My Brother, the Eagle Scout

A few weekends ago Andrew and I went to Abilene for my brother's Eagle Scout Ceremony. He has been working on this honor for a long time and we are so proud of him.


Nelson is also an Abilene High Eagle and will be playing football this fall. This is his senior year, and we hope the Eagles head to state again! Luke is going to love watching his uncle play!

Double Digits

Its true- 97 day until Luke arrives. Yikes! So excited, but freaking out at the same time! I just got really overwhelmed this morning when I was thinking about all I have to do before now and then. Here are a few of them:

- Move - yes I know what you are thinking "Abbi, didn't you just move like 2 month's ago?" Yes we did, but we are crazy and we are moving again. Andrew's brother is moving to North Carolina and we are going to move into the house that they were living in. It is a better situation for us, and it is just down then road in Colleyville, so it shouldn't be to hard. We will move sometime mid- August.
- With moving comes packing, so between now and August I need to pack up this house. I know it is a lot of work, but it will be worth it in the end.
-Plan, paint, and decorate the nursery. Which by the way I am about to go crazy trying to decide on what fabric/colors to choose. Right now as I type this I am looking at about 60 swatches of fabric on my coffee table. Just when I think I have a plan either Andrew doesn't like it, or the fabric isn't available anymore, or it doesn't match the carpet.
- Take our child birth classes.
- Take the pre-labor work out classes.
- Organize and unpack everything in our new house.
- Get everything a baby needs.
- Not stress out during all of this.
- Survive this miserable Texas heat.
- Finish my library book.
- Read about 10 other books on babies- who knew there was so much to know and decide on before Luke actually comes?!?

If you know me at all you are probably wondering how I am not just a royal mess, because I am a very planned person, who doesn't like the unexpected or craziness. My answer to you is that God is giving me peace and patience with this entire process. In the past year I have learned more about myself, what I can do, and God than I ever have in my entire life. Now I definitely have my moments where I freak out and get entirely overwhelmed, but I am learning to take things one day at a time. I hope I can accomplish all of this and more in 97 days! By the way, I can now feel Luke kick and punch me all day long- I can tell that he is getting very excited about meeting everyone!

Fantastic 4th

I know the 4th was a few weeks ago, but I thought I would update y'all on what we did. This year for the 4th we went out to Lake Granbury where Andrew's parents have a lake house. We went out Thursday night and spent the first half of the weekend indoors working on a puzzle and hanging out becuase of the stormy weather.

Finally on Saturday early evening it finally cleared up some to get outside and enjoy the boat and the lake. Sunday we spend the whole day boating, swimming, skiing, and eating.

Andrew skiing.

Brazos and Christopher tubing.

In the evening we hung out in our cove and watched all the neighbors set off fire works, and we even managed to get some and do some ourselves.

Happy 4th!

Becoming a Pioneer Woman

Since I have been home this summer I have been working on several different projects, but one ongoing project is to find recipes that are fun and easy to cook. I don't mind cooking when I don't feel that it is a chore, so finding stuff that I enjoy to cook is a must. I have been reading the pioneer woman's website/blog and have found several things that I love on it! You must check it out http://thepioneerwoman.com/ . I find everything that she does to be so interesting and fun. I secretly wish I could be the pioneer woman. I would love to live out on some land, pick my own veggies, do crafts and activities with my kids, and cook and spend time with my "Marlboro Man". Anyways, back to cooking, one recipe that I tried was making homemade cinnamon rolls from scratch. I used the pioneer woman's recipe, and it was delicious. My favorite thing about her website is that her recipes have step by step pictures of how each step of the process goes. Take a look: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/cinammon_rolls_/.

Here are how mine turned out:

Tonight I am going to try her chicken strips and green beans. Wish me luck!

Missing Andrew

Andrew has been gone to the Dominican since last Tuesday as a sponsor on our church's youth group mission trip. Because they are working in a very rural area, and the cell phone coverage isn't good I have only received a few text messages from him when they go in to town. I have never gone this long in our entire relationship without having some sort of conversation with him. It has been very weird not being able to talk to him.
I have been trying to keep myself busy while he is gone so that time will go by fast. I went to Abilene for a few days to visit my parents. My mom had a hip replacement 3 weeks ago so she couldn't leave the house so we stayed at home the whole time and made stuff for baby Luke. My mom is great at sewing (when I was little she made lot of clothes for me). We spend our time making burp rags, blankets, etc. Luke is going to have more baby stuff than he can ever need.
After I went to Abilene, I came back to Grapevine for a day and then I headed out to the lake for the weekend with my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew and a few of their friends. We hung out, watched golf, played 42, but mostly spent our time out on the boat. Since I can't wakeboard, ski, tube, etc. this summer I have been enjoying working on my tan and watching others do all of those things. Yesterday my 1 1/2 year old nephew, Brazos, got out on a tube (with his dad of course). He had so much fun and looked so cute doing it. Now I am back home hanging out and getting the house in order. All this said, I have had fun while Andrew has been gone, but I am very much ready for him to be home! I am ready to see this face again!

It's a boy!

Well, if you haven't figured it out yet, we are having a baby. Yesterday we had the great opportunity to find out what we are having. It is no surprise to our family that it is a boy, because Andrew is 1 of 4 brothers, and we only have nephews, so the Harmon's are good at making boys. Our little one, Luke Walling Harmon, should be here on Oct. 27th.

Let's Try This Again

Some of you may know that I tried to start blogging last summer, and that didn't go so well. I only managed to get a few posts in before my life consumed me and I never got around to blogging, but this time my situation is different and I am determined to post frequently. This blog isn't about anything in particular, just everyday things that our family is doing. Most of the posts will be from me, but who knows, maybe even Andrew will make a post or two?! I will apologize in advance for any grammatical errors that I may make; I tend to get ahead of myself and then forget to go back and correct. Now that school is out, and the fact that I am staying home next year will give me plenty of time to keep this blog going. I know our life may not be that exciting, but for those of you who care I hope you find enjoyment, humor and entertainment in reading about our lives.