HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MOOSE!

I LOVE YOU!!! You are the best husband in the whole world and I am so lucky to have you! Hope you have a great birthday - you deserve it!

One more pic of the beautiful birthday girl

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

A birthday shout-out (okay, okay, it's a few hours early...) to the most beautiful, smart, funny, charming, talented, wonderful, inspiring seventeen-year-old that I know. I can't believe that my baby sister is 17! I love you so much and am SO proud of you for everything that you've made of your life. You are special - and I don't mean "special" :-) I know that you are much more talented with photo editing than I am, but here are a few of my favorite pictures that I took of you over Christmas break.

We love you Lisi-Lu! Hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!!!!

Finally, a Valentine's Post

Look at this delicious gift that my sweet husband got me for V-Day. It was SO delicious. I was very surprised and enjoyed it a lot.

We actually spent Valentines Day golfing with my brother-in-law Kaden and his wife Heather, my in-laws Jeff and Shelie, my sister-in-law Kami, and Moose's grandparents Hal and Beverly. Then we went and stuffed ourselves at the South Point Buffet. Romantic, eh? Just kidding - it was a very fun weekend. Unfortunately, my camera battery died right after the edible arrangement pictures, so I had to leave the picture taking to Heather. I know that she took a ton - now I just need to get them from her!

Getting Crafty Again

Recently several of our friends have bought new homes, which has made us VERY jealous. Since we're not in a position to buy a place of our own right now, I've committed to try to make our apartment feel more like a grown-up house and less like a college dorm. My project today: window treatments. They're not all that fancy, but they were cheap! We got the fabric on sale and I built the cornice boards out of foam board from the dollar store. I'm pretty proud of my dirt-cheap creations.The other project may not actually be crafty, but it makes our living room feel more homey. We have this HUGE alcove in our living room. It's a great place for the TV, but poses some awkward decorating dilemas. Until now it has mostly been filled with random crap, but I finally got around to making it look more presentable - what do you think?

Because we needed to post....

1.YOUR REAL NAME:Katie Jensen/Kyle Jensen
2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME (mother and fathers middle names)Marie Jack/Christensen Brooks
3.NASCAR NAME (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad)Richard Dick (No, I'm not kidding)/David Hal
4.STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)Jenka/Jenky
5.DETECTIVE NAME (favorite color, favorite animal)Red Robin (Yummmm)/Blue Gorilla
6.SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, town where you were born)Leorene Sacramento/Jeffrey Logan
7.SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning)The yellow diet coke/The black cherry coke
8.FLY NAME (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)Kaen/Kyen
9.STREET NAME (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie)Cookies 'n' Cream Chocolate Chip/Cookie Dough Oreo
10.ROCK STAR NAME (current pets name, current street name)Moose Silverado Ranch/Tron Silverado Ranch
11. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on)Spike Turquoise/Mitzi Cooper.
12.YOUR GANGSTA NAME (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)Katizzle/Kylizzle
13.YOUR IRAQI.. NAME (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first two letters of your middle name, last two letters of your first name then last three letters of your last name)Anleiesen/Ynjelesen
14.YOUR GOTH NAME (black, and the name of one of your pets)Black Moose/Black Minx
15. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy)Happy Reeses/Black Toffee