We still haven't signed yet....

but we are hoping to have the keys by the end of the week!
We have the carpet and paint picked out,
and we can't wait to get started!
We haven't been up to much other then getting things
ready to for the new place, but I did get some
pictures in the mail the other day from the family
and I just had to share!
Here are the kids in their Halloween costumes!
I love the expressions on all their little faces!
Landen especially cracks me up in this first pic
- it's like he has seen the light!!

(And per Logan's dad, Brandon, Logan will NOT be Dumbo!
They just needed him in some sort of costume for the pictures.
Love his fake smile!!)

Oh how I miss these kids!

What's been going on........

We just bought our very first "home!"
It's actually a little 2 bedroom 1 bath condo
and we are super excited!!

More to come after we actually get the keys :)

Trip to Idaho

This whole post is a little out of order and I couldn't fix it!

Poor Landed was cut out of this pic that was taken by Logan.

Greg and I took advantage of the 3 day weekend and went to Idaho for a quick visit. It was so great to see everyone!

All the little ones are starting to be not so little anymore.

Here are some pics from the weekend!

Love the look on both their faces! These two are getting so big!

This picture was right before I puked on.
I guess I didn't realize that Max had just finished a full bottle,

but when it all came back up in my face.
And I just so happened to be laying down,

holding him over me. So I had a nice goatee of

Max spit up. Not to mention another mouthful in my hair.

I always learn my lessons the hard way!

Love these two!

(Poor little Parker's hand. He got it caught in the treadmill

while it was going. It did a little bit of damage,

but he's a tough kid though!)

Mom will probably kill me for posting this.

(She told me to erase it and probably thinks that I did!)

But this one was taken by Parker. Both him and Logan

wanted to have their turn using the camera.

We had a fun weekend with the family and miss everyone already!

Can't wait for the holidays to come!

The County Fair

Last night, Greg and I went with Stacey and Dan to the fair.

We did some walking around,

checked out the vendors and the 4-H stuff,

had some greasy fair food,

all while we waited for the hypnotist show to start.

We we all excited when Greg was picked to participate.

He was hilarious, and totally stole the show!

(of course!)

Here are some photos...

This pic is out of place, but it's Greg and Jerry the Hypnotist

And then there was the end, and if any of you have seen a hypno show,

you know that just before he brings them all back, he gives them each

a word and when he says that word, they will do something

that usually makes the people look dumb or funny.

Well, Greg got the word "romance" and when he heard that word,

he had to go into the audience, find his wife, and passionately kiss her.

Jerry said the word, and off Greg went....

We had quite the make out session in front of everyone.

Jerry told me to raise my hand when I had enough.

I obviously didn't raise my hand.

And Jerry finally said "Hey Greg!"

And Greg stopped and looked over at him, then back at me, and acted like he didn't know what was going on! It was too funny!

We wouldn't tell anyone the truth that he really wasn't hypnotized. Every really got a good laugh from him performance last night. The show was recorded and we were able to buy the DVD!

Then we went for an elephant ear and some rides!

Here are Dan and Stacey on the drop ride.

Too bad this really isn't an action shot! They were practicing their scared faces for the camera.

Greg and I were totally calm and ready for our ride to begin :)

It was only a little scary when the thing kept popping as we went around. We thought we were totally going to go flying off that thing. (Carnival rides can be kinda creepy, huh!)

No one tossed their cookies last night, but one more ride would have probably done a couple of us in!

It was a fun night!!

Weekend In Leavenworth

This past weekend was my

birthday trip to Leavenworth

This is my second time going and

I really can't wait to go again!

It is such an adorable little town!
We were going to start Saturday morning

off tubing down the river, but decided

against it when the weather turned out to

be a little cooler then we would have liked.

But it was so nice for walking around during the day.

There are so many fun shops!

The Taffy Shop, where I picked out all of

my favorite taffy flavors.

We went and had our picture taken at the

Old Fashioned photography place.

Unfortunately, I don't have a scanner so

I can't show the picture, but it turned out great!

Here we are in front of a bunch of barrels.

This barber shop chair is over 100 years old.

We though it was pretty cool.

The happy crew!

We went to 2 theater shows. The first was indoor,

in the afternoon. And the second was outdoor in the evening.

Greg used to perform with Leavenworth summer theater,

so it was fun for me to see what he used to do.

Waiting for the play "Singing In The Rain" to start.

Sunday morning, Greg and I played 9 holes at the golf course.

It was so much fun! First time I have been golfing this year! The course was beautiful! I can't wait to go back!

It's such a great place to visit! I highly recommend it and can't wait to get some of my family up here to experience it!

My 27th Birthday!

So although I had to WORK on my birthday,

(first time in my whole life. never again)
it was one of the best I have ever had!
I got so spoiled!!
I came home to a bag full of candy,
a bouquet of balloons,

and this note, starting off a scavenger hunt for me!

I was sent all over the house,
and with each new clue, there was a great gift!
1 month unlimited tanning w/ goggles,
a gift certificate to a day sap for a pedicure and facial,
iTunes gift cards, a target gift card,
with the final treasure being..........

trip to Leavenworth next weekend including two theater shows,
tubing, and golfing! I have only been there once and have been begging
Greg to go back again. It's the cutest little town!
This pretty princess balloon was with the final surprise! Too sweet!

So happy!!

Kayleb wanted to make sure my goggles fit.

Greg wasn't home during my hunt, but arrived shortly after.
We then headed to dinner at PF Chang's (another favorite of mine!)
with Kayleb and Leslie

The after dinner, we headed home for some games and cake!
The cake was AWESOME! Just how I like it!
All white with LOTS of sprinkles!

(those beautiful flowers on the right were from Kayleb and Leslie!)

This pic is kinda scary. Greg scooped my up just a little too much ice cream!


What a awesome husband I have!!
It was a great birthday :)

It's been hot here.....

(click to enlarge!)

Dust Devils Game

(thanks for the pic Stace!)
Last Friday night, the whole family
attended a Dust Devils baseball game.
Papa Rose got everyone tickets,
which included a pregame, all you can eat BBQ.
(It had something to do with his work. I think.)
Gotta give a shout out to Dan who
took full advantage of the "all you can eat" BBQ
I believe it was 4 hot dogs (or was it 5), a hamburger,
and a piece of chicken.
That man can do work!!
Anyway, it was a pretty good game.
They kept it close until the last couple innings when
they pulled ahead and took the win.
We didn't win anything after our attempts to throw
tennis balls into a shopping cart but overall
it was a great night at the ball park!

4th of July Weekend

I can't believe that the 4th of July weekend
has already come and gone!
But it was a fun one!
Friday afternoon, Greg and I
were able to go boating with
the Ostler family. I forgot to take
my camera on the boat but we had a great time
(I'm a little ashamed to say that I only left the boat to get on
and then get off. No tubing or water skiing for me. Maybe next time)
Saturday night we hung out in the circle,
and set off tons of fireworks!
We were also able to watch tons going off
all over the city because of the parent's great house location!
Here are some pics from all the firework fun!

Please excuse my horrible camera - it doesn't like night time.
Not sure how I managed to get this picture! Kinda crazy.
(and a little scary! Greg.)


Love the patriotic hat!

Dan and Greg were up to no good!

Greg holding a bottle rocket in his hand while it went off!
Oh, and that's a lit punk in his mouth. Nice.

Kayleb

Towards the end of our firework fun, Greg noticed a reflection in the second
story window of the house. For a second, he thought the house was on fire,
but then realized that it was just a reflection but that something somewhere
was actually on fire. So we took off up the street a few block and this is what we saw....

The whole side of the hill was on fire.
It was so crazy to watch. It wasn't really close to us,
but it wasn't that far away either. The wind was
blowing also, which didn't help.
Luckily (and as far as I know) no one was hurt,
and no houses were burnt down. The fire happened to
be on the other side of canal, just across the street from houses,
but they were able to get it put out before it caused serious damage.
We are pretty sure it was fireworks that started it,
because in the middle of the fire, all these fireworks
started going off, like whoever started the fire, ditched their fireworks
before they took off. It was pretty intense to stand there and watch it all.

But all in all, we had a great weekend,
and hope you all did too!