Happy 2012

Ron and I celebrated 2012 in our usual form by Attending our Neighbor's Brad and Julie's Annual New Year's Eve Party. It was an awesome 2011 but my start to 2012 didn't turn out so good. I was sick for two days prior and I should have NEVER had some Tequila and Nyquil Liquid Drop in the same night.  Lesson learned. But here is to an awesome 2012. 2011 brought so many changes to the lives of Ron and Kristin, but changes that we have enjoyed and flourished through. Even though we lost my Grandma in 2011, our friend Jim Oppliger and our precious friend Norm Hanshaw, we were lucky to have the good stuff and there was alot.......

* My Grandma Boschen's 104th Birthday Party
* Our Nephew Sheldon Boschen qualifying for his fourth and Final time for the Nebraska State            Wrestling Tournament (sniffle)
* Our Sister-in-law Kris Stock's 40th Birthday Party
*Welcoming our new Lake Niece Bailey Ann Becker!
* Our 20th Wedding Anniversary Trip to Maui Hawaii (minus the Tsunami)
* Our Niece Mikenzie Nordeen and our Nephew Sheldon Boschen qualifying for the Nebraska State Track meet and getting to watch them both compete
* Our Lake Buddies Tara & Johnnie's Wedding the same day as Sheldon's Graduation - now THAT was a party
* Our Nephew Sheldon Boschen graduating from Newman Grove High School
* Our Niece Alicia (Boschen) Knust graduating from the University of Nebraska at Kearney
* Hosting our Niece Jessica Boschen's 21st Birthday party
* Celebrating our 20th Wedding Anniversary with an awesome party at Duncan Lakes
* Hosting our friends Allen and Mary Feldman who we met in Hawaii for a five day stay with us
* Watching our Niece Erika Roan and the Humphrey High Bulldogs win the 2011 State Volleyball Championship
* Traveling to Las Vegas with a group of our Duncan Lakes pals to attend Jay and Michelle Markusen's Nuptials
* Traveling with the Stock Realty/Big Iron team on the 2011 Vineyard/Omaha Tour :)
* Attending our Neighbor Kendra Becker's 30th Birthday Bus tour around Central Nebraska
* The 2011 Stock Realty and Auction Co/Big Iron team Deal or No Deal Team Christmas Party

BUT probably the best was the miracle that our two nephews Daniel and Klayton survived a very bad accident and head on with a tree.


I hope 2012 is a good one....as I am praying it will be.

Ron and Kristin before the party

Everyone signed Ron's extra cowboy hat

Ron and his buddy Tim :) 

Ron, Tina and Tim

Mary Harris signing Ron's hat

For Seth and Jessica!

I am so grateful that two of my Godchildren always remember me with a special gift at Christmas. I know Jessica is in charge of getting it, but Every year there is a little something under the tree for Aunt Kristin (aka Godmom).  This year Seth and Jessica got me this adorable Snowbabies Statue. I think it is soooooooooo cute!

A special gift to Cheerio....

from his Aunt Angie. Isn't this the cutest thing EVER!!!! I just love it! Angie made this for Cheerio and I think it is absolutely adorable. Angie got the idea for this off of Pinterest. A site which I am personally addicted to as well as apparently Angie is. Here is Cheerio's Christmas Gift:

Office Makeover......

Thanks to my wonderful Hubby....I FINALLY have shelves in the formal murphy bed frame. I love them and I LOVE having this closet. Here are some before and after photos of our Sunday afternoon project and my Most of Monday project......I am so excited to have all this extra office storage that I could cry :)

THE BEFORE:

THE AFTER:

Christmas Photo Card....

CHECK!!!!

Photo Card

View the entire collection of cards.

Trick Photography......

I took tons and tons of Photos when Cheerio was a little puppy. Eventually, he figured out that when the camera came out there would be a series of photographs that would end up with his face being scrunched up with mine. When he caught on it kind of ruined my efforts to get photos of him....until I figured out that the best tactic to get a photo was to sneak up behind him while he was sitting on the back of his favorite chair. Gotcha Cheerio!!!

Congratulations

to my niece Erika Roan and the Humphrey Bulldogs on their First Round win at State Volleyball. I am so proud of you Erika. You had a great game. You kids all make me so darn proud.......love you so much! You had one heck of a game girl..........#5 is my favorite!!!!!!!!!!!

Tasty Tuesday's....

.......OMG. I just made this today....and it was FANTASTIC!


Barbecue Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Barbecue Pulled Pork Sandwiches

pork butt (I used 2.5 lb - but you can use whatever size needed for your family)

1 can Diet Pepsi

1/2 bottle Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce

Lawry's Seasoning Salt

Generally coat pork butt with Lawry's seasoning salt, don't be afraid to cover it all! Place in crock pot and pour in soda and barbecue sauce. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours. If you have a larger piece of meat, it will probably take longer. After 4 hours or so, take two forks and shred the meat into bite size chunks. Let it sit in the juice to soak up all that flavor. It can stay on warm in crock pot while serving, and can easily be reheated the next day. Serve on a kaiser roll and add more barbecue sauce if needed.

PS......I used Coca-Cola and it was awesome!!!! I use Coca-Cola on Roast too.....YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

Happy Halloween

.....and waiting for Ron to come home. We had all our Trick-r-treaters on Sunday so it was quite at our house. BUT I really love Halloween when there are kids galor coming to visit.....

Here's a picture of my special kids and friends last night...

Treats.........

for Kids and Adults alike.

I promised my lake friends that I would uphold the tradition of shots, and treats for the adults too........

I think I did good.  We had dips, dips, candy, chips, crakers and more dip :)

Had the kids draw numbers and pick special prizes...........

The big party.....

....the my Sister-in-law and Brother-in-law Angie hosted tonight in Fremont at their Photography Studio.

Ron and I stayed at our flip place at Woodcliff Lake. HOW much fun did we have? ALOT! It was a blast! Loved John and Angies party!

Here are a few pre-party photos....

Shrek and Fiona (AKA Angie and John)

By Big Ole Bear :) Keeping his paws to himself :)

Ms Static Cling.....I am stuck like glue :)

Not tasty Tuesday....

BUT love this! 

Perfect snack recipe:)

Monster Munch {Halloween Popcorn Mix}
Recipe by Our Best Bites

1 package Almond Bark (1 lb)
12 C popped popcorn (about 1/2 C kernals)
1 C candy corn
1 C dry roasted, salted peanuts
1/2 C Reeces Pieces

Pop popcorn and place in a large bowl. Much larger than you think you need. The largest you have. It will make mixing easier! Pour peanuts, candy corn, and reeces pieces on top.

Big Candy.....

has been bought for the Duncan Lakes Halloween trick or treat.................PHOTO of the DAY!

Something special..

for one little dog.

Photo of the day............A special gift for my little Cheerio Boy. HE LOVED IT!

Farewell....

to the ONLY High School team and mascot I have ever known.

I have always been proud to be a Newman Grove Bluejay.

Tonight on the night of the LAST ever Newman Grove Bluejay Home Football game I will shed a tear to my special hometown. It breaks my heart to say goodbye to the only team I ever loved so much. All those years of being a Bluejay, I will hold on to those . I am going to text you like crazy Sheldon :)

I have watched my Jays, after I graduated and when my Niece and Nephew who were part of the Newman Grove school system participated in everything from FFA to Football. It is hard to put into words how I feel.

 I lost my niece and nephew playing sports and doing such great academic things, I lost figuring out the sports schedule.

I just pray that NG has a fall sports schedule which include wrestling....that will break my heart if those boys are not able to wrestle.............

To quote my Nephew Sheldon Boschen....


"Always be a Bluejay at heart!"

AND I always will be!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I promise Shel bell......

RIP DAN.....RIP....

As many of my followers know I am a HUGE NASCAR fan, but racing is in my blood and I do love ANYTHING on four wheels. I LOVE to watch Indy cars and I always watch the Indy 500. Two of my favorites are Helio Castronovis and Dan Wheldon.

Tonight I was shocked to learn that Dan was killed today at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Even more shocking to me was a race reporters Twitter before the race: "A sudden sense of foreboding just washed over me. Hopefully baseless. Hope everyone is safe out there today."  WOW  who knew........RIP dan