February Flashback-Heartland of America Band

February in Iowa is quite blah.
We tried to spice it up a bit with this concert. The guys were quite entertaining, telling jokes between the songs. And the music was great.
I'll admit I knitted during this concert. And lost one of the mitts I finished....it was never to be found again. Alas.

January flashback-Girl's Cruise

Heidi, Kerry and I decided awhile back that we needed to have a roomate reunion. And Kerry wanted a vacation. After chatting about it a bit, we agreed to try cruising...a first for all of us.

We met at my great-aunt Norma's house in the Ft. Lauderdale area. My dad's cousin Janet was also there. We had some fun times with these ladies.

The crew on Sunday.

With our ship.

BAHAMAS!

Chilling at Half Moon Cay.

Dinner companions. We had fun mocking their drunkeness.

With Peter.

With Jose.

Aaaahhh...what a trip. AND, it just HAPPENED to be Heidi's bachelorette trip, though we didn't know it at the time. We'll have to do it again in a few years...when the newlyweds can tear themselves away from each other for a few days!

January flashback-CO wedding

I'll admit I was a bit freaked out about driving to Colorado in January. It was fine...gorgeous, actually. The wedding was perfect, taking photos was fun...most of them I took were taken with a borrowed camera. And I still haven't seen them. :)

Aunt Karen and I had to stop and photograph the breathtaking sunset.

Mexican the night before the wedding. Heidi wanted ice cream.

We decided to be adventerous and tried cross-country skiing.

The adventurers. Myself, Aunt Karen and Gary.

Cookies and flowers.

Purty flower and rings.

Aaaannnd...a crazy snowboarding bride and groom.

Congratulations, Chris and Heidi!

Back in January-Stampin'

On occasion, I get a wild urge for company and invite crazies over to stamp. One weekend in January, we holed up in the basement. And stamped. And played. And ate junk.

Janine hops around
Lisa-she IS being creative, just not with stamps.

Mikaela thinkin' about the next step.

Kimberly's working on her projects.

Bethanee, is that a WII remote?

Chocolate for devouring.

Cookies for enjoying. Yum!

Attempt to Catch Up

The next few posts will be an attempt to catch up on 2009. I know I've said what I've been up to, but I always like to have photos as proof.

Knitting, of course.

Sasha likes to 'help' when the yarn comes out.

December Flashback-Trans Siberian Orchestra

Another one from half a year ago. I went to this TSO concert with the Peoria gals. Great fun, I must say!

Monster trucks

My grandpa was here last weekend. For entertainment, we went to see some monster trucks. It was great fun. I hooted and hollered and acted like a major redneck. Great stuff.