New Faces

Harper met a few new people this week.

1. HAILEE - We were ELATED about Hailee staying at our house on Monday night! Why? She 'backpacked' Central America for 10 months and then decided to end her journey by riding her BICYCLE from Texas to Iowa! We were her last overnight stop - it was great to see her again! And she finally got to meet Harper! They were buds. To read more about Hailee's adventures - check out her blog on the right side of my page - La Vida es Perfecta (or something like that)

Hailee brought along her friend, Mary, to ride with her during her last two days. Thanks for staying gals!

2. KIA - born to Lisa Brevig and Jon Stricker on June 29th! She is a doll!

Proud Mommy and Daddy

I see lots of shopping trips in the future for Harper, Kia, Lisa and I :)

Congrats to Jon and Lisa!!!!

Baby Contest

This past weekend we traveled to Northwood for a few reasons: birthday party for Adam's sister and two of her kids, and to enter Harper in the baby contest at the Worth County Fair. This was all my idea because I won the baby contest myself back in 1984 - can you guess what for? CHUBBY CHEEKS!!!! ha ha - still could today!! Chubby cheeks OR least hair wasn't an option for Harper - so we entered her in 'sweet smile.' She didn't win (which is fine, I wasn't expecting her to) but she looked so darn cute :)

In her pretty dress and headband

Grandma Dawn took her up on stage

Look at Harper standing all by herself!!!

(She's getting closer and closer to walking everyday - I have a funny video to post to prove it!)

Time to get off the computer - Hailee and her friend will be arriving in Clarion within in the next 30 minutes!!!! Yay!!! I bet they are tired - they've ridden about 60 miles INTO the wind ALL day! Poor Girls!!!! We're grilling steaks, potatoes and having some fruit for supper! Can't wait to see that CRAZY girl!!! I'll post pictures tomorrow :)

7 Quick Takes

What a week!!!! We survived - that's all that matters!!!

1. Obviously if you read the previous posts - you know that the city of Clarion flooded on Tuesday night. So did 90% of the houses in Clarion- including ours.
2. We didn't have hot water until today - taking a shower and feeling clean is the BEST!
3. Justin, my mom, and Brett came down today to help clean up. It was 95 degrees with the heat index.
4. Harper decided that she was a big girl and could climb up the stairs. She made it to the 3rd step - tried sitting down - and took a tumble. Poor thing - I think it scared her more than anything. Needless to say, she's stayed clear of the steps.
5. For some odd reason, I had this feeling that I wouldn't be able to get financial aid for college because I was married, owned a home, etc. BUT - I got my award letter this week and I'm eligible. I even got awarded a $1200 grant. Nursing school - here I come!
6. Harper is in Northwood right now with my parents :( My mom took her home with her so we could get some work done tomorrow without having to worry about her. Thank you, mom!
7. We will be going to Northwood again tomorrow night! It is the Worth County Fair this week and Harper is going to be in the baby contest on Sunday morning :) We are also going to a birthday party for Adam's sister and two of her kids.

Well, I need to take advantage of this 'alone' time and get some cleaning done! I get to SLEEP IN tomorrow - how awesome!!!! It just started to rain - please stay out of our basement!