Graduation/House Celebration

Due to the long distance that everyone would have to drive to watch me walk across the stage at FHSU, my parents and I decided to have a joint party to celebrate my graduation and their new house! Such a good turn out, I think Dustin counted 34 people come and go throughout the day. It was great to see everyone, not knowing when we'll see them again. Hopefully, sometime this summer, but we'll have to see! Thank you mom and dad for all you've done and continue to do for me, I love you very much! MIGHT I add, I asked Dustin to take a few pictures for me at the party.... he had everyone laughing beacuse he would take continious pictures one after another... there were 9 pictures of Alex for me to choose from. If you flipped through them quickly, you can see him slowly turning towards Dustin smiling.. =) Thank you honey for taking pictures for me, love you!

My big brother, Alex

L-R: Younger brother, Travis; Grandpa Rex (mom's dad); Diane (mom's sister); Diane's friend

L-R: My dad!; Cousin Kyle; Travis; Grandpa Rex

My WONDERFUL mother, Kim

L-R: Denny and his wife Bev; Grandpa John (dad's dad); Alex; Uncle Mike (dad's brother) and his friend Maria

Graduation and More!

I'm finally finished with Hays, KS after walking at graduation on May 15th! Was great to see everyone. I actually left a little early in the week to spend some time with my very good friends Ben and Lindsey and their new little girl, Sophia. Dustin came up with his parents Friday from Missouri. My parents drove to Hays after picking up my grandparents and arrived in Hays late evening on Friday also. Got to also see another friend Abbie while I was there too. Saturday after graduation, we stopped by Len and Summer's to pick up the bike and mini fridge that my dad and I couldn't get on the UHaul to bring home. I lived with them for about 9 months while I finished up college... wonderful family! We also stopped by Lindsey and Ben's so my parents could meet Sophia before they headed home...


Had a wonderful time in Hays, but already miss my friends. Can't wait until the FHSU wrestling camp so that I can see all of them again!

Sweet Little Sophia

Sweet little Sophia is only 12 days old. My very good friends Lindsey and Ben are her wonderful parents. There's no words to describe how beautiful and sweet she is! Sophia is absolutely perfect, congratulations Ben and Lindsey, she's a blessing!

Our first non-parent guests!

My grandparents stopped by to see us in Rogersville about a month ago. They were on their way to Branson with their friends Sam and Wilma from Nevada, MO. Showed them our house for the first time, they really liked it. They only stopped for a short time, but so gratelful they did! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for stopping by, our doors always open for family, love you!

We got Shivereed!

While Dustin and I were away on our honeymoon, Dustin's aunt's found a way into our house and had a little fun. On our way home from the KC Airport, Dustin gets a picture text message from his Aunt. He couldn't quite make out the picture... but we would soon find out exactly what it was after returning home! I'll just let the pictures explain everything that we found, enjoy!

This was an eviction notice taped to our front porch by the garage door.

Our welcome home sign from Dustin's
Rogersville Wrestling Team and USA Club Team.

Bubble wrap under all the door mats.
Under the impression this was a goodie basket for us.
Will explain it further on down...

The closet was filled with balloons about 5' high.
Balloons in the dryer.
Baby food with pink and blue bottles in the cabinets.
Balloons in the bath tub.
Shrink wrap between the toilet and the toilet seat that had bugs laying on them.. and of course the fish in the toilet bowl.
Fish in the toilet.
Pregnancy test. =)
Kool-Aide in the toilet tank so when we flushed it, it turned the water colors.
Vasoline on sinks and door knobs.
Caution tape around the backyard patio area.

Flower pot it the toilet.Sewed the towel together as it hung on the towel ring.

Baby fish in the bath tubs.
These cans were in the goodie basket. Little did we know until we looked closely, the labels had all been taken off and put on random cans. We had no idea what was in each can.The note they left behind.. With Love and In Fun!

A New Look

Dustin worked so hard last summer to get our front yard looking great with new landscaping. He got all the block walls done in the front last summer, but this past weekend, we finally got some flowers, plants and mulch put down. It's amazing how much it changes the looks of the house!

Here are some pictures of the house 2 years ago when he bought it.



This is last summer building the new walls to frame the flower beds. He had some wonderful help from some of his wrestlers... okay, mostly Joe and Sam!

Here is Sam framing the tree, light pole and other stuff we want to cover up with some plants.

Little bit of preparation.... new flowers, plants and mulch!
Getting everything placed just right before we begin digging and planting.
Chip and Hunter were well aware of all the changes...
We ran out of daylight, so we brought out some light of our own. We did get some people driving awfully slow by the house wondering what we were doing at 10:30pm with bright lights... HAThe end result!

The next step is to complete the pavers in the walkway from the driveway to the front door... we'll save that for another weekend!