Summer Time..the Livin's Easy

It's been a while since I've posted any blogs so I thought I'd throw a few pictures on here with a brief narrative of what's been going on with the Thomassons lately. We've been pretty busy the past few weeks with a visit from my parents and doing some things around our house. Fortunately, we've been able to make a little time for the usual summer activities (as you will see below!).

Here's the infamous belly picture everyone's been asking for. Of course I had to represent with my Maroon Out t-shirt. Not sure how much longer it will fit. I'm almost 22 wks in this picture.

We've finally been able to get around to some landscaping in the front yard. We are renting our house but still want it to look nice. I should've taken "before" pictures but I didn't feel like it ;). Just imagine overgrown bushes and weeds with random landscaping blocks. Brian picked out all the plants with a little input from me. Here are some day lillies, rhodedendron and hydrangea. Still have to put the mulch in but you can picture it I'm sure!

This is closest to the entrance of the house. Brian picked out a few varieties of hostas and some flowering bushes. There's a deep purple bush in the back that will have lighter purple flowers and the green bush in the front will have white. The yellow bush in the background doesn't flower but the leaves turn golden red. Should be pretty once everything kicks in!

Here's a shot of the front of the house. Can't tell much right now since everything is in it's infancy (and the lawnmower is in the shop!). A few of our neighbors have already come by to comment on how much nicer the house looks. We still have a few more touches to complete the look.

Steph and Aila came over yesterday when Brian and I were finishing up in the plant beds. I should've taken some pictures of Aila "helping" spread the dirt around and watering the plants. After a quick bite to eat we went out to a lake for some fishing and sand castle building.

Here's Steph and Aila. Aila enjoyed dumping spoonfuls of sand into her bucket then going over to the water and dumping it out, then throwing her spoon into the water.


One of the many rods Brian has working to catch fish. He caught a Northern, set it free, then it swam down and Stephanie caught it. What an unlucky fish!

Aila is quite the helper these days and was very willing to help Brian pick out the lure that he eventually caught a fish with.


Aila gave Steph and I a few heart attacks when she would randomly stare at the water, then go running into it screaming "ooooh water!" Fortunately she never went too far but she was definitely more entertained by the water than any fish or sand castle.

Here's a video of Aila meeting the first fish of the day. I don't think she was too impressed.....


Well that's it for now. We have a busy first part of the summer planned. I'm going home for a week in June to make the rounds visiting family and friends and having my first baby shower. Brian's driving to Colorado when I get home to pick up his dad and his boat for a few weeks of fun here. Things should slow down after that except for getting things ready for our little girl!