Painting Pottery

Last Saturday Nathan and I went on a date to paint pottery. This is something I had always wanted to do with him when we were dating, but we never got around to it. Nathan had only ever painted pottery in school, so this was his first experience and my third. It took us several hours and I even had to go back the next day to finish mine (I guess I am very attentive to detail or just a slow painter). We painted each painted 3 tiles that we are going to use as coasters.
Here are all of our new coasters, handmade :)


These are the three tiles I painted.


My 2 Favorites

Toilets & Another Round of the Glad Game!

Speaking of residents at work, I have to tell this story because I thought it was funny. The other day I was walking down the hall at work and approach a resident who looks very scared, shocked, and alittle out of sorts. I asked her, "------, are you okay?" She replied very serious and terrified, "No, the worst thing just happened to me." "What happened?", I replied. "I going to the bathroom (pointing to the bathroom down the hallway), and all of the sudden the toilet flushed. It scared me half to death! I thought the toilet was exploding!" I reacted sympatheticly and helped her get back to where she should be. Once I left her I could not help but to laugh. If you have not figured it out yet, we have automatic flushers on the toilets at work. Maybe you had to be there and see this old lady saying this but it was hillarious. Have any of you ever been scared by an automatic flushing toilet? I know I have been startled, but never thought the toliet was exploding.

Reading my bible in the morning, playing games with Nathan, a long talk with a good friend, the smell of clean laundry, lunch with my parents, sunshine coming through the window in the morning, days off from work, sleeping, a clean home, a surprise call from a friend, holding babies, answered prayers, and residents at work that make me smile.

It's Been A While!

Well, I am going to attempt the blog again after taking the summer off so far. What have I been up to? Working- I will have been at Parc Provence for 2 years the end of August, I don't feel like I have been in St. Louis this long. Spending time with old friends- I have spent some time with my old roommates and Kristy P (she just had her first a baby July 28, very exciting). Spening time with new friends- Nathan and I have been attending a small group bible study with several other young christian couples. We have really enjoyed getting to know other couples from church. We have also been spending some time with our neighbors. We have seen family from both sides. In June we went to Georgia for a wedding shower that Nathan's family threw for us. It was good to spend more time with them, especially his grandmama she is so sweet. My parents have been through St. Louis a few times when traveling, it is always a good time especially since we all love to play cards. Nathan and I made a trip to see my sister, Erica, and her family. My twin nieces have grown so much. My niece, Brianne, could be my twin when I was a baby.

This is Brianne @ 6.5 Months


This is me @ 8 Months
We have seen several of the good movies that have come out this summer, I look forward to going to see The Borne Ultimatum soon. So far Transformers has been the best movie of the summer. Nathan and I have made some time to do things in St. Louis like the Marvel exhibit @ the science center: these are of Nathan being Hulk & me touching the hands of ice!

the St. Louis History Museum (sounds boring, but actually really cool esp. the 1904 World's Fair exhibit), dining out, fireworks, and a few other dates.

Nathan & I purchased a Wii this summer, this was something we have wanted for a while (esp. Nathan). It has been a lot of fun for us to spend time together playing games on the Wii. Overall, Nathan kicks my butt. He has many years of video game playing on me, though I am getting better. Last night I learned that I should no longer be nice playing games though, I was nice to Nathan playing Mario Party 8 and then he beat me. I didn't think it was nice of him! I hope everyone who may read this has had a good summer so far and I will write again soon. Peace.