Sept. 2009

Labor day weekend all of the Halbgewachs and Beebes got together at Aunt Myrna's to celebrate Mamo and Papo's 70th wedding anniversary. All of the siblings were there as well as a lot of their children. I met several of David's cousins for the first time. It was a very special weekend and one worth celebrating. I mean 70 years spent with the same person. That is real commitment and a great example to us. Thank you Mamo and Papo! We Love you!

The pregnancy is going good. I can't believe I only have one month left! But there is a lot to do before then. Every one keeps asking me if I am having twins, I mean just random people at the grocery store on the street. It is starting to get embarrassing! I don't think I look that big!

I had a Fall Party last year and I enjoyed it so much I decided to make it a tradition. Since Oct. is going to be a busy month for us:) I decided to have it in Sept this year and it really worked out better. The weather was beautiful and it didn't get dark so quickly. The only problem was the Mosquitoes! We passed around the Off and everyone could tolerate it. So we all smelled GREAT! At least we all smelled the same. We had around 30 people there. We roasted hot dogs and had somores. We played volleyball (yes I played a game, don't tell Mom!), corn hole and horseshoes. I really enjoyed it. We had to clean up everything that night because we were leaving for AR the next morning early. Bethany and Cody were getting married the next week. They got engaged the last of Aug. and decided to get married 3 weeks later! They decided to have the wedding outside at Mom and Dad's house. So David and I decided we would go now instead of at Thanksgiving and help get ready for the wedding. It was a good thing we did. We worked the whole time we were there. It took twice as long to get things done because it kept raining the whole week. But God blessed and we had great weather the day if the wedding. Katherine and Devon were flower girl and ring bearer. They did a great job. Devon pulled Raley up the isle in a wagon, but the yard was so rutted he kept getting stuck. About halfway down he got fed up with it and threw the handle down and started to cry. It was pretty cute. Katherine did a great job and stood during the whole ceremony. She kept whispering to me "Are Bebe and Cody really getting married now?"

The next weekend was Hay Days celebration. Katherine rode in the Garden club float. She was a little shy until she saw us and then she was waving at everyone. Her and Devon really enjoyed the rides this year. It was fun to watch them. Their favorite is still the Merry-Go-Round.

Sis. Elaine hosted a baby shower for William. She had several games for us to play. One was see how many cloths pins you can take off of a line, hold in one hand and not drop any. I held the record with 17. The next was cut the string to the length you thought it would take to go around my belly. Then Sis. Elaine brought out blind folds and asked for a volunteer. My friend Lyndi, who had had a c-section just four weeks before, volunteered. Then Sis. Elaine brought out panty hose! You can imagine a 8 month pregnant woman and a post c-section woman trying to put panty hose over their pants! It was comical to say the least. And to make matters worse they videoed it! No! I am NOT posting it thank you very much! It was a great night, we had a lot of fun. Thank you Sis. Elaine for doing that for me. Love you bunches!