Christmas Time!

Well, belated merry Christmas to everyone! We were up in Pine City from Christmas eve until yesterday, so it's a little late!

Scott and I celebrated Christmas with each other a little early this year...we are both antsy! He got me some great gifts: such as a diamond ring that looks like a belt buckle and diamond snow flake necklace. He also gave me the best gift you can give a girl: the gift of shopping! He got some toys from me that I really didn't think through! A nintendo DS and accessories and the new Call of Duty 5 game for his x box: apparently I don't want to see my husband for the next few months because those two presents keep him very very busy!

We started out the festivities Christmas eve making our first stop at Grandma Fischer's! We had so much fun visiting with everyone, playing a very lively round of the dice game...and of course seeing scott's cousin Carrie's adorable little girl: Emma. She is such a happy little girl and has a smile that lights up a room. It is crazy how much older she looks every time we see her! At around 4 we decided we better be heading up to Pine City and went to Mom and Dad H's for stocking opening :) We enjoyed some scrumptious tacos and watched " The Grinch"...a fave!

Christmas morning bright and early we headed over to Mom and Dad B's. We got some amazing gifts including a new kitchen table (which Santa delivered a little early)! It is beautiful and we were very excited to get our little cheapy table out! Scott got guitar hero on tour and guitar hero decades from tim for his nintendo ds....and that was about what he did for the remainder of the long weekend! For dinner we had the best ham I have ever tasted and some cheesy potatoes...mmmm mmmmmm!!! Heather and Mike also brought up their snow mobile for some fun in the snow! It was a great Christmas, time with our loved ones always is great!

Friday we hit the stores bright and early for day after christmas sales, Trent pulled an all nighter in anticipation for the event! Sadly, he was let down...but not Donna and I! We found lots of goodies left over in the christmas aisles :) Friday night we did the Heimdal family gift opening! That is, after an amazing meatball and mashed potater feast! We got a lot of amazing presents there too....top of the list being an awesome video camera. We had no idea we were getting it, and were very surprised and grateful for the amazing gift. I also got a coach purse from Rikki that may be the prettiest thing I have ever carried on my arm...she knows I'm a purse girl just like her!

The rest of the weekend was filled with more fun such as watching marley and me, ordering the UFC fights.......poor Forrest Griffin :( and celebrating Tommy Boy's birthday!

HAPPY 48TH BIRTHDAY DAD!

Although all the presents were amazing and very appreciated, the best part of the weekend was seeing our loved ones and being able celebrate how much the Lord loves us, that he sent his son here for us: AMAZING! !

The boys' picture....aren't they lovely?

Peace, love, and TI

Heimdal Kids

I would just like to share this amazing photo of my handsome brother!

Merry Christmas!

Well, as usual time has really flown by! We are already less than a week from Christmas! It is mine and Scott's favorite time of year! We absolutely LOVE going shopping for everyone and decorating the tree, and our home. Lately we've really been trying to focus more on the reason for the season and that God will always take care of us. Things don't always go the way I want them to...in fact sometimes it seems like nothing goes the way I want...but God has plans for us that often times we cannot understand. I am a worrier...big time! So it is very hard for me to just step back and let life happen, no plans, no agendas, just let go. Hopefully I can do that from now on!

On a different note...December has brought some sickness, some great times...and defintitely some SNOW! It usually takes me 8 minutes to get home from work...this past Tuesday it took me and hour and a half. It is never a good feeling to be sitting stopped for 45 minutes and still be able to see your work out of your rear view mirror...ICK! So as much as I love the snow, I hate driving in it, in particular I hate driving in the traffic that it causes :( I do however love to play in it! Scott and I went snow tubing today and it was a BLAST! It was blizzarding all day and the perfect day to get out and have some fun! When we got home I made some hot chocolate and I am about to cuddle up with my hubby by the fireplace and watch the grinch...seriously I think I may have just had a perfect day!

To all our loved ones, thank you so much for all that you do for us! We hope that your holidays are filled with joy and love!

3 Years Ago....

Nov. 2nd was the three year mark of our engagement...Hard to believe it's been that long now! Here's a picture from the day :) Scott, I love you more each day and am so proud to be your wife!

Oh My!

I cannot believe it is already november....almost mid-november at that! I have been a bit absentee lately because I have been recovering from mono. It was AWFUL! I am starting to get back in the swing of things now, but still very worn out and tired...all the time! Scott has been hunting now for the past 6 weekends, keeping busy between bow and rifle. They had been seeing quite a few deer bow hunting in the previous weekends, but none large enough and close enough to shoot. They were feeling good about rifle opener... and then came the wind, snow, rain, and cold spell. They didn't even see a deer all weekend and heard very few gun shots, which is not normal for opener where they hunt. He'll be going up this weekend, so pray for better weather! I have been getting to spend some time with family when he's been gone! The weekend after I got mono I was still very out of it, so I wasn't much fun...but I bunked out up north and visited with the parents! Donna and I found some ok sales at target the day after halloween, but weren't overly impressed and my big purchase was pop rocks 50% off! Had to get them for old time sake! This past weekend Donna came down on Thursday and we had fun shopping and going out to Green Mill (mmmmm)! Friday I went and had movie night with Donna and Heather (and miss lucy the dog:) Saturday was a busy one! Donna and I woke up WAY too early...I think it might have been because we joked with the guys that they had to get up at 4:30 for hunting and that we'd be snug in a warm bed....apparently that plan did not work out! Later my Mom came down to visit me and Rik. She brought us a surprise: LUMPKIN! Lumpkin's real name is Dakota...he is an incredibly sweet baby and we love to steal him any chance we get. Unfortunately he has a tough home life, so we try to give him all the love he can handle! They went home sunday and I had quite the lazy day waiting for my hubby to get home. Gotta love those lazy days! I am hoping to go visit fergus this weekend! So I am sure I will have some new pictures to post next blog!

A Busy October!

The past few weeks have been filled a lot of bad luck :( It all started with an ear ache...then double ear aches. A trip to the urgent care revealed that I had a double ear infection. I got meds and went to work the next day, only for my ear to begin bleeding...another trip to urgent care revealed a ruptured left ear drum. So I had been in quite a bit of pain. I'm feeling better now although I don't believe my medicine has helped because now two weeks later I still have pain in my right ear. Friday I was starting to finally feel a little bit better and my car broke down right in the middle of old cedar ave. in bloomington. I had a bit of a panic attack until a nice woman in stiletto heels pulled over and offered to help me push the car to the side of the road! We got it over there, skirt, stilettos and all! Scott has to rearrange hunting plans so I would have a vehicle for work on monday since he was going to be up north, but it all worked out and the car got fixed monday of the next week. Women of Faith conference was also that weekend and I had an amazing time. It was nice to be able to get away from all the stress that the week had brought and just be able to praise my father and realize all the amazing things I have in my life. An ear infection and a fewe car repairs are minor bumps in the road compared to what a lot of people may be dealing with. It also was a great time of healing for me since I've been carrying around a lot of pain....just needed a little refresher that God is always there for me and he loves me :) Next year Mom Brekke will be joining us for women of faith along with Rikki so it will be even better :) It was so great having Grandma and Mom up for the weekend, especially indulging in some shrimp with them :) This week kind of flew by..and now my hubby is up hunting again. What are my plans for the weekend? NOTHING!!!!!!!! I am so ridiculously excited to snuggle into our bed and watch hours upon hours of friends, eat ice cream, and relax.

Fall!

So, once again I have fallen behind on my blogging! Life has been crazy lately... We've both been very busy with work and always seem to have something planned on the weekends! September was a busy month, Scott went bow hunting up by Mille Lacs mid-september but there were too many leaves up, so they'll give it a try next weekend hoping there will be a lot less leaves in the trees! I had a womens' weekend with the ladies on the Heimdal side, we went to Kelli's in Des Moines and had a lot of fun chatting and catching up! Shea, my mom and I rode together so we headed back on Sunday. The weekend after that was an especially great one because I got to see TY! We missed him a lot and can't believe how much he'd grown! Heather, Zac and Ty arrived Friday night and we went out for dinner. Ty was a good sport even though I'm sure he was getting tired! They stayed the night and Saturday morning Heather and I made a short but very efficient trip to pick up a couple things. They left late morning and Scott and I attempted to get some things done around the apartment! SUnday we went to watch the twinkies play. It was Ty's first twins game, and I'm not sure he knew quite what to think. He was so good all game, just would get a little startled when the fans would go crazy! We loved seeing them, and have decided we have to come see Ty very soon! October hasn't been quite as crazy for us, we went up North to visit the folks and had a lot of fun visiting and picking apples..thanks Mama D! This past weekend we babysat my friend Cassandra's little girl. She is such a cutie pie and she instantly had scott wrapped around her little finger. I guess she doesn't usually like men besides her daddy, but she sure loved scott! I also went out to dinner for girls night with Rikki and Shealyn, I love having them down here and they are doing really great! Next weekend brings the Women of Faith conference, a high light of the year #1 because it is amazing to praise God with thousands of other women and #2 because I get to spend time with grammie and mama! It should be a really fun time! Scott will be in his deer stand that weekend so pray for deer to be sent his way...apparently this year he is going with "brown is down"! SO I think I am basically caught up! God is good and we're blessed with everything he's been doing for us!

Ty and Scott at the game!

Lewis Family

Miss Jaz bouncing in her chair!

She has such a pretty smile!

I love my Cuzzie!

We missed you Ty!

I love him!

This picture cracks me up!

Happy boy at his first twins game!

Not so happy about the noise level in the dome!

LIFE

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers over the last couple weeks. We are doing a lot better and feeling much more at peace. This monday I started work as an infant teacher at a Kindercare by us. It was a little hard the first day to be around babies so soon, but by the end of the day it actually felt a little healing. I really like it even though it is quite stressful and quite a lot of work. There are usually me and either one or two other women working and usually about 12 babies, so we are hopping. I already have a little boyfriend named Tishon that cries anytime I leave the room and won't go to the other workers anymore. I work Mon-Fri 9-6 so I am getting a ton of hours, but already missing my hubby, we were used to both being home early afternoon so it's a change but one I'm sure we'll handle with time. I am hoping to be starting really early like 6 and working until like 4 since I am kind of an early bird. Scott has sprayed every tub this week and he keeps improving. I think he is his harshest critic because I went with him to put one of tubs together and it sure looked perfect to me :) So we're both taking pretty big steps in the job area, keep praying that it works out good!

Scott and I found out today that I had an early miscarriage. We're going through a really hard time right now and really need your prayers. God has a reason for everything and we are trying to keep that thought at the front of our minds.

Baby Brekke Coming Soon!

Hi everyone! This past week Scott and I got some very special news! WE'RE HAVING A BABY! We weren't trying but our mindset has been when God is ready for us to have kids, we will....and that time is now! We are both so excited and happy! Both sides of grandparents are extremely excited as well to have a little baby around! There is no doubt there will be lots of love and support surrounding our little family and we thank everyone so much for that! I have thought I was for probably between a week and a half to two weeks, but took a test on Monday...and then another one on Tuesday....and then went into the doctor and took one on Wednesday! All positive :) Also having morning sickness was a pretty big hint... in a weird way I actually love it. I obviously do not love the vomiting part but I love knowing that there's a little person in there and it makes everything feel that much more real to me! Keep us in your prayers for a safe pregnancy :) We love all of you!

JOB

So, this week was my last one with Jaci and Connor :( After 3 years of watching them turn into amazing little human beings, they are off to Montessori school and Nikki will be home with them in their off time. I have no doubts that I will still see them a lot and remain great friends with their family...but none the less it was a very emotional day for me. I have been job hunting for about the last month and thankfully have something lined up starting already on monday. It is a nanny placement company called Loving Care. They interview families and then interview nannies and try to find good fits. I will be working with a couple families as a temporary nanny while they find a good fit for long term care. I am really excited about it and will be working with a couple different families so I can get 40 hours a week. Please pray for me as everything is a little scary in the first week of anything new. Also under the subject of jobs: Scott has been spraying the top coat on some of the tubs and is doing a great job. I'm really proud of his hard work and appreciate everything he does for our little family! So God has been richly blessing us lately and we are just on this crazy ride of life letting him take us where we're supposed to be!

UFC 87: Seek and Destroy

This weekend has been one for the record books! Scott and I basically ate, slept and breathed UFC for three straight days! The result: Best time of our lives! On Thursday there was a press conference and fighter signing at the Mall of America. We thought that they would be in and out, but instead they stayed around talking to fans, taking pictures, giving autographs etc. They were so nice and we were really impressed by their appreciation for their fans. Scott and I are used to the basketball/baseball/football players that walk by you like they don't even see you....so we were really impressed. High light of the weekend had to be meeting Quinton "Rampage" Jackson! Scott looked at him and asked if he knew who his next fight was and he replied to Scott..."you"...hhmmm, wonder how that one might go! Scott passed on that fight! I asked for a picture with him and he replied...Girl you can get anything you want, you's my fan! On Saturday we headed to the Target Center for photos, autographs and the official weigh ins! After meeting Clay Guida, Sean Sherk and Matt Hughes we went to applebees for a little break and who to we see sitting there? Wanderlei Silva! We asked him for a picture and Scott went to give him a hand shake...he reacted with giving scott a bear hug. It is so funny how nice all of the fighters were! Saturday was the actual fight night and the day passed so slow! Mom and Dad H got tickets as well on the other side of the arena from us....and Mom had a blast "touching GSP's sweaty arm!" She also gave Adrianne Peterson a high five and went...oh I just gave some basketball player a high five...mother mother mother...does Vikings Rookie future MVP ring a bell, wrong sport! Just rqazzin you mom! There were a lot of good fights, Brock Lesnar tore Heath Herring apart, Kenny Florian took down Roger Huerta and GSP retained the belt while man handling John Fitch ( I was sad about that one!) Probably the most explosive moment of the night was Cheick Congo knocking out Evenson cold! I am sure many of you don't know who any of these people are, but they are the elite of the Mixed Martial Arts world!

AMIR! Won Ultimate Fighter...I love him!

Rob Emerson also on TUF...won Sat. with a 12 second knock out in the first round!

Ma and Pa enjoying their seats

Poor Heath Herring, this was only what his face looked like after the first round! It was BAD!

The Octagon all lit up waiting for GSP to make his entrance

Scott standing by the octagon...AWESOME SEATS!

Cheick Congo putting Evenson to sleep, view from our seats was amazing!

So, turn around and there was Chad Greenway!

GSP is the welterweight champ...still, sigh

Matt Serra former welterweight champ

Wanderlei Silva..at applebees

My fave! Quinton Rampage Jackson

Roger Huerta...I am sad he lost :(

Joe Rogan- the man!

That's right, don't mess with us!

Rampage signing some guys baby! And the parent of the year award goes to..........

Dana White...UFC President

John Fitch...sad he lost too :(

Dana White again!

oh how we love the UFC!

Pictures and Weekend Update!

Well, this weekend was definitely nothing short of busy...but it was so much fun! Scott surprised me with renting a sporty convertible for the weekend, it was so much fun to drive and we had such a blast! It made the ride up north much more enjoyable and made the trip even better! We were up north for the pine county fair this weekend, catching up with some old friends and seeing the fam a little bit! Friday we soaked up some rays in the pool after a fun ride up and went to the fair that evening. We indulged in all the amazing food the fair has to offer, favorites being the corn and pork chops! Saturday we went out on the pontoon with Tom and Donna (and Gracie Kellie) for some fishing, sun and grilling! We didn't catch any fish except for Tom, but we had a lot of fun! Mom H made an amazing meal of meatballs and mashed potaters for dinner on saturday and then scott headed to the derby while I stayed home and went out fishing with mom, dad and uncle wes! That too was a bit of a bust excpet for one northern, but still fun! Sunday was rainy so we ate a yummy lunch of fish and headed back to our little homestead! A great weekend :) Here are some funny pics from the zoo! Thought you guys would find some of these humorous, also the apartment and my nature hike with Jaci and Connor...way too cute I had to post it!

Jaci and Connor on the nature hike :)

Out of order pic of our bedroom in new apartment

I got to see a bear fight at the zoo :)

I also got to see two prairie dogs making out!

and a monkey blew me kisses!

Heather, this pic is for you! Jaci loves her new outfit, she said it's her strong girl work-out outfit!

Our new living room

Second bedroom with our sweet morneau jersey we got signed and then framed!

My new love....a washing machine....in my closet :)

new bathroom!