Katie and I are always getting together and doing some sort of craft! She keeps me busy! Haha! One of our new projects is she is teaching me how to sew! Here I am making rice bags for the microwave so I have my own little heating pad! I'm always excited to learn something new and Katie would be the one to teach me there is not one thing that she does not know how to do! Well somethings I just wouldn't know haha! Let's leave that be too! LOL! But I do love her she is such an awesome friend! Thanks Katie for putting up with my new crafts!

I finally get to blog again! Yeah! In these photos I'm making a felt hat for my niece. It took about 8 hours to make. But it was worth it. I hope that she will wear it!

Katie and I have been crafting up a storm. Katie taught me how to sew!! Yes I never knew how to do this till now haha! Then I made a few candle placemats from felt.

Katie, Matt, and I went camping on May 27th. We had a blast we sat by the fire all night and played cards. About midnight it started to rain so we went in the tent and played with jozie and played cards. Then about 30 minutes later we all gave in and went to bed. Then we woke up and had breakfast and sat by the fire. It was a lot of fun.

This is our new dog Jozie. We have had her for about a year now. Wow I haven't had internet for a while. She is a cute little beagle. We love her just like a kid. But don't let her cute little face fool you she likes to get in trouble. For the most part though she likes to hang out and have fun! She loves kids and being outside all the time.

We went to St. Charles to see Abby again. It's so fun having a girls weekend. We had lots of fun we went to the busch factory and seen how beer is made and also got to see the famous horses. Then at the end you get to sample the beer. ONLY 2 PER PERSON!! Haha! But that was ok because mary made sure we were down stairs at the hotel at 5 for happy hour every night.

Well ladies and gents I finally got the internet back so I can update with photos finally. These first few pictures are when we went bowling to celebrate for Tyler's and Jade's birthdays! We had a blast. You are seeing the first sighting of aspen on here! She was latest and newest niece who was born in December! She is the cutest little thing. She is now rolling over and making lots of noises. If you put your hand up to her mouth she will make noises that sound like an indian. It's the cutest thing ever. She gets very upset if you quit.

Katie and I had a blast one evening. We started off at the super colon that Mercy had. We got to see how lovely our colons look! Haha! Then we went back to her place and we made ukranian eggs which Katie put all the dye in diet coke bottles and then the dork that I am I drank it thinking it was my diet coke. So yes I had a blue tongue for a day.
The hat is a baby cap that I knit for the first time. I went home this weekend and found that it does not fit Aspen. So now I will have to make another one just her size.

We took them to the Fertile Park and Emily was the leader and you had to follow everything she did it was pretty funny the stuff she made Matt and his mother do! Then we went to art in the park in clear lake and then to the fair in mason city! It was fun having the kids!

The kids came out and stayed with Matt and I over the weekend! It was a blast we took them to fort custard which is a huge maze. The lady told us that it would only take us 45 minutes. Well we finished about 2 hours later after going around and around. Haha!
Then they both got the opportunity to ride on the motorcycle with Cliff. They had a blast!

Here are some more pictures at adventureland! The kids had a blast and only peyton was brave to go on a lot of the rides. We had to trick the other two to get on some of them! HAHA! Then when they got off we heard,"Can we go again".

The family went to adventureland and had a blast! My father did not participate because he didn't want to spend the money. Mom, Kim, and I didn't ride the rides because we don't care for any. Kim would of went on all of them but she is pregnant and therefore not go on any of the rides. Which really sucks for her because she loves the thrill of all the rides at the park! We had a lot of fun just being together and spending time together.

Here are some more pictures from the wedding. They all were enjoying themselves. We had wonderful food and great company!

June 30th

Adam and Kelli got married at music man square. It was a very nice wedding. They had a beautiful day. Congrats to the bride and groom!