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Minnetonka

Although it's flat here, and there are no mountains, I must say it is very pretty and green. Our offices are located in Minnetonka, which is just outside of Minneapolis. The weather here today is about 70 degrees and the sky is crystal blue and clear. I'm in the CEO of Optum Financial's office today and he has an amazing view. I had to take some pictures:

Isn't it pretty?

BOO HOO

I flew to Minneapolis today with my work and am here until Thursday. I came out to see our office here and to meet the people I work with daily but have never had the chance to see in person.

I must say that I think I am a major wuss. It is really weird being away from Nicholas, and from Kayden. This will be one of the only times I have been away from Nick in the almost 4 years we have been together now, and the first time I have spent more than one night away from my baby. It's fun to travel sometimes just to see other cities and different parts of the world, but man I miss Nick when I am not with him.

I really do have a great life and I am so thankful that I have him in it. He is such a wonderful husband, and father, and I am so blessed that he is mine. Sorry for the sap, just a little home sick and missing my boys. :(

I love you baby!

Tubby Time...

Ambria's hair is getting long....

Cheese

Man I have some cute kids!

At least I know I act my age...

You Act Like You Are 25 Years Old

You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel like an adult, and you're optimistic about life. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. You're still figuring out your place in the world and how you want your life to shape up. The world is full of possibilities, and you can't wait to explore many of them.

What Age Do You Act?

This is not fun..

Last night we had a crazy wind storm with gusts up to 60 MPH. I had Nick go out and get the two hanging flower pots from the front porch before the storm started, but I didn't even think to bring anything else in from the back.

About 1:30am I woke up because the wind was so loud. The first thing I thought of when I heard it was..."OH CRAP, OUR NEW TABLE SET!" The table we just bought is very light and has tiles that insert into it on the top of it. The tiles aren't glued in or anything, they just are placed in and could easily come out. I knew for sure at least the chairs would blow away if we didnt bring them in. So, I woke Nick up and sent him outside to go look what damage the wind had done and have him bring stuff in. After a while when he didn't come back I headed downstairs.

At this point he had brought in all of the chairs and the table, accept all of the tiles from the table were missing. When he went outside, the wind had completely blown over everything and every single one of the tiles has been shattered when they hit the ground. Then, we noticed that a couple of the chairs (which are made of woven material) have holes in them where the table had fallen on them. So, pretty much the whole set is ruined. :( I am so sad. We were so excited to have a nice set and now it's garbage, and it was not cheap...at all.

I think I remember seeing on the box that it had a warranty but I didn't think to save the receipt. I am going to have Nick call Home Depot and see what we can do about replacing the set. I'm not sure they will do much of anything but I guess all I can do at this point is hope.

Oh, and as if the table wasn't bad enough, I found out even more bad news. The guy that put our deck together flaked out on us and says he doesn't have time to put up the railing. So now we have to find someone to finish the job. He says he may be able to get to in in about a month or so if we want to wait. I just feel like this whole project kinda is going to crap. Nothing really has gone right from the beginning and I am ready to throw in the towel and call it quits. :(

An Eventful Weekend

What a gorgeous weekend! The weather was perfect! We spent a lot of time outside. Friday we just hung out, I went grocery shopping like I normally do on the weekends we have all the kids. Saturday Ke'alohi and I went on a shopping adventure! We got a new patio set and a bunch of new karaoke cd's, oh and a new microphone. Then at 3:30 Chrissy, Ryan and kids came over to bbq. It was a little windy but really warm. We got out the pool for the kids and hung out back.

Later on Lorina and Josh showed up with their cute kids. This was the first time Lorina and I have met. We have only talked over blogspot so that was pretty fun! She has such a cute family. Then Bao, our chinese neighbor, came over and we all ate and hung out. Later after Bao and Lorina left, we went inside when the wind started to get to cold and we busted out the karaoke machine and glow sticks! All in all it was a fun and eventful day.

Oh, deck update.....the deck base is in, now it's just time for the railing! Here are some pics

Can you see the 3" drop off the left side? I was worried that Kayden might fall off, so we decided to spend the extra $ and do the railing. So the best part about that is, instead of it being Kayden that fell, Ke'alohi (our 10 year old) was the first one to go off the edge! Don't worry, she's ok..and this is a usual thing for both her and Ambria!

I am really excited to see the finished product! Hopefully we can get it done this week.

Then Sunday we bought a ton of flowers and some bushes and planted all day. I spent the whole day out in the sun and by the time 5:00pm hit I was burnt, tired, and starving. So I made dinner and we ate outside with the kids on our new table. I have to finish the back yard this week, but at least I got a good start on things.

I love the hanging flowers!

Front Yard

Tree out back...

See they are still in cartons, not finished...come on, cut me some slack!

I have never laughed so hard in my life....

Ok, this seriously cracked me up! You ready to laugh?

This one is my favorite by far! Jlo and Marc Anthony!

Ok tell me that didn't make you laugh? HAHA thanks Shayla, for sharing!

For the Love.....

So the past few months Ambria has made friends with a lot of the little neighborhood girls that are close to her age. When they play they usually hang out at one of our houses, or outside where our back yards connect. Our back yards aren't fenced and we all share some "common ground" so it makes it easy for them to go back and forth to one another's houses. Almost too easy I guess.....

Well, the other day they decided it was nice outside so they wanted to jump through the sprinklers and put the sprinkler under the neighbors tramp. Ambria ran in, grabbed her swimsuit, and headed to the neighbors to change.

Later, when they were done getting wet, Nick asked Ambria to please go back to the neighbors and change back into her clothes. Nick and Kayden were outside playing (as were many other neighbors) when Ambria came out the neighbors back door and across the lawn headed back to our house. (I wish he would have taken a picture because it would have really helped the visual aspect of this story).

Ok, anyways ..as Nick looked over at Ambria he noticed she was wearing her tank top but from the waist down she was completely butt naked! In her hands she held her shorts as she galloped along. Nick, very wide eyed, looked across the way at her and said "honey, why are you not wearing any pants?" Ambria, smiling and all as if nothing were wrong, replied "Oh, I couldn't find my panties dad, so I couldn't put on my shorts without them!"

Nick just laughed as her naked white bum went through the back door and up the stairs.

Deck Update

Well, it's official folks! We are on our way to a new 20ft x 12ft trex deck! The material has been ordered and we recieved the first of two shipments yesterday! I am so excited!

Although it ended up being a little pricier than we had hoped (thank you Grandaddy for your wonderful connections), I think it will be worth it in the end. It's a lot prettier than concrete I think, and it will add to the resell value of our house! Double bonus! Oh, and after a little coaxing from the sales dude we decided to go with gray. Supposively it doesn't heat up as much and won't burn the kiddos feet! I can't believe how many colors they have to chose from.

I will take some before and after pics and keep you all posted!

This is how long it will be! It feels so huge! HOORAY!

No More White!

Ok so I was never a fan of our white front door. With kids it never stays white, and it was kinda plain looking. For the longest time I have been telling Nick we should paint it dark! So guess what? I finally got my dark door this weekend!


Special thanks to Brad, Nick's co-worker and Marci's wonderful husband, for coming out on his weekend off to professionally spray it for us! You rock dude!

I think it turned awesome! What do you think?

Next step, we put in the deck out back. Then we plant flowers and get the yard looking snazzy!

Stay tuned for more pics to come!

I stole this from Marci!

All you ever needed to know about my Husband: (or at least you will learn something!)

What is his name? Nicholas Stocks (No middle name)
How long have you been together? 4 years in November
How long did you date? 14 months
How old is he? the big 30
Who eats more? Depends on the day
Who said I love you first? hmmm....him?
Who is taller? You ask him, he is by half an inch, you ask me we are the same ;)
Who can sing better? Toss up, he's got some pretty good vocals
Who is smarter? Him for sure
Who does the laundry? Him...I try to help really I do
Who pays the bills? Me
Who sleeps n the right side? Nick
Who mows the lawn? The Mexican dudes from our HOA
Who cooks dinner? Him
Who drives? Him
Who is more stubborn? ME 10 times over
Who kissed who first? That was a tie.
Who asked who out first? He asked me
Who proposed? Uh, no one...it was a spur of the moment thing. In fact we got married at the courthouse and we both wore jeans. :)
Who has more friends? Tie
Who is more sensitive? Nick by far.
Who has more siblings? Nick
Who wears the pants? I would have to say I do!

That was fun. I am tagging Shalya, Chrissy, Jessica, and Summer,