Friday, August 29, 2008

Favorite Photo Friday

I am so behind! I just uploaded over 100 pictures from the last couple of weeks! So let's make today favorite photos Friday and I will try and work on a post over the weekend!

This is a picture of my nephew Eli and I! He is so cute! I took this picture as we were waiting for the bears to start spinning at the fair! He sat on my lap during the ride as it was spinning like crazy!

Here is my brother Troy and Kelsey in line at the fair for the Ferris Wheel. Of course they were being silly! My brother won't let me take many pictures of him in them so when I get one it is always a favorite!

Here is my Princess Kelsey before going out for my Birthday dinner last night! She made my birthday so special! She was so sweet and so excited to celebrate my birthday! She wanted to wear her "special" dress and mathcing headband. She probably told me Happy Birthday 100 times yesterday and made it extra special!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Favorite Photo Friday!

I want to play! I have seen other blogs do Favorite Photo Friday and I want to play! Last Friday we spent the evening with my sister-in-law Meredith and my niece Luke. We had so much fun! This is not the best photo in terms of quality, I forgot my good camera! But the subjects sure are cute!! Kelsey just adores Luke and is so cute with him!!!!!

Friday, August 15, 2008

BATTER UP!

It was beautiful outside last night! Kelsey wanted to play outside and that was fine with me! Last year for Christmas we bought her a tee ball set. She has taken a recent interest in it. Probably since we have spent about two nights a week this summer at the baseball field watching her dad play! However, the sport is also one of my favorites! I started playing fastpitch softball when I was just 8 years old! I played on a competitive traveling team for several years. I also played four years of college softball at Nebraska Wesleyan and surprisingly still have some records! I loved playing with Kelsey and teaching her all the mechanics! We have some work to do but she is off to a good start!!

Monday, August 11, 2008

Weekend Recap!

Wow was it a busy weekend! My husband and I both took Friday off to enjoy a nice long weekend!! That it was!! Believe it or not we didn't do any water activities! Hard to believe that after last week being 110, this weekend it was chilly! It was weird being in jeans and a sweatshirt on Saturday!

Our weekend started with a trip to the zoo in Omaha. The weather was perfect. Kelsey loved the penguins!! She would have stayed and watched them all day!



THESE PICTURES ARE FUNNY! KELSEY LIKES ME TO TAKE PICTURES OF HER AND I NOW! WE WERE TAKING A LITTLE BREAK AT THE ZOO AND SHE DECIDED WE SHOULD MAKE DIFFERENT FACES. I THOUGHT THEY TURNED OUT KIND OF CUTE!
Saturday we headed to see my sister and her family. Their county fair was going on and she had invited us to join them!! Kelsey loves hanging out with Isaac and Eli and LOVED the idea of staying the night at their house. The fair opened at 1:00 and we were there! We spent our twenty bucks and got the kids bracelets for the rides!! They rode, and rode and rode just about every single ride about five times each! We definitely got our moneys worth! Kelsey was grinning from ear to ear the entire time!! We rode rides for 3 1/2 hours!!! In addition to the rides we headed to the barn to see all the animals!
That evening at the fair the performer for the Concert was Chicago. Well my uncle just happens to be head of maintenance at Fonner Park. So he had tickets and wanted to know if we wanted to go? Well I could think of a few songs I knew, sure why not! So Corissa and I took Kelsey and Isaac to the concert! Kelsey can now say that her first concert was Chicago! We got a few looks from people since I think they were the only kids in the building but we didn't care! We headed right up to the front and took our seats! I didn't know what Kelsey would think but she did great! They would clap, she would clap. It was funny! We stayed about an hour into the concert and then decided to leave. Although it was fun, we were a little out of place. Two kids in a crowd of mostly people over 55. They had sung the couple songs we were familiar with so we hit the road. Back to the carnival part of the fair. Earlier in the day we didn't let them play any games and who can leave a fair without a cheap nasty stuffed animal? It didn't take long and each of the kids had three to take home!
Now if you want to see something funny and need a good laugh I recommend going to Bingo!! Yesterday I went with my sister to Bingo and had so much fun!!! I think we were getting some nasty looks because I was laughing so hard!! My sister loves going to Bingo and I have went with her once before. However, that was an awful experience about 6 years ago. Not knowing much about it I thought we were going for single Bingo. They were calling numbers and I was just marking my tickets as fast as I could. I finally got a single Bingo so I yelled out "BINGO!" Yikes! I thought I was going to get beat down. Well joke was on me and the game was BLACKOUT!! They hadn't even called enough numbers to have a black out and all the old ladies there let me know!! My sister and her friend laughed forever about that one! To this day I still get crap about that! This time I made sure I knew exactly what I needed! Therefore, I never got to yell "BINGO!" I didn't win but I sure had a good time!!

Thanks, Corissa, Isaac and Eli for a great weekend!!

Monday, August 04, 2008

Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!

You will never believe what we did this weekend! We did water activities. How did you ever guess since just about every post is about us swimming or being in the water!! Well this weekend it was HOT! Like 100 degrees and above HOT! So Saturday we were in the pool ---- A LOT! Then on Sunday we headed back to the lake! We invited some friends to go with us and my sister and nephew Isaac went as well. Because there were so many of us we took turns on the boat. Kelsey didn't want a turn on the boat. She was fascinated with the "beach"! She loved that she could walk in the water and be able to touch. She also loved playing in the sand. Once again we had a great time at the lake!! I am paying for it today as I decided I should make sure I could still water ski! No problem at all! Got right up! Today getting up was another problem! I am sore! We will take it easy this week to recover. Geoff is out of town on a work trip so it is just Kelsey and I! Early to bed all week is the plan!
GEOFF AND KELSEY BUILDING A SAND CASTLE


SWIMMING IN THE LAKE! SHE COULD TOUCH!

Friday, August 01, 2008

Look Who Has a New Bike!!!

Well last night Kelsey and I were just killing some time. We were in Toys R Us and she was trying out the bikes. Geoff and I had already talked about it and we had planned on buying her a bike for Christmas. Well I caved. I bought her a new bike last night! We have been spending a lot of evenings outside. She currently has a little bike but it is just getting too small!! There is a lot of time left before the winter months so I decided it would get plenty of use!! Mommy's treat! She didn't understand why it wasn't just together when we got home! She was pretty good at being patient why it was being put together. She loves her new bike and it is just the right size for her. She said she wants to practice for two days with training wheels before she takes them off! I told her we will wait and see. Although I would love for her to pick the task of riding a back up that fast, she is only three! I don't have any plans of taking the training wheels off before next year!

THIS IS THE NEW BIKE!
GRANDPA AND DADDY PUTTING IT TOGETHER
PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE LAST FEW ADJUSTMENTS!
AND SHE'S OFF . . .