These Days

This post is about lots of things. So I guess I will start with yesterday's Dr.'s appt. Baby Emery's heartbeat is still staying around 160 beats. When we listened to it at the doctor Gentry smiles and says "Emery is grumbling". Everything seems to be looking good so far.
-I won't have my placenta checked until around 32-34 weeks. So I have a little ways to go on that.
-I have been having some lovely pain on my right side of my upper rib cage. And issues with food. So I will be having a sonogram to find out if I have a gall stone or gall bladder issue (which run in my Dad's family). If it does turn out to be my g.b. that is causing this then we will try to control it through diet through the rest of the pregnancy and I will have it removed sometime after.
-If it's not g.b. problems then I will probably be doing some physical therapy.

Well enough of that fun discussion and on to the next.

I am up to my neck in laundry. The laundry fairy is feeling....well...not in the mood. If there was ever one thing that I could pay someone to do for me. It would totally be my laundry. But I guess I better get over that sometime real soon. B/c my loads will only be increasing before long.


The girls have been enjoying this warmer weather in their pool. I literally have to drag them out.


She actually happened to be my "poser" yesterday! Doesn't happen too often these days.

What is it with kids and cups? You buy them these cool pool toys and what do they play with?....the cup.




We have been eating all of our meals outside in the evenings. I find myself sliding down in the chair at the end of the meal and just relaxing while staring up at the sky. Our umbrella was the best $30 clearance item I have ever spent at Lowe's...5 years ago.

These cherries are seriously ....the....best....ever. My friend's mother has a cherry tree in her yard. While out for a walk the other night she asked if we might like to have some. We just had to pick 'em. So after our walk Dana went back to pick. You can pop these babies right in to your mouth and they are peeerfect. Not too tart either. So since my hubs desires homemade pie more than you could imagine he pitted them all for me!

I am perfecting this whole crust thing much better than last year. But I still have some work to do on my pinching technique. I never leave enough on the edges. My mother is a pro at this. So I guess I should ask for a lesson.

These cool little things protect your crust from getting too brown in the oven. My mom gave them to me for Christmas and let me tell ya they work like a champ! Thanks mom :)

The pie came out of the oven late. So we didn't get to eat any last night. But when I got up this morning this is what I found. Guess what honey dearest had for breakfast? But I would be lying if I said I didn't have any either!

We probably have enough cherries to make at least 4 more pies. Plus a whole other bucket full of cherries that were picked sooner for canning purposes. So I am going to take a stab at canning and make some jelly. I promise nothing but hope for the best!