CHERRIES!!!

This is my Great Aunt Josephine. She is one of the sweetest ladies I know. I can only hope that if the good Lord allows me to live 93 years on this Earth that I will be as spry as she is!!



Well we made a visit to her house because she has a very large cherry tree that had a plethora of cherries that were ripe and ready to be picked.:)


So between my mom, Lisa, Pete, me and Mason we picked all these cherries.

Of course Mallory just wanted to play and touch them.

Then she decided when we were all finished picking that she wanted to pick from Pete's shoulders. So she got a few more.


Now just for the record, my mom pitted all of those cherries you saw above. Then she made a wonderful cherry pie and brought us a few pieces. That night for dessert we had a slice of fresh cherry pie and a bowl of ice cream.. wow..DELICIOUS! Thanks Mom!!

Week 22

The Fruit of the week is..
Now this is actually the fruit for week 21 but I did not have the current week's fruit in the house! :)

I can't hardly believe that it is week 22! We are half way there! That is kind of a scary thought, too! I had an appointment this week and it was quick check up. I got to hear the baby's heart beat which was 148bpm. The doctor placed the sonogram wand on my belly trying to pick up the baby's heartbeat and I hear the doctor say "oh..well..oh". I kind of started to chuckle a bit. He then proceeds to tell me that Baby Drury was kicking where he was trying to listen intently! I felt the little flutter but I could really hear the THUD on the sonogram! Speaking of kicking, I have been feeling a lot more movement lately. The other night I was laying flat on my back in bed and I started to feel the baby kicking. I told Pete that he needed to try and feel this happening. So I kind of took a deep breath and let out slowly...and we waited..then..THUMP! :) Then I took another deep breath and we waited..then..THUMP! We both just laughed. This was the first movement that Pete had experienced so he thought that was pretty cool.

We went shopping last week for some baby furniture. Pete is running a detasseling crew this summer and we know that the weeks to come are going to be hectic. So we thought if we could cross some things off of our list now that would be great! We set up to visit a few places in Des Moines. I wanted to stop at this consignment store that my sister and I stop at from time to time. This place is full of all kinds of kids/babies things. This was the item that Pete was pretty proud about finding and buying!

This was actually the purchase I was so thrilled to find! Talk about being in the right place at the right time. We walked in and I saw this car seat on top of the rack. We got it down and started inspecting it. This seat looked like it had never been used. We both were combing through it, trying to find something like a tear, a rip, a stain...NOTHING. Nice! Then I looked back up on the shelf and noticed another base sitting up there. I looked at the tag and noticed that they were sold together! Wow..really?!! We ended up paying $86 for the combo! This exact same car seat at Babies R Us was selling for $180 with the extra base sold seperately! *SNATCH*

These are a few of the purchases that day. We did not buy the closet organizer from the consignment store. The Iowa State jersey, however did come from that great consignment store! That was another one of Pete's finds!

The newest addition to the Drury house...introducing Gus! My mom had an outdoor cat have kittens. We would go over and could watch them play for hours. I fell in love with this little black kitten and thought about bringing it home. So we finally did and I have to say he is one of the best kittens we have ever had. Every time you pick him up he purrs and is just such a mild little guy! We named him after the black an-GUS cows we have on the farm!! :)

Road Trip to St. Louis

Pete and I decided a few months ago to take a road trip after school was out. This is something that we look forward to each summer break. So we made a list of a few places that we would like to go. Then we made a list of all the places that we have road tripped to including Pittsburg; Sandusky,Ohio; Chicago, Ill; Wisconsin Dells; Branson; Colorado Springs; Dumas, TX; Oklahoma City; Minneapolis; Omaha; and Kansas City. Looking at our list we noticed that we were beginning to run out of destitations that we could drive to.



We have some dear friends that moved to St. Louis, Missouri a little over a year ago. Todd and Mindy have been a very important part of my life. They were my youth group leaders when I was in High School. Throughout High School, I baby sat their three boys and spent quite a bit of time at their house. When I was a freshman in high school, 16 years ago, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior at a youth conference in St. Louis ;). Todd and Mindy really took me in and helped me learn more about having a genuine faith. They have influenced my life more than they will ever know. As I face parenthood, I can't help but reflect on this family and their strong Godly values. Thanks Todd and Mindy for being that 'light' to me (us) then and now!

On Friday, Mindy and I hung out while the boys went to Six Flags. This was very sad for me because I love amusement parks. But with the temps being around 100 and my "condition", I felt I would be no fun to be with them. I did send Pete a text that day that said "Im jealous. But I will take baby flutters over roller coaster flutters any day!!" While Mindy and I were shopping she got a text from a friend that had 3 free tickets to the Chris Tomlin concert that night. Mindy and I both enjoy Chris Tomlin and thought it was a no brainer..of course we will take the tickets! So while the boys went to Joes Crabs Shack and watched Avitar, Mindy and I went to this great concert!

Even though we are both "Cubs Fans", we thought it would be really fun to scope out the new Busch Stadium and catch a Cards game. The stadium is just blocks from the Arch, which is something that I wanted to see, we hit both of those on Saturday afternoon. There was as storm blowing in so our visit to the Arch was fast and furious so that we could make it to the stadium before it down poured. It rained only a little bit and this blew over. We were not able to go up into the Arch because the wait was going to be too long. I guess this will have to a family vacation in the years to come.
The whole bunch waiting for the game to start.

I know you might be asking, 'why are you wearing a cardinals shirt if you are a "cubs fan"?' We decided we didn't want to stick out too much and besides what is the saying "Been there, done that, got a t-shirt"! :) We loved the Arch in the background and thought it would make a great picture!



Pete and I had such a great time seeing these special friends. Even though they are far away they are still near and dear to our hearts!! Vacations are always fun but Pete and I agree that they make your heart grow to love your HOME!

A Few Pics

Here is my first "belly" photo. Pete has been the one to say "Lets take a picture of your growing belly". I've been more like, um..no thanks. However, I got to thinking that it will be something I will want to know later on. Along with that growing waist line, I've been experiencing some movement. :) I have to be honest and share that I've been finding myself walking to the bathroom thinking that I need to "go" only to discover its just Baby D doing back flips!
**Here is a random Mason quote....They picked me up at my house the other day to go to a movie. I got in the van and he says to me "Um...DD your belly doesn't look big enough to have a baby in it!" :0) I told him...give me a few weeks and it will!!**

I have been feeling great! The last couple of weeks of school, I was experiencing some swelling in my feet. By the end of a 12+ hour day, my feet had had enough. It didn't help that my classroom was nearly 85 degrees every day. So now that school is over, I've been able to sit a lot more and put my feel up throughout the day. My feet haven't been swollen that bad yet! :) It's amazing what a little rest will do.

Speaking of school, here is a picture of me right before I locked up the door to that classroom...FOREVER!!! We made the decision a while ago that I would stay home with our children while they are young. This has been a heart's desire of mine ever since I can remember. However, as I leave this job in education, I can't even begin to tell you how much it has taught me. After 9 years of teaching, I have experienced so much that will help me be a better mother. I needed this time in this job to teach me some very important lessons. I am very thankful for my time at Anson. Even though at times it was extremely trying and stressful, I was able to witness the hand of God through it all. Thank you Lord for your provisions while at Anson.

Here are a few special people that I had to say "farewell" to at Anson. I left telling them "This is not Good Bye"...this is "farewell for a while". I hope to do some subbing in the years to come. I would love to be back at my old school to see some of my past students and friends that I have made over the years. I am very excited to start the new adventure of substitute teaching. I am really excited to experience other grade levels and different buildings but a piece of my heart will always be at this school.


Here is a pic of my newphew Mason playing T-ball. What a hoot that was so see those 4,5 and 6 year olds running around trying to play baseball. Mason thought that he played every position and no matter where the ball was hit he would run after it!! Gotta love that kid! He hasn't quite got the idea of TEAMWORK, down yet! We'll give him a few years.
Of course he had an audience there to watch him and he wanted to make sure that we saw him.

18 Weeks

The fruit of the week is a ......

Mango! The baby is roughly the size of a mango.:) This would explain why my pants don't button anymore! :) I love it though. For once in my life, I smile when my pants don't fit.


Here are some ultrasound pictures that we saw on Monday. This first picture we loved because of the arm being raised!! We like to think that Baby D was trying to wave!

Here is another 3D picture of Baby D's profile. I love these kind of pictures. You get to see thier little button nose and facial features.

Here is just a regular 1D photo of Baby D. Baby is a little sleepy and showing us a great big yawn! So cute.


I know I mentioned in the past post that Pete and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. These were the beautiful flowers that were sent to school from my loving hubby. They lasted 2 weeks and smelled amazing.

Here are some Iris' that a friend at school brought me. Aren't these gorgeous, they too smelled amazing.

I found these Lily of the Valley in my backyard. This is one of my absolute favorite flowers; so tiny and delicate but yet so fragrant. How can something so small look so beautiful and have an amazing scent?

9 Years Ago Today...

I married a man that means the world to me. You know when I stood at the alter 9 years ago I meant every last word I spoke. And my heart was filled with so much love for Pete. I can remember asking myself "Can I love this man any more?"
The answer today is YES! I can not even begin to tell you how much I love my husband! His name actually means "a rock", and he has been exactly that to me. We have endured so much over the last nine years and he has been everything to me through it all.

Here is a song I heard on the radio a couple of weeks ago. I had tears streaming down my face as I heard this song for the first time. I was thinking how blessed I am that God gave me..Pete! Through the ups and downs of this life he has been there for me, listened to me, supported me and encouraged me every step of the way.




Thank you Lord Jesus, for the work that you have done in Pete's heart to make him who he is and will be. Thank you for bringing him into my life 14 years ago. Our children will be so lucky to have such a great guy for a daddy!

Week 14

Fruit of the week...Baby D is the size of a lemon. This is considered a "jumbo lemon" but it did measure 3 1/2 inces, so I thought it was a keeper for the visual this week! Today, I had my 14 week appointment. Nothing special, just the usual bp check (which was normal..yay! :). Through a 'doppler', we were able to hear the baby's heartbeat. It was 152 bpm today. What is the 'old wives tale' about heart rate anyways?!?! We are NOT going to find out what we are having but it sure is fun to consider these things along the way.



This is a picture of what Pete does this time of year! He loves storms, tornados and all that weather stuff! He IS a certified Storm Spotter... you know!! ;) I do enjoy watching a great storm blow in as well. However, when the weather radio goes off in the middle of the night telling me a tornado has been spotted and is heading in my direction..I assure you I'm headed for the basement while Pete will be doing this.


Here are a few pics of Mason and Mallory. They got to spend the day with Aunt DD and Uncle Pete. Mason noticed that the shelf was dusty. He said "Oh...DD..this is dusty..where's a rag?" Ha..ok..if you say so! So they both went to town and cleaned it all off for me! Bless their hearts! Love them!


Then they helped us plant 3 oak trees in our yard. As we were digging we found lots of worms. This started us all looking really closely at nature. The next job we did was pick up rocks so that Pete could mow. As we were picking up rocks, Mason found an ant farm! He says "LARVE..DD look at all these larve" Um...where did you learn that word..child?!? Thanks Magic School Bus!


Had to post this beautiful picture of the sunset. God's creation is pretty AWEsome!