Truth Tuesday

• It's so hot right now. I'm hiding in my dark cool living room and all I want for dinner is salad and Otter Pops. Sometimes it amazes me that this weird area I live in reaches the hundreds in the summertime and then can be below freezing during the winter months. Talk about extremes. 

• Want to scare off creepy guys? Maybe you should buy these hairy leggings. This is a real thing in China, guys. 

• It amazes me how small babies are. My sister-in-law is having a baby and I've been putting some things together for her shower. Looking at baby clothes just blows my mind. It blows my mind even more to think that I once fit into something as tiny as a newborn onesie. Like, whoa. 

• Imagine Dragons on Pandora is a good thing. Try it for yourself. 

• I cannot believe Independence Day is this week. This summer is flying by. I'm excited for the fun in the sun with family as we celebrate one of my very favorite holidays. 

• My current food obsession is chocolate shakes. I'm talkin' a real old fashioned shake here. Yum, so good. 

• One day, I will own a pool table. 

• I made Muddy Buddies for the first time yesterday. Don't ask me how I went for 22 years of my life not making those.

• Brian and I recently went on a date to a monster truck show. It was intense and I should have brought some earplugs. I wore my best monster truck attire . . . camouflage pants, snap back, and my jean vest. At the end of the show, one of the trucks rolled over. While I was grabbing Brian's shoulder, gasping, and asking if the driver was alright, everyone around us was cheering. It's ridiculous what human beings do for entertainment sometimes. Oh, the driver was fine, just fyi.    

Truth Tuesday

old family photos 

My great-grandpa's sister 

My favorite cemetery to visit

• I always have and always will love Memorial Day. I've always been a bit of a history nut. Even when I was a young girl, I loved listening to my great-grandma tell stories about the Great Depression and a time when girls couldn't wear pants to school. And now my great-grandma is gone, and most of the people who lived during the Great Depression are gone. Of course you can always read about the Great Depression, but it's just so different to know someone, to have a name to attach it with, and know their personal experiences that went along with the event. I love visiting the graves of my ancestors. I love talking about those peoples' lives and bringing them back with us for the day. It's important to remember where we came from, and be grateful to those who gave us what we have. On Saturday, we visited my grandparents. My grandma Reeder pulled out some old photographs of ancestors and told me about them. I almost felt like I knew them at that moment, I could almost feel them lingering there with us in the room. And it was so much more special when I then paid a visit to their graves on Monday. 

• I've been wanting to watch this movie more than anything the last few days. Before the end of the week, mind you, I'll sit Brian down and we'll watch it. Maybe even pop some popcorn. It makes me laugh until I cry. And it has Sandra Bullock AND Bradley Cooper in it. Where can you go wrong, really. 

• Speaking of movies, Brian and I went to see What to Expect When You're Expecting and we thought it was too funny. If you get uncomfortable with talk of the vagina and such, I suggest you do not see it. If you are a woman, you will love it. If you are a mature man, you will also love it. But if you're the kind of man who gets all dramatic every time you take a walk down the tampon aisle at the grocery store. . .then you won't be able to appreciate the beauty of this movie. But what I really wanted to say about this movie, is that I want Cameron Diaz's arms. Every time she is in a movie, I just find myself staring at her arms and yearning after them. New item on the summer bucket list: Get Cameron Diaz arms. 

• I idolize Denise Austin. I have a yoga DVD of hers and I love our mornings spent together. New item on the life bucket list: Be like Denise Austin when I am in my late fifties. 

• I babysat the cutest, little baby today. Her pretty, little mom asked me afterwards if it made me want to have kids. I told her no. Because honestly, I worry I'm going to be one of those super protective and hyper worrying parents. The kind that can't let their children out of their sight. Because that's how I was today. And quite frankly, I feel like doing that every day will shorten my life-span. Apparently I need to chill out before I start raising babies. 

• Today Brian gave me a compliment. After "Jump" came on our classic rock radio station and he asked me who sang it, I quickly replied, "Van Halen". I thought everybody knew that Van Halen sang that song. But then Brian said, "Your ability to identify 80s rock songs is unparalleled by any girl I know." I guess my parents raised me on 80s power ballads and such, and I guess I just paid attention. I love a good 80s rock song though. I mean, if this song comes on anywhere and at anytime, I'm instantly singing and fist pumping. True story. Even ask Brian. And believe me, you really want to click on that link and watch that fabulous music video. 80s music videos are so cheesy it kills me.   

• I have a new goal to really start drinking more water. I'm not a big pop drinker, so I'm usually drinking water or milk (or Simply Orange if it's morning time) but I know I still need to do better. Especially with my upcoming half marathon at the end of June. If you want to drink more water too, I found an article which talks about nine ways to drink more water. Mmm, water. I will make myself drink more of you and your goodness. 

Happy Tuesday, you lovelies! 

Weekend With The Babes

It must be spring. Every day is filled with rain, I want to wear sandals despite the rain and mud, and there are sweet babies every where I turn.

On Saturday I FINALLY got my chance to go to Baby Animal Days. Brian was nice enough to take me. Also, the rain clouds were courteous enough to part for the couple of hours that we went. I am totally obsessed with baby animals. It is almost pathetic. I am fairly sure in the time we were there, Brian and I were the only couple that were not pushing a stroller and taking pictures of our children as they mauled terrified baby chicks. Although Brian and I were childless, it all worked out since I almost felt like I was Brian's small child. Yep, he basically played mom to me for the afternoon. What a great guy. So while parents steered their children clear of mud puddles and took their pictures with the farm animals, Brian took pictures of me with the animals. As seen below. . .

I am sure I had parents that wanted to whack me in the head since I was hogging their childrens' animal cuddling time. I behaved myself though. I only pushed a couple kids out of my way.

Brian and I held bunnies for probably a half hour. I just couldn't part with my fluffy, floppy-eared friend. I tried finding an excuse to buy one, but Brian then reminded me that we are getting a dog after we get married. So I guess I can be patient.

I wanted to take them both home. . . :)

I also enjoyed the company of more baby animals on Sunday. I went home to visit the fam and our mama cat had kittens!

After visiting the fam and the baby kittens, I went to visit my friend Shannon and her newborn baby. No pictures were taken, but he is seriously adorable! Totally has his mom's looks, that's for sure. He also has a good sense of humor since he peed on me while I was holding him. I was just acting all googly-eyed over him and I suddenly felt something in my lap. Something very warm and very wet. Congrats Shannon! I can't believe she's a mommy now.

Oh, I also finally met Grandpa Steve's new baby. . .

Isn't she precious?