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Hey all! It has been so long since I last posted - what can I say Facebook took over my life! Well that and work!

Brad and I have started a new blog to now include our little one...check it out...

www.asformeandmytwofavroiteboys.blogspot.com

check it out - we will be updating that site from now on! Why not start all over when we start with our new family! Keep track of us!

What a year...

Crazy end of the year it has been! We have been crazy busy finishing the year out and getting ready for 2009...can you believe it is 2009, it feels like we just got married last year...oh wait that was 2005!

What has been new with us...well, we received the best gift ever on October 27th...a new little addition to our home to be added on July 2nd (or close to that)...we are having a little baby! Can you believe it? I know it is so hard for some to believe that I am going to go thru this pain...but I am sure it is worth it - I hope I make it thru it!!! ;) I am avoiding the shows, the friend's stories...all of it...I will deal with it when it comes in July!! he he! We honestly feel truly blessed with this little miracle...I can't believe it is happening! We are in our 3rd month now and waiting anxiously to find out what we are having...we went back and forth on it so many times and finally decided to find out...we find out in February! We will not find out with the second one! I am sure it will be here before we know it, but I am getting a little antsy! :)

Other than that big news...we have just been trying to get thru the first trimester and get the house ready for a little baby! We had some time off this week, so we cleaned out the bedrooms and got the nursery all cleaned out - well now it is back to a mess...one day I tell ya! This will make it easy for Brad to paint! :) he he - he loves me!! :)

Well, that is the big update for us - I promise I will get better at updating this more often!!! I couldn't update before without sharing, so I avoided!!!

xoxoxoxo!

simply love her...

The peanut...I am biased, but cutest 11 month old EVER! Way to go Scott & Heather - hope the next one is this cute!! I am sure she will be though!

what to do...

brad and i had our usual sunday afternoon date today, saw a movie and then grabbed dinner...it is always the most relaxing way to spend the afternoon! he normally gets to pick the movie & today he picked "body of lies", it was an interesting movie about the war in the middle east and so on. i could have done without it - too much violence, but it got me thinking - it is something that is a serious issue for the middle east and us as we are in the middle of it. it makes you think of all those people over there giving up their lives to fight for our freedom, makes me feel pretty lucky. especially knowing that someone close to me might be headed over there soon and someone i know and love is currently in officer training...scary thoughts...but, it got me thinking about who i am going to vote for, i still don't know. i was home sick from "school" (that is what i am calling work these days) for two days. it was interesting as i was watching countless hours of tv how crazy election years are. i don't think that anyone really tells me what they believe in, stand for and will do for this country. all they do is tell us what the other person did, how wrong they are for the job and that is really it. well, how do you know all of that stuff is true, who do you believe and how do you decide? i was always raised republican, well my family isn't the most political in the world. when grandma was around it was, but my parents really aren't that crazy. so, do i vote republican because that is what i know - because even after being online tonight and looking for what the two people stand for - i am split - i don't know who to vote for - should it be Nader? i guess i only have a week to decide...here is to countless hours trying to figure it out!

this past week, we attended the funeral for my sister-in-laws father, Rick. it was hands down the most beautiful service I have ever heard. Rick was an incredible man, he made everyone laugh, he was always interested in what you were doing and how you were doing...he rarely ever talked about himself and was such an incredible father to Heather and her siblings - you could see the love that they all had for him. Rick will be missed more than anyone can ever imagine...he truly blessed this world in a way that not many do. i knew him, but not well by any means - I learned more about him on friday than I thought I would and all of it was amazing. He made people feel like a part of his family, he always had the best jokes and a laugh that was unlike anything else. my heart goes out to the Websters and everyone that was involved in Rick's life. He was truly an amazing person. When listening to the service, the minister made a comment that in Rick's prayer list, he said "pray for the guy who needs gas" it made me think - what if we were all like Rick, all praying for the guy that needed gas or food on the table or a job...i can imagine that this world would be a better place. Rick was helping this world be a better place and i challenge us all to follow in his footprints...

catching up...

Been a little while since I have posted anything...time has gotten away - AGAIN!

This past week went by so fast, I am starting to wonder where the time goes & how it always seems to pass me by.

We had a fun weekend though - so at least that worked out! :)

Friday night, I had dinner with my good friend Lauren, while Brad went up to OWU for homecoming weekend. He watched the soccer team play and I caught up with Lauren. We had a great time - we went to Green Olive in the short north, great little place, reviews have been a little bit good and bad, but I thought it was great! We had a wonderful conversation - talked about love, life, the election coming up and everything else we could think of! I just love chatting with Lauren - she has some of the most amazing outlooks on life & they are very inspiring!

After dinner I plugged in take me home into Pappa (my car, yes he has a name). He took me thru the GHETTO! I was so scared for most of the drive - seeing what was going on around me and then having no clue where I was - I was a little scared! When I told Brad where I was all he said was "oh no, that isn't good"! I made it though...thank goodness! Added figuring out how to get home from downtown to my list of things to do! :)

Oh this is important too - OWU won 1 to 0. I have to say I am with my grandpa on this one - soccer gets boring! Did a girl who is married to someone obsessed with Soccer just say that?? YUP!

Saturday we watched the Buckeyes win another game...then we headed over to Kevin and Courtney's to have dinner and play poker. Brad has so much to learn - so much - once again he lost to Courtney - someday he will figure out that she never bets unless she can win - oh and she did win! She beat us all! The Foos' came over and we got to see little Remi - she is getting so big! I can't believe it! She wasn't even here last year - so crazy to think about! Now that school has started we don't get to see Cam to much anymore, so catching up with her was a much needed thing!

Courtney and little Remi

The most popular girl of the evening!

Kevin making his veggies

The Foos - what an ADORABLE family

Me and my chips - notice who is already out!!

Today, we spent the whole day furniture shopping - we were debating about getting a new couch for the TV room or maybe just a new chair. We couldn't find anything - so we decided to get new pillows and CURTAINS! I was so beyond excited - I believe we bought West Elm out! Brad is spending the evening hanging blocks, curtain rods and putting together our new book shelve! Tomorrow he is hanging our new ceiling fan and curtain rods...hope he can do it! It will be a good thing for him on his day off - stupid bank holidays! I love everything though - so I am really excited about it! I can't wait to see it all put together! YAY! Three years later the house is almost complete! WOOO HOOO!

Brad and his incredible hanging abilities!

Hope everyone is enjoying the fall weather!!!

updated on us...

been a little while since we have written...what a crazy month it has been. we can't believe that it is almost October...how scary fast the year has gone by! It seems like just yesterday was February!

This past year has been a crazy one for us, some of our family moved to NC, we lost many that we loved dearly, we experienced a hurricane in OHIO...what???, I saw parts of the world that I never thought I would, Brad took the Cain cup back, we played golf together many times & brad won all of them, we have been able to spend time with our two adorable nieces, watching them grow into big girls...I could go on and on...what a crazy year - hard to believe it is almost over!!

This past weekend, we decided to take a road trip to visit Brian, Karin and Caroline. It was so good to see them! We miss them so much! We had such a great trip...we decided to drive down and it was an experience from the beginning!

Brad got pulled over in Athens County for going 75 in a 55, made out with a $100 ticket - way to go Cain...we then got lost - nice job navigation, finally 7 hours later we made it down there! I will say the one thing I miss the most about CO is the mountains and being in them all day was just perfect for me! We got down there in time to have dinner with everyone and see Caroline before she went to bed. We were exhausted, so we then all went to bed. Long day of traveling!

Saturday, the guys played golf and the ladies decided to go to the Biltmore in Ashville. We jumped in the car, strapped Caroline in and made our way...the short drive we got there...what a breathtaking place. 8,000 acres of beautiful countryside and you can't see anything else in the distance. We toured the house, walked the gardens and then headed home. Caroline was such a tropper thru it all, she didn't fuss or anything - she was so taken aback by everything in the house...she just kept looking around and around...

We then packed up the car and headed home. Karin had to change Caroline's diapers and I decided to wash my hands with sanitizer...so I put my rings on top of the car...well I noticed the trunk was still open and needed to be shut, so I went to the back of the car and shut the trunk, got in the car and we proceed to leave. Thank goodness Karin had the diaper in her hands and had to stop at a trash can to throw it away - I looked down at my hand which felt a little lighter and no rings...it hit me - they were still on top of the car - I thought my heart was going to beat out of my chest - I jumped out of the car and thank goodness they had gotten stuck in the sunroof lip and were still up there! Oh my - I would have cried - well I almost was! How horrible!

We got back to Brian and Karin's had a great dinner and then headed to bed early again - we were all so tired! The next morning we went to brunch and then hit the road...what a great weekend...I wish we could have stayed longer, but we both had to get up and work on Monday!

Here are some pictures from the weekend...mostly of little Caroline...

Caroline having fun at lunch!

The Biltmore - Brad can I move here?!?!?

Caroline in the Gardens

xoxox! More soon!