Save the Date

I know it is a long ways off but I want everyone to save June 6, 2008. You may wonder just what could be happening that far away that I would want you to set the day aside. Okay so you are really just thinking, well it is Lauri, she has to plan everything.

Well this time it isn't me that the day will be most important for. This is the day we are hoping to be buying all kinds of pink baby clothes because there is going to be a new baby in the family.

That's right Andy, Nikki, and Riley are going to be adding a new member to their family. Well Nikki will be doing all the hard work for the next 8 1/2 months but Andy and Riley wanted to be included in the good news.

So keep thinking lots of pink thoughts and we will keep you up to date on the excitement.

What's New

Thought I would catch up on what is new and exciting around here, ok it more like what is pretty much the same and kind of mundane.

Nikki and Riley flew to Mass to visit her grandma and aunt and uncle for the weekend, it was pretty much of a whirlwind tour. Flew out of Orlando Friday morning and back on Sunday afternoon. They had a good time and that is all that matters.

Mum and Dad have gone to Kim's until Dennis transfers back to Jacksonville, he should be here the second week in October. Kim will be in Virginia for training for about a month before she heads overseas.

John is still floating around in the Atlantic or Med or somewhere in that area. He has taken the rating exam and we are all keeping our fingers crossed for him to get promoted.

Kimberly is at collage and all is going well there.

Leesha is in Omaha and doing great, we got pictures from her a week or so ago and it looks like she has it made for living arrangements.

Chris just got back from the Game Stop Managers Conference in Las Vegas, he had a good time and was very tired when he arrived home. He is still putting in lots of hours at the store, he is in the process of hire some more game advisors (GameStop employees official name). Maybe we will see a bit more of him for a while, but even if we do it will be short lived because the holiday season will be starting soon and he will be very busy at the store.

Andy is working hard, his job site is winding down and he will be moving to a new one, we are all waiting with bated breath, well maybe not but we are curious as to where he will go.

Kathi and David will be on their way back to Hawaii, just couldn't get enough the first time. They arrive on the 21st of Oct, which by the way is our 30th anniversary. Where does the time go?

Christopher is back in port but that is about all I know.

I've been working on scrapbooking, lots of pictures from Norway. I'm getting there and hope to be finished in the next month.

I think that brings up up to date on everyone. Have a great day and I'll be back soon.

Playing at the Park

What a great time we had today. Went to the lakefront to walk and play at the park. Got all sorts of surprises. Saw the big backhoe moving dirt around and the bulldozer with a bucket putting the dirt into dumptrucks. When we got to the park found that there was a little water park to play at. We weren't prepared, no sunscreen was the biggest thing we were missing but we will be prepared the next time.

Riley had a great time playing in the water and trying to figure out where the water was coming from and why it would go away sometimes. He was pretty lucky because he was never under the bucket that would fill up and spill all over the place so he never got to wet until he decided to sit down. We had a really good time and will have to go back someday soon.

Riley's Walk

Riley always gets so excited when we go for a walk and today was no different. The walk itself was much nicer, we were a bit earlier then normal so it wasn't quite as hot and the sun went behind some clouds for some of the walk. All the ducks were in one place today and didn't run away when we stopped to look at them so Riley was thrilled with that and had a good laugh at me quacking at the ducks.

Celebrating Birthdays at Kim's

Started our day pretty early, Riley had spent the night with us so Nikki and Andy could celebrate her birthday. We were up at about 0500 and in the car at about 0530. We made a stop at Mobile on the Run for ice, a cold soda, and hot coffee. Picked up Andy and Nikki and headed to the turnpike at about 0615.

Stopped at both rest areas plus there was trouble on the Turnpike at Wildwood and we really couldn't figure out how bad it was and if the road was actually closed. When we got there traffic was driving in the breakdown lane and not getting backed up yet but I could see it happening. It was a double trailer Fedex truck that had flipped over and made quite a mess. The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful and we got to Kim's at about 0945.

Had a good time, watched Breann learn to ride her new bike, the big boys play horseshoes, and just the normal stuff. Lunch was delicious, hamburgs, hot dogs, and hot links on the grill, Tom did a great job as usual. Cake was next and we celebrated the Aug and Sept birthdays: Dad, Dan, Jodi, Tom, Kim, and Nikki.

Headed over to Nikki's folks and celebrated her birthday again. More cake, this time an ice cream cake from Publix. Looked very good but none for me. We finally hit the road to head home at about 1930 or so. Traffic wasn't to bad, could have been alot worse. Got home at about 2230.

Had a really great day, but there were lots of tired people thank goodness we all have Monday off.