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Roughing it in the Woods

Last weekend I went on a "camping" trip with a few of my Mommy friends. I put camping in quotes since we had a cabin in the woods with a hot tub in the back (roughing it!).

Last Thursday, the day before the camping trip, Erik got a bike trailer to pull the girls behind him when we go biking. So we got on our bikes and took a 5 mile bike trip (2 1/2 miles to Graeters and 2 1/2 miles back). Yes - I survived the 5 mile bike trip 7 months pregnant. We actually had an awesome time and the girls loved it! Who doesn't love a stop at Graeters anyway?

On Friday I left for the girls "camping" trip. My friends Jen, Nicole, Heather and Amanda also went on the trip and we had an awesome time. They sat in the hot tub a lot while I dipped my feet in. We played Transamerica, Scattergories, and Truth or Dare. We really ended up laughing a lot!

Amanda and Heather both have blogs that I've been reading and they inspired me to redesign mine. I used cutestblogontheblock.com for the background. I think it looks awesome. Then I photoshopped the header using the background colors. I was inspired by their blogs!

It was a fun and relaxing weekend with lots of good food, friends and laughter. I'm excited to go again next year and even more excited that I can go in the hot tub!

I also had to post some pictures of the girls outside. They are so cute and always want to wear summer dresses. Someday I'll wear summer dresses too. I love our phlox too! It's beautiful and the best part is that it's easy!

60 points on Quiddler today!

MN+WV+OH Coopers = Awesome!

Last weekend Gramma, Grampa, Joel, and Megan came to visit for a few days. We had a great time and packed in as much Graeters and games as we could. Graeters + Games = Awesome.

Over the 4 days they were here, we went to Graeters twice, the zoo, and Damons as well as played Scattergories, Balderdash, Rails of England, Stone Age, the Bean Game, and Carcassone. Erik and Joel played a lot of Rings too. So we had a great time. Megan had not yet met Sarah so that was also exciting. The girls really loved having everyone here.

We are still making dinner for our Tuesday night Bible study. Our new study started Tuesday the 6th and we had quiche (I made tomato basil, meat lovers, and crab quiches). The meat lovers quiche had a pound of bacon and a pound of sausage. Yum. The week after I made shrimp tortellini carbonara (also had bacon). So now it has been our goal to have bacon on every Tuesday night Bible study. This upcoming Tuesday we are going to have breakfast with pancakes, sausage, and yes - bacon!

This Tuesday will be my last Bible study as I'll be teaching on Tuesday nights next semester. Erik and I call this upcoming semester the "countdown" since it is the last semester I'm teaching before this baby comes. Hang in there until June 20th baby! I'll be leading the Bible study about prayer. Looking through the Bible, made me realize I need to narrow down my focus. It's hard to find verses NOT about prayer!

58 points on Quiddler today!

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Happy Easter

This comic is SO funny. My research was based on genetic algorithms which are optimization algorithms (not going to get in the gritty details). Anyway - I was rolling after reading this comic that no one else probably gets ;). It is from xkcd.com - a hilarious math comic website.

Today is Easter! We had a fabulous Easter. My mom and dad took the girls on Wednesday and we went home to pick them up today. I had an all day meeting at work on Thursday which was fun. Since we were sans kids, we went hiking at Highbanks twice, went out to dinner at Carrabas, went to Stations of the Cross at the Catholic Church, saw Clash of the Titans, got to play games with Tim and Jen, and slept in. It was a little vacation.

On Sunday we went to Amanda's church. It is Mercy Vineyard in Canton and it is a great church! Then we had Easter dinner where relatives said things to me like "are you sure you're not 9 months pregnant?" and "there's a woman at church who is due around the same time as you and she's not nearly as big as you." Umm....thanks? I bit my tongue before I said "thanks - I think you look fat too." Apparently it's funny to tell a pregnant woman she is huge.

Joel, Megan, and Grandma and Grandpa will be coming to visit on Wednesday. We are so excited! I made a hoho cake although it has too much sugar for me to eat.

85 points on Quiddler!