lone ranger

Well, today and for the next two days I will be a lone ranger. James went on the HSE high school wilderness trip in Cuyamaca. It's funny how being at work, which is something I normally do on a Tuesday, feels lonely. I am so glad he got the opportunity to be a part of the trip though. God really does amazing things for the students when they put themselves in a position to hear from him with great expectation!
This month sure has been busy! We seem to find no extra time for anything these days. Hahah. James gets back Friday from wilderness, then Sunday morning we head to the airport for our trip to Lake Shasta with his family! I am so excited, since I don't have much experience vacationing on a lake or boating. I think I'm really going to enjoy it :)
In other news, we recently got a new washer and dryer! What an exciting blesssing... I definitely never thought it would be such an exciting thing when I was a kid... I am sure they will be my new best friends after baby comes and the cloth diapering is my part time job! ;)

Aren't they gorgeous?! James and I were thinking he could build a stand for them, since the ones you can buy are waaay overpriced. How might he do such a thing? With his new 18V Ryobi drill, of course! (That was his awesome first father's day present!)

Yes, that's a silly card I made... it's a tie with a lace border. I promise, it was very cool.

Last weekend James got stung by the bee on his eyebrow! We were just hanging out at the beach with friends when all of a sudden the little bugger lands on his brow and BAM! ouch... stinger in...

The weird thing was it didn't swell until two days later! Yikes. He ended up having to get steroids from the doc, since it just wasn't going away. He turned out just fine though :)

And this past week we had our dear friends Taylor and Vicky over for a scumptious mexican dinner! We've managed to make a lovely rendition of Rimel's grilled potato quesadillas and the green sauce they put on top...so yum! We should have taken more pictures, but here's one Tay got of the dinner table.

So fun!! I love summertime and eating dinner outside :) it's just one of the best things ever!

How about one last photo for all those wondering how big I am...

26 weeks! woo hoo!!!! (Mind you this was after a long day of two baby showers and a sushi dinner, I promise I don't look that big in the morning. heh)

Love from Abs!!!