Country Dazed!

This weekend was amazingly fun with the girls and soooooo busy! Friday the girls and I went to Vernal where Hailee and I got our hair cut. I was so tired of being or at least feeling extremely frumpy and Hailee's hair was just in need of being cut. Her beautiful red hair is so thick and the longer it gets the more terrible combing becomes after bathtime. We then went to lunch and shopping at Payless and Wal-Mart (yes...out here, you look forward to going shopping at Wal-Mart, ugh!). That evening after showing off our new haircuts and delivering some baby shower invitations, we made dinner and then headed to the drive-in to see Ice Age 3 and Harry Potter 6. I have to say that for sequels, Ice Age is holding its own very well and I loved it. Maybe there was an afinity with the character's with the whole having a baby thing. The girls were asleep withinthe first 10 minutes of Harry Potter and I sat and enjoyed that movie and I can't wait for the last one. I also realized that I need to reread number 6 and then read number 7...even have a Harry Potter Movie Marathon when Emma is born and I have time to sit around and do nothing but watch movies (wait...will that really happen?! Probably Not!)

Saturday was the main event for the weekend, or so you could say. We were up at 8:30 a.m. and ready to leave the house by 10:30 a.m. to drive to Duchesne to participate in the Duchesne County Fair activites. There were kids activities (they weren't really that exciting though), vendor booths to browse and FREE SWIMMING!!!!! That of coarse was the girls favorite. They are such water babies! Abigail loves the water and has no fear sometimes with it which scares the living daylight out of me and Hailee is getting more accustomed (FINALLY) to the water being on her face and was doing cannonballs off the wall in the shallow part. It was great!

After swimming, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Tucker's to eat lunch and take naps then there was the parade. I would like to make an official decree right here that parades cannot be deemed as parades unless they have at least ONE float....there was not one single float in this parade! Lots of cars, emergency vehicles (good thing this county has enough of those!) and companies advertising but it was just wierd not to see one float. But the girls got plenty of candy and hey! That's all that matters, right?

After the parade we went back to grandma and grandpa's house to wait for mom and dad to show up so we could go to the rodeo. I was sooooo excited to go, I don't remember the last time I have been to the rodeo and we loved every minute of it, well, except the port-a-potties. Hailee was a bit concerned about the calves being tied in the calf roping contest and was very worried they were hurt but she got over that. Abigail loved seeing the cows and calves and horses. I also tried my first funnelcake and loved it! Who knew fried batter could be so good?! Hailee loved the barrel racing and we all loved the bull riding. It was great and I can't wait to go to another one. I would also like to mention that the weather did something very wierd today, for swimming it was great but after that the temperature just dropped and during the rodeo it literally felt like October weather and not August, it was very strange and a bit cold!

Once the rodeo was over, we headed back to the grandparents to watch the fireworks and then head home to bed, ahhhhhh!!!

I was very happy to accomplish everything on our list for the weekend, we missed the Demolition Derby on Thursday night but that's okay, it probably would have been too much for us. I have been staying busy around the house and with the girls, I'm hoping Emma will come soon, not too soon, but soon. I am so very much ready to move to the next chapter of my life with the girls. I am so very excited! I had my weekly doctor's appointment today and I am dialated to a 3 and my doctor was a bit shocked so hopefully, that is a good sign. Now, I really need to start getting ready for her!

I have had so many moments that past couple weeks where I have sat and watched Abigail and Hailee playing and kept help but smile and almost cry for joy at the love and joy I feel for them. They make me so happy and I am so greatful for them. The past week, Hailee has been earning tickets for helping out around the house and she has been doing great. My favorite thing she has done, and she wasn't even expecting tickets for it was her and Abigail wanted to go outside and I said all right. She immediately came back in and asked where the shovel was. I asked her why she needed it and she told me that she didn't want me to bend over and hurt Emma and pick up Annie's dog poop and that she was going to pick it all up. I was extrememly touched by this and was amazed at her intuition and kindness. Children never cease to amaze you!

Also, an update on my garden, its gone. I really tried and I feel terrible that it didn't turn out. I am happy that I have gotten a few tomatoes out of it, some heads of brocolli and a large zuchinni before the grasshoppers took over. I also couldn't afford to water enough and the soil wasn't great enough either. It's been great reaping the benefits from what we have gotten. My mom and I canned plenty of apricot jam and nectar and then today I made 4 loaves of zuchinnin bread to eat, share and freeze. At least I think I have figured out what to do the next time I have a garden and I will be more experienced.