Scenes Cont.

100 scenes I hope pop up as my life flashes before my eyes.
Numbers 26-50:


26. My dad coming to get me out of school early to spend a weekend at Maumee Bay
27. Having to cancel our trip to Florida because my sisters and I had the chicken pox
28. Taste of Chicago...Mmmmmmm
29. Finding out Ashton was a boy after 9 months of wondering and 45 minutes of pushing
30. Playing spades and listening to 2 Pac
31. Walks in the park with husband and kids
32. Lying in the sun
33. Meeting my husband at 17, having a huge "crush" on him right away, dating soon after
34. Climbing the Rocky Mountains on our honeymoon
35. Seeing Owen wear the clothes I once loved to dress Ashton in
36. The fact that Bob and Tom's Comedy CD was playing when Ryan asked me to marry him
37. Singing.Loud.
38. Getting suspended from my High School volleyball team because they found beer caps in my purse
39. Dancing with my children.
40. Making snow angels and then getting back into the hot tub.
41. My water breaking just after arriving at the hospital with Owen and the nurse telling me it was to late for an epidural.
42. Ryan pulling a babydoll out from under my wedding dress and me having no clue he was doing it when he was getting the garder (I was prego).
43. Watching Ashton and Owen play nice together.
44. Learning to dance the Boot Scooting Boogie.
45. Watching the downtown fireworks from our boat.
46. Roasting marshmellows as a kid outside our pop-up camper.
47. Listening to Ashton read me a book.
48. Carly's head on my shoulder, her hand tapping my back.
49. Rollerblading all 12 miles of the University/Parks Trail in 45 minutes with Ryan.
50. Stengle family Reunions at Potawatomi Inn, Pokagon State Park

Owen has been asking to go to the zoo for months. Every time we had to reluctantly tell him that is was to cold outside. But that was not a good enough reason for him. He would get upset and was very persiatant that it was nice out. Well the day finally came that we could actually say yes! Owen was ecstatic. We rode the carousel, saw the gorillas, the aquarium, played at the park...it was a fun filled day. The picture of Owen on the bison is classic. I have a picture on Ashton on this, and a picture of myself as a kid on this same animal statue (I can not think of what to call this thing). And when Carly is old enough she will join in the fun. Just on of those fun childhood memories. For some reason I loved that darn thing and was always so excited to sit on it. It's fun to see my kids react the same way.

Life thus far...

Ever since I started reading T.W.I.T's 100 scenes, random meaningful events keep popping into my head over and over. So I took this as a sign that I needed to make my own list. It was so much fun reading her's lists and it will be so fun making my own! Here goes.

100 scenes I hope pop up as my life flashes before my eyes.
Numbers 1-25:

1. Arriving home from woodstock 1999, finding out me and Ryan's picture was on the front page of the blade directly under the article that JFK's plane had crashed
2. My dad pulling in the driveway with my first car, a Volkswagon Cabroilet convertable(my favorite car since the age of 8)
3. Making total strangers my new nest friends for a week while on vacation as a kid
4. Having pink eye and still attending a junoir high dance
5. Getting married twice-to the same man
6. A surprise kind letter from my mom while away at camp
7. Calling my mom to tell her I had Owen roughly 30 minutes after dropping Ashton off at her house
8. Climbing Mt. Rainier
9. The first time your child tells you "I love you" all on there own
10. Wrestiling with my dad while he blared Tom Petty from the speakers
11. Playing in the rapids of the Maumee River at my grandparents house
12. Flying on a plane to Seattle to meet Ryan knowing I was pregnant, wondering how to tell him
13. Lilith Fair with my mom and my two sisters
14. Holding Ryan's hand at the bottom of Niagra Falls
15. Being pregnant at the same time as my sister twice
16. Forging my own notes to skip school
17. Sneaking in and out of Ryan's window to spend the night
18. Walking all over the neighborhood with Meghan singing and knowing every word to Snoop Dogg's Lodi Dodi
19. Always having a glass of water with me to melt the wicked witch when I watched the Wizzard of Oz
20. Sharing a room with my sister who snored
21. The amazing feeling of sheer bliss the first time Ashton latched on to start nursing
22. Finding out I was having a girl
23. The days when me and Ryan would "spoon" eachother all night long
24. Riding around the neighborhood on my banana seat bike
25. Talking on the phone until the wee hours of the moring

Party Pics!

The family with Ryan's mom & g-ma
Ava Grace

Who does she look more like?
They got plenty of adorable clothes.
As you can see the were totally interseted in opening the presents.

She liked the plate more than the cake.
Uuumm...how cute is she?
Mmmm cake.
Poor Ava wasn't feeling to good so she didn't enjoy her cake all that much.
Messy face.

The big brothers.
Ava couldn't wait.Owen, Mason, Ashton, Jordan, Avery, Dawson
Mmmmm.

I think she'd rather play with it than eat it.

Jessica & Ava
Carly & Me

The cake.

The big O.N.E.

Happy Birthday Carly Cutes!

Today is my darling daughters first birthday. It is amazing how fast this day comes and how much they grow and learn during this time. Carly is a loving, yet feisty little gal. She loves to give hugs and snuggle, and her laugh is contagious. She is an amazing addition to our family.

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(We had her party last Sunday combined with my niece, Ava, who is 9 days older...pics to come.)

Can you believe I don't own a pair of snow boots!

I can honestly say I have not been sledding since I was a kid. So... I busted out the plastic bags for my feet and was dragged out of my warm and cozy house to join the fun. And fun it was. The sun was shining, nobody was there, and it was not cold. We had a blast trucking up and down the hill and as you can see Owen got the royal treatment on the way up. Ashton and Mason thought of plenty of crazy was to use the sled other than the boring sit on your butt and go. We had to drag them to the car when it was time to go.

Happy Easter. Better late than never.

OK, I know Easter was several weeks ago but Im a busy lady. We had a fun holiday. When the boys woke up we rushed downstairs to find their baskets. The easter bunny did a good job hiding Ashtons and he ended up needing a bit of help. Oops! The rest of the morning the boys had fun discovering hidden eggs in random spots. Then it was off to my parents for brunch. The kids looked aborable all dressed up. It was Carly's first easter and I had much fun picking out her dress and seeing her in it. We got to spend some time with my cousins and their kids, eat some yummy food, and have another easter egg hunt (inside since there was SNOW on the ground).