Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Monday, December 21, 2009
November/December
November
We actually didn’t have a ton going on in November besides Thanksgiving gatherings. Here are a couple of the highlights:
I turned the BIG 27 on 11/11. Jon and Brayden took me out to lunch. I went to the midnight showing of New Moon (2nd movie in the Twilight series). I hadn’t ever been to a midnight showing of any movie before, so it was quite the experience. I came home from work and slept from 7pm-10:30pm. I am so glad that I took a little snooze before going otherwise I would have been dragging at work on Friday. We went to my friend, Sarah’s wedding on the 21st. It was great catching up with a few of my college friends! We had Thanksgiving in Marshalltown with Jon’s family on Thanksgiving Day. Jon and I both had to work on Black Friday, so Brayden had a slumber party with Nana. We had another Thanksgiving on the Saturday after with my family.
December
We started off December with the Reidy/Knipp Christmas in Independence. We were able to get together with some good friends and play Pepper/Euchre. Jon and I both had work cancelled on 12/9 due to the snowstorm. We just got back from a great weekend up in NE Iowa. Jon, Brayden, and I drove up to Decorah on Saturday. We went swimming in our hotel, ate at Mabe’s, and watched a few college bowl games. On Sunday, we went to Cresco for the Schoeberl Christmas. It was so great to see family!!!
Plans for the rest of December include a doctor’s appt on 12/23 including an ultrasound. Jon’s mom will coming down and his brother will be coming over for Christmas Eve. We will be heading up to Ogden afternoon on Christmas day through Saturday morning. New Year’s Eve, we plan to go to my friend, Lisa’s wedding!!!
And that wraps up our 2009!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Big News, Anniversary, Pumpkin Patch/Halloween, SICK, haircuts...
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Almost October
Friday, September 11, 2009
September--Football Season!!
The first week(s) of September have been nothing short of amazing! College football began!! Thursday, Sept. 3rd, we went to Ames for ISU’s season opener against N. Dakota State. Being a hawk fan, I didn’t think I would enjoy the game much, but I did. After all, I love football!! Jon and I dropped Brayden off at Grandma Sue’s after work on Thursday, went to the game, picked Brayden up and drove back to WDM. We both had Friday off since our daycare was closed. We all slept in, cleaned, did laundry, and left for Waterloo around 1:30pm.
Friday night, we went to Mike and Anna Lind’s annual keggar. We played some intense games of Pepper with Jason and Amanda, Shane and Susan, Dean and Emily, and Jon and Erica. We all had so much fun!
Saturday, we watched the Iowa and UNI game… C’mon IOWA! You gotta play better than that! Your fans want more from you! Saturday night Jon had his fantasy football draft at the Hosch’s. All the couples and the kids got together and played. It is like a daycare center when we all get together. Kids EVERYWHERE!
Sunday, Jon, Brayden, and I went and visited Jon’s grandma Mary. We took her to lunch at Bill’s in Independence and Brayden played with her teacups. He was so funny! He kept walking from her linoleum to her carpet and would put one foot half on each and look at me like, “Mommy, there is something different feeling!” We then drove to one of my college roommate’s weddings in Cedar Rapids. Congrats Bret and Maria! After the dinner portion of the reception, Brayden was cashed out. We drove to Shane and Susan’s for the night. We put the kids to bed and then the adults played Pepper—obsessed? I think so!
Monday morning, the guys played golf and Susan and I took the boys (Brayden and Jackson) to breakfast and then to a petting zoo. While I was driving on 380 into CR, Brayden started screaming. I look back to see that he has cut his eye with the sand shovel he was playing with. I panicked a little bit, pulled over on a side street, and gave him lots of hugs and kisses! (Side note: I freaked out because there was blood… I’m just pleased with myself because I did not throw up or pass out). The boys were zonked out by the time we got to the park, so we turned around and went back to Shane and Susan’s house. Susan and I put in Twilight—yes, I think I have her hooked now! We ordered some Pizza Hut and headed home. I helped Sarah with some pictures that evening at the Art Center and our weekend was officially over.
We have had a long/short week. Brayden now has 12 teeth. He had the top four and bottom four since May, but he decided to get 4 molars last week. His poor gums are so swollen that he gags himself every once in a while.
Last night my slow pitch softball team played our first tournament game. We won! We play next Thursday at 7:15pm. NFL kicked off yesterday as well! My Steelers won their season opener against the Tennessee Titans, but my favorite player, Troy Polamalu, left the game with a knee injury!
We are heading up to my dad’s tonight for dinner and hanging out. Finally get to have his infamous smoked chicken, potatoes, etc on the grill!! I’ve been talking about it for a LONG time! We are spending the night there and Jon and I are heading to the IOWA vs ISU game tomorrow morning at 5AM! Brayden is going to spend the day with Grandpa and Julie! Sunday, we are heading up to Independence for the Reidy/Knipp Family Picnic.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Getting Organized--Fun Snapshots
What a RAINY week! Blah! My slowpitch softball was cancelled on Thursday. Even with all the rain, we were able to get two wagon rides in!! Brayden loved it!
Friday night we went over to Sarah and Lance's to play with friends Ella and Ava. We had a blast. Brayden LOVES climbing stairs and they have some perfect carpeted ones going down to their basement. Brayden decided to climb 4 or 5 of them and then jump--yes, JUMP-- down them. I can just imagine what my face looked like! I was terrified. Brayden wiggled out of my arms and darted back to the stairs! He was laughing and excited to do it again!
Saturday we did some cleaning (like always) around the house. After Brayden's nap, we headed to Cedar Rapids for Jackson Murphy's 1st Birthday party! It was really fun! There were lots of kids there and Brayden had so much fun playing with all of them! I will post pictures soon. Blogger is having technical difficulties....