Our good friend Scott turned 40 this year! We had a great time at his big birthday bash! So glad we could share the fun with you Scott!

The birthday boy, Scott!

The slip-n-slide (aka drinking fountain) for the kids

The backyard party gang

Sweet Sarina Scott sleeping away

Lucas enjoying his cake and homemade ice cream!

Lincoln, one of the cutest kids around! He just turned 5! I can't believe he'll be starting kindergarten this year!

Carter, another one of the cutest kids around - look at those cute Brazilian flip-flops he's sporting!

Natalie and I!

Our friends Levi and Ashley are moving to Boulder, Colorado, so we decided to make one last weekend trip to one of our favorite little cities around! We just went for the night, and mostly for the food, but if was fabulous and nice to get away for a few hours and spend some time visiting with Levi and Ashley before their big move!

First stop was Sticky Fingers in Chattanooga! Lucas and I split a whole rack of ribs! So good! :-)


Lucas and I at Sticky Fingers!


Ashley, Bailey, Sarah and Me at Sticky Fingers

Sarah eating away at her ribs! They were FABULOUS!

After dinner we decided to walk around downtown Chattanooga by the Aquarium and the Tennessee River then headed to Ben and Jerry's for a little ice cream treat!


The girls wading in the fountains in front of the Aquarium.


The next morning we slept in and then Headed to Aretha Frankenstein's! (Thanks Rob and Annie for the recommendation!) They had the BEST pancakes I have ever had! If you ever get a chance to go to Chattanooga, TN and have a lot of time, you should stop by this place! Just remember, it definitely isn't fast food, but was SO worth the wait!

Sarah, Bailey and me waiting up on the porch - this was such a cute and unique place!

Me cooling off inside for a minute... Heat and pregnancy don't really mix! ha!

The whole group minus Jeremy who was taking the picture.

Sarah and Bailey standing by the Aretha Frankenstein sign!

Levi and Ashley

Me and Bailey waiting on the HOT porch for our food

And finally, a picture of the BEST pancakes EVER! :-)

We had a great time and are sad to say goodbye to Levi and Ashley, but wish them the best of luck on their adventures in Colorado, and now we have an excuse to go to Colorado! :-)

I made the trip to Texas all by myself! I forgot what it was like to travel by myself, getting on the plane, making sure I have all of my documents and renting a car! This trip made me SO thankful for my wonderful husband who normally takes care of all of these things for me!

I flew into Houston on Friday and drove to Huntsville, Tx. visit my long-time friend Randa! I had a great time catching up with her and meeting some of her friends!

On Saturday I drove back to Houston to meet Karen and some of her Waco buds. We stayed met at the hotel, went to the galleria, went to The Grove (a super cute nice restaraunt), then we came back to the hotel and played a few games and just chatted! It was so great to see Karen and I can't wait just a couple more weeks until Lucas and I go back to Texas for her BIG DAY!

The girls at The Grove - we even did valet parking... it was fun! :-)

Karen enjoying her milk and cookies back at the hotel.

Sharmi and Erin eating milk and cookies

View from the top of the hotel where the pool is! Very cool!

Karen getting ready to open her lingerie shower gifts!

On Sunday Morning (Father's Day,) I drove down to Waco to see my parents and spend the day with dad! Mom and I went shopping for a little then went to eat at Panda Express! Oh how I miss that place!!! Then Dad and I went biking!

Monday I headed back to Houston to catch my flight back to Huntsville. It was a fabulous weekend and I got to see 4 of my favorite people! I was sad to have to leave, but excited to be back in the Lone Star State in just a couple of weeks!

Lucas flew to Dallas last weekend for his college roommate's wedding! He had a great time getting to see some old friends and celebrate the marriage of Conor and Quinn!

Lucas and his college friend/roommate Mike

Lucas with the newly married Couple - Congrats Conor and Quinn!

We threw a meet the baby shower for Sarina Scott! She was born April 15th, 2009!

Cute Sarina

The Szenasi Family with Sarina (Scott, Lincoln, Ruthanne and Carter)

Lucas and Carter

Me, Natalie and Janna! Love you girls!

Cute Alleigh

Well, It is time to announce to the blogging world (well, the 10 people who actually follow our blog) that...

















I'm pregnant!!!

I'm due December 15th, and we couldn't be happier!

Let the fun begin!!!

My first Mother's Day Flowers from Lucas!

One of our friends, Ryan, has his pilot's license, so he invited Lucas to go flying with him on one of his routine flights that he needs to do to keep his license current.

It was a beautiful day when they went up, and Lucas got several good pictures of Huntsville from the air.

Ryan and the plane that they were going to go up in.

Co-pilot Lucas!

The Rocket at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville

Cool shot from the plane.

Sunset over the Tennessee River.

We decided to head to the beach for our anniversary trip this year! We ended up going to Navarre Beach in Florida which is only about 6 hours from Huntsville. We had a great time just getting away and relaxing for a nice long weekend, especially since it was sunny every day! (It has been raining almost constantly in Huntsville for the last month... blah!)

We rented a condo right on the beach and were thrilled to be so close to the ocean! It was definitely one of our best trips yet, and nice to return to Navarre. We stayed in Navarre one night when we were coming back from our Honeymoon, but it was right after the big hurricane had come through. Happy 4 years! :-)

Relaxing on the beach (a view of our condo behind me)

Beautiful Navarre Beach

If you look really closely, you can see the dolphins. There were LOTS - probaly 10-15.

Lucas on the beach

View from our porch (In the picture of the condo when we rented it, the beach seemed must closer, but they added the sand dune after the hurricane, but we could definitely still hear the ocean)

Lucas grilled us steaks one night. Yummy!

Hailey REALLY liked the sand! Ha! Unfortunately we couldn't take her on the actual beach (no pets allowed), but she definitely had a blast digging in the sand that was in our small little "back yard."

Me with the moon over the ocean. It was much cooler in real life!

Lucas and I before we went out for dinner one night.

Cute Hailey on the way home. She had a great time! I know that she was happier than if we would have left her at home!

All in all, it was a fabulous trip! Can't wait to make it back to the beach some time soon!