A while back my friend Rob tagged me to list the first 10 songs that come up on my ipod when I hit shuffle......here you go Rob!
1. Shania Twain - If you're not in it for love
2. Nickelback - Something in your mouth
3. Aerosmith - Livin' on the edge
4. Tim McGraw - Live like you were dying
5. Dixie Chicks - Cowboy take me away
6. Aerosmith - Rag doll
7. Fee - We Shine
8. Bleach - Reasons
9. Bon Jovi - Runaway
10. O.A.R. - Shattered
Quite a mix!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Finally some photos....
This was the beach on the first day that we arrived in Cancun.
If you look closely you can see the tip of the steps that are buried. The two white poles that the woman is standing by are outdoor showers. The top nozzle probably hits her chest now.
There were a few crazy people that braved the waves. The wall of sand was as high as Don's head and he's six foot tall.
Here's more pics!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Vacation....
I've been meaning to blog about my vacation but I haven't found the time (or my USB cable to download my pictures!). So here's a quick report....pictures will follow later.
Cancun = Sun, humidity, water and sand!!!
We had a wonderful time with our friends Troy & Carol (who were also celebrating their anniversary). The first couple of days were a mix of sun and clouds with a little rain here and there but we managed to start our tans and had several hours of pool and beach time. Sunday we went down to the beach because the boys wanted to play in the waves. They looked like they were having a good time so I decided "what the heck" and I threw my inhibitions to the wind and decided to go in. Now any of you reading this that know me will be thinking "What? She actually got in the ocean?" I will admit that I have a fear of sea creatures and that is why I don't go into the ocean.....like I said, I threw out my inhibitions! Big mistake!!!
I got in to about my waist and I got clocked by a wave! Down I went, rolling around in a wave, not sure of where I would resurface! I know from watching other people get knocked down by the waves that this was just hilarious to the onlookers who were up on the beach! Why is it that watching people fall down is so funny?! Anyway, not only did I get knocked down but the undertow was so strong that it kept sucking me back down and then I'd get hammered by another wave! I stayed calm and I knew that I was in fairly shallow water because I could reach down with my hand and feel sand. What I was most worried about was being pummeled by a rock! There were these big boulder type rocks that were all over and when you have no control over where your body is being thrown it becomes a concern! When I felt that my head was above water I would take a deep breath and then I could hear the next wave behind me and the next thing I knew I was under water again and being thrown like a rag doll. According to Don and Troy I was hammered by 4 to 5 waves before I was thrown ashore. I surfaced with my arm over my suit because I really wasn't sure if I was even wearing it anymore and the other one trying to get the hair out of my face and it was plastered in sand. Once I was able to open my eyes my friend Carol was laughing so hard that she was crying and several people on the beach wouldn't make eye contact with me so I knew that they had seen the whole thing! How embarrassing!!! After that I decided that it wasn't worth it and I went back to my chair. That was my last episode with the ocean for the trip!
We had two days of rain, due to hurricane Ike. The first day of rain we went into town and did some shopping and the second day we stayed at the resort and played card games for the majority of the day. If we would have had a third day of rain I probably would have gotten depressed but the sun came back out and we finished up the trip with some glorious sun!
After the hurricane moved into the gulf the waves were just incredible and the wind was so strong. I have before and after pictures of the beach and you just won't believe it. The waves literally pushed the sand up toward the resort and made a 5-6 foot wall that just dropped down to the ocean. It was incredible what transpired overnight. The last landing area of the steps that went down to the beach were completely buried in sand and half of the beach was gone. You totally underestimate the power of the wind and water until you see it in action.
So despite the near drowning we had a wonderful trip and came home rested, relaxed and tan. Yeah! I recommend that everyone take a vacation with their spouse and leave the children at home for at least a couple of days. It's great to reconnect with each other and actually have some peace and quiet. I love my children but this time away was something that Don & I needed. It's so easy to get into a daily routine and to take advantage of your relationship with your spouse.
Please call me at Menno Travel if you want some vacation ideas!!! :)
There's my plug.
Pictures will be posted as soon as I find that cable!!
Cancun = Sun, humidity, water and sand!!!
We had a wonderful time with our friends Troy & Carol (who were also celebrating their anniversary). The first couple of days were a mix of sun and clouds with a little rain here and there but we managed to start our tans and had several hours of pool and beach time. Sunday we went down to the beach because the boys wanted to play in the waves. They looked like they were having a good time so I decided "what the heck" and I threw my inhibitions to the wind and decided to go in. Now any of you reading this that know me will be thinking "What? She actually got in the ocean?" I will admit that I have a fear of sea creatures and that is why I don't go into the ocean.....like I said, I threw out my inhibitions! Big mistake!!!
I got in to about my waist and I got clocked by a wave! Down I went, rolling around in a wave, not sure of where I would resurface! I know from watching other people get knocked down by the waves that this was just hilarious to the onlookers who were up on the beach! Why is it that watching people fall down is so funny?! Anyway, not only did I get knocked down but the undertow was so strong that it kept sucking me back down and then I'd get hammered by another wave! I stayed calm and I knew that I was in fairly shallow water because I could reach down with my hand and feel sand. What I was most worried about was being pummeled by a rock! There were these big boulder type rocks that were all over and when you have no control over where your body is being thrown it becomes a concern! When I felt that my head was above water I would take a deep breath and then I could hear the next wave behind me and the next thing I knew I was under water again and being thrown like a rag doll. According to Don and Troy I was hammered by 4 to 5 waves before I was thrown ashore. I surfaced with my arm over my suit because I really wasn't sure if I was even wearing it anymore and the other one trying to get the hair out of my face and it was plastered in sand. Once I was able to open my eyes my friend Carol was laughing so hard that she was crying and several people on the beach wouldn't make eye contact with me so I knew that they had seen the whole thing! How embarrassing!!! After that I decided that it wasn't worth it and I went back to my chair. That was my last episode with the ocean for the trip!
We had two days of rain, due to hurricane Ike. The first day of rain we went into town and did some shopping and the second day we stayed at the resort and played card games for the majority of the day. If we would have had a third day of rain I probably would have gotten depressed but the sun came back out and we finished up the trip with some glorious sun!
After the hurricane moved into the gulf the waves were just incredible and the wind was so strong. I have before and after pictures of the beach and you just won't believe it. The waves literally pushed the sand up toward the resort and made a 5-6 foot wall that just dropped down to the ocean. It was incredible what transpired overnight. The last landing area of the steps that went down to the beach were completely buried in sand and half of the beach was gone. You totally underestimate the power of the wind and water until you see it in action.
So despite the near drowning we had a wonderful trip and came home rested, relaxed and tan. Yeah! I recommend that everyone take a vacation with their spouse and leave the children at home for at least a couple of days. It's great to reconnect with each other and actually have some peace and quiet. I love my children but this time away was something that Don & I needed. It's so easy to get into a daily routine and to take advantage of your relationship with your spouse.
Please call me at Menno Travel if you want some vacation ideas!!! :)
There's my plug.
Pictures will be posted as soon as I find that cable!!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Cancun....
Grand Oasis Cancun. This is going to be my home away from home from September 6-13! Doesn't it look amazing?! I'm on a countdown, 4 more days and then I'm officially on vacation!Don and I are celebrating our 15 year wedding anniversary on September 18th and decided that this is a monumental year and that we should celebrate in style! (Well, ok, I decided that it was monumental and he agreed that a vacation would be nice!) We are going to be travelling with our good friends, Troy & Carol Glaser, who are also celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary. They were married exactly one week prior to us.
I had been following hurricane Gustav religiously for the past week to see if he would turn toward the Yucatan Peninsula. Unfortunately for those who live in Louisiana he did not. So my vacation destination is in tact. Now I'm tracking hurricane Hanna. Not because she would do direct damage to Cancun but the closer that she gets to the Eastern islands the more chance of "fallout" rain for the area that I am going to be in. I hate to be selfish but last night after I prayed that the damages in Louisiana would be minimal for those poor people who have already been through so much devastation, I prayed that God would give me a good weather report while I am on vacation. Today when I looked at the extended forecast it showed rain during the time that we will be in Cancun. Small percentages at the beginning but then up to 50% chance for next Monday and Tuesday. I'm hoping that the forecast changes!
Cross your fingers for me that I will have some good weather! I will post some pictures and comments about our trip when I get back.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Going crazy....
It's been a long time since I've posted a blog! I'm sure that I'm no different than any other wife/mother these days but I feel like I've lost my mind!
Since I last posted I have played in three tennis tournaments, went school shopping, registered kids for school, planned a church outing, attended small group leadership meetings, chauffered preteens to and from volleyball practices, caught up on ortho appointments for Katie, changed my daily routine to include getting up earlier and getting the kids off to school AND started back to work full time! Whew! Reading it on paper doesn't make it appear to be that much but going through all the motions has been draining!
Since I last posted I have played in three tennis tournaments, went school shopping, registered kids for school, planned a church outing, attended small group leadership meetings, chauffered preteens to and from volleyball practices, caught up on ortho appointments for Katie, changed my daily routine to include getting up earlier and getting the kids off to school AND started back to work full time! Whew! Reading it on paper doesn't make it appear to be that much but going through all the motions has been draining!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
It's a sad day...
I've been wanting to post all week about my class reunion last weekend and I thought that I would get that accomplished today but I am just too sad. My friend Mark has lost his step-father very unexpectedly and I am in total shock. Mark held a cookout for a few of us the night before our reunion at his Mom's house and it is just surreal that Carl is no longer with us! Please pray for Mark and his family. Carl was a good man and this just doesn't make sense to any of us.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
It's Over......
The fair is finally over and I'm still tired! Overall it was a good year for the kids but we did have some snags along the way.
A few months before the fair one of our pigs got sick and ended up dying. Luckily we had a few extra so Keri wasn't left short an animal to be able to show. Then the day that we take the cows to the fair Keri's cow gets sick. The state vet took a look at him and decided that he needed to be removed from the fairgrounds because he could be contagious! You can imagine the tears.
So I spent the better part of the day searching for someone that had an extra cow that they didn't bring that I could buy from them and run through the auction at the end of the fair. Several hours later Stacy & Christi Hostetler said that they had a small Jersey cow that we could buy from them! I was ecstatic but Keri was still skeptical because she wanted HER COW. My aunt took Keri to have a chat over some Dippin' Dots and when they got back Keri had decided that she would give the Jersey cow a chance.
So we switched from a 450 pound Holstein to a 243 pound Jersey! Not looking too good for auction money but she had a cow to show! The cow had already been named Bambi (can you tell why?) so we, of course, had to change all our decorating to reflect the new cow's name and not the Holstein's. (which was Dasher)
A few months before the fair one of our pigs got sick and ended up dying. Luckily we had a few extra so Keri wasn't left short an animal to be able to show. Then the day that we take the cows to the fair Keri's cow gets sick. The state vet took a look at him and decided that he needed to be removed from the fairgrounds because he could be contagious! You can imagine the tears.
So I spent the better part of the day searching for someone that had an extra cow that they didn't bring that I could buy from them and run through the auction at the end of the fair. Several hours later Stacy & Christi Hostetler said that they had a small Jersey cow that we could buy from them! I was ecstatic but Keri was still skeptical because she wanted HER COW. My aunt took Keri to have a chat over some Dippin' Dots and when they got back Keri had decided that she would give the Jersey cow a chance.
So we switched from a 450 pound Holstein to a 243 pound Jersey! Not looking too good for auction money but she had a cow to show! The cow had already been named Bambi (can you tell why?) so we, of course, had to change all our decorating to reflect the new cow's name and not the Holstein's. (which was Dasher)
Once we made it through that drama we were on our way to a good week! The girls both did really well in their showmanship with the cows and the pigs! This was Keri's first year so we weren't expecting much from her but she did really well. Katie's calf placed third in it's class which was the best that she's ever done and she made it through the first round of showmanship. I was really happy for her.
The pigs did well this year too. Katie was once again the only person to have a Tamworth so she easily won Champion with that pig and she was penned 4th with her Crossbred. Keri didn't place on Wednesday with either of her pigs so she was very disappointed. I told her that the judge on Thursday would be different and that she still had a chance to do well.
Sure enough, Thursday her Hereford won Champion! She was so excited I thought she was going to burst!
Katie with her Champion.
Keri with her Champion.Friday ended with tears from Keri because she didn't want to get rid of her animals but she was really happy when she started figuring up the money that she made for her efforts in 4-H! So another year is over and hopefully by the time this rolls around next year I will have forgotten all the drama and grief that I went through in getting to this point!
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