i am a slacker!

It's official. I am officially an official blogging slacker. It's been (wincing) 2 months since I last posted. And it's not because I haven't had anything to say. If you know anything about me, you know I'm never at a loss for words. No, the only thing responsible for my absence from my blog is that I have been L-A-Z-Y! But I am whooping my lazy, no blogging behind back into action! In the words of our beloved Mississippi neighbors, I'm fixing to get fired up!! So, to update you, here are some of the highlights since my previous post:

1. The Senior High fall retreat at beautiful Windermere. A fabulous time was had by all. There was one incident during the caving expedition. Praise God, we can laugh about it now. And if it had never happened, we wouldn't have coined the phrase (say it with me now) "what happened in the cave, stays in the cave!” Thank you Deborah Anne for joining us!

2. The Middle school fall retreat at beautiful Camp Lake Stephens. Once again, a fabulous time was had by all. I tell you what; the seventh grade women could have stayed in the cabin all weekend with the entertainment Mo-Caps and Meggie Mobs were providing.

3. Thanksgiving! We traveled back to Kansas City to spend the week with our family and the time off was an answered prayer. It was a week full of Chipotle eating, football playing, Christmas decorating, movies on demand watching, furniture arranging, HHHAG bowl competing, black Friday shopping and some intense auntie- on- baby loving. There's not really anything I love more than cracking up with my family. If you put us in the same room, it's inevitable...we will start laughing, there's just too much material there not to!

4. Mizzou Tigers. It's bittersweet reminiscing about our tigers. They made us so proud that at one point, Chase Daniel Hinton was under some serious consideration as the name of our first-born son. Unfortunately, due to the outcome of the season and the outcome of the BCS, the Hinton home is now in mourning for one month. Enough said.

5. Baby Hinton's big ultrasound. Exactly one week ago, we found out that Baby Hinton is a healthy baby GIRL! And man, is she squirmy! She was swinging her arms, kicking her legs. To Danny, she has the makings of a place kicker, but I was getting more of a Rockett vibe. I guess we'll have to wait and see! :) I kept exclaiming, "I am in shock! I am in total shock!” And Danny, in all of his logic calmly replied, "Rach, you can't be shocked. It's like flipping a coin and being shocked it's heads." Hahahaha, he is so right. We are thrilled about our future daughter, and more freaked out than ever.

So there you have it. I'm officially back in the business of blogging. Thanks for bearing with me.