Raymond Is Rambo!

Happy July!!!!!!

This post is about how Raymond is completely Rambo and I am Rambo-ette.

I love to Groupon. LOVE Groupon! When I saw a Groupon come through for a Paintball and Tank ride adventure I KNEW Raymond would LOVE this. I bought it in time for his 30th birthday. I sent around a message to all our friends and almost everyone was on bored!

Fast forward to June 30th and we were all suited up (in camo jump suits) ready for WAR! Ok maybe  I'm being dramatic, but we were ready to play!

We played a lot of different games against each other. The first two games were capture the flag. The first game Raymond had pretty much killed 4 of the 5 people in our team. Including me! In my defense my goggles had fogged up and my gun was jammed.

The teams were changed up for the next few games because our team was destroyed the first two rounds within 1 minute, again gun jammed and goggles fogged. Plus my lovely Husband aka Rambo was on the other team. We didn't stand a chance.

Raymond was switched to our team! Dynamic duo, together again! I'm especially glad he was switched to my team because Raymond kept "accidentally" shooting me in the head. This is also why I couldn't see. "Paint in eyes" 


So here I am, fogged up and paint smeared goggles but my gun was unjammed. I couldn't see a dang thing. What did I do you ask? Just start shooting at anything that moved or resembled a human? YEP that's what I did. I ended up shooting a dummy for most of the game and then shot someone who was already out, whoops. Also, during this game I was smiling and was hit right in the face mask, I got paint in my mouth! YUCK! 


No matter what game we were playing, capture the flag, save/capture the prisoner, get the gas cans to your base, or 3 time elimination, Raymond was the star of the show. I didn't do too bad myself, I knelt down in mud, crawled on the ground and dove over a tire wall. My aim got considerable better after acquiring a new mask as well! Vision problem SOLVED. I suppose the tomboy in me came charging forward. I got in touch with the young me who hated to brush her hair and only wanted to play with Army men and Ninja Turtles. TURTLE POWER!

Back to paintball:

Come to find out, Raymond played paintball constantly growing up and worked at a paintball place when he was younger. We had so much fun and loved spending the day outside and running around! It didn't hurt all that much and we had a total blast!

To end the day we got to ride in a tank!

Great day!

A New Morehouse! Update on our lives.

We are so excited to welcome Finn Conner Morehouse to the world. Teddy (Raymond's Brother) and Jaylyn (Sister-in-law) welcomed their 8lb 2oz bundle of joy into the world and he's happy and healthy!

We can't wait to meet him in August when we will all meet in NY to celebrate Brigham's (nephew #1) 2nd birthday and Lucy (Raymond's sister) and Jason's wedding reception. Lots of things are happening on Raymond's side of the family and we couldn't be more excited.

In other news I start a NEW JOB in August coordinating a Directors of  finance conference that will be happening in 2013 and helping coordinate the Universities 600 Anniversary events. EXCITING!

We have so much to be thankful for and I'm so happy right now. I love living in St. Andrews with the long long days. Last night it didn't get dark until around 12:00! It makes the short winter totally worth it!

One of the pastors at Carmel Baptist Church, Jay Hancock will be visiting us in two weeks and we are very excited to welcome him to Scotland.

I'm starting to help out with worship in our church, Trinity, and am really enjoying it. We love our Church and the community we have found. God has done amazing things in our lives and we just can't help but stop to praise Him. We are so happy and fulfilled.

Raymond is cracking away at his dissertation and will be presenting a paper at the Galatians conference that will be held in St. Andrews next month. This is a HUGE deal and I'm so very proud of him and all his hard work.

Graduation week is over and most the students have gone home. The average age of St. Andrews has dramatically gone UP. Tourists have started to flock in and I'm playing a new game where I try and photobomb every picture I possibly can. It's the little things in life...

That's all for now!

Later Days

Apparently I think I am Superwoman (this is a clumsy story)

In a land far far away lived a girl named Anonymous, okay okay her name is Mary Blake... man this is an embarrassing post to write.

This story is a two parter so buckle up boys and girls it's going to be a bumpy ride.

Part 1: It was a cold, dark winter afternoon. (sun sets at 4:30)

On this day Raymond and I got all bundled up to get some fresh air. (the actual reason for us being outside has been knocked out of my memory, see below)

Raymond had just walked through our garden gate and was waiting for his lovely graceful wife to join him. I (the lovely and graceful wife) locked the door, twirled around and started after Raymond. All of a sudden, for no reason what so ever, my tiny feet forgot about the tiny step that should have been effortlessly maneuvered. I tripped. Instead of stopping to regain my balance I try and do the "run it out" routine.

I have no idea why I did this because no one was around to see said trip and let's be honest the "run it out" (no one just saw me trip right?) recovery never fools anyone.

This routine didn't quite work the way I wanted. I ended up going too fast and tripping over the next step into our lovely garden. Let me be honest here, I was in a full out sprint when the second trip occurred and at this point am in no way in control of my limbs. This is the part where I become superwomen. I was literally fully extended, arms straight out in front of me legs behind me FLYING through the air. Alas, the in the air part didn't last long. I quickly lost altitude and the ground met my face pretty quickly.

Because Raymond had already walked through the gate, he was only able to witness the part where I'm flying through the air. Being the caring, sympathetic, and loving man that he is, he immediately starts laughing hysterically, "What HAPPENED? How did you do this???".

All that came out of my was a moan. At this point I wanted to cry, I scraped the top of my foot on the second step, laugh, because I'm clumsy, and just start digging a hole to crawl in, because I was embarrassed.

Part 2: It was a lovely Saturday afternoon. (Last week)

Things you need to know before I start the story:

Our bathroom is a mid-level bathroom which means it is located halfway down the stairs. Here is the deal, I don't know why but I like to run up and down stairs. sometimes I run up and down stairs by twos. I know with my track record of falling I should probably take it slow, holding the rail at all times. What can I say? I'm a rebel.



I had just gotten home from a shift at the Sports Centre and was getting ready to take a shower. In true Mary Blake fashion I started to run down the stairs. I tripped, regained my balance, then tripped again. The second trip was when I once again became superwomen. I FLEW straight into the bathroom and to add insult to injury the toilet stopped my forward motion. To be more specific my head meeting the toilet stopped my forward momentum. Injuries you ask? I came out on top of this one. I had a slight carpet burn on my right knee and a small headache. This is a small miracle considering I was STARK NAKED!!!!!!   *face palm*

Raymond heard the commotion and ran to see what had happened. He started again belly laughing and I had to join in.

Hope you enjoy my embarrassing stories. Let's all pray that one day I will have control over my limbs.