My niece Valerie is pregnant with her second baby! Dominic is now two & 1/2 years old, and he's the most adorable toddler there is! Val & his dad are no longer together, and she just got married a couple of months ago to Mike. Now they are pregnant, and I'm so excited to have another grand nephew (or grand niece) to get to know! :-)
As for me, I may have news myself soon (NO, I'm not pregnant - and NO, we're not married), but I'm waiting until things are more set in stone before I go blabbing. I hate things being up in the air and not knowing for sure what's going on, so hopefully we'll find out for sure soon. And I'll be sure to let everyone know at that time!
I miss & love you all. I send out my very best wishes to Valerie for a happy & healthy pregnancy. Oh yeah, Alex is 19 now, his girlfriend Lindsay (well, she is no longer his girlfriend but they remain friends) is in Texas going to college, and the twins are 17 tomorrow... yes, SEVENTEEN!!! Crazy, huh?!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
Visit Up North
Dave and I just got back yesterday from our visit with my family in Washington state.
We had a great visit. My niece Valerie got married on Saturday at the beach up there, and that was really cool. They left on their honeymoon right away the next day, so I didn't get to visit with her at all, but I'm glad they left her son Dominic with my mom & sister. I was able to see him a lot while I was up there. He is just the cutest, sweetest little boy ever! I just had to post some of my pics on here! :-)
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Whitewater Rafting
Wow, we had a great weekend!! We went whitewater rafting with some friends of mine, and we had a fabulous fun time! I've never been rafting before and I am not a good swimmer, so I was a lot nervous. When one of the guides started doing the spiel about the safety precautions, I almost cried. I thought I was going to die and I just wasn't going to make it.
"If you fall out, you will probably pop up right next to the boat. There are handles alongside your raft, you're gonna wanna grab a handle and the guide will pull you up by your life jacket.
Try to keep a hold of your paddle if you fall out of the boat. If you don't pop up next to the boat, hold your paddle out for someone else in your raft to grab and pull you to the boat.
If you are too far away for either of these options, lay on your back with your knees bent. Your feet will kick against the rocks to protect your body."
Yeah, I was starting to panic at that point. But, I held strong and got in the raft anyway. I'm so glad I did. I had a great time. It was a lot of fun. I didn't fall in, I survived, and it was fun to boot!
Poor Dave had to deal with the wimpy rapids for me. It was only Class III, which was perfect for me, but it was probably nothing to Dave who used to go rafting in Class IV & V rapids years and years ago. He still had a good time, though. Don't get me wrong - it was not easy-breezy; there were a few fairly big rapids that were a little scary, so Class III is not like "baby rapids" or anything like that. But it was a freaking blast!! I'd love to do that again and again - but I'd probably be happy sticking with Class III. I checked out Class IV pictures online, and it looks much scarier!!
As soon as we get our pictures in a few weeks, I'm posting them on here!
:-)
"If you fall out, you will probably pop up right next to the boat. There are handles alongside your raft, you're gonna wanna grab a handle and the guide will pull you up by your life jacket.
Try to keep a hold of your paddle if you fall out of the boat. If you don't pop up next to the boat, hold your paddle out for someone else in your raft to grab and pull you to the boat.
If you are too far away for either of these options, lay on your back with your knees bent. Your feet will kick against the rocks to protect your body."
Yeah, I was starting to panic at that point. But, I held strong and got in the raft anyway. I'm so glad I did. I had a great time. It was a lot of fun. I didn't fall in, I survived, and it was fun to boot!
Poor Dave had to deal with the wimpy rapids for me. It was only Class III, which was perfect for me, but it was probably nothing to Dave who used to go rafting in Class IV & V rapids years and years ago. He still had a good time, though. Don't get me wrong - it was not easy-breezy; there were a few fairly big rapids that were a little scary, so Class III is not like "baby rapids" or anything like that. But it was a freaking blast!! I'd love to do that again and again - but I'd probably be happy sticking with Class III. I checked out Class IV pictures online, and it looks much scarier!!
As soon as we get our pictures in a few weeks, I'm posting them on here!
:-)
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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