The Petersens Visit :) and Porter's very 1st kids Birthday Party and Carousel ride !!!

Kerry, Chelsea, Sawyer and Sophie came to visit this past weekend! We thought about going to the zoo, but a storm was blowing in so we settled for lunch and a quick stop at the play area at the near-by mall.  It didn't really matter where we were it was fun to catch up and see the kids!  They are so stinking cute and changing so fast :) Love them!

Porter is already flirting with his girlfriend Sophie:)

After we left them we headed off to Celebrate our friend Amy's little Calvin's Birthday!  I unfortunately didn't get any pictures of Calvin - since he was out playing, but Porter got to hang out with Sophie's competition, Chloe and meet a few new friends!  It is so fun to see him start to interact with other little kids!

June

June has been a crazy busy month is seems leading into the summer. It's not over but will continue in much the same week with our friend Gina's wedding and the yearly Foley Family Reunion.

At the beginning of the month I realized I was finally growing out of my normal clothes and within a week I hardly felt comfortable in any of them. It is amazing how fast that stuff happens. I think between what I have bought and what my friend
Michelle generously donated I should be covered until Barstow shows up:)

Mitch's Graduation Party













The first weekend of the month I went with my sister Julie and niece Samantha to the Quad Cities to help celebrate my cousin Mitch's Graduation. Our visit was cut short so I didn't even get a chance to take a pic of him on his day (Sam got a little sick...so we had to head home:( ).










17 Week Appointment

I had my 17 week appointment on the 12th which was not too exciting, but I got to hear Baby Barstow's heartbeat again, which is nice since I at this point am still waiting to feel him move. His heart-rate was 150 this time:)

Camping - our first BFGB Weekend with the Lucas' and Hughes'

This past weekend we went camping with our friends the Lucas' and the Hughes'. It was the first year we got to make it camping with them and it was a lot of fun! Even though it was plenty hot and we had a little rain - everyone still had a great time!

Father's Day

Of course Sunday was Fathers day so I went home to celebrate with my family. Everyone made it this time except for Bruce and Wil so it was a pretty full house and really nice to see everyone.

Here is a picture of Sam, myself and of course Baby Barstow, who is trying to start to show his/herself =)

Our 5th Anniversary!

We really started celebrating in Galena, but the actual day of our anniversary we commemorated it again alone in a little more laid back Steve and Lori fashion. We took the day off, slept very late… Lounged around and slowly got ready… Took the dogs for a walk… Did a little shopping…went to the Star Trek movie in the late afternoon – which, by the way was a REALLY good movie…and then rounded the evening off by cooking out. Sounds a little boring but it was a great way to celebrate. We are in the middle having our deck expanded, rebuilt and enhanced with a Pergola to try to make it more usable during the sunny hours. This is what we are choosing to do instead of real vacations and presents right now.

5 years -Doesn’t seem like it has been that long, so I guess that is a good sign….I still like him too =) Check back with me in another 20 to 30 years, but I am hoping to be able to still say the same thing – it’s a good start anyway.

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend, Steve and I had the very generous offer from our friends Jeff and Cathy to share in their timeshare credits at a Galena IL resort to enjoy a nice long weekend with them.

We took an extra day off on Friday and headed to Cedar Rapids on our way to Galena - so we could meet Kerry and Sawyer for a late lunch (we don’t move too fast on a day off ;) since as luck would have it they were in town for the weekend. We also dropped Ollie and Zeus at Mom and Dad’s since they had kindly agreed to dog-sit their granddogs for the weekend. It was great to have a chance to visit with Kerry and see Sawyer…he is getting SO BIG – SO FAST…it is amazing. He is a good boy and a lot of fun! Kerry thought she was funny and found me some McClure Brand Pickles….(cute pregnancy joke : ) If they would just move home to where they belong we wouldn’t have such short visits….KERRY ANN!

Then it was off to Galena to meet Jeff and Cathy… Lots of relaxing, eating good food, drinking/watching drinking of a many drinks and shopping for the whole weekend. We really appreciated the opportunity to join them and had a great time!