My Favorite Girls

Here are a couple picutres of my two of favorite girls. Love them both dearly! Gracey, my baby sisters baby, and I a couple months ago already. Gracey is trying to look at the camera screen at the same time the picture was taken. Then there is Kira and I in Door County last weekend. Now I just need a picture of sweet Ali and I together :)

My Sleepers

Rocky loves to cuddle with anyone and everyone, but especially Keith... Aren't they cute?

More Door County Picures

Here are a few more pictures from our recent Door County trip! I'll try to keep up better on here :)

Door County 2010

Well, it's too bad it's been a year since I've posted here.

We've had a great year and just this past weekend had a great trip in Door County. We went with Keith's sister, Julie and her family. I was supposed to run the Door County Half Marathon, but unfortunately I was unable to.

I was having hip troubles for at least a couple months and Keith finally made me go see a Dr and they told me I had some Trochanteric Bursitis, and had to have an MRI to see what else was going on because she thought something else was wrong. I was pretty sure that was all it was and was going to run it anyways, but turns out I somehow managed to fracture part of my femur. Or the Femoral Shaft I think she called it. She said is was pretty good size, about 4cm she said. Not sure if that is bad or not, just know it doesn't feel good and it hurt to run, walk, pretty much anything. Walking wasn't as bad as running, but always had a bit of discomfort. That's the reason why I guess. So, crutches for a few weeks and hope that helps and Physical Therapy, hope it helps so I can get running again soon!! Lots of running, biking and hopefully a Triathlon this summer!

Anyway, back to Door County, we went up even though I wasn't running, and so glad we did. We had a great time and the weather turned out to be wonderful. Rain threatened us early, but the weekend really was a nice sunny weekend. Here are a few pictures of all we did.

Mother's Day Weekend

We had a really nice Mother's Day weekend. I went on my annual trip to Door County with my mom and sisters, and my little niece Gracey. We had such a good time! Can't wait for next year. We stayed in Sister Bay, at Pheasant Park. We had a really nice 3 bedroom suite, bigger than our first apartment, and nicer!

Keith had Kyle with him Friday night and Saturday. Then he went to his mom's on Sunday. We got her a really cute flower arrangement, from Stein's. Wishing I would have taken a picture, thought it was so pretty. I almost got one for myself.

More Gracey

She was watching me unwrap a little chocolate egg, and she was pretty sure she was going to get some of it! Too cute!




As you can see, she likes the chocolate egg she got! So funny!




Yay, french fries with ketchup, she just really wanted the ketchup!




See my knees? Lol!






Isn't she just the sweetest thing! Love the curls!

She is just too cute! We went shopping yesterday and she was so funny. I have to say I have a very smart little niece:) And the facial expressions this girl has is amazing! Here are a few pictures I took throughout the day. Hard to get her to look at me, she was just too busy!

My new egg cooker!

So, we might be strange having an egg cooker, but we really like it! We had one that was built right into our toaster, but that part of it died. So I set out to find a new one. I looked online and at a few stores and found one today at Fleet & Farm in Oshkosh here. Most of the ones I looked at I would have had to have shipped, but I can always count on Fleet! We are trying it out right now. It cooks 7 eggs for soft or hard boil, and 4 for poached eggs. We really like our hard boiled eggs. Keith likes to eat a couple for breakfast or break at work - with Ritz crackers. And I like to have one for breakfast or after a workout/run. So, we are back to cookin eggs again! (I hate doing them on the stove)

Otter Street - Keith's Racing

Keith had a big day of ice racing today!! It was really a very warm day, got up to 50 I think. The ice was just sloppy, as you can see in a lot of the pictures! It was a lot of fun, though! He won first place in one of his races though, and I think 5th in the other. Lots of wet clothes, though!! Ryan Krisher, Bryce, Julie, Kyle and Kira came to watch him race too. That was nice, and nice to hang out with them and hit the resale store with the girls, too:)

Keith's Race Day

Keith went to Fremont to race his 4 wheeler today. His first time actually racing it. Ryan went with him and sounds like they had a really good time. He said there were about 200 people there. He did pretty well for never doing it before. He came in 4th out of 8 in the Modified Production Quad race. He will mostly just play around on Lake Winnebago with it, since most of the races he can't make, but it is still nice to have the whole lake to ride on! He has some friends that do this too, and they have a track on the lake down by Fond du Lac to ride and they usually have a good time there. Ryan took some really good pictures and video. Here is a link to a video he posted on Youtube, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qBVpcuZ918

What Keith did today

Keith had to work for a little while this morning and early afternoon. But when he got home he worked on his 4 wheeler. It is pretty well ready to go. He is going to take it out on the ice tomorrow. Trial run type of thing. He doesn't have his tire wraps yet, so will have to put the ice tires on when he gets there. This is the same type he had a few years ago. He would like the 450, but got this one super cheap and rebuilt most of it. Good thing he likes to do that type of stuff. I got a quick video when he was almost done playing in the street. Probably not a good idea to be doing that, but... :)

Funny

I just thought I would add a funny note.
I woke up last night to go to the bathroom, about 12:15. When I got back to bed, I told Keith it had snowed again and he asked what time it was. I told him about 12:15, and he said "Good, it isn't even half time yet" He must have had football on the brain, or something. Lol:) Still laughing about it. I told him about it this morning, and he didn't remember a thing. Just thought it was a funny thing to share. :)

Popcorn, Popcorn and more Popcorn

We have Kyle and Kira staying with us tonight and Keith wanted to make some more popcorn balls and some popcorn for eating of course:) Kira made most of the balls with Keith's help, she even made her own little popcorn ball, she named it Bob!

Snow

Just thought this was cute. Keith was out snow blowing and he made a path around the yard for the dogs. They aren't spoiled or anything:) I felt really bad for him out there. I couldn't even help shovel according to the neck doctor. And Keith made sure I listened. It's fine with me - since I hate winter, but hate that he has to do it all with this much snow. I would've usually done the sidewalk while he does the driveway.

Today's Treats

Some of the treats Keith and I made today. Not the m&m's :)

Keith made the popcorn balls, and a nice mess:) I made the cookies - my favorite - peanut butter with hershey kisses, and I also made the oreo truffle's regular and mint and peanut butter balls. Yum!

CAD Monkey

This comic is going around our department again, it is pretty true! LOL, always making changes, then changes to changes, then it's back to the way it was!

My new boots

To make me jump higher and run faster :) Just tried winning a new pair on ebay, but some people just need to realize what things cost new. Someone paid more than I did after I lost the auction and went to buy them on Amazon from http://www.altrec.com/. Kind of a winter, outdoor yet dress boot.

Gracey found a whistle!

We had a really nice Thanksgiving at my mom's. As always, the company and food was wonderful! I love my family and am very lucky to be a part of Keith's family, too, they are great!

Anyway, Gracey found my sister, Tracy's, recess whistle (she's a teacher) and was having the best time with it. She could usually get no more than a little tweet but she thought it was the coolest! She wanted us to clap every time she got it to make a sound. And then she would just giggle like crazy! What a cutie, and the hair! She is such a doll! I got her a little dolly stroller and she thinks she should be able to ride in it too! I also made her a picture album for her very own, with a bunch of pictures of everyone in the family and she really liked it, the dogs and grandpa the best. She is totally Grandpa's girl!

I'll add a picture on the end here of Rocky, he loves to do this EVERY TIME one of us takes a shower or bath. As soon as he hears the water run he is in there. He curls up as small as he can and falls asleep in the laundry basket. What a nut, but so cute!

My Big Baby

I was just thinking about and missing our first dog, Buddy today. He was such a big baby! It was 2 years ago that I had to take him in to get put to sleep. He wasn't even 6 years old. He had had cancer for more than 2 years, and the vet had told us he had maybe 6 months when he had the first surgery. He made it a long time! Just to show us how wonderful he was:) He just loved stuffed animals, he would carry them around like they were his babies. Anyway, just missing Buddy today. He was a wonderful Rottweiler! Maybe someday we will get another one, but never another like him!

Here is my baby sister Alison, she is 16 years younger than me, with her dad(My stepdad, Al)

Here she is again with my lovely mother! Love these two!!

And Alison's baby girl Gracey Rae. I just love her to pieces!! Love the hair!

Here she is again. She loves phones, and she knows there is usually one in your purse. So smart and only 18 months. She is learning colors and loves to talk and loves her mommy:) And everyone else, too! She has the curliest hair I have ever seen!