It's Official!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Dykes family is coming to visit us!!!!  The whole clan dad,mom,Ryan, Heather, Calaway,Coleman and even Crimson.  I am so excited!!!!  They are coming in the middle of July and we are going to have so much fun.  Andrew is probably not as happy as me as they will be taking over our house but I am not concerened.  We are going to take the boys to Mall of America to the amusement park there and then we are also going to a Twins game at their new stadium.  It will be a blast!!!!!!

Estate Sales

I LOVE Estate Sales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I do not know where I get this love from because neither of my parents like them.  But thank goodness the man I married loves them as much as I do.  I have been going to them  for about a year.  It all started in Midland one day while I was bored I went to one and found some great vintage name brand clothes and I have been hooked ever since.  I have been to a few in MN but have not been impressed.  But this week while looking on Craigslist- sidenote Craigslist is really popular here- I found one that was huge and had tons of vintage name brands.  So early Saturday morning Andrew and I ventured out to it.  It was great although all of the really good stuff was already gone but we both got some other goodies.  So it was not a waste.  We then went to another one where we both also got something.  I got a vintage Gucci bag that I have been going crazy over and Andrew is sick of hearing about.  This is the second GREAT purse I have gotten at an Estate Sale.  Andrew got a military book from Childress,TX.  Random that we would find something so far from home.  Also we are both very HAPPY with the house that we are currently living in but fell in love with the house that the last sale was at.  Yes, we do live on a lake but this house had a river on three sides.  It was a very old home but had been taken care of.  It was amazing and I told Andrew I wanted to stay there all day.


After the sales we went to his work to shampoo the carpets.  BORING!!!  It is not what I wanted to do.  We went out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant and found a lake and trail that we walked and really enjoyed.  It was really a shock to find this lake due to it being in the middle of a good shopping area.  It was a really good evening. 


Today we have done housework  and yard work.  We are preparing for visitors.  I made banana nut bread and going to make fried pies for dessert tonight.  Hope they turn out. 


We will be in TX SOON and I cannot wait!!!!!!!!!  I am going to eat, eat, eat and visit my family the whole time.  I cannot wait.  I also just made plans today to visit my BFF that will hopefully had her new baby, I can't wait to see mom and baby.  I hope to also be able to see many of you that read my blog!!!!!!  Yes, I know there are not many that read it :)!

RAIN

I never knew it rained so much in Minnesota.  All anyone ever talks about is how cold it is they never mention all of the rain.  It has been raining it seems like weeks although it really has rained at least 3 days out of every week for the last few weeks.  And the worst part is is it always rains on the weekends.  It is currently raining but is actually suppose to clear up for this weekend.  I sure hope so!!!!!!!!!!!!

This weekend we have to clean house and work in the yard on Saturday and then Sunday if it is not raining we plan on going on a hike and a picnic.  I hope the weather is on our side!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank goodness it is already Wednesday!!!

WONDERFUL

My mom and I had a WONDERFUL weekend. 

I picked her up from the airport and we headed to meet Andrew to eat dinner.  We ate at Macy's.  They have a restaurant in the basement and we all really enjoyed it.  We all ate Prime Rib.  After that mom and I shopped some around the mall and then headed to Target.  We then came home and did some internet looking and chatted and went to bed.  Saturday morning we woke up and headed to the cities.  We were suppose to have brunch but there was road construction and our GPS got us completely off course.  So we ended up just going to the art show.  It was amazing and we had tons of fun and got lots of ideas.  We then headed to another shopping area and ate lunch and shopped.  Then we went to Pottery Barn, another Target and some other local shops.  Next we suprised Andrew with taking him to eat at his favorite place- McCormick and Schmicks.  Of course we all ate too much!!!!!!!!!!!  Sunday we woke up and went to the grocery store for stuff for cabbage burgers.  I am sure many of you are wondering what cabbage burgers are but until you have you don't know what you are missing.  I will have to admit that we got the idea from my FAVORITE uncle Mike.  He made them once while I was living with him and my mom has now started cooking them.  They have been a staple for our family and Andrew loves them.  Then we went to another outlet mall and Cabela's and ate lunch at Panera Bread. Andrew was tired after all of this so we brought him home and he took a nap while mom and I shopped more at Land's End and Mall of America.  We then went to eat dinner at Cheesecake Factory.  It was really busy so we had quite a wait but it was worth it.   As you can tell we ate very well and did some shopping but did not really buy that much but it was a BLAST!!!!

My poor mom was suppose to make it home in time for lunch but as of now she is stuck in Dallas due to the weather.  Although she did get bought off of one flight so she will be coming  back soon or maybe I will go to TX.  She is not working right now so she is fine with being bought off!!!!!!!

I hope she had the greatest Mother's day.  She is a wonderful mother and she has made me the woman I am today.  She has been a great teacher.  She is a great Mom,Wife,Grandma and I think Andrew and Heather would even say Mother-in-Law.  I am so thankful for her guidance.  I hope that I can be the woman she is.  I Love You Mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mother's Day!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited that my mom is coming to visit this weekend.  We are going to a Junkoligie Show.  I am not really sure what it is, but were going to try it out.  But first we are going to have brunch at Hell's Kitchen!!!!  I love that place and we went last time she was here so were going again.  Then we will go to the show, from the pictures it looks like they will have lots of stuff similar to Anthropologie.  I will let you know.  Sunday Andrew wants to go to a different outlet mall but I have some other stuff I want us to do and mom needs to go to Ikea so we might not make it to the outlet.  We are going to eat some good food and she is going to cook dinner for us on Sunday night.  I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!   I am so excited.  I am very lucky because I will be with both of my parents this year on Mother's day and Father's day. 

Blogging

I love, love to read blogs. I  love to read about blogs about people I don't know or ever will know. I like to read blogs about food and have even tried some of the recipes that I have found.  My new favorite is some blogs dedicated just to J.Crew.  I love reading these even though half the stuff I can't afford.  Due to my love of reading blogs I have decided I need to become a better BLOGGER.  So here I am to pledge that I will write more often and more interesting stuff since so many of my readers are far SOUTH and we rarely really talk.

Two of the greatest little boys won 2nd place in a baseball tournament this past weekend. They drove all the way to Oklahoma and showed the Okies how baseball is really played.  Their dad and mom were really proud of them-and that takes a lot.  Their grandma and little sister were there cheering the loudest.  Grandma is really proud of them. 
I get to watch them play in their last tournament in a few weeks and can't wait.  I am going to cheer louder and prouder than anyone.  Andrew will not be there so I can act like a complete fool which I plan on doing.  Me and their little sister and going to support them to the end.  I am already preparing!!!!!  Just a few more weeks.

This pic is old, but this is the kind of trouble we will be getting into when I see them!!!!

PRECIOUS!!!!!

One of my greatest friends is getting married in a few weeks and I am not going to be able to make it.  My world has been turned upside down and I am glad she is understanding and understands why I can't make it.  I am so proud of her and the wife and mom she will be.  She has been my friend for years and we will continue to be friends with just a million miles between us.  I love ya CJF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of me greatest friends is about to become a mom for the first time.  We have talked about this day for the last few years.  She is going to be a great mom!!!!  I am so happy to have her to help me when my time comes.  Olivia is going to be a smart darling little girl just like her mom and a little bit of her dad.  I am so excited for ya'll.  We love you, R,A and Olivia!!!!!!!!!!!