Peyton's Kiwanis Terrific Kid Award...

I am so proud of Peyton (our son). He is doing so great in school this semester! He was recognized at Friday Assembly at school today for the Kiwanis Terrific Kid Award in 4th grade. He has shown leadership, accomplishments, reached goals and so much more. Not to mention his grades are all A's and B's this semester! He received a certificate, bumber sticker, pin and other prizes. I am so proud of my little guy!!!! Way to make your momma proud! :o) Good Job, Peyton!

5 1/2 Months Pregnant and Feeling It!

Tomorrow I am exactly 5 1/2 months pregnant. Gosh, this pregnancy has really flown by so far. I haven't really felt pregnant until now... I'm tired a lot and getting bigger by the day. Sleep... what's that?! LOL I cannot get comfortable at all. Oh how I would love just one good, full night's sleep! We are so excited about little Khloe... we cannot wait to see her adorable little face!! Only a few more months... :o) Today, I found the perfect nursery furniture at The Baby's Room in Rogers... I love that place!! Unique, high quality baby stuff... I spent hours there! LOL I also decided on the fabrics that I love so much to have all of her bedding, valances and chairs custom made. I can't wait to see her room! I love the pale pinks, chocolates, soft greens and tans. I'm choosing more modern decor for her nursery - rather than a themed nursery (yuck!). That way the colors and style will grow with her and we won't be changing it a million times as she grows older. I'm excited about seeing the finished product. I, also, opted not to do white nursery furniture... instead I'm doing an elegant espresso finish. Modern. Classy. Adorable. I'll post pictures when it comes in... won't be until April, though. :o)

It's a GIRL!!

On February 6th at 10:00am, we we went to our Ultrasound at my doctor's office. We finally found out what the gender of our baby is... it's a GIRL! We were hoping for a boy, but are happy now that we are having a precious little girl. Life is going to change so much when she arrives... afterall, I have been the only female in a house of two males for quite some time. I think a little girl will be good for all of us. LOL The only bad thing is that Kevin wanted another little boy so bad and still has not given up on the idea of having that boy. He's already trying to convince me to immediately start trying for that boy after our little girl is born. Wooow, Slow down, Jack. Ugh... we're going to have to discuss this. Not sure I want to go for round 3. Yikes! Peyton turned 10 years old in November, so this whole starting over thing is hard on me. LOL Kevin will be so thrilled that he gave me a girl... just wait! He's already trying to play the overprotective daddy to her. No boy is allowed to change her diaper when she is born... just him. He won't let me post the u/s pics of her "hoo hoo." His behavior is cracking me up... and it will only get worse! Ha ha! We have decided that we are going to name our baby girl, Khloe Elizabeth Yingst. It has been my chosen name for years! I found her name in the bible (Chloe) about 3 years ago and that was God's way of saying she will be little Khloe! :o) Our DUE DATE is July 2nd (our Anniversary week). I hope she's not born on the 4th of July... the doctor's said she will probably come early. Peyton was born right on his Due Date. Kevin thinks she will arrive on June 28th and I feel that her birthday will be June 27th. We'll see... any guesses??? I cannot believe that we are already 5 1/2 mos pregnant. Wow... time flies!

Pregnant and Unknowing on our Vacation to California in October!

It has been forever since I've updated my blog. Sorry! LOL Kevin and I found out in November that we were expecting. We had just gotten back from a long trip to Yosemite, San Francisco and Napa Valley, California in October. I had NO IDEA I was pregnant when I was on that trip. I'm sure hiking the huge mountains every day in Yosemite and then spending our last week in WINE COUNTRY was not particularly good for a growing baby. Yikes! LOL We found out that we had actually conceived in early October... our trip was October 10-20. Oops! LOL I didn't feel pregnant, so I had no way of knowing. :o) It was a great time... I'll post pics. The first part of the trip we spent with Kevin's parents and our son (he was a lucky little guy... he got to miss several days of school because of it. But, the way we saw it was that is was more educational to visit the amazing mountains and bears in Yosemite and the Golden Gate Bridge and fast life in San Francisco than to be doing math equations stuck behind a school desk. LOL They were with us the first 5 days... after they flew home, we went on to Napa Valley. It was amazing. We loved that part of the country! Very serene! We visited all the vineyards sampling their best wines and went on romantic bike rides in the smaller part of the city (country rather). We had a great time!

My Sister's Wedding 9.20.08

Well, my sister's wedding finally came. It was a very intimate outdoor wedding at Bell Gable in Fayetteville. Her Reception immediately followed at the Walton Arts Center off Dickson. We had a great time. She rode up on her carriage at her ceremony and walked down the aisle for a lovely outdoor ceremony. I was her Matron of Honor! She had another Maid of Honor, Angela, and 5 Bridesmaids. They had 7 Groomsmen standing on the other side for PJ. She married PJ Ashford and became Mrs. Ashford that day! No one ever thought Tasha would get married, but she sure fooled us. To top it all, she was the most BEAUTIFUL Bride that I have EVER seen!! She should seriously model for Bridal Magazines!!! Just stunning! My husband was sick that day and missed the Ceremony and nearly missed the reception. He dragged himself out of bed and made it to the last hour of the reception. Poor thing! I was extremely gracious that he didn't miss all of it, though! I can't wait to see Tasha's pictures. She hired my friend, Chandi Gregory, to take her pictures and do her wedding video. If you have never seen her work, then you MUST!! She is by far the BEST in Arkansas - no doubt about it! Her website is: www.picturethisfilms.com. She has some highlights even from our wedding on her site. I took several pictures myself at Tasha's wedding reception, but my camera wasn't good enough to make add the needed light to the dark room... so, can't wait to see Chandi's work!!! Congrats Tasha and PJ Ashford! We are very proud of you two!

Our Sunroom is Finished!

On another note... I am so excited. 4 Seasons Sunroom finally installed our sunroom on our house. It is really cute and makes our house appear MUCH larger from the entrance into the home. Yeah!! We built it because we didn't have room for a custom made beautiful bar that a dear friend gave us last year for our wedding gift. Uh yes, I am serious... a $5000 bar w/stools as a WEDDING GIFT! Anyway, we couldn't part with it and there was no space for it in our new home, so we made space... fixed that problem... it only took $8500 to fix the problem, but we love it! I think it will be well worth every penny. We plan on entertaining more, now! We have an entertainment home for sure now! We are having a small house warming party (like 8 couples this weekend), but we plan on having a much larger party soonafter. :) I'll keep you posted. We love it! My mother-in-law and I worked on landscaping flowers/bushes/etc this past Monday as well... it turned out perfect! Enjoy the pics!

My Missing Camera

I am bitter... just bitter that I lost my darn camera. Ugh!!! I hosted my sister's Bridal Shower at my mother's house this past weekend and took LOTS of great pictures. Later that day was my step-dad's surprise 50th birthday party... took lots of pictures. After that, one of my dearest friends (Andrea Fields "Elmore") came into town and we had a girls night out and took great pictures with Sheena and some of our other friends. Uh... gone. That last darn time I had it was at the end of the evening in Fayetteville at Buster Belly's on their patio. We were the LAST 3 people there and the employees there were cleaning up the patio. Ugh... which means... if they don't have it, then one of the employees pocketed it. Makes me so mad just thinking about it. The sad thing is that in a 7 hour time frame that evening, I only had 2 drinks... so, I can't blame it on the alcohol!! Hmm... Buster Belly's keeps giving me the run around too. I've been calling and calling and they don't usually return my call, but when I do talk to them, they tell me to call back and talk to the manager. So, I sent my sister up there to gather it for me and they even told her that the manager wasn't in, so we would have to call back later that night. When I call back (just as they requested), it goes straight to VOICEMAIL. HELLO!!!!! So, needless to say, I am very aggravated and I will keep bugging them until my camera is back in my hands. I even left them a message saying that they could keep my camera if they want it that bad and just to return my memory card to me... that's all I care about... my pictures. :( We'll see what happens... please pray for me (I know that's a silly thing to pray about, but there are some dear pics on there!). Keep in mind, too, that this happened last Saturday night and I still haven't been able to speak to the manager. Ugh!!!

Labor Day - Skiatook Lake (OK) - 9/1/08

We decided spontaneously to spend the rest of our weekend (Sun-Mon) with our good friends, Ken, Sheila and Jackson, in Skiatook, OK. Labor Day (Mon) we went to Skiatook Lake and had a great time on the boat. The weather was perfect. Kevin decided to ride Ken's Sea*Doo and he got pulled over by Lake Patrol. Too funny! He talked his way out of the ticket (we all think the officer was hitting on him)! LOL!!! Didn't get a picture of it, though. I wish I would have thought to take a picture. LOL But, it was a good time. We drove home late Monday and got home around 11:00pm. I was so exhausted that I kept dosing off on the way home. YIKES! But, we're home safe and sound. :o)

My sister's Lingerie Party 8/30/08

It's almost here... my sister is getting married on 9/20/08! So, we've been celebrating her wedding with all her wedding parties. Last Saturday she had her Lingerie party at her friend, Cineca's, house. She got a lot of cute lingerie... that's for sure. She was embarrassed about her sex dice, body chocolate and a few other things, though! LOL!!!

1st Ark Tailgating party... 8/30/08

Football: Arkansas played Western Illinois last Saturday. They won 28-24. Arkansas has a long road ahead of them with a new team. Petrino needs to show us a great team this season! We had a blast tailgating, though. The McFarlane's always have a lot to offer at their tailgating parties... too fun!! I love Arkansas football! Our friends (Ken Calkins and Jackson/Andrea Anderson) came in town from Owasso and Skiatook, OK to cheer on the Hogs! I couldn't stay for the game because my sister had her lingerie party at that time. But, after the lingerie party, I headed back to campus to pick up everyone and head to Dickson. We didn't go out, just ate. Good times! Go Hogs!