Heather's Wedding

This past Saturday, Ryan and I attended another wedding. This time it was a co-worker of mine's special day. Heather is a first year teacher at California. Last year she did her student teaching across the hall from me and we taught summer school together last year. This year, she is still across the hall and we are both 4th grade teachers. She has been talking about this wedding since I met her. She likes to do everything at once, because not only was she doing her student teaching, she was planning a wedding and building a house! Then, this school year, she was doing her first year of teaching, starting her masters, building a house, and planning a wedding! Did I mention she also coached volleyball. She is a busy little bee!

I was worried about this wedding though. Heather's soon-to-be husband, Rusty, is an avid hunter and she said the wedding was going to be camo. I didn't know how she was going to pull it off, but I must admit, she did with great elegance. The guys had camo vests and ties. The girls wore yellow dresses. Her colors were yellow and green. It really wasn't as camo-y as I expected. There were camo coolie cups at the reception as well and the bartenders were wearing their camo shirts as well. Heather made a beautiful bride. I hope her day was everything she expected it to be.

Here is a picture of 4 of the 5 4th grade teachers and our principal, along with Rusty.


The 4 of us later on.


We really have a good time together!

Ryan and I at the end of the evening! It only took 4 takes before he would take a good one!

It's been a while!

It has been a while since I have updated our blog, so I thought I would get on and at least try and write something. Surprisingly enough, not a lot is going on in the Luebbert household (that is news worthy). That is probably why I haven't written. :) We are all moved into our new home, but we aren't settled. Ryan has a huge list of things he wants to accomplish, but his list never seems to get smaller no matter how much he works. The house is liveable, but no pictures are on the walls. That is the last thing on his list. He is more concerned about getting the basement arranged, ordering blinds (which he did last night), fixing the lawn mower, fixing little things around the house, etc. I can't say that I blame him though. I don't even know where I want things because that just isn't my forte.

Cash is doing well. He is kicking up a storm these days. Sometimes he kicks me so hard that is makes me jump. I go back to the doctor on Friday. I am anxious to see how much weight I have gained this month. Let's hope I am still under from when I found out I was pregnant, or just a few pounds heavier than that. I must say, other than the morning sickness, it has really been an easy pregnancy. The only thing I have trouble with is trying to get up from a laying down position. Ryan almost always has to help me up. Other than that, everything else is great. The pounds aren't packing on, lifting my leg to shave or put on lotion is not a problem (yet), bending over isn't a problem (yet), no backaches, I am not hot, no allergy problems (and this is one of my worst times of the year), and I can stay up-not tired all the time. It has been great. You wouldn't even think I was pregnant if my stomach wasn't getting larger. Hell, walking into this house, you wouldn't even think a baby was on the way!!! Cash's room has become the room that catches all the crap for some reason. I keep telling Ryan, "I don't know why you are putting that in there, you are just going to have to move it out." But, it doesn't seem to phase him, because it is out of his way for the time being I guess.

Ryan and I have weddings galore this year. Our first was the beginning of May. Ryan's sister, Roxanne, and Tony remarried on their 2nd anniversary for everyone to be apart of this time. It was a great time. Lots and Lots and Lots of drinking! I enjoyed my water though. Roxanne even took her beer with her for her first dance. I made Kelly go get it from her! Ryan's dad and uncles made most of the decorations for the reception. They did a great job! They made the arch thing to go over the head table and cut the wood you will see in all the pictures to tier the bottles of wine, to put the cake on, and to hold the votives. And not only did they make the decorations, they made homemade wine! If I remember correctly, Art said they made over 200 gallons. The bottles you see on the table were for people to take for souvenirs, but they were also serving bottles of wine out with the beer and mixed drinks.

I think the McKinney Family (Ryan's mom's side) like Brice more than me!

Next weekend, we have another wedding. One of the 4th grade teachers that I work with is getting married. It should be a good time. Our next wedding is in July. My stepbrother is finally saying "I do." My cousin is getting married and a friend are getting married in October.

This past weekend was Memorial Day. We went down to the lake to visit Ryan's mom and Doug. We hung out at Backwater Jack's most of Friday evening and then headed back to the cabin. Saturday, Jeanette and I went shopping for some shorts for me and Ryan needed new swimming trunks. His 38's were falling off of him, so I got him some 33's that fit much better! I can't believe how much weight he has taken off. Then we headed out of the boat. For Memorial Day weekend, I was surprised how calm the lake was! Well, the lake is never calm anymore with all those big boats, but you would have thought it was just a regular summer weekend. I guess the economy is really taking its toll. Saturday evening, we ate at home and rented some movies. Being out on the boat and being in the sun all day really took it's toll on all of us. Sunday morning, Ryan and I got up and headed to Lake Pomm de Terre to visit Josh and Lori and the rest of Lori's family. We had a good time. We sat around and visited and later Nick took us out on the boat. Lots of laughs and good conversation. Braden was off playing with all of his cousins most of the day, but before I left, had to make a point to come find me and show off his missing two front teeth. He was very proud. I sure as hell would have been too if my tooth fairy was as nice as his!!!! :) Too bad Cash's tooth fairy is going to be just as cheap as mine was! Ryan and I headed back home Sunday evening with enough time to stop for dinner and Andy's custard, unload the car, and crawl into bed. We were so looking forward to OUR bed. Nothing is more satisfying than coming home after a long weekend and finding the comfort of your own bed. we both slept like babies.

Monday, we went to Wes and Janelle's for pizza and hanging out with friends. We had a good time. The guys played washers in the garage most of the day. I love watching those fools joke around with one another. They are too funny. Chris is going to kill me, but I have the best picture of him and I am posting it! He was trying to interfere with my picture, but then tried to get out of the way when the picture took. He looks absolutely hillarious!!

Well, that has been the life of the Luebbert's lately. I guess there was more to write about than I thought!

Baby Boy!!!

Ryan and I went to the hospital Monday to have an ultra sound done. It was amazing seeing how much the baby had grown and how well we could see features. We found out that we are definately having a boy. He was shy in the beginning, with his legs crossed, but after some Mt. Dew, he started moving around and we got to see. Ryan was very happy to be getting his boy! Everyone has been asking what his name will be and our response is "We don't know." Ryan wouldn't even discuss names before we found out what we were having. That way, when we knew, we could eliminate 50% of the names. SO! Now we know and we can start discussing names. We have been discussing it and emailing each other all day long with ideas while we work. Luckily, I have had some down time at work since kids are MAP testing, so I have had a little bit of time to search. We thought we had a name, but the more I talked to Ryan about it, the more I got the feeling he liked it, he just wasn't sold on it, so we kept looking. Today we found a name! I sent him a list of almost 20 names. He replied to one and one only! I couldn't believe of all the names I sent, he only commented on one, but his words were, he "loved" that particular one. Then we started looking at middle names. He emailed me a list-all beginning with the letter "J" and they were AWFUL! Jachin (Jay-kin), Jotham, Jarvis, etc. I asked him where we came up with these awful names. He just said we wanted it to start with a "J" because he like the initials. He sent me another one and it was ok. When I got home, we discussed the name with the middle name. I had to type the name into my phone to see it and looked at 3 different ways to spell the middle name. He liked one way, I liked another. I told him, since he picked out the the entire name, I got to pick the spelling. SOOOOO, without any further adieu, our son's name is Cash Jaret Luebbert.

I have pictures of the ultra sound to upload, but they are saved on my computer at work. I will upload them tomorrow for you to see.

HOUSE!!!!

It has been a great birthday! I felt the love from all of my friends and family. Ryan got me a video recorder for my birthday so we have one to start capturing all the wonderful events in our little ones lives. I thought that was the best birthday present! But now I have a close second birthday gift. Amanda sent us an email today and said we finally have a contract on a house!!!!! I tried to upload a picture of it off of MLS, but apparently it is already off MLS! When I have a picture of the house, I will post it. So, all you boys-we are going to need your strong muscles soon! We gave you a break moving into the rental. :)

Retraction

I was informed at the end of the day that I was wrong and I felt I needed to retract my previous post. Janelle was not just an accomplice-it was all her idea. She bought the items, gave them to my co-horts and made the sign. All to be put up when we left. Apparently her students knew she was up to it as well since she made the sign in her room. Sneaky, sneaky! What are friends for right? :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!

Today started out just like any other birthday. The phone started ringing at 6:15 this morning and has continued throughout the day from various family members and friends. (Thanks again to all of you!) Ryan seemed to have forgotten that it was my birthday today, because when he finally rolled out of bed, the first thing he said to me was, "Where are your car keys?" He then went to get a microwave out of my trunk. He then came in and started to get ready to shower. I looked at him and said, "Bye" he nicely said "bye" back. I stood there and said, "bye" again. His response was, "I said bye. My throat hurts." So, I said, "bye" one last time. This time, he yelled really loud-"BYE!" I just stood there, puckered out my bottom lip and turned to leave. The light then came on and he quickly said, "Oh, I am sorry. Happy birthday!" Grabbed me and gave me a hug. He is such a morning person.

Janelle then showed up at the house to head to work. She got into my car-handed me a card. It was really cute, then gave me a 30 beaded necklace to wear. She had a bag and my response was, "Oh great! You are going to make me look like a dork today!" She laughed. But that is all she had for me to wear. She also bought me doughnuts. That brightened my morning.

When I got to school, the next chapter began. I went to Janelle's room to get my doughnuts, then headed up to my room. Low and behold there was this lovely sign outside my door! There was confetti outside my door and I saw in my dark room, balloons hanging down from the inside. I yelled something down the hall to my 4 lovely co-workers, but I don't remember what. I looked into Heather's room and she just smiled! I then went into my room and found a mess of all messes! Confetti all over the floor leading to my desk, behind my desk, and all over my desk and computer desk. They all laughed and then one pointed out they all had black on today. (I hadn't seen them all together yet.) THEN! Heather informed me that little Miss Janelle was in on the whole thing. I immediately said, "How, we left right after school yesterday?" and while I said that, I remembered that was Janelle's idea to leave after school. So, I headed back downstairs to THANK her dearly!

I have attached pictures of my room and the 4 culprits! Janelle the accomplice is not pictured.

Thanks for making my 30th birthday so special ladies! (And don't think I won't forget in 7 years Miss Pringer when you turn 30! (She keeps reminding me she has 7 more years to go!))

Miss Hanks, Mrs. Schwartz, Miss Pringer, and Mrs. Howard in their black outfits.

I HATE house hunting!!!

They always say, "Be careful for what you wish for." Well, I am learning that the hard way. As many of you know, I have been wanting to move for months and months and months, but Ryan was my only obstacle. Well, in June, we put a For Sale sign in the yard. Nothing really came of it, but we sold it in December/January. We weren't going to start looking until we SOLD our house, so we didn't end up with 2 houses. Well, the guy who bought our house wanted to close the end of February, which is all fine and dandy, but we didn't have a house. We worked it out that we wouldn't move until March 27th and we paid him rent for the month. We have looked and looked and looked at houses. As you noticed before, we found a house, but that fell through. I don't know how many houses we have actually looked at, but I would say 30+. I knew at one time. Nothing is what Ryan and I both want. Well, we found a house last night that I fell in love with!!!! Chris told us that he was really beginning to think we wouldn't find one because nothing was even close to what we wanted. We gave the sellers and offer and of course they countered. We thought they might work with us a little more than they did because of their circumstances, but not so much. With the higher morgage and a baby, things will be tight, but we can manage. BUT this house not only has a higher mortgage, it seems to have MUCH higher utilities and other expenses. I am sitting here devistated and ready to thrown in the towel. We can't agree on anything and when we do-it can't go our way. I am going to be homeless renting in Westview Heights!!!! Not kidding! I reineterate-I HATE house hunting!!!