And so it begins..

This weekend we went to an engagement party for my friend Megan and her fiance, Kyle. It was at her parent's Lake House in Big Lake. The "cabin" (which is Not So Much A Cabin And More Like A House) was gorgeous. I wish I had taken pictures. The party was from 1-4pm and we showed up at 3:45. Nice, huh? It was the soonest we could get there. Jeremy went and did a closet install in the morning in South Anchorage and of course Big Lake is the complete opposite direction.
Megan's little neice, Kate, was there as well and was LOVIN on Jack. They were so adorable together. Is there anything as cute as when little kids hold hands or hug? (Or, as in the case above, put eachother in headlocks). Anyways, I got this photo from their very organized family website.
After the engagement party, we stopped by my mom's house to celebrate my little bro's birthday (11!) and ended up getting home around 10:00 (Late for us, haha!) He got Guitar Hero (Of Course!). Sunday was out to the Valley again (see why we're moving there!?) for "designated" family dinner night (1st Sunday of the month- Jeremy's parents house, 3rd Sunday- My parents house). We played the card game"Hand and Foot", which I still really didn't understand by the time we left that night.
Oh! Today I bought tickets for Blue October. They're coming to our State Fair. I'm so excited!!

Tuesday..

I think I need a vacation. This summer is more than half way over, and yet "summer" and "vacation"- two words that should be somewhat synonymous in my opinion- have yet to meet. Things have been so crazy! Holly called her engagement off (I Know!! So sad over this as we loved her fiance, but what can we do?), no calls on the house (still), my house is a mess and it's been rainy. My posts are so lame, sorry! Does anyone else just have "off" weeks??
Jack was so cute this morning, he kept pointing to his nose saying "nose" and pointing to his eyes saying "eyes" although he needed my help with the "eyes" part and still looks stumped when I even bring up the word "mouth". He is learning "please" and "thank you" although both require a little imagination to make out.
Jeremy and I had a baby-sitter on Friday (which we NEVER do on weekends!) so we went to 2 movies and dinner. We saw Harry Potter and Transformers. I totally felt like a 12 year old boy after typing those movies. Anyways. It was a fun night, almost forgot what a date was;)
Jeremy went and bought me the first Harry Potter on Saturday because I've never read the books. So of course that's a short read and was done quickly and am now on the second. I didn't think I would like them as they are "Fantasy" type books and I DESPISE that kind of stuff usually. (The worst is Sci-Fi movies, EWWWW, don't get me started) But the books are cute and entertaining . I think the difference is that the main characters are KIDS. Somehow that makes a difference. Anyways, still not a FREAK about the books.. I have no idea what drives people to their obsession??

Our Non-eventful Week

So, I had Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday off and still couldn't manage to get a post in, what a loser! On Monday and Tuesday I honestly cannot remember what I did. I know that I went into Anchorage with Jack and met up with Jeremy at the Post Office to get their passports. We are going to Mexico with Jeremy's parents in November. So, after waiting in line for 30 minutes (meanwhile getting yelled at for letting Jack play around the "screen" they use for a photo backdrop) we get up to the lady and she tells us that she cannot take pictures of kids because that would require taking two seconds and adjusting the camera down 6". (Only, she didn't word it like that.) She said there was a photography studio upstairs that will take passport photos and we could go up there and take his photo, then bring it back downstairs and get in line again. Wonderful.
Every year for the 4th of July, our family goes to the Harmans (The family of my sister's fiance) Lucky for us, Jeremy's family ALSO goes every year so we never have to "choose" which family we spend the 4th with! So nice! It was a fun day except right before we sat down to eat, it clouded up and began to drizzle. So, we moved everything indoors. Later, we went 4-wheeling and played games. I was too lazy to take pictures..I don't know why I didn't, I always kick myself afterwards!
This weekend we helped Heidi and Scott (sister and BIL) move out of her house and into my parents basement. She is doing the whole live with parents thing as well, so that by next winter we can both have beautiful houses right by eachother, right Heidi?! So excited for that.
Jack's getting so big. His newest phrase is "whoa, cool!" although he will never say it on command, so don't even ask.

For all who have been wondering..

This is the house we want to build. We probably won't build the parlor and the formal dining room area off to the right (just cut that part of the house out completely)because really- who needs a parlor? At least not when you're on a budget! We are also going to fill in the open area above the family room so that it will be a play room for the kiddos to keep all their toys upstairs (I guess it could also serve as a 4th bedroom if we ever need it)! The reason we have the garage on the bottom is because our property is on a hill and right now the driveway is steep, so we will be counter-sinking the garage into the hill and helping out all our friends who do not prefer to drive 4x4 gas hogs year round in order to come visit.
Jeremy went fishing yesterday with his cousin who flew up from Arizona to go fishing. The took the little zodiac out (yes, I mean LITTLE. People literally laugh at us as we go by them. And these are people who are STANDING on the shore.)His cousin caught a King and Jeremy had one until his cousin accidentally cut the line. He is out fishing again all day today as well. Poor guy.
Last night we went to Jalepenos with my older sister Heidi (her husband was working) and my little sister Holly, who by the way, has a pretty hot & heavy boyfriend..if you can call dating a few weeks hot & heavy..haha! They actually knew eachother from high school so it's one of those things were they don't have to spend too much time "getting to know eachother" since they already do. But, they are having fun.. we'll see where it heads.