Looking back on OUR decade

So as we spent the very low-key night bringing in the new year, Jesse stated, "We met 10 years ago....this was OUR decade!" :) Very true honey. And what a decade it was!

Some of the highlights include:

Meeting on a cold December day

Our first date to see Toy Story 2....and then Jesse's car breaking down. :)

Asking me out in espanol!

Dating which includes:

Prom in the decked out Uhaul

The next year flying to Chicago before the prom

Repelling

the boat...that did NOT float

really LONG phone conversations

picnics in the field

high school marching band practices

pep band games

Roses in my locker

Letters to one another

QH family camp every year

Jesse's family becoming my own

Graduating from High School

Jesse going to college...I joined him two years later

Jesse helping through that first year at UIndy

Jesse spending a month in Mexico

Meeting my biological dad

The proposal!

The RA and RD years at UIndy

Getting Eli, our puppy

THE WEDDING!!! <3

The honeymoon!!! :)

Graduating from college as Jesse graduated from Grad school :)

Moving to St. Louis

Getting pregnant!

Jesse getting his first post-grad job!

Going to social work classes at Wash. U.

Finding our church, The Journey

Meeting incredible people from the Malone/Stark community group

HAVING LEE!

Buying an apartment building

Buying a car....while saying goodbye to my beloved Saturn! :(

All of Lee's "first's"

first words

eating baby food, then real food

walking before crawling

first time we knew he understood us (we asked him if he was ready for a bath)

first and second Christmas

Lee's FIRST birthday

Going to South Africa!

Graduating from Wash. U.

Getting my first post-graduate job

Jesse going BACK to school....I don't think he will ever stop :)

Lee's baby dedication

Jesse's first promotion

and many more I can not think of right this minute

It's been a really great last 10 years! It, mostly, flew by. I'm amazed with everything that has happened in this short amount of time. But most of all,

I can NOT wait for the next 10 years!

Happy New Year!

BABY DEDICATION!

On Saturday we had the privilege of dedicating our precious Lee to the Lord. It was a wonderful time and we knew no better joy than to announce publicly that we are raising him in the best way we know how.

Another amazing part of the night was that we also got to dedicate Lee with two other families here that we are close to, the Starks and the Malones. Congratulations to Kye, Noah and Lee!

Afterward we went out to eat as one big family....isn't that what Christian brothers and sisters are? Anyway, all three families had members of their family enjoy a meal at a nice pasta restaurant on the hill. Afterwards we had a big yummy cake for the boy's dedication that everyone enjoyed. (Lee especially! :) I wanted to share a piece with Lee (it was his cake after all) and ended up eating more of it that I did!) It was a great time with really great friends.



****Speaking of, friends and family if you were there and got some good pictures, would you send them my way? The photographer for us was sick and didn't get clear shots of the ceremony. THANKS!

CONGRATS Mr and Mrs Schaub!

We had such a great time this weekend at Nick and Christina's wedding. It was a very special (and emotional!) wedding. It was so great to see so many family members and friends come together for this special occasion.

Here are some highlights:

• DAYCARE offered for the kiddos in the bridal party (genus!)
• picking up the cheese and learning they don't accept cards, but they let us have it anyway (they said, "just pay us later!" Bad business method, but it we were grateful!)
• getting permission to take pictures in the library...even the old part that is shut off only for special occasions!
• posing with interesting title choices...i.e. Danielle Steele's "Toxic Bachelors"
• Jesse running off to buy decorations and Red Bull for the getaway car...including 2 "Hannah Montana" dolls
• Being informed to be the MC while driving to Indiana. I did as well as an unprepared unprofessional could do at last minute! :)
• Dave's (father of the bride) special surpirse song for Christina that made EVERYONE cry
• Bridesmaids, "lean forward....turn your head slightly...." :)
• Jesse dumping the whole bowl of birdseed on the happy couple (see above)

and something else I can't mention yet because it's still a surprise!

CONGRATULATIONS NICK and CHRISTINA SCHAUB!!!! <3

it's ALLIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!

Yep, I'm reviving this blog....check back for updates early and often! :)

South African Lingo

So there are over 23 languages in South Africa! Yes, almost everyone speaks English, but it's still not quite the same. For instance:

In SA In US
tomato Sauce = Ketchup
chips = french fries
crisps = chips
stolling = walking
robots = stoplights
disco = night club
snowfreeze = ice cream
let = rent
NGO's = non-for-profits
rocket = type of lettuce or small salad
pudding = cake
napkins = diapers or pads
wheelie bins = trash bins with wheels on them
trading hours = store hours
queue = to line up (like in school)
cheque = check (like check book or checking account)
servettes = napkins

Note that all of this is usually in some sort of British accent. :)

Hello from South Africa!

Hope everyone had a good laugh from the last post. I (Kristin) am in Cape Town, South Africa. It is so beautiful here. I love my apartment, the landscape, and most things so far! Today we went to Africa's most beautiful botanical garden....right next to Table Mountain. It gave us a great view of the city. I hope to post pictures soon, but it's late-seven hours later than you STL peeps.



Jesse and Lee, I miss you both so much...can't wait to skype soon. Thank God for emails and wifi!

I can't believe it

OKay so this is the text conversation I had tonight with Jesse on his way back home from his class...I'm not going to lie, it made me upset.

It starts with a picture that I sent to Jesse of Lee and I after Lee's bath...
K: I look like a hot mess
J: I see
K: Nooo...youre suppose to say I look hot, no mess
J: I don't think so
K: waaaaaaah
K: You are being mean
J: I think that was the intent of my reaction
K: Why are you being mean?
J: Hahaha what????

Okay so we didn't get this figured out until he came home....and showed me his phone. It went like this.

Pic with caption "He was really happy after the bath"
J: I see
K: I look like a hot mess
J: I don't think so
K: Nooo...youre suppose to say I look hot, no mess
K: waaaaaaah
J: I think that was the intent of my reaction
K: why are you being mean?
J: Hahaha what??

Yeah, it started with just one line was out of order and what do we get? ANOTHER HOT MESS! :) Okay, I'm not mad anymore. In fact, we shared such a great laugh about it that Jesse was literally rolling around on the ground laughing so hard that I had to say, "please don't die!"