Maggie

Tim trains our younger yellow lab, Maggie, everyday after work. He's working with her to hunt waterfowl. She's picking up on stuff pretty quick and Tim is having a great time doing it.
Last night's training session was decent weather, so we all went. While Levi played around the yard, I took some photos. (As you can see, we haven't had rain for weeks and the weather has been blazin' hot. I'm sad that our grass is all dried out and brown.)

Father's Day

We always celebrate our "Sunday holidays" the day before. That way, Sunday is still a special day to spend with family, go to church, and making sure we are keeping the Sabbath day holy.
(However, for Father's day, gifts come on Sunday morning)

Saturday we all slept in! It was GLORIOUS. We woke up and ate a small breakfast then made our way down to Fort Wayne. It was supposed to be hot later and we didn't want Levi getting too warm. It's nice that Fort Wayne has a lot of things going on during the summer and this weekend was RIBFEST. Tim was thrilled to say the least.



After stuffing ourselves we came home and all napped. Again, GLORIOUS.
We then woke up and went swimming at Tim's boss's house. They have a lot of land, big house and HUGE pool. This was Levi's first time in a pool. He hated it for the first 10 minutes but then once he was used to the water temperature, he LOVED it. I'm happy he's not afraid of being in water. We didn't swim long because a thunderstorm came, but we were thankful for the rain. We've been missing it a lot here.
We ended the night putting Levi down for the night and then enjoyed each other's company with a movie. (We bought all three "The Mummy" movies for 12 bucks. SCORE)

Sunday morning, we woke up late since we went to bed late. I was able to get Levi up before Tim and have him take his Daddy a present. If we count the time I was pregnant with Levi, this will be Tim's 3rd Father's day. And every time he's gotten a new tie. It's basically a tradition. And Levi (future kids) will always help pick it out. This years tie is blue, yellow, red, orange, green, purple?? I can't remember, but I know it's colorful. My gift to Tim was a card and then something I found on Pinterest. It's a keychain stamped "lucky us" and then pennies for the years 2010 and 2012. Which are the birth years of our children.


We ended up having cinnamon waffles for breakfast then made our way to Church. Some friends from Church also ended up inviting us over for dinner that night and we played games with their kids. It was a GREAT weekend.

Alphabet

http://youtu.be/15_5XiCZ9d0

Levi says his alphabet.

Still here

We've been super busy lately. I'm still trying to get things from Ohio cleared up and finished. We've never had any luck with internet companies when it comes to customer service. Our Penske rental truck charged us over a hundred dollars for turning it in "late" (our days were fri night to sun night but of course they're not open on sunday) Changing banks and avoiding additional fees. Indiana also requires that we get new licenses and we have to take the written test to get them. (Annoying) Tim is having issues with school, we don't want to pay out of state tuition so school for him is on hold.

However, on a good note. Tim is doing well at work and enjoying every minute of it. He's also training our newer yellow lab, Maggie, hunting skills and she's really picking up on things. Did I mention she's a BEAUTIFUL dog now. Awkward puppy, but beautiful grown dog. Dixie is just.... well, she's just Dixie. She's more protective and more companion like than a working dog.

I've been doing a lot of cooking lately. Tim says I've been blowing stuff out of the park lately. Sometimes my afternoons while Levi naps is researching what I've got and what I can make with it. I'm also still working on school. That's getting there, but because it's deadline isn't until 2013, sometimes it gets put on the back burner.
I'm also 21 weeks prego, and the nightly heartburn and tossing and turning has begun. Not enjoying this.
I have a new calling at church. I teach the 15-18 year old sunday school class. They like me and I feel I've gotten lucky with willing and involved kids.
Levi has his 18 month checkup 2 weeks ago. He's short (go figure) but as far as comprehension and development the doc said he's above average for boys so he's right up there with the girls. Knows and understands lots of words. Fine and gross motor skills are doing great. He still doesn't like to sit still which makes church a hassle but the fact that he goes to Nursery is also a blessing.

Until next time