even though dave and sara won't be home from uganda for a week we decided to celebrate dave's birthday the way we would if he was home, an awesome dinner at hacienda. we started with chips and salsa
and quickly our margaritas came. we had to have strawberry because that's dave's favorite
tyler didn't actually have any margarita but i thought it would be funny!
lisa and i had ours and casi and paige posed nicely... well, they were there. after a long wait they were just happy to have some chips and drinks. 
bruce was happy to have his margarita as well, not strawberry 
i had the small wet burrito with sour cream and guacamole... sooo good!
lisa had a beef and cheese burrito with rice
sue had a fajita quesadilla
bruce had a chimichanga
barb had a wet burrito
dave had fettucini
tyler, of course, had the chicken fingers and fries and casi did too
paige had the baby burgers
lisa and i finished "dave's" liter and then started ours
and of course, lisa had to give ty some kisses from dave and sara...
Friday, June 11, 2010
Happy Birthday Dave!!!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Fashion Aneurysms Abound!!
hey all! i hope you don't think that i missed faf on purpose or that all of a sudden things in indiana have become so great that we don't need fashion aneurysm friday, it's just that my phone has been wonky the last few weeks and my wonderful husband 'fixed' it yesterday in hopes to make it send emails again. long story short, once it was re-set it couldn't find the mail settings i needed so i couldn't send from any accounts including the one i could before it was 'fixed'. it took some time after work but it's finally working and i can get back to the important job i have in reporting the bad things i see.
So here we are at preschool graduation... i realize that not everyone gets really excited for the little milestones but the kids worked hard to learn some songs and we generally feel like it's important to dress appropriately. in my book this means that the guy in jeans and a ball cap is underdressed but not bad since it's a 20 minutes program and the kid's graduation hats were made from paper plates (super cute!) when your cut offs are so short that people don't realize you're wearing cut offs until you stand up though, we have a problem!
and no, giant camo shorts with an oversized wrestling shirt and greasy hair is not appropriate dress either. stacy & clinton would shurely have a fit to see the lack of fit in this person's wardrobe. again, i realize that it's only preschool graduation but these parents had their children dressed up for the event so they had some sort of clue how to dress, they chose not to!
this one was taken at the bowling alley and i'm pretty sure this girl is only 16 or so. Her shorts were cute and this top wouldn't have made this post if it weren't for the fact that the tank under the blue puffy/elasticized shirt was bigger and longer which should have been a clue that the blue shirt was a wee bit too small. if you have to wear something under it to keep your belly from hanging out, and it's not a suit jacket or something you're supposed to wear a shirt under, it's the wrong size!
here's one i caught walking down the street. she's so petite that the faded black skinny jeans she's wearing (i'm pretty sure they're from the 1st round of skinny jeans circa 1991 - 1994) paired with the long sleeve harley shirt in a different shade of black worn with bright white canvas shoes make her look incredibly outdated. I'm sure stacy and clinton would say something about her needing a boot cut or straight leg pant here.
that's all for now folks, until next week!
So here we are at preschool graduation... i realize that not everyone gets really excited for the little milestones but the kids worked hard to learn some songs and we generally feel like it's important to dress appropriately. in my book this means that the guy in jeans and a ball cap is underdressed but not bad since it's a 20 minutes program and the kid's graduation hats were made from paper plates (super cute!) when your cut offs are so short that people don't realize you're wearing cut offs until you stand up though, we have a problem!
and no, giant camo shorts with an oversized wrestling shirt and greasy hair is not appropriate dress either. stacy & clinton would shurely have a fit to see the lack of fit in this person's wardrobe. again, i realize that it's only preschool graduation but these parents had their children dressed up for the event so they had some sort of clue how to dress, they chose not to!
this one was taken at the bowling alley and i'm pretty sure this girl is only 16 or so. Her shorts were cute and this top wouldn't have made this post if it weren't for the fact that the tank under the blue puffy/elasticized shirt was bigger and longer which should have been a clue that the blue shirt was a wee bit too small. if you have to wear something under it to keep your belly from hanging out, and it's not a suit jacket or something you're supposed to wear a shirt under, it's the wrong size!
here's one i caught walking down the street. she's so petite that the faded black skinny jeans she's wearing (i'm pretty sure they're from the 1st round of skinny jeans circa 1991 - 1994) paired with the long sleeve harley shirt in a different shade of black worn with bright white canvas shoes make her look incredibly outdated. I'm sure stacy and clinton would say something about her needing a boot cut or straight leg pant here.
that's all for now folks, until next week!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
it's friday...
...so here's a look at this week's fashion aneurysm. the first pic you see was taken quite some time ago and i stumbled across it while doing some editing. can anyone spot the aneurysm here? 
not the guys in the button downs or polo, or that cute pink dress denise is wearing. yes, it is the bright yellow nascar shirt paired with the yellow and black CAT hat. why is this a problem? it wouldn't be if were just hanging out 'cause that's just brian and how he dresses himself without supervision. at least it was clean, matching, tucked in, and it fit. this was a problem because the rest of us had just finished a lovely dinner at a local japanese restaurant where we were fairly dressed up and this is how brian chose to dress up. i know it's not criminal since this is indiana but it's all i had.
or at least, all i thought i had to post today and then my sister emailed me a link to this:
not the guys in the button downs or polo, or that cute pink dress denise is wearing. yes, it is the bright yellow nascar shirt paired with the yellow and black CAT hat. why is this a problem? it wouldn't be if were just hanging out 'cause that's just brian and how he dresses himself without supervision. at least it was clean, matching, tucked in, and it fit. this was a problem because the rest of us had just finished a lovely dinner at a local japanese restaurant where we were fairly dressed up and this is how brian chose to dress up. i know it's not criminal since this is indiana but it's all i had.or at least, all i thought i had to post today and then my sister emailed me a link to this:
how the heck did i miss that? i really need to keep up on my celebrity news. thanks mariah and nick, priceless!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
late mother's day present
here's a video they showed at church on mother's day and lisa & i got to see it for the first time today, thanks to my mother-in-law! both of my nieces and my nephew is in it which is pretty cool, check it out :)
Mother's Davy Video from Harris Prairie on Vimeo.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
away they go...
i just wanted to do a quick post to say how incredibly proud of and amazed at my sister-in-law and brother-in-law i am. as you know from my previous posts they are in the process of adopting an amazing beautiful girl from uganda and had gotten most of the way through their paperwork but were waiting for a few last details. they expected to be leaving near the end of this month or early next month but found out two days ago that they would be leaving this evening and returning in 3-4 weeks with their new daughter. it wasn't easy over the last two days getting everything arranged with tyler's schedule and figure out who would be caring for their birds, dog and cat. they quickly packed and got schedules taken care of and were off to chicago this afternoon to catch their plane to brussels and then to uganda. because of their tremendous faith they have decided to just follow god's plan for them and see where it takes them. they should be in uganda sometime tomorrow afternoon where they'll get to meet your beautiful daughter for the first time and, thanks to livingston (one of fiona's 'big brothers'), they'll have internet access and cell phones within a few days so they'll be updating their blog and skyping when they can. they'll be home in no time and these last few days will seem like nothing but until then, WE LOVE YOU!!!
oh yea, and a great big THANK YOU to the grahams for being two of the many people involved in the whole process and we can't wait to meet your new daughter rachael! travel safely and take lots of pictures, we'll be waiting to see the girls!!!
oh yea, and a great big THANK YOU to the grahams for being two of the many people involved in the whole process and we can't wait to meet your new daughter rachael! travel safely and take lots of pictures, we'll be waiting to see the girls!!!
Friday, May 7, 2010
fashion aneurysm fridays
i realize that my opinion isn't really worth a hill of beans and that much of what i post here is either photos and stories of what's going on with the fam or showing you pictures of projects and sometimes i post commentary on what i like or don't like and that those things that i like and don't like are purely my own personal preference but recently, after a few well intentioned photos i placed online as a way to help the citizens of our fair city got some attention i've decided that i must blog occasionally about the state of what is considered acceptable clothing by the residents of mishawaka and it's surrounding areas. i realize that stacey and clinton can only do so much so i've decided to help them out.
i'm going to begin my commentary with a few examples of what have recently be renamed 'fashion aneurysms'. i hope this, if nothing else, at least gives everyone a good laugh, a reference point for dressing yourself (if you look in the mirror and think you may have seen that outfit here, quickly change), or at least some self asteem (hey, at least you look better, right?). please comment and feel free to email me anything you'd like to see posted.
we begin our tour of crazy with a girl i like to call stripperella:
i saw stripperella at a local mexican restaurant one night which, from the party going on, we could tell was her 21st birthday. now, the picture above doesn't fully explain the problem, just picture her with several more tequila shots in her system and that cute skirt she's wearing, continuously riding up higher and higher with every shot. yes, i understand that she's adorable, got a fairly decent body and is 21 so what's the problem? since when is it okay to let people see your cha-cha in public people? (hint: it's not!!!)
i'm going to begin my commentary with a few examples of what have recently be renamed 'fashion aneurysms'. i hope this, if nothing else, at least gives everyone a good laugh, a reference point for dressing yourself (if you look in the mirror and think you may have seen that outfit here, quickly change), or at least some self asteem (hey, at least you look better, right?). please comment and feel free to email me anything you'd like to see posted.
we begin our tour of crazy with a girl i like to call stripperella:
i saw stripperella at a local mexican restaurant one night which, from the party going on, we could tell was her 21st birthday. now, the picture above doesn't fully explain the problem, just picture her with several more tequila shots in her system and that cute skirt she's wearing, continuously riding up higher and higher with every shot. yes, i understand that she's adorable, got a fairly decent body and is 21 so what's the problem? since when is it okay to let people see your cha-cha in public people? (hint: it's not!!!)meet jungle joe, he was having a drink with some friends at a local bar. i'm sure stacey would say something like: 'if you're going to wear the lumberjack shirt, make sure you don't have the lumberjack hair and beard'
this is lumpy linda: ladies, please please please, stop wearing pants that are so light and tight that even in a dark bar your bumps, lumps and lines show up like the lights on a christmas tree
i don't know how much more i can say about this, it really does speak for itself. cut off black pants, black socks, black shoes, all different shades of black with bright white legs and hair paired with pajamas in public and it's not a drugstore or doctors office (which, i give passes to sick people walking up to because sometimes you can't wear anything more than pjs when you're so very sick)
and don't get me started on any of this... what happened to 'dress to impress' people? when did grocery shopping become so menial that we can't get dressed like civilized people...
this is lumpy linda: ladies, please please please, stop wearing pants that are so light and tight that even in a dark bar your bumps, lumps and lines show up like the lights on a christmas treei don't know how much more i can say about this, it really does speak for itself. cut off black pants, black socks, black shoes, all different shades of black with bright white legs and hair paired with pajamas in public and it's not a drugstore or doctors office (which, i give passes to sick people walking up to because sometimes you can't wear anything more than pjs when you're so very sick)and don't get me started on any of this... what happened to 'dress to impress' people? when did grocery shopping become so menial that we can't get dressed like civilized people...alrighty, that's all for today, just some food for thought the next time you go to pick up some milk!
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