Vacation time!

Since the last time I wrote I've been out of town in Waco and Missouri for a baby shower, a wedding, and a fishing trip! We've been so busy! I'm loving this time off and not wanting it to end at all! My trip started off with a girls' night out (after a delayed flight) and then my baby shower the next day! :)
I met Jenn, Brooke, and Steph at George's when I finally got into Waco. We then went to some new place downtown to hang out. Some guy hit on me while we were there! haha I thought it was pretty funny because I'm pregnant, not to mention had a ring on my finger! I really thought he was looking at Brooke but when we got up to leave he stopped us. You should've seen his face when Brooke told him I was married and pregnant! I was in shock that he was hitting on me and Brooke just answered faster than I could! We had fun though and stayed up way later than I've stayed up in a LONG time!

Jennifer, Tara, Therese, Brooke, & Danielle threw me a baby shower the next day. It was perfect! We even had ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins! :) It was so good to see lots of family and friends. I got so many cute outfits and fun things for Sawyer!

After the shower, Jennifer and I drove down to Houston to see Grandmother and Grandpa and dad for Grandpa's birthday and Father's Day. I was so excited to get to see them! I miss getting to see my grandparents and my dad whenever I want. Grandmother and Grandpa were doing so good! They both seemed so happy and in great moods! Grandmother stayed awake the entire time we were there and Grandpa was in a good mood the whole time! I'm so glad they're doing so well. It was also good seeing dad. I'm glad I get to go spend a few days with him in a couple of weeks.

After lunch on Father's Day, Jenn and I headed back to Waco. I had to get back to meet some of my girls at Baylor. We had a few kids sign up for softball camp at Baylor. Throughout the week I watched them learn new drills and play in scrimmages. They all had a great time and said they really learned a lot! Hopefully next year we can get more girls to go!

I was also able to spend a lot of time with mom throughout the week! It was great! Monday I met Mom, Mamaw, Aunt Cynthia, Tara, and Jennifer for lunch at Chuy's. Then Tara and I went out to Mom's to lay in the pool. It felt so nice being in the water and cooling off! Tuesday, Mom and I went to Practically Pikasso and made a couple things for the baby room :) I made a piggy bank and mom made a little monkey. We then also made a mosaic bear with a BU on it. This picture was before we finished the bear and before the monkey and piggy bank were put in the fire.

We had a good time, but it took us a long time to do these! For dinner we went to mom's and made homemade pizza! Wednesday we went back and finished the bear, then shopped around at the Baylor book store and Spice downtown. Then Danielle came into town to start getting ready for her wedding!

We ate at Shoguns. I love that place! :) Thursday Danielle and I got pampered! We had facials at Facelogic and then massages, pedicures, and manicures! It was awesome! All were so relaxing! The prenatal massage also felt so good and made my back feel and legs feel so much better! It was the perfect gift from a good friend! :) After the manicures and pedicures, all the girls went out to La Fiesta for dinner and then back to Jennifer's house to celebrate Danielle getting married! We had a lot a fun! We then went to the midnight showing of Bad Teacher. It was pretty funny. Friday we went out to the wedding site to clean and decorate. We then had the rehearsal and dinner later that night. The ranch was very cute and a neat place for a wedding. Danielle seemed so excited and happy to be getting married to William. I'm glad they found each other. The dinner was at Lake Brazos Steakhouse.

Saturday was wedding day! :) Danielle looked beautiful! It was very hot, but the ceremony was nice and the reception was a lot of fun! Joel also made it in for the wedding. I hadn't seen him in over a week so I was very ready to see him!! I was also glad my dress fit! It was a little snug, but I'm glad it zipped! I couldn't even wear it the entire night, though.

Joel and I were able to get a couple hours of sleep before leaving for Missouri for our fishing trip! We left around 3:30 AM to head to Roaring River. Joel drove the entire way, while I slept. :) He's such a good husband. We did a lot of fishing and caught a lot of good fish! We also got to spend time with Jesse and Donna; Amy, Joey, Chase, & Kamryn; Grandma and Granpa Hinton; Roy & Coleen (grandpa's brother); and Alan, Sandy, and Justin (Jesse's brother). I wish we could've spent more time there. One day Amy, Kamryn, Donna, Chase, Justin, and I rode the water slide for about an hour. It is a fun slide but you have to climb up a very steep hill every time to ride again! It wore me out! We then got ice cream :) I didn't catch as many fish this year as usual, but I think it is because I spent a lot of time cooling off in the car! I guess being pregnant had a little bit to do with it! We did catch our limits every day and brought home quite a bit of fish to eat throughout the year! I know Joel was not ready to leave. He loves it there. I didn't take as many pictures as usualy, but here are a few from the fishing trip:

Justin with his first catch ever at Roaring River!

We got back late last night after spending almost 10 hours on the road! Even the dogs were worn out! They've slept all day! We get a few days to recharge and then it is time for Colorado and to see Jarrod and Michelle! I can't wait to get up there and see them!

That's all for now! It is definitely bed time!! Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! It is ending way too fast!

Let the good times roll! :)

Ok, so maybe I haven't posted as much as I said I would! :) Other things come up. We've been fairly busy since I last posted. Two weekends ago Joel's mom & dad and grandma & grandpa came up to visit for the weekend! It was so nice to see them and to get to spend a few days with them just hanging out. We really enjoyed spending the weekend with them! They were able to go see the Texas Musical and said they had a good time seeing that too. They also brought us our high chair for the baby!! Just getting a gift made me so excited to start preparing her room and to get things ready for her! I can't wait to start putting everything together for her! :)
Last week we had volleyball camp. It was a very long week! We had camp every day from 1 to 4 and 5 to 7. We had over 70 kids attend camp! They definitely kept us busy! Thursday morning, Joel and I left for SAN DIEGO!! :)
We went to San Diego to spend the weekend with Dad, Justin, Leslie, and Jennifer. Dad had this convention for a national gaming association he is in. He was the president this past year so he was in charge and got recognized at this reception on that Thursday night.

We went to the reception by the pool at our hotel. We also got to stay in the presidential suite with him!! It was HUGE! We stayed at Loew's Coronado Bay Resort. It was awesome and beautiful! The weather was so nice and cool the whole time we were there too! The sun didn't come out much, but it was still very nice!

This is us after dad got his award.

Friday morning we woke up and had breakfast in the hot tub and by the pool while dad had one last meeting :) We then went to the San Diego Zoo! We spent about 6 hours at the zoo! It was a blast and we got to see all the cool animals! My favorite were the pandas :) There was the mom and dad who were both 19 years old, and their baby, who was 22 months old. They all had their own little areas because pandas like to be alone. This is the baby panda. I can't remember their names though.

Joel's favorite were the koala bears. By the time we got to them, at the end, they were all sleeping. They were adorable too!

We had a great time at the zoo. It will definitely put any other zoo we go to to shame! We walked over 5 1/2 miles that day while at the zoo seeing all of the animals. We really wanted to see the gorillas but they were hidden when we got to them. We did see them a little bit when we took the little sky train across the zoo. There was a little bitty baby one too. I was sad we didn't get to see them up close. Here are a couple more pictures from the zoo :)

After the zoo we went down to the Gaslamp district for dinner. We ate at this restaurant and ordered only appetizers. It was weird. I've never done that before, but I believe we had every single one of their appetizers! Everything was yummy! After our appetizer dinner, we walked across to Ghirardelli for dessert! As soon as we walked in and smelled all of the chocolate and ice cream, the baby started kicking! I guess she got excited about the treats too! :) We all ordered and when our desserts came out they were huge!! I wasn't expecting sooo much ice cream! Here is Joel's banana sundae! He ate every bit of it too!

We were worn out after our long day! We spent the rest of the night at the pool and hot tub again. Saturday morning we got up early to catch a trolley around San Diego. We went to the Air & Space museum, Little Italy, Old Town, and the USS Midway. Little Italy was really neat because there was Farmer's Market that morning. We got to try all sorts of cheeses, breads, and other things. We had lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Old Town that was delicious too!

Then we spent the rest of the afternoon at USS Midway. There was a self-guided audio tour so we were able to go at our own pace. It was pretty neat.

We then spent the rest of the night at the pool and hot tub again, watching the family movie for the night at the pool! It was Despicable Me :) I really like that movie! Sunday morning Joel and I went for a walk around the resort and down to the beach. I told him he HAD to put his feet in the Pacific just so he could say he had been in the Pacific Ocean before :) It was a little chilly of course, but not too bad! We found a couple to take our picture on the beach.

After that we headed back to the room to pack and then to the airport with everyone. It was a great weekend. We're so blessed to be able to do things like this. Dad really takes care of his and we wouldn't have been able to do this trip without him! We definitely want to go back to San Diego when we can spend a week just hanging out. There was so much to see and do that we could not fit everything into a couple of days. If you ever get to go to San Diego, you should definitely go!

You can see the rest of my pictures from San Diego at this link

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.978881127303.2443797.9203333&l=0fb4520723

This week I'm working up at the weight room at school. Joel has a coaches clinic in San Angelo. I can't wait for this weekend, though, because I get to go home to Waco!! I have a baby shower this weekend and then I get to see Grandmother and Grandpa and dad for Grandpa's birthday and father's day! I can't wait to see them! Grandmother and Grandpa have not gotten to see me since before I knew I was pregnant. I wish I could see them more often. Next week I'll be in Waco all week. We have some girls going to the Baylor Softball Camp so I will be around at that watching them and hopefully learning some new drills! The next weekend is Danielle's wedding!!! :) I can't wait to see her get married and be a part of that special day for her!! I'll write more about all of these events as they happen this next week, though! :)

It is time for me to go start working on dinner. Joel is having some coaching buddies over tonight and we're cooking out on the grill. I'm making these yummy potatoes that Michelle taught me to make! Joel loves them and anytime we make them people always seem to enjoy them too! Thanks Michelle! ;) Summer is going fast, but we're having fun and getting to see lots of family! We'll also get to spend some time fishing in Missouri and a week visiting Jarrod and Michelle (can't wait!).

That's all for now! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!