The paper...

So Matthew's latest is that he loves the Sports page of the newspaper. Now that we are living with my parents, in the morning when he gets up he has to go and see Papa and read the paper with him to see the hockey players. He is a little bit of a freak! But it is pretty funny. This morning we were rushing so he didn't have time to read with Papa but he still found time to "read" it while eating his breakfast. As you can imagine, Matthew will be a hockey player for Halloween tonight! I will post more pics this weekend! So far things are going well with my parents. They haven't given us the boot yet! I think they are enjoying having Matthew around! They aren't here much, always on the go and so are we. So it is working out quite nice. They leave on Wed. for a 2 week Cabo vacation :( Lucky dogs! So we will be home along. I'm sure they are anxious for the break! :)

Here he is showing me the hockey players, he said that HE was the goalie pictured on the front page of the sports section... maybe someday!?

This was yesterday afternoon, he was sitting there all by himself and I tried to sneak up on him and he got mad at me. So cute! He also thinks that it is fun to ride his scooter when he wakes up. Not for long though. Brrr!

And one more just because! :) Happy Halloween!!

Moving...

So sorry that I have been absent! We are finally moved into my parents and settled. It has been a bit of an adjustment for Matthew. He was sick all weekend with a fever and a little cold. My mom had him all day on Friday and kept him overnight while Ben and I packed and moved stuff over to their house. Matthew was definitely out of sorts and freaked out when my sister and her kids came to my parents on Saturday morning while we were moving the last of our stuff. He was super territorial and was not being nice to his cousins... lots of crying. Then he came down with a fever on Sunday. So it was a LONG stressful weekend. Last night he was up in the middle of the night for an hour and a half. Unfortunately, I think it will just take him some time to get used to all of this change. But Ben and I are settled and are also getting used to having roommates. I'm sure it is a huge adjustment for my parents as well, so much for enjoying retirement! HA! They leave for Mexico in a few weeks and I think they will be happy to have 2 weeks of peace and quiet. My mom has been cooking up a storm and I think that we have all gained at least 5 pounds with her awesome meals and treats! Every night is a great dinner and awesome dessert! We are getting on a schedule where I have to cook on Wed and Thurs and she will cook on Monday and Tuesday and we will wing it for the rest of the week. It truly is weird to be living with my parents again! But it is kid of fun! AND did I mention my DVR withdrawal?? Mom and Dad have 2 big screen TVs, (which is so fun), HD cable and all that good stuff but no DVR. I am sorry to say that I have to choose between Brother & Sister and Army Wives, this week Army Wives lost... I'm sorry girls! It has been tough, but I am doing OK! :) HAHA!It is actually a good thing. I am realizing how addicted to TV I was... SO pathetic! We don't have cable in our room yet either! Now that we are settled here, we have to get back to the condo and do some major cleaning for Ben's mom. That will be our project this weekend! Fun stuff!

Anyway, I have no pictures to post as of now. I will post some later this week. I haven't gotten my laptop hooked up to the internet, another project for me to deal with! :) Hope everyone is well!!

Happy Birthday and Apple Picking!

We had another fun, but very eventful, weekend! Friday night we hit up the apple orchard with the Ehmkes. There is a really small one with a petting zoo in Hastings. It is never super busy but it's really cute! We go there every year! So fun! I added some pics below. Then we spent all day Saturday packing up and moving boxes to storage which was quite challenging with a 2 year old! We finally sent him to MeeMee and Papa's for a nap and got lots done! We took 2 big trips out to the storage place. I feel much better than I did about this move. I think we are pretty organized! This Saturday we will move the rest and be out of the condo and into my parents! UGH! After a long day of moving, we took Ben's mom out for her b-day dinner! Tomorrow is her actual birthday. We went to Macaroni Grill with Ash and Jordan and the kids and then back to have cake! It was a great night!

My mom, Stacy, Kristin, Mary and I used to get together to make apple pies every fall. We haven't done it for awhile but when we were at the orchard on Friday, Kristin and I decided we should do it this year. So we loaded up on apples and made 13 pies today!! It was really fun! We each had a little station and made an assembly line! We had one for dessert and it was quite good! I didn't take any pics though :(

So I am wiped!!! But back to work tomorrow!!

Here is Grandma Jackie with Matthew and Kennedy and the cake! :)
Matthew chowing on an apple... how about the view behind him!!

Here is Matthew chucking apples! Had to take a picture before reprimanding him :) Heehee!

Posing for mommy!

Matthew thinks that he needs to hold Lukey riding in the wagon. He likes to hold him, like he's a baby... Luke actually weighs more than him! HA! :)

Update on living situation...

For those of you that do not know... we will be moving next weekend! I wish I could say that we bought a great new house but that isn't the case. My parents are being nice enough to let us shack up with them for awhile. Ben's mom will be renting our condo and eventually she will buy it from us. In the meantime we will be paying off debt and saving for a house! Thankfully my parents have lots of room, so hopefully we can stay out of their way! So that is the latest from us!

I'm a single mom...

My hubby left me for Vegas! Isn't that terrible? Thankfully Ben RARELY travels for work. Except for today... he went to a glass convention in Las Vegas... sounds like fun, huh? He is only gone until Tuesday, but we miss him already. He left this afternoon and gets home LATE on Tuesday night. So we won't see him until Wednesday. It is so weird, but I can count on one hand (maybe 2) the number of nights we have been apart... I don't like it when he is gone! I do miss him and can't wait for him to come home!

We had a great weekend! Friday night we didn't do a thing, just hung out at home and rented Mad Money, with Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes. It was OK, but kind of dumb! Then on Saturday, Matthew and Ben went with my dad to store the boat for the winter... how depressing! UGH! While they were gone, I packed up a bunch of Matthew's toys that he doesn't play with and cleaned the entire house! It is amazing what you can get done with no interruptions! Saturday night we celebrated sweet Charlie's first b-day and of course I forgot my camera! :( The Oakes (Ben's sister and her family) came up from Iowa for the party and stayed with us. It was a quick visit, but always fun to see them! And today, Ash and her fam and Jackie came over and I made brunch for everyone! I love having people over! And then we just enjoyed the dreary day and hung out! I am sick, so it was so nice to not do much! Then Ben left and Matthew and I napped and headed over to MeeMee and Papas for dinner with Michael, Mary and the kids! And here I am, ready to crawl into bed at 8:15!

One more exciting thing!! Grace had another gymnastics meet and this was a qualifier for state and... SHE QUALIFIED!! We are so proud of her! She is a little star!! This was only her 2nd meet EVER! The first one was not a qualifier but her scores would have qualified! So she is going to state in Dec!! YAY Gracie girl!! :) I will take some pics at her next meet and post them... they don't allow flash photography so maybe I will add in a video clip!?

Anyway, hope all of you are well! XOXO
Sarah

Another post!

I know, 2 posts in one day! WOW! I thought that I had already done a post on this but I was dreaming! Anyway, last Sunday my bro in law Kyle turned 40! Kristin had a party for him on Saturday night. We had so much fun! it's always good to see their friends! Below are some pics from a fun night! Ben was with me but I have no pics of him :( Sorry honey!

Here is the b-day boy with GDM DOMA shirt! Gotta love the GDM! Mary made it for him.

Me and my mommy!Me and my sissy!

Mike and Kim

Me, Mary and Kim

The GDM and his pretty wife Krissy!

Good times had by all!

Visit to the zoo

So the zoo is our favorite place to meet people for "playdates"! Today we met (some of) my old team from Target and their kiddos! Cindy was our boss and Lisa, Leigh and I worked under her! It was so good to see them all! When I started on that team I wasn't married and hadn't even met Ben! So lots have changed for all of us!! Cindy has 2 kids, Leigh and I both have one and Lisa just had a baby this summer! The weather was great and bears were active! They are so funny! You can see one of them right by the glass! CRAZY! The kids loved it!

Izzy (Cindy's little girl) and Matthew were eating all of Jordyn's (Leigh's little girl) fishies! She was so sweet to share and didn't complain once! :) What a sweetie! Check out Matthew stuffing his face... that's my boy!

And of course I have to show you all Matthew's NEW, slightly used hockey skates! They are the real deal, little Bauers! they are so stinkin' cute. We take them on and off at least 100 times every day! And of course we have to wear our helmet too!