Life as a Lewis

I had it in my head that I should wait until the kitchen and table were decorated completely before unveiling our new table. But then reason prevailed and I decided to just post the few pictures I've already taken. One of these days I might get it decorated and set up exactly the way I want. Rory was watching from her bike in the garage. Ignore the boxes. First breakfast at the table. This totally cracked me up. He's inspecting the English muffin very closely. Rory wanted to know why I was showing off her booty on my blog. I was just taking a picture of the bench! I always thought I wanted a white table. Then I thought I wanted a rustic farm table. Then I thought maybe I wanted a rustic farm table with white legs and benches. And then I found this table, which was lightly distressed, Amish made, and black. I like the contrast of the very light walls and flooring with the cabinets and now our table. Take a look at my beautiful kiddos ...

(title borrowed from my sweet friend Vicki ) Most of you know this already from my Facebook post, but my exam was all clear Wednesday; blood work was stable. Dr. C doesn't even think I need a scan at this point, which officially marks the longest I've been without a scan. And while she said she was completely willing to order one, she didn't think it was necessary at this time. Brian and I feel comfortable with that, although I definitely will be asking for one when I see her next in November. I want to make sure I never take this continued good news for granted. I don't want to get used to it or take it more lightly than I should. I am stable and doing well. The unexpected job offer and interviewing process has been tougher than I imagined. When we made the decision simultaneously to adopt Rory and for me to become a stay-at-home-mom back in 2007, the plan was always that I would go back to work at some point; probably when both kids were back in school. After...

*My appointment at Vanderbilt is at 3:00 this afternoon. I appreciate your prayers. On our way back from Burgess Falls, we stopped at this bus graveyard along the road. It would have been a really cool place for a photo shoot! As it was, my kids were very hot (and I wasn't really willing to wade through the weeds) so I snapped just a few and we moved on.

On our way to East Tennessee Rory informed us that her sugar pressure was very low. I picked up these Born lime-green wedges on clearance last week. Pretty sure wearing lime-green shoes are a first for me. We might have hit up both the La Casa Taqueria restaurant and food truck last week. We did not, however, take even one selfie. At my previous job, hose were a requirement. Total bane of my existence. That probably explains the uniform of yoga pants for the last 6.5 years. I'm still a little unsure as to how nice a wardrobe I need for this new job, but since all the men were in jeans, I'm thinking my dress code will be more casual than previous jobs. It would be like a dream come true to wear jeans to work. (Clearly I like to dream big.) Lunch with friends after church Sunday. Brian says he can't get a word in when Lindsey and I are together. Not only has Camden outgrown Gymboree, but he's now too old for the kid's menu at ...

Camden and Rory arrived home safe and sound Saturday afternoon. Safe, sound, tired, and more than a tad sassy. I hear their week involved 4 nights of camping, hikes, lots of games around the campfire, some candle making and weaving with the park rangers and alot of eating junk food! I wish I had pictures of their week, but we'll have to just go with the good memories. What I had pictured of that week without kids was quite different than the reality. The dream was of quiet days spent drinking iced coffee and getting caught up on my scrapping and photography. The reality was no scrapping and a very, very busy week. I will say, however, that my house actually stayed clean without kids to dirty it up. And this completely makes me laugh: we took out a grand total of 1 bag of trash and I did 1 load of laundry for the whole week. That changed immediately after the kids walked in the door, of course. So part of the reason last week was so busy was that I spent a day in Nashville ...

We ran away to East Tennessee for a very busy weekend. It was both personal and business. We were able to visit with both sets of Brian's grandparents, as well as his brother, nieces, parents, aunt and uncle. We were there less than 72 hours but managed to fit in alot of catching up, 1 presentation of 180 Church, 2 sermons, a trip to Lake Holston, and 17 hours of driving. Just a few pictures - it was so busy that I did not pull out the camera nearly often enough. Kids piled on Uncle Jon to watch some late-night TV. We spent about 6 hours Saturday at Lake Holston. It rained the first couple of hours, but then turned into a beautiful cool day. East Tennessee is just breathtakingly beautiful (although I do miss some signs of civilization occasionally - like driving for several hours one way with no Starbucks or anything other than the occasional fast food restaurant). Brian trying to grill hotdogs in the cold rain. Kids played soccer for hours af...