Post 100!

Ha. I'm not sure what even made me notice that this is my 100th post. I guess I better make it a good one. I'll try. We are keeping busy around here. Poor Hads has a bad ear infection which has attacked his eye, giving him pink eye symptoms. It's pretty icky. He's on medicine now and it seems that hour by hour he is acting more like himself. And right now that is "terrible two'ing"! A little early but I guess that means he will come out of it sooner right? Oh my can he kick and scream. It always seems to be for the craziest reasons. He also loves throwing/pushing things down the stairs. Not so good when he pushed a heavy metal and leather dining room chair down and put a big hole in the wall. Or his little bike that left more damage. He looks up at me and says, "uh oh!" Ah...that is just the beginning. He is way smarter than what we think!

Good thing he is so cute!

Loren is continually keeping busy, which is great. He has done quite a few videos for the YMCA of Des Moines and they seem to be loving his work. He also has been doing photo shoots and other random video jobs. He really enjoys all of it. If he can make it work, this is exactly what he would like to do. We are currently at a crossroads. As much as we love and appreciate our parents, it is time to make a change to our living situation. So, are we committing to staying in Iowa? That is the question...I feel different everyday. Having our family so close is WONDERFUL. However, pieces of us are still in Colorado. Uhg. I hate it. We have looked at some houses which has been fun. It just seems weird to me still. I don't know why. I just really miss all our friends. I thought by now I would be use to it all but that is a big NO! I guess they are irreplaceable friends. I know and believe that God has a perfect plan for us. I would just like Him to hurry it along! I can ask for that, right? I would like some consistency and order in our lives. We just need to figure out if that is here or somewhere else.

Well post 100 has been informational?? Now you know what is going on in our lives. Big decisions are to be made. It seems like we are always put in "risky" situations lately.
God is continually reminding us to seek and trust Him for everything.

Here is the 2nd love of my life!
I need to upload pictures, not from my phone. Isn't he the cutest thing you have ever seen?
I love him... even when he puts holes in the wall!

happy new year.

We have gotten off to a bad start.

We all managed to get bad colds over Christmas. Loren ended up with a terrible sinus infection and finally went to the doctor after a few days and got put on medicine.

New Years Eve was our 5 year anniversary.
We had planned a night out before Loren was really feeling bad. Loren was still not feeling the best but decided to go out to please his insistent wife. I really wanted to get out and have a fun
night since we had been in dealing with sicknesses the past few days.
I told Loren that we had to do something since it was our 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
Well, lets just say it didn't end up so great.
We went to dinner at a very well reputable restaurant downtown (I'm not going to say the name because I do believe it was a complete fluke and we will try it again).
It was our first time there and we were eager to try it. Everything was wonderful from the ambiance to the food and to the drinks. We really had a lovely time celebrating us!
After dinner we met up with some friends and rang in the new year.
Then next morning we both wake up with churning stomachs. Yep, food poisoning. We both spent the whole day sick in bed. I guess I should not have forced Loren to go out after all.
We would like a re-do for our anniversary when we are both healthy!

Then this weekend poor Hadley came down with the stomach flu! And the list goes on of people
he has shared that with, including me. Hopefully that will come to an end.
He is feeling better but is still a bit sluggish.
Ah, to be healthy again. That is all I want.
I assume it's all uphill from here.

So, HAPPY NEW YEAR 10 days late.
We are looking forward to 2012 and direction in our random journey that we are on!