Merry Christmas

We just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I passed my third semester in the RN program and I have only one semester to go!!! I hopefully will be graduating in May 2010!!! We hope everyone had a good Christmas and a good 2009 and we are ready to move on to 2010.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Blizzard and Christmas Tree 2009

We had our first snow of the year and it just happened to be a blizzard that left 15 inches of snow!! Greg was excited because this meant that he could get his snowmobile out and going. For me this meant not wanting to drive any where, leaving 10-15 minutes sooner than I normally would and having to scrape my windows every morning. As you can see we definitely had different opinions about the snow.

So this year we decided to down size on our tree a bit. I didnt think we had room for the big artificial tree and Greg didnt want to mess with getting a real tree again this year. So we decided on getting a pre-lit tree and boy did I love not having to put the lights on it. I like the tree but Greg thinks that it is not tall enough and full enough. The cats are enjoying it as much as they did last year and Quip has even knocked it down a few times. After the ornaments were on they left it a lone and I thought it would be fine and then came to find out this morning that Daisy sits in the window and plays with the ornaments. Well at least it can entertain everyone for a while. All of our Christmas presents are wrapped and now I just have to concentrate on studying until the end of the semester.

Facebook

I just wanted to let everyone know that my facebook page was hacked into and I had to delete it. Please add me as a friend now if I haven't sent you a friend request!! Thanks!! Rebecca

P.S. Gregs still is fine

Pictures from Rebecca's 21st Birthday

Beth, Me, and Kelly

Here are some of the pictures that were taken from my birthday. We went out to dinner and then hit a couple of the local bars. We had a lot of fun and everyone got home will all their belongings!!! Overall it was an awesome night and we had lots of fun.

Rebecca's 21!!

YAY!!!! Happy Birthday to Rebecca!!!! She is now 21 and we can go out and have fun occasionally!!! We are going out for dinner and then hitting the bar for a little bit since we all have to work tomorrow. Pictures will be posted in the next few days!!!

My Birthday

So I just wanted to remind everyone that my birthday is in 23 days!!!! Just a reminder!!

Door County in Summer

So Greg and I went to Door County one day since I had to work 4th of July weekend. It was very different than when we go up in the fall. It was nice to sit on the beach and go in the Lake. There were a lot of people but it was still fun, I'm sure we will go back soon.

Cat bed

So the we got a cat bed (dog bed) for Daisy to sleep in since Quip likes the cat tree. She likes to sleep in it and she is in it all the time but today Quip decided to check it out and he decided that he enjoyed it. Now they are fighting over it and switching between that and the cat tree. Maybe we will have to get another one. But for now I am happy that they are enjoying it!!

New Puppies!!!

Molly

Chloe

Chloe

Molly

Molly and Chloe

So my parents decided that they needed something to do since I no longer live here, so they decided to take on 2 Dalmatian puppies. Their names are Molly, the trouble maker and Chloe, who loves to snuggle. They have a lot of energy and love to play and then take their naps. Both of my parents have commented on how it is like having 2 babies to take care of. And then Thursday night Hayden and Donovan came over and they realized that it was exactly like having kids again. Well they will keep my parents busy for quite some time now. They are very cute and love to play. Looks like I will be coming home a lot more now!! We will see about Quip and Daisy they may have to wait to meet Molly and Chloe for a while.

Needles Higway

We drove through the Needles Highway which was just a very curvy road through the mountains. It was very cool to drive on. We drove through many tunnels that were made from the rock and it was definitely a tight squeeze!!!

Mount Rushmore Cont.

Well we had so many pictures of Mt. Rushmore I decided that it would get 2 posts.

Mount Rushmore, SD

We loved Mt. Rushmore and for us that was the highlight of our trip!!! We all loved being there and seeing the statues. It was so much better than the Crazy Horse sculpture. We ended up going there twice while we were in South Dakota.

Crazy Horse

What it will look like when it is done.

What it looks like so far after about 55+ years of work.

We went to Crazy Horse Memorial. It was kind of neat to see it being built but it is a very slow process. It has not changed much in the past 5-6 years. The only thing they have completed is the head and face. This was done for the 50th anniversary which was about 5 years ago. We were there for the laser light show at night which was also neat to see. I think it will be cool to see it when it is done but I don't think it will be done in my life time, but who knows things may change.

Jewel Cave

Our next outing was Jewel cave. It was really cool to go down there. We were about 2,000 feet below sea level. It was a 1/2 mile hike that took almost 1 1/2 hours. There was a warning at first that if you didn't like small areas or heights that maybe this was not for you but we decided that it couldn't be to bad so we did it. Once we got down there we decided that they were right there were definitely lots of stairs and my mom and I did not do so well with them. It was a lot of fun and I am glad that we did it.

Bear Country USA, Rapid City, SD

We went to a place where we could see a bunch of different animals. We saw lots of bears and some buffalo!! This was the first time that my mom and I got to see our Buffalo.

Corn Palace, Mitchell SD

The first place we visited was the Corn Palace. For those of you who don't know they change the design on the outside every year. It was pretty neat to see the design and what they did in the past.