Heart Broken!

So it is no secret the Cubs haven't been that great this season. However, the loyal Cubs fan that I am still stood by them loss after loss. However, this week they decided to trade my all time favorite Cubbie, Derrek Lee. I am so mad at the cubs.

I understand they are doing what is best for the "team" but what about their loyal fan that stood by them all season? Lee was traded to the Atlanta Braves. Do I dare become a Braves fan? I think my husband would disown me if I did.

Once again today, I have the cubs game on while working and guess who they are playing. THE BRAVES! Who do I cheer for? Brent informed me I could be a Derrek Lee fan but NOT a Braves fan. I'm torn on what to do!!

First base will never be the same for the cubs!

Chicken Enchiladas

I thought I would share the recipe that I made for supper tonight! Super Easy! Enjoy!

Chicken Enchiladas
2 cans cream of chicken soup
8oz. Sour Cream
1 can diced green chiles
8 oz. Shredded Cheddar Cheese
8oz. Monterrey Jack Cheese
3 chicken breast (boneless/skinless?
1 package soft tortilla shells

Combine Soup, sour cream, Chiles, 4oz. of Cheddar and 4oz. of Monterrey jack cheese in a bowl. Stir until well mixed together. Divide into 2 equal bowls.

Broil Chicken for 20 minutes and dice up. (I use the George formen)Add diced Chicken to one of the 2 bowls.

Use Chicken mix to fill tortilla shells. Roll and place seam down in greased 9x13 pan. Use other bowl to top tortillas. Spread other 4oz. of cheddar and Monterrey Jack cheese over mix.

Bake covered for 15 minutes, then uncover and bake for 15-30 minutes or until cheese is melted. Enjoy!

Mr. & Mrs. Chamberlain

Congrats to Jenahlee and Todd on their big day! It was a beautiful services and Jenah looked absolutely stunning! Jenahlee and I grew up together, and our husbands went to high school together too! (Small world)!

The Joys of a Puppy

Wrigley is now 3 months old, and we've had him for 4 weeks. When we first got Wrigley he weighed about 6lbs. We had to take him to the vet last week for a quick check up and they offered to weigh him. Wrigley is 25lbs. I can't believe he is so big. I know he is going to get any where from 80-90lbs. Oh boy! The funny thing is he still loves to come sit on your lap. Not much longer and that will be very difficult.

There isn't a lot of news going on around our house. We both have been staying busy with work, and I have a "few" projects going. I will show pictures of those when they are completed. I have a goal to finish all of them by the end of the week.

This coming weekend my grandparents on the Rosien side are coming over to see our new home and to meet Wrigley!


This is one of the few times Wrigley gets to come inside. He used to come inside and just sleep. Not so much anymore!


This is Wrigley in Brent's arms. He loves to cuddle, I think he forgets how big he is himself sometimes.


This picture is Wrigley's new talent. He has chewed and scratched our siding by the kitchen door. He can hear us when we are in the kitchen and he wants in. I however, can't hear him scrathing or chewing on this. We were told by a friend that they used hot sauce on the areas of their house that their lab was chewing. I think it has worked so far.


This video is priceless. Back when I was starting my garden Coleen (my mother in law) told me I needed to cover my plants with things so the deer and other animals would stay our of them. I used ice cream buckets for some of the plants. When they got big enough to be uncovered I stored the buckets in the garage.

Well, Wrigley is outside all day and has to entertain himself sometime. I saw he was playing with one of the buckets but I didn't mind becuase he wasn't going to hurt it.

This is what Brent and I came outside to find. Guess he won't be playing with that anymore! :)

What we've been up to...

For a couple years Brent has been "talking" about registering to be a referee. FINALLY, Brent is going to have a part time job this fall/winter. He is planning on doing football and wrestling. He'll be gone a lot doing this, but it will be nice to have some extra money coming in.

I made him put everything on so I could take a picture. He made me promise this wouldn't end up on facebook. My blog doesn't count does it?
A couple weekends ago, Brent and I finally got started on our landscaping and curb appeal. We are pretty much starting with a blank canvas. We are doing it all ourselves to save money and plus, its so much fun designing and planning everything yourself. We are having a lot of fun doing it.

We planted our plants about a month ago and just haven't "found" time to finish off the landscaping. This pictures shows that the plants have been taken over by grass and weeds. I really do promise there are plants in there!

This is just a portion of the mulch we put down. We put black paper down first so we don't have to fight as many weeds from year to year. We went through about 60 bags of mulch. Putting the black paper down was not a fun task, especially when you have a puppy who wants to play with it.

Instead of playing with us Wrigley enjoyed dragging the empty bags of mulch around our front yard. We both were just happy he kept himself entertained.

Tada! Finished product. Well, minus the edging. See, I told you there were plants in there.

Here is another view of our landscaping. Our deck is our front porch. Straight ahead is the door to our mud room. And then up on the deck takes you into the kitchen.

Last week was the Shelby County Fair. Brent and I spent Sunday afternoon at the fair. It does not compare at all to Washington's County Fair, but we enjoyed walking around. We even got to see our good friend Liz.

We watched some cows being judged. Made me miss the ones that were once at our house! NOT! By the way, those will not be getting out anymore they are no longer on our property!

Of course we walked through the swine building. I thought this pig was actually kind of cute. Brent told me a story when he was a boy he always would let the pigs chew on the rubber of his boots. He says pigs like rubber. So of course he tried to get this pig to chew on his sandal.

Brent insisted I had my picture taken in front of Morgan Hall. This hall had all the different 4H projects. And the plus of this is that it was air conditioned.

If I had to have my picture taken in front of "Morgan" Hall, it only seemed right to make Brent have his picture taken in front of a Brent Wagon.

I thought this tractor was really cool. Instead of having tires it had tracks. I think my father-in-law should invest in this just because it looked cool!

Tonight Brent's grandma Unis is coming over for supper and she is going to teach me to play some card game that she loves. This weekend I am heading back to Des Moines for Kayla Kling's Shower/Bachelorette Party. I am really excited to see her and some old friends.

Brent will be working this weekend again, but next weekend we're heading to Worlds of Fun in Kansas City. We were supposed to go back in June for our 1 year anniversary, but mother nature did not cooperate. So we'll head down there next Saturday morning.

Not So "Good Morning"

Yesterday afternoon Brent and I woke up to a wonderful phone call at 6am. I thought to myself, OH NO! The car was was broken into. Nope, the cows were out in our yard. A neighbor had called driving by on his way to work. Why didn't you want to stop and help? Truthfully, I don't blame you.

Brent jumped up and saw that there were 2 in our backyard and who knows where the rest were. All I could say was "do I have to help?" Yep, I sure did. I followed Brent outside in my pink and yellow plaid capri pajama pants and wonderful bed hair. The cows were everywhere. They were in the front yard, in the back yard, across the road in the beans, above the house near my garden. Last time when we had to corral them it was 1 or 2. This time it was every single one of them.

Well, I didn't realize what all I was going to have to do, so I had to run back inside for tennis shoes. In the mean time Brent is taking off through the ditch (I would never go in that ditch) to the bean field. I came back outside with my tennis shoes on ready to help and I hear him yell "Where the heck are you?" I could tell by the sound of his voice get up here NOW! So sprinted up the gravel road, and oh my goodness I started to freak out. I had no idea what to do with 6 cows and a bull running at me. Brent says he just told me, I consider it yelling at me what to do.

About 20 minutes later they were all put back. They had busted the gate that hooked to the barn completely open. I think they thought the grass was greener on the other side. Of all days for them to decide to get out why pick the day when its 90+ degrees at 6am?

Hopefully these cows stay put! If not they are going to be going to a different pasture. They are not even our cows. Chuck rents his pasture out to one of Curt's friends. Good bye cows if you dare do it again!

So, I'm sure you can all picture me, pink and yellow capri's, tennis shoes, wild and crazy hair, and an attitude! I survived, next time might be a different story!

Malissa

Since Brent and I moved back to the area and don't have many friends our own age yet, Chuck and Coleen's friends have let us tag along to play cards. During that time we have gotten to know the Andersen's.

We have really enjoyed getting to know Malissa. She graduated from Harlan this spring, and is in the playoff stages of her softball season. After getting to know Malissa, I feel like she is a younger sister to me. So, Brent and I have been trying to make it to as many softball games as we can.

This season Malissa is Harlan's lead-off hitter and plays 3rd base. She also is a stud and has hit 3 homeruns this season!!! Tomorrow they head to Carroll to play Boone in the regional final.

I just wanted to write this blog to let her know Brent and I are very proud of what she has accomplished this season.

Here are a few pictures of Malissa: