Reasons for Baby to come

Rhianon is in town,

The baby room is ready,

The to do list is dangerously close to being done,

I am done with work after saturday,

Sleep, cant get enough, my body seems to wake to easily.



I am thinking these are all good reasond for Baby Bakhuyzen to come SOON!



If he doesnt come soon I think I might take up carpentry and build a dining room table or something worse! I might just decide to start christmas shopping.



So, Brandon and I are excited, and mentally prepared. Waiting is not fun :( but we will have to. doctors appointment is on thursday, hopefully we'll get some good news!

So cute!

I took a few pictures of my adorable nephew Caleb when I was babysitting him. Actually I take pictures every time i see him. With his Mommys camera, mine, my phone... you name it he is on it! So here is just a little bit of my joyful moments with him! I figure this is okay since mommy and daddy have pictures up too!

Christmas

This is the first picture I have taken with Brandon in such a long time. I love capturing moments. With a camera in my hands I am not what you call artsy or talented. But I do know how to point and shoot. I lost my camera this summer when I lost my purse. So, Brandon being the great fiance that he is, got me a new one for Christmas! I love him... all the time!

Thanks Giving Weekend!

What's the Latest news?... Well, Brandon and I are planning a wedding! For us! Yes, We're engaged! I have been calling halls every day to get information from them and today my job is to set up some appointments with my favorite sites. I've been looking online for dress designers that I like and there are so many out there! Also I have been looking into churches and making up my guest list! So, there's not a lot of down time right now.
I find myself doing this in the car a lot.

How is the fiance, you ask? He is doing very well, he has been out snow plowing a lot lately. We have gotten so much snow. All weekend felt like we were inside of a snowglobe! He gets pretty tired and sometimes does not know what day it is. But he does a very good job and he has been working very hard.

We will keep you updated on the wedding planning and events to come!

Happy Holidays!

You can take the description quite literally today.  On Friday I arrived home from work and scared three deer our of the back yard when I pulled in.  Thinking that that is the last of them that i will be seeing this night in particular was my first instinct.

Much to my surprise,  I was wrong.  After dinner i was helping Nana get on the toilet and my Dad came in with those words i won't forget. "You wanna shoot a deer tonight?" So I left her in the bathroom to hang out and much to my surprise there were four deer right up in the back yard mowing down on the grass.  I grabbed the 20 gauge, racked one in and snuck into my spot on the patio. I put the biggest doe on my cross hairs and waited... and waited... (wow how time crawls when your ready to shoot one!) finally she turned broadside and without hesitation, BOOM.  She took off slow and the three ran on behind her.  

I looked at Dad and said, thats how a woman hunts, turned around and finished helping Nana inside.  

For those of you still on the edge of your seat I blew that heart right up and she didn't make it into the woods.  I'm going to have to work on putting a video up so that you can see it!

NOT THE HULA, BUT IT'S FUN

And a new season for sports has turned over again. Softball went well this summer. Our team ended up standing in first place for the league season and got third in the tournament. So that was a fun season! Soccer is going strong we have our last game for first place tomorrow and then start the fall season next week. And another sport I'm picking up... Volleyball. It's always been a fun pass time but never a serious sport for me. Anita is coaching and she needs an assistant so I am going to be doing that this fall for potters house. So there is a lot going on but it's fun!
Other than that, there's not much new in the news.

BUSY, BUSY

Things have been very eventful lately. Saturday I spent the afternoon looking for a Nintendo Wii and had no luck. Apparently they arent shiped into the US anymore which makes this very difficult. But Brandon managed to find one on Craigs list after I gave up; due to the large abundance of frustration that had come over me. So, we spent the afternoon installing and setting up the Game, creating Miis and bowling! Wii is a blast! So, check out Craigs list!
Now that i have my sponsor taken care of, I can get on with the rest of my life.
I have been playing soccer on a couple of different indoor leagues, i don't recomend it if you don't want to experience a small case of (soccer) burnout.
Softball starts soon!
My birthday is on Friday! (just incase anyone has forgotten) I will update you with the events later, because it is unknown to me what I will be doing.
Work is going very well, i am loving it.
And i am looking forward most to my trip in a few weeks to GUAM!!!!!!

I know, I know, It's been forever.

But I couldn't remember all my log in information, now i remember. I sat here forever and just tried combinations of things until I got it right.

As for an update, this new profile picture of Lyndsie and me is from the first week in January when we went Snowmobling with Brandons family. I was a great time, we rode about 130 Miles on saturday, I was a lot, but it was a good time!

I love the snow!

Dear Diary~
Today was like any other day. Mom left my windows rolled down again so that my insides wouldn't stink when she got in. And Grandpa rolled them up so she wouldn't get too wet because of all the rain. The rain was great tho, because now I was clean again.
The great thing about spring is that Mom spends a lot of time with me. Today I was really excited because Mom pulled me into the garage. When she pulls me in there I know that we are going to have some quality time together. She opened up my back and pulled out all of the junk she puts in there to off road. But then she started pulling on my carpet and unscrewing me to get under my trim. That's when I realized she was taking my carpet out! She got all the carpet out of the back pretty fast and then started moving around all the dirt and water that was underneath it. I was really really dirty, and that's when she realized that I have some big holes in my floor. After taking my seats out and my center console to get rid of all my gross carpet, she finally started putting me back together. Then she taped over my holes so that she won't die while she drives. All together we spent a good 5 hours together, and I think she's gonna make me over soon. Because she was scratching at all my rust and trying to make me clean again. It was a long day, but I am finally dry after... almost a year.
-Laredo

Trip One of 2007

We Had quite the adventurous day, Getting Stuck and splashing around! I crawled underneath this Jeep to hook up the tow strap to the Axel... Not a smart Idea, but the water was warm! This was my lunch on top of the hood. A large bag of chips I did start and finish that day and a blue powerade. Underneath is me, patching a hole the diameter of my index finger.
You have to learn to make do with what you have on the trails otherwise you will be towed home, and that's not cool... so i folded up some card board and covered it 3 inches wide with silicone gasket sealer! Then taped over all of that so ensure a oily drive home.

I did make it home, and learned to change an oil pan and a Rear Main Seal...now it doesn't mark it's territory everywhere I go.

IM BACK

This week, there were many events that occured worth sharing with the world.

Started with an outing to the PaLace to watch the Pistons play the Bulls...and they won by 2 in the last secconds! On the way home I took out a sign on Courtland... Just west of the East Beltline...that was a shock!

Monday was uneventful...until Family Dinner.

Tuesday was a date with Brandon.

Wednesday was a trip to the gym.

Thursday was the day to get the errands done.

Friday was a date with Charlie.

And Saturday was a night in with at Russ and Amy, we played Bang!

That brings us to now...

Camping Trip!

I used to love it when summer rolled around because it meant camping trips with the family! Anywhere was sufficient, as long as we had the hobo pie makers and Marshmallows to burn.
I would have to say the most memorable camping night ever was when I pitched a tent With Rhianon, and the gang from California on the top of a Mountain It was cold and litereally sickening, but by far the most memorable! Mt. Whitney was great.
Moving on to this summer, I went previously for a night with the family in my Grandmas Back yard. So, tomorrow should be a joy to get my camp on. It is also the birthday of my long time friend tomorrow, so there is much to celebrate!
As for right now, bonfire in the backyard!
Oh how i would love to go to Cali for 2 days and hang with my brother and sister!

Trust me, I am a profesional

The week at Russ and Amy's was good, relaxing. And nice to be away from home for a while. They do have an adorable place, and it's up for sale!
As for my weekend, I worked. Enjoyed some time with my friends at Sos's open house/ graduation party. Saturday was my grandmas 90th birthday. It was enjoyable to see my aunts and Uncles, but hard to see her cry when she couldn't remember how old she was.
Today I went bowling, and watched a movie with friends. So, i pretty much pack all my fun stuff into a night, and then a day and a half. The rest of my week consists of sleep and work. So, in conclusion, I did a lot this weekend, and I miss my friends because I work a funny schedule. oh, and God rocks my face off!

Trust me, I am a profesional

The week at Russ and Amy's was good, relaxing. And nice to be away from home for a while. They do have an adorable place, and it's up for sale!
As for my weekend, I worked. Enjoyed some time with my friends at Sos's open house/ graduation party. Saturday was my grandmas 90th birthday. It was enjoyable to see my aunts and Uncles, but hard to see her cry when she couldn't remember how old she was.
Today I went bowling, and watched a movie with friends. So, i pretty much pack all my fun stuff into a night, and then a day and a half. The rest of my week consists of sleep and work. So, in conclusion, I did a lot this weekend, and I miss my friends because I work a funny schedule. oh, and God rocks my face off!

My Jeep Needs a Name

Well, The weekend was a memorable one! Our sunday school class went up to Silver lake to camp for the weekend and ride the dunes!
It would have been awesome if Chases Jeep wouldn't have broken down before I got there. Since I didn't get to ride the dunes or hang out with him at all because he was working on his Jeep all weekend, it was just great...not awesome.
So, I drove on the dunes for the first time ever! It was enjoyable! I've been quoted as crazy by my friends and I think it kindof freaked my dad out a little bit. Bless his heart for worrying about us so much.
As for my jeep, it was like I was driving around in a beach, there was so much sand everywhere, I cleaned that sucker for about an hour tonight. I did manage to rip off my new fender flares that I just put on, but i can get them back on again... and I'l need to figure out a few things about how it's running, but it runs!
So all in all, it was a fun, out of the ordinary weekend that I will never forget. My grand parents had their honeymoon up there...that's pretty sweet!

Rachel's blog

As a matter of fact, I do enjoy spending time with my family, thank you very much. I enjoy spending time with my friends, and most of all... there is no most of all.
Bocci ball for 2 hours is a long time, it may have been longer than that. It was a good time eo enjoy my family, and get to know Rachel, Michaels wife.
My dad taught me how to put a muffler and tail pipe on my Jeep today, that was a very very valuable lesson to learn. Well, more like really fun to do.
As for last night, it was a joy to go to the Getty Drive-in. Speaking of drive-ins, I was driving through Grand rapids a couple of months ago and noticed a drive in church. There was no building, it was more like a stage and a bunch of parking spots. I wonder how they do it in the winter. And how the different familys have fellowship together.

Rachel's blog

The plan is to go up north on sunday after church! I am way excited to see my cousins, their parents, their kids! Everyone, and Whitney is going with us. This means that we WILL be having a botchey ball tournament. As for work, I'm done for the week. My last two clients today decided to stand me up, so iwas a little bummed about that, but Erin got some round brushing practice in on my hair so it's all good. Erin goes to school right now and will be graduating soon. Then she will be working behing the chair with us!
Sorry no fun pictures, I don't have the patience to download them right now.
I am off to play soccer with Russ now! Love you guys!

Rachel's blog

Basically, I was craving a Starbucks Mocha Chip Frapaccino and I was stuck at work. So, I went over to Beaners and had a chat with the guy taking my order. I told him, I figured he would probubly be upset with my for telling him what i wanted, but he said, tell me anyway, maybe i can make it! So, I explained to him that it was mint with some chocolate chip chunks in it and he said, "I can make something like that, let me figure out a way!" So, he finished after a few minutes and gave me what tasted JUST LIKE ONE! I told him, "I'm never going to starbucks again!" And get this...He put a chocolate chip cookie in it!

Rachel's blog

Okay, I know, I am horrible at updating my blog.
Life has been so busy lately. I am working, I have been since the begining of April, and I LOVE it! It's so much fun to be able to go to work and do what I love.
Tons of boyfriends but nobody special.
I just bought a JEEP. It's a 1990 and it's going to be so sweet. I am in the slow process of sanding it down and then priming it so I can prepare to paint it and put on some newer bigger fender flares! Yes all, I enjoy working on my Jeep. It's so fun and a great way to pass time or be angry.
I'm playing soccer with Russ and some friends of ours. Chaser playes with us once in a while but not much. It's so hot here and muggy sometimes that it makes it very hard to play for long, but we enjoy getting out there and goofing off.
As for Rhianon and Heath, i think they are coming home soon! So that will be great to have them back for a couple of weeks.
As for right now, I am off to bed because I have and early morning tomorrow. I start my day singing at the church and then... we are going to the beach. Lake michigan is a good 45 minutes from here so we are making a day of it. I just packed everything up so i can leave right after church! Soccer ball, frisbee snacks and all!
Love you Guys!

Missing You

Well, I've got a job! That's the good news, and the other good news, it's my birthday on Tuesday. I've really been thinking tho- I need to come out to visit you guys. It's been like, 4 months now. Actually 4 on wednesday. So, now that I have a job I can afford to come see my friends in So Cal. I miss you all so much.