Catch up: Big News

While in Florida we found out some pretty big news... We're expecting! March 2013 Baby McNabb will be joining our family. We are more than thrilled and could hardly contain ourselves from telling everyone.

Since being home we found out that it's a BOY! A lot of women say they have a feeling if they are having a girl or boy but I really had no idea. I guessed boy and Keith guessed girl. Either way we knew we wouldn't be disappointed! I can hardly believe that I'm more than half way through this pregnancy already. It seems to be flying with the holidays. We can't wait until he makes his big debut in just a few months!

Catch up: The McNabb's Visit

Keith's family was able to come and visit for a few days while we were in Florida. We had a great time showing them around. We went to the Kennedy Space Center

We couldn't miss the beach while they were here (a first for the McNabb kids!). They were here during the hurricane. We didn't get hit directly by it but got some substantial rain and wind. When we went to the beach the waves were HUGE.

We swam in the hotel pool, ate yummy food, and toured the Ranch. We even got to go on a airboat ride!

They were able to go to Epcot while they were here too. We didn't go with them because Keith had work. It was so nice to have family visit, we loved having them!

Catch up: Annviersary and Birthday Celebrations

I know...it's been awhile. We've been staying busy and having fun these past few months. We have quite a bit to share. We finished our stay in Florida with a huge bang. First we celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. Keith and I traveled up to Orlando and got Chipotle for lunch, my favorite!!

Then we headed to the temple and did sealings there. After, Keith took me out to eat at a delicious steak house. I claim to not like meat much so I shied away from ordering a steak. Not to mention not much was sounding too good at the time. But one bite had me convinced. Poor Keith shared his steak with me. I think he only got 1/3 of it! Our anniversary was perfect. It's been such a wonderful year together. People kept warning me that the first year is the hardest. I'm not really sure I understand what they meant. We've loved being married and I can't wait for what's in store for us!

A few days after our anniversary is my birthday! Before we got married I made Keith promise me we'd celebrate each thing individually..no lumping celebrations together! Thankfully he fully complied. We went to Orlando to celebrate, saw a movie and then went to my all time favorite Italian restaurant, Maggianos! It was another great day. My sweet mom sent me a birthday package with all the fixings for a red velvet cake and some great gifts. We had our neighbors over for cake and ice cream. It was a great way to celebrate getting another year wiser!

Christmas in July

Keith moves every few weeks to a new area of the ranch to work with new foremen. Each of these areas are numbered units and there are 13 of them. He's been on his new unit for over a week now. It's been a change from the others, I'm seeing bit more of him which has been nice! The new foreman he's working with suggested that we visit Fort Christmas while we were here. I've been to a fair share of historical sites in my lifetime and generally found them to be pretty interesting and informative. This one sounded kind of fun too. I mean it has Christmas in it's name, how could it not be. Without knowing anything about Fort Christmas we drove north to find it. We pulled into Christmas, FL and were welcomed with Jolly 'ol St. Nick and his year-round Christmas tree right away.

Nothing screams Christmas like 90 degree, sunny Florida in July!

We got to the fort we found a map and wandered around. In simplest terms this fort was named Fort Christmas because construction began on December 25th. It was during the Second Seminole Indian War but was only used for storage-not a bullet was shot. It wasn't the most historical of sites we've ever visited... but we had fun none-the-less. 

Within the park there are also seven pioneer homes that they've restored. We walked through a few of them which was fun as well. Then we headed to the gift shop and got ourselves some root beer candy and the game pick up sticks. They had a big map out front that people put pins on where they were from. No one had marked anywhere near Inkom/Pocatello so Keith proudly left his mark!

After we left we headed to the closest theater and used some movie tickets we got for Christmas (Thank you Grandpa McNabb and Mindy!) and saw Ice Age 3. We had a good laugh and it was fun to get out. We enjoyed our Christmas weekend in July!!

4th of July part 2

Lucky for us the rain stopped just in time for the sun to dry everything out a little. The ranch had a Fourth of July celebration planned on the rodeo grounds with food, horse races, and a firework show. We headed over a little early and helped set up. They served hamburgers and hotdogs and they were delish. How could hamburgers not be good on a cattle ranch? There were free treats galore- snowcones, ice cream, and popcorn just to name a few. After, they had the horse races. We had heard a little about them but because Keith doesn't have a trailer and his own horse he wasn't going to participate. Once we got there though, one of the guys he works with talked him into doing a few of the games and races with him.

The Egg Toss

Keith's on the right in the white hat

 He did the egg toss with our neighbor Keenan who is also doing the cattle internship. They didn't last long. The little kids had the right idea, throwing it and not being able to catch it so it landed in the soft dirt.

The Grocery Race

This is a three-man race on a bareback horse. They start standing and once they say go all three people have to get on the horse, ride it to the other end where there is a barrel with groceries on it. A watermelon, an egg, and a cup of water. Once there, they have to get off, get the groceries, and all get back on to race to the other end.

The dream team: Keith (back) Kennan (middle) and Samuel (front)

Here is Keith, watermelon in hand, boosting Samuel with his shoulder. "Push me on!"

 You can see they made it to the groceries before the other two teams, no problem.

 I don't think I've ever laughed as hard as when I saw Keith mount this horse John Wayne style. He claims he's never done it before but it was too perfect for a first time.

Of course they won and each got a hat and shirt out of the deal.

The Sweetheart Race

Sadly I didn't get many good pictures of the next race they participated in. It started getting dark so the lighting was bad. This is a two-man race. One of the two runs the length of the arena to the barrel where he climbs on top and puts on a dress and ties a bonnet to their head. Once dressed the other person on the horse has to go pick up their sweetheart! Keith was the sweetheart and the first boy man enough to put on the dress. Wise move because he smoked the girls to the barrel! Seeing the male-advantage other men were willing to play the sweetheart in other heats.

They won this round too, getting me a hat and a shirt! He makes a good sweetheart if I do say so myself. 

We ended the night with a firework show. We had a ton of fun and some seriously good laughs. It wasn't our traditional 4th of July but this one we'll never forget.