Will you be mine?

I know....I know....I jump from Christmas to Valentine's Day.  The evenings just are not long enough.....but I will get back in the swing soon.  In the meantime, I'll leave you with my Pinterest inspired Valentine's Day cards.

Merry Christmas 2011

Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas!!

WTF'N Weekend

Watch out...I have inspiration (not to be confused w/ perspiration...which I likely had the last time I blogged in JULY.....it's actually cold out now....and NOVEMBER...over 3 months....sorry.) but for the time being I have blogging inspiration. In less than 24 hours, I will set off for WTF'N weekend….not to be confused with WTF Weekend.




Neither WTF weekend or WTF’N weekend could be possible w/o my careful choice of spouse. I mean if I would have married my first choice Jon Knight….

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it would have been WTK weekend and WTK’N weekend. It just doesn’t have the same effect…not to mention, I’ve recently discovered thanks to 80's pop star Tiffany that I’m not Jon’s “type”.  You need to think about these things before you get married or allow your sisters to get married.  If the inital doesn't fit into our acronym....sorry, can't come.


WTF'N weekend.....Wagner, Tucker, Flach, Niebrugge weekend.....Mom/Sisters/Sister in Laws shopping weekend begins tomorrow afternoon.  We are meeting in Indianapolis as it is central to all that are going.  2 nights and 3 days of girl time.  WATCH OUT INDY, WTF'N is on her way!  I'll be back with pictures and I'm sure a few good stories.

Boom Boom Firepower

This is what swimming, baseball, and running all day gets you.......Check out their guns......

Baseball is wrapping up this week/next week so I may have some time to post in the near future.

42 days

Yes....It's been 42 days since I last posted.  I've had a lot going on the past month plus.  Let's see if I can provide a quick recap.

The toothfairy came for Will's first tooth.  It rained.  Tony and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary (actually May 11th).  Proof of said marriage below.  (Sorry for the bad picture...this was prior to the digital camera craze)

It rained.  We planted and grew strawberries. 

It rained.  I hosted a Thirty One party for my dear friend Jennie Weber - had a great time and earned some cool items!  It rained.  Austin, Will, Grandma Flach and I went to Springfield, IL to see my niece Taylor's team (Indiana Magic) play in one of her softball tournaments.  (It rained while we were there...during the tournament....a lot....but they still continued to play.)  (Taylor is bottom left...Taylor is also in my picture above...flower girl....<>....She's all grown up.)

It rained.  We celebrated a nice, long Memorial Day weekend with family.  It rained.  Baseball season for both boys started and continues to be in full swing (no pun intended).

We have at least 2 games a week...sometimes 2 in one night...at the same time....at different ball parks.  But both boys are enjoying baseball and have really improved over the past year so we make it work.  Due to all of the rain, there have been several games rained out so baseball will continue into mid-July.  I've done several craft/home projects which I'll cover in a different post.  We celebrated Grandpa Niebrugge's

75th Birthday!!!  (We had a scare several months ago so to see Dad out and enjoying every minute of his 75th Birthday was WONDERFUL!!)  His 75th celebration consisted of:

(Doug - I promised not to post this on Facebook..................)

Family, Fishin', Fun and LOTS more....even a talent show!  It was a great weekend! 

The rain continued throughout the next few weeks......So when the sun came out to play, the boys found a way to make the best of a rainy situation

cleaning up after the mud

4 Wheel Riding

It rained some more.  We had a slumber party with Justin (cousin) with all of the slumber party fixin's.

It rained some more.  Will lost his 2nd tooth!!!  It rained.  We had some sort of flu bug hit our house....which we are still battling.

Well that sums up the last 42 days in a nutshell :)

Wiggly No More

As I mention a few weeks ago, Will has a few wiggly teeth.  I took a picture of his cute, little smile a couple of days ago to ensure that I had one last picture of his full mouth of adorable baby teeth.

LOVE that smile!!!!! It melts my heart!

One of his bottom teeth is really wiggly....wiggly to the point that it was starting to bother him.  But since this was his first loose tooth, he was hangin' onto that sucker.  Every single morning, he would come up to my bathroom to brush his teeth.  But before he would brush his teeth, he would take my hand  held mirror to inspect his wiggly tooth.  Every.single.morning.  This morning, he got up, got dressed, ate breakfast and came up to brush his teeth.  He grabbed the mirror to inspect his tooth................................................................

and......ummmmmmmmmmmmm MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 'Where is my tooth?!?!?!??!?!?!'  He was shocked, surprised, scared, excited, etc........He didn't know what to say.  Thankfully, he didn't swallow his tooth.  We checked his bed and found the tooth nestled under his pillow.  So the tooth fairy will be making her first visit to Will tonight.  He has 2 more wiggly tooth....so the tooth fairy may be broke before the Summer is over!   



Iron Chef Flach

I enjoy cooking and baking when I have plenty of time to do so.  Several years ago, I made some amazing homemade cinnamon rolls.  A few months ago, I decided to attempt to tackle them again....this time with the assistance of Austin and Will.  The rolls were still amazing but now I know why I only make them every couple of years.....they are messy!  I always find it funny while watching cooking shows that there is never a mess.  So here is a real life look into what cooking/baking is really about (with 2 boys).....bowls get sniffed, flour gets spilled, rolls don't look perfect, messes are made and there is a real clean up.  But the rolls were still amazing :)

Cardinal Game

Grandma and Grandpa Niebrugge were not able to use their Cardinal tickets last week so they offered them to Tony and me. 

We gratefully accepted!!!  I painted my toes Cardinal red....threw on some Cardinal gear and flip flops......and off we went!

On the way to St. Louis, you always have to be the first to spot the Arch....I kinda rock at this and always win.

We were really excited as this was our first trip to the new stadium.

We enjoyed a great game.....even a couple of home runs!  We got to the game really early because we were in the Bank of America section so food/drink begin about an hour before the game.  As true fans, we beared the cold weather by grabbing our food and eatting in our seats.  The day was gorgeous but cold.  My toes looked really pretty but it was soooooooooooo cold....I eventually broke down within the first inning and covered up my toes with a brand new Cardinal blanket.  As the game continued I was either totally camera ready or the warm Cardinal blanket was great marketing material but I made it on the big screen not once but twice!  The first appearance was just the plain, panning to different people.  The second appearance was the 'Raise your Glass to the Troops' shot.  Watching the Cardinals win in person was a great start to my Easter weekend!  I can't wait to make it to another game!