Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Aunt Renae and the Zoo

I meant to post this in the middle of September, but that ended up being a crazy month, so I'm definitely behind! Aunt Renae took Hopey on a special tour of the zoo for her very first visit! Renae is a Vet Tech at the Indianapolis Zoo and performs all of the surgeries on the animals there, so she was able to tell us what was going on with each animal we saw! Brian said it was the most fun he'd ever had at the zoo because Renae gave us the inside scoop! Hopey was in quite a mood that day, so Renae was an angel for giving us the whole tour!

Hopey actually saw the elephants and stared at them for a few minutes, but we think they might have been the only unusual animals she acknowledged seeing!!

Aunt Renae introduced Hopey to "Fat Franny", but Hopey thought she was a dog, so she cried her head off! All in all, it was an extremely hot day with a fussy baby, but Renae saved the day by being the best tour guide ever!! Thanks Aunt Renae, you're the best!!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Tagged by Tasha

I had noticed that this tagging war was raging in the blogging world, but I was convinced that no one would involve me...I was wrong!! Tasha, my cousin-in-law, decided I should most definitely be tagged, and because I love her, I decided to cooperate! :) Ok, here are seven random facts that I know you were all just dying to know about me!
  1. I grew up on a small goat farm. We had goats and donkeys, and they were all trained and basically just my pets!

  2. I love sugar more than any food in the entire world!!! If I could live on cookies, cake, candy, ice cream, brownies and any other dessert and still be considered "healthy", I would!!!!

  3. Ironically, I love to exercise! I spend a couple of hours a day either at the gym or in my home gym, and Hopey has already discovered that she loves to workout too!

  4. I don't require very much sleep, so I am both a night owl and a morning person!! I go to bed in the early AM every morning, but I'm up and ready to go with the sun!

  5. I love to make and decorate cakes! Before I got pregnant, I actually had a small cake business out of our house! That was fun, but I just don't have the time anymore!

  6. I absolutely love classic movies, ya know, the old thrillers, mysteries, and film noirs! Most of my favorite actors died years ago!

  7. I've played the piano for 21 years! I stopped taking lessons in college, but I still play for fun! There is constantly music in this house!

OK, I feel like I successfully found 7 totally random facts to throw out there! Now, according to the rules, I'm supposed to tag 7 more people, but I don't even know that many people that have blogs! Sadly, almost all of you that I do know have already been tagged!! Debbie, you're gonna hate me, but you've just been tagged!!

Monday, October 13, 2008

The Pumpkin Patch

Hopey got to visit the pumpkin patch for the first time last weekend! Thanks for the suggestion Debbie!! :) My mom and dad were so excited to get to be a part of picking out Hopey's first pumpkin! We had family pictures earlier that day, and we were all worn out from trying to get Hopey to smile, which she never did, but this was the perfect way to end the day!

Mom thought Hopey needed to go on a "pumpkin ride".....I don't know!!! :)

Mom picked out this pumpkin to give to Hopey for her first jack-o-lantern! Thanks mom and dad for making the pumpkin patch so memorable and so much fun!