2 blogs 2 days in a row! whoop! :) This past weekend was super fun. Derrick had Friday off so I arranged things where I could too. We left Thursday night and got to Boyd at like 1:30am. We slept in the next morning and then the fun weekend began. For some reason, Boyd is so very relaxing for us. We always have a wonderful time hanging out with Derrick's family. Derrick's parents just finished a humongo hand laid patio on the side of their house and its awesome. We spent a lot of time out there BBQing, S'moring, eating outdoors, playing with the dogs, and installing Linda's Mother's Day gift which included a squirrel powered bird feeder and 2 birdhouses. We then went to the Weatherford trade days the next day and looked around there. Austin found some tin signs with Thor and Captain America that he was psyched about and the most exciting moment is when we got to play with a sugar glider! :-) I don't know if they make cool pets or not, but that was one awesome little animal. It was downy soft and the guy who had it would roll it up in a ball and then chunk it in the air where it opened its wing legs and soared back down to him. We kinda want one now haha...but we hear they are super high maintenance so not sure - but it was awesome.
Saturday night, we went with Austin to the local auction barn where there were 550 items up for sale! We previewed all the stuff, bid on a few things, but only won one which I can't reveal because its my brother's Christmas gift. :-)
The other cool event of the weekend was the handmaking of the most awesome maternity pillow you've ever seen! One of the hardest things being pregnant is that I'm not supposed to sleep on my back and I'm a total back sleeper. So I've been researching maternity pillows wondering if that would help me stay comfortable on my side. I was telling my mother in law about them and she recommended just making one. Derrick talked me into going to Wal-Mart to look at fabrics and batting and such and sure enough we came home with all the goods. My MIL is an awesome seamstress and she did an amazing job with a little help from me. :) Pics below.
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| Topping off the new outdoor patio...it was SO pretty! |
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| A wonderful afternoon topped off with Blue Bell ice cream! |
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| Derrick & Austin installing MIL's new squirrel/bird feeder |
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| The squirrel learns that when it moves the wheel, it releases bird and squirrel food onto the platform. So fun! Happy Mother's Day gift...a month late. :) |
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| They rescued an orphaned lamb and 2 orphaned goat kids. Gotta bottle feed 'em every day |
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| Yum Yum....mountain dew! |
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| That's Ruby, Opal, and unnamed Sheep. He's not allowed to be named because he's a male so he won't stay around forever....but I still named him Stein (after a Holstein). This was an accident as she didn't think about it when she named them, but Ruby and Opal are me and Derrick's birth stones. :-) I told her she needed to name the next one Citrine...after our soon to be November child haha |
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| And now on to the maternity pillow....Derrick sleeping in angel fluff :) |
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| Needed to get a feel for how big we needed. |
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| S'more time! |
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| More goat feedings |
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| The really great auction we went to...it was so cool! |
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| Final product...Austin showing us how it is to be used...it is so awesome! Austin wants one for his college apartment :) |
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| Sunday night I headed to the Maders because I had a doctor's appt the next morning. I had to show Brittany my new pillow and the girls thought it was the coolest thing ever too! |
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| Pretty much the coolest bean bag ever! |
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