STACY'S BLOG

Alyse Abigail

2008-03-09T20:15:00.000-07:00

It's a...Girl!

The Bradley's welcomed another baby girl on Thursdsay!

Alyse Abigail Bradley

9.1lbs, holy cow!

She was bigger and has hair, unlike Adelyn

It was a great weekend, we visited them in the hospital, stayed at the house, took on more duties than usual with ole Addy (we did skip swim class though) and welcomed them home on Sat. I got to spend time with Alyse once Adelyn went to bed and in the morning (good thing Brielle came to visit to keep Adleyn occupied)! Nick cooked us all dinner so us girls could ooh and ahh at Alyse. It was great to see Adelyn loving her sister....giving her a pacifier (and taking it out), wanting to hold her, kiss her and associating "poop" with her. I'm so excited to have another niece so they can have a best friend all the time!

*Recap from the last month: We layed low, Nick is finishing up his thesis (tonight he will be done with his 1st draft), and spent time in the twin cities. Last weekend we were there because I met Allison, her sisters and a couple friends to go bridesmaid shopping and she also found her wedding dress! Hit some balls with my new golf clubs (my summer project...to learn how to golf). We also helped Shan & Jon get the house ready for the new babe!

We'll be back to see them over Easter!

Look at the hair!

After a hard day of playing Adelyn found time to hold her sister

Welcome home!

Alyse at 3 days old (don't mind the smudge...Adelyn)

Adelyn around 1 month (I believe)

I'm a BIG sister!

Happy Birthday

2008-02-04T17:39:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to my sweetheart...

We spent this weekend celebrating Nick's 27th birthday! We were headed to a hockey game (ended up being an away game so we watched basketball)...it was pretty funny for those who know the story. We went out and then to a friends where we played Wii.
It wasn't too crazy of a weekend but we had fun...plus I made breakfast in the morning!

We don't have anything going on this month so it'll probably be quite boring...nothing better than cold and boredom!

Tune in later...

Happy Birthday...

2008-01-29T19:50:00.000-08:00

Happy 30th Birthday to Jon (brother-in-law)

Happy 21st Birthday to Sis (cousin)

Last weekend we went to the twin cities to celebrate everyone's birthday and attend Jon's 30th Birthday Bash. They rented out Buck Hill Ski and about 40 people attended. We decorated the room early, Jon's mom, Shan and mom made tons of yummy food (all of it was gone), and we all went tubing. I honestly did not think that tubing was going to be THAT fun, but it was extra icy that day so it was awesome. Greenwood & Ahrens gave it a two thumbs up!
I can't wait to go again, except we have to finally go snowboarding (except Shan of course).

This weekend is Nick's 27th birthday so we'll do something fun.

Oh, and I have a few friends here (and Nick) who golf alot so... I got some golf clubs so now I have something new to start this summer! To be continued on how I do...

Have a great week and stay warm!

Fun Weekend

2008-01-20T12:31:00.000-08:00

Last weekend Mom and Adelyn came to visit while Jon, Shan & Baby to Be went to Northern MN.

Adelyn was of course center of attention all weekend, she's so funny now! We went shopping, shopping and to the Butterfly House.

The butterflies were just flying around in there (for a split second it felt like we were somewhere tropical, we did not dress for the weather!)

I had no idea gift shops were this fun!

At night we would watch old home videos (one was from 196? and on, so it was funny to show Adelyn Grandma at age 7...not that she understood what we were talking about though).

As usual I was wore out Monday but I love when they come to visit!

Next weekend we are celebrating Jon's 30th birthday at Buck Hill Ski so stay tuned!

Yes, the pony came out to play a few times

Thanks for taking me to see Uncle Nick & Auntie Stacy, I love you!

Feeding the fish with Uncle Nick

Who is suppose to be napping?...I wish I was!

The Sock Monster going to scare Uncle Nick

Who put those Cheetos on the edge of the table and who is watching her?

Happy New Year!

2008-01-06T10:03:00.000-08:00

Well here I am...I do have a few excuses for being gone but it's a new year so who cares!

First of all Merry late Christmas and Happy New Years.

Lets see...Thanksgiving was spent in Hibbing. Stacy's bachelorette party was that weekend and they just got married in Hawaii yesterday!! Congrats.

The weekend before Christmas was spent in Lakeville for our Christmas with my family. We made cookies and went shopping, always a good time!

Christmas was spent in IA with Nick's family. His sister and brother in law just had a baby in Dec. so it was very exciting to see him and they also had the baptism then. Nick of course is very excited because he is the godfather and Jack can go fishing with him, haha. We had a great time there and a nice vacation from work...always hard to get back in the swing of things.

New Years was very low key. Nick and I layed low and thought we would go to a movie (I didn't think anyone would be there that night). It was so busy the movie we went to see was sold out while we were in line so we went to our 2nd choice, I Am Legend. It was a good movie but not a Happy New Year ending. Congrats to one of my best friends Allison (and Bryan) who got engaged over New Years in New York! I am soo excited, can't wait until the planning begins.

Not a lot of detail but I didn't want you to read a book either. Oh, there aren't really any photos because dumb me, I lost our memory card. The last time I downloaded photos was Thanksgiving in Hibtown, all my Christmas ones are gone so if anyone would like to email me photos that would be great!

Mom and Adelyn are coming to visit next weekend so I'll be sure to post early that next week.

Adelyn in Sioux Falls visiting us without the rents!

Dinner at Sammy's before the HHS hockey game

Geez, I almost forgot how to use these things, haha.

Sis and I making breakfast, good thing I didn't lose this photo!

Look familiar? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Time for Holiday shopping!

2007-11-09T16:07:00.000-08:00

Oops, I have not been very good at my updates but we actually have not been up to much. The begining of Oct. we went to the cities and went to the pumpkin patch with the fam.

November hasn't been exciting but with the holidays around the corner I should have more updates.

Enjoy the holiday shopping, I will post pics later!!

I'm Back...

2007-09-15T13:53:00.001-07:00

Wow I can't believe it's been a month. Well lets see...since my last post Nick and I had a wedding in Iowa City (Jerry & Julie). We got to see alot of his family that we hadn't seen since May or before then.

We took another road trip to the cities, nothing in particular just to see the family and get my hair done.

Labor Day weekend we went to Guttenberg (Nick's grandpa's cabin). It was great relaxing time and we also got to see Nick's sister and brother-in-law, Jenni & Lloyd, Kali, Alli and of course Grandpa Bud.

After that weekend Shan, Jon and Adelyn came to visit! The guy's went golfing and we went downtown to the art festival (since Adelyn held us up, the guys got to come shopping with us). I also got to chase and entertain Adelyn for an hour while Shan got a make over (good thing you bought stuff!). I sure miss the little peanut already.

Hmmm, Nick is back in school (I can't believe he'll be done in May already, time flies). I've just been working and hanging out with friends. We don't have anything planned for the next couple months (until Thanksgiving) so my posts may be quite boring. We were going to go to the SDSU vs. UNI game but it's too chilly out for me (it's a night game). Speaking of games...WAY TO GO ISU! No one thought they were going to with the game today against Iowa. Have a little faith people.

Well that's about it, oh...Happy belated birthday to Stacy (Blight)! Two boxes of candles for you!

I'm ready to go!

Why do they have wheels on this, when I can make it move on it's side?

Thanks Uncle Nick for letting me use your puppy

August...

2007-08-09T21:19:00.000-07:00

In late July we went to Wisconsin to Rob's cabin (Nick's stepdad's brother), it was so relaxing and beautiful! We had a great time...the weather was pretty good and did I say it was relaxing?! I can't wait for next year.

Can't get any better than that!

That's right, I'm fishing!

"Dinner"

Last weekend Mom and Adelyn came to visit (Shan and Jon celebrated their anniversary). We had a great time...Nick had a bright idea of going to the Omaha Zoo since it's only a little over 2hrs away. It was so hot, so Adelyn got a sno cone and enjoyed every minute of it. After the zoo we went downtown to a pizza place. Props to Addy, she never cried and boy were we wore out! The next day we took Adleyn on her first trip to Chuck E. Cheese. She was a little nervous at first but ended up not wanting to leave. She very much enjoyed Bozo and the punching duck game. We kept her tickets so she can rack them up!

Yeah, I'm the cool kid at the zoo

Future Miss America

5 day old tigers

Rhino..

Too busy with her sno cone to notice the gorilla

This weekend we have a wedding in Iowa City (Nick's uncle and Julie), should be a ton of fun! Stay tuned...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JENNI AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO KALI! I hope you ladies had fun shopping in the cities...

I'm an adult now!

Another year older!

Update...

2007-07-17T16:17:00.000-07:00

We have been very busy but here is a quick update on what we've been up to...
In June we celebrated my birthday by going camping, we went canoeing and ate smores...

gas was cheaper so we stuck it on my car!

We headed off to Texas for the Fourth of July. We spent a couple days in San Antonio (I must go back to do some more tourist stuff...good city!). Nick's family met us there and then we headed down to Corpus Christi for a few days...we relaxed and went fishing...

Downpour in July?, typical

Riverwalk

Waiting...something we did often there haha

I was on the boat tanning by this time!

Last weekend we went to Minneopa State Park camping with my family. It was Adleyn's first time camping and she loved it...

We found the "river"

mmm, first taste of dirt

Our future "multi-tasker"

twins!

2007-06-22T10:41:00.000-07:00

man, this throws me off when Nick takes the camera all week to the badlands and then I can't post till the next weekend!

Well...2 weekends ago Nick and Lloyd went to Jerry's bachelor party so I stayed in Des Moines with Jenni. We shopped, went to Oceans 13 and chemically straightened her hair (that's right..and it worked)!

Last weekend Holly (my friend) had some sweet 10th row tickets to the Twins game and tickets to a hospitality tent with free beer and Famous Daves. mmmm. (Did I mention they were FREE!) We had a great time (even though that was are stay at home weekend) it also gave us a chance to see the fam (once again).

Today of course is my b-day wahoo...Nick's cooking up a plan and then tomorrow we have plans to go camping (just the 2 of us..ah). I'm not sure the details but I'll let you know next weekend.

Pics!

2007-06-12T16:06:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from over the past couple weeks!

Wahoo, congrats Kali!

Hey where's my cake?

Notice Adelyn got a special little cake for her to dive into!

Hey, I'm trying to talk to my guest (friend) Brielle

Who taught her how to push a cart?

Nick & Larry were the champs (even though they root for opposite teams)

Good job on the boards Nick!

Adelyn is 1

2007-06-04T17:05:00.000-07:00

I know I have been MIA but many things have happened....we were in the Quad Cities visiting Nick's fam. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSE ANN! We also had Kali's graduation party WAY TO GO! and as most of you know my gramps passed away. I've been like an emotional rollercoast but after the funeral I've had nothing but smiles and good memories. I made little cards with the verse Sis said at the funeral and Shan & I wrote a long letter that the pastor read about growing up with gramps. It was great, it brought the room to laughter and also to tears. Work was so thoughtful that they sent a huge plant that I took home. He looked wonderful and peaceful even though his soul is up above. I won't repeat Shan & Sis on their blogs so if you really want to read more read their blog (Shan has somewhat of the letter on her blog).

We celeberated Ady's 1 year birthday!!!!! I can't believe she's that old already.

I have many photos to post from the past couple weeks but Nick took the camera to the Badlands so I will post (I'll be gone this weekend) early next week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY PRECIOUS NIECE ADELYN "PEANUT".

We love you soooooo much!

Happy Birthday Mom

2007-05-11T13:24:00.000-07:00

Mom,

Sorry this post is late but I spent last weekend and this weekend with you!
Can't wait to see you in a few hrs so us chickies can get a massage!!

Love you, your the best mom in the world I couldn't have asked for a better one.
Thanks for always being there for me, giving me wonderful memories, advise, strength when I don't have any, a shoulder to cry on even if I dont' want to talk, driving to see me for the day when I miss or need you, for always believing in me and so much more...your the best. Happy Mother's Day too! Oh and for putting up with me, haha

Love your baby!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

You guys play very important roles in my life and I thank you and love you so much.
Happy Mother's Day!

Update

2007-05-01T11:34:00.000-07:00

Hey all, here's a quick update on what's been going on....We went to Ames 2 weekends ago and had a great time seeing everyone, eating O'Malleys and having my car break down. Yes, Friday night we were driving around and my car just died...we had it towed the next day to a garage and it was my timing belt and valves. They were hoping to get it done on Monday so I took a day off work but they needed to order parts so we had to rent a car to Sioux Falls and went back last weekend. Renting the car did give us a laugh since they only had 2 pt cruisers left! Nick looked awesome driving it, haha, we had a good laugh.

Last weekend, we drove to Ames, picked up my car (ouch $) and left to the cities to make it to Stacy and Jim's engagement dinner. We had a good time, Stef and Chris came down so we got to see her and meet her new boyfriend! Adelyn is now walking all on her own...she was walking around the mall and zoo, she's not a baby anymore :( So after a long weekend I was tired and couldn't wait to come home.

You may be wondering why am I writing during work hours? Well, it seems someone has given me the flu...I started getting a stomach ache at work yesterday (3:00) and left at 3:30 because it was getting more and more tense. I almost made it home but while I was in mid-turn at the stoplights I started ralphing. I tried to hold it in until I was done turning and could pull over but no it just came out in Nick's truck (oops), I pulled over in Burger King and continued to puke for a good 3 min. I made it home, feeling much better I cleaned out Nick's truck and put myself on the couch. Every hour exactly I would be on the toilet puking and all the other fun stuff that comes (I won't go into detail, haha). Finally 11:30 I fell asleep until 5am! I am now keeping hydrating and laying on the couch...unfortunately Nick is feeling sick today so he's keeping me company. He has not ralphed yet though, keep fingers crossed.

Happy May Day (I'm hoping it's better than April)

Happy Birthday!

2007-04-18T19:34:00.000-07:00

Getting some coffee to go in Clear Lake

Happy Birthday to one of the best friends anyone could ask for! I wish I was there to take you shopping and get manicure and pedicures! Your always there for me and would go to then end of the world for me if I needed you to and I want to thank you for being such a wonderful friend. I miss spending my days with you... working out, shopping, spa days, going to church, Sunday brunch!, working with you!, and so much more. I love you and I wish you the best birthday ever (and a happy birthday to Lindsay too). I MISS YOU...

Enjoying a day at the spa (with The Cafe food!)

Working at O'Malley's (Happy Halloween)

Easter

2007-04-14T18:15:00.000-07:00

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and took time to remember the real reason we celebrate it. Nick & I had a great time in the cities...unfortunately we didn't get Easter baskets but we got some goodies.

Other than that, this week is low key...I haven't really had a voice for the past couple days (I'm sure Nick's happy, haha). Tomorrow we'll stay low key also because starting next weekend we have weekends booked until mid-June, ya!

Adelyn wanted to carry my bag at church, isn't that nice?

The Easter Bunny got me a drum set, my parents are thrilled!

No one believes me that I am the Easter Bunny

where did spring go?

2007-04-04T18:29:00.000-07:00

Gee, I started removing all the sales tags from my spring/summer clothes and all of a sudden I had to take my winter coats back out. Where did you go spring? I was hoping to be outside for Easter, I will continue to wish for the 80 degree weather!

Last weekend Nick's friend (Breiser) and his girlfriend (Julie) came to visit...they were waiting for me when I got hom Friday to go to dinner. We took them to Falls Park on Sat. even though it was rainy out (we just had Caribou to keep us warm!). We did go to the comedy club here and it was actually funny (I usually don't find comedians funny, don't ask why). The rest of Sat and Sun we made dinner, bummed around and Julie and I went shopping. They left Monday morning and now we're getting ready for Easter weekend in the cities.

Dave (Nick's stepdad) had a surprise 50th b-day over the weekend wich we would have loved to have been there but it was short notice and we ended up having company coming. We still have another 50th b-day to celebrate in May, I'll celebrate extra hard haha...you know who you are!

Dave's 50

2007-03-31T07:33:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Dave!The BIG 50!

Who's 50, me?

We wish we could be there to celebrate 1/2 century with you. We hope you have a great day and we love you.

Happy St. Patty's Day...

2007-03-21T19:06:00.000-07:00

So last weekend Nick and I went to the cities because I was going with Stacy to the bridal show. I took a half day on Friday so we could leave early and see the fam since we had other plans for Sat. and Sun. Adelyn now is crawling and loves to walk by holding your fingers. She even walks by herself when she's holding onto her buggy. I can't believe how big she's getting, Shan even bought her first birthday stuff (it was on super sale at the store!).

Saturday we woke up bright and ealry and went to John's (Nick's old roomate) house and met up with some people and went downtown St. Paul to celebrate St. Patty's Day. We started at 10:00 got down there around 11:00 (we took the light rail to the airport and took a bus from there) and went to the bars. We missed the parade (never went outside) but the bagpipes came through the beer tents and played so that was cool. After we had lunch there it got really packed and it'd take 15 min. to go from the restaurant to the beer tent, we finally left. I honestly didn't think I was going to make it all night for it was only 4:00pm. We rounded up the troops, hit the hot dog stands and walked to the next bar. We met up with Joey Jones (another Hib-town friend that was there for the Gopher's game). It was good catching up with him...and then we moved on at about 6:30. We rode the bus to another bar (my favorite one) where they had a guy from Ireland and some band members play live Irish music. It reminded me of Titanic when they were all in the basement dancing (except everyone dancing was not that good!). By this time I was hungry again so we walked across to McDonalds (mmm grease!). 11:00pm the guys were finally ready to leave and I jumped for joy!! I felt old, my knees were going to fall off from standing all day. Stacy came and picked us up and brought us back to John's house where we at pizza (I think I gained a few pounds!) and fell asleep! Thanks to Stacy for picking us up, I did not want to ride the bus again!!! Love you.

Bright and early Sunday we ate b-fast at the Bradley's and hung out (well played with Adelyn)! Stacy picked me up and we went to the bridal show....we spent a couple hours there, eating the most delicious desserts! We got some good ideas for her and it was fun just hanging out just the 2 of us since we never get to do that anymore! Twas a fun weekend, thanks to all!

My "Intelligence"

2007-03-15T17:07:00.000-07:00

Mine is very funny, not all that true!

Your Dominant Intelligence is Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

You are naturally athletic and coordinated, good at making your mind and body work together.
Sports are fun and easy for you, especially those requiring good hand - eye coordination.
There's also a good chance you're a great dancer, or good at expressing yourself through body language.
You learn best by doing, and you feel like you've always got to be moving (even if it's just your hands).

You would make a good athlete, physical education teaches, dancer, actor, firefighter, or artisan.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

I'm Back....

2007-03-10T12:17:00.000-08:00

Sorry for everyone that thought we fell of the Earth! You're all probably wondering why I've been MIA, well I blame it on Grey's Anatomy. I've been trying to find the right time to finally jump on the bandwagon and Holly (from work) gave me the 1st season and it all went down(up for me)from there! I was almost through season 1 when I bribed Nick to watch it with me by giving him backrubs. Well as most of you know he got sucked into it as well. We started watching season 2 then, we watched it when we got home from work until about 2:00 am everyday (with breaks to pee and eat of course!). We finished up season 2 and went to watch season 3 on abc.com only to find out they only offered the last 4 episodes, we were very sad. We sat and brainstormed thinking we were doomed...until it hit me, itunes! You can buy all the episodes on their and then burn them later! We celebrated and got right to work downloading (we definitely had/have issues, but we're ok with that). So all last week we watched season 3 and we are finally caught up!! We were so excited we were caught up with the rest of the world for Thrs. nights and then they go and show a repeat, boo. So now you know why we've been MIA!

Today is beautiful, Nick is fishing (probably one of his last times for the season) and I'm spring cleaning with the windows open and the music cranked!!

Our big news while we've been MIA is that we finally got grown-up furniture! It was time, our only piece of furniture (the garbage chair) was getting holes and well it was embarrassing having people over. *garbage chair: picked from a Bethel College dumpster by Shan and Brandi when they were in college and passed down to us when they graduated, soon it'll be passed onto Sis, haha. So that got moved to the bedroom and we got new stuff, mom helped pick it out! Perfect timing for our Grey's marathon. It's wonderful being able to sit together on the couch! So here are some pics..

Congratulations!

2007-02-19T18:07:00.000-08:00

Congrats to the newly engaged couple..........

Stacy & Jim (6th grade)

(Stacy, Jim & Brielle (appx. 12 yrs later))

I'm so excited for you guys and I am so happy I was in the cities this weekend to see you!

Quick blurp: Stacy & I have been best friends since 3rd grade and went everywhere together (even family vacations). We've been there for eachother through the highs and lows in our life (not to mention you set Nick & I up) and now I get to help with what will be one of the best days of your life! Congrats again, and I can't wait to start planning all the parties and go shopping with you!

Valentines

2007-02-15T16:47:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!

I know it was yesterday but hugs and kisses to all.

My Valentines day was awesome...at work my team includes me and 4 guys (and Holly my supervisor) so they surprised us and gave Holly and I a dozen roses and chocolates! Then I got a HUGE embarrassing (yeah right) boquet of roses at work with a nice display box with chocolates inside! Of course those were from Nick, what a sweetheart. Even one of my advertisers (a liquor store) gave me a huge bottle of Godiva Liqour, mmmmmm! After work Nick took me out to dinner and we had a great time!

This weekend we're off to the cities, Nick gave me some money for V-Day to go shopping and..perfect timing...I won Player of the Month at work and got $100.00 visa giftcard! Wahoo, it's been a good week and I can't wait to shop.

Hope you all had a good valentines.

Happy Birthday Josh

2007-02-10T09:25:00.000-08:00

Who's the birthday boy?

Happy birthday Josh, I hope you have a great one!

I'm a little late but here are some pics of Addy when they came to visit!

"Adelyn's first dance lesson"

"Auntie teaching me to clean up after myself"

"Hey, I'm trying to enjoy the fire"

"Giddy up Nick"

Happy Birthday Nick!

2007-02-01T04:53:00.000-08:00

Captain Nick

I want to wish my sweetie a happy 26th birthday!

There are not enough words to say how great you are and not enough time to tell you how much I love you. In a quick version you are an amazing person that I love and will love forever! Happy birthday babe.

Here are some pics from the weekend (celebrating the b-days)

"Birthday Boys"

"An underwater fish camera!"

"mmmm, good cake"

Happy Birthday Jon!

2007-01-30T05:15:00.000-08:00

Glad you enjoyed the cake, haha!

It's Jon's 29th birthday today (next year will be his golden)! I hope you have a wonderful birthday. I'm glad you guys came to visit, it was some good times....

I love you tons and I couldn't have asked for a better brother-in-law! You guys are always there for me and would go to the end of the world for your family. Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Sis!

2007-01-28T07:39:00.000-08:00

Not a teen anymore

Little Sis is definitely not little anymore, she has grown into a beautiful woman (inside and outside). She is the most sincere, caring, thoughtful, spiritual and all around person that I have and will probably ever know (and I'm not saying that because she's my cousin). Who can say one of their role models is younger than them, you play a very large part in my life (hey we're practicaly sisters since you stayed at our house in town when you guys lived in the country). I wish and hope you have the most wonderful birthday....we wish you were here to celebrate with Nick and Jon! We'll have to get a cold stone next month! I wish you the best and I'm so proud of who you are and who you aspire to be. Happy 20th Birthday LooLoo.

I hope you get everything you ask for!

Personal Quiz

2007-01-26T17:30:00.000-08:00

Alright Sis, here's mine......

1. Who were you with last night?
Nick, Scooter and Dakota

2. What woke you up this morning?
My alarm

3. Where are you?
home sweet home

4. Is tomorrow going to be a good day?
Of course; Shan, Jon and Adelyn will be visiting

5. Did you kiss or hug anyone today?
yes, both and I'm sure more once Addy gets here!

8. When's the last time you cried?
hmmmm, I'm assuming during my last you know what...enough said

-The PAST-

10. Ever thrown up in public?
yes

11. Passed out because of alcohol?
ummmm, yes (cover your eyes young ones)

12. What's on your mind RIGHT NOW?
How good these Doritos are and why Nick is watching hockey on t.v. (must be getting ready for Jon, haha)

-The FUTURE -

13. Would you take a bullet for anyone?
that's deep. Ummmm I don't even know. I'd want to say yes.... I agree with you Sis

14. Where would you like to live?
MN

15. What kind of home would you like?
one that I can afford to remodel

16. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Umm...super mom haha

17. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
In MN, working, better be married haha, and lets throw some kids in too!

- ON MYSPACE -

20. Who is your number one?
Sis, when I figure it out

21. Why are they your number one?
she's my favorite cousin on this planet!!! Agree with Sis (haha, I admit I cut out cousins)

22. Who have you kissed on your top friends?
I'm sure I've given all of them friendly peks!

23. Who was the last person that left you a comment?
Jennifer or Danielle (can't remember)

24. Are you good friends with this person?
Yes

25. What is this person to you?
well one day...........cousin in law and sister in law

- IN GENERAL -

27. Do you like candy necklaces?:
love them!

28. When was the last time you fell over or ran into something?
I'm sure today, I run into walls all the time, I mean they run into me!

29. Do you listen to music every day?:
Yes

30. Do you still go trick or treating?
I wish

31. What was the last thing you ate?
I'm eating Doritos and salsa right now

32. Are you a fast typer?:
I guess

33. About how many people have you liked?
who don't I like haha

34. What are you doing this weekend?:
Shan, Jon and Addy are coming and we're celebrating Nick and Jon's b-day and wishing Sis was here for her b-day

35. Whats your favorite type of SODA?
I'm gonna have to go with sprite

36. Have you ever moved?
yes

37. Have you ever won an award?
yes

38. Do you do any sports or other activities that are unusual? that's a funny question. no. (I agree Sis)

39. What do you want to do right now?
Cut my hair and dye it blonder again!I would also like to be baking in the sun and drinking margaritas but I'll have to wait until July

40. Are you listening to music right now?
nope

41. Do you like someone?
Yes, very much, especially since I came home to a very clean home!

42. Whats a word or phrase that you love?
"interesting", "you shut your mouth when I'm talking to you" and for anyone from O'Malleys that sees this "shmay nay"!
43. How many days til your birthday?
oh boy ummm....5 months minus 4 days!

44. When were you the saddest in your whole life?:
When Barbie and Ken broke up
also....when Shan went to college and I realized I did love her after all (sorry), when I heard g-pa broke his hip and when I heard Sis crying when uncs had a heart attack (I agree loo-loo)

45. What time is it?
7:51 pm

46. Do you use EBay to buy or sell?
to buy, ice house (from some warehouse) and a million duck decoys (Sis you have alot more to move now)!

[Appearance:]

[Height:]
5'4 ish

[Hair:]
brown and too long

[Eye Color:]
hazel

[Piercings:]
ears double pierced, cartilege and belly button

[Tattoos:]
ooooo ouch! wouldn't be brave enough to get a tatoo (I agree Sis)

[wearing right now:]
my pink Victoria Secret sweats and a green shirt with studs at the bottom (I'm a little mismatched)

[What song are you listening to?]
not listening to one

[What taste is in your mouth?]
Doritos

[Get motion sickness?]
yes

[Have a bad habit?]
cracking my knuckles and saying "did you know"

2006:
[]Sucked for me
[] Was awesome
[x] Was ok. It was awesome sometimes, then sucked sometimes.

2006 I...
[] Dumped someone
[] Was dumped.
[x] Dyed my hair
[] Fell in love.
[] Had love at first sight
[] Snuck out of my house
[x] Stayed up all night
[x] Cried because I missed someone
[]Had detention(s)
[] Missed curfew
[] Kissed someone who I regret kissing
[x] Kissed someone I loved.
[x] Made honor roll (deans list)
[x] Danced crazily with my friends all night
[x]Gained confidence
[] Lost a friend(s)
[x] Gained new friends
[] Changed look

2007 I want to...
[x] Be more outgoing
[] Get better grades
[] Care less about how I look
[] Care more about how I look
[x] Be crazier
[] Keep my resolution
[x] Be more of myself around people

Word(s) to describe 2006:
"Rollercoaster"
accomplished, crazy, moved, employed and promoted

2007:
so far so good

Something I want to happen in 2007?
I think we all know what I want to happen (ring)

Something I don't want to happen in 2007?
death and unemployed

My theme song for 2007 would be?:
It's a Great Day to Be Alive and A I Wanna Do

Favorite color in 2006:
green/pink (haha, the colors I'm wearing)

Summer 2006:
graduated, broke and employed

My best friends in 2006:
Nick, Shan, Sis, Ally, Stef and Blight

Honestly do u miss 2006?
heck no

It's Wednesday

2007-01-17T05:14:00.000-08:00

It's Wacky Wednesday, have a good day!

Happy Birthday!

2007-01-14T15:14:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday to Stef and Sam!
Hope you guys have a great birthday, wish I could be there to help celebrate!

I miss you guys!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
We're finally getting snow!

Our weekend was pretty uneventful, Friday night I had free tickets to the basketball game (the Skyforce) but Nick didn't want to go (party pooper), so we stayed home. Yesterday I got to spend my Gap giftcard from RoseAnn, I found some sweet deals! Nick also found a sweet deal on an ice auger so he bought himself an early birthday present. We also did a lot of cleaning and organizing, nothing fun.

We're finally starting to get to know people here, at church I actually knew someone! Funny how it seems like it takes forever to get to know people, it's nice to run into people when your out and about!

Well, I'm making homemade soup tonight, cross your fingers for me!

Happy Birthday!

2007-01-14T15:14:00.000-08:00

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Tagged

2007-01-11T17:22:00.000-08:00

Stacy's
A - Available or taken? Happily taken
B - Best friend? (s) Nicholas, Shannon, Sis, Stacy, Ally and Stef
C- Cake or pie? Cake all the way baby!
D - Drink of choice? Coffee or cranberry juice
E - Essential item you use every day? Deoderant
F - Favorite color? Pink
G - Gummy bears or worms? Red & White worms and white bears
H - Hometown? Hibbing
I - Indulgence? Mexican Food!!! Puts on a few extra pounds!
J - January or February? February because it's Nick's birthday!
K - Kids and names? 2: Scooter and Dakota
L - Life is incomplete without? God, family and friends
M - Marriage date? Ask Nick
N - Number of siblings? 1 - Shannon Rae
O - Oranges or apples? Granny Smith Apple
P - Phobias or fears? Scopophobia (people staring at me)
Q - Favorite quote? I love Caribou's too but here's another: "Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like there's no one watching" and one more "the most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow seperately without growing apart", Elizabeth Foley okay one more: "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger" Nietzsche
R - Reason to smile? Adelyn!! and everything is going great in our life as well as the people around us! Oh, and Sis's blogs!
S - Season? Summer - my b-day, long sunny days, people have a brighter smile and summer fun activities
T - Tag three or four people. Stef, RoseAnn and Jennifer
U - I won a coloring contest at Pizza Hut and mom won Mother of the Year with my letter but we were "disqualified" because they had never had a mother win twice (thanks Shan) so sad for me but way to go mom, who wins more than one year!
V - Vegetable you don't like? eggplant
W - Worst habit? Getting irritated with my mother on the cellphone ( I need patience)
X - X-rays? Too many to count.....I'd have to write a book!
Y - Your favorite food? Mexican
Z - Zodiac? Cancer

Nick's
A - Available or taken? Happily taken
B - Best friend? (s) Stacy
C- Cake or pie? Pumpkin Pie!!!!!!
D - Drink of choice? Crown and 7
E - Essential item you use every day? Computer
F - Favorite color? Blue
G - Gummy bears or worms? Worms
H - Hometown? Bettendorf
I - Indulgence? Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
J - January or February? February because it's my birthday
K - Kids and names? 2: Scooter and Dakota
L - Life is incomplete without? God, family and enchiladas
M - Marriage date? Never, haha
N - Number of siblings? 4: Kim, Anne, Danielle and Dylan
O - Oranges or apples? orange
P - Phobias or fears? none
Q - Favorite quote? "You shut your mouth when your talking to me" Wedding Crashers
R - Reason to smile? funny jokes
S - Season? Fall-hunting and fishing
T - Tag three or four people. okay
U - Unknown fact about me? I like to fish
V - Vegetable you don't like? broccoli
W - Worst habit? cutting my fingernails in bed
X - X-rays? Teeth and ankle
Y - Your favorite food? Mexican
Z - Zodiac? Aquarius

Happy New Year!

2007-01-02T18:40:00.000-08:00

Welcome to 2007! Our trip to the Quad Cities was great but went by way too quick. Saturday we got to celebrate Christmas with Nick's family with a good meal and later that evening we went over to Nick's Aunt DeeDee's house to visit the gang and watch the fight.

Merry Christmas, again!

I was fighting a cold but mama RoseAnn doctored me up and I was feeling good by New Years Eve! We got a chance to stop by Severan's (Nick's friend) house and visit with them and then Dave got back from hunting just in time for us all to go to dinner on the boat and do some gambling. None of us won except for Jennifer and Grandma MaryAnn who went gamble hopping to bingo after the boat. We headed back to Nick's parent's house to ring in the new year with a couple games of poker (everyone won but me) and champagne!

Abracadabra!

On our way back on Monday we dropped RoseAnn off in Dubuque and got to visit with family there. It may have been a short trip but we sure saw a lot of people and had a ton of fun. I also increased my jewelry collection quite a bit, keep on making em RoseAnn!

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Lloyd and Jennifer who got engaged on New Years! We're so excited for you, can't wait till April 2008.

YIPEE! ( sorry it's blurry)

Christmas

2006-12-26T18:22:00.000-08:00

I hope you all had a great Christmas, I know we did! It did come too fast and was over too fast. Nick and I went up to Hibbing to spend x-mas with my family. We got to hang out with Stef, Sam, Vicki and Blight (and Mable!) on Saturday and see old friends. I'm sad I forgot my camera but I took a mental photo! The rest of the time was spent with the family; going to church, eating, shopping for last minute gifts, opening presents and enjoying eachother's company. Auntie and Unc's house was crazy as usuall (12 people sleeping under one roof all weekend and other family coming over during the day). I'm surprised we all got some sleep, especially Nick and I (we were so lucky to share a room with mom who snores like Paul Bunyan chopping down trees).

Don't be mad G-Auntie, I didn't mean to spill the tags!

Good job cleaning Sis!

Christmas day we put on our skates and walked down to the ice rink. It's been a few years since I've had skates on and Nick said he couldn't skate but he got out there and never fell! He was the only one that didn't biff it (we don't have our figure skating skills like we used too!); however, he was only going .25 miles per/hour.

Ice capades here we come!

We are so talented

Merry Christmas!

This weekend off to the quad cities!

Presents

2006-12-17T17:35:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to Nick and I!

Friday night Nick and I couldn't wait any longer to open our gifts (how old are we?) I finally jumped on the bandwagon and became an ipod owner and all the other fun accessories that you can have. I also got an updated Notre Dame sweatshirt. Nick is finally a proud owner of an ice house and some wool hunting clothes! He couldn't wait to set up his house so it was up in our apartment for a day. Gee, we got such great presents that I can't wait for our other

2 Christmas'.

Saturday night I got 2 free tickets from work to Christmas at the Cathedral. They even televise it during the "Letterman" slot on Christmas Eve (they're airing the 2004 show though). Anyways, it was awesome, I'm definitely in the Christmas mood now! My favorite part of it was when everyone lit their candle and sang Silent Night and then this awesome Opera singer

(Scott Piper) sang Ave Maria!

As usuall we had a great weekend!

Babysitting

2006-12-11T18:23:00.000-08:00

Everyone survived! This weekend Nick and I went to the cities so mom and I could enjoy almost a full 24 hrs of Adelyn to ourselves! Shannon and Jon went out for Shannon's b-day and stayed at a hotel downtown. Since it was Adelyn's first sleepover they did a pretty good job of not calling every 20 min.! Mom and I met up with Stacy B. and Brielle and went shopping while Nick went with Jon S. to play in a poker tournament. We had plans to go to the Holidazzle parade but mom knows why we didn't make it there haha. After we were shopped out we took Adelyn back to the house so she could eat and go to bed. She slept good through the night and was ready to play at 8:00 am., good thing she takes a nap after breakfast!

Auntie wasn't feeding me fast enough

On Sunday mom's dream came true of finally getting professional photos done of the family. I think we would all vote that was a great time, except for our 3 hour decision making. All of our photos turned out great, so we couldn't decide which ones we wanted. Unfortunately Nick and I passed up some awesome photos of us haha, thanks Jon's big mouth!

2 weeks till Christmas and I got my 2 bottom teeth!

Happy Birthday Shan!

2006-12-03T08:28:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to the best sister in the world!

Wish we could be there but we'll celebrate next weekend. Here's a pic from when you guys surprised me in Clear Lake for my birthday, love you!

5 Years!

2006-11-28T18:01:00.000-08:00

Nick and I have been together for 5 years now!

We went to the Parade of Lights on Friday and of course it was chilly out so we had to snuggle! Well two clowns came over and made fun of us and both of them took my arms and were telling Nick they were taking me back to the float to shoot me out of the cannon haha. It was probably a you had to be there story but we got a kick out of it (it's not everyday 2 clowns bombard you!).

We also did lots of Christmas shopping, wrapping and decorating. Sunday night we stayed in and made some homemade pizzas for our anniversary and mmmmmmmmmm were they good!

Yesterday Nick stayed home from work and school so he didn't have to drive because we had an ice storm. I went to start my car that morning and barely made it our the door, I tried to walk in the grass and it was so frozen I was just breaking it off! There was such a thick sheet of ice on my car that I had to chisel it off, good workout though! However, once I got out of the parking lot it was nice driving (weird it was safer to drive then walk!). Then last night we had a huge thunderstorm, good thing it didn't freeze outside or I might have had to wear a helmet and safety pads today!

If you have any good after Thanksgiving shopping stories do tell!

Happy Thanksgiving

2006-11-23T18:00:00.000-08:00

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What a great Thanksgiving, mom came to visit and she didn't have to cook or clean up! I cooked a mean greenbean casserole (thanks to RoseAnn) and Nick cooked a delicious turkey. After dinner we walked Falls Park where there are hundreds of lights displayed and there are spot lights on the water so the falls turns colors! It was like I was in Candyland. Afterwards we drove through Yankton Park where we enjoyed different holiday displays. Even though we had a great day we still missed everyone, especially Nick's family where we were suppose to be. We'll see everyone at Christmas and New Years though!! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, let the shopping begin (good luck to all of you who are braving the wild shopping tomorrow)!!

Update

2006-11-20T19:00:00.000-08:00

Life here has been staying busy, two weekends ago we went to our first Sioux Falls Stampede game (hockey). We actually had a blast, it was a high scoring game so that kept it interesting and there was a good fight. Last weekend we went to the cities to visit Shan, Jon and Addy. We wanted to go to the Body World exhibit at the Science Museum but it was booked with reservations until Sunday night. Instead we went shopping, I got my hair done, baked Christmas cookies and had Thanksgiving dinner. I thought it was a little early for Christmas cookies but we had a blast, even Adelyn helped. It was as usual an overall great weekend!

Look how big I am!

M.I.A

2006-11-08T19:29:00.000-08:00

Hi all, I'm sorry I haven't written in over a week but I've been busy. Lets see, I've been teaching my body how to wake up early again (even when I had early classes I never got up and showered for them!). However the wonderful weather has been very motivational, I love sleeping with the windows open in Nov. The last three days it's been sunny and in the 70's! Too bad tomorrow it will be back down to the 50's. One thing Nick and I have been busy at is working out. We decided a monthly membership to a gym for a year would pay for an elliptical (since I only use that, weights and the ball). So we found one that wouldn't break the bank but still would hold up. It's so nice and convenient to be able to jump on it everynight, watch some t.v. and shower. Nick and I (I think Sis is joining us too) have personal goals for Christmas, if we make them we get to buy a new outfit (or as Nick says it's not an outfit it's a shirt and a pair of pants!!). I'll let you know if we meet our goals...

I love you Adelyn!

P.S. I'm so upset about Coach McCarney, I was hoping he would always be at ISU. He's so nice, I wish him luck wherever he ends up going.

Happy Halloween

2006-10-30T19:46:00.000-08:00

What a sweet bunny!

Boo!

Friends

2006-10-27T12:31:00.000-07:00

We're such good friends!

I went to the cities Wed-Fri to visit the family and Nick went hunting in Iowa with his fam. I got to spend time with my little pumpkin!! She rolls like a pro and loves eating her feet now. Stacy B came over so Brielle could play with Adelyn. Adelyn and Brielle were holding hands, so cute!! That evening we all went to dinner at Shan and Jon's favorite little place, Babes. I joined Shan and Addy for mommy and me class the next morning (Addy really likes to play with the boys!). We shopped all day and then helped the Bradleys pack for Alaska. I can't believe my 4 1/2 month old niece is going before me! I hope she likes it.

Halloween Fun

2006-10-23T10:59:00.000-07:00

I called mom on Friday to see if she wanted to come visit for the weekend and after work she was on her way! Nick and I made it home just in time (after his fisheries banquet) to greet her. Nick went pheasant hunting on Saturday so we spent the day shopping. I forgot how much I love T.J. Maxx (can't wait for Thanksgiving weekend with Rose Ann!!!!). We were going to pick up pumpkins at the pumpkin patch but they were closed by the time we got there so we had to go to the HyVee pumpkin patch. Mom and I wanted to get a head start on my pumpkin (usually Nick is so speedy he kicks my butt) but I couldn't find the carving kits. I hadn't carved a pumpkin with just a knife in a long time so I picked an easy carving. When Nick started carving his he found the carving kits, figures. Sunday we went to the pumpkin patch/apple orchard to get another pumpkin but it was too cold to ride the tractor out to the field and choose so we picked apples instead, mmmm.

I wish I was a black cat!

We made some yummy cookies, mmmm

Don't laugh at my cat, go Irish!

I hope we can eat all of them, we'll have to make a pie!

Jenny & Kyle's Wedding

2006-10-16T10:16:00.000-07:00

Tuttle is now a Meeske! Nick and I went to Ames this weekend and of course it was a blast. Friday night we went to the rehearsal, rehearsal dinner and O'Malleys. Ally and I had colds
so we made it home early that night. Saturday Ally and I spent running around doing odd end things for the wedding, being the go-to girls. The wedding was beautiful and Jenny's brother did a wonderful job singing!! We headed off to the Gateway for the reception and had some fun. The old O'Malley group got to sit at a table together so of course it was good times, did I mention it was open bar all night haha! After we left the reception we had to go to O'Malleys where Tim made us Campechangas!! Before we left Sunday we got to squeeze in a quick brunch at The Cafe! Great weekend, thanks Ally for letting us stay at your house.

Hats off to Nick

2006-10-12T09:56:00.000-07:00

Word has come back that Nick, Chris and two of their ISU professors are getting their paper published! It was their first try and the best journal (North American Journal of Fisheries Management) has accepted it. They have to make some changes but way to go!

Fun Weekend!

2006-10-10T12:55:00.000-07:00

Natalie and Ben are married!

We finally arrived in Hibbing around midnight and ended up staying up until 2:45 a.m. We had to take advantage of our time there so we woke up early and visited with the family. We even found time to go to lunch with Stef and Sam, see Stef's new house and dog (Mable)! Her house is beautiful and Mable is very cute. I wish I would have taken a pic of the house and Mable. I'll have to get one.

We met up with some friends and headed off to the wedding. It was beautiful and I got to catch up with some of my best friends from highschool and two that I hadn't seen for five years, it better never go that long again. I also finally got to catch up with Megan and Jim about their year in China! We were suppose to leave for the cities that evening but we were having so much fun we couldn't leave the reception. So at about 1:00 a.m. we made it back to auntie and uncs and set the alarm for 4:30 a.m.

5:00 a.m. we were on the road to the cities. We got to Shan and Jon's in time to have breakfast and shower. By 10:30 we were out the door to Adelyn's dedication. Adelyn had many guests and we all got together at the house later for lunch. We were going to head home but figured Nick didn't have class or work and I didn't have anything going on so we stayed there. Thank goodness because we were tired! Jon's parent's and other family left Monday morning so we all went to Shan's "secret paradise" 9 mile creek and took a long walk! It was a very long but wonderful weekend!

Lazy Day

2006-10-04T11:03:00.000-07:00

Nothing new has been going on here, just looking forward to the weekend! Nick and I will leave SD Friday afternoon for an appx. 7 hr trip to Hibtown (it will be our first trip to H-town from SD so we're not sure how long it takes) for Natalie and Ben's wedding. We'll leave that evening or early Sunday morning to head to the cities for Addy's dedication and then head back to SD that evening. Should be fun!

Anyways, it been pretty low key here. I've spent the whole day cleaning and doing laundry, my favorite thing to do on my day off! Thank goodness my foot is better, on Mon. a frosty mug came flying at me when I opened the freezer and gave me a nice bruise on my knee and I swear just about cut my pinky toe off. My pinky and right part of my foot instantly bruised and was swollen. I only had a minor limp the next day but dang it still hurts when I step wrong. On a positive note, I was shopping for a gift for Addy and asked the sales associate when the next Karen Kingsbury book is coming out and it's OCTOBER! Shanny got me hooked to this series of books and they are the best if you like to read. Go Baxter family, haha. Anyways, so they're calling me asap when it comes it and holding me a copy, can't wait!

Congrats to Doug (Nick's dad) for winning 1st place in a fishing tournament!
This is a pic from Nick and Chris's trip to Corpus.

Tuttle's Bachelorette Party

2006-09-29T14:46:00.000-07:00

So, I had the whole weekend to go to Ames for Jenny's bachelorette party and now I can't go. I didn't get to go to her shower and of course I was so excited to see everyone! However, something came up and since it's tonight I won't make it on time. Thank goodness the wedding is in 2 weeks so I can see everyone then. I'm a terrible personal attendant, good thing Ally lives in Ames so she can take on the responsibility for the both of us! I love you Ally and thanks for letting us stay at your house when we come, I hope Jewels remembers us! Anyways, thought I'd post a previous picture of the ex-O'Malley gang, miss you all and have some shots for me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DINA!

2006-09-27T06:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Dina! We hope you have a wonderful day, we love you.

Family Weekend

2006-09-24T19:14:00.000-07:00

This weekend my family came to visit Nick and I in SD! They arrived late Friday night, just in time to say goodnight to Nick because he was getting up at 3:00 a.m. to go duck hunting. I woke up to a phone call that morning from Nick asking me if we had insurance on our cell phones. Unfortunately they didn't kill any ducks because they capsized the boat. They hit a wave wrong and all three men had to bail out of the boat. When the boat flipped over it hit Nick in the back but he's okay! So...his phone is drying out at this moment (cross your fingers it works) and his friend's gun sunk to the bottom of the lake. They had to swim the boat to shore, good thing the water isn't too cold right now!

As for the rest of the weekend it was great. Shan helped me enter the blog world, Jon tried to eat a serrano pepper (I'll correct myself, a serrano pepper seed) and Sunday was a beautiful day to go to Fall's Park.

It was a great weekend and I already miss them (especially Ady!)

Nortre Dame Wins!

2006-09-23T21:39:00.000-07:00

Adelyn sure is a good luck charm!