Vance Tales

Well, in my last post I promised some pictures of our Colorado trip as well as some pictures of Ty’s birthday. So here they are! I am also going to add some from an April 2008 work trip I took to Lexington, Kentucky. We visited Shaker Town while there and that’s where the pictures were taken.

Matt and I are doing good. My long time friend Sarah Beth is getting married next May, Matt’s really good friend from high school, Dan, is also getting married in May of 2009. Both were in our wedding almost 2 years ago…I guess we started a trend! Matt had an interview today for a position in Johnson City, TN. We are still waiting to see what, if anything, develops from that. Our lives are fixing to get busier. We visited one set of my grandparents in Olive Branch, MS for the Labor Day holiday. Matt had a business trip right after that. He has two more trips scheduled. One at the end of September and one at the beginning of October. I will be going to see my Missouri grandparents at the end of September. We are hoping Matt will get to go, but we are afraid he will be between trips. Around the middle of October my sister and her husband and my parents will be coming to my house to celebrate my sister’s birthday on September 26th, Matt’s birthday on October 7th and my birthday on October 26th. Matt and I will celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary on October 21st. Then before we know it Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here. Whew! A lot more happens in our life, but it is mundane stuff like cooking, cleaning, laundry, yard work, etc. Somehow, working 8 hours a day and then coming home to do all of that leads to a very busy, full life. We sure hope everyone’s having a good summer like we are!

For those of you who read my blog and may not know my sister, Eryn, is pregnant! She had her first MD appointment today since finding out. My NIECE (no, we don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl yet, but can you tell what I’m rooting for?) is 9 weeks old, she has a speedy but normal heart rate of 176 beats per minute and will be coming into the world to meet her Aunt ‘Ren (that’s me!) and Uncle Matt on February 21, 2009. Woo Hoo!

Speaking of nieces and nephews…our nephew, Ty (Matt’s sister’s son), turned 3 yesterday and we will be celebrating with him tomorrow at his “Backyardigans” themed party. It had been so long since Matt and I had been in a toy department that we felt like we were in a foreign land when we ventured into the toy section of Wal-Mart to try to find Ty’s gift. Who would have thought a 3 year old could be so hard to buy for? Man how time flies. I can still remember Ty weighing 5 lbs and 7 oz. and how sweet it was when he snuggled in real tight for a nap. Naps with Uncle Matt and Aunt Lauren are no longer for this little boy…he’s runnin’ wild!

Pictures of Colorado and pictures of Ty’s party still to come.