ANDRA IS HERE!!!

Megs & Sam (our good friends in NZ) had their precious daughter, Andra Rose on Saturday. She weighed 8.4 lbs. Notice her booties? She is a State fan already!!! Welcome to the world, Andra!

This is what I arrived home to in New Zealand after 3 weeks in the hot Mississippi summer. I started unpacking and before putting away my swimsuit I decided to get Blaine to take a picture of my 4th of July experience! Wow, my body was in shock from the dramatic change of environment.
It was a great trip home full of laying on the beach, catching up with friends, celebrating the wedding of Jim and Melissa Shelton Galbraith, hanging with the fam, etc. There is just never enough time to see everyone and do everything.
I had one day off before heading back to work and I will admit the jet lag caused me to be a below-par employee. Blaine read in a magazine that it should take the body 5 days to recover from jet lag but I am on day 8 and still feeling it.
Last night we met some friends to watch the Rugby Tri-Nations tournament where the NZ All Blacks played the S. African Springboks. Unfortunately NZ lost but it was a really good game.
Exciting news: My brother, Ben, and his wife Meri are coming to visit us for 2 weeks at the end of September!!!! We are so pumped!