Beautiful Family!

Toni your family is so beautiful! The little man looks handsome, as always. Hungary looks really cool. Let us know when it's for sure. When will you leave? I wish you weren't leaving. You should make a stop down to KC if you have time. Kennedy, Carter, Madelyn and Dane could have a play date.

Ro- How was your first week back at school? I've been thinking about you all week.

The babies and I just got back from Lincoln late last night. I was working at University of Nebraska- Lincoln this past week. It's great to be home, we were gone for an entire week. Have a great weekend everyone.

PS- Anyone have a chance to catch the GOP convention this week? It was interesting to see and hear the differences between the two conventions. Go OBAMA! By the way- Obama is Kennedy and Carter's new word. They raise their fist up when they say it. I'll try and get it on video.

Love
Lindsay

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Hello lovely ladies of mine,
Sorry for being MIA lately. Its been crazy these days. I have been trying to wait until we have a for sure answer at where we are going but it is taking FOREVER! It was such a luxury to have it all done and signed before we even got home last year. SO it sounds like we are off to Hungary this year. Its a team right outside of Budapest called Keccskemet and is pretty big itself. My mom has a client that lived here for 6 years and has nothing but great things to say about both cities. Now that I'm really excited about the place I just want the contract signed and Greg on a plane. So I'll keep you in the loop but, who knows, we could be off to uzbekistan this year. jk.
Baby is thriving and happy and talking and sitting up and noisy and eating food... He's the love of my life and is more fun each and every day. We went to Des Moines last weekend to say goodbye to The Danielson's and I got really sad seeing how much they are going to miss him. Then I was even more sad when I got the call from Amy that she saw the blog and thought about the next time she would see him. SO we scheduled some quick Auntie Amy time and came up with the plan for my last trip to Des Moines. Greg's sister is taking our truck to college this year so I'll drive to Iowa and not tell anyone I'm coming for a day so Amy can have him all to herself! Other than baby stuff in DSM we hit up the farmer's market, worked out at Roosevelt HS, ate at Centro, saw the grandaparents, the usual stuff.
It has been a really long time since I wrote. I just remembered its been before CO. Dane and I flew out to Denver to visit Beth with Janelle. I started balling at the Denver Airport because I abused my child for the first time. I was getting my bags and baby was a little fussy so I stuck in his paci. Then, 2 seconds later, he is crying harder than I ever heard. I had no clue what was wrong, so it took 10 seconds to see that I had pinched his poor little finger in the pacifier clip to the STROLLER. I was so afraid that I would dwarf his little snausage for the rest of his life. He had never cried because something was hurting him before. It was gutt wrenching. I think I said I"m sorry to him at least 100 times that day. Anyway, we drove to Silverthorne that night to an amazing cabin (see blog) that someone let us borrow. We hiked, went to Lake Dillon, Vail, went in the hottub, cooked awesome meals and, in a nut shell, had a blast!!

I miss you girls like crazy and really want to get the cabin on the calendar for next year! Is it still a possibility??? JOr- did you talk to your parents? Are you in Poland yet?

Hope all is well! Can't wait to hear!!
Love TOni
xoxox

Labor Day in MN

Hey girlies!!
I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend! I know that those 4 days off were so needed...
We got in to MN on Thursday super late and got up to my parents around 2:30am. Got a quick sleep, went in to the next town over to see my grandpa (who is doing AMAZING by the way since his brain surgery over 4th of July weekend) and hang out with him for awhile before coming back and hanging out on the boat, and an intense game of Scattegories after dinner & a little bday celebration for my dad.
Saturday there was a parade & fair thing in the town of McGregor (where my parents live) so we went in there for a little while and my friends Heather, her fiance Dennis, Lindsey & her friend met up with us there. We stayed for a while to experience such a small town fair.. it was honestly the greatest thing... everyone from the town & surrounding towns come out to celebrate. We boated & bonfired & the weather couldn't have been more perfect all weekend.
Sunday there was the annual Corn Feed put on by the Lions Club. It's $5 all you can eat corn & drink beer. It's amazing. And so fun. Very small town. So all of us went there and had our fill before my friends left to go back to the cities. We went to my cousin's house and hung out before hitting the jacuzzi for the evening.
All in all it was amazing & so perfect. It was a super relaxing trip and I couldn't have asked it to go any better!
Here's a couple pics from the weekend. I miss you guys all so much and can't wait to hear how your weekends went as well!!
XOOXXOOX
-K-

All the ladies bonfiring.

Enjoying the McGregor festivities.

Hey Ladies

Hey Ladies
So I made it home safely from San Fran. What a beautiful city (see China Town and night and sealions on the pier above)! I was in the Marriot most of the time but got to do a couple of fun things while I was there. It was really hard being away from the babies for an entire week. I don't want to ever have to do that again. Ever since I got back home work has been crazy. It's always crazy when school starts up again.
Last weekend was a great weekend, just the 4 of us. We haven't had a weekend with just us since before the Drake Girls weekend. So it was really nice to just hang out and do whatever we wanted to do. Saturday we went to the Farmer's Market in the morning then took Kennedy and Carter to their first Royals game that night. I included a picture of each of them at the game. Kennedy was yelling at the players when I took this picure. Carter had a good time except for when the hot dog, ketchup and mustard raced on the field. He HATES people in costume! I'm nervous for Halloween. Sunday we got a membership to Costco, spent a small fortune there and painted our bathroom. We painted it a blueish turquoise, it looks really great! We have been in our house over a year and a half and we still have so much to do. I get overwhelmed thinking about all I want to do.
This weekend we are going to Lincoln for the first Husker game of the season. We are staying at in the in-laws house, wish me luck! Sunday I'm going to my parent's cabin for a girl's night with my Mom and Sister, which will be a blast.
Amy- I can't wait to pick up a copy of BHG, you're famous!
Toni- Are you in Denver? Are you going to hang out around the convention? My cousins have been working at it all week.
Jess- What is Miss Charlotte up to lately? Any new videos. I cried watching the dancing video. Babies are the best source for a good laugh.
Jacki- How's AZ? I bet it's nice and hot. I will be there the weekend before Thanksgiving for my friends wedding. I'm the personal attendant so hopefully I'll be able to sneak away for awhile and hang out. I want to see your place.
Jordan- I just sent you a pre bday/prego gift. I'm not sure if my name was on it because it never allowed me to write anything. It was my favorite thing I owned when I was pregs. Enjoy!
Karen- Give us an update on Sal.
Cindy- How was your weekend retreat? Yako has the biggest dog smile I've ever seen!
Ro- I haven't responded since you wrote about having a hard time connecting with Brent. Brent and I definitely had a hard time connecting after the babies were born. It takes time and life does get back to normal. It really helps when you get to sleep through the night. It sounds like Madelyn has started so that's a huge help.
Can you send out everyone's address? I've had a stack of Thank Yous that need addresses sitting on my desk for the past week. I have a really old addresses for everyone. Thanks for updating!
Have a great rest of the week ladies and a fabulous weekend!
By the way if you haven't been watching the DNC this week you are missing out, check out Michelle she ROCKS!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTFsB09KhqI
Lindsay

Hey! I know that girl!!!

So I totally got my September issue of BHG yesterday, and in the health section, who do I see striking work out poses, our very own MISS AMY DAVIS!! That is so cool, Aim! I know you told me you were pictured in the September issue, but I thought like it would be one little picture with like you in the back ground. Um, no! It's like AMY DAVIS: WORK OUT QUEEN EXTRAORDINARE!! SO COOL!! And YOU ARE ADORABLE!! Might I add! So fun! So were you and the 2 other girls pictured the ones working on that section or how did you guys decide to shoot you all or how did it happen? Were they like, "Hey, Aim - you're a rock hard work out body, come be in our work out pictures!!" That's what I would have said, because you do have a rock hard work out body with the greatest legs EVER! So smokin' hot... If you guys don't subscribe to BHG (um, first of all, why don't you because one of our bestest friends totally does the health, beauty, living section), but if you don't support our friend with her work, make sure you pick one up at the grocery store probably next week is when they will be out on stands. SO FUN!!

Madelyn is doing great. Sleeping between 6-8 hours at a time during the night. Loving to smile and coo - so fun! I go back to work next Tuesday - BOOOOOOOOOOO. Tomorrow I'm taking Madelyn to her day care for a 1/2 day trial run. I'm sure she'll be fine, and the day care is highly repuable, so I know her safety is fine, I just need reassurance that she will be okay there without mommy. My part-time gig at the architecture firm didn't hash out. I guess they are having problems maintaining big jobs, so they have actually been laying people off. AND Home Depot hasn't called for an interview - RUDE.

But speaking of jobs - I didn't really want to discuss about it because I'm still up-in-the air about how I feel about it - but I have a phone interview Wednesday morning with Hallmark for their Union Hill Photography studio. I'd basically be the "face of Hallmark" with meet 'n greets, helping in the studio where needed, setting up lunches, meetings, etc. with our people and other people. Not really sure exactly my entire job duties, but that is a taste of what the description said. I'm not getting too excited about it because for 1, I'm pretty sure it'd be 8-5, and I'd be giving up all of my teacher time off. So the pay would have to be much more substantial than my teachers' salary (which is probablly not hard to do!!) for me to even be interested. I don't know - I have to weigh my options. I love teaching and the time off, but sometimes I don't feel that I am appreciated for all that I do. I've always impressed my employers beyond belief, and the whole thing with my vice principal last year has still left a sour taste in my mouth - so sometimes I think maybe teaching isn't my calling, and maybe I need to use my talents else where. So we'll see - it may be something completely lame and not appealing at all. I'll keep you posted.

Other than that, nothing new here. I hope the rest of our friends give us updates soon!! (aka Linds, Jess, Jacks, Toni, Tracy - just to name a few). Oh, TRACY! I need your new address! I have updated our Drake girls address list just in time for the fall holidays, and I'm missing your current digits. Hook me up sista!

Hugs n Kisses,
Ro

Office Space

Hello Dear Friends,

So...que pasa? This week has definitely gone by fast but I really couldn't tell you what I did. I had my Spanish final last night and I think I got an A+ - pretty excited about it. I have one more class next week and then I'm done with it. Not smart to take a class in the summer - there's way too much going on and I missed like a 1/4 of them. So, what is everyone up to?

Aim - I don't think I even knew that you were heading to Napa. Glad you had fun - I think if you guys are ever up for it a couples trip is in order there - it's so much fun to do the wine tasting! Are you still having to got NYC every month or does it change - like this month is was Cali and next maybe NYC...anyway, if you're there over Labor Day - let me know 'cause we will be! Have fun in Canton this weekend with the families!

Ton - Say hi to Beth for me and check out potential housing opportunities for Jacki and Jeff. Is this the baby's second ever plane ride??

Linds - How was Lincoln and life as school starts? I'm sure work is picking back up again, huh. Is Brent back or do you guys still have one fun weekend left.

K - Sorry I didn't have time to have lunch this week, but next week FOR SURE. Things were just a little crazy this week trying to block out time to write. I saw the pics from Sal's bday - looks like you guys had an awesome time!

Ro - What's up with Madelyn? When do you start school? I know you were looking into other options in terms of work, have you decided anything?

Jacks - Let's try to talk before you head off to the lake. Have you ordered your wedding albums yet? Did you hear that Thiss is moving back to Minne?

Jess - Are you guys all moved in? How has it been going with your mom and your new space? I loved loved loved the video - you guys should all post those as much as you can - it's so much fun.

Trace - How's work? Don't forget the conversation Jacki, you and I had at the bar that night. If you're feeling like a change you should definitely go for it - now's the time!

I'm leaving today to go on a church retreat with my girlfriends this weekend (Karen, I wish you were going!). We're going like an hour and a half inland. I hope I won't die from dehydration. I have a feelings it's going to be like 130 degrees. They told us a list of things to bring: swimsuit (be conservative). Um...what? What's conservative because I don't have a one piece. Do they mean no thongs? Who would bring something like that on a church retreat anyway! Wierdos. Whatever, I hope it's fun.

Oh, I talked to Jim yesterday and he said he was at the gym running next to...guess....Michael Bolton. Seriously, Michael Bolton. I asked him if he was proud or embarassed that he happened to be running to When a Man Loves a Woman. He didn't think it was funny. He didn't even talk to him though - lameo! Michael Bolton. That's about as cool as seeing Angela Lansbery.

Alrightly girls- Hope your Fridays are off to a great start. Can't wait to hear how the weekend goes.

Miss you!

Cyn

Here are some pics from the week:

Santiago is really big into those chains now...at least it's not a scorpion.

Here's our family picture. Santiago is pulling a Homer Simpson on Yako, poor thing!

Now how cute is that?! I love both their smiles.

I would show you pics of last weekend at the Korean karoke bar, but you'll just have to expierence it when you come visit. I have a feeling you girls would just LOVE IT!