homegrown, a baby boy bbq shower, marty jumps out of a perfectly fine plane & mrs. c

Hi all! Check out the tomatoes and okra, these came out of Grandma's garden. YUM! The tomatoes have been in lots of meals and Matt made the okra the other night - it was delicious.

grown with luv

So, here I am at week 35 - gulp. I am now on orders to "take it easy." That means I basically have to stay off my feet (with them up) and have Matt be my own personal butler. He is, as always, awesome - but I am pretty bored and feel like a BUM. Oh well, I will have plenty of opportunities to help out once baby boy arrives.

Anywho...Carrie, Patterson, Megan and Shon threw a BBQ Baby Shower for us over the weekend - it was GREAT! The food (um, enough to feed an army) was excellent, the flowers (by Mary Ann) were gorgeous and a great time was had by all. We also came home with a carload of baby gifts. Here are some photos for you to enjoy...

matt and marty chat it up

chris and chris enjoy a laugh

it's kitty kat! she came all the way to knox vegas for our shower!!!
(kisses!!!)

carrie, moi, kat and shonnie bear (nice baby bump!)

marty and shawn (looking so cute, love the dress)
(ps - marty had plans to jump out of a plane
the next day...more on that below)

lila, marty, shawn, mary ann and megan pose for a shot

carrie, p-dub, moi, kat, jo, amy and shonnie bear
(yes, we know we are cute)

this one cracks us up, jo got caught in the flash

here we have matt opening the cutest bibs ever

carrie bought an outfit for baby boy AND one for lottie sue
(yes, they match - awesome)

jo and patterson laughing at something

shonnie bear and kitty kat, reunited

here i am opening gifts and carrie is texting

it's me, my nose and jo

the boys discuss football or something like that

Earlier I mentioned that Marty was going to jump out of a plane - WELL HE DID. What a nut. I stole these photos from his crackbook page.

superman

he made it! he made it!

i think this photo must be marty coming in for his landing

Alrighty, I am about to run out to pick up baby girl from school. This morning she walked into church on her "tippy toes" - just like a balrina. She is too fun, we love her bunches.

PS - I meant to post a photo on this earlier BUT the one I had was not so good. Lottie Sue had MAJOR stink eye and I was waiting on Carrie to post about it. To my disappointment, Lottie Sue had the stink eye in her photo as well. Oh well, can't win them all...

Carrie's mom was in town last month, all the way from Vegas and we had lunch together. Mrs. Conyngham is an avid reader of our blog and it was GREAT meeting her. She had a gift for Miss Thang, thecutestdressyou'veeverseen - a photo is coming. Thank you again Mrs. C!

our meet and greet

Alrighty, toodles!

carrie's tailgating photos

Hi all, quick post here. I'm visiting the Apples in Louisville this week, but I started this post a few weeks (yikes) ago...there are no LS photos here but know I have some of her and Harlan in a pumpkin patch coming soon!

These photos are from the Florida game...thanks to Carrie for taking these (I forgot my camera that day).

two major foxes here

the mowrers, what a handsome couple (if i do say so myself)

kat (with a baby boy belly), beth, shon and chris - go vols!

me and megan (i look like a cop with those sunglasses)

beth and clint (sister and brother duo)

carrie, moi and beth - we found a secret bathroom

jonathan and tabby - awwwww

da smiths

kitty kat and shonnie bear

OK, I hope life is treating you well. Post to you soon!

shonnie bear completes her first 5k (yay!) and her first blog post (yay!), intelligent design & other stories

#141, the cutest runner in the whole lot

Shonnie Bear completed her first 5K yesterday - WAY TO GO! She's been training for it hard core and even belongs to a running club (sounds serious). I am so proud of her! She went from running a 14+ minute mile to a 10-minute mile. Yes, she is that good. I may now call her Shonnie Lightning Bear, I'll see if it sticks.

And let me introduce you to the Gilmore's new blog, The Gilmore Report. Add it to your list of cool things to read. I'm so happy they have a blog, I think blogs are just the greatest!

Anywho, I don't have much to post. I do have a few stories below and also a video - please watch it. It's just six minutes long and is pretty cool.

intelligent design

Here are a few stories if you need something to read:

• The Debt Trap is a great series by the NYTimes that highlights some of the people that are in over their heads due the mortgage issue.
  
• And if you didn't hear the NPR story on the mortgage crisis, you may want to take a listen - it explains it all (you can listen to it here or you can download it from iTunes): The Giant Pool of Money
• A story for any foodies out there: The Weird, Wild and, Ultimately Sublime - a new take on Seoul food (hahaha, I crack myself up).
• I just finished the book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, I enjoyed it although some parts kinda drove me nuts. The main character is a 9-year old motormouth named Oskar, and he's pretty awesome. His father died in the 9/11 attacks and he goes out finding clues about his father's death.
  

i love the cover

I hope everyone had a good weekend, it was hot and sticky here. We went up to the lake and Lottie Sue showed off her new swimming techniques for everyone. She has three classes left and the she graduates!