tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69817242772572240712024-02-19T22:48:52.502-08:00The Sideris FamilyAs for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-19729229601736576372016-01-26T19:26:00.001-08:002016-01-26T19:26:52.519-08:00Ninth MonthNinth Month- January 20th<br />
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Flew on a plane to Iowa. She did great and even met a friend that was on the flight there and back.<br />
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Had her first Christmas!:)<br />
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Enjoyed the Billings Christmas.<br />
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Loves playing with blocks and dogs.<br />
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She will not let the blocks get stacked up, knocking them over.<br />
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She waves hi and bye.<br />
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Went for some walks because it was like 50 degrees!<br />
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Height: 26 Inches<br />
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Weight: 13 Lbs<br />
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<br />The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-67300664740072911662016-01-26T19:18:00.001-08:002016-01-26T19:18:58.621-08:00Eighth Month Eighth Month-December 20th<br />
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Kate came to visit from Iowa.<br />
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Went to the Holocaust museum.<br />
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Sitting up on her own. Loves to play with all her toys.<br />
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Had her first cold. Kind of. More or less just a lot of snot.<br />
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Loves to listen to mom and dad sing to her when she wakes up in the morning.<br />
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Had her first Christmas party at Grams.<br />
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Enjoying LitClub with mom.<br />
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Went to see Santa. ( We have told her Santa is just for fun, I know we are boring.)<br />
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Had her first babysitter real babysitter, Chelsea!<br />
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Rode first carousel with her dad and LOVED it.<br />
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Met Key of Hope!<br />
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Had her first Thanksgiving at our house.<br />
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Loves to play with water. When bored we fill her tub just a little bit and bring it in the living room for her to play in. She loves this.<br />
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<br />The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-41318322957043274672016-01-26T19:09:00.000-08:002016-01-26T19:09:11.474-08:00Seventh Month<div>
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Eva has enjoyed lots of lunch dates with Gram and Aunt Sharon<br />
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We set up Eva's first Christmas tree, drank hot chocolate and listened to Christmas music.<br />
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Took our first family photos.<br />
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Eating lots of new foods. Loves sweet potatoes.<br />
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Still loving bath time<br />
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Loves going for walks.<br />
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She is such a trooper for car rides.<br />
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Rolling both ways.<br />
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Loves reading.<br />
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When dad is home they enjoy their bedtime routine together.<br />
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Getting on a much better schedule.</div>
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Started making squishy faces when smiling. It is super cute!:)</div>
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The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-50034435955408554502015-10-28T11:43:00.000-07:002016-01-26T08:21:39.952-08:00Sixth MonthSixth Month- October 20th<br />
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Eva went on her first plane flight to Philadelphia and did awesome there and back.<br />
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Went to the ocean for her first time.<br />
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Stayed with Josh, Lisa and Lucia Duvall for a weekend and had a blast.<br />
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Met some of Dads co-workers.<br />
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Loves the exersaucer.<br />
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Loves listening to Dad play the guitar.<br />
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Went to the Cider mill for the first time. She loved the animals, showed no signs of fear.<br />
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Likes to sit in the Bumbo.<br />
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Loves going to school with mom to volunteer with middle school girls in a literature club.<br />
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Working hard on sitting up on her own.<br />
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I think this little one has a strong personality but super sweet as well. We love her to pieces!<br />
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Height: 21.5 in<br />
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Weight: 12.5 lbs<br />
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Kid is not on the charts, so itty bitty.<br />
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<br />The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-21399993068227520592015-10-28T11:34:00.001-07:002015-10-28T11:34:30.826-07:00Fifth MonthFifth Month- September 20th<br />
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September was crazy and Evangeline grew so much!<br />
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We had a picnic over Labor Day with Gram and Grandpa.<br />
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Held a retirement party for a former coworker.<br />
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Went for a fun walk around the Renaissance building using the big kid seat to our stroller for the first time.<br />
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Trying out tummy time a lot more.<br />
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Took a road trip to Iowa, Stayed in two hotels, saw so many friends and family while there.<br />
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Went to her first family reunion.<br />
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Loves being with her mama, working on being happy with others!<br />
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Went to the Detroit Historical Museum with Anna and boys.<br />
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Eva giggles like crazy now!<br />
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Tried out some oatmeal cereal but decided it was best to wait another month.<br />
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Started rolling over super easy now!<br />
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<br />The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-51806494556961447572015-10-28T11:19:00.000-07:002015-10-28T11:21:52.553-07:00Fourth MonthFourth Month-August 20th<br />
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Gran came to visit from Iowa<br />
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Went to Adina and Gareth Crawfords Wedding<br />
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Went to Cooks Dairy for the first time.<br />
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Swam for the first time with Chelsea, Joe and Papa Frank.<br />
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Loves being outside. Went for a nature walk with Mom and Dad and was fascinated by the trees.<br />
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Still not a great sleeper! One day mom will sleep again!<br />
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Went to her first Tigers game. Holy stimulation overload. Made it to the 4th inning and it turns out she isn't a fan.<br />
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<br />The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-8257209005405310992015-09-01T13:20:00.000-07:002015-09-01T13:20:02.984-07:00Third MonthThree Months- July 20th!<br />
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Took an 11 hour car ride to Tennessee. (because doesn't everyone think its smart to drive 11 hours with a 3 month old? ;-) )<br />
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Went to work with mom for a week at school for Lit Camp.<br />
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Started to giggle.<br />
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So much more alert.<br />
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After we came home from Tennessee, Eva seemed to be getting much better with her reflux issues.<br />
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Started to use her feet to do absolutely everything! She is either half monkey or is going to rock at soccer.<br />
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We love her personality! She is super goofy like her dad but also has a spitfire side to her like her mom! ( pray for us )The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-32736915417535570332015-06-20T12:42:00.000-07:002016-01-26T19:35:46.037-08:00Second MonthSecond Month<br />
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Highlights from 2 months!</div>
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Eva started smiling! Loves being held by her momma! Loves reading books and loves music!</div>
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Trip to Ohio for Dads work. Stayed in Cinncinati, Columbus and Newerk Ohio. </div>
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Took work trip to Indiana and went to her first wedding!</div>
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Missed Daddy while he was in California, but loved staying with Yai Yai!</div>
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Got first round of immunizations. Eva did better than mom.<br />
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Met her Mommas students!<br />
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Celebrated first Fathers Day and Dads birthday.<br />
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Strongly dislikes tummy time.<br />
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The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-28846423158635538022015-05-20T13:07:00.000-07:002015-09-01T13:07:42.487-07:00First MonthFirst Month<br />
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Gained one pound at her first doctors visit.<br />
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Loved our visitors from Iowa Ryan, Ed, Jenni and Adam!<br />
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Went on a tour of Ford Field.<br />
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First Mothers Day.<br />
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Sleeps A LOT!<br />
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Nurses like a champ!<br />
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Has had some bad reflux issues.<br />
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Loves the swing.<br />
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Met all her cousins.<br />
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Went to her first birthday party, her cousin Belles.<br />
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Had jaundice and had to go get her foot poked to check her blood every week, for her first five weeks.<br />
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Mom learning a new norm with Dads travel.<br />
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<br />The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-87467268229018639142015-04-20T19:18:00.000-07:002015-09-01T14:21:08.833-07:00Welcome Evangeline Harbison Sideris(Better late than never)<br />
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Evangeline Harbison Sideris<br />
April 20th 2015<br />
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5 lbs 12 oz 18.5 inches long<br />
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How we came up with her name > Nicks Grandma was a super important woman in his life and her name was Eva Harbison. We really liked the name Evangeline but knew it was too long so we named her Evangeline Harbison but took the front end of her name and call her Eva after his Grandma!<br />
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Birth Story<br />
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So we found out half way through our pregnancy that Eva had a two vessel umbilical cord. Which can mean a whole array of issues that could have been wrong with her. Long story short, we were referred to a genetics doctor, had ultrasounds every week, what seemed like a million Non Stress Tests and prayed a whole lot and she came out healthy! However, during our last ultrasound at 37 weeks, our doctor told us she had quit growing and that she was getting the eviction notice. Nick had been in Chicago during that ultrasound with plans of flying out of there to speak at a very large event in San Diego that Friday. I ended up calling him in tears because I knew he wasn't going to be able to attend that and because I was scared out of my mind. Having an induction is great for my type A personality but also very bad for my type A personality. Nick flew back home and we finished a few last minute to do items and headed to the hospital on Saturday. It was like checking into a hotel. The nurse was all "Right this way to your room. Here is your fancy gown. Get comfy, you may be here awhile." So, they gave me Cervidil at 8PM and I fell asleep. At 3 AM I started to have contraction. The contraction came on like a freight train, coming every two minutes. Our nurse Sunday ended up being the worlds oldest and grumpiest nurse around. She checked me around 4PM and I was only dilated to a 3. That was a heck of a lot of work to only be dilated to a 3. The nurse was trying to pressure me into an epidural and Pitocin. Nick and I decided to wait until the next nurse and Doctor came back on to discuss what the next steps would be.<br />
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7 PM Enters the greatest nurse and Doctor. My contraction started to slow down to 10 minutes apart and we decided to try and rest until morning to move forward. 9AM we started Pitocin and within minutes my contractions started full force again. They were only a minute apart so they had to slow the Petocin down at one point. I was checked again at 1PM that day and was dilated to a 6. I was in so much pain and exhausted at that point. Nick and I were nervous that the doctors were going to want to do a C-Section if things continued moving slowly. (Henry Ford has a high C-Section rate) So, we discussed getting the epidural and brought the anesthesiologist in to go ahead with it. Oh boy, best decision I have ever made. I will never try and be a hero again. I ended up falling asleep and an hour later had the doctor break my water. Within minutes I felt the need to push, half hour later we met sweet Evangeline.<br />
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Here are a couple funny stories throughout our time at the hospital.<br />
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Nick and I took a walk around the unit to try and get things moving faster Monday morning. He held my IV as I walked slowly. Every time I had a contraction I would stop and hum (like they teach in birthing classes). One time I stopped and started humming the Star Spangled Banner! (What the heck? I have no idea where that came from!) I look over at Nick and he stops and puts his hand over his heart. I had a mixture of laughing and crying going on. He said, " You know how patriotic I am!"<br />
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During delivery there was a whole NICU team in our room for Evangeline when she arrived because of all her issues. Well during the time I was pushing I could see one of her nurses standing in the corner just smiling and laughing away. I said at one point, " I am going to throw something at that lady. What is she laughing about?" Oh boy! Maybe its because I kept yelling, "Holy mother of Mary!"(No, we are not Catholic) , " I can feel the ring of fire!", or "Holy S###!" (When I saw her dark hair)!<br />
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After we met our sweet girl, all four of our parents came to meet her. Tuesday we had my grandparents, sister, our friends Hilary and Jordan and the Collias side come visit. After five long days and four long very expensive nights at our hotel/hospital we took our sweet little one home.<br />
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Here our some pictures of Evangeline's first few days!<br />
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I have had time to do new posts!!! School was super chaotic for a moment there but now I have had two weeks off and almost feel like I am going crazy with all of this extra time! My house has been "deep" cleaned one to many times and I am prepared for my next semester of classes! A few weeks ago I was so fortunate to go home to Michigan. My boss had said she was going to New York to visit her family and that I would have a week and a half of no work. So I decided to go spend it at home, which was so great because I was there for my nieces and nephews birthday party. All four kids birthdays are within two months of each other and since it would be crazy to plan four birthday parties with my sisters schedule she has one! With no preplanning of my trip I was feeling super blessed to not have missed it! I was also feeling super lucky to be able to witness my second niece Belle get baptized. I might of lost my marbles had I missed that!;-) My Grandpas sister had passed away a few days before I had arrived in Michigan, so even though it was a not-so-wonderful event I was able to be there for my Grandpa and family and attend the funeral. A plus was my Aunt Deb came up from Tennessee to make it to the funeral so I was able to spend time with her as well! The rest of the week was great, my mom took the whole week off and we spent ALOT of time together! My favorite day was we woke up and went antique shopping and thrift store shopping! We found some awesome places all around Michigan!<br />
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My cousin Amber is getting married next August and I am her Matron of Honor. I sound so stinkin old being called a Matron. She said she is going to call me her "old maid" from now on! While I was in town we went shopping for her wedding dress. I thought it was going to resemble the time I picked out my wedding dress. I tried on about five and chose one, bought and left with it from the store. Took about a total of an hours worth of time. Not Amber, she tried on about twenty and didn't chose ANY of them. The best part of trying on dresses with Amber is Chelsea my little cousins commentary. :-) Funny how close Amber and I have been growing up but yet we are so different! She will find her perfect dress one day, I know it!!<br />
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Ultimately I felt really loved by the Lord this whole week. I think he knew my heart and that I would have been a little heart broken to have missed the baptism, birthdays, funerals and being there for my cousin while she prepares for her special day! How crazy was it that it all happened in a week and my boss happened to chose that week to go out of town when normally she visits her family the first or second week in July!<br />
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">and he will give you the desires of your heart.</span></span></em>The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-8316910343506007682012-08-14T07:46:00.000-07:002012-09-03T09:26:16.582-07:00JulyIm doing this backwards because I forgot about posting this! This happened before my trip home!<br />
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The beginning of July my Mom had planned on coming down to spend a long weekend with me! She was bringing my Grandma along with her! They came in on a Thursday and to my surprise my nieces popped out of the van! This is extra special to me because growing up I would always go with my Grandma and Grandpa down to Tennessee to visit my Aunt and Uncle. The road trips were always so fun and the time in Tennessee was always so great. I hate living away from my nieces and nephew because I feel like I miss out on so much stuff. However, I think back to my relationships with my Aunts and I felt just as close to my family in Tennessee as I did family in Michigan. It was just a treat to get to see them. So this was great, now it is a treat for them to come to Iowa! <br />
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We decided to use the weekend to make a Park Passport and hit up all of Des Moines great Parks! If there is one thing Des Moines has it is great parks!! We documented it and put our pictures into the passport to remember our time. Here are our pictures.....</div>
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LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THE WEEKEND!<br />
<br />The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-63327441704358098342012-08-13T08:37:00.000-07:002012-08-16T06:52:59.929-07:00ColoradoOur Colorado trip was probably one of the craziest weekends I have had in a long time!<br />
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We started out on a Thursday when we left Des Moines with our friends Ryan, Andrea, and Andy. The car ride was quite adventuress. Our friends soon found out about my fear of riding in cars as soon as we took off and what felt like a tornado was happening. Driving down I-80 pitch black in the rain and lightening storm was quite terrifying. My nerves were calmed by Ryan's sarcasm and our car ride sing alongs to ghetto old school rap! We arrived in Colorado to stay the night in a hotel next to a prison, this created some great commentary from everyone. We awoke and headed to Idaho Springs! This was one of my favorite parts of the trip! This little town reminded me of the town from cars, Radiator springs! It was a cute little old mining town. We ate and went white water rafting, our tour guide was from Michigan and knew some of my friends, so that was fun to chat about while we were dodging rapids! Really there were only two rapids that frightened me but lucky me I have a strong husband that knows his wife really well and made sure I didn't fall out of the boat!<br />
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We drove to our huggggge house that held all thirty of us to eat and get about three hours of sleep! We woke up and went to hike a mountain at one in the morning. Nick and I loveee sleep which made this decision to get up at 1:00AM really hard! We are super thankful we did, there is something really unifying about hiking up a 14,000 foot mountain with some of your closet friends. This was one of the hardest things I have ever done. You literally cant breath at the altitude your at. We lost a few on the way up the mountain, some people got sick from the altitude sickness, and mostly your muscles get so tired from lack of oxygen. It was the weirdest feeling of getting your breath back, walking three steps and being out of breath again. I thought I lost Nick a few times along the way but ultimately it was so fun to do as a group together. Next time I am going to train for it!<br />
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We went back to the house and slept for around four hours, woke up and went to Longmont to go SKYDIVING! This was soooooo fun and I think everyone in their lifetime should try it once. Nicks uncle is one of the crazy guys that jumps into the Broncos stadium at every game and his full time job is jumping out of airplanes. He is CRAZY! There was five of us that went to Longmont to jump, Krystina, Stephen, Lindsay, Nick and I! Here are pictures.........<br />
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After our Saturday festivities, we slept and woke up Sunday morning to leave! Such a fun weekend with fun people! Thanks to Kate Altmaier for planning the shenanigans!! Also I stole some pictures from Jill...Thanks Jillski!!:-)The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-25103026404741126312012-03-30T14:20:00.000-07:002012-03-30T14:20:46.707-07:00New Family MemberNope not a baby but a sweet little girl pup!<br />
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Meet Eden....<br />
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She is the sweetest puppy, she is lazy and loves to snuggle!<br />
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Nick has been an excellent puppy dad and has really taken over<br />
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Im excited to experience the joys of being a puppy owner!!The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-8379477559042629982012-02-28T15:28:00.000-08:002012-02-28T15:28:06.215-08:00The first time...Last Wednesday was the first time I met my father inlaw! <br />
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He came down the escalators to greet nick and I with a hug and lots of tears. <br />
Nick hasn't seen his dad in almost five years so this was kind of a big deal.<br />
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If anyone keeps up on world news you all know how bad Greece is. So it looks like Nicks dad, step mom, sister, step brother and half sister will be moving over soon!! <br />
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We had great dinners the whole time he was here and I learned how to cook more Greek dinners!!<br />
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OpaThe Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-39731358207390461652012-02-21T19:57:00.000-08:002012-02-21T19:57:58.142-08:00ChristmasI am only two months late...<br />
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Christmas was a really great two weeks for Nick and I! We started it out with a Christmas night with the family I nanny for. Tuesday December 20th was my last day working for a two week vacation. Nick came over after work and Ting had a Thai dinner for us and we distributed gifts! Austin the seven year old even spent his own money on a horse book for me and a Iowa shirt for Nick. (Sweet boy)<br />
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That Wednesday, and Thursday Nick had to work so Nyador and I were able to spend a lot of time together. We had such a great two days, we woke up and chilled around the house, went shopping for last minute gifts and worked on her school projects. We then took her to HuHot my favorite restaurant and had such a fun dinner. <br />
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Friday night we had Nicks family over for a low key Christmas. his aunt, uncle, little cousin, our little brother from BBBS, Nyador and his mom and step dad. We had pizza, played games and did presents! It was so nice for no one to cook and just actually get to hang out and spend time together.<br />
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Saturday we left and headed for Michigan, we made it in time for Uncle John and Aunt Maries house. Sunday we had dinner at my Uncle Toms, stopped by my Grandmas, then made it to my sisters inlaws to play games with them.<br />
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Monday we woke up and went to Christmas at my sisters for breakfast to open gifts with my dad and the kids. This has been what we have done for the past 7 years however Josh preached on Sunday and they had to be up and at it early so we switched it to Monday! This was so fun because I got to give my sister a pinterest project I made! It was also sweet to finally have Nick join us for our ritual family Christmas!!<br />
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The week home was so relaxing and nice for Nick to get to be around my family more. We woke up and had coffee with my mom every morning, met my dad for dinner most nights and had a date with Jen and Josh to Greek town and made countless trips to animal shelters with Chelsea to pet all the puppies! <br />
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Friday we had Christmas at my Grandmas and Grandpas house with my moms side of the family! With a surprise visit from my cousin Adams family! Always nice to just relax and get spoiled at Grandmas house! I am so thankful for this Christmas to be able to have it with my Grandma after her stroke in December! <br />
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Highlight from the week was my Christmas present from Nick, a wedding band!! :-)<br />
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I just loved this time home!<br />
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ElyseThe Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-64836791192773411602012-02-21T17:04:00.001-08:002012-02-21T20:28:21.465-08:00One Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYRlddqlrQTxdFFoZTsW1q4laIOsdrCJad2_B_2WB0k25h22hSSshgccrd6aRPnGjpH7y1wXreFYKn24vWaAPtEEAwc8R4KdSnReszDu3ORj4K8qo89Bf8Wk_s59pG66OzqWmcvOAZlU/s1600/D70_9692-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYRlddqlrQTxdFFoZTsW1q4laIOsdrCJad2_B_2WB0k25h22hSSshgccrd6aRPnGjpH7y1wXreFYKn24vWaAPtEEAwc8R4KdSnReszDu3ORj4K8qo89Bf8Wk_s59pG66OzqWmcvOAZlU/s320/D70_9692-1.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">Loved every guest at our wedding fully embracing the Greek Dances!</td></tr>
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NICK AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR A YEAR <br />
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I can't believe this!! <br />
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I seriously have been so blessed by this man in my life! <br />
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I am blessed by his daily sacrifices, his love for others and myself, his determination,his patience with me and his hard work. <br />
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My friend Haley and I have gone through the Help Meet book by Debbie Pearl and I have enjoyed learning how to be a good wife and love my visionary man. <br />
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Nick and I went to Lincoln Nebraska this weekend to see the Gatlack kids and take Nyador back to her mom. We then dressed up and went to a cute part of town called the Haymarket and had Mexican dinner. We decided to have Mexican so we could pretend we were back in Mexico! It was soo fun!<br />
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I have been told your first year is always the toughest but I must say I have loved loved loved this past year so I am pumped to see how this next year will go!<br />
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-ElyseThe Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-56603744136380134452012-01-12T15:56:00.000-08:002012-01-24T15:37:24.741-08:00Far Away Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu65H61v-eKLlR1-JmMan9adxD87htqBVQXR0Q3zbJ6Mb6_SqwjzVuxk7F5ljK0Xaiw5xFjN5erHSZtQva8gJCh3S9rM-R5Cnj9CiWULJvCM6kIB-l7XLhu-U9atml_pZJ_T4r16RcmcI/s1600/download.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu65H61v-eKLlR1-JmMan9adxD87htqBVQXR0Q3zbJ6Mb6_SqwjzVuxk7F5ljK0Xaiw5xFjN5erHSZtQva8gJCh3S9rM-R5Cnj9CiWULJvCM6kIB-l7XLhu-U9atml_pZJ_T4r16RcmcI/s320/download.png" width="213" /></a></div>When Nick and I were home over the Holidays we left in a hurry because my mother was convinced there was a huge snow storm coming. My Brother in<span id="goog_780139399"></span><span id="goog_780139400"></span>law was preaching on Saturday and so we were unable to say goodbye! <br />
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We love skype though!!!!!! <br />
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We don't usually chat over Skype but use it as a time to have a funny face contest and for the kids to stare at themselves on the computer!<br />
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Many people know that a month ago Nick and I had decided to take in a 17 year old girl. She is the eldest kid of the Gautlak family that we adore so much. Her family like I said back in June moved to Lincoln Nebraska to be by family but are stuck in a homeless shelter indefinitely. Nyador is a junior at Lincoln High school and is a rock star athlete. She wanted to finish out her last year and a half there where she has great team mates and coaches. Nick and I prayed about it and decided this would be a great opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus. So a month ago we became house parents to a seventeen year old!! I am sure I will be blogging a ton about how fun it is to have her live with us in the future but with her living with us I have been thinking and praying for ways to serve her and get her through that scary place called high school with knowing she is loved. I just remember when I was in high school, I didn't see beyond the school walls and only could see what this world has to offer. My hope for her time living with us is that Nick and I can teach her this world has nothing to offer her and high school will end, the boys, the girls, the sports, and all the hurt that comes along with those crazy hormones!! Anyway the point of this post was I have been thinking about all of the people in my life growing up that invested so much time in my life. I had many teachers, family and friends who loved on me but these few people that come to mind went above and beyond that.<br />
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Bob was a leader in our youth group who had started when I was in ninth grade. I could tell so many stories about how Bob served all of us at Faith but I wont because it would take days to write. One thing I do know is what he has taught me, he has showed me what a father, husband, leader, and servant looks like who fears the Lord. With so many messed up broken families in our lives I have appreciated Bobs influence and model of what I want for my own life! I have now chosen to merry a man who loves the Lord, not just a "Christian" man,(that word is lightly used) but a man who fears the Lord. Bob has taught me to not be judgemental, to love, serve and open your home to anyone and everyone. I know many people "Christians" who are so knowledgeable and really know the bible but do not live it out. Bob knows the bible and he lives it out in his own life. He truly serves as if he is the hands and feet of the Lord and has inspired me to do the same. He has four kids of his own, is a foster parent, serves in Haiti every other week(maybe not that much but it feels like it) and we use to joke and say he had 10 other teenagers. Another quality that many people say of Bob is he is humble. He may be the coolest guy in Texas but he sure doesn't know it! The people in his community are truly blessed to have the King family there!!<br />
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I have been thinking about these people a lot since Nyador has been living with us because I want Nick and I to be able to display these qualities that Nancy and Bob showed me growing up to her. Something I have heard recently and I cant remember where but "Your children may not always listen but they are always watching" I know I may not have listened or made the greatest choices in my past but I was watching and now realize why these two individuals lives were different and had such a great impact on my life.The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-35522582151949223922011-12-08T17:10:00.000-08:002011-12-08T17:16:11.525-08:00The Wonderful LifeThursday Novemeber 17th Nick and I had went to dinner and he kept asking me if I could meet him for lunch the next day, I wasnt sure why because I am a nanny and I have never had a lunch break. I have also never missed a day of work working for the family I work for. Then Nick dropped the ball, he said "She is going to kill me, but Chelsea will be here tomorrow at noon!!" I could have jumped through the roof, I was thrilled. He couldnt pick her up because he had a work meeting and didnt want her to sit at the airport for two hours until he could pick her up. Everett the two year old I nanny for went to pick her up and we spent the day together. After work Chelsea and I went to the womans coffee house at my church. It was so good to get together with 500+ woman and hear their stories of struggles and victories. I really identified with every women who spoke. Their was one woman who spoke, who was so encouraging to me. Struggles with something I struggle with daily, Anxiety. I also loved being their with Chelsea because she was able to see all of my closest friends. The rest of the weekend was filled with dinner at Olympic Flame, games and ice cream at Java Joes, and a visit to a creamy in Parrie. I had worked until seven on Sunday, so Chelsea and my wonderful husband made me dinner. Tuesday Chelsea, Nick and I were headed to Michigan for a ten hour drive. We made it to Iowa City and we got a flatt tire. We then ended up staying in the ghetto of Chicago, in a hotel. We all ended up leaving with bites all over us so we think we had gotten bit by bed bugs, yes it was ghetto! Good thing I was with Nick and Chelsea the funniest people I know and it was quit commical. We made it home safely the next day and I was thrilled to visit with family especially my Grandma who had been in the hospital for two weeks and had given us a scare with her stroke, it was so nice to be able to hug her. Friday I had a date with the kids and their Aunt Leone, Angel and baby Saydee at chucky cheese. Saturday I went and had a massage with my sister and mom than had a day at grandmas with Amy, Aunt Deb, Aunt Sharon, Anna, Mom and Sister. Nick was able to go watch football with my dad at Ford Field and had a mans night! Sunday I was able to go to my friend Jessicas baby shower for her new baby Hugo, he was adorable. Then Nick and I headed back home Monday!The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-27693787581549951512011-11-12T12:32:00.000-08:002011-11-12T12:32:31.595-08:00ThanksgivingI decorated my house for fall and even hosted our first thanksgiving. Nicks family came over last Sunday for a huge thanksgiving meal. We have Thanksgiving with his family early and it has worked perfectly the last few years because it allows us to go home for mine! His Aunt Beth started it because she goes to her Inlaws in Florida during actual Thanksgiving, but now she recently moved to Florida and someone had to take over the task of hosting and preparing thanksgiving dinner. So I thought I would try, I was super nervous to make my first turkey and googled every way possible to make one and looked up anyway something could go wrong. I had nightmares the week before about not getting up early enough to start the cooking or we wouldn't have enough food and so on. So Saturday night we went and bought a second turkey to ease my fear of not having enough. First thanksgiving and I make two turkeys!! Everything went smoothly and better then I had hoped, we had about twenty people, ate until we couldn't anymore and played games! Here are some pictures of my house decorated for fall, Halloween, Thanksgivingish! .....<br />
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Oh I forgot to mention Friday at 7:00pm at night our friends Bryson and Molly asked if we wanted to join them for the Michigan/Iowa game in Iowa city, seats on the 50 yard line and awesome parking for the day before our thanksgiving! I had two options be a horrible wife and say nooooooooo I have to clean, do homework, cook/bake and grocery shop to prepare for Sunday or love my husband and have a positive go with the flow attitude! I choose the second and I am so greatful I did because we had sooo much fun! I stayed up until 1:00am cleaning Friday night and went grocery shopping at 2:00 in the morning (not a bad idea no lines!!!) then woke up at 6:00AM to start are trek to the game(anyone who knows me well, knows I love sleep and I need 8 hours a night, so this was very difficult for me)! It was soooo cold but a great game to be at! Thanks Bryson and Molly for thinking of us!!The Sideris Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08875899216227250764noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981724277257224071.post-49112418964625482392011-10-25T21:00:00.000-07:002011-10-25T21:03:14.093-07:00Jen and the kids come visit!August came super fast and left super fast! Jennifer called me on August 20th and asked if her and her family could come visit that next week! She told me that was planning for her (a week in advance). I would take them if they told me they wanted to come tonight! This was super special to me because growing up, my family would go visit my Aunt Debbie in Tennessee at least two to three times a year and I remember how special those times were. Ideally, I would have lived in the same town as them to go on super fun dates every other day like we use to but I will take what I can get! So that next week they showed up, our week went as follows... <br />
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Tuesday: <br />
Chick-Fil-A<br />
Hanging out at mall<br />
I had school so nick took them out to dinner and a park that night <br />
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Wednesday:<br />
Chick-Fil-A<br />
Living History Farms<br />
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Thursday:<br />
I had to work so they hung out with me then went to see the birth place of John Wayne<br />
Dinner at Outback (Jen and I love this place)<br />
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Friday:<br />
They got up and left to go see where Walt Disney was raised in Missouri<br />
They ate Chick-Fil-A<br />
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The point is we had alot of Chick-Fil-A. Here are some fun pictures of our time together!<br />
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They left Friday and we went up north to Nicks moms lake house on Lake Tatonka in Minnesota!<br />
Nicks Aunt Beth and family drove all the way from Florida to come for Labor Day! I love going to the Lake house because we do a whole bunch of nothing! This time my wonderful husband stopped at antique stores with me and we played Bingo with all the town folk on Saturday! One of my favorite things about being married is driving in a car and taking long rode trips with Nick! I don't care where we are going, what we are doing but we have a lot of fun together being stuck side by side for many hours! We had a ton of fun being able to spend some good quality time with his family playing games, eating and just hanging out! Here are some pictures of that weekend!<br />
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My birthday was July 30th and we had thought we would go visit our kids that moved to the shelter in Nebraska however my mom called me a few days before the weekend and said her and my aunt Sharon wanted to spend the weekend with me for my birthday!! It turned out to be one of my most favorite birthdays ever! It started off with Thursday night my husband grilled for the three of us girls and we sat and had dinner and just laughed our butts off! I am sure Nick was thinking he married into a family full of crazy women.<br />
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The past two summers Nick and I started a summer program in a government housing facility. We do a bible study, games and snacks with the kids. We usually have 20 to 40 kids a week that show up with 90% of them being kids of refugees from Sudan, Kenya, Somalia and other places in Africa. Well this year my friend Rianne helped out and her mom who owns a christian book store invited us to a christian concert for kids in Pella, Iowa. So since my mom and aunt were in town, the two of them, Nick and I, Rianne, Ryan, and a few of the kids that were chosen based on their attendance and participation in the program headed to Pella for a awesome kids christian concert!<br />
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Late Friday night around midnight the Gautlaks (the family that moved to Nebraska) came to Iowa. They called and asked if the kids could stay with me all weekend and of course I was super excited and said yes! So in our home we had mom and Aunt Sharon, and six of the seven kids staying with us all weekend! Saturday morning we met my good friends and old roommates Justin and Allison Meyer at the Downtown Farmers Market! My Mom and Aunt loved it, its always something I like to take people from out of town to. Allison gave me an old suitcase full of stuff for my house! She could be the next Martha Stuart, she has such an eye for decoration. She can help a sista out when it comes to making a house "homey". Thank you Allison!!! We came back home and got ready for dinner at our house with my in laws. Then we took my mom, Aunt and the kids to the hot air balloon races in Indianola. This was so pretty to see over fifty hot air balloons in the sky at once! The kids loved this!<br />
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Here is another story, Sunday we had my friend Heather Guck over for brunch! I just love Heather so much because she is a woman after my own heart. Heather had two orphaned girls from Columbia in South America come stay with her for a month, Derly who is 14 and Angelica who is 12. She did this in hopes they would be pursued to be adopted. Their month here they met many families interested and thank the Lord they are being pursued. We had them over because that Tuesday they were headed back to Columbia and I really wanted to see them before they headed back! So Sunday we had my Mom, Aunt, Heather, Derly, Angelica, Carla,(one of our sweet friends who translated for the girls) the six kids, Rianne, and Nick and I which made for a full house! I loved every minute of it!! Oh and I forgot to mention, Derly and Angelica were baptized Saturday, such a sweet moment for Heather and awesome to see many prayers answered!<br />
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I had cute toenails to go with the fun weekend thanks to my birthday date with Jenni Van Wyk who had a wedding the weekend of my birthday! We went the Monday before to get our toes done! Thanks Jenni!<br />
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Also the week before, my awesome friend Jill Trost decided I needed to have a phone that has style and bought me the cutest Juicy Couture cover! You Rock Jill!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Okay so like I said not good at blogging....<br />
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My boss asked me if I wanted to fly to Michigan or back to Iowa, of course I could never refuse a trip home! I then spent a week in Michigan, it was such a great time because I had nothing on the agenda. The only thing was my sister was due two weeks from the day I came in so I prayed my butt off to be able to meet my new niece! The Lord answered that prayer and she was born that Thursday with three days left in my trip to be able to love on her! Ruby Sue Combs, was happy and healthy and eager to meet all of us. The other great part of her coming while I was there is I could help out as much as possible with the other three! I took the Mega Bus to Chicago that Sunday to be picked up by my husband and spend the day with him in the city. Nick picked me up and handed me a big box (a week before my birthday) and I opened it to find a "I love Coke-Cola" shirt. I acted super pumped about my birthday present to open the shirt up and find a new IPHONE 4. For those of you who really know me I have never had a nice phone. I usually acquire phones from my little cousin Chelseas friends old ones. (I am Cheap) So this was such a wonderful sight for me, I totally appreciate my husband!!! After my present we went to a yummy Greek restaurant and walked around town! It was a great day date! Here are some pictures of my new neice! <br />
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Summer started off with Nick and I joining my boss who is a neonatologist in the march for dimes. We had a perfect day of weather and I loved seeing all of the success stories of the babies and their families along the path! It was even more fun to walk with some of the babies that my boss had worked with! One family had triplets!!<br />
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Weird I felt like my children were getting taken away from me. Kids we invested so much time in and kids our hearts really loved. Their mom Mary raises all seven by her self and now is pregnant with baby girl number eight! Their Dad went back to Sudan and so their mom wanted to move closer to family, she also is a singer and wanted to be where she can sing. They have been staying in a homeless shelter for a month and a half now, waiting to see if they can get housing and mom a job. The seven kids are all beautiful, driven, selfless, wonderful individuals. I have never met such well behaved kids! So the day before they left Nick and I went and picked up the girls, (the others wanted to be with their friends their last night). Nick took all us girls on a date, it started off with the light up bridge at Grey's Lake, caught the last two innings of the cubs game, watched fireworks and then home to watch "Tangled"! It was even more special because Saturday was Nicks birthday and the girls were there for that! We woke up and made Nick a big breakfast and let him open his presents! Such a wonderful good bye weekend! My prayer for them is they find a home, mom finds a job, the kids get into a school with good teachers, baby number 8 is healthy and the kids continue to call and text us all the time!!;-)<br />
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Hope everyone is enjoying their summer as much as we are being newlyweds, I hope the fun never ends!<br />
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