Weekend Wrap Up (August 15-17)

This past weekend was extremely busy and it was spent with family. It started early for Dave and the kids as daycare was closed on Friday.  Since I was spending the day at the Iowa State Fair for Iowa Corn Day, Dave was on kid duty and decided to invite his parents up for the day to spend some time  at the fair.  Unfortunately, the day was a little rainy, so there is no better way to spend a rainy day at the fair than with an ice cream break!

As usual, only one child is smiling.  Little C is sure enjoying her ice cream though!

Between R-man's nap time and the rain, they all heading home around lunch time so R-man and Grandpa could get their nap in.  Despite the rain, they all had a great day and the kids, as always, loved getting spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa!

Weekend Wrap Up (August 8-10)

This past weekend was awesome and we spent a lot of quality time as family. On Friday, Dave and I rode to work together and it worked out well because we picked up the kids on our way home from work. It had been a really long week so we decided to go out to eat. We've learned that going to eat early works really well with the kids because it's well before their bed time. After we were finished eating, I thought we should head to Cherry Berry in Ankeny to have dessert. Both kids loved it and R-man couldn't seem to get enough.

The kids enjoying Cherry Berry. R-man loved it!

Kids Update (July)

Here’s a quick update from this past month.

R-man is officially 1-year and Little-C is 2 yrs. and 7 mths. This past year has went by so quick. It makes me sad when I reflect back on how our lives have changed. I no longer have a little boy, I almost have a toddler that can walk.

A special thanks to Kari Bruck Photography for the awesome photos!

Age:
R-man is 12 months (I can't believe this past year went by so quick.) 
Little-C is 2 yrs. 7 mths.

Stats:

• R-man 
• Weight: 22.4 lbs. (66%)
• Height: 30.8" (85%)
• Head Circumference: 18 (40%)
• Little-C is 31 lbs.

New Home Update

I'm letting my husband Dave take over the blog again to give you another update on the construction of our new home.

It's only been 3 weeks since our last update, but the progress has been almost unbelievable.  At our last update they had just finished framing and had the windows installed.  So here's a quick synopsis of the last three weeks:

With the framing complete we conducted an "electrical walk through" with our Realtor and Randall the Superintendent of Remington Homes.  We thought we were done making decisions, well we were wrong.  There was no electrical installed when we did the walk through, the whole point of the meeting was to discuss and mark where we wanted outlets, light switches, lights, etc.  This was tremendously valuable to think about and nice to be able to make sure we had switches and outlets where we'd need them...we're hopeful we didn't forget anything, but Randall was great to work with and very thorough (this isn't his first house!).  We'll give some highlights of our decision through this blog.

We left our meeting at 1:30 p.m. on July 14th and they were only finishing up some framing items.  Shortly after 5 we received a text from our new neighbors letting us know they were shingling.  Why yes, they were and finished the whole roof yet that evening:

Shingling...they were much faster than I would have been...

Weekend Wrap Up (August 2 & 3)

This past weekend was a whirlwind and I'm wishing it was Friday. Today, I went to get Dave's car washed and took both kids with me. On the way to the wash, I asked Little-C what day it is tomorrow and she answered Friday, gosh how I wish that was true!!

On Friday evening, my parents came up since they had a scheduled massage with Jill Hanna at All about Massage. Jill does an awesome job and if you've never had a massage with "cups" you should try it sometime. It's calling a cupping massage and it's amazing, but you're back may look as if you've been hit in perfectly round circles once she's finished. When the cups are applied, they'll leave marks where you are tense. My back tends to be like that from time to time.

On Saturday morning, we ate a nice breakfast and headed to Urbandale for my parents massage. My Dad and I dropped my Mom off and we headed to my office so he could see what it looked like. I've been there about a year and a half and he hasn't seen where I go everyday!

After my parents were finished, we came back home for a nice lunch!  After lunch, my parents headed outside to shuck 110 ears of corn. Dave and I were excited to freeze some this year since the kids seem to love it. Dave was in charge of blanching the corn, I would cut it off the cob and then Dave would bag it in quart bags and freeze it. We ended up getting 30 quart bags. When the snow is flying this fall,fresh sweetcorn mixed with a little butter will be perfect!

After we were finished with the corn, Dave and I quickly got ready to head out to the Iowa Speedway in Newton. Kenny Wallace was going to make an appearance in the Iowa Corn suite, so we wanted to have the chance to meet him. Dave kept telling me how funny he was, but I didn't believe him until I heard him talk. He's a down to earth guy and it was great to hear him talk about how much he loves agriculture and the importance of E15 when they are racing!

Dave and I with the one and only, Kenny Wallace!

Dave with Kenny Wallace