New House

It is offical.....

Lindsey and Schuyler are the proud owners of a house.


Keys in hand, the cleaning and painting has begun.




CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

We are so happy for you.

The great B-ball challenge!!!

On Saturday February 7, Cristi arranged for all of us to tour the Zion Bank Basketball Center (ZBBC). We all met outside at 10:00AM, and it was pretty obvious that we were all excited it was the first time we were all early to anything! During the private tour we were shown the board room where they hold the NBA draft, the theater (which Jordan claims houses the BIGGEST TV ever), players lounge, coaches offices, and the conference room.

Somewhere in the mix we had the opportunity to hear from Jefferson Sweeney, the team video coordinator, who explained all the work that goes into getting ready for upcoming games and documenting college players as they prepare to enter the NBA draft. As we headed down to the locker room we hit an unexpected, but what turned out to be a rather welcome surprise. The team physical therapist was awaiting the arrival of Andrei Kirilenko!!! Fortunately we were ahead of his schedule- so we we were able to talk to the team therapist for a few minutes before Kirilenko arrived. During our chat we saw a 7ft deep hot tub! Since Kirilenko was on his way we moved into the Jazz locker room. Its not until you spend time in a room built for men of extraordinary size, that you really grasp how tall they truly are..... The showers and doors are all 12 feet high! Player had left shoes and various personal items in their locker so we were able to compare our "average" bodies to theirs. I have never seen shoes that big in my life!!!

After the locker room we moved on to the court. For most of us this was the first time we had been on an NBA court and it was an experience unlike any other. We shot hoops, played games, helped the little ones make baskets, and somewhere in there Andrei Kirilenko joined us on the court. He didn't play since he was there for treatments for his ankle, but he did wave and say hello. After we played basketball for awhile the last room we visited was the press room- which was a great picture opportunity. It was fun family activity for us and we are grateful for Cristi taking the time to set up the outing. I'm sure this was something we wont forget for a long time to come.

A long over due thanks...

I had a thought. Is there a difference between old friends and new friends? Not really except that your old friends have been there longer and in some cases know more about you which in some cases means that they have more to blackmail you with, but it also means you know what they are willing to do for you. New friends you have the excitement of getting to know them going out and having fun now but you don't have the memories that you have with your oldest friends. This past weekend was a good one. I went and saw the new movie Bride Wars with one of my new friends and we laughed I shed some tears (classic chic flick and hilarious) but at the end it says something that I hadn't really thought about. I may not get this right but it says something about how the people we need the most are the people who have been beside us all along.
Growing up I had a group of friends in the neighborhood that I still consider to be great great friends. They have been there for me in parts of my life that I would gladly not ever relive. Bad and good. There were 6 of us. One of them now lives in Kansas and one now lives in Washington DC. They both have blogs linked to this as do two of the other friends I am talking about. Saturday we went to a baby shower by Web Cam for Chante' the friend that lives in DC. The name that her and her husband have picked for there baby boy triggered something in my head that gave me a flashback to when we were little and she always talked about a name that she liked for a boy. Odd how things like that just pop in when you are with your oldest friends, those are good memories. My friend Julie has offered to throw me my friend shower, I can't even explain how much that meant to me to have her offer that. We have all grown apart in the past few years of course with everyone getting married, having babies, moving away so I was surprised when she asked if she could throw me one. This just goes to show me that even though we may not be hooked at the hip like we were when we were kids friendship goes a lot deeper than we may consciously be aware of. So to my friends old and new I love you all and I look forward to spending time with you watching yours (and mine when it comes to that) kids grow up and seeing where all of our adventures take us. Thank you for standing by me through everything and thank you for being such great friends.
Lindsey

Not so trendy

So I know that I have never been the fashion guru in our family. I have always left that up to Cristi. But today I went to the mall for lunch to grab a soft pretzel and a smoothie (I know healthy lunch right?) and as me and my lunch buddy at work sat and ate our delicious and oh so fattening soft pretzels we were able to do some people watching. I have always enjoyed doing this but now I find this to be extra enjoyable! The whole idea that they are bringing back things that should have been locked in a safe covered in a large cement block along with the key and buried somewhere that there is no way you would be able to find it again, I find it amazing that people go out in public in these things. Now before I go on let me say I mean no offense to any one who may read this that is trendy and does in fact wear the things I am about to explain I just don't understand it. So picture this, I am standing in line at Pretzel Time waiting anxiously for the two girls behind the counter to get to us and so naturally we look around. Down the hallway there is a lady in probably her early 30's MAYBE her late 20's wearing black leggings, a black sweater that is barely long enough to cover her rear end and black high heals. Now I am a fan of wearing black but even I think this is a little over the top. Then a few minutes later there is another lady probably in the same age group that is wearing purple leggins with a little bootie black skirt over top with I forget what color of shirt on with a little black vesty jacket thing over top of that with again black heals on. Now to the guys outfits! What is with skinny jeans!!! What is worse than that; Skinny Jeans with a tight and too small white t-shirt with there hair done to what looks like they got in an argument with a razor in the dark and then while they were fighting with this razor they fell into a bunch of different colors of hair dye!! And this is supposed to be attractive??
Maybe I am getting old. But I just don't get it.
Confused and laughing about it,
Lindsey

It is a......

We finally know, the wait is over, the suspension has come to an end...

Carri and Nick are having

GIRL!!!

Due date....June 4th

Time Passes

Christmas and New Years has come and gone. Where does the time go!! It seems like yesterday that Schuyler was asking me to be his wife. And now here we are 7+ months later and we are running out of time to get ready for the wedding. It was so nice to have a White Christmas! And it snowed at the perfect times of the day! In the morning while the family is gathered around the tree drinking hot chocolate or hot cider (I made both that morning) opening presents and listening to Christmas music on the tv. And then again at night after all the festivities were done and it was perfect to just sit and watch it snow. As for New Years didn't do anything. Just stayed at home with Schuyler and watched some Sopranos and then skipped through a bunch of different channels since there was really nothing on TV. It was really really nice. So now the new year is here. Time to get the resolutions going and really really time to get stuff for the wedding taken care of. Schuyler and I are closing on our house on the 19th of this month, we are so excited!! Our house is old, ugly and we absolutly love it!! The house was built in 1946 and it has wood floors throughout the house-which we hate-the bathroom is covered floor to ceiling in blue and white tiles-which we hate-the front room has wood pannelling around it and is painted a really ugly yellow color-which yes we hate. But we totally love the house! And nice perk for us, it has horse property and a barn, I love the kitchen it is so open and I love the height of the ceilings! And there is a really nice deck off the sliding glass doors in the front room perfect for grilling outside in the summer. Luckily I am marrying a man that can do all the fixer upper things that we will need for the house to make it absolutly perfect for both of us. It is a great house and we cant wait to move in.
Lindsey

It's a.... baby.

Well folks we still still dont know what the baby is. The kid felt like being modest and would not uncross it legs. So I get to go back in 2 weeks to try again. It was really neat because while we were looking at it the baby waved! The one that looks like Skelator (according to grandpa Tom) is the waving one. I love the lastone where it is sucking its thumb. Nick and I took the our moms as their Christmas gift. We were really hoping we could say congrats its a boy or girl but alas we have to wait. It is ok though. Seeing the pictures makes it seem more real to me. I think for Nick too. I guess we had better get started on the babies room soon. Yikes!! SO set the new due date for June 6th and stay glued to your computers for more updates as we get them. Merry Christmas everyone!!

Carri and Nick