Date night to the ER

I love Friday nights. We put Z to bed and watch a movie. Tonight we watched RED- hilarious. During the movie my phone rang- person asking for a Diane. I politely responded wrong number. Back to movie. A few minutes later the phone rings again. Spencer gets up hits the end button since it was the same lady. Movie ends and we head upstairs to bed. Phone rings again so I run down the stairs to go get it. By running down the stairs, I missed the last step and landed on my back pockets and my foot. And BONES moved in my foot! I'm not one to be a drama queen or make pain worse than it is, but when bones move I freak. It hurt so bad! 

So we called an amazing friend and dropped Z off around midnight (AMAZING FRIEND) and headed to the ER. Which is located conveniently a street over. 

After hanging out at the ER for over an hour it was concluded that it was just a sprain (yay for no broken bones!) and that I could go home. 

I have now rethought the perks to having a split level home- stairs are not okay!

Things to remember the night by:

1. We have not lost our spontaneity to have dates at odd hours

2. Other people in the ER can be nice- they share chocolate chip cookies if you share your Booboo butterfly

3. Really small adult crutches do fit me and I didn't need the child size

4. We have an amazing daughter that is okay to be snapped out of bed at night and goes with the flow.

5. Hopping on one foot is a lot easier than using crutches

6. Who knew sore armpits/arms (from said cruthes) would hinder typing?

7. Dear 208 number- Third times the charm didn't work for you, still no Diane. But I do have an ER bill that I could send you next time you call! :)  

A Daddy's Phoopah

I am not a morning person. Spencer...morning person. Zailie...morning person. So it just makes sense that on Sunday mornings I sleep in and Spencer is on Daddy Duty. Usually he's pretty on top of things. Breakfast, baths, clothes, etc. Today he must have had other things on his mind. 

I knew something's up when I hear the words "OH NO! ZAILIE! What are you doing?!"

This is my baby who's getting a bath because she has chocolate pudding smeared all over her clothes, face, hair, and hands.

This is the floor and stairs where Daddy found her dumping said chocolate pudding.

This is the chair where Daddy was sitting. Notice the chocolate pudding droppings AROUND the chair. She did a full lap of Chocolate Pudding dancing before he even noticed.

Did I mention somebody gave Zailie chocolate pudding for breakfast? That somebody's response was- "She had oatmeal first! And then she asked for pudding, I couldn't say no."

These are the moments I'm glad I sleep in on Sunday mornings and Spencer is on Daddy Duty.

Triple Falls, NC

I love waterfalls! I love the sound of the water rushing over the rocks and the majesticness of it all!

Definitely one of my favorite of God's creations!

Triple Falls was great- cuz there were 3 Falls to visit duh!!

 The hikes to the different falls weren't bad. I think it was like 2-3 miles total. 

 I chose to not get quite as close as these guys did.
I have this thing with having soggy shoes.

 I kinda wished we had been on our own time schedule,
so that we could have just sat on the waterfalls and enjoyed it more.
Maybe next time! 

After the falls, the Browns took us to this awesome sight.
You could see almost all the way to the ocean!
Truly breath taking sight to see!  

This little girl makes my day! I love her to death!
Had to take the pic of her trying to see the sights all by herself,
and trust me- she would have crossed if she could have gotten up!

Extreme Cowboy Racing, Apple Fest, and waterfalls- Great Labor Day Weekend!!!

Hendersonville Apple Fest

Hendersonville, NC- home of Apple Fest!
It reminded me a lot of Pullman's Lentil Fest, every little town has something!
They closed main street and had vendors all up and down it.
There were tons of people selling apples (of course),
but my favorite was this fine chocolate store stand selling caramel apples.
It was a little expensive, but my dark chocolate caramel apple was AMAZING!!
Totally worth the drive up to the little town. A lot of the little shops were closed, and we didn't have time

to go through the ones that were open so we want to go back. It seemed like a cute little town with lots of history. 

The parade was awesome! Maybe a little long...everybody was in it!

 There were tons of people! They come from all around to visit the Fest

 Deep fat fried oreos....YUMMMM!!!!

 I've never been to a parade where every part of the service was represented
not only by active members, but also retired from every war. It was awesome!
Every cop car and fire truck for 3 counties were also in the parade- I'll admit, that
got a little old. 

This one pretty much sums up the parade- they are the "Spartanburg Hillbillies"!
It said so right on their truck! I loved their hats! They had everything and anything
pinned to their hats.

Extreme Cowboy Racing

Move over rodeo and horse races!
There's a new competition in town!

EXTREME HORSE RACES!!!

We went with some friends to Chesnee, SC where regionals were held.
I have never seen anything like this before. It made me want to ride a horse! 

 There were competitors of all ages- even preteens and an 87 year old!

 One of the guys fell into the water as he was reaching to fill a bucket,

it was so funny! 

 The Emcee was hilarious!! He reminded me of exactly what
an old cowboy from a western would sound like...right down to
his adjectives and similes! 

 I never thought about needing an umbrella in the summer time,
but it was super hot and sunburned on contact. 

I think I really could do extreme racing- it looked like a lot of fun!!

Gifts come in all sizes!

First of all was my friend (and landlord) Sarah's baby shower!!!

I love baby showers, I love the fun little games and spoiling the mom to be.
I wanted to do something special, I like making themed presents.
So I got together with my fabulous friend Christina and we made a diaper cake!

 I think he turned out pretty cute!
We aren't the craftiest girls, and the little wheels weren't exactly "round",
but I think Sarah liked him! 

For our anniversary (August 15th) Spencer had to work in
Augusta, GA and I couldn't go.  I said good bye that morning and
figured I'd see him the next day.

 But then he came home and surprised me with Krispy Kreme Donuts
and flowers!!! I am pretty sure I married the best guy ever! 

 One of my friends in Pullman and I decided to send each other gifts each month.
I had seen this idea on pinterest- mailing things in a water bottle.
In South Carolina there are a few days where certain items are tax free. August, because of school,
all school supplies are tax free! That means house hold stuff, furniture, school supplies, clothes etc.
People go CRAZY!!!
So this bottle was filled with tax free school supplies! I also may have this thing about buying
school supplies- it's very nostalgic I think. 

These were really fun projects and I loved making them!!!

Columbia, SC Temple

I think we will always live a ways from a temple.

Pullman- 1.5 hours
Longview- 1 hour
Spartanburg- 1.5 hours

But we still had to go see it for ourselves!

I was surprised when I saw the temple, it looks exactly like Pullman!
It was like we were home again.

 We got there for the last session that day. And who knew it was
in Spanish?! I was pretty nervous/excited to hear the session in a different language.

 But then there were only a few people that requested Spanish, so they
put subtitles on the little screen and the session was in English.
But I still watched the subtitles while listening in English, it held my attention. 

Glad we have a temple "close" by! And we might try to go back for a Spanish session again!