Hair show!

My friend amanda who came to watch the show, and me!

Me and kay, she was soooo afraid of those crazy eyelashes lol

all the girls

all of us again

you cant see her, but kay is in all these pics too, because she didnt let me put her down lol

             All I have been doing the past week is getting ready for my hair show, while my wonderful hubby held down the fort at home! The ladies that work at the salon on Shape wanted to put together a hair show to show off their talents and what they could do, so I tried out and got picked! I was originally going to represent the Netherlands but switched to Germany a week or so ago. The theme of the show was salute to the nato nations. So I got dressed up, and got my makeup and hair done.. I love my new hairstyle, my make up for the show was...uh..a little over the top lol, but it was a hair show so what do you expect. It took a lot of time out of the last week, and it was a pain to try and get it all done, but I"m glad I did it, It was fun and I met some nice girls. And I'm thankful to Mat, for being home with kay and putting her to bed all week, and helping me out, so I could do something just for me :) I was going to upload videos to the blog, but it wont work of course, so I'll put some pics up , and you can check Facebook for the videos eventually lol.  I was pretty nervous for the show, once I saw that people actually showed up lol. We had to do like a model runway walk on stage, and show off our hair. It was really fun! after the first time I walked, I could hear Kay yelling for me, and she started to cry after I went backstage lol. She wouldnt let go of me for the rest of the night once i was done! I'm glad I had the guts to go up there and do it, because I wanted to chicken out at the last minute lol. It was an experience I am glad I had :)

success!!

Mat and I are laying in the hotel room in Germany right now...KayLeigh is in the hallway, fast asleep..she's not just laying in the hallway, lol, she's in a crib :) we just put her around the corner so she can't see us and would fall asleep. Hoping she sleeps through the night, since we only have one room tonight... But the great news is that......we got our new car! hooray! The process actually went pretty smoothly, even though we had to pay 140euro for temporary plates and insurance that are only good for 5 days..we have the car, we have plates and we're headed home with elmo playing on our dvd player tomorrow! :) We can't leave until after we get Mat's old car towed though..and that will be a pain, we have to pay 30euro to get it registered in germany, because otherwise the junkyard wont take it...and then, we have to pay 60euro for them to tow it and take it to the junkyard. and they don't pay you for your car in Europe apparentley, you pay them to take it... so poor Mat is losing the car he liked a bit, and will have to drive the suzuki to and from work, but he'll be ok. we have the ford for longer trips now, and thats good! I'll take some pictures of the new car tomorrow and put them up when we get home.
              I'm also happy because we got Taco bell, whichwe dont have in belgium, and ate at chili's at dinner, it's nice to feel american everyonce in a while. and tomorrow get some tasty german food. so hopefully this trip continues to be much better than our last trip here :) Have a great week everyone!! 

Rain....

                     I would just like to say that I used to like rain. But Belgium has ruined it for me...an occasional thunderstorm, a nice sprinkle after a warm day, the way it smells outside after a good rain, I loved all those things...but thunderstorms are never occasional here, they are constant, there is no such thing as a "sprinkle" in Belgium when it rains, it RAINS, and it just doesn't have that wonderful clean smell after it rains...probably because its not Colorado :) 
                  That's my complaint for the day...and now on to brighter news. we're going to Germany to pick up our new car tomorrow, hooray!! We're renting a car, so we don't have to drive our little suzuki up there, and so we only have one car to drive back, our new one! woo hoo! oh, and I went to the dentist today, and it wasnt nearly as bad as I thought. He said I should think about getting a couple preventative fillings in the next few months, so I'll start working on finding a Belgian dentist and figuring all that out... that will give me something to write about! lol. Kay is doing much better today cold-wise, so we didn't have to take her in, which is good because she didnt take an early nap, and she doesnt like her doctor very much as it is.. she would have been screaming her head off in there. 
                    So, I"m going to go watch a movie with Mat, then go to bed, so we can get up early and get our new car!!! I'll take pics of it and put them up tomorrow. Not sure if we're going to end up having to stay the night there ]or not...hopefully not, I'm done with Ramstein after being stuck there last time!! 


                  Love you all!

A whole year of KayLeigh!

           It rains way too much in Belgium. We had a rainy Christmas, a Rainy new years...Rain every day! When will it end?? It wouldn't be so bad, if we had a decent summer, but we didn't...we had like 2 weeks worth of nice weather, that we could be outside with the girls, and now all we've had is rain! I wish it would just snow already, then I could take KayLeigh out and let her play in the snow for a while, but we cant really go out in the rain, and get all soggy and miserable. I'm ready for winter to be over, and it has just begun :( 
             Just like the weather, nothing has changed with us. We're still going to go get the car in a few days, yay! and all that happened was work (for mat) and cleaning (for me) and lots of playing for kayleigh and the four legged members of the family. I am slowly starting to get the house organized, we need to buy some shelves for the living room I've decided..so I see a trip to IKEA in our near future :) I'm going to go through Kay's clothes and get rid of old things that dont fit, because she is finally outgrowing all of her 9month clothes...and get rid of stuff Mat and I dont ever wear much too... We're going to organize this house like never before! 
              Kay is getting over her cold, she is still congested, but no fever for a few days, but I'm afraid she's getting pink eye, so we may take her in tomorrow, I have to go to the clinic anyways for my dentist appointment, dun dun dun... I hate the dentist. I don't want to go. But I will. *sigh* And that's it for today, I'll let you know how the dentist goes tomorrow! hopefully nothing dramatic happens lol. but you never know with me :)




So no new pictures, but I went through my pictures and found a picture of KayLeigh for every month of last year...enjoy :)

January- modeling her new glasses

February- yum, carrots!

March- being a cutie

April- at daddy's softball practice

May- goin back to the states!

June- swings with big sis in Ohio

July- hanging out in the hotel before disney paris

August- birthday girl!

September- elmo USO show

October- cutest kitty!

November- playing in the leaves

December- at the Christmas party

2012!!

       I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New year's eve! Mat and I are still paying for the fun that we had last night, lol. We had a very good time with our friends, it was a good start for 2012, even if we're feeling it today. :) We played some board games to pass the time until midnight, toasted at midnight, then had a game of Champagne pong, to ring in the new year lol. The kids were upstairs sleeping peacefully while we had fun downstairs, until Mat and I went to go to bed, and KayLeigh decided she was done sleeping...So I did not get much sleep until nap time today. Mat and I made Sauerkraut,pork, and kielbasa for dinner in the slowcooker, amazing!! Even Kay was impressed :) We relaxed all day today, and tomorrow I've got laundry and starting to organize the house.  
        We are really determined to make 2012 a better year for us, we are starting the year off right by getting a car I think we will love. I cant believe another year is already over, seems like they get shorter every year!! This is what I'm looking forward to this year...
*Getting our fancy new car!
*Finally getting the house organized the way I want!
*Starting Kay potty training sometime this year
*Getting Breanna this summer :)
*Going to the states in November
*Having family visit this fall!
This year WILL be a good year!!!

toasting the new year

playing beer pong

Champagne (red sparkling wine) pong

Happy new years!!

Kay and Brody the next day

Sparkling red wine

where's Becky....lol

Happy new years!!

Oh and the blog has a new look, because....I am going to try my very hardest to post a blog every day..at the very least a few pics, or just what we did that day :) It felt good to accomplish my goal of posting every day in December...now I'm going for a bigger goal!!! so keep reading, and I'll keep posting!