Note to self...

I'll have to remember this one...

North Carolina Vacation

Joe and I had a wonderful time in North Carolina.  The baby wasn't so sure about the driving and flying, but ended up doing fairly well through the trip.  We flew into Charlotte, NC and visited Joe's college friend, Ryan.  The next day we took the 3 hour drive to Cullowhee, NC where Joe's family lives.  What a beautiful place with lots of trees and hills.  This was also where Joe went to college, so I got the tour of the college campus and the different places he used to live. 

Clock Tower at Western Carolina University

The Smokey Mountians

Next, we were off to Chris and Olivia's wedding, 1 1/2 hours further up the mountians.  It was a wonderful resort on a lake.  It was just a great wedding and lots of fun to be had by all.  Olivia was a beautiful bride and the couple seemed to enjoy themselves throughout the day and into the evening!

This was the view from our hotel room

and the lawn that the wedding

took place.

Corrina at the resort

Joe at the resort

Other photos at the resort

The Fuller side...

The Fuller Family

The wedding party

1...2...3...jump!

Joe and Corrina (7 months pregnant)

Olivia with her brothers

The brothers with their new brother-in-law, Chris

Olivia and Corrina

We spent the 4th of July back in Cullowhee with aunts, uncles, and cousins playing volleyball and lighting fireworks.  Rose even gave me a few cooking lessons on how to cook kale and fried okra! :-)  Ate lots of BBQ and loved every bit of it!

Bubby and Rose's beautiful home

River by the Fuller's house

We even had a spontaneous adventure to the "lake house" where Joe's dad, Bubby, has done amazing work.  We were fortunate to have been able to take out the pontoon by ourselves and stroll slowly on the lake looking at the hills of North Carolina.  We swam for hours in the warm, warm lake, and we had a wonderful time just enjoying each other and God's beautiful creations! 

The "Lake House"

Breathtaking....

So peaceful!

My wonderful husband! :-)

Belly's up!

We drove back to Charlotte and stayed with Ryan again.  Ryan's parents, Jeff and Maureen, were able to make it to our wedding last year, and it was great to see them again.  We had dinner at their home before flying back home.

Todd, Ryan, Joe, Corrina, and Riley (front)

We missed the dogs tremendously, and I teared up often when thinking of them.  But we both really had a really great vacation and truly enjoyed ourselves.  After getting back to Colorado, we ran into the house to greet Kodah and Balin.  I don't know who was more excited, the dogs or us. But we look forward to when we can bring the baby (and dogs) with us next time when we visit North Carolina.

Mom's Visit

My mom came to visit last week for a long weekend.  We had a great time going to garage sales, going out to eat, and just hanging out.  We even found a crib for $10 that was in great shape!  Here's a few pics from her visit.  We look forward to her coming out again after the baby is born.

Mom and I

Joe and I

Mom and I worked on getting the Baby's room ready.  Thanks mom for all your hard work and painting! :-)  Lots of my own childhood books already on the shelves ready to be read!!!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a nice long weekend with BBQs, Rockie's Game, and of course....yard work!

Kodah and Balin enjoying their pool.

Joe landscaping around the lilac bushes and adding soil to lay grass seed.

Soil added and grass seed planted!!!

Before and After

Before

After...

We sold Joe's motorcycle this Spring and in return bought some things for the house before the baby arrives.  Joe put a retaining wall in the back yard. We also replaced the garage doors and were lucky to get the Entergy Rebates for a fridge and dishwasher.   So a little bit for all of us.  We both miss the bike, and we were sad to see it go.  But I know that Joe will get another one later on when the time is right later in life.

Joe has been extrememly busy building the fence on the North side of the house and has now finished that this week.  The backyard is continuing it's makeover and it is always fun to see Joe's designs coming together.  Here's a a before and after picture of the fence. 

The fence before it was tore down

AFTER - The very long fence!

A well deserved afternoon in the pool!

It's a.....?

The ultrasound was an amazing experience!  Joe and I were there together getting to see the baby's features for the first time. It's head, face, arms, legs, feet, heart, etc. It was so amazing!  Since Papa Fuller wants to keep the baby's sex a surprise, we are not revealing the info here on the blog. But, yes, we know and are excited for it's arrival in September.  If you are curious, feel free to email me.  :-)  And if you know how to read these ultrasounds, no, I was not born in 1972.  That's not the correct birthdate. :-)

Profile

Profile

Face

Foot

Wedding Album

For anyone who knows my mom well, this project is one that would not be on the top of her list to complete.  But she did just an amazing job creating/scrapbooking a wedding album for Joe and I, I had to post just a couple of pages to share.  I'm still just amazed at how awesome this is!!

Mom, thank you!  This is something that we will be able to treasure forever! 

Guest cards with advice.  I'm so happy I did this.  There is some great advice! :-)