End of August and August Birthdays!

I'm realizing as August draws to a close that I never really did my "Birthday shout-outs!" As you may or may not know, August is a big birthday month for my family so I will do the best to remember everyone's dates correctly. I will start with my little sister, Maggie, who is celebrating her big 21st on the 30th. Also, my sister-law-Vivian, whose birthday is TODAY the 27th, then we have my cousins and uncles, Lisa (on the 23rd), Michael (on the 12th), Uncle Larry (on the 25th), and Uncle Jeff (on the 13th). So, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you all!! :)

Last weekend Mike enjoyed golfing with his brother, Matt, and some other friends at the "1st Annual Bull-Moose Golf Tournament" in Tyler, TX at Garden Valley Golf Resort. He had a great time, but I think was a little sore after 3 full rounds of golf in two days. A funny fact about the place they golfed is that when I was in high school and decided to join the golf team, that was the first course I played on. From what I remember about it, it was absolutely freezing and we had to wait for about two hours to tee off in the morning due to frost on the greens after waking up ridiculously early to be there by 7am I think? Anyways, Mike obviously is a much better golfer than I was or ever will be, but I think it's neat that we've played on the same course.

While Mike enjoyed his "guy time" I drove to Flint, TX (just outside of Tyler) to spend time with my lovely pregnant friend, Mariann Weathers. I really enjoyed hanging out at her house and getting to have lots of pregnant discussions where I could ask some questions and share my experiences with her since she is only about 3-4 weeks away from delivery. I'm sure JD was tired of all the "pregnant talk" but he was quite the trooper. I was also able to help Mariann and her family paint and prepare Logan's nursery for his arrival. It is such an adorable nursery and I'm so glad I was able to be a part of it. If you want to see pictures of how cute it looks you will have to click on the link to the right that says "The Weathers". On Sunday I went out to Lake Tyler with Mar, JD, & Catie and got to spend about an hour on the lake in their boat before heading back to pick up Mike and drive back home. It was a beautiful sunny day and I think it was the first time I had truly been swimming (treading water) since I've been pregnant. It was good exercise, but definitely felt different and I got winded a little faster than I remember. Maybe that means I should do that more often to get some exercise... hmmm....

Work the past two weeks has been up and down for me. A little boring at times, but pretty busy at others. It is certainly a work in progress, but so far so good. Mike has had two extremely busy weeks due to a project that he is working on as well as it being the end of the month and having his regular responsibilities. This has lead to a few nights of dinner up at his office and leaving downtown Dallas between 6:30-7:30 some nights. With that being said I feel like I never see my house anymore. I wake up at 5:45 in the morning and we get ready and go straight to work @ 7am and then when we get home late it's like eat, watch a little TV or read, then bed...repeat. What a vicious cycle. I think Toby doesn't know what to think about us being gone all the time and only being awake with him for a total of about 3-4hours a day. Oh well, hopefully things will settle down for Mike's work soon. I am so proud of him for working so hard and doing such a great job! He has even gotten some good exposure with his VP and some Executive Directors this week. Way to go!! :)

Lastly, this weekend we will be taking it easy and trying to catch up on all the neglected chores around the house, but also hopefully spending some time together to celebrate our 2 yr. wedding anniversary which is coming up on Tuesday, Sept. 1st!! :) I am hoping to get a little bit of shopping in on Saturday so that I have a gift to give my sweetheart. Also, on Sunday we are excited to be celebrating Maggie's 21st birthday with the family at Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse in Fort Worth!!! It has been a long-standing (3 girls anyways...) tradition in the Roberts family that Daddy takes us all out to Del Frisco's to celebrate #21. So, although I'm sad that I won't be getting a yummy medium rare steak, or the fabulous "Del's Delight" (alcoholic milkshake basically), we are going to have such a wonderful celebration together as a family!

I suppose that's it for me this week. Happy end of August to everyone!

Prayers: All the teachers and students back to school this week, Mom and Dad safe trip back from Ruidoso, NM, Healthy baby/pregnancy, friends/family pregnancies, & Meg's upcoming wedding.

~Emily