Indiana Jones soon!)
Hmm..what else has been going on?
Oh! Brian and I got a riding lawn mower! It's the best thing that's happened since we got our refrigerator! It cuts 50"...can you imagine how much time that saves us? :) I used it on the front lawn last night; needless to say, I'm a happy customer. Yeah for craigslist!
One last thing...we're going to my cousin's wedding shower this weekend in Abilene. It should be fun. ...I need to get them a gift!