2/0 Two more Days to Go!!

Spencer won his first two matches in state yesterday. It was no easy task, but he came through! Here are the pics from the first match

The matches were not won with out cost
there were bloody noses, head butting, scratches from head to toe, a black eye and a VERY swollen nose

He one the first match 2 to 1! A very close match.

The second match was a real nail bitter! He won 3 to 2 in triple overtime. It was literally the most intense match I have ever seen.

They even took the ref down in the process. This pic was taken right before he hit the mat!

I take partial credit, I have been prepping him for his meets all week!

Good Job Speen We are so proud of you! He wrestles one match today, if he wins he will be on to the finals. Stay tuned...

Please Stop Humping me.......

I am in SLC visiting my parents this week... and THIS is Dakota, and THIS is the look he gets on his fluffy little face right before he is about to do the deed........ With that little problem aside, all else is going well on my trip to SLC stay tuned for more updates....

Happy Birthday Brett!!!!!

This Saturday was Brett's 27th Birthday. We had a great day filled with Strawberry waffles, basketball, golf, scotch pancakes, seafood, birthday cake, and a Movie!!

Happy birthday Babe, I am so Glad that I have you!!!!

Happy Birthday Speen!!!

Happy 17th Birthday Speen, this year we wated to give you a special surprise.....

Business in the front....

Party in the Back!!!!

Happy Birthday Spence.... We thought you would like this....

Hocking Hills

It's cold today, too cold for a walk, and as my crazy dog runs tireless cirlces around my house, my thoughts drift...I ask myself "Does this dog ever tire?" and just then I remember, "yes, I think he got tired once, a really long time ago."Last fall we took Rusty up to Hocking Hills to do some hiking. He absolutely loved it, it was a sensory overload. I think he sniffed every square inch of the trails we walked.

We spent about two hours hiking...and eventually he got so worn out that every time we stopped he took a brief second to look around....(as shown below)

And then he sprawled out in the biggest puddle of mud that he could find!

What a fun day....

Happy Birthday to ME

Last friday (the 16th) was my 24th Birthday! I tend to celebrate the week before... and the week after my birthday, so the week started out with a special Birthday breakfast at Kara's house. I didn't have to work on my birthday, which is a birthday present in and of itself! I had a whole day full of fun! Brett made me breakfast in bed, then I went back to sleep. Later on some of my friends took me to lunch at Panera Bread!

After Brett got home from school we went over to Easton (a big out door mall in Columbus)
Brett, Jami, Landon and Kara met us there to eat at the Cheesecake factory!

I received lots of wonderful gifts, and I ate lots of wonderful food (including tuxedo cheesecake!) This is me, Jami and Baby girl Anderton.

Me and Kara.

After dinner we went to the movies to see Bride Wars, which by the way was really cute!!! The perfect end to a perfect night!

It was such a good BiRtHdAy I even got to blow out candles TwIcE!!!

The sunday after my birthday Jami made me a cake and invited some people over for cake and Ice cream!

Thanks everyone for a good birthday!!!

Jack's Back

Ok, SeRiOuSlY... Did ya'all see 24 last night, cause it was ReA lLy good!

I would just like to take a moment to express my excitement that Jack is Back in my life! I have a good feeling about this season!
http://www.fox.com/24/characters/

Merry Christmas

Given the fact that we stayed here in Columbus this year for christmas, we decided to get all decked out in the christmas decor!

We even got a real tree! As you can see by the devious look in our little Rusty's eyes, he finds the tree irresistable. He literally cannot keep his wet little nose out of the tree!

Even our couch is decked out! These are the many homemade gifts we have received over the years from Brett's parents!

We never got around to buying a star... poor little starless tree!

However the decorations Brett got me totally made up for it, Aren't they cute!

These are our stockings hung form the chimney with care.... (a little cheesy, but I couldn't resist!)

We even have a have a dying poinsettia!

Look at all of the christmas cards we received this year! Just one of the benefits of living out of state.

Merry Christmas everyone! There will be more pictures to come.

The Fire Place is done... Almost

After many hours of hard work by LOTS of people, The mantel is DONE (well it is 99 percent done, we still have to glue on the decal.) This post is a little recap on how it became BEAUTIFUL!

This is what we started with when we bought the house...

Here are the bones...
The design is my dad's Brain child, we would have never come up with something so pretty, cool and awesome on our own! Here is what we have, after going to 4 lumbar stores, and then back to some again, and again... cutting, and recutting, caulking, filling nail holes, screwing, measuring, and MORE SANDING!

Here is Brett painting his little heart out, Brett would describe it as the "worst thing he has ever done." (he must have a really easy life) but it was really tedious! here was the process...

Sand, caulk, prime, sand, prime, paint, paint,caulk and touch up. Thats 283 dental teeth, 13 different layers of crown molding! But it was worth it, not to mention the great deals we got on the main pieces of molding, only ten dollars for the two main pieces, which saved us about 200 dollars!

Heere is the finished product, and it looks absolutely PERFECT!!

Thanks mom, dad and Brett!!!

burr....summer please come back....

It is absolutely FREEZING cold here in the great state of OHIO, and what do we get in return....NOTHING (but freezing rain,) and to be honest, it is really starting to make me mad! (a toned down version of how I really feel) In my opinion "The COLD" is good for one thing and one thing only, and that is MAKING SNOW, but not only are there no mountains, let alone hills here to ski on, we have gotten all but three snow flakes. So friends, to sum things up


If I can't be doing this.........

I would rather be doing this..............

but instead we are doing this.......

AND IT IS REALLY MAKING ME MAD!!!