be informed

You guys. I feel so strongly that it is extremely important for us to be informed! I have never been good at following politics, but I am doing my best! This presidential election is vital and I think it is our duty as Christians to be informed, inform others, and vote!


This is FANTASTIC! Please read!

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/o/Huntley-Brown-Obama.htm



my sweet love, neice Susanna turned ONE!!!!! isn't she beautiful?

sleep talking

so we've had a couple funny nights lately. a couple nights ago i was totally laughing in my sleep. jordan woke up and thought maybe he was talking in his sleep and i was laughing at him! but no, he woke me up saying, "what are you laughing at? . . . . what's so funny???" he was actually starting to get a little irritated cuz he still thought i was laughing at him, when really i just was still asleep laughing at my funny dream! so i told him! it was a really silly dream about his mom, believe it or not!!! ha!

then last night i woke up really confused . . . i woke up to jordan's voice, but he wasn't in bed with me anymore. he was out in the living room or something. aparently he couldn't sleep after a while and left the room. he thought i woke up calling for him or something, but i guess i was talking in my sleep and really HE woke ME up!

that's not the first episode of him waking up to me laughing either. he says, "i guess you're just a really happy person when you sleep." ha. but truly sleeping does make me really happy. :)

what i love lately

perfect temperature days (not hot or cold, just inbetween)

cool evenings and nights sleeping with the windows open and all the covers up, cuddled up to my hubby!

our kitten, mel, who is the only left of 3. the other brothers/sisters died. but mel is so fun and sweet. so lovey

the excitement of getting a new puppy! we pick him up sunday or monday! i've been wanting a puppy for so long! i'll post pics when we have him. any good name ideas for a male?

coffee dates! i'm meeting up with a friend to get some coffee and take her kids to the park.

being home when jordan comes home for lunch or just to pick something up.

seeing the smile on jordan's face when he realizes i'm baking his favorite cookies.

my sweet neices and nephews. all the cutest kids ever! and they live so far. i'm going through withdrawls.

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i'm really missing my siblings lately. julia and her family are up in wisconsin. naomi is in colorado. and dave is in germany - soon to be iraq!

been a while

hey blog world! its been a while, huh? do you guys all have "my space" too?
so jordan and just got back from a long weekend with my fam! we left thursday afternoon. stopped at walmart and picked up a bunch of take-and-bake pizza's, stuff for rootbeer floats, shells and stuff to shoot blue rock, and a birthday present for my neice since we left the original one at home!
my brother, david, and sister, naomi, her husband and 2 kids all met us at my parents house. it was a weekend of fun, relaxing, entertaining and being entertained by kids, lots of food (too much), lots of swinging in the hammock, church, listening to my dad preach, baby dedication for 5.5 month old chub-scout nephew, lots and lots of hugs and kisses. . . etc.
what a blessing and a refreshing weekend to be together. we really missed julia, her hubby and 2 kids who are in wisconsin. they have a busy week closing on their house and moving next saturday out of their 2-bedroom apartment! yay! i'm so excited for them! i don't think they'll know what to do with all the rooms and space at first!

my brother has this week in colorado then flies to Germany. so it was a really sad goodbye. i'm proud that he's in the army. but its also really scary to me. to all of us. please pray for him.

hey did you guys see a few days ago, Rick Warren (who wrote Purpose Driven Life) interviewed OBama and McCain at his chuch - Saddleback Church in California. My mom taped it so i have McCain's yet to watch. Interesting. That's all I'm gonna say.

hopefully i'll get a few pics up soon!

a cherished trip to see family

happy 4th of july! - independance day!
its been a while, i know. i got back a week ago from a long trip with my parents up north. sadly, jordan wasn't able to go with me. he had to be a responsible farmer and stay home. we drove up to minnesota and spent a day with my grandparents whom i rarely get to see anymore; then we headed up to wisconsin as i was in my cousin, brianna's wedding and my dad helped officiate it. fun times! i love brianna dearly and miss my fam up there so it was a great time! beautiful wedding! my sister julia and her 2 kids, story and susanna, met us up there for the wedding (they live in SW wisconsin). then we all drove down to LaCrosse and spend a day with Scott, Julia, and the kids. my parents then left to head back to my grandparents while i got a few more days with my sis and sweet neice and nephew! this was such a highlight! its really hard living so close to family you love so much. we had so much fun playing with the kids, taking them out to do fun things, going for walks, to the park. then i got to babysit one night so they could have a nice date and celebrate their anniversary! the kids are growing and just are more beautiful every time i see them! i could not believe susanna! the cutest thing ever! she flashes you this huge, shy grin! priceless!
sidenote - i LOVE it up there! i grew up in the northwoods and being back up there made me wish i lived there! its so beautiful! i love being surrounded by trees and driving on hilly roads! mmm - triggers some nostalgia.
it was so sad to say goodbye after a few days. i met up with my parents and spent another day/night with my grandparents. mom and i got to take gram out to some stores and just hang out. it was really sad to leave them too. i grew up 5 hours from them and we saw them several times a year. it had been 2 years since i'd seen them!

what a blessing family is. i am so thankful for mine!

neices & nephews & long talks with great friends!

so i was in castle rock a couple weeks ago to visit my sis and 2 little lovies! it was such a great time snuggling, rocking, feeding, burping, playing outside, getting in and out of carseats several times, laughing, tickling, making coffee and cookies and chatting with my sis, seeing my brother in-law play in the worship band, . . . man, i love these kiddos!







oh i just love that little smile!

my other 2 little loves are Story and Susanna, my sister Julia's kids who all live in wisconsin! so do you think i ever get to see them anymore??? i miss them like crazy! and i miss my sister so much! what a blessing great sisters are! but it just plain sucks when we are so far apart!





doesn't this one just crack you up? she is just beyond cuteness!


you know what just absolutely made my day yesterday - i got to have a great talk with my dear friend who is in egypt for 2 years! what a blessing and encouragement.

happy thursday!