Sunday FUNday

In the last few days, I have been getting some flack (sp?) about not keeping up on my blog.  I'm sorry, I will try harder!  Since I have missed a few days/weeks, this post will be filled with a few weeks of pics so get ready.....

Last weekend, Paige suggested we go to Johnny's to get our nails done.  So after getting my oil changed, we headed to Johnny's for a little pampering!

Following some pampering and shopping at Target with Lindsey, Paige had Brinn come over for a sleepover.  Man, those girls can play and they can also use every toy in the house!!

I felt the need to take a picture of my HUGE rice krispie bar from Palmers this week.  I munched on it after lunch at work but was little disappointed.  Normally there are more marshmallows in it and a little gooier!

On Friday last week, I had a itch for chocolate after lunch.  During a break, I walked to Walgreens and found this!  yum yum...love me some marshmallow and chocolate.  I can't believe there is Halloween candy already out, which also means my birthday is coming up.

The picture below, brings us to this weekend.  Friday night after work, we drove out to McClelland to attempt to surprise my brother for his birthday.  However, we were not successful in the surprise due to special circumstances that we will not go into!

Paige and Blakely thought they both had to ride the 4 wheeler at the same time.  Crazy girls!  Speaking of crazy, Paige's hair is a train wreck.

My brother now has 2 horses @ his house.  He lets some guy keep his horses out at his house so we get to enjoy the benefits of it.  I am not a horse lover at all, so you will never catch me near it!  Paige thought it was pretty cool.

We stayed the night at Matt's house Friday night and hung out there Saturday for a bit then came home and proceeded on a new adventure.

I borrowed Tiffany's bike and trailer so Paige and I could go on a bike ride with the Brendelands.  We rode from Slater to her Kayla's house. It was probably a 4 mile bike ride and Paige loved it.

I can tell ya, my booty was hurting this morning from the bike ride though!  But well worth it I think.

Once we got to Kayla and Jason's house, we went through the gardens and found watermelon and cantaloupe to pick.

Isn't Brady so cute :)

I think this is a sign that summer is coming to a close.  We had a bon fire and roasted hot dogs and had smores.  It got chilly later on the night and we had to put sweatshirts on.  I love this weather!

So...that has been my last 2 weekends and hope you enjoyed it!

Today after church my parent's took Paige with them to Omaha for the day.  Because of Paige being gone, I have been forced to clean, organize, and do laundry.  UGH!  But I can tell ya, it feels better to have the chores done and being able to relax!

Well so long and hopefully it won't be 2 weeks before I blog again!

Wacky Wednesday

I'm sure everyone has been missing me!  Sorry for the extended leave here.

This week Paige has been going to Vacation Bible School in Polk City for 2 hours and oh boy do I love those 2 hours.  I make a LONG list of "to-do" items but normally don't get too far because I will start watching the Olympics.  However, I have been busy doing laundry and getting the house back into shape since being back from the lake.

Here is one of Paige's creations that she made this week at Bible School.  She absolutely loves it and gets super excited when we get home so she can tell me all about it.  She has a hard time of remembering what they do (she always says I don't know) but she tries hard to show me the dance moves they learn to songs and what snacks they eat!

Before I forget, I made an AWESOME steak meal last night.  Kudos to Abby for providing me the recipe.  Get this..............  My dad even raved about it!  THAT'S NOT IT FROM RON....he even said the steak was so delicious that he didn't need steak sauce.  I about fell over.  I have NEVER heard or seen my dad eat meat without some sort of sauce.  I asked him if he was "low on sugar" and he said no!

Here is the recipe-

4 garlic cloves minced
1 jalapeno minced (original recipe calls for 2)
handful chopped cilantro
juice of 2 limes
juice of 1 orange
2 T white vinegar (I had to use apple cider vinegar since I was out of white)
1/2 cup olive oil
salt and pepper to taste


MIX THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER IN A BOWL AND POUR OVER THE STEAK (Flank Steak)


I marinated the meat overnight so it was ready to throw on the grill right when I got home from work so I didn't have to wait long for dinner. Remember when you're grilling flank steak to cook it Medium Rare or it gets really tough. This should mean about 5-7 minutes on each side on the grill. Also be sure to let it rest for at least 5 minutes before slicing so you don't lose all your lovely juices!

I just warmed the tortillas up in the microwave for 20 seconds, and put a mix of authentic Mexican cheese (the blend I got was queso quesadilla, asadero, and manchengo), and threw some Mad Butchers Salsa, sour cream on it.  I'm sure I could had done without the salsa and sour cream but it was still good.  Abby's original recipe calls for pico on the tacos, but are you kidding....I'm too picky!


THIS IS A MUST TRY DINNER!  When I went to get the steak, I had no clue what I was getting.  Just ask the meat guy and they will tell ya!


I just uploaded my pics from vacation.  So...I ought to share some with everyone!  Enjoy :)

Paige has been able to fall asleep all 4 years in the boat, just like this position.  Ever since she was 5 months old, she falls asleep instantly once the motor starts running.  I'm not sure why but it can be nice at times!

 Come on girls...just smile for 1?

Paige wanted to build a fort so I made one for the girls!

Playing some game?

Cousins playing in the sand at Captain Ron's.  

Dang...these girls will never smile for me!  I guess I wouldn't either if I had to wear a life jacket.

I was SO SO SO impressed with Paige on vacation.  She started to jump off the boat AND the dock.  I'm pretty excited about the picture below because I caught her in action (something a pro photographer would do!!)

Overall, we had a great vacation!

Monday Madness

I just discovered that I have been calling Mondays, Maniac Monday.  When I first thought of the blogging idea, I named Mondays to be Monday Madness.  I just found my piece of paper with that, so here it is!  MONDAY MADNESS

Right now I'm sitting in my dad's kitchen and he thought it would be a great idea to clean the stove.  WRONG.  It is so HOT in the house and it is probably still 90 something outside.  MEN...what are they thinking sometimes.

To top off the hot house, Paige has a fever of 102.  Poor girl, she has no chance of cooling down with a stove being cleaned!  I hope she gets to feeling better because I don't want to take work off tomorrow.  The reason why is because she will act and play just fine tomorrow but have a temp.  ANNOYING!  But I have to get her better before vacation next week!

Tonight I packed Paige for vacation so that is one less thing I have to worry about.  Seems like every night I'm busy so I had to take advantage of some packing tonight!

On a side note, I completed the Warrior Dash on Saturday.  It was so fun and I would do it all over again.  I hope they come back to Iowa next year.  I will post pictures once they get developed.  Yes, I did say developed!  Abby brought 2 disposable cameras with us so we could capture our run.  She is always thinking.

Sorry this is a quick post but wanted to make sure everyone knew I was still alive!  Have good night!

Wacky Wednesday

I would had blogged last night but yesterday was Tasty Tuesday and I didn't have a recipe available to share...or maybe I was too lazy to!  Sorry :)

We are prepping for the Lake of the Ozarks and Lindsey and I are busy planning our meals and making "LISTS" for what we need.  Vacation can't come soon enough.  Last night we helped Lindsey and Joey do some things with the baby room.  I knew it...Lindsey is starting to stress because she doesn't have any clothes.  Therefore, she can't organize any drawers in the baby's room.  So I was smart and suggested we make labels on paper and pretend we are organized!  It worked and made her feel a little better.  I told her she should had found out the sex of the baby!

Monday night was a maniac night and I didn't blog, as you can see!

We were driving to Target to get Bryon his 30th Birthday cards.  We get into the parking lot and I hear Paige crying.  I look back to her and see this....

I tried to get the comb out while we were in the parking lot but no such luck.  After 10 minutes I gave up and we proceeded into Target looking like this...

I sure did get lots of stares - maybe we should had went to Wal-Mart.  We would had fit in better!

I worked on her hair for about half hour when we got home...

Finally my sister had a great idea to get pliers and break the teeth off.  So we did that and Paige cried because I was breaking her comb!  I can never make that girl happy.  Maybe I should had left the comb in her hair?!

Tonight was going to be low keyed.  We ate supper and then Paige got balloons stuck in the ceiling fan.  Well it turned out, the ceiling fan needed dusted because dust balls were flying everywhere.  Thanks Paige for the incident because the balloons caused me to get in a cleaning mood for about 2 hours!  Now the house smells fresh and feels good :)  We did have one incident though.  I was mopping and just got done telling Paige to stay in the bedroom because the floor was going to be wet.  Well she got excited and ran out of the room and fell on the floor.  She looked like she was sliding head first into home plate!  Of course she cried but with a little TLC and an ice pack, she was all better!

Tonight I also got Paige registered for Vacation Bible School and a shelter reserved for Lindsey's baby shower.  I feel very productive tonight!  Well off to give Paige a bath!  Good night all and see ya later!

Trending Thursday

RED...WHITE...BLUE...is trending this week!

4th of July is one of my favorite holidays.  Bryon, Paige, and I spent our 4th doing the following below...

Kiddie Parade on July 3rd

 Paige and Izzy lining up for the Kiddie Parade

Paige and her friends

Should I mention Paige only rode her bike for maybe 10 steps and then cried because she couldn't do it!  Good thing Kirk Metz was following in the gator.  He picked us up!

I told Paige to smile for a picture and she automatically posed like this.  I must take too many pictures of her!  She sure does look cute on that 4 wheeler though :)

Highway Signing Vollers...what can I say????  We did good?  NOPE we did horrible!  But by the looks of the picture, one would think that we won the tournament.  Our "A" game was not there on the 4th.  But there is next year for us!  Can you tell I'm competitive and was not thrilled about losing our first 2 games?  Besides the competitiveness, we had a great time.

Previous posts may have shown Paige and Blakely in matching outfits...I LOVE dressing them alike!  I may be bias because Paige is my daughter and Blakely is my niece but they sure did look cute for the parade on the 4th.  

Paige was trying to give cousin B a kiss

Paige picked out the bags for the candy.  We took them empty and brought both home filled with candy.  When I got home from work tonight I took the candy and hid it because Paige will eat it all day long if I would let her!

Blakely and Paige watching the parade

The photo below is my favorite!  

I hope everyone else had a great 4th of July.