Crazy Week... again!

I love this time of year, but it seems like there is always too much to do and not enough time. Although I must say this is the first year ever that I have all my shopping done before Christmas Eve! I am so proud of myself; everyone's presents are bought and wrapped!!

We have been very busy again this week. For starts my brother's basketball season has started and we don't miss a game! So every Tuesday and Friday night we are cheering him on. Colton loves going to the games, he is mesmorized by all the movement and loud noises. Tonight we are off to Maple Grove to watch him play!

Last Sunday we spent all day baking Christmas cookies and candies! It was a blast. We went to Frankie's moms house, and his brother and his family were there as well. We had so much fun, and now we have enough sweets in the house to last us until Easter! Well unless my brother comes over then they will only last a few hours.

Colton is 6 months old on Saturday, which of course means doctor appointments again. Yup we went to the doctor on Wednesday. He weighs 20 pounds 7 ounces and is 29" long. He is the 90th percentile for boys his age... not too bad if you ask me! He of course had to get shots again, and for about 30 seconds I was his worst enemy but he got over that pretty quick. We had pictures taken again, his 6 month pics. They turned out so cute. This time we did family ones as well and they are awesome. All three of us wore Viking Jersey (no surprise right!), and they turned out so good. We also did singles of Colton in his jersey and we did some Christmas/Winter pics of him in a little snowman sweater vest. I get to go pick them up today, although we have already seem them becuase they are all digital and you get to see your pics about 15 minutes after you sitting.

Last night I went to a dinner theater with my mom, my sister and some of my mom's girlfriends. And it was a blast! We saw "A Don't Hug me Christmas Carol". It is a Minneasota-Hill-Billy version of the Christmas Carol, and let me tell you by the end of the show my jaw hurt from laughing! It was awesome. It was at the Hudson House in Hudson, WI. It is a very small little theather. Only seats about 100, maybe 150! I think we are actually planning on going again. I think Frankie would love it. We are going to try to get tickets to go on Thursday Dec 28th. If anyone is interested in going with us I can send you the info. Tickets are $45 but that includes dinner.

Other than all of that not much is new. I am still searching for a job, and I think I may finally be on the right track. I am trying to get a job where my mom works. They are hiring for a full time Administrative Assistant, so keep your fingers crossed for me!

White Christmas

I saw White Christmas last night at the Ordway in St Paul. And it was amazing. I am still in awe over how amazing the dancing and singing was as well as the sets. It was unbelievable. The best part of the entire show was the end. Of course they end the show with the whole cast singing White Christmas, and before you know they had snow falling from the ceiling all the over the audience. It was amazing, of course it wasn't real snow if some of you were wondering, but it was the coolest thing I have seen in a long long time! If anyone was thinking of going, but decided not too becuase of money, I would say that it is totally worth the money. I have never been to a show like this and I can honestly say I am hooked. I wish I was rich so I could afford to go to more shows like this. I am really considering getting tickets to see Chicago if anyone would be interested. I believe the show comes here in February and stays until the beginning of April. If anyone is interested I will look into prices and availability.

What a Crazy Week

Happy Thanksgiving
Watch out for sharks!
Santa is the Coolest Person Ever

This past week has been crazy! It all starts with Thanksgiving. We went to Frankie's brothers house for Thanksgiving. They made two turkeys... yup you read that right two turkeys! One was baked in the oven and other one was deep fried. And I must say they were both awesome! I ate so much turkey, and of course everything else that goes with that great meal. Then that night we headed to my parents house where we played a little Texas Hold'em and ate more turkey! I am starting to think that Thanksgiving is the best Holiday ever!

But then came Friday. I of course had to work on the Nations biggest shopping day. I worked 7am-5pm. And let me tell you the mall was crazy... but my store was pretty quite, imagine that people weren't buying work boots on the busiest shopping day of the year. But I had it easy, becuase back at home Frankie and my dad were beginning another home remodeling project. Yup that's right another one. When will it end? They started to install the new windows. We got all new windows for the main level (except Colton's room, those were done before he was born!). They worked on the windows all day Friday, all Saturday and finished up on Sunday. The one that took the longest was our big bay window in the living room, but it is all worth it. The windows look awesome. We just have to put the trim around them and they are done!

Monday I worked again and then I tried to get the house back in order. Let me tell you, there was sawdust on everything!

Then Tuesday we decided we needed a break so we went to the Mall for most of the afternoon. We went to Underwater World. Which is awesome if you have never been there. Colton loved it, you are in a tunnel with fish and SHARKS all around you. He just layed in his stroller and starred! Then we decided to go see the World's Largest Gingerbread House, which was okay but not worth a special trip. Then the best part... we went to see Santa. We were a little worried that Colton would cry, but instead he just laughed and smiled the whole time. It was so much fun.

So that covers my crazy week. Today I am just sitting at home doing nothing and it is kinda nice. Although I do need to do some laundry. Frankie started his new job today. He is back at the Crowne Plaze in St Paul. He is the Executive Sous Chef. He was pretty excited so I hope his first day back is a good one. They are putting in a new resturant at the hotel, and once the new one opens the Carousel will be history. So if you want to go you better hurry, becuase by May it will no longer exist!

Other than all that craziness, I am going to see A White Christmas at the Ordway on Sunday and I am so excited. I have never been to the Ordway, I hope it is good... which of course it will be .

Halloween Pictures

I know it took me a while, but here they are. Halloween is hands down my favorite holiday. I am already counting down the days until ScareFest 2007. I hope you enjoy the pics.

http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=43571869&ver=102906

Other than that, not much new here. I printed out all of Colton's pictures from birth through 4 months... 300+ pics. So now I really need to get scrapbooking. I was thinking maybe Saturday, I think I am just going to go sit at the Scrapbook store if anyone else wants to join me. I was planning on the one in Woodbury, but I would be willing to go the Mall of America if that works better!

My Little Man...

Isn't he the cutest little man you have ever seen? I love this picture! I am working on getting our Halloween Party Pics on here, but there are a ton of them so I am trying to pick out the best ones. Happy Halloween, I hope you don't get beat up by any little goblins tonight!

I hate Projects!

We have been busy working on the house and I hate it. Everything is a mess, nothing looks complete and it won't be over for quite a while! Last weekend we redid the roof. It looks so much better. We put on new shingles, vents, and facia. We also put in some recesssed lights in the kitchen, computer room and Colton's room. It was easier to do it once the roof was open, that way my dad could get in the attic. We also insulated the attic as long as we had it open! It stays so much warmer in the house now, so hopefully our X-cel bill will be much much lower this winter. Anyways that project is done, but there is more to come. We ordered all new windows for the house last week. They will take about 3 weeks to come in and then that project will start. It will be nice to have all new windows becuase the ones that we have now are horrible. I can feel the wind right through them. Anyways, once that project is done that should be it for this winter. But next Spring we are residing the house! The projects are never ending, but it will all be worth it in the end! This picture was taken in July 2006. Next July you won't even recognize this house, at least I hope it looks better!

Colton is 4 Months Old!

Hey there everyone. Can you believe it Colton is four months old already! We took him to the doctor last night for his four month check-up. He weighs 17 pounds 6 ounces and is 25 inches long. He is quite the little chunk. The doctor said he is very healthy! Yeah, she also said we could start feeding him cereal... so tonight we gave that a try. Colton was not too excited about the cereal but I am sure the more the eats it the more he will like it. Colton sleeps through the night, yeah for me! He sleeps for about 10 hours straight at night. He is always smiling and giggling. It is so much fun, although I have no idea what we used to do in our freetime, becuase now it is all about Colton. Other than that not much else new. We are looking forward to Halloween, because we all now that Halloween is the best Holiday of them all. That is all the news I have for now.

Here is a link with pics of Colton. Most of them are recent pictures but some are a little bit older, they are just so cute I had to include them.

http://apps.rockyou.com/rockyou.swf?instanceid=41736548&ver=060913

Hope you like the pics!

What is going on?

I have been watching CNN all morning and it is so disturbing knowing that someone would walk into a school and shoot 10 innocent little girls. What is going on in this world? The man obviously was very disturbed. But what really bothers me is this.... they keep saying that he lost a daughter 9 years ago. She died 20 minutes after she was born and he said (in a letter) that he hasn't been the same ever since. He stated that he is mad at God for taking his daughter from him, but yet on Monday morning this same man that was so hurt stormed into a school and took 5 little girls from their families. So if he was so hurt by losing his daughter why would he want to put so many other families through the same thing? I am at a loss of words, and I look at Colton I couldn't imagine what I would do if someone took him from me. I can't even pretend to imagine that I know what those families are going through, but I do know that it makes me appreciate every minute that I get to spend with my family and friends. I guess no matter who you are or where you live you are not safe, and it is sad that we have to live in a world like this.