Saturday, May 24, 2008

Movie Mania....

Because it's a 3-day weekend and the weather outside is not so perfect (rainy and very windy) I rented a few movies. So....that's what we'll be doing this weekend (along with the occasional load of laundry and a few dishes).

We're hoping the weather is nice enough sometime this weekend to go to the cemetery to say hello to a couple relatives. Hope everyone has a safe Memorial Day and gets to do some fun things!!

New Toy....

This is our new camera. I've been wanting to get a new one for the longest time (it's an anniversary present for the both of us). It's a Kodak EasyShare Z1285. It's a high definition 12.1-megapixel with a 5x optical zoom. I haven't had much time to experiment with it yet because the weather outside is not co-operating with me this weekend. But from the messing that I have done I think I'm going to enjoy this camera a lot!


Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Coloring....

Coloring is one of my most favorite things I like to do. I don't usually color unless I'm coloring with someone -- Usually between the ages of 2 and 5. But on occasion I will get out my coloring books and crayons our and do a little coloring.

But, coloring takes practice....
and TOTAL concentration!

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Childhood Friends

A couple weekends ago Nick and I drove down to Omaha to meet up with my friend Kelsey and her husband, Simon. It had been 5 years since we'd seen each other. We email quite a bit and exchange Christmas cards, but we hardly ever get together. So this evening was long overdue. Kelsey and I have been friends since we were maybe 12 years old. Our fathers were both in the autobody business and every summer they had these camp-outs that we would attend so we would always enjoy playing, swimming, just having fun. I also used to go down during the summer to Omaha and spend a couple days with Kelsey and her family.

It's funny that after 5 years we still had plenty to talk about and it was really nice to sit down and catch up. We both said we'll have to do it again and hopefully it will be soon and not 5 years down the road. Thanks Kels for a good evening of catching up!


One of the summer trips to Omaha. I think we are 14 or 15 here

This picture cracks me up!! I have no idea what we are doing!!
Kelsey, Me & Alysha, Kelsey's younger sister.
This was during one of the camp-outs for Autobody.
Not sure how old we are here, maybe 11 or 12. I had some bad hair!!! ha!


Monday, April 21, 2008

I Wanna Rock & Roll all night......

We have discovered this new band, called The Away Team, they are out of Kansas City. The drummer, Chris Sweetland is a native of Wayne, Nebraska and also a classmate of Nick from High School. Chris had called us up and told him they were coming to Wayne to play a show at Riley's and asked if we could spread the word (pass our flyers, cds, posters, etc.). We were more than happy to help them out. They are really good...Their CD is awesome, but they are so much better live!! They like to compare themselves to Jimmy Eat World -- They are a mix of Rock and Alternative with their own sound. Here are a few pictures from the long, awesome night we had with them. And I say long, because we ended up having them over to our house for a little after-bar party and we didn't get to bed until 4 a.m.!!!! Good times!!

We told them we wanted our picture taken with them, so when they get ridiculously famous we could sell this picture on Ebay!!
Me, Cindy & Mindy enjoying the show!The 3 Amigos -- Amanda, Nick and I
Jeff Limer - Lead Vocals & Guitar
Q Schmidt - Bass
Chris Sweetland - Drums