This is who I married.

If you know Dave, my husband, then you know he can be quite the goofball. Here's proof.

This is how he prepped his hair for a haircut. I sure do love this guy. He always makes me laugh. And he sweats a lot (this was after he worked out.)

Getting Crafty

So since we're having a baby girl and she will have her own little corner in our bedroom, I thought she definitely needed a little bit of something to make it all her own. So I went to Michaels and picked up a wood letter, some paint, ribbon, and stencils. I made it harder than it needed to be because it took me a little bit to figure out the technique for making the dots just right. By the last couple of dots, I finally figured out the easiest way to do it and I really like how it turned out. I first painted the letter green and then painted the pink dots using a stencil. I sealed it will Modge Podge and then glued on the ribbon. It is hanging over the changing table. You'll have pictures soon of her area. Anyway, here's the finished project. In case you don't know, we're naming our baby girl, Jocelyn, hence the "J." And I love polka dots so that's the theme and the colors are green, pink, and purple to match the canvas drawers on the baby changing table.

In Loving Memory of Kathleen Hardy Ricks

In the middle of August, Dave's mom passed away. She had been battling breast cancer for six years. It all happened very quickly, which is a blessing, but also took us by surprise. The weekend I headed to Utah to visit family and for Josh and Tara's wedding, she took a turn for the worse. She went to the hospital and to make a long story short, her liver had started to fail and they put a time frame on her life. They said she only had a couple of days or weeks to live. I wish that I could have been there but I did get to talk to her for a little bit on the phone a couple of days before she passed away. Dave, all five of his brothers, Tara, and Dad were all by her side when she passed. I'm glad they were all there. I know that's how she would have wanted it.

Her funeral was on August 21st. There were so many family members and friends that came. It was a very beautiful ceremony and burial service. She was a wonderful lady and I learned so many things from her. Thankfully through most of her cancer years she was able to maintain a normal lifestyle and never had to slow down much but was able to keep up with her busy life. I'm grateful that I got to spend so much time with and know her for as long as I did. I love her and will miss her a lot.