Every year for New Year's we get together with a bunch of our friends from college. We are so lucky to still be such good friends from 10 years ago. This year Jon and I had everyone over to our house. Gone are the days of kegs and late nights (or early mornings)...now our "parties" consist of Chocolate Fountains, Guitar Hero and a glass of wine...oh! and children!

We had a great time with our 80's Retro-night...Gotta love Def Leopard, Madonna and Culture Club!!! LOVE IT!!!

The last picture is of Abbie right about 11:45 taking a quick nap on the bar stool...and yes, she does sleep with her eyes open, just like her mom! :)

We're here!! We're here!!

It's been soooo long since I've posted...all because I couldn't find the cord to hook the camera up to the compter!!! But yes, we're back!

Not much new to report on our front, but Jon, Abbie, and Lauren have all been in a vicious cycle of sickness this year...coughs, fevers, sore throats and even PINK EYE!!! But not me...I've been the healthy one this whole time....I probably just jinxed myself.

Hope everyone is well!

Christmas 2007

Christmas was quite exciting this year....it started precisely at 6:35 when Abbie announced she was going downstairs to see if Santa had come. We were able to divert her for about 20 minutes before Paw Paw & Kiki came to see the big "reveal."

It was a Christmas of American Girl Dolls, Littlest Pet Shops and their very own MP3 players. Oh, and how could I forget--the Sqwaker's Macaw--a talking life-size parrot. I think I'll have to talk to Santa about that one.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas.

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Hope everyone has a safe and fun New Year's.

High School Musical...featuring Abbie Kluiter

I must fill you in on Abbie's newest career---ACTING. She has always had a "thing" for putting on a good show, so we signed her up for a drama class that met up at her school for 6 weeks. Of course she was super excited because it was a take-off of High School Musical 2--her all-time favorite movie! She had a few lines and did great! She really enjoyed it and I'm sure we'll sign her up again.

Christmas in Iowa

Yes, it sure has been a long time since I've updated....things haven't been all that exciting---I've been meaning to update for the past...ummm, well, ok...a month! yikes!

Since I last updated we've all suffered through the WORST stomach flu EVER!!! I was the only one that made it out. Abbie picked it up first at school (I heard it was going around!)--5 days!!! Then Jon got--he was sure he was going to die by the 5th day as well, and then Lauren got it, but not near as bad as Jon and Abbie. It was horrible...all in all, it lasted about 10 days between the 3 of them. Then, just to make matters worse, we thought Abbie was over the bug and we headed to Iowa for our big Christmas with Jon's family. By the time we got home on Sunday evening....we had infected Jon's mom, sister, step-sister and niece...can you even imagine??? I felt HORRIBLE!!! I hope everyone is finally feeling better now...and I've already started making alternative plans for Christmas 2008, as I'm sure we wont be invited back next year!! :P

Other than the sickness, we had a great time catching up with the family and the girls just LOVE meeting up with all the cousins, and of course the INDOOR POOL! Grandma and Grandpa were kind enough again this year to put us all up at a local hotel. Its about the only option as all the kids now have at least one baby. I think we had a total of 20 this year (plus 3 dogs!). We were only missing Tammy and her family, as they moved to Arizona this year and were not able to make it back for Christmas. All in all, it was a GREAT weekend! Thanks Jim & Sandi!

Christmas Elves...

Yes, Yes, I know!! I haven't blogged at all in a month! I promise I'l try and catch everyone up this week....until then, we're joining the masses...we've been elfed....:)


http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1509732531

Tag--I'm it??

Ok, Lyndee, you asked for it!

How long have you been together? We've been married 10 years..yikes!

How long did you date? 4 1/2 years

How old is he? 33

Who eats more? HIM!

Who said "I love you" first? He did, but he thinks I did.

Who is taller? ummm, Jon for sure!

Who is smarter? It depends on what we're talking about...I think I'm pretty smart, but I know he was in the Gifted & Talented program in school...

Who does the laundry? Almost all me, but I wont do his clothes!!

Who does the dishes? Me, unless he's desperate.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you're looking at the bed, then Jon does.

Who pays the bills? ALL ME!

Who mows the lawn? Jon

Who cooks dinner? Me.

Who drives when you're together? He does most of the time.

Who is more stubborn? Probably me.

Who kissed who first? He did.

Who asked who out? He did!

Who proposed? He did, of course!

Who is more sensitive? Totally me.

Who has more siblings? Tie. We each have one other sibling, although Jon has 3 step sisters and a step-brother.

Who wears the pants in the family? Probably me. I'm much more organized and a better problem-solver.