Martha Dickinson

Today the world lost an amazing lady.  RIP Grandma.  You are already missed. 

Upcoming Concerts!!

In just 5 short weeks I am taking a girl trip to Dallas to see these 2 bands.  I AM SO EXCITED!  It will be a long weekend away before school is out.  First up is Super Diamond. If you know me at all, you know I LOVE Neil Diamond.  This is a tribute band that I hear is absolutely Awesome.   I have been refreshing myself on the good old Neil Diamond songs just in case I make it up to the stage. :)  This concert is in Dallas at the House of Blues. 

 The second concert is the next night in Addison, Texas.  Third Eye Blind.  This is Sarah's absolute favorite band of all time.  The are preforming at this food and wine festival the night after Super Diamond so we bought our tickets and are ready to go! 

Can't wait Ladies!  This is going to be so much fun!!! 

Finally Backtracking with photos!

Karley and I on my birthday.  She made the cute little picture for me in the background.

Mr. Man.  Don't let him fool you--he's a total spoiled brat.

This is us at Karley's first basketball game.  She loved basketball!!

AHH!  An action shot!  She is too cute for words!

Getting ready to board the plane for Oklahoma.  She is on the phone with TZ

Tater-Tot, Sarah and I.  We had such a good time!

Karley and Austin at the movie theatre

Headed home.  Such a diva

Getting ready to go sledding. 

Kar, Kylie and Kayden playing in the snow.

Karley and Madison at the 2nd skating party of the year.

Brave.  He is trying some proubsky's pickles for the first time.  He LOVES them now!

Heather, Macie and Tynlee at the baby shower Jessica and I had for the Osiers. 

Miss Sas-a-fras at the baby shower.

Sunni, Curt and Gage came to visit us!  We love them!!

Chris and Sarah.  We tried In-n-Out burger for the first time!  YUM

Us.  Same delicious place.

Karley and my papa and nana

Some of my family at my cousin's wedding. So fun!

Kar and aunt Jamie

Tearing it up on the dance floor!

Kel, Jamie and Cousin Charley

.Whew!  I told you we have been busy!  Last weekend Todd and Karley headed to the Tulip Time festivals in Belle Plaine and I stayed in T-town to meet some girls from College.  We were going to do dinner and drinks but ended up doing dinner and ice cream with a little gossip hour (or 2!)  in between.  We have turned into a bunch of little old ladies!  I am so lucky to have these girls.  We have so much fun!!!

They started digging on my parents house last week and are ready to pour the basement.  It is going to go super fast from here and we are all excited to see some progress.  I will definitely post photos as the progression happens. 

Happy Tuesday!  Enjoy your week

Miss Camri Osier (and other randoms)

Uploaded photos from my I phone today.  It's a start.  The first thing I want to blog about is this sweet little new face.  Her name is Camri Louise Osier and she was born on April 4th weighing 6lbs 2 ozs.  I love her already and I was so incredibly lucky to be a part of her birth.  It is an amazing honor.  Heather (and Mark) both did great.  It was a pretty stress free labor and delivery (unlike their 3rd child!) I was in the delivery room for that one too and their little Macie was a stubborn little thing!  I can't quit smiling every time I see this picture.  What a cute face!!

 Here is Heather, Camri and I after the delivery. Love, Love, Love....

 Awwww!!! I can't get enough of her already!  What I wouldn't do for another one!! 

 I snapped this photo of Mark holding his 3rd daughter for the first time.  It was so sweet. 

Ummm.  Not sure how this photo came into play.  I can't figure out for the life of me how to delete it either.  SO, lucky you!  You now know what my new dining room table looks like!  Now back to the story.

Only not back to the awesome birth story.  Apparently my blog thought this picture needed to be uploaded as well.  This was the sky on Sunday night right before the nasty wind/tornado/dust bunny mess that damaged so much on our block and neighborhood.  There were swing sets and trampolines flying.  There were fences and roofs flying.  It was dramatic and quite possibly one of the coolest things i have ever seen in my life (right after I figured out that Karley was in the house, safe and sound)  I promise the wind would have picked her up and thrown her into the field down the street.  Thank God she was safe.  We were also very lucky to have little damage.  The roof and gutter got a little banged up.  The trampoline was wrapped around the air conditioner unit and under the gutter but that's it.  Some of our neighbors were not so lucky. 

AHHHHH!!  Back to little Miss Camri Osier.  She is a tiny little bundle of perfect. 

Okay.  What else have we been up to?  My cousin, Jeremy got married a couple of weekends ago and it was such a fun wedding.  I still am shocked that he is MARRIED.  Never would of thought he would settle down.  We love Melissa.  She is so good for him.  Congrats guys! 
Here is Karley and Chase waiting at the Church.  They are the best of friends. 

So on the first day it actually warmed up the neighbor kids were all begging to have a lemonade stand on the corner.  SO who do they convince to make it/ set it up and help them with it?  Me.  SUCKER!!!  They lasted about an hour and made about 5 dollars which they all agreed the proceeds should be donated to the animal shelter.  How awesome is that??  Such Big hearts!

Karley really loves to read.  Between reading and making up her own dances that she will do for almost anyone she has been one busy girl.  I love this picture.  She will lay in bed and read until she falls asleep. 

TZ had a birthday last weekend.  The old man has been looking at basketball goals for the past 3-4 years now so we finally broke down and got him one.  He couldn't wait to put it up.  It was set in concrete and completely put up by Sunday afternoon.  Right before the wind/tornado/dust bunny storm.  Good news!  It made it through the storm.  WHEW!

AHHH!  Vegas! Look at Sarah and I at the roulette table!  We rocked it! 

Sarah preferred the slots.  Especially this one which was not really that nice to her.  She was very loyal to this machine too.  So loyal we came up with a name for her. Meet Jenny. 
Note to all going to Vegas:  Stay away from Jenny.  She will take all your money and give you nothing in return. 
By the end of the trip we wanted to tip Jenny over and put her in the trash. 

This is where TZ hung out most of the time.  The sports area.  KSU played a few games while we were there.  I think this was his favorite spot. 

We took the bus one afternoon to the downtown area.  Here is Chris and Todd right before the light show.  I love this place!

Here is Sarah and I at the Paris Casino. 

Holy Big Slot!  Looks like someone hit the jackpot right when we took this photo.  Sadly it was not us. 

While we were in Vegas Karley had her last basketball game where she got 5 rebounds and made 3 baskets.  Here she is with her coach. 

Another random photo.  It is very appropriate for me though.  LOVE IT!

Karley went to Belle Plaine for a tea party with princess Madison and Grandma Debbie.  The had a good time playing and hanging out. 

That's all for now.  I gotta run to watch night at dance.  Hopefully TZ will get my actual camera uploaded soon and I can post some more pictures soon. 

falling behind.

Sorry.  I am so far behind on the blogging thing.  I have a computer that isn't working when i have time for it to and so i haven't been able to upload any photos.  Oh Hell, who am I kidding?  I have been having so much fun that I haven't had to time to blog....period.

Here is a little photo of Karley and I dancing at my cousin, Jeremy's wedding reception a couple of weeks ago.  What a fun day that was! 

I'll update more sooner or later.  Maybe....:)

I'm leaving on a jet plane!

Tomorrow at this very minute Todd and I will be boarding a plane for Las Vegas!!!  I CAN"T WAIT!! 

In the meantime I have so much crap to do.....but instead I will blog and let you all know that i still don't have the photos uploaded from the past 2 months.....it seems that the cord for my camera has been misplaced.  I don't even know what it looked like to begin with so I can't help much in this area.  Soon though....Promise.

Karley had parent teacher conferences last week.   Todd and I got a babysitter and went to that and then out to dinner after.  She is doing an amazing job in 2nd grade and we are very proud. 

Last weekend we got my parents almost all of the way moved in.  Starting March 9th  they will be living with us while their new house is being built.  It is going to be an adventure.  I am so excited to have some additional hands around the place to help me clean out closets, drawers, storage rooms and help with Karley.  Who knows--Todd and I might even be able to escape for a little vacation.  I am very excited to watch (and live through) the progress of them building their new place.  I am also very thankful that Todd gets along with my parents so well.....I  am not sure if the roles were reversed I could do the same.  :)

So, Back to Vegas.....I need to run off and get my crap together.....Wish me luck!!!  If I win big I promise to share the wealth!  Keep your fingers crossed!!



Time to update!

Whew!  I can't believe this is my first post of 2011!!  It has started off just as 2010 ended.  Busy.  I have decided that I am giving up on trying to have a "non-busy" life.  It's not for me.  :)

So, I promised some Christmas photos and i still can't figure out how to upload them....boo.  I will get the hubby on that pronto.

Since my last post---December 31---I lots of things have happened.  I turned a year older, we had a New years eve party at our house with some good friends, my parents sold their house and are finalizing the new project, and we have seen a crap load of snow.  Karley and I flew to Oklahoma for a long weekend to visit some good friends and had the BEST time.  The same friend we went to see just spent the past weekend here in Topeka hanging out! 

I will try my best to catch you up  so far. 

For my birthday Todd and Karley got me a consultation for a interior decorator to come into our home and help me re-decorate. I am so excited to call and get this all lined up.  It is one of the best presents ever.  My husband is so smart!!!

My parents sold their house!!!  I am very excited for them and the next few months will be crazy busy for them.  They are building a fantastic house in an awesome neighborhood.  I am so proud of them for doing this!!  How exciting.

We have had 10 inches of snow plus 8 inches on top of that plus around 6 on top of that which means a whole-lotta school canceling. Karley has been thrilled but i gotta say we are getting dangerously close to getting into the make-up-in-the-spring days so i am ready for it all to stop.  There is not an end in sight either....More snow predicted for tonight.  Boo to that.

I had a open house for my friend from Oklahoma last weekend and it was a HUGE success.  I am so happy with how many people came!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Karley has been in dance, hip-hop and basketball and that has kept us very busy the past few months.  WHEW!  She is so much fun. 

Todd and I leave for Las Vegas in just a few weeks and we can't wait!  It will be relaxing and action packed.  We purchased our show tickets this past weekend and have the countdown on!!

SO--- my next post will include pictures.  Promise.....i think. 

Have a great week!!!