Just Us

Here we are.......happily enjoying our new ride! :)

This weekend we made a really exciting decision and bought a Dodge Dakota. Yes, "Buying a truck" happen to be one of the things on Dan's Without the Tube list. :) Here is one picture for you, family! More to come soon! :) Love you all!

Wow....was our last post seriously in July?!?! Thanks to little Miss Leah Maria...my goal is to do a better job of actually posting. :) So much has happened since July! School has started and fall is finally here. Dan and I have been enjoying the early darkness....doesn't make us feel like nerds when we are snuggled up on the couch in our pjs by 7! :) We have had lots of visitors that make our weekends extra special and are so EXCITED about Quincy's arrival in December. The first pictures are of Deid's shower. Grandma Terri is pretty excited. Let's just say....Quincy is going to have enough quilts to keep him warm until he's 50. :) All the excited aunts and Grandma T. The wonderful SOON-TO-Be Great Grandma Dunn. I think I get my smile from her.... :) The next pictures are of a trip we made to Columbia to visit Leah, Nate and Faithers. Isn't she such a cutie-pie? We are pretty much in love with her! These are a few of her "Aunt DD? Seriously?" ...

Nate, Leah and Faithers came for a short visit and the brothers went for a little fishing trip. The began their fishing expedition at the Dunn pond in Villisca. However, the HUGE catfish they were hoping to catch seemed to be hiding! Soooo....sometime after midnight the boys called us to inform us that they were going fishing in some river. A couple hours later, they arrived in Glenwood to clean the fish Dan caught! :) Dan had so much fun having Nate there. Fishing is just so much more fun with your brother!

Last summer, we celebrated Momma Dunn's birthday with a girls' trip to Branson, MO. This summer we decided to continue the tradition with a summer trip to Las Vegas. I had never been to Las Vegas before and let me tell you.....it was a unique experience! SOOOO many interesting people and so many beautiful hotels to see! We spent most of our days laying out at the pool, walking around looking at all the hotels, shopping, eating at fun places and LAUGHING! Unlike most Vegas goers, we actually didn't spend much time gambling.....I work way to hard to throw my money away!! :) We had to take extra care of our pregnant sister---lots of water and sleep! We did see a couple shows while we were there. And a surprise highlight was getting to see Eric Clapton in concert at the MGM! I think we were the youngest people there that actually knew his songs. Thanks Daddy Dirk! Again I was reminded how very blessed I am. As sisters, we are all so different and yet so much the same. ...

I am finally getting around to posting the rest of my little trip to Missouri. I was so blessed to get to spend so much time with my little niece Faith, Leah and Nate. She is so sweet and SO entertaining. We had lots of fun playing peek-a-boo and just rompin' around the house. I am so amazed how quickly she has grown. She has such a sweet and spunky personality and it shows more and more each time I see her. This picture shows Faith using the bath crayons we got her....she did enjoy putting them in her mouth, just as much as using them to draw on the wall. Dan said, "Great job Aunt DD! Teach her it's okay to write on the walls with crayons! Way to Go!" Haha...oops! No Dan, she is just so smart....she needs to start practicing her letters! :) Haha... Leah and I also got some girl time. We went to the HUGE library during the Columbia hurricane :) and then went for coffee in this cute little shop downtown. It was so good to catch up and do what we do best.....

This past weekend, I met Deid in Kansas City for the Sugarland concert. We had such a blast together....mostly laughing and singing! Here are some pics from our weekend together.... We ate at Granite City....yummmmm-o! There is a story about our little trip to Granite City. Deid and I were just talking, waiting for our food....when from out of nowhere a little boy comes at me swinging a balloon. After a few hits, Deid and I sat in shock/confusion just staring at this little boy. I smiled thinking maybe he thought I was someone else and was just playing. However, the look on his face told me he was seriously angry at me about something! Then the boy's mom says from across the restaurant, "What are you doing? You don't even know those people!" Maybe expecting the mother to address "those people" with an apology, Deid and I continued to sit in silence. The mother just turned back around and this is when we broke into uncontrollable laughter!!! Why th...