good grief, where did 2008 go?

although it would seem by my lack of posts that i have been super busy and had a jam-packed december, but really i have no idea where december went. or all of 2008 for that matter. well, i have posted a few updater posts below.

let's see if i can even remember anything i did in december and these first couple of days of 09:
*was obsessed and engulfed in the twilight series and now wish i had a vampire of my very own! finished all four books rather quickly.
*watched and loved the biggest loser series.
*went to olive garden for my brother's birthday.
*had xmas tree day
*worked a lot, of course
*made cookies with mom
*helped gina and matt paint and clean their new house!!!
*had 6 days off in a row for xmas in which i spent some time in wausau, with dad's side, at mom's and with mom's side
*cheered the vikings on to the playoffs
*had 5 days off in a row for new years: spent in new ulm, and the cities with my momma
*got the flu after new years, which lingered for a week
*had kris' baby shower!! getting so excited for little jack or ellie to come!!
*got to meet my cousin's little kitty boo and gina's little puppy mya
*got to see some of the zeidlers/heislers and meet miss kambria
*went to lifetime a couple times with g, and got to do one of the cardio classes i love and got to use the streamroom (my favorite)
*otherwise lots of sleeping and some watching of tv and movies

i guess i did do a lot, but it feels like just last week was thanksgiving... hopefully i'll catch up with the times!!!

new years in new ulm

we spent new years eve in new ulm mn with al's best friend shane, his girlfriend jodi, boz, and shane's parents. shane and jodi are from new ulm and grew up together. they now live in chaska and we were planning on spending new years in the cities, but on a spur of the moment decision headed down to new ulm since al and i had never been there. we played rockband all night and were fed amazingly by shane's parents. i also got to see the old farm house that jodi's parents are fixing up to move into. it was a great time and so much fun. our band name was pure xtremedeez... :)

the four of usthe boys playin
shane and jodi.

best buddies in their party hats

jodes and i rockin out!!!

cannot believe 2008 is over! it went by soooo fast! man, times flies. well, let's hope 2009 brings great changes and many laughs and smiles!!!

nesset xmas 2008

had the nesset christmas at mom's house this year. lots of good food and fun and sooo good to see my family whom i love!! angi, maren rae, and i

me and one of my favorites, kai. yup, we're definitely up to something!! :)

yay present dice game time!


mom is wearing kai glasses!

the boys played foosball and look, andrew actually came!!!
another great christmas down the hatch. i cannot believe it has come and gone already. 2008 flew by!!! but it was a good one!

work christmas party

we had our marketing work xmas party at fox run (where i played volleyball last summer) a little bar in the outskirts. it was the best work xmas party ever! the food was great and it led to a few games of 7 14 21 in which i had to take two of the shots and then the biggest game of tippy cup ever! of course al and i were on the winning team!! :) too much fun!

me and my trina, oh and our drunk smiles.... :) trina's pretty much my favorite!

girlies: trina, me and amy. and yes trina was drinking pitchers of uv and sprite instead of beer.. crazy lady. i am so glad to have gotten to play volleyball with these ladies!

ah.. good ol' menards... :}

thanksgiving in illinois

went to illinois for thanksgiving this year. first we went to lee's parents house in atkinson until friday and then headed over to rockford to see our family. i needed some better pictures for our christmas card so we took some pictures out at the ledford's cabin by their personal lake. here is mom, tyler and i on their outdoor swing. luckily we had a gorgeous day!me and my bro with thier lake in the back groundtyler had to get on his knees to dance with lee's mom fran :) mom, lee sr, lee jr, and fran (in green mode)

my bro and his sweet new truck in yellow mode :) this pic could be a dodge ad i think.

lefse making

we had lefse making at my uncle wayne's house this year. it was just as fun as always with family, games, fun, etc. below is torie and tylerplayed some cards (lee, mom, ronnie in the background being the dj, and polly) the girlies that were there making kissy faces :)

here's a cool pic of some family playing wii in the living room with the red feature on my camera.

a weekend full of babies

i visited geri and mckenna this weekend. mckenna is now 15 months old, i can't believe she's so big already! she has such a personality already. she's so independent. below is a picture of her dad, mike, after he was chasing her and had caught her. she loved that game with him. and when she ran from him, she swung her arms out and about all crazily; it was so cute and funny and had geri and i cracking up!here is her stop-taking-pictures-so-i-can-play face; goofball! :) i love some of the faces she makes!! especially when she uses her eyebrows.

walter and mckenna just hangin out.

something was very funny! geri in the background.

also this weekend, my best friend from high school megan's older sister jenni had her first kid. a daughter named liliana mae. she weighed in at a petite 6 pounds 5 ounces and 19 inches long. can't wait to meet her. congrats to jenni and matt, and to aunties megan and shannon!!