Girls Night

Kate came home for the weekend for Pat's birthday..so we decided to have a girls night, Saturday night, after we had dinner with the whole family. We spent most of our evening at Hi-Benders in Ste. Marie..dancing with Kenny Kraus..talking to Terri..a lady dad used to date..playing pool..and so much more.

Kenny nearly made me sick..he's such a great dancer! And it reminded me so much of the summer we spent so much time at the cabin and Leslie and Kenny would dance almost every night to whatever was playing.We had a GREAT night at Benders..it was definitely..well..almost the highlight of our night. The real highlight was Leslie and Kate sitting in the Alley behind the Gypsy duck taping Kate's shoe back together because I stepped on it. Too funny!! We were leaving the Gypsy and had our hands on the person's hips in front of us..running out the back door..and I stepped on the back of Kate's shoe. Directly after I stepped on her shoe and broke it..she said something to me like "Amy, you f***ing Wildebeest..it's not like you're Mufasa and I'm Simba and you're chasing me through the jungle trying to save me!" (It's from the movie LionKing!)
I nearly laughed my ass off! It was so funny!! And it's so Kate to come up with something like that! I laugh every time I even think about what she said! Oh what a great night!! Below is a picture of Leslie and Kate duck taping Kate's shoe back together..

Oh..did I mention that we ended up at the TownHouse in Lawrenceville..and I almost beat the crap outta this guy across the bar from me because he was looking at Leslie and Kate's boobs..Yah! I think I had my fair share of fun Saturday night..we're hopefully gonna do this every time Kate comes home because we had the best time ever!!

New Haircut

Okay..so I'm ready for a new do. And I like messy but big hair..So I found this style that I LOVE! I would have the sides be long enough to hit my jaw line and I would have as much hair in my face..but I like the sweeping bangs and the messy/chunky look of it. It's very similar to what I have now..just a LOT shorter. I'm also gonna have my natural color pulled with a little bit of auburn and carmel chunky highlights. So..I need everyone's thoughts before I get it cut. Do you like it?? Is it me?? Do you think it would look good on me?Sometimes I think I'm as bad as Leslie..she gets a new haircut and then I get an itch to get one. HOWEVER..I have been thinking about either letting it grow or getting it whacked short again. And I'm leaning towards it being short....cuz I love being able to add height to it.

Wordle.net

So Erin texted me last night and told about wordle.net and it is the coolest thing discovered so far on the web!! She told me to plug in my blog website and the largest words are the words you use most. I made several and showed my web design kids today and I've let them play on it today!! The love it!! You can print them and everything!! I think I'm going to frame one about Rylan and I and our lives. I made the one above by inserting my blog website and it generated this. How cool!!

My New Hutch

Mom and Pat got Rylan and I a Broyhill Attick Heirlooms stlye Hutch from Timberlake Furniture as a wedding gift and it was delivered yesterday!! I was so excited that I had to fill it with my Longaberger dishes!! It matches my table perfectly and it fits great in my dining room.

A True Farm Girl

August spent the day with Rylan and I a few weeks ago. We took her to the farm with us to do chores. She filled the water tub for us.We picked sweet corn and shucked it outside. We showed her how to shuck the corn and she did a few ears by herself. She pulled one piece at a time off of the husk. When she got to the silks and give it to Rylan and say 'yucky hairs' and he'd pull off the hairs and then she be so excited and yell 'CORN!' and put it in the bucket. Every time she shucked an ear, it was a surprise every time to see the corn inside.

Later in the afternoon, Rylan and I canned green beans. We started snapping them and August wanted to be right next to the both of us helping. So we'd snap off the ends and she'd snap them in half and throw them in the bowl.
It was too funny to watch her help us do everything..even with toys scattered all over the place..she'd rather be helping us shuck corn and snap green beans! You gotta love this girl...she's a one of a kind!

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Last week, Rylan, Jesse, and I headed to Gulf Shores, Alabama to stay at The Beach Club for 3 nights. It was a short vacation but we had an absolute blast! Jesse counted every Waffle House we saw on the way down..however, he had never eaten at one. I knew there was one in Foley, AL..the town directly north of Gulf Shores. We stopped there to eat and it was the 16th and last Waffle House we saw before we got to Gulf Shores.

This picture was taken at about 7 in the morning and we each only had about 2 hours of sleep throughout the night. A Waffle House stop was much needed! We spent every day on the beach from about mid-morning (9:30ish) to late afternoon (3:30ish). We did nothing but relax and enjoy the sun, sand, and ocean. The second night we were there, we decided to go to the outlet mall for a bit..because I am in desperate need of some new clothes..and then we went out to dinner at the Gulf Island Grill.

You gotta love Jesse's glasses..this kid kills me sometimes!

The last day we were there, I got stung by a JellyFish. Not a full bodied JellyFish..just one little tentacle got caught in my bathing suit top..it stung me on my chest and I tried to get it out of my top but it was attached somehow to my bathing suit top and flung down and stung me all the way down the center of my stomach to my belly button. YIKES did it ever hurt!! It scared the crap out of me so I splashed water on me until I got out of the water..screaming at Rylan to get out with me..I'm sure I looked like a fool. Jesse, in the mean time, was watching with much anticipation to see Rylan pee on me in public! I DON'T THINK SO!! Anways, I grabbed my beer and started dumping it down my chest..I'm sure that looked lovely to all the families around us too! After that was empty..I grabbed a beer can filled with frozen water and stuck it into my bathing suit top between my boobs..I gathered everything I could and took it to the room with me..with the frozen beer can still between my boobs. I'm sure people thought I was a freak holding a beer like that! :) I didn't care though! We'd heard to put either tooth paste or shaving cream on it..and we only packed a travel size tube of tooth paste..so I grabbed Rylan's shaving cream and started lathering it onto my chest and stomach. I'm sure it was a site to see!

This picture is a little foggy because of the humidity..but I'm sitting on the balcony with shaving cream all over me and Jesse is pretending to lick it off of me. Good thing I had a few too many drinks in my that day..or I'm sure the sting would have hurt a ton worse!

This was the last night we were in Gulf Shores. We had a great time and shared some good laughs. I must say that Jesse definitely brings out the youthfulness in Rylan and I! We love you Jesse!

Oh..How Time Flies When You're Having Fun

I know I am WAY behind on posting and my mom keeps nagging at me to post..so here it is! I promise I will try harder to post at least once a week whenever school starts..being at home with so many things to do..the last thing on my mind is sitting behind a computer. ANYWAYS!! About 2 weeks ago, Rylan and I got to keep August for 4 days..and we had a blast with her!

Mom brought donuts over for breakfast for us and we ate outside on the deck.

We pulled out the red wagon for her to play with and she loved it..she tried to pull me in it..push me in it..she layed down in it..she even helped pick a few tomatoes from the garden and put them in the wagon to pull around.

However, she could not understand the concept of only picking red tomatoes! Funny stuff!

I took August to the city pool one day with Julie, Hilary, and Kristen. She latched right on to Hilary and Kristen because they kept taking her down the slide and under the mushroom.