My Baby brother's prom

My baby brother is attending prom with one of his good friends and classmate Jody. I am super excited to go and take photos of them as they will be arriving at Promenade in Larry Athen's neat old chevy pick-up. I am super excited to work my photography skills and try and get some good pictures of them. It seems like yesterday that I was just in high school and my little brother was kindergarten/1st grade... He has always been my buddy. I'm so grateful that I am living close enough now to be able to attend these moments.

Settling in...Hosted a party

I feel so very blessed to have a husband who is allowing me to host a baby shower for my good friend from high school Amanda... She is pregnant with her first. It is a little boy. The theme was jungle animals. My friend Meagan and I got a cake and made a few of Amanda's favorite snacks... I even ventured down the crafty road of making a diaper cake for her. It actually turned out super cute. we had a wonderful turn out and Amanda and baby Collin received many wonderful gifts. One surprise that I did was paint our hands and put them on Amanda's belly. It was the neatest thing I have ever done.

We finally have a HOUSE.....

Since Nick was transferred to his new job and has been staying at the Cox Resort. He has finally talked me into renting the house up the hill from my parents. Every day he would drive by the house and just drool. He continued to talk about the house all time. Finally I talked to Larry & Carol Mount - Who are like grandparents to us about renting from them. Nick and I have always wanted to move back to the fremont county area. It was weird... It was like Nick's dreams were coming true. When i told him that the Mounts were going to allow us to move in and rent... I literally thought he was going to have a heart attack. He hugged and kissed me alot.

On March 16, we were able to move everything out of the apartment in Des Moines thanks to the help of my parents. We trailered all the belongs back to the house and began unpacking a couple of days later. This was the perfect time since it was Spring break at Iowa State. The new diningroom furniture and appliances were going to be delivered during the week as well. I was excited, overwhelmed and sad all at once. I always had dreamed of getting my own place. I just never knew it would be so close to many of the people that I loved so dearly. Nick and I will be forever indebted to Larry and Carol.

Some things about the house... It is a 2 story home- with 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 car garage, 1/2 basement, and large yard. Nick is more excited about being able to have flowers and a garden.

I've added some pictures of the house this far as it will continue to be a work in progress. Nick and I will be living apart until I graduate from Iowa State and I will be living at the apartment in Des Moines until our lease is up.

2010 Christmas with the Roberts

Nick and I spent Christmas with his immediate family on Jan 15 & 16 in Des Moines. It was nice to hangout and see Josh, Sarah, Shanna, Jeff, Greg, Kathy and Hobbs. Even though Nick and I live in Des Moines we are so busy and hardly have time to go and visit with people. Grad School is definitely getting more exciting. It is crazy to think that is will soon be coming to and end...

Christmas with the Roberts family is always fun and interesting.  We always enjoy our time with the family as nick loves to play cards and to love on Hobbs. Meg was able to unwrap her first Christmas presents from Grandma Roberts. She got a new rawhide bone and a canister of doggy treats. She was so thankful for her wonderful gifts. They have a tradition on hiding an ornament shaped as a pickle. After everyone is done opening presents we get to go searching on the tree for the pickle ornament. It gets kinda crazy because the person who finds the pickle gets to open another present. This present is generally very special. I've added some pictures from the weekend.

Meg & Momma Snow Day!

Meg and I have been spending lots of time together now that she and I are living together in Des Moines. I was gonna get up and get ready for work when I turned on the News and saw that ISU will not be open for classes. Ther weather outside is pretty nasty. Meg and I cuddled for most of the day. We watched some movies and skyped with daddy and Grandma Carol. We enjoyed the day together going out to play in the snow and then coming back to relax and enjoy the day off.

We are THANKFUL for....FAMILY!

Each and everyday Nick and I are reminded of things that we are very Thankful for.... Today as we spend the day celebrating Thanksgiving with his family...We stop to thank god for bring each other into our lives. We could not have asked for a more special person to share our lives with.

Lindsey: I am thankful for my loving, caring and supportive and trusting family. I am thankful for my amazing husband and friend.

Nick: He said, " I am thankful for my beautiful, gorgeous and intelligent wife who always keeps me in line." "I am also thankful for my gracious things the good lord has presented before me."

Together we talked about the most important goals in our lives to come. We are both very family oriented and enjoy the wonderful times that we can go and spend with our families. We struggled to compromise on which family we have to visit during the holidays. Because if it was up to us we would try and see everyone. Sometimes there just isn't enough time in the day.

OMG! She is my cousin....

My favorite cousin came to stay the weekend with me. We decided that it would be fun to travel around  Des Moines to see some sights and to take some pictures. We always have a fantastic time together. I love that she is growing up and we can talk. I do miss that I can't spend as much time with her as I used too. You can definitely tell that we are related with the chunky cheeks and the red hair.

Today we decided to take Meg for a walk down at the state capitol and also on the new river walk. It was a beautiful day and we sure enjoyed it. As you can see from the pictures we are two silly girls. While sierra was here for the weekend we played Wii, watched a few movies and just hung out. I look forward to many more amazing sleepovers. I do love this girl... She is one of my best friends....