It's Here....

The monsoon that is.....
......she's a comin'.......

....and she's bringing these giant guys again........uhhhh......no thanks.

Excitin' News!!!!

So.....hopefully you will be as excited about this as I am, but I (Erin) have started a new blog!!! It is not in replace of this blog, but an extension. It is a place to share things that I feel are share-worthy(that's a whole lotta stuff), a place for me to be a nut, and a place for me to just vent. It is quite open and honest and all around GOOD! I don't want to give the address away quite yet-it's still a work in progress. Be looking for the official launch in the next month!!!!!

Preskitt (Prescott)

To celebrate Donny having an extra day off from work we headed up to Prescott for the day. I absolutely lllllooooovvvvveeeee it up there! So where better to spend the day, right? My parents and the Lehmans joined us for the afternoon which made it quite special. The weather was-of course-fantastic and the rodeo days arts and crafts festival was going on-which means lots of dips to sample and interesting arty-like-stuff to look at. Yes...... we bought 4 different dips to make at home and a cute magnetic frame to put up in the house. It was either those items or the 7 foot sculpture of dolphins.......I just hope we made the right choice, hmmmmm..........Anyway! Here are the pics from the day:

Branson's Baptism

Branson was baptized on the 4th of July. We were so excited and very proud because:

"In Holy Baptism our gracious heavenly Father liberates us from sin and death by
joining us to the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are born
children of a fallen humanity; in the waters of Baptism we are reborn children
of God and inheritors of eternal life. By the water and the Holy Spirit we are
made members of the Church which is the body of Christ. As we live with him and
with his people, we grow in faith, love, and obedience to the will of God."

(from The Lutheran Book of Worship, copyright 1978 by Lutheran Church of America, The American Lutheran Church, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)

Father/Son Moments.....Huh??????

As a mother watching......I cherished the first sight of this:

Then I realized they were playing video games.......

....And then I realized it was a very "adult" video game.....

......and Branson was so captivated.

Gumbo

I made Gumbo.
It was my first time doing so.
It was easy.
It was delicious.
And, yes....it was this beautiful.

Commence drooling, now!

Father's Day 2010

This was Donny's first Father's Day and it was absolutely "wonderful" (a direct quote). We started by celebrating on Saturday with the Schumacher side and having a fantastic meal at good 'ol Garcia's. On Sunday we went to church, then onto Joe's BBQ for lunch, and ended it with a whole lot of napping and relaxing for the rest of the day. Happy Father's Day!!!!

Sa-weet Pool

As soon as I found out I was pregnant last year I thought, "Great! We can buy one of those kiddie pools for the baby to splash around in for next year!!!" So I had the whole picture laid out in mind: the awesome hard plastic pool(in green), DG and I sitting by the side of the pool splashing with the baby as he/she giggles, and all of us in our super fashionable suits for the season. Well, we were strolling through Sports Authority one fine afternoon and came upon this beauty; a large-ish blow-up pool with a race track on the bottom and cars to play with on the track! Seriously?! This puppy was only $9.97, the same price as those hard plastic pools sold elsewhere. The next day we couldn't wait to try it out. Branson had so much fun lying in the water (with us inside the pool with him), until he began screaming 15 minutes later because it was nap time. We cannot wait until next year when he can really appreciate how sa-weet his pool is. For now, DG and I are enjoying it. ;)

Visiting Daddy/ Turning 3 Months

The Friday before Branson's 3 month birthday I took him down to Donny's clinic so we could get his stats since we do not have a 3 month doc appointment......

-Good pic of DG with B-slice-

- Good pic of B-slice with DG-

......So the "big guy" came in as 13 lbs. (on the dot) AND 22 inches long. With the growth spurt he had from one month to two months I was nearly expecting a Christmas ham!!!!!