A fabulous Day At The Nauwens House

On Saturday Brian and I put together our new shed. 6 hours start to finish and we still loved each other when we were done - MIRACLE!! I swear divorce attorneys write those instruction manuals!!

So after a long day, we couldn't wait to get to Jeanette's on Sunday for a day of relaxation!

Bathing beauties!

Lars and Tylar Enjoying the Pool (and each other)

Bri-Bri and Mad-Mad in a gun fight!

Little Miss Ava Grace enjoying her 1-2-3-4 Cake

The bathing ritual at the Nauwens hot tub - hair washing and shaving cream fun!

Ava Got Jeanette and thought it was FANTASTIC

Does this look like fun or what?

Riley TRIED to stay out of it but Jeanette got her!

Then after a yummy dinner we went up to Sunset Ridge

As Jim likes to refer to it "The Scene Of The Crime" because that is where Brian and I got married.

Brian and Jenna

Some Photo Ops!

Cutie!

Brian and Maddie Flying a kite

Skull & Crossbones - Nice Kite Jeanette!

Look how high they got it, you can hardly see it!

Our nice LITTLE cozy group.

Then IT happened. Out of nowhere we were invaded by people who live on the other side of the ridge! They came in drones with wine glasses/bottles in hand and many many DOGS! We didn't know what was happening - our quite little retreat, where 19 months ago Brian and I said our vows, was now over run by clinking glasses, mid-west accents, and dogs licking our cake boxes!!!

In all 23 people and countless dogs joined our little party

Jim said it must have been how the Indians felt when the Pilgrims came and invaded their land!

In all a GREAT day, as always, at Jim & Jeanette's House!

I'm an Aunt!!

So proud to announce that my precious little niece Marnie Rae is FINALLY here!
At 1:21pm on Friday May 7th my sister Amy gave birth to a 9lb4oz, 21inch baby girl!
We waited a long time for her, and I must say she is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Pictures don't even do her justice, will update when I have better ones, but I just wanted to show her off!!
P.S. How 'bout a big round of applause for Amy - 9 POUNDS 4 OUNCES!!!! wow

HERMES and GOLD in one Weekend???!!???

My wonderful yard sale buddy (that would be my wonderful husband) and I went out to a few yard sales this weekend.. I guess this is a good lesson in "quality" vs. "quantity".

One sale produced these beautiful 14K gold and onyx cufflinks for $1 (that is not a typo)

At the same sale I took a chance on this Hermes wallet... It looks good, (replicas are so hard to detect in these) so I am hoping to make a nice profit on these. We need a new shed, so I am hoping this will put a nice chunk of change towards that.

ANYBODY INTERESTED? I'LL MAKE YOU A GOOD DEAL.......... HAHAHAHHAHA

Prom Night!!! Oh My God - Can Brian Really Be Old Enough To Have A Son Going To PROM????

So, Saturday night was B.Y.'s Prom. I can't believe he will be graduating this year!! We went over early to get some pics - boy was that the most entertaining part of my day! This kid is hysterical.

BY.'s friend Kyle was his "chauffeur" for the evening (that's Kyle's hat by the way, not BY's)

NO, Brian is not staning in a hole, no matter what he tells you!

Of course, Fred and Alice came for the picture taking too! They have 3 grandchildren graduating this year, all in different schools, one in a different state, and plan to attend ALL!!

BY and his mom (Kim)

OK, so now for the interesting part. I go to pose with Brian and BY and he puts his arm around
his dad, and his jacket puckers. We want the pics to look good right?????? so I try to pull it down so it doesn't pucker.... POP - the button goes flying across the lawn.

Kyle caught this picture! - Thanks Kyle!

Kim's Boyfriend Porke had to find the end of the thread (after both Alice and Brian tried) _ OH MY GOD, PLEASE FIND THE END OF THE THREAD!!>>!!!

Alice quick throws some stitches in the jacket, and voila - the button is reattached (but I later find out, it doesn't even make it to the prom)

In BY's words "this is my, I can't believe Robyn just popped the button off my jacket face"

OOPSIE - SORRY BY

All ends well, we got our pic!

BY and Jenna (decided I probably won't be allowed at Jenna's prom after the button incident)

BY, Porke, Kim and Jenna

This was NOT posed! Do you love it??!!

BY paying his driver!! Drive Safe KYLE!!

Talked to BY this morning, he said prom was great!!

WEEKLY UPDATE!

Just came from my weight watchers meeting - down 2 lbs. Even after pigging out and not exercising at Amy's this past weekend. Good thing for my treadmill!!! That is a total of 9.6lbs - that is equivilent to about 39 sticks of butter!!!!!! GROSS

Gotta Love FREE on Craigslist

so we had this disgusting old refrigerator rotting on our back yard since last fall - waiting for a trip to the dump, but with no pick-up truck, how do we get it there? So finally last night I came up with a genius idea! I posted this ad on Craigslist:

Will throw in $10 for gas if you come get this scrap metal refrigerator. It's already outside for easy loading. Located in the village of bloomingburg, easy on/off rt 17 robyn 845-544-4831 please only contact me if you actually intend on coming to get it! Thanks

GONE IN 2 HOURS!!!

Friday Weigh-In Day

Weekly weigh in results.......... down 1.4lbs!
cheering*clapping*patting myself on the back!!
Now my 9 month pregnant sister and I both have about 30lbs to lose..... for some reason I think her journey will be a little easier BUT I'll be sleeping through the night! ahhhhhh

Boot Camp Workout

I WHIMPED OUT!! I got scared I wouldn't be able to handle it, so I opted for a 20 minute warm up walk and then and hour "cardio caliente" (that means hot in spanish for anyone who needs a translation). It was an intense latin music dance and cardio work out, similiar to zumba. One thing I knew and was confirmed..... I HAVE NO RHYTHM!! But everyone was very kind, and I still got a great workout! OUCHIE! Will see if it pays off come Friday weigh in.... keep posted!

Working on a New Me!

Ok, so two weeks ago I joined weight watchers in the hopes that I can slim myself down a bit. So far the sucess has been quick and great - 6.2lbs in 2 weeks. I have finally realized that no matter how well I eat, if I don't add exercise into the mix, I will get nowhere. So Kaelyn, Maddie and I joined the YMCA. (Brian, BY and Jenna are joined also, but the young ones I can MAKE come with me - suckas!). So tonight is my first class and I chose "boot camp". My ever supportive sister warned me "you might die". So if this is my last post, you know I couldn't handle it.
I figured if I post about my sucess/failure I will be accountable to all who read so it might help keep me motivated.... WISH ME LUCK!

The season is back! Thank God

Well, the season of buying and selling is back in full swing. Winter is really slow, and it's slim pickin's out there. This time of year people are spring cleaning and having yard sales. Latest hot find was this porcelain cat. Paid $5 and sold it for $60 - Mewow!!!!!!

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Happy Easter from the Best Step-Father Ever

So the girls have been asking Brian to build them a bunk bed for the babies they got for Christmas... what better day than 75 degree Easter Sunday!

This was Brian's new toy he finally got to use, thanks girls!!

"I love my new toy" with a little giggle after it!

ta da!! Isn't it beautiful??!!

Grandma Robyn put the girls to sleep in their new bed

Nite Nite Emma

Nite Nite Elizabeth

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!

Holy Snow!!!!

WOW!! About 18" or so and still snowing!

Look at the mountains of snow the plows have
left us at the end of our driveways!

At least it's pretty - right?

Weathermen are Clueless!!!

Weather report from FOX 5 WEATHER AUTHORITY - Mostly rain until tonight then we get hit with the major storm... Wrong again Mike Woods!!! 10am and our roads are covered!!!

O.M.G!!!

so, last night I made a nice dinner for my family... steak, flavored rice, creamed corn and flaky layer biscuits!! Yum! WELL let me tell you, those biscuits should come with a warning label. The thing literally EXPLODED! Landed on the floor at least 4 feet from the table, even in Maddie's hair. It was hysterical!!!!!

Did Everyone Get To See This??????

I don't think everyone got to see this..... Last year sometime, Brian had a little accident at work and came home with a little less of him than he left with!! Look at this pic of his disgusting finger.

Are You Kidding Me????

Good thing we are not in the Igloo Fort Construction Business..... this is all that's left!

Happy Valentines Day

So, this is a long weekend from school - President's weekend - the girls have off Friday and Monday, so they get to do their Valentine exchange today. I sent them to go get dressed in "something red" and this is what they came up with.......

Blizzard of 2010 - Snow Day for All!

Snow Day For All - The gallery closed, Pine Bush Schools Closed, Brian Called Into Work - all awaiting the big blizzard of 2010. So at 10am we headed outside for some good old-fashioned playing in the snow. Brian used the snowblower to clean the driveway and attack us with flying snow, then we all worked together to build an igloo/fort. We kind of ran out of snow and decided to go inside (12pm) to warm up and wait for more snow to come..... NO MORE SNOW CAME! No blizzard of 2010 was coming to the burg! So it is now 6pm and Brian and the girls went back out to work on the fort in the dark...... I LOVE SNOW DAYS!!!