Boy or girl? Vote now!

While my family was here, my mom, sister, and I took advantage of the opportunity to go shopping together.
To our delight, JC-Penney was having this awesome clearance sale on baby clothes (very appropriate for us right now). So my mom and I "stocked up" on these $2 and $3 items. The only problem is that we don't know yet whether we're having a boy or a girl, so we bought some items for each gender.

So what do YOU think?
Are we going to need these....


or these? (And no, we already know that we're not having twins, so the answer can't be both!)



Either way, at some point, our child will be dressed in this (thanks, Grandma Roni, even though you're not a Duke fan!).



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Visit from Charity's family

My family was able to spend a week with us this summer. It was wonderful to see them and have them stay with us.

While they were here, we went to the beach...



played a couple games of mini-golf (it's a family favorite of ours)





watched a couple movies, went shopping, and just enjoyed some good quality time together...





I am blessed with a great family! Can't wait for them to come back next summer (hopefully!)

Happenings of the Summer...

At the end of June, we shared our exciting "baby" news with Tony's mom...
This will be her first grandchild, so she is very excited!



Tony's grandma Duranske will also become a great-grandma for the first time!



The Manning family stopped at our house for a visit when they were on their way to the beach.. it was great to see them and it made us really miss our Dubuque friends.

Baby on the way...

We are excited to announce that we are going to become parents!
Our baby is due on February 8th, 2009.
I am in my 12th week of pregnancy right now. I've already been able to have 2 ultrasounds, and it's been so amazing to see how the baby has grown and changed in just a matter of weeks. It's nothing but a miracle from our Lord!!

This week my family from IA has been here visiting, and we have really enjoyed this time spent with them..it will be very sad to see them leave tomorrow.
I'll be posting some pictures of our adventures in a few days.

Stay tuned.. I will try to update this blog frequently as this pregnancy progresses.
We appreciate your prayers for a smooth and healthy pregnancy and baby.

The last couple weeks...

One week after we got back from Mountain Top, Tony and I headed west to Bryson City, NC to Camp Living Water.
It was Boys' Camp that week, and Tony was the speaker. He did a great job, if I do say so myself! :-) He spoke on the book of Daniel, and the boys were very interested and receptive to the messages.. very encouraging!
Our friends from Emmaus, Eric and Elaine Evers, also came down for the week to help out in the kitchen and take a little vacation, and it was great to spend the week with them (we also had a whole house all to ourselves!).

Tonight, my younger brother Nathan flies down to NC, and he and Tony will be counseling together at Mountain Top for Junior Boys week. I'll be spending the week at home, spending time with Tony's family, working on school stuff (I go back to work in only 3 weeks!!), and getting ready for my parents and brother and sister to come and visit (can't wait.. haven't seen them since March)!
Sorry.. no pictures as of lately.. but I'm sure I'll have some of our upcoming adventures.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful and blessed summer!