Welcome to the world Emily Dennise!!

Our friends Erik and Liz had a baby girl!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Here are some pics. I hope they don't mind that I share these on my blog, but I am so happy for them, I just had to share! Here she is with her new mommy and daddy! I wish you both the best of luck with the newest member of your family! She is BEAUTIFUL!!

10 fingers, 10 toes, nice pink color and she already looks like her mommy! yup, perfect from head to tiny little toe! 

Emily and Mommy. I must say Liz, for just giving birth you look REALLY good. must be all those mommy hormones!  

Emily and Daddy. Look how proud he is and happy too! Erik is going to be a great dad, I know he is!  

I can be in a movie too!!!

Thanks to KSoFM and Karissa, Kevin and I had fun doing the trailer!

http://www.weddingcrashersmovie.com/crashthistrailer/index.htm?id=111888

WELCOME HOME WRDPLYR!

he's back!! No, he didn't die, turns out he was on a massive, much needed vacation! WRDPLYR, I tried to comment on your blog, but alas you have the comment option turned off! Your pics of Nova Socia are beautiful! I especially found the Chateau Mont Sainte-Anne waterfall hot tub intriquing! I think I'm going to add that to my "places I want to go before I die" list! so anyway, anyone interested in seeing wrdplyr's awesome vacation pics... www.wrdplyr.blogspot.com

HAPPY BIRTH-IVERSARY

It was Kevin's Birthday today. He's 26! That means he is closer to 30 than 20, which was depressing for him to realize. Tomorrow is our 2 year Anniversary! It seems like we've been married longer than 2 years!

After I got off work, I was going to drive home, change then go pick up a birthday cake for Kevin..however those plans were ruined when I got home and saw that Kevin had gotten home early. We got ready for an early dinner. We decided to eat at The View, which is supposedly a very fancy restaurant in the Casino. Well, we drive all the way out there (across the lake) and we park, walk in, and at the door I asked the girl how to get to the View from the main casino enterance... she pointed. We got to the doors... and oh my god.. wouldyalookatthat! They are CLOSED on Mondays. I have NEVER known any business that is open all week except MONDAYS! How completely odd is THAT! I was frustrated at the Valet parking girl, she could have told us it was closed instead of pointing us in the right direction.

We went to a different restaurant instead. Kevin's mom's friend owns the place. I was offered and accepted a waitressing job there tonight. only one day a week. I figure it's extra cash in my pocket for gas and whatnots. The waitresses get paid 5.50/hour plus tips. I think the tips are going to be very nice in a place like that. After dinner we went out with a couple of friends and hung out, played some darts, blackjack and pool.

Tomorrow we are going to attempt to go to The View with my parents. It is their anniversary tomorrow as well. I forget how long they've been married... probably like 200 years or something.

I don't work tomorrow, I have to remember to get mr. pie some more Rx cat food from the vet. He has a clean bill of health for those of you sitting on the edge of you seat, waiting to hear how he is doing. The only weird thing about him now is that he likes to hang out and sleep in the bath tub.

And here... to end my post.... a chicken.

Went to the lake... then Karissa stalked me.

Tonight we just chilled at the lake. BBQ some chicken and pork chops, and a steak, and burgers, and brauts, and some corn on the cob. YUMMMMY!

I got home and began posting pics on my blog... then all of a sudden it seemed Karissa was posting comments BEFORE the pics actually posted... get a life... seriously Karissa...

Just kidding, I love getting your comments!

cutest couple EVER! Kevin and I pose while I hold up the camera.. I can't believe it actually turned out! 

Farnum's first fish that he would let be that close to him. He doesn't really like to touch them. 

CUTEST LITTLE BOY EVER. And he is a total gentleman too. He's 7 and always says please and thank you. Wendy raised him to be respectful.. Grandpa would be very proud! 

Tab is just way TOO cute in this pic! Derek is trying to untangle her line... silly Tabitha! 

This is Tab (R) and her sister Wendy (L)(Farnum belongs to Wendy... Guess how old Wendy is?) 

Wendy thinks that this little pike would taste pretty good with some tartar sauce.... I would never get that close to a fish with my face... ew. 

The boys... fishing with marshmellows and corn on the cob. From Left to right. Farnum, dad, Kevin and Derek. just too cute. 

Derek and Farnum. You can't really SEE it but Farnum is holding a fishing pole with his first fish ever. Look at how incredibly CALM the lake was... it was beautiful! 

Farnum leaning against the tube... he said he'll never go on one that is in the water. 

Dad chillin'  

SEX OFFENDERS

Karissa posted links to the North Dakota Sex Offender list. There are 5 that live in Devils Lake. One of them.. listed below... lives down and across the street from me. I did not know this until Karissa posted the link and I checked it out. I want to ad that I live RIGHT ACROSS THE FREAKIN' STREET from the middle school. His house faces the playground... a clear view of the playground. notice what his age his victims are...

THIS SHOULD BE WAY WAY WAY WRONG! They shouldn't be permitted to live that close to a school!



Demographic Information:
Date of Birth: 11/23/52
Sex: MALE
Race: WHITE
Height: 5-09
Weight: 160
Eyes: BROWN
Hair: BROWN

Residence Address:
911 5TH AVE NE APT 1
DEVILS LAKE, ND 58301
RAMSEY CO.

Registration Information:
Expiration Date: Lifetime
Last Address Verification: 05/04/05

on that note...

Last night I drove to GF to work a shift this morning at the hotel to keep my profit sharing money. Last night I hung out with Blake. On our way to Dairy Queen (I NEEDED a Mint Oreo blizzard!!!) we saw the sunset was exceptionally colorful. I apted on continuing our journey to the DQ.. Blake on the other hand "YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO go get your camera, I know you want to so just go do it.. DO IT" so he forced me to get my camera and take these photos. Unfortunately by the time we got out of town far enough to get some pics... the sun was pretty much done for the day. It clocked out and headed for the horizon, but I got some cool ones I think. Before all these oranges and reds, it was red to purple to pink to yellow... it was really pretty.

work was interesting. Some stuff has been changed (for the good) and it was a little weird going back after a month and a half. But It was nice to see peeps.

The clouds were really cool look'n last night. It looked like it was going to storm... but it just sprinkled instead.  

BEAUTIFUL colors 

The thing I'd miss most if I moved away from ND. 

fun storm clouds 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I dont know why I didn't realize it until just recently... but If I were to have a big crush on a celebrity...which I usually don't... it would be johnny depp. He's old I know (well too old for me anyway) but I still think he's hot. He is also a very talented actor. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was excellent. Johnny Depp can pretty much play any role that he is handed. I saw Secret Window a couple weeks ago... and it was a good movie. I dont think I like the plot all that much, but he plays the lead role perfectly. ANyway, thats my thing about Johnny Depp. My new Hollywood crush.. yet I'm not too sure why. But for those of you who agree with me... here are some pics below for your enjoyment.

old enough to be a step father... but still hot... but not sean connery hot...cause he isn't THAT old yet. how old is Johnny Depp? 

much sexier in real life! (or with the help of perfect makeup and lighting) 

not so much hot in this one as he is totally psychotic, however... still somewhere on the hotness scale. 

Art, music and a sunburn.

This weekend, we met Karissa and Doug in GF and we drove to Fargo to take in the Street Fair (or Art Fest as some may bave called it) It was HOT Saturday. 95 degrees with no cloud cover and hardly a breeze. We walked up and down Broadway for about three or so hours. There were WAY more vendors than I thought there was going to be. Lots of arts and crafts... enough to last me a month at least. There were painters, sketchers, photographers, crafters, jelly makers, tye dyers, and much much more. There was live music on every block. We had to break every block or so and sneak into an air conditioned building. It was good Isabella wasn't with us, she would have never made it in that heat. Out of the whole deal, Kevin and I bought homemade dip seasoning and one of those optical illusion wind chime thingies... it doesn't actually chime...its a rose and when the wind spins it, it looks like it's growing... oh and I got a sunburn...first of the summer! I haven't had much time to be outside for any long periods of time, so I dont' care about the sunburn, it was just fun to be outside!

ANYWAY, Saturday night we ate at a FANTASTIC restaurant in Moorehead, MN called The Speak Easy it's a 20's themed place where the waitresses wear all black with black ties and a tilted, black Fedora. The food was awesome and it was a nice break from the usual.

On Sunday we ate lunch at Space Aliens because they have the best BBQ sauce on the face of the planet! We met up with our friends Erik and Liz. Liz is due on Kevin's Birthday, so Liz, I hope you can hold little Emily in for about another week or so! It was nice seeing them again! We left Fargo and made a quick stop in Mayville to pick Isabella up from Karissa's mom's place. That is where we got those adorable photos below. Bell Bell wasn't in the best of moods, but thats okay, we interupted nap time, so we can't expect any better.

That was our relaxing weekend. Now I drive back to GF tomorrow so I can work a shift Wednesday morning. I need to stay on their payroll so I can be eligable to get my profit sharing MONEY. $4,000! I am short only 100 hours or so and I have until December to make it up. Only thing is that I need to work at least once every two weeks to stay on payroll so I don't get a separation notice. But that'll be cool to go back to GF Comfort every once in a while.

Hope everyone's week started out fantastic!

I make suckin' my thumb look cool. 

"huh? wha... did you say something?nevermind, I don't care." If you look closely you can see a big crocadile tear running from her left eye... poor Isabella. 

Her face lit up when Doug walked into the room... too cute