Friends

Today is my friend, Amber's 24th Birthday!!!!  We went out to celebrate with a BUNCH of margaritas..... I had to ask hubby, after a super long day, to come pick us up :-) He is wonderful!  I actually just switched cars with him which was fantastic! Don't worry, it was safe!! :-)

Anyway, here is a picture of Katie, Amber & I!

This wasn't tonight, but it was another night that all of us went out!  It was so fun and I can't to hang out with these girls again!

Love you girls!!!

Happy 24th Birthday Amber!!!! :-)

Thankful Thursdays

I am thankful for:

• Fall.  Yes, I'm always thankful for fall around this time of year!  I love caramel apples, apple cider, candy corn & peanuts, Halloween decorations, sweatshirt weather, window's open weather, cool crisp air and trick or treaters!
• Staff meeting days at work.  Usually we have a potluck afterwords, but today we're going to Huhot which is a Mongolian grill!  So excited!
• My brother.  We may have not always been super super close, but I have a feeling in the next few years to come we will grow even closer.
• My husband.  He's been working 70+ hours this week and will do it again next week.  He still comes home, gives me a kiss, and does something incredibly dorky to make me laugh.  He still has the energy to talk with me, ask me how my day was and even fix a thing or two around the house.  I'll always be thankful for him.
• My parents.  Whenever I have something go wrong that needs to be fixed, I still call my dad, even though my hubby can usually fix it.  He was always my go to guy when something needed fixing before I met Jesse.  And my Mom.... Words cannot describe how great she is.  She is my best friend and I wouldn't have it any other way.  We have our days when we get mad at each other, but at the end of the day, I know I can always count on her and trust her with everything.
• October being around the corner!  October 4 is our 1 year anniversary!!  We are celebrating by going to Chicago!  I asked hubby to do the planning since I planned most of our wedding. We'll see what we'll be up to while we are there, I cannot wait!
• Holidays.  Thanksgiving is my most favorite time of the year and it's just around the corner!  Well after Halloween and all of those cute kiddos!! :-)

What are you thankful for??

Mail!!!

Remember, here, where I posted about my big WIN!?!? Well, it came in the mail!! :-)

Here she is!  Isn't it sooooo adorable!?!?!

I love the inside!  It has cute little flowers in it and a ton of different pockets!


Don't remind me, I know I need a new camera!

A big thank you goes out to Brittany at Living in the Moment for this amazing new workout bag! :-)

Weekend Recap

Yes, it's Wednesday and I have yet to tell you how my weekend went!

It's been a long week so far, and it's only Wednesday!  I haven't been feeling well all week and I cannot shake this headache.  O well, I must push on I suppose!

Friday:

Hubby and I had a wonderful dinner out at a restaurant close to home

We enjoyed watching Changeling

It was good, but a bit disturbing.

Saturday:

Hubby had to work overtime on Saturday

Amber & Katie came over to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes victory over Iowa State!

We had Papa Murphy's Pizza, made bloody mary's, magarita's and some other delicious drinks!

We then watched Hoarders

Have any of you seen this?  This show amazes me and makes me want to go clean!

After 3 episodes of Hoarders, we decided that we had wasted enough of our day and went separate ways. 

I think decided to clean, (weird, I know) do laundry, and relax at home.

Sunday:

We drove 1.5 hours to go on the river with some friends, we grilled out on a sandbar, tubed, and just relaxed.  We got a bit sunburnt, and I'm feeling the wrath of it today.... It hurt so bad the past few days and not is starting to peal and it is sooooooooooooo gross!

Anyway, all in all it was a great weekend.  My bestie, Pam, is coming to visit this weekend on Saturday, followed by my mom on Sunday!  I cannot wait :-)

Hubby will be hard at work all week and on into Saturday.... 70 hours this week, which really is no fun for him... He's been exhausted and I've missed having him home.  He'll be working 10 hours on Saturday, so you bet you'll find us sleeping in on Sunday! :-)

Have a great rest of the week!

Baby Neenah

A few weeks back, I talked about meeting our friend's, Nick & Katie's, new baby girl, Neenah Noelle.  Well, I finally have a few pictures to show you!!!

 

Isn't she adorable???  (yeah yeah yeah, I know it's kind of hard to see her clearly)  Hubby looks quite nice with a little girl in his arms :-) We'll have to get working on that in the next year or so :-)

P.S.  That shirt in the last picture makes me look like I have a huge stomach (or that I'm pregnant) and I wanted to let you all know that it's just the shirt! :-)

Monday....

I apologize for this post or lackthereof... It's not going to be entertaining or exciting.  I will be back later tonight or tomorrow to post our recap from this weekend...

I've got one bummer of a headache today and it's been ongoing for about 2-3 days now....  I can't focus on anything but my bed.

We'll see how the rest of the day goes.  Hope you all had a great weekend!  My regular scheduled posting will be back just as soon as this crappy feeling goes away!

Just 8 years ago....

I was sitting in my 11th grade History class when secrets of the terrorist attacks were sweeping across the school.  One would think being in a history class would give us more leverage to watch it on the news, but apparently my teacher thought it was not necessary to disrupt his plan for the day.

It was shocking and horrifying to say the least.  Did this really just happen? Did someone really just do that?  Questions flew through my mind and yet, I think today, they are still unanswered.  I cannot reasonably understand why someone would do such a horrible thing to so many innocent people.

I listened to talk radio the entire way home that day, something I would have never thought of before that day.  I watched the news and talked with my parents.  This is America, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.  I thought to myself, why would anyone want to attack our country, we are not weak.

Today, just 8 short years later, I am remembering the feeling of those whispers across the school and the truth as I saw it with my own eyes night after night on tv.  It was not a feeling I will ever want to feel again, nor is it a feeling that I wish upon my future children.

We must stand up and we must reclaim our true identity.  We must remember those who have fallen and those who they have left behind.  Take a moment to say a prayer for those who lost their lives and for those who lost their loved ones.  Not only those who were lost on 9/11, but for those who have been lost for the past 8 years for fighting for our freedom. Remember:

We are America, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave.