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!