Girls Night Dinner!!!

I did this blogging backwards.... darn it.. o well So Jen, Kasey and I the three amigo's have a girls night at least once a week and we love it! Usually we hit up B & S but this time we chose a delicious grill out dinner and condiments with everyone. Dan, Jen, Matt,me, Kasey Chad, Aspen, and the kids! A ton of wii bowling and a amazing time with my some of my favorite people!

Goodbye Big Town Hello Small Town!!!

Just a little dedication to my loves who have moved to small towns! See I knew it would happen. Lindsey & Derek move up to Reinbeck, Lindsey & Travis to Jewell,  Jaci to Fort Dodge (ok not small but not dsm), Matt & I to Lake City. I wonder who will be next! So Friday night was a going away parties for Lindsey and Travis and Jaci! Both are moving closer to me so I'm fine with this.. If that makes me SELFISH well I'm not going to deny it I LOVE IT!

The Help!

I'm always with the craze on the books that come out and become movies. So I bought the Help and love it. It's like a Fried Green Tomatoes combined with The Color Purple kind of story. DO I recommend it of course but there hasn't been a book that Ive picked up that I haven't recommended. I suppose as I continue to read tons I will find some that I don't like. The best part is I get to go see the movie this weekend with my bff Jaci Faidley up in Ft Dodge!!! I love her being so close!

Jeff & Whitney Edgar!!!!

August 20th, 2011 my friend Jeff gets married! Matt had a bachelor party so my date was the amazing ASHLEY ANN ROE!!!! It was so great to see everyone and I have to say it was the most amazing time ever! They did Dessert, Dancing, & Drinks only and the dessert/candy spread was amazing! Here is a pic!

Every kind of dessert you can think of, lil cheesecakes, brownies, chocolate covered everything, and cookies!

CANDY!!! packaged it up and took it with me..num num













I mean seriously the night wouldn't have been so great with out Roey, Sarah, Lorissa, Jaci, Mike, Moffy, Blake, Buck, Abby, Magz, Joshy, Dougy, Jeffy, Jed, Nikki, Gabe, Jamie, Fipp, and Joe!!! Love these guys!

CONGRATULATIONS JEFF AND WHITNEY!

Did u say WEDDINGS......

As it has been for the last 5 years Matt and I have been crazy swamped with weddings and till we marry off the last of our friends (which may be by the time we hit 40) they will never stop. I kid you not and let me repeat it we have 13 weddings this year, Yep I see your mouth dropping as you read this so let me repeat it 13. Whew did you let that sink in. I have simply decided in my dozing sleep last night I could make at least 3 albums of pictures of scrap booking from all the weddings we go to. So as I post my next few blogs till December you bet your money there will be weekends of WEDDINGS!!! :)

The infamous baby question?

You are all correct for everyone that ever told me that after you get married people will be hounding you on when the babies were coming : YOU ARE CORRECT! I said it, it's true. I swear everywhere I go the question comes up" so when are you two going to start having kids." Well I've decided that I will let you know and then nobody will have to ask again for awhile! RIGHT probably not. 
The topic has come up in are many alone talks.... which are slim because baby slow down number 1: we live with our parents.
2: we have no home, ok and I don't mean we are homeless we just don't have a home that we rent or own at the moment.
3. The baby thought is exciting but way scary at the same time.. I mean talking about it is easier then actually doing it.. LOL
So here is the VERDICT: We may start trying this fall as in like November or December MAYBE.

P.S. We aren't thinking about it just because the baby thing is going on like crazy here, I mean the your friends are doing so why aren't you kind of thing, we actually are in a place in our lives where we feel ready and just because you have a kid/kids doesn't mean your life is over. You can still travel, go out with friends, and enjoy life. Opinions are opinions and people feel certain ways about things and that just it!

So when the time comes I will blog like a crazy woman all about it!!!

FOUR BLONDES!

AHHHH I love Sex and the City which means that I love Candace Bushnell, I know as you look at this you are thinking this is a old book and yes yes it is but I haven't read it yet and I hear it is fantastic to here is to another adventure in reading!!!

The Blog Hog

As I sit here blogging I realize that the name of my blog is The Stephenson's meaning plural more than one but as I read I sometimes see that I've been writing all about me (Mrs.Stephenson) singular... I suppose that is not nice and that I should really tell you all about the Mr. Stephenson. 

Matt Stephenson is a man of many talents he can: remove your snow, build you a house, landscape your yard, roof your house, move you from here or there (because he owns what most people need a  TRUCK, personally I think it is all his fault everyone needs him if he drove a car nobody would call) HAHA, he can remove trees, he can haul stuff (once again because of that truck), he can farm, he can build pretty much anything from scratch, he can pour you a sidewalk, driveway, or build you a deck. See I'm telling you he is a man of many talents. So if you need him call......................................LOL

Now let me tell you about how Matt's days go he WORKS,WORKS, WORKS some more, and WORKS. He will tell you that his weekend's usually consist of what ever I have planned but seriously that can't be true...hmmmm thinking... ok maybe he is right but he loves doing all the fun things we have planned. So as you can see the other half is pretty much the most amazing man alive. He only needs some sleep, tractor magazines, and water to keep him moving. So here is a fantastic picture of the Man of the Hour:

The Lo- Down

Alright so I went to Half price books in Des Moines and scooped up  The Lo Down by Lo Bosworth the star from Laguna Beach and the Hills! So far I'm not going to lie this book is hilarious. Even if you are married this book is good. It's about relationship's and as I read in my life I have had a good amount of these. This book is a fast read I'm already half way through and plan to finish it today then on to the next book. If you need a good laugh and for my single ladies if you need some insight to finding the right man this is the book for you. Lo's is so quirky and straight to the point you can't help but take her advice.

Lake City Circus!

The Circus came town and I rented a kid for the night so that I could go! Thank you Finley's for Adam!!!! Rachel, the kids, and I had a fantastic time and even though the circus was no Ringling Brother's the kids still love it!

Ryanne's Last Night of Freedom!!!!!

My best friend Lindsey's little sister is getting married. Little Ryanne Michelle Briseno is jumping on the bandwagon of married life! I love this little girl like she is my little sister too. I spent so much time with the Briseno clan I was one of them also! I watched Ryanne grow up and trust me I know a lot about Ryanne that I hope Tyler is ready for!!!!!  Here are some pictures from the fun weekend!

Madison, Wisconsin!

Our Summer vacation to Madison was great! We enjoyed seeing family, going out on State Street at the University of Wisconsin, and movies. Courtney and I enjoyed shopping and our amazing Vera Bradley luck we had! We also witnessed homeless people eating cheesecake from the garbage I can promise you that was a sight we could have done without! Three things about Wisconsin
1. People dress very ummm whats the word I wanna use hippieish maybe not a word..lol
2. State Street Brats will always be our favorite place to go
3. Never a dull moment in Madison

On our way back we got to stop and watch Courtney's dad Logan drag race! Marked that off the bucket list got to see our first Drag races! Loved it!

The Love Season!

Like normal I found a Elin Hilderbrand book at the consignment store and for me I thought Steal at 3.50 you just can't pass that up! So I had to get The Love season because I plan to read all of her books before the end of the year! This book literally took me a week to read. It started a little slow but then I just breezed through it, it was just amazing. I couldn't stop reading. It was about an amazing chef whose best friend died and her best friends daughter comes to Nantucket to learn about her mother and what happened. Another Amazing book by Elin!

New Book!!!!

I'm trying to catch up on my blog and get back to it but this summer has just been CRAZY! So I decided to switch up my reading and pick a book by a different author. I started reading the The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine! I personally loved the book. It's about a lady and her daughters who lives get turned upside down from divorce, job scandal, and boys and move to Westport to try to figure it all out. I'm the kind of girl who goes into the store and see's the cover of a book reads over the back of it and buys it. So this was a wing it book and it turns out my buying methods RULE!!!! Give this book a shot you will truly love it!

Happy 50th Birthday Marvin!!!

My Sister Cheinette and I

My best friend Keith's dad turned 50 and we went back to celebrate in one of my favorite places the Wehrle Trucking /Farm district!!!! I love my friends and I love my hometown! I spent so much time out at the Wehrle's I became the little sister/daughter of this family and forever will be! Here are some awesome photo's from that night!

Rodeo Days 2011

Every year we enjoy the festivities of Western Days ( Rodeo Days) in Lake City, Iowa. Like clock work we head out to the street dance till the wee hours then wake up for the parade. Always a good time and always a cowboy for those looking.... aka my niece lol! Here are some photo's from the infamous weekend!

Allison, Jac, and I

The Stephenson's

Jen, Rachel, and I