So Friday night my friend Heather had a sushi making class! I was little scared, I've had sushi twice and once was in Mexico. I wasn't completely sure on what to expect. My friend Jackie went with me and we had a ball! It was a lot of fun hanging out without the husbands! :) The sushi was surprisingly good and the people were funny!
Jackie has a 6 week old, Ava. She was a little unsure leaving Brock at home to take care of her, but it was good for him! :) Steve took Presley over for a couple hours to hang out and 'help out'. They did a good job and both babies survived (babies meaning Ava and Presley, not Brock and Steve!)
So today we had a 1st birthday party for Preston! It was a lot of fun and good to see everyone! The kids are growing so fast and getting to be so big! I'll have to post a couple pics of them soon!
We left the party a little early b/c Presley and I had to get out to West Glen for the Light the Night walk in support of our friend Chris for beating cancer twice! Chris is such a great guy and I'm so happy that I'm able to participate in this event with them! It is such a neat walk, everyone gets a balloon that lights up and it is so neat seeing all the lit balloons after the sun goes down! Steve missed out b/c of course the Iowa game was on TV, and I guess that it is a pretty big game for Iowa....but in the 3rd quarter it is 5-10, seems like a boring game to me! So I'm about to turn in for the night! Go Hawks!
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Too early!
well this is the 3rd morning this week Presley has been up before 5 am. Normally I would make her a bottle, take her into bed with us and then she'd fall back asleep until it was time to wake up to go to my mom's. Well this morning she isn't as lucky, I'm not giving in. She needs to sleep!!!! and preferably past 5 am....it doesn't matter what time she goes to bed. We've tried 8, 8:30 and I refuse to keep her up till 9....then I get no time to myself. Let's be honest here, I rarely see 10 pm these days and this week I'm manage to catch a cold and I'm just worn out.
I'm watching the morning news (Caitlyn Coyner and Marcus McIntosh are becoming my morning friends) and I briefly saw something abour renting a bike to ride....now I have 2 thoughts about that...1) if you are a dedicated cyclist, don't you already have a bike? and 2) don't you have to drive to the bike renting place to actually rent it? If so, wouldn't it be easier just to drive to your destination? I'm not against riding your bike to work, for fun...whatever, I just don't see that many people wanting to rent a bike!? But what do I know!
I had a conversation with my friend Cindy years ago about phrases that we say too much. I say "That's funny!" "Really?", "shut up!" and "owell (spelled incorrectly, just for my mother!)" Everytime I say "That's funny" there is this little voice in the back of my head thinking....'duh! I'm sure everyone realizes it's funny, you don't have to point it out to everyone!'
and when I think of certain people I can tell you what their phrases are....my friend Amy at work always says "back in the day"
Casey...is too easy......she known at work for saying "glorious", "wicked awesome" and sometimes she gets on a roll with "quacktastic".
So what phrases to you say too much?
Well it's about time for me to get in the shower....you think Steve will let Presley cry, or bring her into bed with him?
I'm watching the morning news (Caitlyn Coyner and Marcus McIntosh are becoming my morning friends) and I briefly saw something abour renting a bike to ride....now I have 2 thoughts about that...1) if you are a dedicated cyclist, don't you already have a bike? and 2) don't you have to drive to the bike renting place to actually rent it? If so, wouldn't it be easier just to drive to your destination? I'm not against riding your bike to work, for fun...whatever, I just don't see that many people wanting to rent a bike!? But what do I know!
I had a conversation with my friend Cindy years ago about phrases that we say too much. I say "That's funny!" "Really?", "shut up!" and "owell (spelled incorrectly, just for my mother!)" Everytime I say "That's funny" there is this little voice in the back of my head thinking....'duh! I'm sure everyone realizes it's funny, you don't have to point it out to everyone!'
and when I think of certain people I can tell you what their phrases are....my friend Amy at work always says "back in the day"
Casey...is too easy......she known at work for saying "glorious", "wicked awesome" and sometimes she gets on a roll with "quacktastic".
So what phrases to you say too much?
Well it's about time for me to get in the shower....you think Steve will let Presley cry, or bring her into bed with him?
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Weird child
She now like to smile with her eyes almost closed and her mouth pierced shut. I'm not sure why she does it, or where she gets it from. The last two days she does it non-stop from the moment she wakes up till the moment she goes to bed!
I'm telling you, this child is weird!!! Cute, but weird!
I'm telling you, this child is weird!!! Cute, but weird!
I get what I want, when I want it!
Hi, it's Presley here. I just wanted to show you what I've been getting into. I try to be sneaky, but mom and dad are quick to tell me no. I don't listen, I'm too little to have to obey them already! hahaha.....suckers!
My favorite place of DVD's, there are some for me to watch but I don't like to sit still. Mom has tried to get me to watch The Little Mermaid but then mom tries to sing along and ruins it for me!
On the other side of the room I found this really cool vent. Best part, I can take it out all by myself. I'm sure I'll be hiding toys or dropping food down here eventually!
oh and my favorite, the slippery floors! It's hard for me to move around on them, but mom says it helps clean her dirty floors when I slide around on my tummy! I don't mind pulling my weight around the house and doing my share of the housework.....anything I can do to make my mom happy.....well except sleep thru the night! hahaha.....suckers!
My favorite place of DVD's, there are some for me to watch but I don't like to sit still. Mom has tried to get me to watch The Little Mermaid but then mom tries to sing along and ruins it for me!
On the other side of the room I found this really cool vent. Best part, I can take it out all by myself. I'm sure I'll be hiding toys or dropping food down here eventually!
oh and my favorite, the slippery floors! It's hard for me to move around on them, but mom says it helps clean her dirty floors when I slide around on my tummy! I don't mind pulling my weight around the house and doing my share of the housework.....anything I can do to make my mom happy.....well except sleep thru the night! hahaha.....suckers!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Cousins? Kinda...
So my Aunt Ann is married to my Uncle John, John has a nephew on the other side of the family named Trent Willmon. So basically we share an uncle. We don't know if that makes us relatives at all, but we just call him our cousin, not blood related. Trent is a country singer, he has songs on the radio, videos, a southern accent....the whole country singer thing.
Trent was in Des Moines about 3 years ago and we had the pleasure of meeting him and hanging out with him and his band on their bus! Yeah, we thought we were pretty cool. So we were thrilled when we heard he was coming back to Iowa! Saturday night my parents, sisters and two of our girlfriends Andrea and Lynn drove to Runnells to see him play (Steve and Presley stayed at home). Again, we were lucky enough to go 'backstage' (which was just a tent next to the stage but whatever).
Trent was also playing with another country singer Mark Wills. He also has some great songs on the radio and he is freaking funny! Very laid back and sarcastic, then he gets up on stage and sings such sappy songs for being such a smart ass!
Here is Holly and Mark before he went on stage.
Here's Trent singing Beer Man! Yeehaw!
Here are the 3 of the singers together... Trent Willmon, Mark Wills and Jeff Bates. It was a good small town show! We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed hanging out with the guys!
Trent was in Des Moines about 3 years ago and we had the pleasure of meeting him and hanging out with him and his band on their bus! Yeah, we thought we were pretty cool. So we were thrilled when we heard he was coming back to Iowa! Saturday night my parents, sisters and two of our girlfriends Andrea and Lynn drove to Runnells to see him play (Steve and Presley stayed at home). Again, we were lucky enough to go 'backstage' (which was just a tent next to the stage but whatever).
Trent was also playing with another country singer Mark Wills. He also has some great songs on the radio and he is freaking funny! Very laid back and sarcastic, then he gets up on stage and sings such sappy songs for being such a smart ass!
Here is Holly and Mark before he went on stage.
Here's Trent singing Beer Man! Yeehaw!
Here are the 3 of the singers together... Trent Willmon, Mark Wills and Jeff Bates. It was a good small town show! We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed hanging out with the guys!
September 22, 2007
Two years ago I married my best friend. Amazing how much ours lives have changed in 2 short years. Some people think marriage is hard, so far marriage has been pretty easy for us. Having a baby is a challenge, but we make a pretty good team! :)
Here are some pictures of our wedding from 2 years ago.
Steve with my girls (Colleen, Cindy, Holly and Samantha). The photographer told them to lean in like they were going to kiss him...of course Holly was the only one who took her seriously!
Here are some pictures of our wedding from 2 years ago.
Steve with my girls (Colleen, Cindy, Holly and Samantha). The photographer told them to lean in like they were going to kiss him...of course Holly was the only one who took her seriously!
The moment of no return! :) The vows
One of my favorite pics!
Just a year ago I was pregnant with our little girl. I was about 4 months along and it seems like just yesterday! Notice my wedding dress still hanging in the background and my work clothes were eventually replaced with baby clothes, which is fine since I can't fit back into any of those clothes anyway! ha
One of my favorite pics!
Just a year ago I was pregnant with our little girl. I was about 4 months along and it seems like just yesterday! Notice my wedding dress still hanging in the background and my work clothes were eventually replaced with baby clothes, which is fine since I can't fit back into any of those clothes anyway! ha
Fast-forward to this year September 2009, Friday night my mom watched Presley for a couple extra hours so we could go out for our anniversary dinner. We went to Trostel's Dish (one of our favorites!! YUMMY!). We weren't out late b/c we had to get up early Saturday morning to drive to Creston.
Last year for our anniversary Steve had a good idea to go on a hot air balloon ride for our 1 year anniversary, but b/c I was pregnant they advised us against it. So this year we were able to go for free courtesy of Stalker Chevrolet Cadillac during the Creston Balloon Days. Samantha came over at 5 am to watch Presley while we were gone. Here we are in our balloon! It was so awesome!
This is just a balloon that was going up next to us. It's amazing how big they are and how fast they can go out and down in the sky!
This is our balloon! You can see TJ and Tim Stalker helping to get the balloon up. You don't realize how big the balloon is until you see people standing next to it!
This was taken in the air of all the balloons ahead of us. It was so great! We were up 1600 feet in the air, it was the perfect weather and just the right amount of wind. We loved it and I would recommend to everyone, that if you get the chance to go up in a balloon definitely take it!!
Stephen, I love you! Thank you for two great years of marriage and for being such a wonderful husband and daddy! XOXO
This is just a balloon that was going up next to us. It's amazing how big they are and how fast they can go out and down in the sky!
This is our balloon! You can see TJ and Tim Stalker helping to get the balloon up. You don't realize how big the balloon is until you see people standing next to it!
This was taken in the air of all the balloons ahead of us. It was so great! We were up 1600 feet in the air, it was the perfect weather and just the right amount of wind. We loved it and I would recommend to everyone, that if you get the chance to go up in a balloon definitely take it!!
Stephen, I love you! Thank you for two great years of marriage and for being such a wonderful husband and daddy! XOXOSunday, September 13, 2009
what? what?? what???
I went shopping today. That sucked. I don't think I've ever left the mall feeling so down on myself. I'm waving the white flag and surrendering to a bigger pant size.
Do you have certain brands that you've grown up with? We always had Crest toothpaste, Tide laundry detergent and JIF peanut butter! Well when we went to Okoboji I bought the small size of Skippy peanut butter. I was reading the label and it said something about not having to stir. I never stir my peanut butter so I thought that was little odd. Well, we ran out of PB at home but I still had that Skippy left over, I opened it up and there is peanut grease pooling on the top! So I actually had to STIR my peanut butter! Gross, that's what I get for straying from my JIF.
I follow a blog (of someone I don't even know!) who is due to have a baby in the next month. She mentioned that they'll be paying $1200 a month for daycare! Hello!!! What?? That is close to our mortgage payment! There is no way we could afford that! Sometimes we forget how lucky we are to have my mom watch Presley for us. We pay our weekly rate (at a discount price) and most weeks I go ahead and give her a $25 bonus! :)
Do you have certain brands that you've grown up with? We always had Crest toothpaste, Tide laundry detergent and JIF peanut butter! Well when we went to Okoboji I bought the small size of Skippy peanut butter. I was reading the label and it said something about not having to stir. I never stir my peanut butter so I thought that was little odd. Well, we ran out of PB at home but I still had that Skippy left over, I opened it up and there is peanut grease pooling on the top! So I actually had to STIR my peanut butter! Gross, that's what I get for straying from my JIF.
I follow a blog (of someone I don't even know!) who is due to have a baby in the next month. She mentioned that they'll be paying $1200 a month for daycare! Hello!!! What?? That is close to our mortgage payment! There is no way we could afford that! Sometimes we forget how lucky we are to have my mom watch Presley for us. We pay our weekly rate (at a discount price) and most weeks I go ahead and give her a $25 bonus! :)
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