Happy Birthday Ashley & Dallan!

My nephew Dallan's 4th birthday was just a couple of days ago. He's got the cutest personality! He always says the cutest things like "Oh, that Rachel and Brady are going to have the cutest baby!" and while he is praying he'll say, "Please bless us that we will be able to press forward." He loves bowling and we go every year for his birthday.

Today is also my niece Ashley's 6th birthday. She is such a doll! She'll just melt your heart. She's got a big imagination and she's really good at everything she does. She kicked trash in bowling at Dallan's Birthday party the other night! She has chopped her hair off since this picture was taken and donated it to locks of love. It was all her idea. Such a sweetheart!

I love you two! Happy Birthday!

Major Award

I've been meaning to post about this, because it happened over two weeks ago... But, I belong to a group called SMPS (Society for Marketing Professional Services). It's basically a club for all the marketers in the architecture/engineering/construction industry. This year I am on the board of directors and I'm the Public Relations Director. As such, I'm in charge of the annual Marketing Communications Awards. So I did all the planning and I entered something that I designed into the competition.

I entered the "Reaveley Candy Bar" I just redesigned the wrapper, and put some funny little things on the back and wrapped it around a Hershey bar and we gave them out at our open house in the spring.

Well the candy bar won first place in the collateral category. I had to present the awards at the SMPS Holiday Gala, so I'm presenting the award to my boss. Even though I was in charge of the awards, I was not a judge, so I did win fair and square!

Wierd, yet Logical Dream

Okay, if you know me well, you know I have wacked out dreams. But, I think this dream I had the other night took the cake.

In my dream I gave birth to a.... jar of mayonnaise! My little jar of mayonnaise grew up and married ... a bottle of mustard! The mayo and mustard had a baby, and it was a mixture of mayo and mustard. So my mayo/mustard grandchild grew up and married... a ruffle potato chip.

Most psycho and random dream ever, right? It actually makes perfect sense with the translation from www.dreammoods.com . I looked up all the elements of my dream in their dream dictionary.

Birth
To dream that you are giving birth to a non-human creature, signifies your overwhelming (an unfounded) fear in the health of your baby. You are overly concerned that your baby may have birth defects. This type of dream is common in expectant mothers in their second trimester.

Mayonnaise
To see or eat mayonnaise in your dream, represents disappointment in your waking life. It also indicates the occurrence of insults and disrespect in some situation or relationship. (I had been so disappointed over something that had happened that night and someone had told me how huge I was and that she didn't get that big til she was 9 months.)

Mustard
To see mustard in your dream, signifies success and wealth. (Brady just got his new job)

Potato Chips
To see or eat potato chips in your dream, symbolizes your overindulgent behavior. (We had a huge potluck at work that day and I ate tons, and then Brady and I ate at Mexican that night and I way over ate.)

So you see...it makes perfect sense!

All Grown Up

My little Brady is growing up so fast! Today he took his last final in his under-graduate college career. I am so proud of him for working so hard and for getting a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management.

With graduation and a new baby coming Brady knew that he has major responsibilities on the horizon. He began preparing for a good job a while back. We both thought that he would get on full time at the Church's Audio Visual Department, where he works now. But, with economic downturns, full-time positions are hard to come by in that department. So I helped him design a nice resume and and we practiced common job interview questions. Armed with a degree, nice work experience, people skills, and his stunning good looks, Brady set out to hunt for a job. He sent out his resume to several places and had a number of interviews. There was one particular job that I felt really good about even though it was something new for Brady. It was in the Church's computer department helping to train people and improve the church's database. Brady has worked a lot with the church's data base, so he applied. They wanted someone that knew the database software and had great people skills. Apparently computer geeks aren't the best at client relations. They liked Brady and called him for a second interview. Then what seemed like weeks past (it was really only a week and a day) and they called and offered him the position! They want him to start right away! So tomorrow my little sweetie starts his first full-time job as a Functional Analysts for the Church. We feel so blessed that he was able to find this job right out of school and right before our baby comes. Now my little Brady is all grown up and ready to provide for his family. I love you Brady and I'm so proud of you!

It's a BOY!

We're having a baby boy!!! The ultrasound was awesome, and everything is perfect! We are so excited to finally know that HE is a boy!

Sugar and Spice? Or Snips and Snails?

This Thursday we will find out the the answer to the question that has been on our minds for the past twenty weeks- what kind of baby are we having? One made of sugar and spice and everything nice? Or snips and snails and puppy dog tails? We'll be sure to let you know! Only two more days! Leave a comment with your guess of what it will be.