Happy Easter!

"Then the angel spoke to the women. "Don't be afraid!" he said. "I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn't here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying."

Matthew 28:5-6, NLT

New bloggers

Sara Froese has joined the blogging revolution.....wahoooo....check it out. www.joshfroese.blogspot.com to see photos of Josh, Sara and Jake!

60 pounds!

Birthday

Today is my 26th birthday. I am at home with the flu....well, recovering from the flu. I got sick on Wednesday and missed work Thursday. I am normally off Fri-Sun and then the doctor told me not to go back to work until Tuesday so that I wouldn't get anyone else sick and so I wouldn't catch anything else while my immune system is already weakened. So I am on day 5 of my sitting on the couch wathing movies/home improvement tv shows marathon. 5 days of that is really about 3 1/2 days too many. I am feeling pretty good with the exception of a cough. Andy brought lunch home and while he was here the doorbell rang. The FEDEX man brought my birthday present! Andy got me these really cool stackable rings from Sundance (my favorite jewelry place!)

The blue one is technically blue topaz but it look just like aquamarine which is my birthstone. Yesterday Liz and her sister Sus came by on her way to the airport. She was in OKC for a couple of days and we were supposed to meet for lunch on Friday but since I was quarantined I couldn't make it. So she brought me a bday present (some earrings, a scarf, cd, and pjs). Thanks Liz! I tried to wear the scarf this morning but Yoda just kept sniffing me because I guess it smells like Schnoozeberry. I also got to talk to Amy Riedel yesterday! It was so great to hear from her....I havent talked to her in over a year. She is going to become a loyal reader of this blog :) HI AMY!

Liz "tagged" me on her blog probably over a month ago...but I forgot until now so here it goes....

Share 5 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog and Share the 5 top places on your “want to see or want to see again” list.
1. I cannot live without Dr. Pepper. And I really like it ice cold, in an insulated mug thingie, with ice and a straw.
2. I really like filling out forms....applications, rebates, warranties, etc. There is something strangely satisfying about completing them.
3. I would have 70 dogs if I had the space (don't worry, I do NOT have the space)
4. My dream house is the house from Father of the Bride.
5. I have never seen the movie E.T.

1. Alaska
2. Europe in general because I can't just pick one place.
3. Australia

4. Hawaii

5. Ireland

Long overdue....

In my last post I forget to mention one of our major highlights of January....Josh, Sara, Jake and Luke came to OKC to visit! (I forgot to post these photos because they were taken with Andy's camera and uploaded on the "other" computer.) So while they were here we went to Pole Position and the guys raced while Sara and I hung out with the Jakester.

Luke

Andy

Josh

Uncle Andy and Jake playing with Grandpa Dave's guitar. Jake loved playing the guitar.

Jake was playing in the office with Andy and Luke and I was sitting in the hallway taking pictures of them. He started to play the open the door-close the door game and this was the look he gave me just before he shut the door in my face. We had lots of fun with our family and we can't wait to hang out again!

video madness

Here are a few videos from our last couple of weeks. I apologize for the first two being sideways, but I couldn't figure out how to rotate them. I will try to figure that out before i post more.

Video #1: Tucker, who is getting SO big, is playing ball with Andy.


Video #2: Yoda proving that white dogs can't jump.

Video #3: We had a young married dept Valentine banquet at church. Each class was responsible for providing a few minutes of entertainment. This is our class's contribution.

I was going to write more and add a few more pictures, but it took too long for those videos to load and now we have to leave. We are taking Financial Peace at church and tonight we are learning about "dumping debt." We will be millionaires in no time!!

January Stuff

Well it has been so long since I have blogged so I am just going to do a list thingie to hopefully cover it all.

• New years eve: I worked until about 5:30 and came home. We didnt have any plans yet, and I was not even sure that I would be able to stay awake until midnight. We ended up getting together with some friends and playing games. We made it to midnight and past.


• New years day andy and I took down our Christmas stuff.
  
• We went to Dave and Gwen's house to watch OU play in the Fiesta Bowl. The game was really depressing, but we had fun hanging out. Dave and Gwen had gotten their dog Trouble this HUGE rawhide bone thing and it was hilarious to watch her chew on it.


• We went to Owasso the next weekend for Parker's 1st birthday party! There was baby bottle bowling and birthday cake. After Parker smeared cake all over himself, Mike put him--clothing and all--straight into the bathtub. We got him a drum that says the alphabet in english and spanish so he can be a biligual drummer boy.
  

if you look next to parker you can see a little yellow wooden bus and the top of a red car that my dad made! he is so handy!

• We help out with the youth on Wednesdays and for the month of January they are having competitions among all the grades and between girls and guys. One of the funniest was the tug-o-war competition....just look at some of the faces. These people were taking it seriously!
  


• One sunday afternoon it was nearly 70 degrees so Andy and I decided to go for a drive in the Monte Carlo. We took the t-tops off and brought the dogs with us. They LOVED the drive. I usually only crack the windows and let yoda stick his little nose out, but since it was so nice i let him kinda prop on the edge of the door. I put his leash on him so I could hang onto him in case we turned too fast...and he was doing great, and tucker was just sitting in the middle of the back seat letting his hair blow in the wind. so after we had been driving around for about 30 minutes we turned into a neighborhood...we were going pretty slow (thankfully!) and yoda jumped out of the car!!! i was still holding his leash so i just grabbed really tight but was so afraid that he would get run over by the back tires. CRAZY DOG! I could not figure out what he wanted to get at so badly that he would jump out of a moving car, but needless to say we rolled up the windows and banished him to the back seat after that! and he was just fine...he only had a little scratch on his back leg--maybe from the leash.

• I went to a continuing education class this past weekend (Fri, Sat and Sun) in Tulsa. I took Monday (today) off so I could let my brain recover and get some things done around the house. Andy has been sick and he woke up this morning again with a fever so he stayed home. We have been lounging on the couch and right now we are watching last week's American Idol. A few minutes ago we looked over and Yoda was napping in a rather strange position... I think that covers most everything....maybe i will post again in about a month....