Life's Too Short

I have so much to catch up on since my last post, where to begin?

I suppose I will begin with the fact that I have a new cousin! Landon James Morrison was born on Sept. 7 and we cannot wait to meet him! Krista (Landon’s mom) and I are the same age, and it totally weirds me out that we are old enough to be having kids. I remember when we used to play with our Polly Pockets together! Those were the days. I guess that’s how life is. You wait around for what seems like forever to grow up, and then before you know it, life starts speeding by. I am going to Kansas in October, so hopefully we will get to meet the newest edition to the Donahue clan then. If so, I promise to post photos.

Kyle and I have had one busy weekend after another, which means we have a very messy house! Overall, though, we have been having a blast watching our first-ever Stillwater fireworks show with Kim and Trey, golfing, enjoying a cookout with Kyle’s family, going to the city to shop with the girls, watching OSU football and hosting our first-ever slumber party with our nephew. Below are some pictures.

We were very impressed with Stillwater's fireworks show! The pictures don't do it justice.

Kim and Trey, and my dorky husband. :)

Kyle would only let me take one photo on the golf course. We had fun but stopped keeping score after the third hole. That's never a good sign!

Asher went shopping with Mom, Stacy and me on Labor Day. He was such a trooper, and he got to meet Bert and Ernie for the first time!

I was having a stressful week, so Kyle brought me flowers! Daisies are my favorite.

Stacy and Josh came down for the OSU vs. Troy football game, so we got to have our first sleepover. Asher had so much fun splashing around in the tub!

One of his favorite things to do is hold, scratch that, pull your hair. Maybe we have a future barber on our hands?!

I like to think I’m good at a lot of things, but making time for myself isn’t one of them. That’s probably why our blog doesn’t get updated as much as I’d like, my elliptical is collecting cobwebs, there is an unread Nicholas Sparks book on my end table and my closet is stuck in the early 2000s. So I decided to make a not so “new” year’s resolution to spend less time worrying about my to do list and more time doing things I enjoy.

Kyle is always saying we should make this a September to remember, so I decided to finally listen to him. I figure when I’m 60 I will probably have plenty of regrets, but hopefully the opportunities and experiences I did take advantage of will outweigh those that I didn’t.

I’ll end with a quote that one of my friends posted on Twitter the other day, “Life’s too short so love the one you got.”

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