Now the good stuff...

You know me. I hate to focus on all the negative stuff so here's the post about the good stuff from this weekend. FIrst of all I got to see my dad's new house. It is beautiful! And second we had a wonderful time at the boat show. Lots of pictures! And third we tried some new restaurants that were all wonderful!
(just noticed my good stuff post is a few sentences and my bad stuff post was a few pages.)

The boat show at Arrowhead Yacht Club...




The boats!!!!!









The food...

This restaurant is in Vinita. It was on Diners Drive-thrus and Dives. They have a pretty darn good pan fried chicken fried steak.
Jorge had his first Chicken Fry (or as he called it, "Chicken not Chicken") at a fantastic diner in Grove called American Grill. It was our favorite so far.

Lake weekend... the bad stuff...

We were so excited to get to the lake house this weekend. My father had been staying there for the past few days and got some work done. It was going to be our first weekend at the house with hot water, a shower and beds for everyone. The lap of luxury I tell you! On our way in to town I noticed the local volunteer firemen on their way to some emergency. Huh. Then I pulled into our driveway and saw a long note on our door and the propane man at our house. I didn't think to much of the note or the propane man. We had called earlier in the week to set up an appointment for him to come out. We just didn't know when he was coming. I thought the note said "sorry I missed you". And then the firetrucks arrived...
I stepped out of the car and was greeted by people yelling "get away from the house!" I unloaded the three kids and one dog and headed to the water. The smell of gas was overwhelming. I heard someone say "if you would of flipped on a light the whole thing would of blown". I guess our new handyman that came out last week didn't realize we had a massive leak under the house when he turned on our gas. Luckily, the neighbor smelled it and called the propane company. All of our propane leaked out into our house. Very scary. The firemen aired out the house while Lillie, Jorge and I went to the neighbors house on the lake and watched Dora. This is the same old lady that mowed my lawn last weekend. A great grandmother! So after that was done it was dark. We were supposed to meet my dad for dinner but I couldn't get a hold of him. I was very worried. I didn't know how to get a hold of him or where to find him. I had never been to his new house and didn't have an address. Found out in the morning he was fine, but Chris and I worried all night. My sister even called the local hospital. On Saturday we went to my Dad's new house (once he called and told us how to get there) to watch the game. I was so excited to see my brother who was in town. When I walked in Aaron seemed fine, but progressively got sicker as the day went by. This is very unlike my healthy bro. We all decided to let Aaron sleep and we got takeout. I brought in my laptop so we could watch the movie I had been watching on the computer. When we left I was exhausted. I got home pulled out my computer and instead of pulling out my Mac I pulled out my bro's HP. Oh crap. He was leaving at 5am and I had to get his computer back to him. That means driving all the way back to my dads. Chris went with me and we dropped off the laptop and headed back to the house. It was now 11pm. I was so sleepy. And then I saw sirens behind me. Oh crap. Yes, I was getting pulled over. I didn't get a ticket for my busted tail light but I was still very annoyed. We finally got back to the lake house at 11:30. I was so sleepy. I went to the bathroom and headed to bed. Then I hear Chris "where did this water come from?" The toilet was over flowing. I reached in the toilet to try to get it to stop and broke something off. Now I have toilet spray all in my face. I was done. I was sleepy and cranky.
Oh, I forgot another crappy thing! Sometime on Saturday Ne-Ne went missing. For those of you don't know, Ne-Ne is Lillie's baby blanket she carries around and sleeps with. Got to have Ne-Ne. So we spent the night with a two year old crying for her lost blanket. Very sad. I think that covers it all. I will post the good things on a separate post. Too much in weekend for one post. We think our next visit to the lake we will sleep at Papa's house!

seeing double...

Yesterday I decided to cut Lillie's bangs. I hated to do it, but it needed to be done. It was two years before she had enough hair to even wear a bow. All that hard work and I had to trim her hair. Her bangs were in her eyes so I had to chop them off.

Later afternoon we went to the park. I was taking pictures of her on the playing and I noticed she looked a lot like someone I know (or once knew).

What do you think?

Lake House

What a wonderful weekend! No phones, no internet, no tv! We drove up to Bernice on Friday morning and enjoyed a very relaxing, yet productive weekend. Chris and I got some more painting done, our bed in our bedroom, assembled the boys new bunk beds, and the lawn mowed (thanks to one of our neighbors!) We tried two new restaurants that were both wonderful and discovered the convenience store down the streets has a Godfather's Pizza. Very good and convenient! Lillie spent most of her time getting into the water when she wasn't supposed to, following the boys, and playing with Tucker. Tucker loves the lake! He just enjoys being outside and running around. Draven and Jorge spent most of the weekend fishing. I think they have finally discovered that you can have fun without electronics. I had a hard time getting them to leave.
My dad is now officially a lake resident. He closes on his house in Grove on Thursday. He was so ready to leave the city. Until he closes he will be staying at our shack on the lake. He is helping us get some stuff done while he is staying there. This morning he already got a ceiling fan hung in our bedroom. He also met our new handy man at the house this morning to get a shower installed. We are getting hot water by the end of the day too. It is hard to stay at the lake house without hot water or a shower. We did discover that there is a shower at the Nature Center across the street (in case of emergency) for the campers.
We can't wait to go back next week. There is always something going on. Last weekend was Pelican fest. Who knew Grand Lake was a stopover for pelicans? Then next weekend is an antique boat show. Can't miss that!

Windows open and a cool breeze, perfect napping weather. We used to only have the one mattress in the living room. You will see in the other photos that the boys now have a place to sleep and Chris and I have our bed in our room. These rooms are tiny, but who cares?

Fishing and swimming. The boys left the tackle box on the shore so Draven decided it was easier to swim than walk on the rocks. I walked out there and it is very dangerous for clumsy teens and a pregnant woman.


Believe it or not that is a fish on the end of the pole. They caught a total of 9 fish, but this is the only one I saw.
The walk back to shore.
Looking back towards the house.
Lillie is always wanting to help.
She painted the dog.
Tucker hanging out in the next door neighbors yard.
Yay! We finally have beds for everyone! Lillie is not allowed to sleep on the top bunk, but she loves it!
Our bed! I can't wait to start decorating! We brought all of our lake house paintings we had in storage. We also brought a table and chair set we need to work on, then next will be living room furniture, also a project, then we get to do the fun stuff... Linens, dishes, curtains...
I moved all of the paint supplies and tools into the back room. We actually have a place for food. Hopefully, we will be able to cook there next weekend!
The long drive home. Chris drove old snoopy (his truck) to the lake house so we could haul some furniture. Both of our cell phones were dead so I had to follow him on the way home just in case he broke down. He didn't break down, but he did run out of gas. Good thing I was there to save the day!

13 weeks...

Feeling fine. Looking bigger. Cravings. That sums it up.
I don't have a huge appetite yet, but I do get cravings. I will get something stuck in my mind and I have to have it! And if something doesn't sound good, I just can't do it.
I still get a little nauseated and fatigued. Very fatigued yesterday and today.
My stomach is really getting bigger. Hopefully my maternity clothes will start to fit soon because my regular clothes are too small.
I have thought I felt movement over the past two days, but not sure. Still think it is too early. I have lots of girls in my pregnancy group that feel movement, but I want to be sure it isn't gas. More than likely it is gas.
Still thinking it is a boy.
Chris hopes it is a boy.
Draven hopes it is a girl.
I really don't care.
How about the name Fox? Preston Fox Henry. Ok, don't tell me what you think. We like it. Fox was Chris' dads nickname and Preston is his mom's maiden name.
Well, I guess that is it!

Harn Homestead...

Today started off with a bunch of rain, but ended up a beautiful day. Such a pretty day that we had a picnic! Every year (sometimes a few times a year for various events) our church has a picnic at the Harn Homestead. We are lucky enough to live just 2 blocks away. If you never have been, you should check it out. It is absolutely beautiful! The kids had so much fun playing various games while the adults listened to music from our St. Paul's Band and talked.

I got a lot of good pics but wish I would of taken more of the grounds. The barn is my favorite!

But, I didn't get any pictures of the barn. I did however link some pics I have from my birthday post in 2009 that was at the Harn. There are some decent pics there if you want to take a look.

Chris and his friend David Sapper.
Lillie playing in the dirt with the little girl she was christened with when they were babies.





Lillie walked around with a chicken leg and a stick. Cute, huh?