New swing set.....finally!

Our parents bought Taylor a swing set for her birthday (which is in June). We bought it a few months before her birthday so we could set it up for her birthday. That obviously didn't happen, so we pulled it out this weekend and put it together. Saturday Brandon came over and helped us put it together. We spent half of Saturday, 2 hours Sunday and 1 hour Monday putting it together.

Taylor absolutely loves it! She climbed right up the ladder and slid down the slide. She loves the swings as well! It was so nice last night while we were cooking dinner, Taylor went outside and played and we watched from the kitchen. Love it!

It looked a little overwhelming at the start!

Taylor being such a big helper. She loved helping me measure the wood pieces and other things.

Nathan and Brandon building the fort.

Taylor testing out the fort to see if she likes it...

Already reading a book inside her fort!

That smile right there was worth the 3 days of labor.

The finished product!

Nathan playing with Taylor on the swing.

Labor Day weekend 2009

Love 3 day weekends! We had a wonderful, relaxing weekend. Friday night we had dinner at the new restaurant in Coppell, J. Mackelin's and it was yummy! Saturday morning we pulled out the swing set that has been sitting in our garage since probably March and began to put it together. Brandon came over and helped build the majority of it. Of course we had to stop at 2:30 to watch Baylor beat Wake Forest - Sic' em Bears! We cleaned up after the game and went over to the Zappasodi's house for dinner. The kids had a blast playing together!


Sunday we worked on the swing set a little more and almost finished, but we had to head out to Prosper for dinner with some other friends. The boys fried up some fish and we just hung out - it was fabulous and relaxing.

Taylor riding Cody's 4 wheeler

Taylor and Cody just chillin'

Monday morning we finished the swing set! Yesterday afternoon we took Taylor to her first movie at the movie theatre! We went to see Up at the dollar theatre. We weren't sure how she would do sitting through an entire movie, so we figured the dollar theatre was a great place to start. She did great and seemed to love it!

Meet the Teacher

Meet the Teacher!! We met Taylor's two new teachers this morning at KDO. She was so excited to go to school. Her teachers are Miss Petra and Miss Danielle. They are both super sweet ladies and I know Taylor will love them. There are 11 kids in her class and some of them were in her class last year and then there are some new kids. She is going to have a blast this year at KDO!

On our way to her new class....

Playing with the giant doll house

Coloring with new friends

Showing mommy her apple with her name on it

Taylor with Miss Danielle

Taylor with Miss Petra

Nathan's volleyball game

Nathan had an early volleyball game last night, so Taylor and I went to cheer him on. We learned quickly to take a bucket and shovel to the courts with us to keep Taylor occupied. She digs in the sand for a little while and then moves on to rolling around in the sand. She usually comes home with a diaper full of sand, but she loves ever minute of playing in the sand!

Playing in the sand

Action shot! (Nathan in the black)

Cheering for daddy!

Playing in the sand with daddy. Where did her hand go???

Meeting in the middle

Taylor and I drove down to Buffalo, Texas yesterday to meet my mom and Mrs. Patterson for lunch. No, we don't usually drive 2 hours to have lunch. While mom and dad were on vacation, we have been watching their dog and he was ready to go home. We had lunch at Dairy Queen (yum!) and then we traded presents from Turkey for Teddy! Teddy was more than happy to see mom!

Teddy is a good dog, but it was a little much having 3 dogs here with Taylor. Teddy isn't use to having children around and I don't know how many times he stepped on Taylor or knocked her down. He didn't mean to of course, but she let him know that that was not okay. She would say, "No, no, no Teddy. No hurt me". Taylor did love having him around though. She is quite the animal lover.

Foot problem unknown....

I went to the Orthopedist last Monday to see if he could do something about my foot. He looked at the x-rays and said he didn't think there was a break (like my chiropractor had thought). He said an MRI should show us what is wrong with it since he didn't see anything on the x-ray. We waited all last week to see if our insurance would approve the doctors request to have me get an MRI of my foot. Finally Friday we got a letter from the insurance company saying they had denied his request. Monday the doctor's office appealed it and yesterday the MRI place called and apparently the insurance had approved the request with more info from the doctor. I went in yesterday afternoon and had the MRI.

I can totally see how people would freak out if they were having an MRI of their chest or head. Luckily only my foot had to be in the machine, but I don't think I could of handled my head in it. Anyway, I am glad to finally get the MRI and now hopefully the doctor can find something wrong with my foot. It has been over 2 weeks since the pain started and I am ready to know what is going on. Hopefully it is nothing serious and just something that can be easily fixed.

Last week run down

I have been doing a horrible job keeping up with my blog lately....sorry. Here is a run down of last week:

Monday: took the day off to rest and had zero time to rest. Had to get my Chez Ami trunk repacked and shipped out to the next consultant. Then I went to lunch with Crystal and Somang and on the way home got a call from work. Went home and worked for 2 hours before going to the Orthopedist. The doctor doesn't think my foot is broken and wants to get an MRI. Went straight from the Orthopedist to the Chiropractor.

Wednesday: Went up the church to sign Taylor up for KDO (Kids Day Out). They opened up a one-day spot on Wednesdays - I am so excited she gets to go to school. Then we went to the Early Childhood PTA membership drive. At the membership drive they had a bounce house, face painting, and balloon animals. Taylor jumped in the bounce house for approximately 2 minutes and was ready to move on. She got a balloon dog on a leash that she absolutely loved! It was so funny watching her 'walk' the dog on the leash. She couldn't wait for Nathan to get home that day so she could show him.

Friday: Dinner with the Huskeys and Taylors at 7 Salsa for social. After dinner we went to the concert in the park series that Coppell has been putting on at Town Center. Friday night was the last night of the concert series and it was swing music. The kids ran around and danced while we all sat on blankets and relaxed. The music was wonderful and the kids seemed to love it!

Saturday: Nathan spent the morning at the Coppell community garden helping some of the men from church build a new shed for the community garden. The community garden is worked by residents of Coppell and then all of the food is given to a charity for the needy. Nathan and I thought about helping out there, but since we both have black thumbs, we figured we better not attempt it. We did some grocery shopping Saturday afternoon and then I went to the Divine Consign presale in Grapevine.

Mom and Dad got home safely from their 3 week trip to Eastern Europe Saturday. They went to Turkey first and then met up with my brother Zach in Moldova. Zach is currently stationed in Moldova working at the US Embassy as a diplomat in training. Zach took some time off and took mom and dad to Romania and some other countries (can't remember the names right now). I'm just glad they got home safely.