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From the Larsen Kitchen

2009-10-13T21:25:00.004-05:00

Brett & I made a wonderful soup a few weekends ago. Soup is one of our favorite things to cook, it simmers all day and lets all the flavors marry together!!! My job is usually more of the Sioux chef. I take care of the spices and minor chopping, anything that needs to be assembled and proportioned is Brett's job. This was a pork won ton and homemade chicken soup & it was soooooooooo good!!!

Gooseberry Falls - I give you this...

2009-10-13T20:09:00.002-05:00

Another beautiful North Shore Birthday

2009-10-13T19:55:00.004-05:00

Brett did it again, he took me to the North Shore for a beautiful birthday celebration on Saturday! It was COLD!!! The beauty was still there nonetheless!!!

I am soooo lucky to have a husband who loves me as much as he does!!! Thanks baby for making yet another birthday so special!!! :)

My 2nd Brett

2009-09-27T23:06:00.004-05:00

I NEVER gave up 2day!!! I was on my feet the ENTIRE Game!!!! This is THE best Sunday I've had in years!!!!! I KNEW we were going to win, I never got stressed, I never gave up or in, why would u, after all Brett Favre IS our GB!!! 2 Words....

SUPERBOWL HOMEBOY!!!

Happy Birthday to Tana!!!

2009-09-24T21:34:00.001-05:00

Happy 35th bday to Tana!!! I hope it was a great one for you!!!

I'm sure it had to be great to celebrate in your new house!!!

Thinking of you today & wishing you all the best!!

Swine Flu??

2009-09-22T22:45:00.003-05:00

A week ago from Sunday Andrew came down with something. He just woke up feeling terrible. I kept him home from school on Monday and called to chat with his doctor ( well really his nurse ). Because of his symptoms & the fact that his asthma is so bad they elected to treat him for flu. Tuesday Andrew is still home, now Brandon has whatever it is, I go to work & Brett call's when he wakes up. Guess what? Now Brett has it too. So I talked to the nurse again and they elected to treat both Brandon and Brett. Wednesday morning... Now I have it!!! UGGGGG!!!!

So Andrew missed Monday thru Wednesday, Brandon missed Tuesday thru Thursday & Brett was home Tuesday & Wednesday & I was home Wednesday & Thursday! Not a good week!!! The doctor didn't event want any of us to come in to the office to be tested, they just asked the symptoms and treated us all with Tamiflu. So I guess we'll never know for sure if it was the dreaded H1N1 virus or not, don't really care, it was not fun whatever kind of flu it was!!!

Brett Favre a Minnesota Viking

2009-08-18T21:10:00.010-05:00

Who would have EVER thought the great #4 would look like this?

Brett Favre is a Minnesota Viking!!!!
Talk to me next Friday...
We'll see how good he looks then!

I miss blogging

2009-08-07T09:14:00.002-05:00

So our computer us is still dead, but we got a new laptop. We are also on vacation right now, and though I have not taken the time yet to upload our pictures from our last camping trip to Interstate Park in Wisconsin, I promise I will soon! The lack of updates has been killing me!

Technical difficulties

2009-06-29T08:53:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the lack of post's, it's not that we have nothing to share, but two children infected our computer with a nasty virus that we can not fix just yet! Never fear, we are working on it! Our lack of post's is not because we don't love you all !

Happy Birthday Brett!

2009-05-20T18:15:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday to the love of my life! If you ask him he'll tell you he's 29 again! Those of us who know and love him ( or not ) know his true age! Here's to you baby! I love you, Happy Birthday!

New Moon

2009-05-19T22:24:00.003-05:00

So here is a look at the New Moon poster unveiled today. I know that the first movie was truly disappointing, but we can still hope for better right?

From Gold medals to Disco Ball Trophies

2009-05-19T22:03:00.002-05:00

The Dancing With The Stars finale just ended and we have a new champion: Shawn Johnson and her partner Mark Ballas! I'm glad that they won, I did also like Gilles ( he was not hard to watch ) but I am really glad that Shawn won!

How was your day?

2009-04-29T18:18:00.003-05:00

So I got home from work tonight and went to change out of my work clothes to my much more comfy Jammie's when I discovered that there was a HUGE whole in the rear end of my pants! I am seriously hoping that it was not like that all day long! I would hope someone would have said something to me! How embarrassing! :) And how was your day?

Awards ceremony

2009-04-07T20:42:00.002-05:00

We just got back from the kid's spring conferences and as usual they went great! Nothing negative & everything positive about both boy's! We also got copies of report cards and both of the boy's have made the A honor roll again! Both of them have been invited to a high honor roll recognition ceremony on April 21st. Only students who have maintained a 3.5 GPA or higher for the first three quarters of the year are eligible for this ceremony! Yeah!! Congrats boys!! Mom and Dad are soooooo proud of you! :)

Happy Birthday Brando!

2009-03-23T16:19:00.003-06:00

Happy Birthday to Brandon! Hard to believe he is 12 years old today!

He received a Haro bike for his b-day, his best b-day present ever he says. That is until I remind him that last year he got his dog for his b-day!

Pneumonia and more Pneumonia

2009-02-24T21:49:00.002-06:00

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. It is not that I have nothing to post, but Brandon and I have both had pneumonia and are still recovering. He got his first, about two weeks ago, and he is feeling almost back to 100 percent. I on the other hand, got it a week ago and am only about 45 percent better. So once we are able to breathe and are feeling up to it, there will be more to come!

Conspiracy solved

2009-02-11T17:36:00.002-06:00

So as you can see, after much time spent hunched over the computer trying to figure out the problem, I finally got my background changed! I have to give a shout out to The Cutest Blog on the Block, their technical support team actually ended up helping me figure out the problem! And they still have super-cute backgrounds. Check it out!
www.Thecutestblogontheblock.com.

Background conspiracy

2009-01-31T21:45:00.003-06:00

I have been trying to change my blog background for like the last 3 weeks at least! For some reason, it doesn't matter what background I pick, or from where, it will not change! I am really getting frustrated! When I originally load my page, I will see the background that I have tried to install, then it changes to the old one. If anyone can help, please let me know, because I am so not happy right now! Please, please, please help! I may end up hurting the computer if I can't figure this out!

Ice lanterns a'la Brett

2008-12-23T18:17:00.004-06:00

So early one Saturday morning, Brett and I were watching KARE 11 morning news. They had a segment with Belinda & Bobby Jensen. They were actually trying to sell these forms that you could buy to use to make these ice lanterns. Well of course Brett immediately ( and I do mean Immediately ) went to work on fashioning his own ice lanterns no form necessary! He made two of them, improving each time. There is nothing Brett can't do!!! Calling Martha Stewart! :)

This is the 2nd improved version.

A new look

2008-12-10T21:03:00.004-06:00

So the kid's told me that I needed to change the blog background for Christmas. It was really kind of frustrating! What do you think? Do you like the new look or the old look?

Yo Momma, it's your birthday!

2008-10-30T20:08:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday to my Momma! She had a beautiful day to celebrate! I won't say how old she is today because my mother taught me it's impolite! :} Love ya Momma!

Yet another refuge adventure

2008-10-21T12:47:00.009-05:00

I don't know what we would do without all of this beauty right out our door!

Along the way we found some more snakes! Good thing the guy's don't mind catching them, cuz I won't!!!

Sometimes the kid's are sooo cute!

Did the kid's whine and complain much of this 3 mile hike? Of course they did, but in the end it is always worth it! Fall is my favorite time of year, and in this environment, I am like a kid in a candy store!

Welcome Home China Larsen's

2008-10-14T18:18:00.021-05:00

So, the China Larsen's are back in the USA, and at the end of August the whole Larsen Clan was ALL together for the first time in a long time.

A good time was had by all, especially all of the kid's who got to play with all of their cousin's. Also the parent's with the camera's had a pretty good time as well! Here are some samples of the over 200 pics Brett and I took that day!

As you can see, getting all of the grandchildren to co-operate for one picture was a tad bit challenging!

Liam and Logan's pop up tunnel's were a huge hit!

Lorelei's beautiful Sunday hair! I love it!
Gretchen looking sooo cute!

Joe lost his shirt, I think he was a little warm!

Logan was hard at work, trying to keep everybody in line!

And I promised Jeff that this pic would make the blog!

Ellie was really hard to get a pic that was not a blur of her, as she was constantly moving!

It was really nice to have everyone together and a very nice day!

The Blue Ribbon Melons

2008-10-14T17:45:00.007-05:00

So here are the long awaited pic's of Brett's State Fair Prize Winners!

Brett's a state Champion, Blue prize winner!!!!!

2008-08-21T22:02:00.004-05:00

Brett is a blue ribbon winner at the Minnesota State Fair!!! His watermellon's are the best in Minnesota, or at least the best entered at the state fair!!!

He is also a second, a third and a fourth prize winner for his green zuchinni, his spaghetti squash, his paste tomatoe's and his yellow zuchinni!!!

First day of the fair and he's already a winner!!! Course, I've ALWAY'S known he's a winner!!!

More details and pics to follow. He is also entering some more thing's this Sunday, so there may be more to come!!!

If you go to the fair, be sure to stop at the AG building to check out his prize winning veggies! But only if you go between now and Sunday, because we're going Sunday and I think he'll be bringing those ribbons home!!! :)

Another Refuge adventure

2008-08-19T17:08:00.004-05:00

So I as previously mentioned Brett just got a new camera! We had to go for another refuge adventure to try it out! There are some cool shot's of the bald eagle's that nest in the refuge and also one of an endangered trumpeter swan who upon later inspection of the pic's had a bunch of babies with her in her nest!

CM Info picnic

2008-08-19T16:52:00.009-05:00

Last Saturday was CM Information Specialists Company picnic. This year my Boss rented out the Johnathan Padelford riverboat. We had a 3 hour tour ( which when they said was three hours, I have to admit, I immediately thought of Gilligan's Island ) and Brett took some cool pictures with his new camera.

A scary google realization

2008-08-19T12:51:00.004-05:00

So Brett and I were discussing the blog a few week's back, and he bet me that not knowing the title of the blog, he could still find it online by googling it. What he found when he searched amazed and scared me both at the same time. He pulled up our blog on Google with only two words!!! He tried different and varied approaches, but he pulled up the blog in only two words each time! A little reminder to not put too much personal info on your blog site! How many words does it take to Google your blog???
http://google.com

Brett's garden part 2

2008-08-19T12:37:00.002-05:00

Here are some pictures of a day's harvest over the weekend. Still looking good! Brett has entered some of his vegetables at the State Fair this year! If you go this Thursday on, be sure to check it out!

You might notice that there is not very much red in these pic's, the tomatoes are just starting to ripen and there will be Lot's of them!

The new Kia - A post for Grandpa Ron

2008-07-28T19:46:00.003-05:00

So as most of you already know, we recently got a new car. A 2008 Kia Optima. We chose this car because of the price, the warranty and the 30 mpg it get's. We brought it home on July 3rd, and certain people have been waiting for the pictures. So here we go, all the gut's and glory of our new Kia!

I told you I'd get around to posting these Ron! :)

The new teenager

2008-07-10T22:21:00.006-05:00

Happy Birthday to Andrew! Today he is officially a teenager, he is 13 years old!

He really is as sweet and lovable today as he was the day he was born!!

Happy birthday Andrew, mom and dad are very proud of the young man you are becoming!!

Brett's garden

2008-07-03T09:45:00.007-05:00

Here are some pictures of Brett's garden. He has worked very hard on it this year and it is responding great! Here is what it looked like in the beginning.

Everyone had to help to get it going.

The kid's had to have their own row's of vegetable's, even though they don't eat most of them!

And all of the hard work is paying off! Brett's garden is the envy of the neighborhood!!!

Brett and his 14 year old wife

2008-07-01T23:15:00.003-05:00

Oops! I mean Brett and his wife of 14 years!

Happy Anniversary to us, and many more to come!

Thank you for loving me like you do, I will never stop loving you!!!

In case you were wondering...

2008-06-16T21:32:00.001-05:00

Just in case anyone out there was wondering, neither Brett or myself have had a cigarette in over five month's now! I'm very proud of both of us and thought I'd take a quick second to mention it!

Our New American Idol is...

2008-05-21T21:49:00.003-05:00

David Cook is the new American Idol!!! Oh how I love it when someone I like finally wins!!!

Congratulation's on your dream's coming true!!!

It's Brett's Birthday

2008-05-20T21:31:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday Brett!!!

Just wanted to let you know what a wonderful father, husband and friend you are!

I wish you didn't have to work on your day! I just wanted to tell you Happy Birthday for one last time today, and I love you!!!

A Refuge adventure

2008-04-21T19:50:00.015-05:00

Sunday was such a beautiful spring day, we decided that we all needed to get outside in the great outdoors. So we headed for one of the many hiking trails available to us at the Sherburne County Wildlife Refuge. We loaded up the puppies and the boy's and we were off to explore!

As I look at this picture, it only now occurs to me that everyone in this household is a male except for me! I don't think that I like that too much! :)

While on our hour and a half hike, the puppies were in heaven, with so many things to smell!

We happened upon a lot of different things in the woods while out, obviously something got to this bird. Or what's left of this bird.

We also stumbled onto this skull, not quite sure what it is...

There was also a smaller version that Andrew had to bring home much to Brett's delight!

We also had our own Crocodile Hunter adventure, obviously not with crocks, but we did stumble upon quite a few snakes which of course all my guy's had to chase after!

Aside from all of the wildlife we saw, they were quite a few obstacles in our path that we all had to climb up and over our maneuver under.
It was really fun to see the puppies exploring, as well as Brett and the Boy's!

At the end of our adventure, we had two pooped puppies!
We came home and the kid's played some baseball with the neighbors...
Mom and dad enjoyed the fire...

And we finished the evening with one of our beautiful country sunsets!

I am so happy that Spring is here!!!

Pneumonia update

2008-04-21T17:44:00.006-05:00

So here is another pneumonia update on Brandon. It is a little late, but we usually are right? :)

Last Tuesday Brett felt that Brandon was ready to go back to school. With both of the boy's being home from school the previous Friday for a snow day, and then all weekend long, plus Monday, Dad was more than ready to have his house back alone during the weekdays. So, with Andrew already off to school, Brandon and I started getting ready, him for school, me for work.

With Brandon dressed and waiting for the bus, I watched how winded and out of breath he was just from walking from the living room to the bathroom. As a mother, I was not ready to let my child go to school and have to worry all day long weather or not he was breathing OK. I tried to wake Brett as he had just got home from work at 6:30 am that morning, and he was already deep in sleep, not waking for the three times I tried. So I made the executive decision that Brandon had to stay home again and go to the doctor.

When we got to the doctor, which was not the same one he had seen on Friday as she was off for the day, she was really kind of panicked at how bad Brandon still sounded. In fact, she was wondering if he was worse than on Friday. I told her that he was definitely not worse, but still not as good as I felt he should be after finishing his antibiotics and his steroids. ( The kind to reduce inflammation, not the kind that wrestlers use to bulk up )

To make a long story short, ( a little late for that now I know, bare with me ) she put pulled Brandon out of school for the rest of the week out of gym and recess when he does return to school the next week, and she put him on more antibiotics and more steroids and more asthma medication's that he had not had to take in over a year. He has to be rechecked again on Wednesday the 23rd.

Andrew in the meantime, not to be left out or outdone developed an icky sty in his eye...

I love my sick children!!!

More with the sickness

2008-04-14T19:52:00.004-05:00

So now it's just a short time after I finished the last blog update and I've suddenly got another sick child. Andrew out of nowhere, now has a 101.2 temperature! Thankfully, he has no problems breathing, just achy and cold and hot. I certainly should not be surprised, this is the way that it usually happens at our house, no one can be sick all by themselves! I like to share with my family, but come on!!!

An important blog update for Grandma Judy

2008-04-14T17:10:00.005-05:00

So, Grandma Judy called to check in on all of us last night. She wanted to know what was new and exciting. I told her that I had something new, but not so exciting. Brandon has pneumonia. Poor kid, he was lucky enough to have a snow day on Friday, and he was almost admitted to the hospital. Both of my boy's have problems with breathing and asthma, but I have never been so scared that my child was actually going to be admitted to the hospital! Had Brett and I bypassed the doctor appointment and just went to the emergency room instead, I gurrantee that he would have been admitted to the hospital and he would probably still be there today!

He is finally feeling better, still not breathing so great. I am finally sure that he no longer needs to go to the hospital anymore. Friday night was pretty touch and go, I watched him sleep all night, making sure that he was still breathing. ( I'm sure all mother's reading & even some father's too can all relate to this feeling! ) It was the first time we've had the kid's to the doctor and were able to say that they were absolutely not exposed to second hand smoke as it has been over three month's now that Brett and I have quit smoking! Only problem is every time I am stressed out ( most of the time ) or upset, I really still want one! I have not had a single cigarette since our quit day! Brett either! As I've mentioned before, neither one of us wants to be the first to give in... so we are both still fighting the feeling!

Let's see, anything else? Brandon has decided that he wants to be in the band next year. His instrument of choice: Trombone. The boy's will be able to play duet's someday! Two brass instruments that need nightly practice... What was I thinking? :)

Welcome our new additions to the family...

2008-03-30T16:36:00.008-06:00

Please welcome Rocky and Copper to the Larsen Family household. Rocky is the one with the two black eye's, he is Brandon's dog, his 11th birthday present.

Copper is the one that look's like a hound doggie, and Andrew bought him with all of his own money!

They are rat terrier's and will only get to be 10 to 15 pounds full grown! Quite a difference from our past animal's.

Superbowl Homeboy

2008-02-03T21:38:00.001-06:00

So the Superbowl was today. The New Engalnd Patriot's who had a perfect season 18 and 0 up till today, vs. The New York Giant's, who have the little brother of last year's superbowl winner.Me, myself, I was hoping for the Cinderella ending, with the Pat's going 19 and 0. Brett, who can't stand the cheater's was hoping that Eli would prove himself once and for all.

My ending did not come true and The New York Giant's are the new Superbowl champions!

Congrat's to Eli and The Giant's!

Here's looking forward to next year's training camp and the Viking's stepping up and proving once and for all that they are the true champions!!

On a brighter note, it's been 30 day's of no smoking for Brett and I!!!

I don't even want one anymore!!

Happy February everyone!!

On our way to 30 days

2008-01-29T19:23:00.000-06:00

So it's been awhile since I've last updated, it's always hard for me to find the time.
Anyhow, I just wanted to update those of you who don't know...
Brett and I quit smoking and it's been 25 day's as of today!
It's a huge deal for us, I've been smoking for way too many years, I won't even say because I don't want the kid's to know how young I was when I started. It's been very hard for me, and Brett, who won't smoke again just because he does not want to be the first to give in! It does make me feel better each day I can mark off though! This weekend will be thirty big days gone by and a huge milestone, we will have to celebrate!

Andrew got his report card and is on the honor roll again! Good job Andrew!
Brandon's mid-quarter report was all A's! Keep it up kid's!

That's all for now!

Catching up

2007-10-28T17:24:00.001-06:00

So, it's been quite a while since I last blogged. In the word's of the beauty queen "Taylor" from "Kid Nation", "Deal With It!"

No, I don't mean to be a brat, but it is very hard to keep up, so to all of you who do.... Congrat's!" Kudo's to you!

Let's see, since I last blogged, I have had a birthday ( my 34th ) and I was incredibly spoiled by my husband. Which I alway's am, but for this whole month, he has really been incredible! I am a very lucky lady!

Speaking of Birthday's, it is my mom's birthday on Tuesday! Happy Birthday Mama, you are loved more than you know!

The Viking's have not been doing very good, but I still always have faith and next week, they will show you what they are made of!!

On cool website front's, please check out http://www.americangreetings.com/, they have cool card's, background's and screen saver's. I love this site!

The boy's have their school picture's back and they are great, but due to some problem's with our scanner, I am unable to scan them at this time. If you are all really good relatives and friend's, I will either get them scanned soon, our you will receive them via US Postal Service; but I would have to be really good in order for that to happen!

We love all of our friend's and relatives, and hope that you will all keep the faith, that I will get better in regards to the blog site! But, if you all know us and love us, you will not be upset if I take a break between post's.

Tis the Season

2007-09-10T17:42:00.000-05:00

It's that time of year, the kid's are back in school, the weather is starting to become cool and crisp. This is my favorite time of year, the cool but not cold evenings, the sound of the wind blowing through the tree's... and of yeah...

Football Season!

Which just happens to also be one of my favorite thing's! For those of you who don't know, the Vike's did win their first game of the regular season!

Tonight is another favorite Monday Night Football!

Larsen Family campout

2007-09-06T20:57:00.000-05:00

So a few week's ago all the Larsen's went camping. Here are a few of the photo's from the trip.

Who let the dog's out?

2007-09-06T20:42:00.000-05:00

So last Friday the kid's were playing at one of the neighbor's house's. Andrew comes home and says " Hey Mom, Angela is here and you need to come and meet her now." Angela is the mother of Jake and Jesse, some neighbor kid's who the boy's play with all of the time. So I went outside expecting to just kind of chit-chat. Angela and I have spoken on the phone and the kid's even spent the night over at her house earlier this summer.

So I come outside and she is frantic, has my baby boy Brandon at her side and he is crying and she pulls up his shirt and tells me that their dog had bit my boy!

The dog is up to date and the skin was really not broken too badly, but as you can see he bruised something awful! I'm sure that she initially thought that we would sue, but Brett and I felt that as long as the dog had it's shot's and he was not bleeding that much, he did not need stitches, a trip to the hospital was not necessary.

Brandon is recovering quite well, just still bruised. The neighbor ( and later her husband and kid's ) stayed here talking until almost 11:30 that night.

So slowly, slowly we are finally after 8 years here, starting to get to know the neighbor's!

Brandon is really ok and was even ready to go back to their house the next morning!

Happy birthday Randy!

2007-08-23T22:53:00.000-05:00

Happy birthday to the best brother in the world!

For those of you who don't know, today is Randy's 29th birthday!

I miss him just as much or more today than ever! He was my first child, my little brother, my best friend, and there will never be anyone to take his place in my heart, ever!

There is an in memoriam ad placed today in the Star & Tribune, please feel free to check it out.

I love you so much Randy, and can only hope that you can see all that we have become, and all that we will never be without you! You are always with me, and only you and I can know what we had together and how lost I am without you!

Thank you for being in my life and for loving me like you did, without exception, and with all you had!

You are always in my heart, in my soul, and on my mind.

I love you always!
Sisser

So much to do so little time...

2007-07-26T17:56:00.000-05:00

It's been such a long time since my last entry, I just wanted everyone to know that despite the lack of entries, everyone is fine out here in the country! In the past month we have had several birthday's, a wedding, an anniversary and a vacation! I do have lots of great photo's to upload, but just need the time to do it! Until then, I leave you with some photo's from Yellow Stone!

OK, so I'm just gonna leave you with this little tease, because I do intend do do a whole Yellow Stone entry! We will all be camping with the family this weekend so I hope to get lot's of pictures then too!

Morneau is THE Man!!!!

2007-07-06T22:30:00.000-05:00

Did you see either of the Twins Double Header today?

They totally rocked in both games, a total of 32!

My boy was responsible for 3 homeruns himself, something that has not been done by a Twin ( 3 homers in one day ) since 1973, courtesy of Tony Oliva!

Touch them all Justin Morneau, touch them all!!!!

A promotion for Brett

2007-06-20T22:46:00.000-05:00

So Brett was offered a promotion at work. He has been mulling it over. It means a lot of changes, the biggest being the following:
An office, a desk and even a window!
A salary position from an hourly
A crazy schedule for the first 90 days

Most important for Brett, it means he is " The Boss"!

He just officially accepted the offer yesterday, so there will be plenty more details to come, but I am hoping that this is a really good move for Brett and us as a family as well. Job security for this position versus his last is much, much better!

That's all for now, just wanted to keep everyone updated, and as I said before, more details to follow!

The Larsen's go to a neighbor's party!

2007-06-19T19:31:00.001-05:00

So as most of you know, one of the main reason's we moved out to the country was so we had our own space and did not have to be bothered by neighbors. Well, as you may have read on a previous post, we were invited to the neighbors graduation party on Saturday.

The kid's wanted to go right away when they woke up, and Brett and I were really trying to put it off for as long as we could, even trying to think of reason's not to go. We decided that we had to just suck it up and go on over at around four.

So we slowly made our way over next door, where the party was really just getting started. The boy's of course left us as soon as they had made it to the pool, we were on our own, feeling like the first day in a new school or something....

Needless to say, it did not take very long before we had made friendly, and laughed at how we had kept to ourselves ( them and us ) for the three years that they had been there!!!

So long story short, the neighbor's are really pretty nice, and we stayed at the party much longer than the two cigarette allotment Brett had set before we left! :)

Bye Bye Long Hair!

2007-06-12T16:18:00.001-05:00

So Sunday after spending two night's at Grandma & Grandpa's, it was hot out and Andrew decided after a year of growing his hair, that it was time for a cut. So dad pulled out the handy dandy clippers and Andrew's beautiful hair went bye bye!

So Andrew's long hair is no more! As you can see, he wasn't too upset about it!

While Brett was doing his barber thing, Brandon came over from the neighbor's and said that they wanted to know if they gave Brett $5.00 would he cut William's ( the neighbor boy ) hair.

Brett told them to keep their money, that he just gave buzz cuts and he would do it. So here he is with William.

So after Brett was done playing barber, later that night we decided to have a fire and we told the kids they could make smores. This whole time we are getting the fire started, chopping wood and such, the boy's are at the neighbors. They are yelling across the yard, "Mom, can William have some smores too?" So we said that was fine, he could. The next thing we know, Brett's worst nightmare is happening.

Brandon had went and invited the whole family from next door over for smores, not just William! If you know Brett, you know that he is fairly anti-social, especially when it comes to the neighbors, and people he does not know. So after living next door to us for three years, and the kid's knowing them, and us knowing their kid, we finally met the next door neighbors!

They came and had smores with us, they brought Brett a beer when they came, so he was more than happy to take it! They stayed for about an hour, ( way too long for Brett to socialize ) and before they left they had invited us four different times to a graduation party they are having on Saturday. Now Brett has to go socialize again! I hope he can handle it!

Bye Bye Wisdom Teeth

2007-05-30T22:32:00.001-05:00

So last Friday Brett had to have his wisdom teeth pulled. He is not a fan of the dentist and had to be put to sleep. He was not happy, but in a lot of pain and had to have it done. I waited while he underwent surgery and when he was waking up, they called me back into the room he was recovering in.

Most of you know how funny Brett is, but I don't think anyone but me has been around when he is coming out of the anesthesia. Let me tell you, I was laughing so hard I was crying. The different nurses kept poking their head's into the room to make sure everything was OK. I'm not sure that they are used to hysterical laughter in a recovery room!

As he was waking up, he was telling me how nice the doctor was and how cute the nurses were! I didn't take offense to this as the first thing he said when I came into the room was " I want a kiss! " while pointing at what he thought was his lips but because he was still numb, ended up being more or less his chin. The whole time that the anesthesia was still strong, he made me laugh uncontrollably! His doctor did pop his head into the room to tell me that Brett was not responsible for anything that he said right now, that he was more or less " Drunk ". I truly enjoyed him in this condition!

Although our holiday weekend was not too exciting because of his recovery, I still managed to get him to eat and stay fairly pain free, thanks to the vicodin extra strength of course! We slept in Brett's new tent that he got for his birthday, had some fires and played some baseball with the kid's. Now that those teeth are long gone, Brett is wondering " When is the tooth fairy coming?"

And the band played on...

2007-05-29T21:25:00.001-05:00

So last Thursday Andrew had his last band concert of the year. It was very exciting! We were lucky enough to have many of our family members come, including the Lil Dudes who we don't get to see very often. It was a lot of fun to see their reactions to the music! They did very well, as I thought they would. It was very nice of Jeff to come as we know he had not been feeling well. Andrew and Brandon were also very excited to see their cousin Spencer as it had been quite some time since they had seen each other! Brandon and Spencer are about the same age and they all get along very well. They do tend to get a little hyper but, oh well, they enjoy each other! Both Nannie and Poppie and Grandma and Grandpa were able to come as well as Crystal and Spencer, Kirstin, Jeff and the lil dudes, so Andrew's cheering section was quite large! Brett was also able to see Andrew play with the band for the first time this year and was quite impressed with the first year band! I think they sounded so good for this being their first year! We all went to Subway after and got to spend a little more time with the Lil Dudes who I personally can't get enough of! All in all, it was a really nice time! :)

Rainy days

2007-05-22T18:54:00.000-05:00

So today while I was at work it finally rained! We really needed it! Not such a good thing was getting a call from the boy's telling me that the electricity was out! Not exactly the kind of thing you want to come home from after a long, icky day at work! So we were without power for a couple of hour's which would normally not bother me but, it did really irratate me because of the week that I'm having. It's only Tuesday too!
We are looking forward to the rest of the week, Brandon is going on a field trip tomorrow and on Thursday, Andrew has his last band concert of the year, and he will be speaking to the audience. Kind of a big deal considering it's band and you don't get to talk in band! He is really looking forward to it because his dad get's to go to this one! Also, he has invited many family member's and is eager to see who will come!
Brett is not looking forward to the holiday weekend like he would normally, as he has to have two wisdom teeth pulled out on Friday. Poor guy! At least he get's to be alseep while it's being done though! That's all for now!

I promise to love faithfully

2007-05-21T17:37:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the blogging world...

2007-05-20T22:20:00.000-05:00

So we decided that we could not be outdone, especially since we aren't the best at keeping in touch with everyone! This is our new blogspot and I will try to keep it as updated as life will let me! For now this is it, as it is late Sunday night and it is back to the grind tomorrow, but hopefully I will be able to add more soon! A very Happy Birthday to Brett today, and many more to come!