Happy December!

Its officially december! is that nuts or what? i cant beleive that christmas is in 25 days!! ahh!!! i need to finish my shopping soon! i only have 3 more people to buy for! so thats a relief!!! Today dad and i were home alone, so we decided to pull out all of the christmas decorations. we set up the village by the steps(the picture is a result of our mess) And the other one, is of sokee with the cute bow i put on her! We got sokee as a christmas gift four years ago! Mom and i are going to get the tree on saturday, so i will post our tree then! have a lovely day!!

Happy Halloween

So do you want to know what im doing right now? Im watching football! haha. Im kind of bummed because i was supposed to take Kurtie Trick or Treating... But his big sister will never be as cool as his school friend. Oh well.... what can you do? Now im sitting at home with my dad. Just the two of us. The good thing about This day, is tomorrow is November, which means we are in the Midst of Christmas season.(Happy Sigh) This is my favorite time of the year. I cant wait for this holiday season! it will definatly be a good one!
The Halloween Party Last night was a good one. There ended up being 9 of us there. It was good to see all the old friends again. We had fun. These are some pictures from the night....
Enjoy! :)

Nicole Sam Me Emily(Good Grade School Friends)

Me and Emily(We've been friends for 10 years!)

Sammy and Me

Nicole, Ashley, Matt, Melanie(Alice in wonderland Characters)

Me and Nicole

BOO!!!!

We are in the final week of October here.... And halloween is just around the corner...
Updates on my costume.
Im no longer going to be Alice, I am going to be a fairy instead, i bought these awesome wings and i have a super flowy dress i usually wear to weddings to go perfectly!!! Cant wait!
And as for my little buddy kurt... I bought him a darth vader costume from JoAnnes(awesome price!)..... And i bought him a breathing box that sounds like Mr. Vader himself.... hes pretty pumped on that!
I will take pictures of the costumes and post them after halloween...
For tonight however, the group is going to a haunted hayride... not for sure where, but i am to go to the lassilas for 8, and go with the wind from there!!!

Happy October

Man... before you know it, we will be in full spring for christmas time. I already have songs buzzing around in my head.
Today my aunt carol and grandma came over, and we had lunch and made cards and visited. Then we took a nice long walk down the dirt road by our house.. with some good company.
A lot has been going on the past month, and a lot more coming up! With christmas around the corner, i have started making up my list.. i already have two gifts down! And im in working mode on another gift!
There is a lot coming up in the next few weeks....
October 30th- Alice in Wonderland Themed Party
October 31st- Taking Kurtie Trick or Treating
November 6th- Rachel's wedding
November 11th- Frankenmuth Trip with Anna and Chandra
November 13th- Kristines baby shower!

Im am very excited for all the festivities coming up! Im going to be Alice for halloween... i am making my costume and i have everything for it but some finishing touches! It should be a good time! :)

Welcome Fall!

Where in the world did september go? Theres only 3 days left in the month before Fall!!! thats just nuts!!!! Im not complaining though, this is my favorite time of the year! I absolutly love fall! And Everything about it... the colors, the smells, the cool air! I have already finished knitting a scarf, and im halfway trough another one that im making for Chandra, and i just started one up for Anna. My goal is to be a knitting queen by the end of winter... Ugh, winter.... i dont even want to think about snow on the roads yet. I can handle them on the ground, but driving in crazy weather like that is just terrifying!!!
I did however, just get home from a trip to the U.P. last night. It was so nice to see the boys again! We got a lot accomplished in our 3 days.... Chandra and i rolled in on wednesday night around 1130.. and we saw the boys for about an hour. Even though we wanted to visit longer, they still had school in the morning. So we hiked up to hills across the street to Chans aunt and uncles house... how lucky were we that we were so close to the boys? And let me tell you, we stayed in heaven while we were up there. Dawn and David have a beautifully finished basement... we had our own living room, bedroom, bathroom and sauna.... oh and a hot tub! It was like we were in our own little cottage! And in the morning when we woke up and got our coffee... we had this amazing veiw of the canal. I am so bummed that i didnt take pictures of it! next time though ;)
When we woke up thursday morning i drove myself out to the family camp to visit with my grandma for the day, and she made lasagna for dinner when the rest of the gang joined me later. Oh and did i mentioned we did a sauna swim??? Superior was cold, but not as frigid as i thought it would have been this time of year.
On Friday we all went to the Mine Shaft for some bowling, and went to Jims Pizza in Hancock for dinner.... then that night me brian and paul went out to kyds. It was so nice to see some old friends and catch up!
On Saturday we spent the day relaxing and watched Michigan kick some butt! Erik made us all dinner that night, sweet barbequed Pork Ribs... it was soo good!!!
And then Sunday came faster then i blinked, and we were on our way home... we did however stop in mackinaw to meet with some of the Kempeinens and ate lunch and did a little sight seeing....
It was a wonderful, beautiful, relaxing weekend.... we are planning on going on another trip in october!! :) i cant wait!!!

summers coming to rest.....

I know i know... its only the first week through august.... but i cant help but get excited! as much as i love summer, im ready to get back to school. After this break im totally pumped to get back in swing. School starts in just a few weeks. And the boys will be leaving shortly after that. The whole family is up north right now except for me brian and erik... so its been nice just having some quality time with my older brothers before they have to leave for another nine months. But im defiantly planning on visiting them this year. I havent been too good at all about going and seeing them.... not once actually. But Chandra and I are planning some weekend trips. I was able to cram my school schedule all into two days, which im very thankful for! So i will be able to take a long weekend trip with no fuss! I am pretty excited to go up north in the fall.... ive never seen the fall leaves up there, only pictures... and you know what they say, pictures wont do it justice.
The Ludington trip was such a good trip! Ive never gone on vacation anywhere but hermits cove. I will have to post the picture of all 11 of us who went when i get it. If your unaware, my cousin Kristine is expecting, so it was nice to see her and her little baby bump!
Not much else though....
enjoy the rest of your august if im not around ;)