Hummingbirds

These hummingbirds have been our morning entertainment each day! I like to sit on the front porch with my cup of tea in the morning before school and watch these guys go crazy over the bird feeder!

They are actually pretty much constant entertainment all day, the only time we have to sit and watch them though is early morning and evening. At one point we counted about 10 hummingbirds, fighting for their chance at the sugar water! Very fun!

I hope the video came out ok! If not you can link to it on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ow0eNEjQ2I

I know it's not a very long version but I hope you get the idea!

Our Vacation

Matt and I were incredibly lucky to be able to take 2 and 1/2 weeks of vacation this summer. We spent 1 week in Canada, and 1 week on Cape Cod (the rest of the days were driving days!) we had a completely relaxing and fun time with our family.

We started our trip with a drive up to Canada, we took it slow and spent about 2 1/2 days on the road. We spent a great day (Matt's Birthday) in Niagara Falls along our way. It was fun to be about to stop and break up some drive time!

Our time in Canada was pure relaxation. It was Matt's first time in Canada and I was so excited to introduce him to it! We spent our days lounging by the river, then lounging up at the cottage, then... lounging by the river again! We did make a couple little excursions. One day we drove into Ottawa and visited the market and Parliment buildings. Another day we spent some time driving around a nearby national park.

The next half of the trip was with Matt's family on Cape Cod, we got some quality time with my family too which was good! On the Cape we mostly enjoyed spending time at the beach, on the lake, or on the boat. Those days along with some fabulous meals and quality time with family made for a trip that couldn't have been better!

We came home so relaxed, it was great to get away! Our trip home deserves it's own post, so be looking for that over the next couple of days!

Canada Pics

Cape Cod Pics

A great night!

Matt and I spent the evening last night going to dinner and the theater in St. Louis! It was so much fun and the performance was AMAZING. I had been wanting to see this musical for a long time now and am so excited we got the opportunity!

My wonderful husband was perfectly happy and excited for the evening, even though it meant the long drive into St. Louis for the show and not getting home til 1:30am. It is the middle of his work week, and he needed to be at work early the next morning. Plus he doesn't get much time off this weekend since it is his units drill weekend. Thank you babes for such a fun night!

Welcome Home Dad!

About a week and a half ago my dad returned from his deployment. Mom, Matt, and I along with some friends decided to surprise him and meet him on his late night arrival into Springfield, MO (he thought only mom would be there). It ended up being an interesting night since our little welcome party was running around this small airport looking for my dad, who it turned out got stuck in Memphis and wasn't going to be arriving until the next morning. So we took our picture with all our welcome home items, emailed it to him and drove the hour and a half back home... mom went and picked up dad in the morning, the rest of us had to be at work.

The week that mom and dad were here was fantastic! We enjoyed some great time together, most notably was Fathers Day. We rented a boat and spent the day out on the lake, it was fun speeding around the water and finding quiet coves to anchor in for some swimming! So fun!

Matt and I are back to some quiet days now that mom and dad headed back to dad's new assignment in Maryland. Summer school is over for me, so I'm trying to fill my days with projects I've been meaning to get done!

Since it became a little easier...

I changed the look of the blog! I guess blogger added a "design" feature. It made it pretty easy to change up our background with the click of a button. Has this feature been here for a while? I'm embarassed if it has because I just noticed it!

Oh and... look forward to some more updates! My dad just got back from his deployment (yay!), mom came out here to welcome him back and we got to spend a fun week with the them. Once I organize pictures/thoughts, I'll post!