Let the Chaos begin...

This weekend is always crazy busy for us and it all starts tomorrow. Tomorrow we go to moms around 3 and spend the afternoon and night there with family (yah, Ethan's first Christmas). Monday we spend with Eric's family at Grandma and Grandpa Olson's and Tuesday we get together at Grandma and Grandpa Ecker's around noon and after that we finish up at Aunt Lynn's for the Schumacher's Christmas. Wednesday its back to work for me (ugh). Eric will still be on Christmas break (lucky)... Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone has a safe, healthy and happy Christmas.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that we wont be opening any presents on Christmas because Lexie (our dog) did the honors for us a few days ago. : )

New Do!

Yesterday I took the entire day off to use up the remainder of my vacation. I hung out with mom and Ethan in the morning and then in the afternoon I had a hair appt. with Tina at the salon. I was ready for a change. I had 8 INCHES CUT OFF. (2 inches short of 10 which I could have donated to locks of love). I also have some bangs (swoopy bangs I call them) which also adds a new look. We have our work Christmas party tonight at the Radison Paper Valley in Appleton so I am planning on spiral curling them with the curling iron to give them a more dressy look. Tomorrow we have Christmas at the Olsons for the Beyer side, so it will be a busy weekend.

Float Building

This week has been a busy week at work. I was put in charge of coordinating a float for the Wrightstown Christmas Parade on Saturday and of course not many people were interested in volunteering. So I worked late on Monday and Tuesday and we got it finished. It looks pretty cute for the amount of time and volunteers we had. We did a Family theme. So we made a big fireplace and a big couch and I went to Menards and got a big rug and mom let us use her 10ft tree so we put lights and decorations on that and the plan is to have some kids on the float and an adult (that would be me) reading the the kids. I will try and take some pictures. Sure hope we don't get nasty weather like they are predicting. I will keep you posted.

The first picture is of our living room, the second and third picture is of the pots mom and I did up on Friday. We ran to Honeymoon Acres to buy some greens and then I cut the bittersweet at moms.

Christmas Decorations

Here are some pictures (just for Courtney and Kim) of our Christmas decorations this year. The pictures really don't look as good as the real thing, but since you cant stop over to see them this will have to do. I want to see pictures of your stuff too : )

Oh Chrismas Tree Oh Christmas Tree

Eric and I went this afternoon to pick out the perfect Christmas Tree. I love picking out our Christmas tree. It only took us about 15 minutes to find the perfect one and $28.00 later we have the most gorgeous tree in town.

Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Eric and I are going to mom and dads at 11:30 for lunch and then heading over to the Olson's for a later lunch. I sure do love Thanksgiving. We got snow last night too so everything looks really pretty. I helped mom bake pies yesterday and when I got home I decorated for Christmas. I usually decorate on Friday but I am watching little E on Friday at moms. I will take some pictures (just for you Kim : )

Happy Birthday to ME...

Today is my birthday! Yahooo.... The big "23". I got some really great presents. Mom got me crystal ornaments for our tree, Eric got me an ipod, G&G Olson gave me money, Erica from work got me a cool candle and candle holder, Sarah from work gave me a Target (I love that store) gift card. WOW, I think thats everything. I hope I didnt forget anybody. I took the entire day off of work to relax. Eric is taking me out to Victorias for dinner. I can't hardly wait. It has been a long time since I have been there. Well off to enjoy the rest of my day : ).

25th Wedding Anniversary

Saturday we had Brian and Brenda's Surprise 25th Wedding Anniversary party at Countryside Bar and Grill. We had karaoke and a mock wedding. Everyone had a great time.

Nothing Better...

There is nothing better than a long chat with a friend...
My friend Kelly came over to spend the day. We were interns together at the college. We spent the day chatting and went to the cafe for lunch. Tomorrow my other friend from college is coming over with her baby to visit. I am really excited because I have not seen them in quite a while.

Great Things Don't Always Come in Pairs

Eric and I had 2 mice in the house this past week. One in our bedroom and one in our dining room. We are hoping the cats are bringing them up from downstairs but were not real sure. So were on a mission to get some traps...

Newest Addition

Eric and I decided to get a fish. I found this really cute fish bowl on-line so I ordered it and went out to pick out a fish. I ended up picking out a male beta. He is red with a blueish tint to him. He is really pretty but not very active or hungry. I sure hope he doesn't die. Were keeping him at home for now but if the cats don't leave him alone I may end up taking him to work with me. Well have to see...