5.28.2011

it's love..

my dear friend, ashley noble is getting married to the love of her life, joel gaullrap. aren't they just adorable together?

i am well aware that she is marrying her best friend and is going to live... happily.ever.after. i am so happy for her and joel and cannot wait to help them celebrate 5.28.2011. they are so beautiful together!

i have NEVER been so jealous of someone in my entire life. in a good, loving, friendly way. she has the most ROCKIN bod i've ever seen, the most beautiful hair, face, lips, eyes- everything, she's petite with some enormous and gorgeous boobs (i'm not a lesbian, i'm just jealous) and an amazing set of legs... URGH I JUST LOVE HER TO DEATH.

she just posted these engagement pictures online and i honestly just fell in love with joel and ash ALL. OVER. AGAIN. THEY ARE TO DIE, I DIE I DIE I DIE!

by the way thomas byers, from minneapolis/st. paul area took these amazing photos. there were 93 of them but these were some of my favorites.

just wait till the wedding... you know i'll be posting TONS of photos! her dress is exquisite! i'm simply obsessed! ashley, if you're reading this i love you and am SO happy for you!

oh no! it's frankenstein!

happy halloween!

from my little frankenstein!

(look at all that drool and if you look close you and see an orange tootsie roll that his godmama kept feeding him)

you are..

the best thing that's ever been mine

natures beauty

i love fall...

and the country side beauty.

and the barn..

and this magnificent lovely lilly



some action shots as lilly was running towards me.

i have been riding since i was three years old. my mom fastened me onto a horse, gave me a pair of cowboy boots and a cowboy hat and sent me on my way. i've never been thrown (knockonwood) and i've never ridden a horse i couldn't handle. lilly is our sixth horse and probably the best one yet.

ronnie, our first horse was a WILD, dapple, fiery arab who was not the ideal first horse for a child, but we made it work.

butch, the second was even worse. he was a HUGE 16 hand, dark bay, american quarter horse who was $3,000. we traveled to indiana to go get him. when i was little andrea ratike and i were riding him and he decided to roll. we had honestly just jumped off in time to avoid the horrible injuries he would of inflected with his 1000lbs+ body.

quincy, the thrid was another expensive bay, american quarter horse who was LARGE and naughty. he used to brake the horse trailer and back out of it with his extra large ass. he broke many lead ropes and crushed my toes plenty of times.

catch was my first horse. he was very old and actually had cancer. he was the perfect horse for me, fast when needed, but slow and steady. he was so trusting and so patient with me. we ended up giving him away to a farm with young kids where he could live out the rest of his years. PS- my mom gave him away without telling me... i'll never forgive her for that... annnnd i let her know all the time.

tyrnnery-lilly's mama was my favorite. she looked so similar to lilly.. and as crazy as lilly is too. she was the fastest horse but so mild. she did everything i asked her to, climbed up sleep rocks, swam in many lakes and rivers and bore to little fillies. sadly, tyrnnery was infected with west nile and had to be put down. watching her be hauled off into that trailer was one of the hardest things i've ever done.

and that brings us to lilly. my mom and i have raised her since she was born, doing her imprinting, working with the lead and now we're working her to be better than the best. she is now six years old, a dapple quarter horse-arab who is as spunky as the day is long. she can move as fast as lightning and can throw her hind end up in the air higher than i've ever seen. she is amazing. she's been trained with the amish down south to ride and pull and will continue her training this spring in howard lake. i look forward to hopping on her two times a week this spring and making her all she can be. i looove her!

i shouldn't be telling you this...

so i win the "failure of a mom" award for this week...
sunday: gavin got bit in the right pointer finger by a mule... dumb juiet. his finger is fine, but obviously it hurt.

monday: gavin fell down the stairs (he was about half way up) while "helping" me bring up the laundry. he cried for just about three minutes and then was totally fine. we called the ER and talked about the signs/symptoms of a concussion- he didn't have any of the signs but STILL it was the scariest thing i've ever witnessed and i hope/pray/wish it will never happen again.

tuesday: while spending my day with blaise we ventured out to the swing set, which is somewhat close to the lake.. mistake NUMBER 1 for the day. blaise wanted to go on the dock and i was trying to get him off of the dock when i turned around to not see gavin. ummmmmmmm PANIC mode, 100%. so i turn the other way only to find my dearest love walking into the lake. thankfully it was VERY shallow and he just got his jeans a little wet. mistake NUMBER 2 for the day. petey (their dog) ran away while jeff was trying to "shoot down the damn tree" and when i left at 4:30 they still hadn't found him. they did find him at 7. do you think i'll ever babysit again? urgh!
after talking with katy and hearing some stories of what blaiser has done in his younger years and this year i am okay with knowing that i have much more in store for me... and we (katy and i) are hoping that gavin's getting all of these horror events out of his system this week. tomorrow we are not doing anything crazy and are going to hide all of the power cords/anything dangerous.

my day did get wonderful.... eventually.
i went for an amazing jog, not sure about the mileage as i could never track it :) through the woods tonight. i brought with three dogs on this occasion... two good, one okay. maddy, our dog, was one of the good ones! on my jog i ran into, four HUGE deer. now i've never been scared of these beautiful and tasty creatures but seeing how HUGE they are up close, personal and alive was hugely intimidating! the dogs didn't scare them away, at first. eventually the deer pranced off, but i stood there for just about another minute in complete shock as to how close i was to these deer... two with huge antlers... ehhhhh. i actually picked up a stick (come on sam!) and ran with it the rest of the way. now i ask myself "what would this stick do for you???" as i continued my run through these deep woods i came upon more and more wildlife and the only thing that the dogs would scare was me. all of the sudden they would just STOP... directly in front of me and NOOOOOOOOOT move as i continue running towards them. this is where i gripped onto my stick just a little bit tighter. if the hunters who own this land have trail cams they will be interested to see me, in bright yellow, jogging along with three dogs and a stick... i came upon about four deer stands, two duck boats and one not so happy to see me duck hunter and his dog. he was walking back to his truck but was very interested how i was able to run on this property, being as it wasn't mine.. but wasn't his either. i did have to explain myself as best as i could and i think he was okay with it- maybe? he did give me a smile and say that the dogs were well behaved. hopefully i'm still allowed to run this course cause there aren't too many other good running areas in this town. and i don't want to drive to paynesville every time i want to run!

go to bed.

gavin is still awake. ummm, gavin do you know it's 10:30? i don't really care, but i'm running out of energy. the only plus side to this late night party gavin seems to be having is that i'm HOPING he'll sleep in a little longer tomorrow?? ummmmmmmmmidoubtit. but maybe?

maybe he's waiting for daddy to get home after his long late night trip to Montevideo with andy? ummmmmmmmmidoubtit.

i have officially bought my first vikings apparel. too little too late? i should have bought it last year! i am hoping that I'M going to attend a vikings game :) since my husband is not a football fan i think i'll go tag-a-long with the boys. lord save me. i'm sure they'd make me be their sober cab or something.

halloween costumes are coming along just swell. dan's actually excited for this years events.

THE past WEEKEND: gav and i spent all day saturday in paynesville with my grandma and dad. my dad honestly lit up with joy when he saw gavin walk and to hear gavin gabber almost brought tears to his eyes. but when gavin let grandpa carry him into great grandmas house, i bet it was the highlight of my dads week.he was beaming and it was precious. the remainder of the night we spent with the schroeder family eating amazing food and laughing our butts off at amara and gavin sitting & playing next to each other around the campfire. it was adorable!

THIS coming WEEKEND: we have another long family day on saturday. it's dan's cousins bridal shower (they're having a destination wedding, lucky) in new ulm & then heading to "the farm" afterwards to give gavin his first horse ride! he loves lilly and walks around holding onto lilly's lead every time we're there. this time i have to bring my camera so it can be a kodak moment. grandma volunteered (honestly, she did) to have gav spend the night out at "the farm" so i can actually sleep in, finally! although dan really would love to enjoy another long night out, i'm not sure if i'm up for it. justine's going away party was a great time, but definitely a hard early morning ;) i guess we'll see what the day/night brings. sunday we have amara's second birthday party!! woo hoo! i love that little girl more and more every time i see her and i think she just might love me too. i can't wait for another fun filled family weekend!

summer 2010

I've made a deal....
I'm going to stay off bread/doughnuts (usually don't eat them)/pasta and everything else yummy and filling for awhile... now, i am not on a no carb diet- i want to enjoy carbs, just in moderation. this goes along with gavin being such a major stud and giving up the bottle, we're on day 7 now people :) as for me i'm on day 4. if i wouldn't of eaten those delicious ham sandys at the binsfeld/fynbo wedding at 2 am i would of been GOLDEN! this is what i've been really into lately: cabbage wraps, lots of fruit, veggies and lots and lots of water, oh and frozen fruit smoothies- delish!

we are officially at the end of summer.

my end of summer was fabulous! i'm really looking forward to this weekend and the fact that i get to stay home with my one and only little wonderful all weekend long... and by myself might i add. although i usually attend the beloved muddy's, i'm just not feeling up to it this time. my previous weekend could of honestly put me right into detox, drinking two nights/days in a row can do a serous number on my body... and to think that i used to be able to do it every single weekend is insane!

my top ten summer days/nights:
10. endless nights around the fire with neighbors and friends was such a great way to pass the time :)
9. getting maddy. i know sometimes i wish we would of never gotten her, i am in love with her. she's such a good little doggie.
8. we did end up with a large amount of rain this year, but i loved all the storms!
7. binsfeld/fynbo wedding day&night. hair went great... the wedding was beautiful and i had a blast at the reception.
6. easy stay at home nights, going to bed before 10:30 and watching movies...
5. taking gavin to the zoo, underwater world, the farmyard and all the other places we went this summer- can't wait till next year.
4. TONKAPALOOZA... downy made an appearance for the third year in a row.
3. long days at the lake with gavin. he loves water, and loves to play in the sand.
2. the boyle/kammermeier wedding. although the day was very long, the night made up for it. meeting all the great boys and dancing the night away with friends was grrreat.
1. our completely random night at sobs. i've never had so much fun in a short period of time..
and above all these 10-1 answers is watching gavin take his first steps, wonderful.
i'm excited for fall... fall fashion, boots, cool weather, changing of the leaves, halloween, sweatshirts
I CANNOT wait till next summer.
no pit or peak this time.... next time around it will be there.