Cut from the paper

Due to the fact that my family is no longer associated with The Carlisle Mercury, I am no longer a welcome column. Therefore, I have decided to start up this blog for anyone interested in reading it. I will try to post as often as I can, but I make no promises now that I have no strict deadline it may get away from me from time to time. However, I may be able to write more frequently when there is an issue I want to discuss or when the kids do something terrific. I hope you all enjoy! :)
Amy

The cut column...

Greetings from Nevada! I hope you are all having a great week.

We are blessed. We truly are. And that is what everyone told us this weekend when we were out and about in Vegas.

This past Saturday we went to a baby shower and a pool party and we took the kids. We don’t go very many places without them. I certainly didn’t have kids to leave them at home while I went out and played.

Anyway, one of my good friends is having a baby in October and this past Saturday was her baby shower. Normally, guys aren’t allowed at baby showers but since her husband was going to be home, she said to bring Ben along so he wasn’t alone.

The party was a lot fun. The kids had a good time having Mommy and Daddy chase them up and down the stairs. I am certainly glad I have a house that doesn’t have stairs. They about gave me a heart attack 10 times being on them.

We had a great lunch and Vanessa got a lot of good presents that will come in handy when she has the baby. I’m so excited for her I can’t wait. I know she will be a great mom and I know from experience how ready she is to have the baby.

After the shower we had to stop by the mall so I could have my ring inspected and Ben’s watch. With a warranty it is just something we have to do every six months or so. I think the reason they make you do that is to get you in the store so you will buy more stuff.

And for me, this time it worked. I have wanted a nice watch so I was able to pick it out and it was 60 percent off, so now I have a beautiful watch sitting on top of my dresser waiting for Christmas.

After our brief stop at the mall we headed to the pool party. A guy from work hosted a pool party for the office staff and their families. The food was excellent and we were able to be outside and let the kids play in the yard.

Everyone at the party told me how blessed I was. And those of them that were at the baby shower couldn’t believe how well my kids were behaving. After being in Vegas all day and only getting no more than an hour nap, they did excellent!

No real fussing from them at all. I’m sure part of that is because we were outside playing, they only really cried when we were leaving because they were having so much fun playing.

We got home after some crying in the car and got them off to bed. They did pretty good sleeping in the next morning and what was even better was that Ben let me sleep longer and he got up with him. Gosh I love that man! I truly am blessed.


Until next week, make it a great one!

Amy