Baseball game

We took Audrey to her first MLB game this past friday night. Unfortunately there was a Jonas Brothers concert in the stadium next store (they share parking areas) and roads to get there. so traffic was awful. it took us 40 minutes to go 1 mile to the off ramp. then as we were on the off ramp i saw a flash- it was lightening. there was a wicked lightening storm for about 20 minutes, so once we got to the stadium we waited in our car. we were about to leave to go eat something and come back when the rain stopped and skies were clear. very strange weather. we went into the game and got to watch about 4 innings, before audrey started to get cranky. not too bad for 3 hours past her normal bedtime. she thoroughly enjoyed being in the stadium, i think she thought when people clapped they were clapping for her, i'm not sure if she even noticed the game going on.

audrey walking

I think audrey has officially started walking here is a video of it

Show us your Life - Wedding Dress

The show us where you live tour has ended, but dont worry there is more! this week is show us your wedding dress. I had to dig up some old pictures for this one. it makes me sad, cause i was so skinny then. ahhh the memories.

I got my dress at the Running of the Brides at Filenes basement in Boston. my sister and mom went down to filenes at like 5 in the morning to wait. some people had been waiting the whole night before- we werent that crazy. we ended up finding the perfect dress. it was quite an experience trying on dresses as fast as you could in a room full of people, trading dresses with people, hoping to find what you are looking for. Luckily we did! it had beading on the top part. And i got to wear a petticoat, so fun.

this is me and my dad walking down the aisle - front of the dress

Here is the back of my dress

Here is Ryan and I after we were married


This was our thank you card picture


most of the pictures we got are prints, these are all snapshots from people.

resting weekend

This summer it seems that we have travel plans every other weekend, so I cherish the weekends we get to rest. this weekend was one of them. saturday i got my haircut, not exactly what i was hoping for, i think my hair just doesnt have enough natural body to do the cute bob. it just hangs there and it just doesnt look like i wanted it to. oh well, it will grow out. here is a picture from sunday on our hiking trip. if i pull the hair up in the front i like it better. the back is really short, a bob.




so we did some housework too- ryan is putting up a wall at the top of the stairs so that we can put a gate up. if audrey starts walking it would be a constant worry. i have been having nightmares about her falling down them so i knew it was time for us to get a gate up. we have had to put the gate at the bottom of the stairs all the time because audrey has been going up them all the time now.

we went to the state park this morning and took the dogs so they could go swimming and murphy could fetch some ducks. they loved it, audrey loved to be in her backpack too. then I took a nap. that was pretty much our day.

July 4th weekend

This is a little late, but never late than never...


we went up to fayetteville for the 4th of july weekend. we checked out the green lakes playground, audrey took her first slide ride.



we got to meet ollie...it was all fun and games until audrey slammed ollies head to the floor....well she really did but i dont think she meant it. i see a bully in our future.



then we went swimming...well audrey did.



then we played some poker, lost all our money



we made some fresh horseradish too


here is audrey and grammy and grampy




and auntie b and audrey

Online Shopping Nightmare

All I wanted was this cute hello kitty mouse for my future laptop- which came alot sooner than i thought. however I have had a little problem getting the mouse.


I bought it from an online auction site similar to ebay. only its not bidding you just buy. this was May 4- on june 5 i realized i never got it. so i emailed the guy- here are the emails back and forth-
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On June 05 emily said…
I have not yet received this product. Do you have the tracking info?

On June 05 a*hole said…
i have never gotten payed

thank you
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On June 08 emily said…
On may 4, 2009 9.99 was transferred to (a*hole) via paypal transaction # ########################. Check your records and send me the mouse please


On June 08 a*hole said…
ok let me check with palpay and will get back to asap.
but i am 100% shure pay pal never pay it out.
but i will check and get back to you
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(Never heard anything back)

On July 07 emily said…
It has been a month now- where is my MOUSE?!

On July 07 a*hole said…
hi and thank you for ur email paypal never paid us they still have ur money. and they will not pay us.
its just the way paypal works

i am sorry about this we tryed getting paid but they told us they sent back the money
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On July 08 emily said…
If payment was not received then why did you leave feedback on may 4 saying thank you for the quick payment??? I think you are lying. Send me my money back or the mouse


On July 08 a*hole said…
get ur money from paypal we never got paid ur feedback is auto every one who oders from us gets it. we do not give bad feedback. just grow up and get ur money back from paypal.
even bonanzle did not charge us feel.

get ur facts stright before u make ur self dum.

just contact paypal and get ur money back
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On July 09 emily said…
learn how to spell before you call people dumb


On July 09 a*hole said…

call paypal or eeeeeeemmmmmmail them and teg ruoy mmmennnuy back. liiieeeeeing boy. i never got pay ed buy pay pal
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So now I have no mouse... sooo if anyone needs a gift idea for my birthday- here is one :)

Blog Hop: Favorite Picture

I'm doing this blog hop sponsered by of course kellys korner and a few other blogs i read regularly. hopefully I can get it to work. This weeks theme is your favorite picture. This is one of my favorites of Audrey.

http://ebhunt.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-hop-favorite-picture.html

Show us where you live Friday- yards and garage

This weeks show us where you live is the yard and the garage from kellys korner.

Here is our front yard garden- we have since put mulch in, and a few new plants but this is pretty much it.



this is the side of the house, new this year we did this. there are two rose of sharons that are growing and we planted a lilac tree this summer, hopefully it makes it.


this is the raised bed garden we put in this spring. its doing GREAT, lots of tomatoes will get eaten soon.


this is our new garage doors, we had old dark brown wooden ones, i love the new doors


my dream car- a 1974 vw beetle. well my real dream would be that it ran :) but we are working on it. I got this on ebay 4 years ago. it was a steal.

TOP and art festival

Here is Linus new pack. We are using it as a way to get some energy out of linus. Give her a job. Maybe then she will calm down alittle.


Today we went to the taste of philadelphia. It was pretty warm and sunny. Audrey turned bright red as soon as we got there- i thought she was burnt but i think she was overheated.


We met up with some friends of ryan from home, they live in philly now. I didnt take any pictures of them- BUT we went to a bar- Audreys first bar trip- here she is. dont worry she just had lemon water.

On the way home from philadelphia we stopped in Manyunk and went to an arts festival. it was very cool, over 300 10x10 tents set up with people selling their junk :)

we got some pizza and then when we got back to our car found a little present- a parking ticket! has anyone ever gotten out of a parking in a bus zone????

Birthday Party

This weekend was Audreys first birthday party. Ryan thinks I had more fun that she did- I'll admit it was alot of fun to decorate everything with Hello Kitty and find cute 1 things for the party. But I think she enjoyed herself too. After opening her many toys with packaging that is way overdone I realized how much I enjoy buying things second hand. no packaging to add to the landfills and I am reusing a toy that would have otherwise gone to a landfill. Its a win-win. But I do love all the stuff she got. and so does she- she has been playing with her little people much more than I thought she would yet.
Here is her in her party dress- it didnt last very long because she ripped the hem up crawling in it.



Watching out the window with Teagan


Opening Presents


The cakes


Eating the cake!


The food spread


the bakerella hello kitty cupcake pops- they DIDNT turn out like they were suppose to. but they were yummy

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy First Fathers Day Ryan!

Happy Birthday Audrey!!

its my birthday??? really??


Incase you cant read her t-shirt-
Audrey is one years old today!!! its been a crazy fast year. She has a huge party planned for this weekend- i'll be sure to post the pictures of that.

such a happy girl

she loves her tye-dye

Show us where you live - bathrooms

Here is the master bath

this is the view from the room, there is a standup shower to the right and a closet behind the door. We redid this bathroom when we moved in. There was carpet and a blue toliet and blue tile around the shower and vanity. We replaced everything.

This is one of the readings from our wedding, its framed in our bathroom.


This is the spare bathroom, its pretty much Audreys bathroom right now and for guests. Its hello kitty themed as well.

This is the tub with audreys toys. She most recently started taking baths in the big tub. dont you love the shower curtain?

Here is my collection of Hello Kitty themed bubble bath, soaps, shampoos, and figurines.


This is our downstairs half bath

Its very small and plain. We need to put something on the walls. And of course 'Everyone poops' book

Ryans new haircut

So I shaved ryans head this weekend, below are the pictures, I still do a double take when I see him.
Before:

During:

After:


Here is a cute picture of my friends daughter addison and audrey playing.