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A few highlights from the weekend.

Em's baby shower: Kelli and I threw Em a shower on Saturday morning. It was another georgeous day so we got to spend some time outdoors and Emily looks amazing with 6 weeks left to go. She's due on mom's birthday so I've suggested she name her baby girl, Kitty. For some reason she's not commiting to that right now. ;)






Saturday night Kyle and I went out to eat and then we picked up a movie. Since the weather is unbelievable Kyle wanted to watch the movie outside, on the deck. Soooo, we piled up the blankets, lit some candles and camped out on the deck to watch the movie. I do wonder what our neighbors think about us. We know we're dorks. We're okay with that. Next time I think we'll have to invite them. We had fun and as long as I've lived here, I've never admired the stars from this corner of Copper Hill.



Sunday-off to church and then over to a couple's home for lunch. Kyle and I are going to be babysitting/house sitting for them at the end of May so we wanted to meet the kiddos and get a feel for their home. This is the first time Gary and Stacy are getting away for a week since moving here. Kyle said to me this afternoon, "don't you think it's crazy that this is the first time they're getting to go on vacation and they're trusting their kids with us ?". Nice. Nothing like being confident going into this. ;)

And then this afternoon we also finally got to go to an open house for a home we've been obsessing about. From the street, we both are in total agreement that we love it...love the style, the colors, the neighborhood, the trees, everything. The inside though, needs a LOT of work. It's 1980's to the core and honestly, there's not a room that doesn't need work. Structurally, the home is sound but...we'll see. Jim played the role of dad for us today by being so kind as to come and crawl in crawl spaces and check out the wood siding/roof, etc. So Jim, if you should read this, thank you. It may not seem like much to you but you have no idea how much that meant to us. We are most grateful for our TN family. :)