Yikes!

Let me start by apologizing for my lack of blog posts. I've been feeling super stressed lately with the last paper I wrote for class and now that it's over I might finally have some free time!

To catch things up: I'm in week 4 of my second MBA class. I've written two papers regarding management and had a hard time with both of them. Although I thought it stunk my paper on the Verizon mission statement got me an A+ and great reviews from my professor. Not going to lie: it was a HUGE confidence booster!

In puppy news: Buster and Bella have learned how to get underneath the porch (boo!) so we spent a few hours moving stuff around so they couldn't. I don't think we would mind as much if it wasn't DISGUSTING underneath our porch. We've been weaning Buster off of his kennel at bedtime and he's done pretty well. The hardest part is that he loves to jump on the bed at 3 or 4 in the morning, which we hate. I think he's pretty smart though because he chooses a time he KNOWS I'm too tired to put him back to bed so I leave him on the bed. Silly boy!

Other than that we just got back from a weekend getaway in Kansas. We spent a majority of the weekend in the Kansas City/Lawrence area seeing as many friends and family members as we could! It was a super long 15 hour drive, but the puppies did fabulously well! They spent the first five or so hours trying to figure out what we were doing, then relaxed and slept most of the way!

Thursday night we got lunch with my best friend Brenna and boyfriend Drew. We spent Friday in Lawrence getting delicious burgers from "The Burger Stand" in downtown Lawrence. Then I took Brenna to get her first pedicure. This hour pedicure and gossip made me realize how much I miss my girl time with Brenna. She's one of my best friends and I have such a blast when we hang out.

We went out to dinner with our friends Megan and Dusty. We drank some margaritas, ate some delicious food, and visited about life. I forgot how much I missed spending time with them. We spent Friday night at my favorite bar in Lawrence, the Sandbar, and was glad to see that nothing has changed. After witnessing a Hurricane (google it!) and slugging down a couple of Shark Attacks I remember what I love about that bar.

Saturday was our day with the least amount of activites planned. We visited my brother, sister-in-law, and nieces in Lenexa because my brother just got his gallbladder removed (ouch!) and weren't sure if we'd be seeing them at the family reunion on Sunday. After playing UNO and Mancala with my nieces we headed back to Brad's place where I took a much needed NAP!

Saturday night was a BLAST! Our friend Sasha had an awesome house-warming party and we ended up taking a FREE suburban to a nearby bar. After drinking too much we headed back home where I woke up with a killer headache, ick.

We headed to Seneca on Sunday for a family reunion. It was SUPER hot and humid, which I definitley don't miss about Kansas. We got to visit with my favorite aunts, uncles, and cousins and got to wish my favorite and ONLY! little brother a happy 20th birthday! It's still scary to think that he's 20! We then went back to my parents house where I finished my paper and was taken out to dinner by my parents.

Overall, the trip was a great success. Made me realize how much I miss Kansas, but know that things will work out the way they are supposed to. Thanks family and friends for the FABULOUS weekend! Miss and love you all!

And because the blog needs some excitement, here are some fun photos!



Aaron, Erin, Matt, and I enjoying our time at Saints!



Matt and I



The crew!


Buster fell asleep on my shoulder



Buster climbed into the taken apart kennel and Bella decided to climb in too. Then she fell asleep on him.

Puppies and Packing!

So we finally did it! After planning for what seemed like years, we moved all of our stuff across town into an adorable little green house. It's three bedroom/two bathroom and has TONS of space. I mean, the master bedroom and backyard are gigantic!

And to make things even more exciting we moved the puppies in on Saturday evening. We had one tiny accident so far, but generally they are learning extremly fast. Buster is our calm one. He would rather lay around and bask in the sun then do anything else. Bella is completely opposite. She would much rather run around and jump on people then lay down for just one second. It's so hard to believe that they are brother and sister because they are so different. But if you forget they're related sit back and watch as they wrestle and fight each other in what seems like some kind of awesome sibling deathmatch. I'll post some pictures on here later!

We spent all day yesterday unpacking what seems like a trillion boxes and putting stuff together. It's kind of amazing how much stuff we have. It didn't seem like we had any of this at the old place, mostly because it was much smaller. Our old place is disgustingly dirty now that it's empty and I am totally dreading having to go back to clean it so we can get a deposit back. Oh the joys of renting.

We had some friends over last night to check out the new place and received a really good response on it. I'm glad everybody likes it so much, especially considering it's green with blue carpet. Honestly, the blue carpet used to bug me, but it's really growing on me now. I'll take some pictures and post those later too so you can all see the house! One of the major perks of this house is that it has a two car garage! I've wanted a garage since I started driving, mostly because I HATE cleaning snow and ice off of my car. And being from Kansas, I got quite good at it. Just because I'm used to it, doesn't mean I like it. In fact, my ideal winter snowfall would be somewhere between 5-10 inches for the entire winter. Having to get up 15 minutes earlier just to clean off my car seems ridiculous to me. Not to mention that because we don't get much snow here in the valley of CO, when it does snow, even an inch or two, people drive 5 mph thinking they'll crash. I guess sometimes it pays to be from Kansas.

We had a blast with our friends last night, as did the dogs. Our friends Kati and Joel have an older dog named Marley who is the most hilarious dog to watch. They also have the brother dog of our two and watching them play is hilarious. Our three are the only ones left in the litter so it's nice that they know each other. Funniest story from last night: So we bought our dogs a couple of nice big dog bones, but they haven't chewed on them at all. They put them in their mouths and then just kind of run around with them, which is really funny but not at all helpful. So Marley comes over and steals both bones, plus a ball that was in the yard. He goes over to the corner of the yard and lays down with the bones and ball near him. Everytime one of the puppies came near he would let out a ferocious bark and the puppies would run away. It was hilarious. Matt started calling him "The Godfather."

I'll write more later, and hopefully post some pictures!

Happy Reading!