Upgrade

I'm so proud of Ryan for finally upgrading his phone. My frugal and practical husband has had a GO-phone for years. It has been a reliable means of communication and served its purpose.
Just the other day the phone went for a ride on the hood of his truck and when Ryan stepped on the brakes the phone went flying. When Ryan picked up the phone from the pavement it still worked as good as it did the day he bought it.


Ryan decided he wanted to be like me and got himself an I-phone. He has had his new phone all of two days and already has more apps than I do. The hunting and fishing apps may cause me to regret his decision to upgrade.

Madelyn thinks her daddy's phone is way cooler than her mama's phone. I guess I need to add some fun apps to my phone too.

The man that swore he would never send a text now sends texts. Baby steps.

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Good People, Good Friends

This weekend we got to spend with some of our dearest friends, the Bosch's. Ryan and I have known Terry since Jr. High and we met Angie in high school when Terry brought her to our Senior Prom. To say we were fast friends wasn't exactly the case. I detested Terry in high school and when Ryan and I double dated with he and Angie to our senior prom I thought she was a snooty, Johnson County girl and she thought I was a loud mouth b@#*h (Angie is much too nice to come out and say that but I know she was not my biggest fan back then). Flash foward a few months, when Ryan was at boot camp at Ft. Leanordwood, MO., Terry and I were attending ESU and Angie was at KU. Terry and I became great friends during that time when our significant others were away. Then Terry moved to Lawrence, KS the semester of our freshmen year in college to be closer to Angie. Ryan had returned from boot camp and continued to work to earn money for a year before moving to Emporia to attend college. Even after a few break ups between Ryan and I, Terry remained both of our friends. Somewhere in there I discovered what a terrible judgement I had made about Angie and we also became friends. I know that Terry and Angie will be our life long friends. Although we may not talk often and we see them even less, I know without a doubt that if we ever needed anything they would be there as fast as they could, and vise versa.

Terry, Angie and Jillian arrived around 10:00pm on Friday night. After the kiddos went to bed the four of us stayed up reminiscing and having a few beers until wee hours in the morning. Angie and I made it until 2:30am and Terry and Ryan finally crashed aroud 5:00am. Saturday we spent a majority of the day at the lake. We grilled steaks that evening and crashed early. They headed home late Sunday morning. It was a great time, and although I know we may not see them for another year or so I know when we do we will pick up like we have never missed a beat.



Terry & Jilly chilling on the boat.


The Boschs enjoying the water.


Angie & Madelyn tubing.


The adorable, 2 1/2 year old, Miss Jillybean.



Terry attempting skiing after many years and he got up like an ol' pro.



Our waterbug!!



Madelyn & Jilly fast friends.

It's Time

I always know it is time to color my hair again when Ryan starts calling me......



SILVER FOX!!!! (Of course he means it in an endearing way). :)

I have been blessed er...cursed with my maternal grandmothers graying hair. I've been "graying" since my 20s. I have had to color my hair every 6-8 weeks for years. It pretty much sucks, but such is life. I sometimes use the box color but I much prefer to have my hair professionally colored because I feel pampered. I assume Ryan prefers that I use the box color because it is so much cheaper but since he prefers me not to be a silver fox he just goes along with whatever I choose.

Gazette Spotted in California

This was in our local newspaper, courtesy of my running partner, Traci Payne:


Jen Muhlig(left), Traci Payne(middle)and Dianne Reichard hold up a recent issue of the Augusta Gazette newspaper during their trip to San Diego, Calif. The trio took the picture at 4 a.m. June 6 before heading to a race. Muhlig ran a full marathon, and Payne and Reichard ran a half marathon as part of the Rock N' Roll Marathon for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society

Buffing Up

After completing my marathon I didn't want to gain a bunch of weight and didn't want to quit eating the crap that I do, but I also didn't want to continue to run 30+ miles a week. So my compromise was to continue running, but less miles, and lift weights. The three of us ride our bikes and/or run (Madelyn rides her bike or her electric scooter)to the AHS weight room 3-4 times a week to work out. Madelyn sometimes will play in the wrestling room, but often times I will find her right alongside her daddy doing....

This....

and this.....

and this....

(these were taken with my iphone, thus the poor quality)

I guess she is buffing up for 2nd Grade, or maybe for fall soccer. Either way, I'm very pleased that she is learning great habits from her daddy, hopefully that will continue a lifetime.

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