J and J

Arli-Dazzle 2011

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We all had a wonderful day attending all of the Santa Day and Arli-dazzle activities in Arlington

Omaha -October 2011

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This fall we took a family road trip to Omaha, NE. We all had a lot of fun exploring a new city and spending lots of time together. Elton loved the Omaha Zoo and Children's Museum (he did not love the car ride)

On the Road

Hotel

Omaha Zoo

Family Pick!

Children's Museum

Wildlife Refuge

Amazing Pizza Machine

Arli-Dazzle Preview

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It was a wonderful day and event!
More pictures to come...

Click Here to see a pic courtesy of Angela Archer Photography

Elton's Halloween

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Here are the few pics we have of Elton in his Halloween costume. He didn't get a chance to actually go out and trick or treat, but he did put on part of his lion costume at home and watch the kids come to our house. He didn't have any smiles for the camera, but he did enjoy seeing the kids come to the door in the costumes. He was sick and spent the day in emergency rooms and ambulances. It was a rough week, but he is doing great now and full of lots of fun energy!

Here are a couple other pics from the last few weeks.
Elton having fun reading a book and hanging with Clifford.

Showing off his growing hair!

Here is Elton just playing. I am not sure I can explain what Elton is doing... I am sure he could tell you.

Pictures!

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Elton running the house!

Having fall fun with the leaves and pumpkins

Visiting with Grandma Susan at UW

Heather and Becci's Wedding Reception

Elton's first visit to Culvers

Visit to the pumpkin patch

Elton's first carousel ride at the mall

Just having fun at home

Enjoying a sunny day in the yard

Fall 2011

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Elton is now over 13 months old. I have been very busy getting back into the swing of things at work. I don't have any pictures downloaded to the computer yet, so I will have to give you a written update on the past few weeks with pictures to follow later.

Elton:

Started a new daycare this year
First week: didn't make a peep, did not like the girl his same age because she took his paci
Second week cried every time I dropped him off, still cried whenever that same girl went next to him, started to enjoy the other kids
Third week: Likes going to daycare, has a little crush on a three year old girl, no longer cries, makes lots of noise!
Loves playing outside, digging in the dirt or sand, running around the grass, picking up rocks, climbing the steps, and playing in the leaves
Begs to go outside almost constantly (can't wait to see how that goes this winter)
Got a terrible ear infection and it still recovering. Very high temps and miserable for a few days.
Loves puppies and books!
Went to Barnes and Noble story time and listed to books about dogs
Drinks from a straw and loves to eat cupcakes, muffins, and ice cream
Is now 23.5 pounds
Attended Heather and Becci's wedding reception in Madison, WI and visited with family
Took his first bus and taxi ride

Jon

Works every day plus is on call every 4th weekend and a few nights a week
Has after school crew with Elton and Macy everyday until I come home from work
Managed to take a gazebo off our roof after it blew up there
Cleaned up toilet paper from our lawn and house on a nice Saturday morning
Has been enjoying Wisconsin sports

Jacque

Works everyday
Started selling Avon
Was annoyed waking up to toilet paper in our lawn and on the house
Went shopping with Elton
Laughs often at Jon and Elton
Cooking up a storm (ok not at all, but I wish)

That is about all for now... hopefully some pictures soon

Elton- 12 months/ 1 year!!

2011-09-05T21:03:00.005-05:00

Elton has turned one! He had a great birthday party, a great birthday and is a great toddler!
The post is a bit delayed since I started back to work last week and Elton started daycare. But here are the birthday pictures:

August 2011

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Elton is walking everywhere now. He hardly ever crawls and an stand up all by himself too. He most enjoys running around in the grass barefoot!

Here a few photos to show what we have been up to the past few weeks:

Jon's Birthday
Nice Hair

Elton wore this shirt for his dada's birthday ("My Dad used to be cool")

Sibley Medical Center Ice Cream Social:
Face Painted by the girl scouts (Elton was a difficult customer who wasn't willing to hold still, but it was cute)

Showing off his balloon dog and messy ice cream and cake face

Visit to Wisconsin
Exercising at Grammy and Grandpas

Climbing all over Ernie

Playing on the phone with Heather and Becci

Sibley County Fair
Elton was kinda scared of the animals. Believe it or not he actually liked the bunnies (this was his calm face compared to the chicken/duck/goose barn)

The best part of the fair...sharing ice cream with mommy!

Visit from Grandma

This week Elton found a roll of toilet paper and had a blast!

Now it is a count down until Elton's birthday party and his 1st birthday!

Elton- 11 Months

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Last weekend Jon and I took Elton to a farm petting zoo in Mankato. He seemed pretty nervous around all of the new animals, so not too many smiles in the pictures. I think he actually was having fun since he started crying when we left.

Sinclair Lewis Days and more

2011-07-25T10:51:00.005-05:00

Elton attended his first Sinclair Lewis Days event in Sauk Centre recently. Here he is enjoying time with his cousins, at the parade, and the craft show.

Elton now is walking! He started taking a few steps last Friday and by the next day he was making it across the room. Here is a funny picture I captured of one of his times walking.

Elton - 10 Months

2011-06-30T21:35:00.004-05:00

Elton got his stitches out on Monday and is healing wonderfully. Now that he no longer has stitches he is free to swim. So here he is in his little pool.

Elton and I went and explored a new park in town, as you can see he was thrilled.

Elton also got a water table when Grammy and Grandpa visited from Wisconsin. He loved splashing in the water.

Elton has been busy!

2011-06-20T14:16:00.011-05:00

The biggest event of the past few weeks was Elton's surgery. He did wonderfully and seems to be recovering well. He will have stitches for one more week, so he is supposed to be restricted to "quiet play" which has not been going well since he has all of his energy back! Jon and I are both so happy with how he has done. The surgery and hospital stay weren't easy, but he was a pro! You can see from the pictures he was not interested in laying in his bed although he was attached the lots of cords so couldn't get too far. On the second day at the hospital he was trying to talk and wave to the nurses in the hallway to get some extra attention!
Here are a few pictures from the hospital:

Here is his incision yesterday (scroll down quick if you don't want to look)

Prior to his surgery Elton got a chance to meet some relatives for the first time.
His Great Grandpa Town

Great Aunt Corky and Great Uncle Karsten (My god parents)

Great Aunt Rhonda

This weekend he celebrated Arlington's Town and Country Days. He attended the Miss Arlington Coronation, Breakfast on the Farm, and a little bit of the Newlywed Game. Sunday Elton attended his first parade! Here he is watching intently

Elton- 9 Months!

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Elton and Heather at her graduation
Nice Family Picture
Elton, Fox, and Pace at Pace's Birthday Party
Swinging at the park
Watching the neighborhood
First time swinging at home. Elton loved it; Macy felt left out.

Elton- 8 months

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Not the best pics again this month, as Elton had pink eye on the 30th(notice the pink eyes). But he is doing much better now.

Happy Easter!

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Elton- 7 Months

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Elton's Buddies

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There have been three high school teachers who had babies this year and another one on the way in about a month. Elton got to hang out with the two little girls last Friday. Here is a picture of Elton with Lydia (3 months) and Ellie (6 months)

I have also added pictures from December, January and February online if you would like to view any http://jacquefischer.shutterfly.com/

Elton- 6 months

2011-03-02T18:41:00.003-06:00

There is no February 30th, so I guess Elton turned 6 months somewhere between Feb 28th and March 2nd.
He loves paper so taking his 6 month pic was a little more difficult since he wanted to play with his sign.
Here he is eating the sign

Then scooting his way towards it on the floor

and a few others from last weekend

On the Move

2011-02-18T19:32:00.004-06:00

Elton is now 5 and a half months old and on the move. He is rolling and somehow making forward progress to get into all sorts of mischief. I am sure crawling is coming soon. He is also loving eating cereal and veggies everyday! So far I think his favorite is sweet potatoes with squash as a close second.

Elton- 5 Months

2011-01-30T12:25:00.004-06:00

Elton was very brave during his MRI this week (I am pretty sure it was harder on Jon and I than him). Here are a couple pictures of Elton with his IV, you can hardly tell he was just screaming only a moments before.

Elton 4 and half months

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Elton- 4 Months

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Elton is 4 months old today and going through his first bad cold. He has been pretty miserable the past few days with a fever and trouble eating and sleeping. But today looks like he is slowly coming out of it. Luckily, I have been on Christmas break and can stay home with him.

Christmas at home on Christmas Eve

Fischer Christmas

Elton showing off his rolling skills!

If you are interested, pictures from October can now be seen here: http://jacquefischer.shutterfly.com/

Elton- 15 Weeks

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Christmas with the Hazelwoods!

Elton's first visit to Santa

Supporting the Patriots!

Elton- 3 months

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Elton -11 weeks

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Elton - 2 months

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Elton- 8 Weeks

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Elton- 6 weeks

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Elton- 1 month!

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Elton- 3 weeks

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here Elton is all dressed up and ready to go to his first professional photo shoot! He did awesome and I can't wait to get the pictures back.

I added a full album to shutterfly including all of Elton's pics from the hospital stay. Enjoy! http://jacquefischer.shutterfly.com/

More Elton

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Elton

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Here are a few more pics of what Elton has been up to

He is here!

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Elton Fischer Hazelwood
Born 8-30-10 at 8:22pm
9 pounds 5 ounces and 21 inches long

He was born via c-section so we just got home from the hospital today and are all doing well.

40 Weeks and 6 Days

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In Remembrance

2010-08-27T12:53:00.002-05:00

One year ago today we lost our son

40 weeks

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40 weeks, that is 10 months of pregnancy and we are waiting a bit longer. The countdown is at zero...but still no baby. looks like we will wait 7 more days at the most.

39 Weeks

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7 days to go

38 Weeks

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14 days to go

37 Weeks

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Full Term...21 days to go.

36 Weeks

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28 days to go!

Showers!
The past two weekends we had baby showers thanks to Heather, Becci, Sue, Sadie and my Mom for all of their hard work putting on the events! Everything was wonderful and we got a lot of great things for our baby.
WI

MN

35 Weeks

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35 days to go!

34 Weeks

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42 days to go!

Basement Remodel: Complete!

We have added some furniture as well

33 weeks

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49 days to go

Basement update: Painted, lights in, doors in! This week carpet is coming.

Kitchen makeover: This weekend we(thanks to my parents!)did some work in our kitchen: new counter, sink, faucet, and garbage disposal.

32 Weeks

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56 days to go!

31 Weeks

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63 days to go. Macy joined the picture today

No basement picture updates this week, taping is in progress.
Here is Jon and my accomplishment so far this summer: Country Music Puzzle

30 weeks!

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Only 70 days to go. Jon is happy to point out I am now more weeks pregnant that he is years old.

Basement Progress... sheetrock done

29 Weeks

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77 days to go

Basement progress!

28 Weeks

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84 days to go

We have started remodeling our basement. Here are a couple before pictures:

Jon demolishing the basement:

27 Weeks

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It is 93 degrees... I work on the second floor with no a/c and spend half my day in a room with 27 computers running. It was a rough day. But here I am at 27 weeks today

Here is a picture of my swollen ankles and feet after a hard day of work last week.

Jon and Macy

Jon and I showing off our plant life around the yard

26 Weeks

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Only 98 days to go!
Today

Saturday-all dressed up for a wedding

25 Weeks

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24 weeks

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These photos are actually from last week. I am planning on starting a weekly picture update from this point forward.

March for Babies

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In May 1st, Jon and I walked in the March for Babies in New Ulm. Along with our families our team raised a total of $1,780 for March of Dimes. Here are a few photos from the walk.

Louisville

2010-05-05T17:12:00.006-05:00

Jon and I spent 4 days in Louisville, Kentucky for a high school DECA competition (international I should add. The weather was awful, the plane ride was terrifying and overall Louisville was kinda lame. But we did enjoy spending time away from work (I was still working and had two students with) and get to explore a new city and partake in the DECA events. Here are a few pictures from the trip.
Very Fancy Hotel: Seelbach Hilton

Muhammad Ali Center

Louisville Slugger Factory/Museum

Lady Antebellum Concert

Louisville Bats Baseball Game... 2 hour rain delay

New Birdfeed = Sucess

2010-04-05T09:53:00.002-05:00

Last summer Jon and I put out a bird feeder and no birds even attempted to eat and eventually the squirrels destroyed it. So I went a bought a new on this year and put it right outside the office window where the bird community hangs out. And so far it is working quite well. We even saw two blue jays and a cardinal last week (they were camera shy). Here is a picture of the feeder through the window.

March!!

2010-03-21T16:23:00.007-05:00

We have had wonderful spring March weather. The snow which piled our yard has all melted away. Here are a couple snow filled pics.

We have already started on the home improvements. We replaced the two metal doors in our breezeway with new white ones.
The before door:

New Doors:
Front

Back, with the dog door.

February appears to be never ending...

2010-02-24T18:13:00.003-06:00

Although in reality February is the shortest month of the year, it has sure felt like the longest month of the winter around here. We have had quite a lot of snow this winter (just in time to have our own driveway to clear) and I have a feeling it is going to be around for quite a while longer. So far this school year we have had 4 snow days (4!) and 2 late starts. This is crazy.

So what we have been up to... work. Jon seems to be working all of the time since they are short handed in the lab. The weekends get really long for him on call, so he enjoys the weekends off even more! I am trying to keep up with me challenging HTML and my new marketing course, while still teaching accounting x 2, desktop publising, and computer apps. Yes I teach 5 different classes a day (those of you who are teacher may understand this is a big load, especially with only 45 minutes of prep time).

Jon and I did finally break down and get internet and dish at our house. We last a good 6 months with the free service, not bad. But at least I now can count on the internet since we are paying for it, and we can watch 100 channels instead of 7.

Jon and I will be participating in March of Dimes, March for Babies in May. If you are interested visit our site. www.marchforbabies.org/team/poppyseed

Internet

2010-02-03T07:45:00.003-06:00

Well I spend an hour a day talking to my students in Web Design/HTML about how important the Internet is in our lives. Then I go home and stare at my computer without the Internet working. The computer seems so pointless without it.
Nice.

Picture Update

2010-01-27T17:33:00.005-06:00

Well it is nearly February and I still haven't put up any Christmas pictures. So here is my January Update including Christmas and Macy

Me with Pace and Macy

Molly and Macy

Macy's Christmas Collar

Our home decor

Sue and Macy

Macy at the dog park in WI for Christmas

Arli-Dazzle Parade

2009-12-28T11:12:00.003-06:00

Our teacher's union created an float for the Christmas light parade in Arlington. We wanted to try to promote public education and our school. 5 of us worked very hard on creating this awesome float. My pictures don't do it justice since it was dark, but the cut out letters on the boxes were lite up from the inside.

Macy's Life

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Macy thinks every blanket or pillow in the house is hers

Jon showing his dominance to Macy

Macy showing Jon who is really in charge

They settled their differences in the end

November in Pictures

2009-11-27T08:22:00.005-06:00

My Birthday Cake (Jon worked very hard)

Another Puzzle

School Bulletin Boards

Macy

Thanksgiving Dessert

Puzzle, Windows and a Puppy

2009-11-07T16:43:00.006-06:00

We finished our 2000 piece puzzle. It was quite an accomplishment.

We got three new windows on Monday, here are a few pictures

We also picked up our new puppy, Macy, last night. She is starting to get used to her new house and us. She sleeps a lot, but for some reason not at night.

Happy Weekend

2009-10-31T10:41:00.004-05:00

Jon and I had a busy Friday evening. We went to the new (and temporary) Barbie Store in the Mall of America. Here is some proof:

We also went and visited a litter of puppies and met our new puppy! We will be picking her up next Friday. She is a basset hound/lab mix aka bassabor. We named her Macy. She is very adorable! Here is her pick from the humane society.

Jon is working this morning and on call for the rest of the weekend, so we are just hanging out at home. I will have to start puppy proofing our home so everything doesn't get chewed up. We have also been working on a 2000 piece puzzle of the Las Vegas skyline for quite a while now and hope to finish over the weekend. Pictures to come soon.

Yard Work

2009-10-22T18:20:00.005-05:00

Jon and I have been completed our yard work for the year. With the cold weather, rain and snow it is time to stay inside! We did manage to get some new plants and bushes, do lots of weeding and added landscaping rocks in a few areas around the house.

Here are pictures:

Back of house
After we started the digging:

After planting:

After rocks!

Side of House
After Plants

After rocks

It is windy here!

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Back to Reality

2009-09-22T15:18:00.002-05:00

After a summer full of packing, moving, unpacking, decorating, procrastinating, and way too many doctors… I finally had to go back to work.
It has been a month since the last update and Jon and I have been doing some yard work. Jon moved the fire ring from the center of the yard towards the back. He dug the ring into the ground and added landscaping blocks. Here is the finished product. ..

We also dug up a lot of plants that were either not doing well or we just didn’t like. We were over grown with weeds and this was our best solution. I really like how it is turning out although we still have more work to do. We bought a few new plants and are hoping to add some landscaping rock soon.
School has been very busy, although it is going more smoothly than last year. I am able to use some of my lesson plans from last year which saves me from spending hours at night planning out the next day. I do have two new classes this year: Business Law and Sports Marketing/Fashion Merchandising. The rest of my schedule is filled with Accounting 1 and 2, Computer Applications, Desktop Publishing, and HTML. I am also working hard on the DECA chapter for the 2nd year. I have a goal of 10 students this year and I think we might make it. I have 4 new students plus 4 from last year so only need 2 more before next Monday.
Here is a picture of the flowers Jon brought home for me on my first day of school

Here is Jon and the first day of his new job. He know works at the hospital in Arlington which is only about a block from our house!

House Update

2009-08-12T16:02:00.009-05:00

I took a few more pictures of our house, this time with furniture in it also.
Kitchen

Basement

Bedroom

Living Room

We few weekends ago some thug kids on bicycles pulled out our flowers. I have been working hard to get them back in working order!
Vandals:(

Now

Jon and I spent a weekend working on fixing up the trellis and weeding... lots of weeding. We do have some nice flowers blooming now

Jon also celebrated his birthday last week.

July!

2009-07-31T13:08:00.003-05:00

I am behind on posting, which shouldn't be happening in the summer since I am home. Jon and I have been keeping very busy every weekend this summer. He is a quick recap of July

July 11th: MOVE! With the help of family and co-workers this went pretty well. We moved all of the boxes, furniture and loose ends within a few hours. Unfortunately it took me a lot long to unpack and organize everything. I am still not completely organized around here.

July 17-18th: Sinclair Lewis Days. Jon and I joined my family to hit up some of the local events including crazy days, craft fair, parade, and pie social. Here are a few pics from the parade:

July 24-26th: Camping. Jon and I joined Mark, Sue, Heather, Becci, and Grandma Susan for a weekend camping trip in WI. It was a nice relaxing weekend. For some reason I didn't take any pictures :(

July 31-Aug 2: WEEKEND AT HOME!!!! Jon and I are spending our first weekend of the summer in Arlington with no company and nowhere we have to go. The county fair is being held this weekend and it only about a half block from our house. So we will probably hit that up tonight and then we will finally have some time to get a list of stuff done around the house and yard... and hopefully time to relax too. Jon's birthday is also coming up on Monday, so I need to get a caked baked!

New House

2009-07-08T18:00:00.005-05:00

Jon and I closed on our first home on June 29th. Since then we have been busy exploring the hope, packing, and painting!

Here are a few pictures of the house. I took the pictures after the painting of the entire first floor which my mom and I did in 4 days! So ignore the left over mess in a few of the rooms. The lighting isn't the best, but hopefully you get an idea of the house and the colors.
Front of House

Breezeway/Porch

Backyard

Basement

Kitchen

Bathroom

Baby's Room

Our Room

Living Room

Vacation, Anniversary and a Baptism

2009-06-17T16:22:00.022-05:00

Jon and I had a full week which included a road trip to Rapid City, South Dakota, celebrating our 1st anniversary and the baptism of our godson Pace.

First the trip:
Sunday: Mitchell: Home of the World's Only Corn Palace

Monday: Camberlain Overlook

Wall Drug

Downtown Rapid City (City of Presidents)

Tuesday: Mount Rushmore
The weather was terrible the whole time we were in rapid city. Unfortunately it was so foggy we couldn't actually see Mount Rushmore. This picture is what it looked like when we arrived

A few hours later it improved enough to notice a mountain. We waited around longer and it started getting worse, so that was the most we saw of the Presidents.

Bear Country USA

Reptile Gardens

Wednesday: Cave Tour

Black Hills Gold Jewelry Factory tour : no pictures were allowed :(
Movie: UP 3D (here is Jon in his glasses

Thursday and Friday: drive home... I guess I must have gotten sick of taking pictures or we saw nothing picture worthy

Anniversary
Although we took this vacation in part to celebrate our first anniversary, we were not actually in South Dakota on the 14th. So Saturday we headed to the cities. We got a free cake topper from Roseville Bakery who made our wedding cake, did a little shopping and had a nice dinner at Outback Steakhouse. After we returned home on Sunday evening, we actually took the original cake top out of the freezer and enjoyed some of that cake as well!

Baptism
Sunday was not only our anniversary but also Pace's baptism

Schools out for the Summer

2009-06-05T11:51:00.002-05:00

Today was my last day of work and I am very excited to start the summer. I am not going to be working, other than working on curriculum for a few new classes I am teaching next year. But we will be moving soon, so packing is on my list of things to do. Plus I plan on relaxing....hopefully a lot, but actually we have so much going on, every weekend in June is already booked up!

Next week Jon and I are taking a vacation for our anniversary. We are taking a road trip to South Dakota

Let the busy summer weekends and easy summer weekdays begin!

Another Summer Move

2009-05-28T06:42:00.003-05:00

Jon and I have another move to look forward to this summer. Fortunatly this time we are only moving across town! We bought a house in Arlington and plan to move in in July. So if anyone is interested in lifting and hauling boxes and furniture, you are welcome to come help with the move!

Visiting Our Growing Family

2009-05-04T18:05:00.003-05:00

Jon and I went to St. Paul yesterday to visit our newest nephew, Pace Christian.

and big brother Fox

Ready for the Countdown to Begin

2009-04-28T16:25:00.002-05:00

I am ready for school to be out for the summer. These last 5 weeks are unfortunately going to be very busy. Lesson plans, grading, tests, projects, and special events will fill up my time. Hopefully that will help make the time go by quickly.
Although, it looks like I may be teaching summer school, so not really sure what I am looking forward to. I do want the job and the money... but of course the idea of sitting around all day with no obligations is also appealing!

Last week Jon and I took a home buyers workshop. We are completely sure if we are going to buy yet, but wanted to learn more so we went to the class. It was good info, but lots of stuff to think about now.

We are also waiting for the birth of our new nephew sometime this week. Other than that life is still moving on as usual.

2009-04-15T16:37:00.006-05:00

Well it has been a little while, so I thought a new post would be nice. Especially since Jerod recently informed me that he checks this blog every day. I am sure he is getting a little sick of seeing Jon's goofy picture everytime he logs in.

So Spring break is over, here is how it went down
Friday: after school get in the car for the 5 hour drive to Sauk City, WI
Saturday: hang out with Jon's family. Go to Madison to see Heather and Becci. Go to lunch at the Great Dane. Go shopping. Got a free gift at Macy's with my Clinque purchase. Get happy hour refreshments at Sonic! Play dominos with Mark and Sue, Sue dominates at dominos. Jon thinks she cheated;)
Sunday: have a nice dinner at Jon's grandmas and meet her new puppy. Then drive 5 hours back to Arlington
Monday:i don't remember much which means I slept in, watch soap operas, and watched HGTV Jon worked
Tuesday: Create Marketing lesson plans
Wednesday: Grade Ad Campaign Papers, accounting questions and Desktop Publishing projects. Burn sausage and set off smoke alarm. Decided to go out to Triple E's for dinner. Jon worked
Thursday: Watched HGTV......made horrible dinner. Jon worked
Friday: finally decide to get some HTML assignments made. Go to Gaylord to the bank, stop at the new Godfather's for lunch. Jon worked. Drive 2 hours to Sauk Centre
Saturday: Wonder why my mom is making such a big lunch, we usually don't get any lunch made, either on our own or go out to Jitters. Eat big yummy lunch. Go uptown to check out the local hot spots (Jon went golfing) Spend forever in Meads and then Cobblestone Court is closed :( will have to return soon to check out one of my favorite stores. Go to Jitters to get coffee. Go to Walmart and buy clothes?? Then go to Gerrards for appetizers, drinks, and darts with Jerod and Sarah.
Sunday: Easter Church service at 8 am. (so tired) Hunt for easter baskets in unfindable locations. Eat candy Eat Easter dinner. sit around exhausted. Drive 2 hours back to Arlington. Watch HTML video for school.
Monday: back to work for me, so tired

Today I am being driven crazy by the shinglers on our roof. They have their radio blaring. The constant pounding sounds like they are going to fall through the roof. I think I am going to have to get out of this apartment very soon if they don't stop!!! The lights are actually shaking and blinking

Jon Got a Haircut

2009-04-08T19:45:00.002-05:00

and posed for these pictures

Spring Break!

2009-04-06T12:37:00.002-05:00

Well I am officially on Spring Break. I am aware this may be my last Spring Break since it is not on the school calendar for next year so I need to really enjoy it!

So far I spent the weekend in Sauk City, WI visiting Jon's family.
Now it is Monday and I am going to head to the grocery store so I can cook some meals around here this week. Since I am around all day I will have time to cook
Here is my menu plan for the week so far:
Egg Salad Sandwiches
Italian sausage and pasta
Cauliflower, Bacon, Lettuce Salad
Breakfast Sandwiches
Some sort of Trifle
(I received 3 trifle bowls for our wedding and showers and haven't used a one yet)

I really enjoy cooking and I have so many great kitchen tools and appliances. One part I absolutely hate is cleaning up as Jon can probable attest to. Someday Jon and I plan to invest in a Kitchen Aid mixer and then I will be whipping up baked goods too!

Anyone have any good recipes or ideas I should try this week?

Jon's New Car

2009-03-23T19:59:00.005-05:00

On this very dreary day, Jon found a bright spot and purchased his new car. 2009 Chevy Cobalt with a whole 12 miles on it.

Due to the weather the pictures didn't turn out to great. I will have to take more on a bright sunny day.

This week for Dinner

2009-03-22T15:52:00.004-05:00

I recently got sick of eating hamburger helper and other crap for dinner on week nights (surprised I know), so I decided to change it up. I am perfectly capable of cooking (I haven't broken anyone's tooth in years) and have plenty of cooking tools. So I opened up a cooking magazine and this week I made three new recipes. Here they are:

Mac and Cheese Pizza
This was the weirdest thing I have made in a long time. Mac and Cheese actually makes up the crust of this pizza.

Cheesy Beef Enchiladas

Three Cheese Manicotti

New Bed

2009-03-15T21:10:00.003-05:00

Jon and I finally have a real bed! We had a bed before, but no head board it just sat next to the wall. We now have a beautiful head and foot board.

I have a a few very busy weekends. Two weeks ago my mom and I went on a girls weekend to Bloomington. We stayed at an amazing hotel and spent the day shopping at Ikea and The Mall of America.

Then last weekend I took four on my students to the state DECA competition in Minneapolis. I again got to stay in a very nice hotel, although this was not as relaxing.

This weekend consisted of Jon and I being mainly lazy. We did take one excursion to Mankato to check out the mall and go to see Watchmen (Jon's turn to choose the movie)

Bed and Breakfast

2009-02-26T17:48:00.008-06:00

Jon and I spent a wonderful weekend at a Bed and Breakfast in Stillwater. The mansion was beautiful and huge! Our room was very nice and private with its own entrance and breakfast served to the room. We also splurged to get the massage add on, which was very relaxing. We spent some time exploring the historic Stillwater area and had a wonderful Italian dinner out. Here are a few pictures of the places we stayed. (Obviously I didn't take the picture with the green grass)

In addition to the weekend, somehow we can home with this awesome addition to our kitchen

I must add that the only reason I had any time to add this post was that we got out of school 3 hours early due to bad weather today. I have been drowning in school work lately and also sick :( So the extra three hours to finally sit and breathe was much needed!

Next weekend: Mom and I are taking a girls shopping trip to the Mall of America!

The Fun Van

2009-02-20T17:27:00.002-06:00

Jon and I planned (basically by not planning) a pretty uneventful quiet Valentine's Evening. We decided last minute to drive up to visit my parents and hang out with Jerod Saturday. Well we arrived and were told my parents had made reservations for the 4 of us for dinner. So we spent the day shopping, hanging out and wondering if we were dresses nice enough for a dinner out (any place that has reservations must be nice!)
Come 6:30 and my uncle Kevin shows up at the house and walks in with a glass of wine in hand. At first both Jon and I were wondering if he was going to drive us while drinking wine? But turns out Dino was driving us in a Fun Van! This was an 8 person want equipped with cooler, two TVs and a karaoke system. Needless to say our evening was no longer uneventful we drove in the van to St. Cloud had drinks at a bar, went to a terrific dinner and road back with a little karaoke mixed in.

This weekend should also be eventful for us. We are going to a Bed and Breakfast in Stillwater, courtesy of my aunt Rhonda and Matthew's wedding present, and also visiting with my friend and former coworker Jalane and her baby.

A day in the life

2009-01-30T17:16:00.003-06:00

I have not updated our blog in quite a while. (Not sure why I saw "our" since Jon has never posted, but I do consider the content to be about both of us) I am home alone this evening thinking hard about anything interesting or worth while to write about........ still got nothing...... Ok how about a write about what my days have been like this week.
Lets try today
6:20 alarm goes off, I press snooze
6:29 alarm goes off, I press snooze, Jon seems annoyed
6:38 alarm goes off, I turn it off, I am annoyed
7:25 I leave for school, 10 minutes later that I should have (this happened every day this week)
7:30 I arrive at work and sit in my classroom getting ready for the day
8:00 go to the teachers lounge for Friday morning pop and treats. Today someone went all out and brought egg bake (usually it is donuts)
8:23 Accounting in my room
9:10 Business Applications in computer lab
9:59 Sales and Marketing back to my classroom
10:47 Desktop Publishing back to computer lab (Man I hate running back an forth all day)
11:32 Lunch in the lunch room. I eat my salad I brought from home. I have been avoiding the crappy school lunches for a few weeks now.
12:02 Web Design in computer lab (we are 1.5 weeks into the class and still web pages being designed thanks to my wonderful lesson plan ideas)
12:50 Prep hour back in my room. I go get me afternoon pop and sit for a while... afternoon classes are shortened today due to the one act play so I have a short prep period
1:24 Accounting again.. these kids just want to talk about who knows what, but some how we manage to get 2 problems done
1:58 Study hall in another teachers classroom (my classroom is being used by the spanish teacher 8th hour)
2:30 All high school goes to the gym to watch the one act play.
3:15 back to my room to get some work done. Every teacher on the floor except one has left for the weekend, I keep working no rush to get home.
4:15 go home
4:20 Make chili in the crock pot and wonder when I will get to eat any since it is still cold
5:00 Go online and check out The Nest (for some reason this is a daily thing I can't stop, at least I have moved on from The Knot)
5:30 write this blog

That was my day, interesting?
My evening plans consist of watching TV, trying to tape Friday Night Lights on the VCR that I have not used forever and not sure if it will work, eat chili, create lesson plans for Marketing next week, and wait for Jon to come home around 9:15

Hazelwood Weekend

2009-01-11T18:54:00.004-06:00

The Hazelwoods all gathered in Rochester, MN to celebrate Christmas this weekend. We stayed at a beautiful hotel, the Radisson. It was connected to the skyway system so were were able to walk around to any place we wanted to explore. We enjoyed happy hour at the hotel restaurant, lunch at Victoria's (Italian restaurant) and a late dinner at Red Lobster. We also spent a little time at the pool and a few hours on a hand and foot tournament (which we never did have time to finish, but I am currently holding the trophy!) It turned out to be a very fun weekend and just went by too fast. Here are a few pictures of our gift opening and the hotel lobby area.

To see the rest of the pictures go here

Vikings Playoff Game

2009-01-11T18:40:00.002-06:00

Jon and I decided last minute to go to the Vikings playoff game, along with Joe, Jerod and Sarah. Unfortunately the home team didn't win, but we all had a good time together.

Here are a few pictures:

Happy New Year!

2009-01-03T13:30:00.006-06:00

Jon and I went to the Arlington House for a nice New Year's Eve dinner.

We spent Christmas at my parents, here are a few pictures although I forgot to bring my camera to my grandparents so no pictures from up north. My mom and I did attempted some new recipes for our holidays meals also.

to see the rest of the Christmas pictures I took, click here.

Next weekend we will be celebrating Christmas with the Hazelwoods at a hotel in Rochester.

Haircuts and Crafts

2008-12-13T17:07:00.002-06:00

I got a haircut this week. (Jon did too, but he didn't pose for a picture)

Here is a pic of our recent craft project. Move over Martha Stewart...

Christmas Decor

2008-12-05T19:06:00.004-06:00

Christmas Tree

Peter the Penguin and his new friend, Simon the Snowman

Christmas Balls
handmade by the Hazelwood's (Sue, Mark, Heather, Becci, Jon and Jacque)

Our Life in Pictures

2008-11-12T16:19:00.010-06:00

Many activities have been keeping Jon and I busy since our last post. Here is a pictorial view of our recent life.

Halloween Dance: Nov 1st
(it sucked)
Jon manning the concession stand and A little of the Decor

First Snow of the Season in Arlington: November 7th

Mom's Surprise B-day Party: November 8th

Vikings vs. Packers Game: November 9th
Courtesy of Mark and Sue!
(Vikings Won!)

My B-day: November 11th
I spent the day at school and over 4 hours of my evening at parent-teacher conferences. (Not how I wanted to spend my birthday at all)
I did come home to some yummy cupcakes made by Jon.

Happy Halloween

2008-10-30T17:17:00.001-05:00

October Already!

2008-10-13T18:26:00.001-05:00

Well I have made it through half a quarter at my new job and am still going… This week is extra short due to MEA Conferences so I am looking forward to having Thursday and Friday off. Although I have already expressed concern of boredom while sitting at home for 2 days while Jon is working. I think I will spend one day working on grading and lesson plans and try to spend Saturday out and about.

Jon has been getting into the swing of things at his new job in Chanhassen. This week he is finally done with training and on his own. His shift changes each week so this week he is closing, which means he doesn’t get home until around 9pm. But next week he will be home around 4 so that will be nice.

A few weeks ago Jon and I took our first weekend trip since we moved here. Prior to this I have been feeling weighted down with school work on the weekend and not too eager to leave town for too long. But we had purchased Kathy Griffin tickets in July, so we headed to the cities. It turned out to be a terrific weekend. We spent the evening hanging out downtown Minneapolis and went to dinner at the Hard Rock Café. Kathy’s show was at the Orpheum and was two hours of funny! We then spent the rest of the weekend with Joe, Sadie and Fox in St. Paul which involved a trip to the Maplewood Mall and Olive Garden!!. I can now say that I can handle the work-load and am willing to venture out again on weekends. It is actually really nice to have some time away and I still do end up spending most of Sunday evening working on correcting tests or reading the accounting book just one day ahead of my students!

September Update

2008-09-21T10:49:00.007-05:00

Jon and I are settled into our new place and starting to get the hang of your new jobs.
Here are a few photos to show you what we have been up to.

First, we have been using more wedding gifts
Blender-Ice cream drinks

Coffee Pot-Coffee when Mark and Sue were visiting

Very large expandable salad bowl and cake serving tray-Cauliflower Salad and Popcorn Cake

Jon also ventured to the local flower shop last week and bought these beautiful flowers

Finally so everyone can see we have really moved to the country, here is a picture of our view from outside our porch. We often find corn cobs laying on the road from the many corn trucks that drive by our place daily.

Moved!

2008-08-31T15:41:00.005-05:00

Goodbye Larpenteur Estates...

Hello Amberfield Place!!!
Entry and Porch

Living Room (notice the new furniture!)

Bathroom 1/Laundry Room

Guest Room/Office

Kitchen

Bedroom

Master Bath

Camping 2

2008-08-31T15:36:00.003-05:00

In early August Jon and I went camping in Cloquet again with my parents, Joe, Sadie and Fox, Jerod and Sarah.
Here are a few pics from our adventures:

Jon's Birthday

2008-08-31T15:24:00.003-05:00

Although Jon's birthday was nearly a month ago, I want everyone to know I didn't forget and we did celebrate. Here are pictures of the fun popcorn cake I made for him. Happy 28 Jon!

Wedding Gifts 2

2008-08-01T10:35:00.006-05:00

Here are more wedding gifts in use

Pizza Stone and Pizza Cutter: Pizza

Salad Tongs: Salad

Deep Fryer and Tongs: Fried Chicken Breast

Fried Chicken Salad

Cheese Grater: Shredded Cheese

Large Cassorole and Pot Holders: Mac and Cheese

Our gift usage has recently slowed down, since I have now been packing things up. Jon and I are moving to Arlington, MN this month. So I now am busy packing and organizing the apartment.

Camping

2008-07-23T17:40:00.002-05:00

A few weeks ago Jon and I took a camping trip to the Duluth area. We were able to use quite a few wedding and shower gifts including: tent, sleeping bags, football, and charcoal grill.

We survived severe weather on our first night and after near drowning we enjoyed the rest of our weekend. Saturday we also spent the afternoon checking out Duluth and Lake Superior.

Click here to see the rest of our Duluth pictures.
Camping in Duluth

Wedding Gifts Galore!

2008-07-10T13:02:00.008-05:00

We have been cooking up a storm with wedding and shower gifts. I have been documenting some the process.

Crockpot and Bamboo Spoon-Parmesan Ranch Chex Mix

Chopper and Cutting Board-Chocolate chips for ice cream

Popcorn Popper- Popcorn!

Deep Fat Fryer- Mini Corn Dogs and French Fries

Cookie Scoop-Chocolate chip cookies

Cooling Racks- Cookies

Wisk-Mashed Potatoes

Pan and Spatula-Potato-Corn Pancakes

Cake Pan, Hand Mixer, and Bowl-Angel Food Cake

Waffle Maker- Waffles!

Ice Cream Maker- Vanilla Ice Cream with Chocolate Chips

July 4th

2008-07-10T12:56:00.003-05:00

Jon and I made the trip to Afton for the parade with Joe and Sadie again this year. Jerod also joined us to check out the festivities. It has kind of become a tradition, since apparently Jon and I love patriotic holidays!

Jon and I made the trip to Afton for the parade with Joe and Sadie again this year. Jerod also joined us to check out the festivities. It has kind of become a tradition, since apparently Jon and I love patriotic holidays!