nonstop.

Holy cow, the past five days have been a WHIRLWIND!  I've completely lost track of what day it is and feel like I have been in a bubble.  I found out Brad and Angelina had their twins about THREE days ago!  That is a piece of information I would usually know about as it's even happening, lol.  The past few days have been a lot of fun, though.  It really is a crazy thing doing what I do at these conferences.  I'm at the American Association of Justice Conference which is in Philadelphia this time and hosts hundreds of attorneys from around the country.  Last time it was in Puerto Rico and before that it was in Chicago.  The next one is in Honolulu!  I thought it was pretty funny they were holding it in Philly, the city I'm so accustomed to.  The days consist of exhibiting and the whole rest of the night is NON STOP action.  There is a themed cocktail event every day in the exhibit hall, then a reception and party at city monuments, always a dinner we have to attend, and then the late night action is held a different club in the venue's city each night.  It's great getting to really experience so many different places, bands and food within the hosting city.  The Commodores played the other night!  I was bummed Lil' Richie wasn't there.  It's pretty crazy this is what I get paid to do, although not for long, and it has been the biggest blessing.  And I can honestly say I'm okay with the fact that I will be moving on soon.  It's fun, but EXHAUSTING!  I have met so many amazing people and have traveled to some awesome places and have eaten incredible food.  Now I get to embark on a new journey a little closer to "home" - LeHigh Valley, PA.  We're moving in two weeks!  I'm done with the conference tomorrow and then leave on Thursday for all of Julia's wedding festivities.  I am so excited to finally stand up next to my beautiful Jules and watch her say "I DO!".  Rob and I will be back on Sunday and then Monday we leave for Maine.  I can't believe how busy the month of July has been.  And August won't exactly be any calmer.  But life is great and God has really blessed us with all of these great experiences.  I have been staying at the downtown Marriott throughout the conference and was able to have Robbie stay with me and attend some of the parties.  He always hears about the craziness that goes on at these events but has never experienced it.  I felt so proud to have my husband with me and to show him off to all of our clients and my dear friends.  Everyone loved him, of course.  I don't have any pictures to post yet - I don't have my camera cord with me at the hotel, but hopefully in the next post I will have pictures of the conference, wedding and Maine!  That is if I can't post before I get back from everything - which is very well possible.  I hope everyone is having a great week so far.  There are quite a few of you that I will see this weekend and I am SO excited!!  For everyone else, please keep in touch and God Bless!

AH.

So busy right now!  I'm getting ready for our huge AAJ Conference that starts tomorrow so I have been super busy.  I will probably have some down time during the day on Saturday or Sunday while I'm there to write.  I'm "working" this weekend, but my schedule includes concerts and parties with clients.  Life is rough.  :o)  We're hosting a roof deck party at Vango tomorrow from 10pm-2am!  If you're in the city, let me know!  I will write more soon!  Enjoy the end of your week!  God Bless!!  

busy bee.

Here's a picture from Julia's bachelorette weekend.  It was SO amazing to be with my girls again.  I love ya'll so much!

Ah, so, we're moving THIS MONTH!  I have not done a THING to prepare.  I don't even want to think about going through our storage closet.  We can't open the door anymore without becoming buried in debris of all sorts of random items.  It will be so nice when we are in the house, everything is put away and we can RELAX!!  Yay.  I'm also in the process of finishing up my job in Philly and finding what I want to do in LeHigh Valley.  I decided against working for Young Life full time.  God really put it on my heart that now is just not the time.  I will definitely keep you posted on what I decide to do work wise!  It's pretty exciting being in this position where I am leaving my current job with blessings and get to move on to something new.  The sky is the limit!  It is a little daunting at the same time though with everything on our plate.  And this month is ridiculously busy for Robbie and I.  Within the next few weeks we have: a conference I'm working for a week, Julia's wedding festivities (yay!), a family reunion in Maine and trying to move!  I apologize in advance if my writings tend to lack in effort.  It won't be forever!  

I hope everyone has an AMAZING 4th of July!  I'm excited for Friday.  My parents are out of town, so Robbie and I are taking over their house, with their blessings of course.  We're throwing a shindig and taking full use of the pool, hot tub, grill and fire pit.  Bring on the margaritas!  If you're reading this and are in the area, let us know!  The more the merrier!!  I miss the good 'ol days in TX when we used to shoot off fireworks in the driveway.  This year we will resort to sparklers.  I hope to get a lot of pictures to post!!  Have fun and be safe this 4th of July!  God Bless!!

ecstatic.

She stole the show!!!  Way too cute for words.

My little lovebug.

So, I just brought up my blog to see if my pictures had miraculously appeared on Thursday's post...and while doing so, I looked down at the bottom of the post, and saw that I had TWO comments!!!  I thought when you received a comment it gets emailed to you, but I now realize this is only the case if you have that as a setting.  And then!...I looked at the post before Thursday's post, AND 'LO AND BEHOLD, I had TWO posts there as well!  I feel like the luckiest woman in the world right now!  And it seriously makes me want to write more.  I have to give a HUGE shout out to my three amazing readers who posted and totally made my day. 

I decided to forget about the pictures in the last post and completely start over.  Here is a hodgepodge of pictures from last weekend, and then later this week I'll post pictures from THIS weekend.  We had Julia's bachelorette weekend and it was AMAZING!  The pics are on everyone else's camera so I will steal those soon.  And seriously, I love when others post pictures on their blogs with their entries, so enough of my "words only" theme - I will be sure to add pictures too! 

I hope everyone's weekend was so much fun!  Thanks for reading.  :o)

hotttt.

Well, I am now a Bikram Yogi!  I did Bikram Yoga when I lived in Chicago...during my pre-married, living young and in the city stage of my life.  I loved it but didn't get to pursue it once I moved back.  I researched and found a place on the Main Line.  I'm in love again!  I started Monday and I have gone EVERY DAY SINCE.  And that is dedication!  Each class is 90 minutes long, and for those of you new to the Bikram style, it means the whole class is held in a 105 degree room with humidity at 40%.  It is HOT and it KICKS MY BUTT.  But I am so in love with it again and am definitely wanting to do it for the long haul.  I convinced my sister to wake up early tomorrow morning and join me.  I encourage everyone to try it!  Robbie even joined me one time when he visited me in Chicago.  He had NO idea what the heck "Bikram" yoga was, and when I told him that a lot of football players came to the class too, he decided to give it a try.  He was shocked at how great of a workout it is.  I'm so excited for my newfound niche.

Robbie is back from his trip and I'm happy to have him home.   He had an awesome time and I had a great weekend too.  Addy was the CUTEST one at her recital.  My heart just melted watching her.  Oh, and I mentioned in my last post the block party I was going to on Sunday - they always have a firetruck come for the kiddies to ride in.  There was a good hour where the kids were off doing something else, so...let's just say Jena and I kept ourselves quite entertained.  Here are some pics!

(okay...my pics ARE NOT uploading right now.  Why is this?!  They keep going to the top!  Please let me know if you have an answer!  I'll try again later.)

Have a great rest of the week!  I'm off the State College to celebrate our sweet Julia and one of her last weekends as a single gal!!  Can't wait to post all about it when I get back!

hip hip.

HOORAY!  It's the weekend.  As sad it is that my hubbo will be leaving me for a guy-trip to the Adirondacks tomorrow morning, I am so excited for this weekend and the quality time I will get to spend with my family.  My little niece Addy has a big dance recital tomorrow (the first dance recital of my nieces that I've been able to attend!), tomorrow night Jena and I have a hot wine date and Sunday is my parent's annual block party AND Father's Day.  It's going to be such a fun and relaxing weekend.  I will miss Robbie terribly, of course, but I love having my family so close by and I know it will be harder to see them once we move.  This weekend will be spent making so many fun memories.  And let me mention all of the pool action I'll get!  I think I may possibly use my parent's pool more now than when I lived there.  I don't mind this heat wave at all if there is a pool to use at my leisure.  Bring it on!

So this is kind of random, but this is something I want to talk about...shopping cart returns at the grocery store.  Or really any store for that matter.  I strive to be one of those shoppers that always returns their carts, after they pack their car up, to the cart return in the parking lot.  Yesterday, after I finished unloading my Target purchases into my car and shut the door, I scouted the parking lot to try and find the nearest cart return.  It was seriously about five lanes over, and five lanes over separated by about three different mounds of pavement and grass.  What would you do in this situation?  Would you maneuver back to the main street in front of the store and walk five lanes over to the cart return?  Or would you simply put your cart in the empty parking space next to you where it so CONVENIENTLY fits?  Well, I just left it by my car.  And it consumed my mind all of yesterday and last night.  So today, I had to run to the store to pick up some pancake mix for the breakfast I want to make for Rob and his friends before they take off tomorrow (they leave around 7am - I'll let you know if the breakfast actually happens), and I made a POINT to ONLY park my car in a spot right next to the cart return.  It is my pact and promise to only park my car near the cart return from this day forward.  This way, I can do my part to be a loyal customer and patron by making sure my cart gets back to the appropriate spot.  I feel like this is such a brilliant idea, to make sure to park by the cart return at all times, that I just had to share this with all of you.  I know, I know...THIS is what consumes my mind?  Yep.

I hope everyone has an amazing weekend! Don't forget to take this awesome opportunity to enjoy and love on the daddies, uncles and grandfathers in your life.  Happy Father's Day!!

gooood.

Things are good!  I deleted my last post because it isn't applicable anymore. :o)

I woke up this morning feeling SO much better and my fever completely gone.  I logged on and read my last two posts and thought I sounded like an Eeyore with a huge rain cloud over my head!  I've never been one to ask for "unspoken" prayer requests - I'm usually the first one to just blurt it all out.  It felt a little awkward putting something so big in our thought processes right now out into the virtual world.  But really, isn't that one of the blessings about the internet?  If negative information can be spread so quickly, at least the opposite is also true. Bring on the virtual prayers!  

My job situation has taken a drastic turn - God threw something into my lap, an opportunity, that Robbie and I have NO idea what to do about.  And it's getting down to crunch time.  I would have to take a HUGE pay cut, which doesn't come at the best time considering we're moving into our new home next month, but it would be the opportunity of a lifetime and something that I would enjoy SO much.  But are we being realistic about all of this?  What are the effects later down the line?  What if God puts a baby into our life sooner than we would ideally want?  Would it be selfish of me to take the job and leave what I have?  AH!  These are all things consuming my mind right now.  This job would be an honor, and would put me in the position to be a mentor and leader for young women and teen moms.  How can I turn away from that??  Double AH!  Again, thank you for your prayers, this has been all consuming for the past two weeks, but praise the Lord that this is the biggest thing in our life right now!  We really are so blessed with our lives and that we are healthy and about to move into an awesome new home.  I have received some really sweet messages and have been able to keep people updated in a more personal manner, which has been great.  

Okay, enough about me, how are YOU?!  Let us know!!  :o)