Holiday Highlights!

A little insight to my Holiday Season for 2010...

E and I traveled home to Burlington for Thanksgiving with my family this year. It was again, as always, a great trip home with much laughter, food, and games. Everyone was home for the first time in a long time, which makes my mom so happy.

E's parents spent their Thanksgiving at the casinos in Las Vegas as they always do. I sent a 20 with my father-in-law to try and win it big at Keno. I didn't win...

Both E and I spent the last week coughing and hacking our way through some kind of sickness. No fever, no throwing up (thank goodness) and no missed days from work, but made for a miserable week between the both of us. Thankfully we are on the healthy side again!

3 days left until a much needed break from work. E is going snowboarding in Colorado, and since I have no desire to strap 6 foot polls to my feet in an attempt to try and increase my chances of ending up in some kind of cast. I will be remaining here cleaning, shopping, and finding other ways to occupy my time.

I will be spending my first Christmas away from my family...ever. I am handling this surprisingly well. I think this is due to two reasons. 1) E has a great family and I really enjoy spending time with them. 2) I will be able to go home and see my family over New Years and my mom and sister will be coming up to go shopping while E is away snowboarding.

I'm handling this year's winter better than last year for some reason. I still don't like the cold, but I am not walking around this year with numb fingers and toes like I did last year. Although, I could be saying something different come February.

I still have not gotten E's Christmas present... I better get on that!

Christmas Lights

I love Christmas lights. All kinds; big, small, white, multicolored. I love how they welcome me into the Christmas season with their twinkling. I love to see how different families put up their lights each year. My parents always have a single string of white lights lining the front of our house with a big white star on the peak of our roof. While my neighbor has every possible type of light up in no particular order. Last year Ethan and I had blue lights in our bushes. This year we added a nice big tree with white lights to the front window.

I think my love for lights comes from a tradition that my family has done every year that I can remember Christmas. Each Christmas Eve we would load up in the car/van/station wagon...all of us, even the dogs (this got increasingly harder as we got older) and drive around the town looking at all the pretty lights. We knew that while we were gone looking at lights Santa would begin his journey around the world with our house. So of course as soon as we went around the block we all asked and begged to go back home straight away and see if Santa had made it yet. Mom and dad always made us continue all throughout the town. I'm very thankful they did.

Ethan even helped add to the Christmas season by taking me around Wichita to see all the beautiful lights the rich people put up when we were dating! I can't wait to do it again this year. :)

New Blog!

I have decided to expand my blogging to other things besides random chatter. I took one of my new hobbies/interests/loves for cooking and created a new blog all about my adventures in the kitchen. I hope you enjoy!

http://barefootinthekitchen-jill.blogspot.com/

28 Years

I just recently turned 28. I am very happy with where I am in my journey of life. I have decided that to celebrate my 28 years I would write a post about the 28 things I have learned while still remembering that I have much more to learn...

28. There is always room for ice cream no matter how full after a meal. Ice cream seems to melt on in there.

27. Shaving your legs for the first time is an awesome feeling...until the next day when you realize that it really doesn't last that long.

26. Teachers make mistakes, the difference between those teachers we loved and those we hated was how they reacted to it.

25. Habits are very hard to break.

24. You will find that more people will be polite and treat you well if you start the conversation with a smile and a sincere "how are you today."

23. It is much easier to clean up the kitchen right after dinner than wait till the following morning to do everything. This is something I have learned but still have a hard time following through with.

22. My Mother makes the best breakfast casserole.

21. The parents that don't worry about being the "cool parent" or their kid's friend are the best parents.

20. Kids will make mistakes...even the best kids will do something wrong once in a while.

19. Being with someone who makes you laugh is far more important than if they spend hours in the gym trying to make "washboard abs." The personality stays...the abs don't.

18. Money isn't everything, but life is much less stressful when you have a job.

17. The family activities and traditions as a kid that I thought were silly or embarrassing are the one's I want to carry on with my own family someday.

15. Swimming is one of the best skills I learned early on when my mom took us to the pool everyday. It is a skill that I believe to be one of the most important a child can learn.

14. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, 2+2=4, and K stands for Potassium on the Periodic Table.

13. Sundays are best spent relaxing and enjoying a day with family or just snuggled on the couch with a good book or movie.

12. Coffee and beer are acquired tastes. I have acquired a taste for both.

11. Men prefer long hair on women. Although once you get married...anything goes :)

10. It is always important to remember your blessings and thank God for everything good in your life.

9. The song Lola by the Kinks needs to be listened to all the way through before playing it at school.

8. When dad says your curfew is 12...he means 12.

7. Every girl has in her head what she thinks is the perfect way she would be proposed to. It's never as good as the way he does it.

6. House plants appreciate water.

5. Those people in high school who were constantly surrounded by drama, are the adults who seem to still have drama in their lives.

4. I would never want to be President.

3. Life really is better when you have someone to share it with. If you don't think so try being alone for a long period of time.

2. Age is a matter of perception.

1. We never stop learning.

Beer and Wine

There seems to be a social divide between those who like wine and those who prefer a frosty beer. The stereotype tends to be that the wine drinkers are willing to spend more money for each sip of alcohol. They slowly swirl, smell, and let the wine breathe before taking a nice long sip. The dinners are pared with the type of wine that will compliment the flavors of the dish. While the beer drinkers are the "common folk" of the drinking world. They congregate in local bars and eat deep fat fried foods while cheering on their favorite sports team after a long, hard day at work.

Which one am I??? Both.

Sometimes I think I have split personalities (my husband may agree...). When faced with making decisions, I tend to struggle with my wine side and my beer side. For example...

Decorating the new bathroom:
My Wine Side...wants a neatly decorated and coordinated bathroom with all the matching colors and towels that are perfectly folded and layered.
While my beer side...thinks that is crazy! I want a bathroom that is usable. One where people can use and not be worried about drying their hands on the fluffy towel that just sits there. As long as it's clean, who cares...

Cooking Dinner:
My wine side...wants a simple pasta dish, light salad with a vinaigrette dressing, while the table is neatly set and the dishes all match with napkin holders and of course big pretty wine glasses at each seat.
And my beer side...wants to make pepper-jack stuffed hamburgers with homemade french fries dipped in a beer batter (of course) and fried in the hot oil deep fryer.

Decorating the Christmas Tree:
My wine side loves the pretty color-coordinated trees with a theme and matching Angel topper. Even the wrapping paper compliments the colors of the tree. Every bulb, light, and bow is evenly spaced and the lights add a perfect glow to the living room.
The beer side of me thinks of my mother's tree...nothing about it is in order. The tree is filled with ornaments that my brothers and sister and I created throughout our youth. Popsicle stars and glitter snowmen with our awkward 4th grade picture a spaced throughout the tree. It is like looking back on my life through craft projects and hot glue. I love that tree...

Going on Vacation:
My beer side wants to get a camper and spend our vacations from one camp site to the next, swimming in the lake and roasting marshmallows by the fire.
But my wine side says "you hate bugs" and wants to stay in a nice air conditioned hotel room with a pool and concierge who recommends all the best restaurants.

However there are times when there is no decision to be made. Sometimes it is just a beer day or a wine night...

After coaching a basketball or volleyball game...beer

Cooking Thanksgiving dinner with my mom and sister...wine

Fourth of July...beer

My birthday...wine

Colorado Rockies baseball game...beer (Coors of course)

Get together with the girls...wine

Olive Garden...wine

Granite City Brewery...beer

Rio de Janeiro...Capriahana

Weddings...Jack and Coke!

Honesty

Two people commented on my appearance this week...

Monday at school:
Teenage girl: You look really pretty today Mrs. Weber, there's something different about you.
Me: Why thank you! (It's probably the fact that I wore make-up for the first time in over a month...)

Monday night at home:
Ethan: You have a zit on your face here and here.
Me: Thank you... (eyebrows raised)

I wonder which one was honest and which one was trying to get something out of me.

Actually knowing my student, she was being honest and knowing my husband he was being silly. Both comments made me smile!

Barefoot in the Kitchen

Over the last few years of my adult life I have enriched and embraced a stronger friendship with my kitchen. I have always had the general knowledge of how to do things in the kitchen, but recently I have found myself really enjoying the time I spend over the stove.

Now, I am no Martha Stewart by any means. I prefer an easier way of doing things (and more lively...sorry Martha, but I'd watch golf on TV before you). My culinary skills are more a cross between my mother and Rachel Ray. Now, I have my issues with Ms. Ray also, so I don't want to be too connected to her, but I have found some of her methods useful and recipes tasty.

I can thank my husband for the increased interest in cooking...for two reasons.

#1: We used to have "Dinner Date Nights" when we were just dating where we would find a new recipe to try and cook it together. I found myself really looking forward to those nights and those recipes. Out of all the new meals we tried, there was only one that we didn't add to the normal rotation. Not too bad of a record.

#2: There may some truth to the old saying "A way to a man's heart is through his stomach." I didn't purposely fix meals that would make him love me, but I took a great amount of pride in cooking a meal that he liked. I found myself looking for recipes that I knew he would enjoy, or that I could modify to make spicier or saucier the way I knew he would like it. And I will admit...I have a few recipes that I know to make if he's had a particularly rough day/week.

I enjoy cooking and I hope that this love stays with me through the years. Since I am sure this is not something I am likely to stop doing anytime soon. :)

Home Sweet Home...

Not long after Ethan and I started to become more serious in our dating relationship and began talking about the future, we realized that the wonderful home he owned would not be big enough for the family we wanted to have. We knew we would be left with one of two options. Move or add on.

We opted first off to try and add on. There are some things we both REALLY like about the house we are in now. One acre lot, in the country BUT 10 minutes away from West Wichita, all brick home with finished basement and HUGE kitchen. We decided that all we needed to make this the "perfect" home was a master bedroom/bath suite. Of course that meant turning our garage into a master bedroom and adding on a new 3 car garage. We were happy with that and sought out contractors to see what the damage might be. It didn't take long to realize that our dream of adding on a simple garage and master bedroom was going to be WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. We might as well try to sell and build if we're going to have a house worth that amount of money.

We have now set our sights on something different. We are going to try and sell and look to either buy existing or build something new. Right now we are focusing on getting our house ready to sell. So...if anyone out there is looking for a cute little ranch home just West of Wichita...let me know!

I'm Back!

At least I hope...

It has been awhile since I've sat down at my computer and written about what goes on in my not-so-interesting life. When things start getting crazy around here, the first thing I forget about is blogging... So while I lay awake early on a Saturday morning (because my body does not recognize the time change and that I actually can sleep for another hour) I will do my best to catch you up!

~ I got married. Yep, all those previous posts about the engagement and preparing for a wedding never got followed up by the actual event. It was a perfect day, even with the rain!

~ I traveled internationally for the first time. Ethan and I went to Rio de Janeiro on our honeymoon. Such a once in a lifetime opportunity and we had a great time.

~ I started my 5th year teaching...which sounds unbelievable to me that I've not only been part of a great school for 5 great years, but also that I've been out of college for 5 years. It feels like just yesterday.

~ Ethan has started the second bathroom project as we prepare to get our house ready to sell. I am confident that this bathroom project will go much quicker than the last because there is not near as much tile work that has to be done.

~ I received a new mixer from my in-laws for a wedding gift. You know one of those wonderful, do everything for you, Kitchenaid mixers. I LOVE IT! I'm doing things I never thought I would...making my own pizza dough, cinnamon rolls, and baking. Turns out baking is much more fun when you have a machine to do most of the work for you!

~ I was once again so very happy to be a part of the Cheney Volleyball Team, as they made their way to Salina for the state tournament for the 3rd year in a row. It is always such a great experience and I love that I get to be a part of it.

~ And once again since we made it to state in volleyball and since middle school basketball overlaps the high school season (I coach both sports), I have switched gears from volleyball to basketball in one day and coached my first bball game of the season after only 3 practices. We won! I love this time of year!!!

~ November has arrived, thankfully, as October is always such a busy, stressful month for me. I always rejoice on November 1st!

~ I'm looking forward as always to Thanksgiving again this year. We always spend Thanksgiving with my parents and we are a fun bunch to be around! I can't wait!

~ The dogs are doing great...they're spoiled rotten and have learned some new tricks. KC can jump the fence when there is something out there she REALLY wants, and Breck can scaled a brick wall. Yup! Your read that right...she looks like "Spider dog" as she scales up the wall to get a tennis ball that's been placed in the window.

Things that Make Me Excited for Summer

1. Warm weather! I am so sick and tired of the cold weather and blowing wind. I enjoy lounging around in my tank tops and not having to pack a coat everywhere I go.

2. Tans. I refuse to fake bake. Because of this, I am as white and pale by the end of winter that one can be. I can't wait to get a little color back in my skin. That is as long as it isn't red...

3. Watermelon, pasta salads, home grown tomatoes... I just love summer time foods. There is just something about the hot sticky weather that makes me want to eat better. I rarely want a greasy hamburger and fries when I can have fresh strawberries and a turkey sandwich with tomatoes out of the garden.

4. Morning walks with the girls (dogs that is). I think I've missed that the most through the school year. We had our morning routine down pat before school messed it up. I get up feed the girls, eat my breakfast of Cheerios, we play with the ball, and go for a walk. All before 8:00 AM. I can't wait!!!

5. 2nd Annual Mystery Weekend. Last year we went to OK City, and it was such a fun trip. This year was questionable when we would be able to do it with the wedding and many other things that can take up the weekends during the summer. But we are going again this year...where I have no idea. All I know is that I have to be in Burlington by 10:30 on the Friday we leave.

6. Golfing. This is the third year that I have played golf, and I can't wait to get out on the course more regularly. I will have to because for the first time, I will be playing in a tournament with my mom and some friends.

7. No school! I love my job and I didn't become a teacher just because of the summers, but I enjoy my time off which is necessary for me to recharge and be ready to go in August.

8. Bachelorette Party. My sister is planning this one, and it should be interesting. Along with the "Mystery Weekend" I don't know anything other than it's going to be in KC. I'm super excited to see what she comes up with...I know she is having fun trying to figure to get it all planned.

9. Honeymoon. Beach. Sun. Hubby. Enough said :)

10. Becoming Mrs. Weber!!! After all the dresses, addresses, showers, and planning it is finally going to happen. I can't wait for this next step in my life and all the wonderful things that come with it.

Caught Red Handed

I have a student in my class who is very bright but really struggles socially to know what is appropriate, and has a much lower maturity level than my other 7th graders. He has been known to just take pens off of my desk to use during class. When I catch him, I always make him put it back and then ask permission.

Today the kids were supposed to be working on an assignment and I noticed this particular student looking at his hands that were covered in bright red ink. I went over and asked him if he wanted to go wash his hands. He said “I don’t know what happened.” It was then I noticed that the pen he had was one of mine off the cup on my desk. I asked him if it was my pen and he immediately apologized for taking it. I then told him that I had a red pen leak all over my cup and all the pens were covered with red ink. He just looked up at me with these big brown eyes and said “Caught me red handed!”

I needed that today.

"Diamonds are My Favorite"

Ethan: So the jeweler made a mistake and accidentally put 9 more diamonds in your wedding band than we had told him.

Me: Oh yeah???

Ethan: Yeah, and they say since they were the cause of the mistake they will sell it to use for the original price we were going to get. Or we can send it back and they will fix it the way we want it. It's up to you...

Me: Well, it's going to be a difficult task, but I think I can learn to live with more sparkly diamonds...

Technology Woes...

There is no doubting that many advantages in technology have greatly benefited society. However, there many times when I stop and think "why do we need that?" or "why can't I just do something like I used to?" Here are a few things that technology has brought that I could really do without...

Teenagers having cell phones:
Seriously. What does a 12 year old need to have their own cell phone with unlimited texting and talking minutes. They don't have that much to say. I have even seen parents try to limit their teenager to 300 texts a month...HA! That changed when said teenager rang up a 1500 dollar cell phone bill due to texting...yep, you read that right 1500!!!! I see no problem with having a "family traveler phone" which would go with the teen on road trips or other events where they would need to call home for a ride. With the rate cell phones are going by the time I have kids they will be asking for their own cell phone at age 5. My poor kids...they will be deprived.

Videos instead of articles on the Internet:
I am an Internet surfer. I enjoy reading random things that pop up on MSN or Yahoo or whatever else seems to spark my interest. But, I want to read the articles...not watch it. Seems like everything now has a "click to play." Annoying.

Texting/MSN Talk:
As a teacher I forbid it in my classroom. You know, that new spelling in order to shorten all the words for texting...i teach 8 g8trs n skewl but luv my wknds. This absolutely drives me crazy. How hard is it to type out the entire word.

VHS then DVD then Blue-Ray then Plasma then Hi-Def now 3D:
I don't ever want to buy a brand new tv or DVD player again! Why spend the HUGE amount of money on something that is going to need to be replaced as soon as the newest "bigger and better" version comes out. As soon as we get a Blue-ray player (for which most movies are more expensive...most) there will be some "purple-ray" player that we will need to upgrade.

Facebook:
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy connecting with friends on facebook and seeing what everyone "posts" each day. However I do think it is human nature to not know when "enough is enough." I don't want to see half naked pictures of you, I don't want to see pictures of the car accident a student was in, I don't want to have to worry about who might say something or post a picture that I don't like. There is freedom of speech and expression, but lets learn to sensor ourselves!

Technology is great in many ways. It has helped make me a better teacher, stay in touch with family and friends, and even helped Ethan and I in the beginning stages of our relationship...but sometimes I wish I could go back to "the old days."

Those people...

There are those people who seem to have a place for everything. No matter what happens their home looks spotless, the bills are stacked neatly in their proper place, the filing cabinet is properly located for easy access and the files are arranged alphabetically, laundry is folded immediately once it emerges from the dryer, dust never has a chance to settle, the bed is made, nothing seems cluttered or misplaced...

I am not one of them.

But I would like to be... I want a spotless house, but many times I choose to enjoy an evening cuddling on the couch with Ethan watching our favorite show. I would love for the filing cabinet to be used for something more than a "catch-all," but as luck would have it, there is rust on the bottom and Ethan doesn't want it on the carpet or kitchen floor...so in a closet is where it stays. The laundry stays in piles of clean clothes until I decide to dedicate my entire Saturday to folding and putting it away (my mother would cringe). When it was hot from the dryer the dogs wanted me to throw the ball with them. In our house, dust is a protective coating for the furniture...or wouldn't I like to think. If the bed gets made it is usually after I get home from work, and only a few hours before we are going to climb in it. We have an ever-growing pile of mail that sits on the counter...I would love to blame it all on Ethan, but I have my fair share of envelopes sitting in the pile.

I guess it comes down to how you look at things in life. I want things organized and cleaned, but I don't want to sacrifice watching a pretty sunset on the porch or cuddling on the couch in order for that to happen. Some people would probably call me lazy, but when I look back on my life I want to remember the sunsets and cuddling, not the dishes and folded laundry.

Home Projects

Ethan's Aunt Margaret once told us, if your marriage can survive long road trips and home improvement projects, then you can survive anything. The very next weekend we left for an 8 hour road trip to Colorado and spent a nice chunk of money at Lowe's to begin the bathroom remodeling. We were going to test that theory even before we marry.

We survived the road trip, and even decided to try and make that an annual vacation to the Rocky Mountains. The bathroom remodel was about to commence. The task: add a shower to the bath tub, tile the walls, wallpaper what was left, new sink, new toilet, new faucet, new flooring, and do it all ourselves. (Well, actually Ethan and his dad would do the majority of the work, I helped pick things out and learned how to wallpaper).

The demolition began the weekend after Labor Day and continued through most of September. Ethan and his dad were able to get the plumbing done for the new shower head, and Ethan attached the new counter top.

This was perfect timing for a home remodeling project because I was going to be busy most weekends coaching volleyball and wouldn't be in Ethan's way. One Saturday I came home from a tournament and Ethan had replaced the old window with glass tile squares. It looked great!

Soon it was time to begin tiling...but we hit a little speed bump. The cold weather set in and the only place to cut the tile was in the garage. The tile has to be cut with a wet saw...meaning the tile is wet. Cold and wet. Not fun. So the project got put on hold for a couple months.

After January, Ethan and his dad, Bill, set in on the tile. This was something new to both of them (and that's saying a lot, Bill has done many many things.) I was amazed how good it was looking. I now was setting my sights on the perfect shower curtain. This was going to be a much bigger undertaking that I thought.

I found the perfect shower curtain, I fell in love with it from the beginning. It was at Bed Bath and Beyond, and it had the perfect amount of blues, browns, and creams. Now, I have a tendency to make decisions a little too quickly, I find something I like and just go for it. So, I decided to shop around a little...I mean I was in no hurry. Turns out I should have been my normal speedy self...I went to order the shower curtain and, as luck would have it, the darn thing was out of stock and not going to be replaced. Crap. Now I had to keep looking. After months of pouring over every possible shower curtain...this one too brown...that one not enough brown...that one too sheer...and those are just plain ugly...I found one. Again at Bed Bath and Beyond and this time I bought it right away!

Once the tiling was complete everything else seemed to fall into place rather quickly. The sink went in without a problem, new flooring looked wonderful, the toilet was pretty and white, and I helped Dolores (Ethan's mom) wall paper the rest of the walls that weren't tiled. And then finally after a lot of hard work...mainly by Ethan and his dad...the bathroom was finished. We survived, rather easily I might add, our first home improvement project together. I hope that the rest of them go just as smoothly...

Guilty Pleasures...

You know what they are...those things you shouldn't watch, do, or have but just can't resist. Here are a few of those things that I enjoy (but hate to admit it) :)

- Spaghetti-O's: I love them...they remind me of rainy days when I was a kid at home and mom just happened to have them around, usually because of some sale at the store. To this day, every now and then I get a craving for a bowl of the soggy rings in tomato sauce.

- America's Next Top Model: I hate the idea of models and what they represent. Too skinny, self conscious, mean and nasty, drama-filled who all have that same *sniff, sniff* dream to be on the cover of a magazine that has more adds than articles. But I enjoy watching the last 20 minutes of the show where they are at the photo shoot and then Tyra critiques each girl's picture. I, of course, share my criticisms of the photos and predict who's picture was the worst...and the entire time sit there saying..."I should not be watching this."

- Cookie-Dough: I know, raw eggs and salmonella...you should not eat cookie dough. I do. And I love it. Most times I make cookies for the sole purpose of eating the dough as I spoon out the drops of chocolaty goodness. I argue that I have spent my entire life sneaking bites of cookie dough and never been sick from it, and I will continue to!

- Trashy Celebrity Magazines: Sometimes I don't mind having to wait a long time in the grocery store line. That is the only chance I get to read the magazines that rumor the next big couple or baby bump. I could really care less how they live their lives and think I could do a much better job at spending all that money they unfairly earn...but I do enjoy reading about it.

I am sure I am not alone in enjoying these "should-nots." What are some of your guilty pleasures??

I'm Baaaaaacccckkk!

I know it has been a while since I've blogged. Call it being busy, call it writers block, or call it plain lazy, but never-the-less all 3 of you who read this blog will have something new to read.

I thought I would write just a few things that have happened since I last wrote something...

~ I survived another round of coaching seasons enjoying the new volleyball coach, who taught the girls so much more than I could have. I was able to coach the JV this year and it was nice to be able to work with girls who already knew how to serve the ball over hand. We had a good season and I look forward to next year. I absolutely LOVE coaching middle school girls' basketball. The girls this year were GREAT and it really is just so much fun. Even though this year I had to actually coach in some tight game situations...we won some, we lost some.

~ Ethan and I had our first Christmas together where we actually got each other gifts, did family Christmases, and combined incomes to come up with gifts for everyone. It was a great Holiday season and I'm already looking forward to the many more to come.

~ Ethan and his dad are close to finishing the bathroom! I'm looking forward to actually having space to shave my legs in the shower, decorating the new space, and not having to walk across the house in the middle of the night to go to the restroom.

~ I survived the flu season with only one bout of the flu that lasted just a couple of days. I did not however get hit with H1N1 and did not (and will not) get the vaccination.

~ We sold the waterbed, and purchased a new King size bed from Denver Mattress. We have not slept on it for 2 nights and I think Ethan is slowly starting to adjust... He is still going through his "mourning period" after loosing his beloved waterbed. (I tease him, but I love him for being willing to give it up).

~ My sister is playing in her last competitive basketball tournament this weekend...I am so proud of her, and can't believe that it is all coming to an end.

~ Ethan and I have booked and paid for our honeymoon. We are going to Rio de Janiero, Brazil and I can't wait. I won't say that I'm more excited for the honeymoon than the wedding...but it is Rio... :)

~ We found out the CO Rockies are playing the Royals in May. I have saved my last personal day for the Friday of that weekend so we can go to as many of the games as possible.

~ Finally the weather has started to pick up some...I have hated, HATED this crappy winter weather we have had this year and am so ready for nice temperatures and sun that I can hardly stand it.

~ My grandpa turned 80. Bryson turned 2.

~ I finished our wedding website. Feel free to visit it anytime. http://www.wix.com/augustynjill/ethanandjill

~ Less than 4 months till the wedding!