Gotta love projects....

This week was slower than last week, but we managed to find a couple of projects to keep us busy! This past weekend Chuck installed our egress windows and they look so good! The windows really make the bedrooms in the basement look a lot bigger! Chuck also primed the 2 bedrooms in the basement so they're ready to be painted this up coming weekend. While Chuck was working on those projects, I painted our 2 porches. This has been on my to do list since last summer so I finally caved in and 6 hours later they were done! Of course one project leads to another and tonight we found ourselves outside working on another little project! Chuck took down the lattice around the porches and leveled out the dirt (tuff and buddy enjoy digging to say the least!) and put plastic down so we can lay mulch. Gotta love projects...

Today I had my 2nd ultrasound. The doctor wasn't quite able to get all of her reports she needed during the 1st ultrasound. She said another ultrasound was not necessary, but if I wanted another one, she would schedule it. Of course I jumped at the idea! Everything looks great! Heartbeat is still at 150. Although this time I wasn't able to see things as clearer as they were the first time- baby is bigger now. Baby is still active as ever and I feel movement all the time!

We're off to birthing classes tomorrow night. We're getting a tour of the birthing center. Deer River hospital has been under construction, but by the time I deliver, there will be new rooms with whirlpool tubs, etc.

We don't have a whole lot planned for this next weekend except working in the basement. Even though we'll be working on another project, it'll feel good to be home and to not have anything planned.

I hope you all have a great rest of the week and enjoy your weekend!

Busy, Busy Week!

Another week gone! This by far has been the busiest week we have had in a long time!!

Monday I had a couple of great surprises...my good friend Stephanie who is now living in California stopped into my office! It was so good to see her! Then, my cousin Amy who is living in Las Vegas stopped in! It was so awesome! It was very hard to get back into work mode after those little events! :) Later that night I picked up our new range microwave and Chuck installed it. It's so nice to have little more room in our kitchen!

Tuesday I was off to another insurance class and test in Bemidji- personal auto. I'm not feeling so hot about this one...oh well, we'll see when I get the results in 4 weeks! (I can't believe they make us wait that long!!)

Wednesday we headed to the cities for uncle Richard's funeral. For those of you that don't know, Richard is Chuck's mom's brother and he had been battling brain cancer for the last 18 months. The family held a very nice service in Maple Grove and he will be greatly missed by all of us. Thank you for keeping his family and our family in your thoughts.

Thursday I had another little surprise...when I got home from work, Stephanie and her mom, Luann, were at our house! It was so nice to be able to catch up with her! I wish I would have had more time with her but maybe next time. I sure miss her!

Friday night we headed over to Chuck's mom's house for dinner. His brother Bill and his family are in town from Missouri. We were so surprised to see how big the kids had gotten since last summer! Adam is almost as tall as Chuck!

Saturday we went over to leech lake for the annual Procopio family get together. Although it started off wet, the sun came out and it became a beautiful day.

Saturday night we had a wedding reception. Melissa and Boogie were married in Jamacia
in February but held the reception at the Eagles in Grand Rapids this past weekend. It was fun to get out there and dance! Chuck took advantage of the fact that he had a DD! haha

Sunday Chuck went to Brainerd to pickup our egress windows. Then he came home and dug one of the openings. I'm so grateful to have such a wonderful and hard working husband! He has been working his tail off in the basement and completing other various projects we have going on around our house plus keeping up with the business, which has been very busy this year.

While Chuck was getting the windows, I drove up to Duluth to spend some time with Amy and Ally! I drove up early Sunday morning and we had brunch with the Brandt family (my mom's side of the family). We laughed, ate DQ, shopped, ate some more, laughed some more, ate some more, etc...so fun! Ally is the best baby! She is so sweet natured and happy. Seeing Amy with Ally makes me even more excited for our little one!

Well, I'm off to bed! I'm pooped! This week is going to be a lot calmer...I think :)

Have a great week!
Kim

What a Week!!

Hola! What a week! Well we started our birthing classes this past week. The classes are 6 weeks long-2 hours each class. We meet every Wednesday from 6-8. We have a very small group- there's only 3 couples. Chuck had to put on the "bodysuit." haha! It was pretty funny to watch him move around in it! I wish I had my camera...now I know for next time!

This weekend was busy as usual! We went to the cities to spend time with my family and grandparents. My grandparents are in town from New Mexico until the end of July. Tom and Maggie stopped out for the day too so the girls (Mom, Maggie, Grandma and me) went to some garage sales and found great deals while the guys hung around the house with Izzy. Izzy is getting so big and is crawling around everywhere! Tom and Maggie are doing well...Maggie spoiled me big time today with a foot massage! It was awesome!

Saturday night Chuck and I went to my 10 year class reunion. It was fun to see people I hung out with in high school and to hear about their past 10 years. The reunion was held at the Marriott in downtown so it was fun to be back in the "big city" for a night...It was pretty sad though that out of a class of over 700 only about 10% showed up! Oh well, we still had a fun time.

We had a major shopping extravaganza at Menards today! We got there about 8 and left at 11!! We bought our doors for the basement, closet organizers, closet doors, etc. We can't hardly wait to have the basement done! The egress windows we ordered a couple of weeks ago haven't come in yet, but should be in this week...that is probably the biggest project we have left for the bedrooms. Once those are in we can paint and finish the flooring and then start working on the baby's room upstairs!

Unfortunately we had some sad news today...Chuck's uncle (mom's brother) passed away. Please keep his family in your thoughts & prayers.

I hope you all have a great week~ Kim

Happy 4th of July!

Hope you all enjoyed your 4th! We went to some friends house on Friday night had a BBQ then off to watch the fireworks. We didn't watch "professional" fireworks- one of our friends made a special trip to North Dakota so they set them off in a field on Friday night.

Saturday we got our ceilings in the basement bedrooms sprayed!! It's coming along and they look so nice! Not too much longer and we'll have 2 more bedrooms! (And I'll have a scrappin room :))

We also got a chance to see Chuck's aunts, uncles cousins and their kids at the lake on Saturday. We haven't seen some of them in so long! Most of them come up just about every weekend, but we rarely see them...you know how that goes. His cousin Greg recently added a "little" addition to his cabin- a 16x46 deck!! I think his wife put it right when she said she felt like she was sitting on the patio of a restaurant! WOW!

Sunday was my annual "Women on Water" fishing tourney on Lake Winnie. This is something I've been doing for 3 years and look forward to every year. Chuck's sister Carol has been my partner and we always have so much fun! We normally fish for northerns, but this year we decided to change it up and fish for walleye. Our 14 inch walleye didn't make the cut, but maybe next year. There are 6 categories that can place and 1st place for each category wins $550. Only 26 boats signed up this year (there's a 50 boat max.) so next year it will be held the weekend after the 4th. Yesterday was a ton of fun, but I was really draggin my butt today...

Have a great rest of the week!

This past week flew by! We had a pretty normal week at our house, but the weekend was busy as most. On Saturday we went to Kaija's graduation party (Chuck's cousin's daughter) in Bovey. It was nice to see his cousins and their families. We haven't seen some of their kids in quite a while so it was surprising to see how big they had gotten! After the grad party we headed into Grand Rapids and had dinner with some friends. Next thing you knew it was Sunday! I was able to get some scrapping done while at a friends house. Chuck stayed home and worked on the basement since we are getting our ceilings sprayed this next weekend. Sunday night we did a little R&R time and went fishing at a small lake by our house. Gotta love northern MN! A 5 mintue drive can get you to a few lakes by our house. :) Chuck caught 1 small northern and I managed to catch a lake full of weeds- oh well, better luck next time. Hope you all have a great short week and enjoy your 4th! Kim