Gutters At Grandma's

On Sunday Kyle and I went to Grandma's to finsh cleaning her gutters (Kyle had started it last week, but got rained on!)! It was pretty easy...but dirty!! And boy does she have a lot of gutters...her house is huge!! We took Abby with us so she could play in the yard with Charlie, my Grandma's dog.

Kyle finishing off the garage gutters.

Charlie is always so excited to see everyone and has TONS of energy!

I wonder if it's a Pomerian thing to stand on your hind legs!

The two dogs having a stand off in the back yard...j/k!

My Grandma & Me!

Kyle playing with Charlie!

Home Decor!

So sometimes I get tired of how things are always the same, so I like to mix things up a bit! When I was on my Algona/Emmetsburg trip I stopped in West Bend and got a few new things at Pam's Final Touch (A super great little shop!). Check out my pictures below!

I bought this artifical geranium (i think that what it is!) at Pam's, I think it brightens up our kitchen!


So I don't know what to call these, but I think they're neat! I bought the "ball" things at Pam's and then the bowl at Hobby Lobby! A nice fresh centerpiece for our coffee table!

So this is a little old, but I bought the banana holder at Homespun in the mall and I love it!! Matches the other decor in our kitchen perfectly! And now our bananas stay fresher, longer!

This is about as exciting as the banana holder, but its "special"! When I was on my way home from Emmetsburg I stopped at this little shop that is just north of town on hwy 169 called "Just For You", I always drive by and think I should stop there and never do, so that day I did! She has some cute things, but I got this cutting board. It reminded me of a cutting board my Mom had when I was growing up at the farm, except her's was in the shape of a pig! :)

I needed something different in our bathroom. It always ends up just getting cluttered with our "bath" stuff. So I cleared that stuff off and used this smaller hurricane with a coordinating candle and some rocks in the bottom! I think it turned out nice! The green runner underneath also completes it well!

And last, but definatly not least, Kyle and I took the blinds out of our bay window! They were the kind that is in-between the windows and they didn't work very well so you never had a nice clear view and now its perfect! We just need to get a curtain rod that extends the entire length of the window, the ones that are in the picture are ones left from the preview owners that we have just used.

New Nightstands!

A friend of mine heard about a sale at Alco (of all places!) on these nightstands, so I couldn't pass them up! So on Saturday I went to Algona for my final dress fitting for my friend, Sara's, wedding and then headed up to Emmetsburg to get the nightstands. Kyle and I don't have coordinating bedroom furniture, but the one piece we do have is a black dresser and that was my night stand before and Kyle used some old suitcases (i think they looked neat), but now we'll have matching ones! So I moved the dresser to the corner and put our TV on it (got rid of our "college days" tv stand)! We also ordered a new headboard (we just had the plain metal frame before only on the bottom) from Slumberland last week. Kyle is picking it up today!!! I'm super excited to make our bedroom look a little more "grown up"! The only bummer part is that Alco only had 1 left, so we had to do a raincheck for the other one! Hope it comes in soon!! I'll add another picture when its all put together!

The Headboard

New Nigtstand!

Our TV & dresser in the corner!

Bridal Shower & Bachelorette Party

The last weekend in Febuary we had a bridal shower & bachelorette party for one of my best friends, Sara! She had a SUPER great turnout at her shower, got lots of gifts, and we had a good time! We spent the afternoon getting fitted for our dresses and just hanging out. Then that night we had a bachelorette party for her. It was in her parents' garage, we had food, drinks, and tons of fun!!

Erica, Me, Sara, and Emily eating at the shower!

The food table. The shower committee did a great job on Sara's shower!

Time to eat!

All of the bridesmaids and Sara ready for the party!

The soon-to-be B-E-A-utiful bride, Sara!

Tanya, made charms for our glasses, super cute & creative!

Lip or Live

Our financaid aid and admissions group at Iowa Central put a lip sync together for this year's event. It was a last minute deal, but I think it turned out really good. We didn't place, but we have had many, many comments about how much everyone enjoyed our piece! We did "ebay" by Weird Al (it goes to the tune of "I Want it That Way" by the Backstreet Boys). So the five of us in Financial Aid were the backstreet boys. I wasn't excited about it in the beginning, but as we got things together I enjoyed it more and more and I think we are going to do one next year! The picture is our final pose for the song, we tried to spell ebay!

Happy Easter

Hello Everyone! I have to apoligize, its been FOREVER since I've updated our blog! Winter if finally gone and we are getting some early April showers on this last day of March! The Saturday before Easter we had my Dad and Grandma over for supper. I didn't get any pictures taken while they were over, but I did get one taken of the table before hand! We had a nice time with them! On Sunday we went to church and then headed to Britt to Kyle's Aunt & Uncle's house. It was nice to catch up with his family and see the cousins. Two of the cousins had babies last year so family gathering are quite different now with kids around!! But they are entertaining and oh so cute! Again I wasn't very good about taking pictures while we were there...sorry! I hope everyone is doing well and this spring I am going to try hard to keep this updated better!

The colorful plates on top are "egg" plates! They were a SUPER deal at Pottery Barn one year!

LUI - Update

So for lighten up Iowa, in the Fort Dodge area, we are currently ranked 13th in the weight loss division and activity minutes division! I am pretty proud of our team for that! There are 68 teams competing the Fort Dodge area! And I had a great week last week, I lost another two pounds, so I am down a total of twelve!! The activity part is harder for me, but I am working on it! Again, any encouragement or good motivators that anyone has, they're always welcome! Oh, one more thing...I started reading a book from my sister, "The Beck Solution Diet, How to Think like a Thin Person". It has some great ideas that I am trying to put into practice!