Wordless Wednesday

Yearbook Yourself

I couldn't sleep, so I got on facebook and found this hilarious site called yearbookyourself.com. You upload your photo, select which year you want, and then can play with the angle, size and even skintone of your pic to make it look more realistic. It's pretty addicting, and I had to catch myself a few times from laughing too loud in fear of waking Kent in the next room! They have it for guys, too. I think I'll do his photos next!

1952


1960


1964

1966 - I definitely could have handled high school in the '60s ... I look darn cute!

1976 - Don't I kinda look like my sister Kelsey in this one?

1980

1984

1986 - Whoops, wrong ethnicity!

1992 - I longed for hair just like this in the 90s!

I thought it was interesting how some hairdos/poses tend to make my expression look different, eventhough it's the exact same pic of me in all of them. Ok, that was fun, but I really have to try to get some sleep now. Have fun playing with your pics!

Father's Day Fun

I invited the whole gang over to our house to celebrate Father's Day last month ...

I was very happy with how my Father's Day placecards turned out!

The Dads relaxin'!

On the menu was burgers and brats. Unfortunately, I couldn't get my gas grill lit (Kent was out of town), and none of the guys could figure it out either. Kent later told me that there is a special trick to it, but we rolled with it and arranged a charcoal contraption over my fire pit! It ended up being quite fun and reminded me of camping. My cousin Jackson was the official grillmaster.

"There's no place like home, there's no place like home ..."

I'm packing up Leyla and Daisy and shipping them to Kansas to bring Kent home! They are going UPS ... United Puppy Shipping! Kent has been working on the new Schlitterbahn there for two weeks now, and isn't due back until Wednesday. And he's only coming home then because I'm going on a girls' family coast trip on Thursday, and someone has to be home to take care of things. He'll probably go straight back the day after I get home, so we'll just see each other in passing ... not fun! We (the pets and I) all miss him very much. It's lonely around here without him. Oh, and speaking of the Wizard of Oz reference, I saw Wicked at the Majestic on Sunday with my mom and her Betas group, and it was FABULOUS. See it if you can!

Daisy didn't know what to think of those weird styrofoam peanuts!

Weekend on the Lake

We had a fabulous weekend on Lake Placid with family! The weather was perfect, and the house that we bartered a limo ride for was a hit. It's a spacious 6 bed/4 bath house with a huge backyard and at least 80+ feet of waterfront. Eric and Grant really liked jumping off the sun deck over the boat dock, over and over and over again. Kyle is still too little to jump, but I bet he'll be ready next year. He enjoyed watching the many boats and jet skiers ride by. Here are some highlights of the weekend:

What a view!

Kyle playing catch with Uncle Kent.

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Eric and Uncle Kent enjoying some R&R.


We took the dogs (of course!), and since they had never been allowed to roam without a fence before, we were a little worried. But they did super, and the couple of times that they started to go into the neighbors' yards, we would just send a kid after them and they came running right back, because kids frighten them! We're not quite sure what their aversion is to short people. They never came close to growling or biting, just ran in the opposite direction or hid under Kent or I! Too funny.

It was hot, so Kent took the pups toobing.

Leyla was extra hot since she wears a black bikini, so she got in to cool off. Kent said her little legs were swimming frantically eventhough he never let go!

Tina and Kyle ridin' the gator.

Kyle knows how to relax!

Kent is extra relaxed!

Yea, bubbles!

Kirk caught a little perch, and Leyla wasn't so sure about it. She was much more interested in a frog that joined us at dinner later that night, and chased it all around.

Nice catfish, Kirk and Eric!

Seriously, how cute are my nephews?!?

The whole gang: me, Kent, Kent's mom Claudia, Kirk's wife Tina, Kent's brother Kirk, Eric, Kyle and Grant.

Hope to do it again next year!

Wordless Wednesday

Weekend Plans

Kent's family is coming to visit tomorrow, and we are renting a house on Lake Placid and relaxing there all weekend! Can't wait! Kent gets back from his Kansas work trip three hours before his family arrives ... pray for no delays like last time! We haven't seen them since Christmas, and they haven't been to N.B. since our wedding ... and little Kyle (3 1/2 yrs.) has never been here, since he was just a baby when we got married. I'm sure I'll have some great pics to post next week!