Sorry for all of you who have been left hanging since January. Steve and I have been super super busy!!
-We went on a super amazing cruise with my family
-Played on a softball league
-Got new jobs with the City of Grapevine at the Vineyards Campground planning and directing activities
-Sold our dog
-Got our car broken into
-Got in another car accident
-Took three trips to San Antonio
-Went to Shliterbaughn... twice!
-Bought a new car aka steve's baby... a red corvette
-Played on a Sand Volleyball league
-Went to a Aerosmith Concert
-Family Reunion at Bear Lake
-Air Show in Idaho Falls
We certainly are living it up here in Texas and desperately trying to stay cool!! Texas summers are too hot to handle and I defiantly am missing the mountains and their cool nights!
Right now we are both loving life and feel so blessed to be here in Texas. I didnt ever really think that I would love it down here but I was SOO wrong. We have the best friends, the most wonderful pseudo family (LOVE THE ELLINGSONS) and are having the time of our lives. I honestly thought Provo was our prime, but Texas has proved bigger and better (minus Adam and Jamie ).
I promise to post pictures soon... just thought that I would give a quick update and let you know we are still here. In all honesty I check other people's blogs a few times a week but never update my own!
Blog to you soon-
Miss Dutch
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Oh man...Kids....
This is why I love my job... Let me set the scene. I am giving Christopher a bath and he turns to me and says " Miss McKenna can you give me a big girl kiss?" This look me by surprise and I said, " Sure?? (still not certain what he was meaning) But after your bath." "Ok", he says.... then he sings this (on pitch too!) "I kissed a girl and I liked it, I kissed a girl just to try it". My little guy loves Beyonce and every morning when I drive him to school he asks for the " boots with the fir song... low low low low". Love it. So funny.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Another family member
NO THIS IS NOT A PREGNANCY ANNOUNCEMENT--
However.... we did add to our family. We got one of these!
He is super cute and is really pretty small. I like the think he is a 'princess' because he prances around everywhere- but Steve will have none of that! haha Steve is excited to add some 'color' to our family and was very disappointed when I put my foot down to naming him Juan carlos. We fianlly settled on Dutchie. We now have Dutch, Dutchess and Dutchie. We got him from Craigslist for FREE! He came totally equpit with a kennel, two bags of food, toys and all sorts of goodies! As for now we love him..... but we will just have to see how long that lasts! Just kidding. Seriosuly kidding.
However.... we did add to our family. We got one of these!
He is super cute and is really pretty small. I like the think he is a 'princess' because he prances around everywhere- but Steve will have none of that! haha Steve is excited to add some 'color' to our family and was very disappointed when I put my foot down to naming him Juan carlos. We fianlly settled on Dutchie. We now have Dutch, Dutchess and Dutchie. We got him from Craigslist for FREE! He came totally equpit with a kennel, two bags of food, toys and all sorts of goodies! As for now we love him..... but we will just have to see how long that lasts! Just kidding. Seriosuly kidding.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
I woke up to this......
A beautiful Texas blue ski morning
Sun was shining
Rocking out to my matchbox 20
Getting to work with these guys--
www.kgvb.org
Then getting to play with this cheese ball all day--
Playing with play-doh, rockin to Train and Matchbox, then the best part.... coming home to this guy--
Could it have been a better day? Doubt it.
So here is an update for us-- I am a part time nanny and LOVE the little ham I get to play with everyday. Defiantly connecting to my inner child. I also am a volunteer intern for the Parks and Recreation Department. I was also asked to co-chair the beautification committee for the non- profit organization called Keep Grapevine Beautiful and as such am a active board member. I have had such a blast being able to be apart of the KGVB and PARD here.
Steve is working away at TWG and is doing good! The people that he gets to work with everyday are the best! haha
Right now I am working toward buying some jet skis and a truck to pull them with-- hehe ;-)
I think that is about it! Hows that for the readers digest version?!
A beautiful Texas blue ski morning
Sun was shining
Rocking out to my matchbox 20
Getting to work with these guys--
www.kgvb.org
Then getting to play with this cheese ball all day--
Playing with play-doh, rockin to Train and Matchbox, then the best part.... coming home to this guy--
Could it have been a better day? Doubt it.
So here is an update for us-- I am a part time nanny and LOVE the little ham I get to play with everyday. Defiantly connecting to my inner child. I also am a volunteer intern for the Parks and Recreation Department. I was also asked to co-chair the beautification committee for the non- profit organization called Keep Grapevine Beautiful and as such am a active board member. I have had such a blast being able to be apart of the KGVB and PARD here.
Steve is working away at TWG and is doing good! The people that he gets to work with everyday are the best! haha
Right now I am working toward buying some jet skis and a truck to pull them with-- hehe ;-)
I think that is about it! Hows that for the readers digest version?!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Last Little While
So Steve and I are super busy and love it. We also are loving Texas... for a number of reasons--
1. There are fountains EVERYWHERE! I have not seen so many fountains in my life. It seems like every decent neighborhood has a pond and fountain, if not two.
2. It is still 75 degrees here. In fact we got sunburned last weekend!
3. Crystal clear blue skies! Its hard to imagine what it is like.... I'll just put it this way... imagine what it would be like living in a bright blue fishbowl. You can actually see the sky at night with the sun on one half and the moon and stars on the other-- its pretty sweet (we also dont like Texas for this same reason- no mountains)
4. There is ENDLESS fun things to do here! To illustrate this point I'll post a few things about what we have been up to the last few weekends (neither steve or I work on the weekends, so we always play to make up for working during the week ;-)
First of all a few weeks back we went to an air show with the Andrew's and their super nice friend Chris who hooked us up with VIP seats!
The airshow was AMAZING! It seriously was way cool. The blue angles were there and the guy in the yellow plane landed and then took off from the top of that truck! It was SUPER cool! haha and there is me doing my best Top Gun look! haha
This was Halloween weekend, and so we carved our Texas pumpkin and went to a Halloween party at the Tanner's house. Then on Halloween night we went to a night club called the Glass Cactus. Some of you might be thinking, but mckenna you are not 21 yet. You would be correct in that. I took a friend of mine's ID (we look somewhat similar but in a costume no one could tell the difference) and went! It was a blast! Here are a few pics! We had a hick, Lady Gaga and Barney and Wilma. Sweet! It was super funny because Steve went at a black man from the 70's. And for those of you who dont know, Texas has a lot of black people, so when we went to the club, so many black people just couldnt get enough of his outfit! There were several times where people would stop him just to get a better look! haha it was great. There were so many fun costumes too! One in particular that I remember was a man who had green paint all over his body with torn up shorts on as the hulk. The thing of it was is that he had the body of the hulk without needing the costume so he simply painted his body green. amazing. haha and the party was even complete with a set of mormon missionaries. YIKES!
We went to a NASCAR race! hehe We both dont know much about NASCAR, but thought it would be fun to experience at least once! And it was. We really had a good time! The first time they go around the track it so exhilarating because on TV you dont really get how fast they really are going. But then after about lap 20 the fans take over as the source of entertainment! hehe The people there were so funny it was almost the best part of going! We were super close at first 4th row and then realized quickly after why those were the cheap seats and moved up more toward the top of the stadium!
Then this weekend we are going to go to a motorcycle show and then two of the local football teams (Southlake and Colleyville) are playing the first play-off game in none other but the Cowboys stadium. THAT is how important football is to the folks around here! No TCU stadium was not good enough, only the newest and biggest NFL stadium in the US is good enough for these High School teams! haha It is only 10 bucks a person so we are headed to Dallas this weekend! I will post pictures soon!
So there is a quick update as to what we are doing here in the land of sunshine and cowboys! PS: What do you think of getting an English Bulldog?
1. There are fountains EVERYWHERE! I have not seen so many fountains in my life. It seems like every decent neighborhood has a pond and fountain, if not two.
2. It is still 75 degrees here. In fact we got sunburned last weekend!
3. Crystal clear blue skies! Its hard to imagine what it is like.... I'll just put it this way... imagine what it would be like living in a bright blue fishbowl. You can actually see the sky at night with the sun on one half and the moon and stars on the other-- its pretty sweet (we also dont like Texas for this same reason- no mountains)
4. There is ENDLESS fun things to do here! To illustrate this point I'll post a few things about what we have been up to the last few weekends (neither steve or I work on the weekends, so we always play to make up for working during the week ;-)
First of all a few weeks back we went to an air show with the Andrew's and their super nice friend Chris who hooked us up with VIP seats!
The airshow was AMAZING! It seriously was way cool. The blue angles were there and the guy in the yellow plane landed and then took off from the top of that truck! It was SUPER cool! haha and there is me doing my best Top Gun look! haha
This was Halloween weekend, and so we carved our Texas pumpkin and went to a Halloween party at the Tanner's house. Then on Halloween night we went to a night club called the Glass Cactus. Some of you might be thinking, but mckenna you are not 21 yet. You would be correct in that. I took a friend of mine's ID (we look somewhat similar but in a costume no one could tell the difference) and went! It was a blast! Here are a few pics! We had a hick, Lady Gaga and Barney and Wilma. Sweet! It was super funny because Steve went at a black man from the 70's. And for those of you who dont know, Texas has a lot of black people, so when we went to the club, so many black people just couldnt get enough of his outfit! There were several times where people would stop him just to get a better look! haha it was great. There were so many fun costumes too! One in particular that I remember was a man who had green paint all over his body with torn up shorts on as the hulk. The thing of it was is that he had the body of the hulk without needing the costume so he simply painted his body green. amazing. haha and the party was even complete with a set of mormon missionaries. YIKES!
We went to a NASCAR race! hehe We both dont know much about NASCAR, but thought it would be fun to experience at least once! And it was. We really had a good time! The first time they go around the track it so exhilarating because on TV you dont really get how fast they really are going. But then after about lap 20 the fans take over as the source of entertainment! hehe The people there were so funny it was almost the best part of going! We were super close at first 4th row and then realized quickly after why those were the cheap seats and moved up more toward the top of the stadium!
Then this weekend we are going to go to a motorcycle show and then two of the local football teams (Southlake and Colleyville) are playing the first play-off game in none other but the Cowboys stadium. THAT is how important football is to the folks around here! No TCU stadium was not good enough, only the newest and biggest NFL stadium in the US is good enough for these High School teams! haha It is only 10 bucks a person so we are headed to Dallas this weekend! I will post pictures soon!
So there is a quick update as to what we are doing here in the land of sunshine and cowboys! PS: What do you think of getting an English Bulldog?
Saturday, October 17, 2009
A Story about a Motorcycle Trip
Once upon a time.....
A man named Steve and his wife McKenna decided to go for a ride on their new motorcycle. They dressed in their black leather jackets, new helmets and protective boots.
Emily and Petey came too!
As they were driving they saw a dog on the road
As he saw that he was going to get hit, he ran onto the sidewalk. When he suddenly got spooked and ran right in front of Pablo (Peter and Emily's Scooter's name)
He was cleanly avoided but ran right into the side of McKenna and Steve's motorcycle!
Steve was able to not put the bike down, but the dog had ran right into his FOOT!
He was alright and so was the motorcycle ( after a few minor tweaks) and so Emily and Peter, Steve and McKenna, as well as these other nice people who saw what had happened stayed with the dog until the owner could come and take him to the vet.
He suffered some bleeding, a few broken teeth and a broken leg. Poor Jack! The owner said that it cost $5,000 to get him all fixed up! YIKES!
(Not the real Jack, just a pic of a dog that looks like him)
In the end, everyone was safe, and was able to go for a nice afternoon ride around the lake, and made it safely home!
The moral of the story:
WEAR YOUR HELMETS and protective clothing.
THE END.
More motorcycle stories to come!
A man named Steve and his wife McKenna decided to go for a ride on their new motorcycle. They dressed in their black leather jackets, new helmets and protective boots.
Emily and Petey came too!
As they were driving they saw a dog on the road
As he saw that he was going to get hit, he ran onto the sidewalk. When he suddenly got spooked and ran right in front of Pablo (Peter and Emily's Scooter's name)
He was cleanly avoided but ran right into the side of McKenna and Steve's motorcycle!
Steve was able to not put the bike down, but the dog had ran right into his FOOT!
He was alright and so was the motorcycle ( after a few minor tweaks) and so Emily and Peter, Steve and McKenna, as well as these other nice people who saw what had happened stayed with the dog until the owner could come and take him to the vet.
He suffered some bleeding, a few broken teeth and a broken leg. Poor Jack! The owner said that it cost $5,000 to get him all fixed up! YIKES!
(Not the real Jack, just a pic of a dog that looks like him)
In the end, everyone was safe, and was able to go for a nice afternoon ride around the lake, and made it safely home!
The moral of the story:
WEAR YOUR HELMETS and protective clothing.
THE END.
More motorcycle stories to come!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Letters and THE FAIR!
Dear Texas,
I just wanted you to know that I appreciate your warm weather but really would like more sunshine. I moved to Texas and not to Washington. I am in need of sunshine and not rain. Please consider this a request.
Yours Truly,
McKenna
On a brighter note, We went to the STATE FAIR! haha so here is a list of the fun things that I noticed...
1. The people who you make fun of at your fair (you know- the people who dress weird or have crazy hair) are common place here and are the norm.
2. EVERYTHING that you can imagine is fried.... EVEN BUTTER! I know it sounds crazy but to prove my point I took as many pictures of all the different things that were fried so you could see for yourself-- here are my favorites-
The one below is of a sign and all of the 'big' words you can see come fried! EX: honey buns, oreos, marshmallows, pralines, and snickers.
This one below really sums up what the state fair was like... BIG AS TEXAS and FRIED
And just so you dont think I was lieing... FRIED BUTTER!
3. The 'world' famous corn dogs- or corny dogs as they call them are really WORLD class.
4. ANIMALS- So we were able to see the fattest pig EVER. This thing was so big it couldnt lift its head to eat and just layed there with its head in its bowl. Sad. I hope I never get to be this way.. ;-)
There was the BEST petting zoo I have ever been to. This zoo had lamas, kangaroos, zebras, giraffes, and all sorts of fun animals.
And I REALLY hope that I dont end up like this Lady here! ;-) (See number Three)
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST......
5. PIG RACES! Yes, Our fair has pig races- does yours? haha so here is a clip from the race.
SOME OTHER HAPPENINGS....
So I have been crafting lately (to the demise of my school work) and will post some pictures soon of all the fun and EASY projects and ideas I have had. But one last thing before you go.... we made camel apples! It was Emily's idea, and sure was it a good one! See for yourself!
Here are all four that we made.
This is Steve's best
And this succulent beauty is my best! ;-)
And i know this is long but one more hint of a later post.... lets just say that we couldn't last TWO WEEKS WITHOUT A MOTORCYCLE! ;-) hehe pics to come!
PS: I know this cliff-hanger ending really made you anxious for the next post! haha
Until next time-
Dutchess
I just wanted you to know that I appreciate your warm weather but really would like more sunshine. I moved to Texas and not to Washington. I am in need of sunshine and not rain. Please consider this a request.
Yours Truly,
McKenna
On a brighter note, We went to the STATE FAIR! haha so here is a list of the fun things that I noticed...
1. The people who you make fun of at your fair (you know- the people who dress weird or have crazy hair) are common place here and are the norm.
2. EVERYTHING that you can imagine is fried.... EVEN BUTTER! I know it sounds crazy but to prove my point I took as many pictures of all the different things that were fried so you could see for yourself-- here are my favorites-
The one below is of a sign and all of the 'big' words you can see come fried! EX: honey buns, oreos, marshmallows, pralines, and snickers.
This one below really sums up what the state fair was like... BIG AS TEXAS and FRIED
And just so you dont think I was lieing... FRIED BUTTER!
3. The 'world' famous corn dogs- or corny dogs as they call them are really WORLD class.
4. ANIMALS- So we were able to see the fattest pig EVER. This thing was so big it couldnt lift its head to eat and just layed there with its head in its bowl. Sad. I hope I never get to be this way.. ;-)
There was the BEST petting zoo I have ever been to. This zoo had lamas, kangaroos, zebras, giraffes, and all sorts of fun animals.
And I REALLY hope that I dont end up like this Lady here! ;-) (See number Three)
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST......
5. PIG RACES! Yes, Our fair has pig races- does yours? haha so here is a clip from the race.
SOME OTHER HAPPENINGS....
So I have been crafting lately (to the demise of my school work) and will post some pictures soon of all the fun and EASY projects and ideas I have had. But one last thing before you go.... we made camel apples! It was Emily's idea, and sure was it a good one! See for yourself!
Here are all four that we made.
This is Steve's best
And this succulent beauty is my best! ;-)
And i know this is long but one more hint of a later post.... lets just say that we couldn't last TWO WEEKS WITHOUT A MOTORCYCLE! ;-) hehe pics to come!
PS: I know this cliff-hanger ending really made you anxious for the next post! haha
Until next time-
Dutchess
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