Our 5th Anniversary!

BIG CEDAR LODGE

I suprised Keri with a trip to Big Cedar Lodge for our 5 year anniversary/Last trip before the baby comes trip! We had a fabulous time relaxing and hanging out together!

Our community group leaders, Tracy and Renee, took us out to eat at Bone Fish Grill for our anniversary!

Keri suprised me with a 40 inch flat screen LCD TV! It is awesome! She worked a couple Saturday shifts to cover most the cost. She is the coolest wife ever!

Chocolate covered strawberries awaited us in our room! They were awesome.

They gave us a cake for our anniversary.

Keri and I loved this coffee shop called the Truman House. It had the greatest cream cheese danish I've ever tasted. For real....

I suprised Keri with an hour long mom-to-be message. She loved it!

The paddle boat trip left us burnt to a crisp once we were done.

We loved laying out by the pool while eating snow cones!

This is a shadow of the man guiding our carriage ride. I thought the shadow was kinda cool.

Me and the belgian horse named "Willie."

Our time was great. We loved our getaway!

Bye Bye Acxiom!

After 2 years and 205 days my Acxiom days are over! (Who's counting...) God has been good in giving me great people to work with as well as a flexible schedule; however I am so excited to start teaching in the Fall. I will miss my running on the river trail and basketball games during lunch though!

The picture below is of some of my co-workers at Juanita's for my going away lunch.

Closer and Closer....

When this picture was taken we had about 9 weeks to go! Lil' Helmick should be making his/her arrival in about 8 weeks!

Kari's Visit and Kelli's Graduation!

Our good friend Kari came to visit Keri and me for the weekend. Troy is still deployed with about a month to go which is why he wasn't able to make it. We had a fantastic time with Kari . We got to talk to Troy on Skype which was pretty cool. It was so good to see that he is doing well.

Keri and I after Kelli's graduation.

The Graduate! Stephen graduated on the same day at MTSU so Kelli and Stephen were unable to be at each others graduation. Bummer.

The entire gang that were able to make it...minus Kari.

Jenn, the following pictures are for you....These are the flowers that you got Kelli for graduation and your mom for Mother's Day. Kelli's are the pink ones and your Mom's flowers are the yellow roses.

Mark and Angie's visit

Our friends Mark and Angie from Illinois spent a Sunday with us while they were down in Missouri for vacation. Angie and Keri are about 2 weeks apart in their pregnancy.

Our Newest Nephew: John (JACK) Oliver Breitenstein!

Acxiom Baby Shower

My coworkers put on a baby shower for Keri and I. It was really cool to have all the people that I work with celebrate our little one with us....especially considering that I am only going to be there for about 3 more weeks. They got us a lot of great stuff. We got some clothing, diapers, sippees, a monitor, tub, and diaper trashcan. They were very generous.

Veronica hosted the shower for Keri and I. She is one of my fellow associates who works in Conway.

Sisters Pregnant together!

Janel and Keri sporting the pregnant belly together! Janel is delivering Jack tomorrow and Keri has 11 weeks to go!

Lovin' that belly!

I love Keri's belly and our baby!

Hilarious

Our great friends, Jeff and Anjanette's, children on Easter morning. This might be one of the greatest photos ever! Just plain awesome!

We love you Walchshausers!

Easter Eggs 2009

I think our egg dying skills get more impressive every year....What do you guys think!

Dad and Mom showing off their eggs along with Justin's. He had to leave early and we forgot to get a picture before he left.

Keri representing our eggs! Oh, yeah!

Dad was extremely proud of his eggs this year! Rightly so.....

March Madness!

The past three years I have created the bracket for the NCAA tourney at work on my dry erase board! It gains a lot of attention around the office. This was the fifth year that Keri and I have done a bracket....making it the fifth year that my bracket beat hers! I'm not trying to brag here. I'm just stating the facts. :) We included friends and family as well and like always it was a lot of fun. Hopefully the Razorbacks will be relevant again sometime soon.

Belly Pics!

Keri around 20 weeks

Keri around 24 weeks

Keri right around 27 weeks

Fort Worth and Abilene

Keri and I spent 5 days in Texas over Super Bowl Weekend. Our friends Troy and Kari now live in Abilene. Troy flies C 130's for the Air Force and was just deployed a couple weeks ago. We wanted to spend time with Troy and Kari before Troy was deployed. We had a fantastic time with them. We thank God often for our friendship with the Smith's. Oh, their dog Max is pretty cool....so cool that he made Keri want to get a dog! Crazy.

MAX!
Not the greatest photo, but hey at least we got one before we left!

Celebrating Troy's birthday at Red Robbin. 27 I believe! What an old man.

Steven helped Troy coach his upward basketball team. The other coaches decided not to show. Steven loved every minute of it.

Coach Troy and Assitant Coach Steven in action.

We also spent a couple days with the Walchshauser's in Fort Worth. It was great spending time with such close friends. We spent one of our days at the Fort Worth Zoo. The rhino in the following videos was so fun to watch. I did feel a bit old when I realized I had over 4 videos of 1 rhino....he was really cool. I promise.

Anjanette and Keri

and Anika too!