Halloween

Brad and I went to a Halloween Party this year. This is the first time I've dressed up in years, but we had a great time with it. We went with two other couples, the girls as 20's flappers and the guys as gangster!

Don't you love the fact that he has the gun pointed at me!

Makinsi was supposed to be Bailey for Halloween, but we couldn't find a black and white dog costume, so she went as Bailey's cousin.

I got to take her trick or treating some, because Lauren had to work late. The best picture of got of her is on my cell phone and I have no clue how to get it off! She liked me painting her nose. She would say "ohhh, Bailey" She knew exactly who she looked like.

Minor League All Star Game

The Louisville Bats hosted the Minor League All Star Game this July. Brad of course ordered tickets in Feb. when they went on sale, just to make sure they didn't sell out. This is Jake the Diamond Dog. He is super cool. I wish we could train Bailey to do all the things at our softball games that he does at the Bats games. He's a very intuitive dog too. He comes directly to Brad the couple of times we have met him. He is usually surrounded by people and he will come to Brad so that he can reach him. It's like he knows that Brad can't always get to him.


These are our friends Jeremy and April with us at the game.

1, 2, 3 strikes, You're Out!

Happy Anniversary!

It's been a long 4 years since we said "I do!" I won't say that it has been easy, in fact it has been extremely hard. But, I love Brad very much and despite all the difficulties I know that he loves me. We've been through alot together and all of that has brought us closer.

So what special thing did we do for our special day.... We played 2 softball games...in the pouring rain! What an anniversary!

No seriously, we did go out for lunch today. Makinsi had spent the night with us Tuesday night and stayed all day Wednesday. Wednesday, my grandma was admitted to the hospital for some tests and IV antibotics. She's fine and will be home in a day or so. She was on schedule to keep Makinsi on Thursday while Lauren was at work, so she ended up spending Wednesday night with us too. So we took her to lunch with us! We had a ball. We went to Ginza, which is our special occasion/anytime we can afford it restuarant! It's a hibatchi place and she had a good time watching the chef cook. So, no pictures of Brad and I together but I did take several of us with Makinsi. We had a really good day! Happy Anniversary, Babe!

Ewww, Gross!

The guy that took Brad's picture at the ZZTop concert emailed us the picture today.

All I can say is, I'm glad we weren't up close during the concert. Seeing that onstage would have probably grossed me out!

I Getting Bad at This!

I really getting bad about going weeks without posting. It's not that I don't have anything to write about, I just can't find five minutes to sit down.

So, I turned 30. No big deal, but I had a great day and weekend, though. My friend Michelle picked me up early on the 3rd and we went to Louisville to play bingo. You get to play free at some places on your birthday, might want to keep that in mind. I called "Bingo" on a $500 game, my first win ever! Another lady got it at the same time though and we had to split it. $250 isn't bad though. So since we won, we went and got pedicures.

We came home and Brad and Dave had decorated the whole house and my car. They had a balloon full of confetti over the door that they popped when I opened the door.

We ended up with a house full of people and had a great party.

The next Monday, the 5th, I only had to work half a day, so I met up with Teaque and we headed to Louisville to meet Bethany and Traci for another birthday dinner. Of course, we had to meet at Olive Garden. Yum!

For Brad's birthday we headed to Cincinnati to see the Cubs and Reds play. We took our friends Dave and Shell, as well as Makinsi. I was so excited to get to take Makinsi to her first Cubs game, but I'll have to make that another post.

Pictures of the New Pad

I absolutely love this new apartment. It's the nicest place I've lived in a long time. I have the bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and Brad's side of the Baseball/Scrapbook Hall of Fame finished. Here are a few pictures and I'll quit talking about this and get back to normal life.

This is the bedroom of course.

This is our gigantic bathroom. I'm standing in the bedroom looking through the door into the bathroom. The shower is on the right side wall and the sink is on the left. You could totally put a queen size mattress on the floor in there and still be able to walk all the way around it.

I have tons of wall space in the bathroom and did the Hawaiian theme shower curtain and things, so I need to find something to go on all the walls.

This is the kitchen that has a wonderful stove that works like it's supposed to and a dishwasher!

This is the Baseball side of the Baseball/Scrapbook Hall of Fame room. I need a better title for this room, I'm just not sure what yet. The scrapbook side isn't cleaned up yet or organized at all. I can't wait to work on that.

This is the living room. It's kind of awkward because there are doors on three of the four walls. The double doors behind the couch there is the closet for the washer and dryer.

Out the sliding glass doors there is a patio. I can't wait to get a lounge chair and sit out there and read. So basically that it's. I feel so much better living in a nicer, more private area. Brad loves it too and he's 5 minutes from work, so he loves that. Bailey on the other hand is still getting used to things. She isn't adjusting as well as we are, but she'll get used to it. Hopefully, soon.

We're In!

We are finally somewhat settled in the new house. I'm down to one scrapbooking box and 2 boxes of "Why did I keep this stuff?" I am totally worn out. I haven't been to bed before 12 in the last five nights and have been getting up at 6.

We started early Friday morning. My dad, brother and friend Keith all ended up being off on Friday so because I also took the day off we started then. We moved everything in 2 big trips and got to spend Friday night in the new place. Saturday, I went back to the old house and loaded up my car with the last of the little things and finished cleaning. Sunday, Teaque came over and we did some organizing. Teaque even put together a book case. Sunday night, Brad and I put together the Baseball Hall of Fame! (Get his stuff done and then I can do what I want.) Got a couple more things to do and then I'll take pictures to post. Check back tomorrow.

Mix Up or Not?

We just opened our Dec. 12th gift, yes a day early. I opened this:

Ha, Ha, these are Brad's favorites. Brad opened this:

I think the tags got mixed up, what do you think?

The peppermints are also Bailey's favorite.