Boschen Christmas

What a nice Christmas Eve we had. Ron and I stopped at Mom's to look at Christmas Cards, then took Grandma Boschen some pretty flowers for CHristmas and headed to Larry and Barbs for supper, snacks, church and presents. Here are a few photos from Christmas Eve with my family in Newman Grove. I will be adding some more.......


The always giftingly pleased Cassidy:

Brother George, the Earnhardt fan:

Sweet Jessica......

Seth...from Toys to Cookware:


Sheldon easy to please with one filled up I Tunes gift card:

Brother Larry the Happy Kansas City Chiefs fan:

Alicia...the happiest little Christmas lady around :

Breaking poor Andrew in right....with gifts:

Sister-in-law Barb.....another satisfied Christmas customer and our gracious host and cook:


Mom likes opening Christmas presents too:

My....

little favorite man....my nephew Nicholas.....

More photos from the Stock...

Eric and his Cows and trucks.....Aunt Kristin scored BIG time!!

Our new Godson Jack Landauer....I love JACK!! He is soooo awesome...


Christmas....

Curtis....the happiest Christmas recipient ever! :)

Sweet Nicholas???????? in big trouble with Dad....
this is what happens when you misbehave in church :)

Uncle Ron teaching Eric the ins and outs of battery insertion in your toys....


Klayton...another excited kid!!

Some photos....

from the stock family Christmas...

Our niece and Goddaughter Kenzie. I am mainly the only one in the family that is muscial and I am sooooooooooo excited that my nieces are following the musical way....



Our beautiful niece Erica


I dont have a photo of Alexis and her Violin, but I am so excited that she wants to learn and Andrea the piano!!

It's a wrap...

Pretty much.......I think I have finally gotten all my Christmas stuff done. Pretty good considering I was gone all last week. I am still waiting for a gift for my Nephew, so I am hoping that comes tomorrow or Tuesday..I do however, have a backup plan for that.......I guess Christmas is coming whether I am prepared or not, all I can do now is still back and wait.

I am just so glad to be home. I am not a big fan of being gone so close to Christmas, but you have to go where the work is and the work was in Kansas and Colorado. It was nice to see my cats, wash my clothes and actually eat food that I Cooked. Home cooking is certainly a nice treat.

Well, it is time for me to hit the sack and get some rest. Take care one and all and I'll post again as soon as I can........

Kauer Auction...

Red hat photo. What a nice family. IT is hard to tell in this photo that we had done an auction in the snow the day before. IT was a nice day....and Bill Kauer thinks the girls deserve a toilet in the truck. Not much help to me, but still a private privey would be lovely :) Hard to tell by this photo that following auction we would have a five hour drive across Kansas to Burlington Colorado, but we did!!! They Kauer family was awesome!

Baby....

IT"S FREEZING outside. 3 degrees with one NASTY wind. YUCK! I just put a pot of Chicken Noodle soup on and am looking forward to it not only warming us up but helping cure my nasty cold. I swear this thing is NEVER going away. It is getting old.

This upcoming week is going to be a week from Hatties. I personally am not too fond of being away from home and entire week right before Christmas, but I have no choice.

If I manage to get myself and Ron packed today, my Christmas cards and letters ready to mail and the last of my presents wrapped I will feel ALOT better.

That's it for me for now...I have some updating posts to do later........

My butt hurts...

Seriously, it really really does. I am quite certain that there is something in those wooden bleachers in a high school gymnasium that reacts with my rear. What started off as a "Let's go watch Sheldon wrestle a couple of matches" Ended up in an all day affair and one the I thought would surely end up in an all next day affair, but it was quite the spectactular day.

My Nephew SHeldon wrestled at the Osceola Invitational today and because we had spent the night in Duncan with is a short 18 miles away we thought it would be a perfect opportunity to get to a meet this year....and I was pretty much itching for some wrestling.



I have got some more pictures that I would like to upload when I get some......


Not only did my Nephew have a wonderful day and ended up 2nd in his weight class, but the Team won the MEET TITLE!! Congratulations to the Newman Grove Bluejays Wrestling Team on a job well done.

A special note to my nephew.....Your my Champ!!

A Belated Happy Birthday....

To my friend Brian. We have known each other for 40 years. We went to pre-school, Grade School, Junior High School and High School together and somehow we ended up lakeside Neighbors.....strange!



It sure was fun helping you celebrate your birthday tonight. I am grateful that I have this opportunity to spend time with You, Michele and Alex.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Brian!!! and here's to many many more!!

Oh Christmas Tree...

My very favorite Christmas Tree....is this Silver Tree filled with antique ornaments that I have at the lake......It is truly one of my favorite trees!!

My Christmas Tree at home....

Seems to be missing half of it's stuff...I FINALLY found the lost ribbons that are suppose to be on my tree. However, it was too late to put them on...so here is our home tree.

I am seriously

One cog short of blowing my lid......my Christmas festivities/stuff to do lid. I swear I try every year to get my stuff done early enough so that I can have at least a couple of days to enjoy the holiday...YEAH RIGHT. This list I have keeps getting longer and longer, even though I cross stuff off of it everyday. I think at night a gremlin sneaks in my office and writes in stuff for me to do.

It is NOT helping matters that the entire WEEK before Christmas I am going to be in Kansas and top my week off with a Two Ring Auction in Colorado....really puts me in the holiday spirit.

i am thinking about wearing my Reindeer Antlers to that Auction.....

On another note.....Tonight is the first night of Wrestling season in my life. My BF's son is Wrestling tonight in his first meet and my Nephew Sheldon will have his first meet this Saturday. I am sure they will both do fine. Good luck boys. At first we thought they were going to end up in the SAME weight class, which meant they would potentially have to wrestle each other, but it ended up being Jacob at 112 and Shel at 119. WHEW....that was too close.

I am going to sign off for tonight because my snoring cat is distracting me....and I want to find my slip to go under a dress I am wearing to a wedding next weekend.

Ola amigos.....

Red Hat Pictures....

From the Kumm auction yesterday at Plainview. It wasn't as cold as I first thought it was going to be and the auction flew by!!!! I swear I look like I just had a root canel in this photo. Must have been the fact that the sun was blazing in my eyes......

Stealing from PH....

I stole this
who stole it from Stacy who stole it from Lesle.

Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following. CRAP why does my name have to start with a K!!

They have to be real places, names, things . . . nothing made up. And you can’t use your name for the boy/girl name questions.


WHAT IS YOUR NAME? Kristin
Four Letter Word: Kiss
Boy Name: Kendal
Girl Name: Kristine
Occupation: King
Color: Khaki
Something You Wear: Knee Highs
Beverage: Kahula
Food: Ketchup
Something Found in a Bathroom: Kaopectate
Place: Kansas
Reasons for Being Late: Kissing
Something You Shout: Kick some butt

Thanks for the fun!! LOL

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY......

to my Nephew SHELDON BOSCHEN!! WOW 16.....can NOT believe that you are 16 Shel!!


ATTENTION get off the highways my friends SHELDON is driving. HEHEHE....no seriously, he is fine :)

I am proud of you! You my buddy are a great kid. It is fun being your Aunt. I love you. I always have and I always will. Your generous and kind personality will get you far...not to mention you sense of humor. You are one of a kind. Thanks for letting me text you, give you lots of pre and post match and game hugs, and bothering you on your facebook.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIDDO!!!! Love ya to pieces!!

Today...

has been...one of THOSE day. First, Ron had a touch of the flu. Poor man. He had all kinds of bad stuff going on, but McCook made sure she sat on his lap all afternoon while he was napping. I let him watch Gunsmoke and Bonanza all day....even though I slept through Gunsmoke and he slept through Bonanza. Ron is NEVER sick...so I knew he was NOT feeling well.

I can't believe how fast our four day weekend went!! Where did it go????? I can't believe Ron is going to be gone this week, but I have so much to do that I'll live through it :)

This month is CRAZY!! I mean insane nuts and plain wild........there are only 6 days....YES 6 days that we don't have NOTHING going one.....WAIT it's 5!!

How do I cram in a months worth of stuff in 5 days?????

Well I can't believe this is it for November. The very last day...WOW what a month. At least I got to watch the replay on the Nationwide Series Banquet today!!! CONGRATS to my driver again for being the Nationwide Champ!!!

How can a couple game...

of cards take ALL day......and half the night.

I am serious...you put a deck of cards in front of my family and all Jacks breaks lose. I seriously don't mind, it just gives me the giggles. I can't believe how loud one group of people can be playing cards. Everything was fine when the family was in Mom's basement, but when they decided to play on the dining room table....well.......









It was a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving and I have no complaints. We had a great day......especially me eating half a pan of potatoes :) I don't eat potatoes much anymore...so I made sure I had those potatoes....AND Ham :)

Of course I was a little surprised that we actually watched the Big Joe Polka Show :) and the CMA awards and PBS.......Thank goodness we caught he Kansas vs Missouri Football game...WOW that was a great game. I was happy for the JHawks!

All in all Saturday ROCKED!!

What a lovely day.......I miss my family. I am lucky we get to spend our holidays together...I love them all very much!

No matter how much...

I try to fight it off........I AM A LOYAL TRUE AND BLUE HUSKER FAN........Plain and simple, the is just NO way to take a Husker Red out of a girl from Nebraska......

I would LOVE to add some photos...........but nothing yet!!

Well.....here is one...the Game winning Kick by Alex Henery.




MY HUSKERS ROCK~

What a lovely....

THANKSGIVING day we had.

First, Ronnie made me his Famous French Toast which Totally made my day! Then we headed for the Stock Family farm for a wonderful day of eating, watching some football and spending some much needed time together. I am so lucky! Lucky to have such a wonderful group of extended family.

I love you all so much!! It is such a treat to spend time for our nieces and nephews. I LOVED holding our newest additions Jack and Alina.....such beautiful little ones. They are both so sweet!!!!! Sending you all our love.





Mom Stock made a wonderful meal and we were all full and happy. HOWEVER we did miss the Romero's. Michael, Cindi, Lexi and Curtis.....can't wait to see you at Christmas.....

My THANKSGIVING Eve Challenge....

It is simple!! I posted a similar Challenge on one of my Scrapbooking site that I frequent...and decided to do it here. This THANKSGIVING weekend...I challenge you to post a photo that you take over the weekend with someone or something you usually don't take your photo with!! This has to be YOU......with someone or something......post in my comments a link to your blog or email me at kkstock@stockra.com with you photos to share.

Here are mine...this is myself and my dog Buddy....we were having quite the kiss fest this afternoon...

Outdoor Challenge...

that is my newest "get me some exercise" program :) brought to me by Wii. BUT man...holy moses......I think Wii is trying to kill me...or maybe I am just that sad and pathetically out of shape. It pooped me out.

I love Mole stomp...who knew that stepping on moles could be such a workout!!

Or how about some log jumping....

I have to admit I had alot of fun doing this......I kind of forget that I am actually getting exercise while doing it. Now I am on to the Marathon Event by the end of December. NO not a real Marathon a Wii Marathon :)

How the weeks do fly by....

I swear just like it was two hours ago, I was looking forward to watching the KSU/Nebraska Football game and then following it up with the conclusion of the NASCAR Nationwide Season, but it has already been a week! WOW...no way. This week has left me no time for bloggin or catching up. Two days I spent not feeling well and then had to pack up and leave for an auction in Kansas.

BUT the good news is. We are done with the auction. Home safe and sound and spending the day at our lake house, which it totally fine with me. I was hoping to get a jump on some holiday projects this weekend, but I have laundry, dishes and bags to unpack. Not to mention endless Creative Team stuff to catch up on and about a dozen emails to reply to.

OH well.....tonight is the Nationwide Banquet at which Clint Bowyer will offically receive his 2008 Championship Trophy and the much anticipated Oklahoma/Texas Tech game, which has HUGE implications for the Big 12 South...worth watching even though I don't know how I am going to function without my Huskers :)

I did manage to scan some older photos in this week that I have been meaning to save and eventually scrap, but in terms of the 100's of other projects....NOT so much.

Well.......that is it for me today. I'll share some of those scanned in photos later.....

AN older photo....

...of Ron and I...over 10 years ago from my Grandmother's 90th Birthday party. Dang.....I swear I had to look three times to make sure it was us :)



I have been scanning in some older photos that I don't want to lose. I was reinspired by my Friend Rhonda King who posted some older photos of myself, her, T and Ron on her facebook. I reminded me how fun it is too look back and remember all the great times.

Who are these two??? and how do I get back into those pants.....hehehehe

No time...

for bloggin today...too busy in the restroom....UGGHHHH. That is too much information but the truth........YUCK!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to my brother George! I hope you had a wonderful day. I am glad to be your sister and love you very much! I am your sister and I will always have your back!!

CHAMPION!!!!!

.....THE 2008 NASCAR NATIONWIDE CHAMPION IS............

MY driver...CLINT BOWYER!

Congratulations Clint on a great season.....even though it was close and I about had a heartattack....I THANK YOU for being the best of the best..........you are my hero. Through the tears, the jears and nervous moments I knew today that I picked the best of the best~

A scrapbooking blurb.....

See more information on THIS KIT



CLICK HERE

Twitchery Stitchery

.....is such a fun kit!



Even though this a Halloween kit. I don't do many Halloween layouts, but this kit is so fun that you can use it for almost anything. Check out this kit at Digital Candy in the Digi Twins store:

The Digi Twins Twitchery Stitchery Kit

Here is my layout....


This is just a crazy little layout I did because I was feeling I needed something to treat myself with so I went to Bath and Body works and found this! YUMMY!! I just couldn't resist doing a layout about it...plus the bottle are pretty.

Here is another layout I did using Twitchery Stitchery:



A layout for my Book of Me about my love for Coldwater Creek :)

I am....

sort of happy............again what could have ended up as a crappy day for Clint Bowyer....ended up..well..OK. I am certainly happy to be a Clint fan and the result.....a 12th place. I am sooo OK with that...after the day he had.

WHOOOOOOO!!

The Huskers Won today over the Kansas Jayahawks.....that was a very enjoyable game. A good game...a well played game by the Huskers AND our injured Joe Ganz (our Quarterback)









In a weird twist....my favorite NASCAR driver just happens to be from Kansas and his favorite team...the Kansas Jayhawks!! Piled it up in the Nationwide race, but right now is having a great comeback. At one point had lost his Nationwide Championship lead, but seems to be a man on one hell of a mission.

Stay tuned for updates on Clint :)

AND here it is........

WRECKED......TO FOURTH!! I am one extremely proud Clint Bowyer fan today....now bring that Mojo over to tomorrow my friend.......and BRING HOME THAT NATIONWIDE championship next weekend. I will certainly be watching....I have to work on next Sunday which totally make me upset, but I want you to be that Nationwide Champion.....




There isn't one moment that I haven't said "Wow Kristin what a great choice for your driver"