Fun Weekend!

We have had a great weekend! I've been able to have lots of 'Girls' time which has been a ton of fun. On Friday night Jen and I headed over to Ashley's for a great stir-fry dinner and to watch the new movie in the Twilight Series (New Moon). She got a sneak peak copy, the movie doesn't come out on DVD for another month so we were lucky that we were able to see it so early. We had a great time catching up with some wine and girl time. All the boys came over to our house and were in charge of the kiddos. They had a good time hanging out too!
On Saturday Brady and I headed to Polk City to the Reising Sun Cafe to meet up with my friend Jenny and her baby boy, Rocco. He is just too cute! We had a great time catching up over coffee and Brady loved running around the cafe, he is getting harder to take places, that's for sure! The cafe/coffee shop is such a cute place, we will definitely be going back there! The rest of Saturday we ran some errands, got some groceries and laid low.
Today we went to church and it is quite an experience with Brady. He wants to run all over the place, not sit still, yell during prayer time, etc. We tried our best to keep him entertained and luckily our church is very laid back so he could run around in the back, etc. After church the girls (Jen, Ashley, Meggie and myself) headed to the movie theater to see the movie 'Dear John'. We had read the book and were so excited to see the movie. The movie was great! It was different than the book and the ending was TOTALLY different but was still good! I think we all shed a few tears! After the movie we all went home and we've been getting ready for another busy week.
I'm sending some Good Luck vibes to my uncle as his Exira Vikettes are playing to go to state tomorrow night...I would love to be able to see them play at the state tournament! Good Luck Tom!


Brady, Rocco and Jenny

Jenny and Rocco

Hat Time

Brady has been infatuated with hats lately...Here are some fun pics of him sporting both daddy's and mommy's hats...

Happy Valentine's Day!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day. Our weekend didn't start out too well. On Thursday afternoon Brady came down with a stomach bug. The poor guy was puking his little guts out. He was scared when he'd throw up and then after. He clung to me like his life depended on it. Needless to say, I took the day off Friday and he and I spent the day cuddling. I love that he wanted me so much and wanted to snuggle all day, I just wish it wasn't because he was sick. This nasty bug went through pretty much all the kiddos at daycare and most of the parents as well. Andy came down with it on Saturday while we were at his parents for a family gathering. We were only able to stay in Gowrie for a few hours then we came home so he didn't infect anyone else. So Saturday night Brady and I took care of daddy. We also had a little Valentine's date. Brady and I ran some errands and went out for dinner together (okay so it was McDonalds but it still counts as a date, right?). I'm not a fan of McDonalds but it has a play place and Brady LOVES watching kids play. So, very little eating was done but he had a great time!
Yesterday Andy was starting to feel a little better. We spent most of the day just laying low and relaxing. We did exchange some small gifts and will go out to celebrate another time since he was sick. Of course he had something all planned out but the stomach bug stops for no one! I did get my favorite--tulips!




Brady with his Valentine's Day Goodie Bag from daycare

Eating his V-day cupcake!

Catch up Time...End of an Era...

We have been pretty busy lately and the blog has suffered...same old story, I know! Anyway, last weekend we had a great time! On Friday Brady and I headed back to Kimballton and got to go to Grandpa Petersen's basketball game...it was the last home game for his girls team and the last time that EHK will only be EHK in basketball again...starting this fall EHK and Exira will be combined in all sports and will most likely completely consolidate schools in 2011. It was fitting that the last home game was against Exira (the team my uncle coaches for)...My uncle's team is very good (rated #2 in state) and let's just say that EHK has been going through a 'rebuilding' of sorts, which is hard for my dad and also hard to watch...Basketball at EHK used to be known across the state and losing rarely (if ever) happened. As a former player and coach's kid, it's hard to see such a lack of effort (or desire), especially when you helped build up the dynasty it once was. But now things are different and next year my dad and uncle will be co-coaching together. I think it's a good move for both schools, they are both small and have declining enrollment...so no more Danes and Lady Danes...they will be the EHK-E Spartans (they were together for football, new mascot, new colors, etc) and it seems both communities have embraced the change which is great!

On Saturday Brady and I headed to Omaha to see Abby, Sunita and their kiddos. Sunita had her second baby boy in October and Abby had her 3rd baby (a boy) on December 30th. She likes to have her babies on days that are easy for me to remember...her 2nd child (AJ) shares a birthday with Brady and Rylen (#3) was born the same day as our nephew Holden. We had a great time getting all the kids together, all 6 of them!!! Poor Gwen was the lone girl but she is a great big sister and was SO helpful! After a great visit we headed home. We had a nice family dinner at our fav mexican restaurant. On Sunday we did some shopping and ran errands...on to another busy week!!!



Rylen and Carter...both dressed in guitars...LOVE it!

All 6 kiddos! Gwen, Rylen, Brady, AJ, Caden and Carter

Play time!

Cancun!!!!

We got back from Cancun yesterday. We had such a great time! We left on Monday and due to the weather here in DSM our flight out of DSM was delayed by over an hour and since we originally only had 1 hour between flights, we missed our connecting flight in Dallas. But we were lucky and they got us on the next flight. We arrived at our resort around 3 p.m. in Cancun and it didn't take us long to get to the pool! Our resort was nice and we did have to switch rooms but it turned out to be a good thing cuz we were given a much nicer room! On Tuesday the sun was shining most of the day but it was really windy. We were at the pool pretty much all day long and then went for a nice dinner at the resort. Wednesday brought some less than ideal weather, it was windy, chilly and the sun didn't shine at all...so we decided to head into town. We did a little browsing and shopping and then headed back to the resort. We then napped by the pool while being wrapped in towels...it was fun though. Thursday brought perfect weather!!! It was sunny and warm and we stayed by the pool all day long again. It was great! There was a Mr. Solaris (the name of our resort) contest and we made all 3 boys sign up for it. They had to do a little dance, push-ups, poses, etc it was hilarious!!! Bryce ended up getting 3rd place and Andy won! Ha ha ha! Too Funny! After a long day in the sun (where we all got a little burnt) we headed to dinner for the last time at the resort. We were all wiped out and headed to bed early to get ready for our flight back home early Friday morning. We all really enjoyed the resort (especially the drinks, dinners, entertainment and just having fun with our friends). We had a pretty uneventful trip back to DSM. We did have some pretty tough turbulance on the flight from Dallas to DSM and it made most of us sick to our stomachs but we survived! We had such an amazing time!!! We vowed that we will make this a yearly trip, it was a great get-a-way especially given how rough this winter has been.
We did miss Brady a ton! He spent time with my parents and Andy's. I know he had so much fun with his grandparents. Luckily Kris was able to bring Brady home to us shortly after we got home. It was great to see him! Below are some pics...I wasn't able to put captions on them but will try to do so later!

Pure Fun!

I had been meaning to do a collage post of Brady's 1st year but I saw this neat scrapbook feature (complete with music) that seemed really fun so I thought I'd try it! Check it out!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Cancun!!!

Bright and early tomorrow morning we leave for Cancun for 5 days! We are SO excited to go. We are really looking forward to getting away from this Iowa winter. We will miss Brady but he will be having so much fun with his grandparents and I know they're excited to have him come stay with them.
Yesterday Jenn, Meggie and I got pedicures to get our feet sandal ready and then did some shopping to pick up some odds and ends for the trip.
I will post pics when we get back!!!!
Adios Amigos!