Driving and Driving and more Driving

This past weekend was a blast but was a lot of driving. Saturday we started with helping Wade move to Ames. Then drove to the new Iowa Speedway in Newton to watch Dustin ride along Nascar experience in the #8 car. How cool was that?! It was a blast because the whole family was there to watch Dustin go 130mph. We gave Mom and Dad their early 15 year wedding anniversary which were 2 Harley Crystal Glasses and booze. Afterwards we went to the Anderson's Birthday Party and then spent the night at Andrew's place. Sunday we slept in and then went to Ames to see where Wade will be living at ISU and then went back to Des Moines to see Kara. Crystal drove home and I slept.

Traveling Weekend

Tonite we went to Crystal's work picnic. It was lots of fun and the food was good. This weekend we are heading to Des Moines. We will help Wade move to Ames, then go to Newton to see Dustin ride along in NASCAR, and then go to Raelyn's 1 year birthday party at Bart and Tonya's. All on Saturday. Then Sunday we will see Kara and then go home. Oh did I mention washing the truck really early Saturday morning before the road trip.

Nite Rider

Riding our bikes at nite with only one bike with a light sucks. Crystal and I went on the 400th Wabash Ride today and decided to ride at night for the first time on the trails. I was following Crystal who had the light on her bike and when she got too far ahead I was completely blinded by the darkness of the woods. It was still a lot of fun and we are going to invest in some bike lights now. So 21 miles on the bike tonite and I am ready for bed.

Football Camp

Days like these when it is hot and muggy make me glad I am not in high school football camp. I didn't get a chance to go outside and run but I was able to get on the Tony Little Gazelle and get 2 miles in. Hopefully tomorrow will be better because Crystal and I are planning on riding our bikes on the Wabash Trail for their 400th ride. So no rain or heat tomorrow evening would be nice.

Weekends are For Rest?

I thought that the weekends are for relaxing. I thought WRONG. We were so busy that I sure would have liked Monday off. Not much else exciting happening after the weekend. Work is going well and busy as usual and Crystal is all signed up and ready to take her nurses test October 12th (I think it is the 12th).
I was able to get another mile in over the weekend and started running 2 miles yesterday and today. Which makes it 8 miles running and 20 miles biking. Hope you are keeping up Dustin.

Long Bike Ride for me

I rode 20 miles today which I haven't done in a long time. My legs are burning right now. But it was fun riding the trail. Thank goodness it's Friday tomorrow and hopefully the weekend will go by super slow. Crystal and I are going out tomorrow night for her birthday because we will be busy this Sunday going to a wedding. And Saturday night Crystal will be at bachelorette party.

Then there were 2

Well I guess Andrew is passing the torch to Dustin. The oldest vs. the youngest. I have already put in my 2 days of running and planning on biking the Wabash Trail (20 miles) tomorrow cause the weather is so much better now that the humidity is gone. I am feeling the burn and I like it so watch out. Don't let an old man beat you Dustin.
For anyone who wants to join a fantasy football league for free this year let me know and I will get you in.
3 miles in 2 days.

Sweat Burns in Your Eyes

Well I finished my mile and a half today. I was dripping when I got home. Thank goodness for ceiling fans and air conditioning. Hooray Technology. Everyone is at work tonite so nothing for me to do but relax and watch t.v. and stretch out my legs cause I know they will hurt tomorrow.

Mondays should be a weekend

Why are Mondays so hard to get up and go back to work? I don't know about everyone else but I could have slept all morning and just relaxed the rest of the day. At least work went by quickly.
I am putting a challenge out to my little brothers. Yes you two. Since Dustin needs some extra motivation. I will get up early every morning before work and run a mile and half if they do the same. And if they run more I will do the same. Keep track of the miles you run this August. So put on your running shoes.

Hot Hot Hot

What better way to enjoy the hot humid weather than a car wash in the backyard. My dad fixed our water spicket with his plumber expertise and only burned his thumb in the process. I had Crystal and Gina scrubbing the new truck and Gina's car while I made sure no water was leaking. GOOD JOB DENNY! Crystal and I went to the hardware store to pick up some foam insulation to put around the spicket and a hitch pin for the Harley hitch cover. We are handy homeowners when it comes to simple tasks. I would like to thank my family for coming down for the weekend and having a blast at Dave and Busters with us. Also thanks to Dustin for spending a whole week with us. It won't be much fun beating Crystal in darts and she already knows she can't beat me in Madden Football. We had lots of fun and hope to do it again next summer.

Golf Day

Well the boys are off golfing this morning. Chris and Dustin have been waiting to go golfing all week. It just has been to hot to go after Chris gets off work. They figured if they went in the morning they could bet the heat before the day gets really hot.
This last week has been very busy for us. Besides the regular work week we have had Chris's brother Dustin here all week. This week has been fun but tiring. Last Saturday we met Chris's parents in DesMoines to get Dustin. Sunday we went for a bike ride before Crystal had to go to work. Monday Clayton came over and hung out with Dustin playing football on the Xbox. Since Crystal had to sleep all day to go to work for her third night in a row. Tuesday Crystal and Dustin went to the zoo with some of Crystal's friends. Wednesday Crystal and Dustin went with Clayton to meet Bette (Crystal and Clayton's mom) for lunch and go to the Westroads. Clayton had a couple of his senior pictures displayed at the mall by the photographer that we went to see. We also took in the Dinosaur Exhibit when we were at the mall. Wednesday night we went out to get Chris's truck from the shop and test drove a couple of trucks. So Friday night we bought Chris a new truck, a four door Chevy Colorado. Let me say he is very excited about his new toy. Then Friday night we ended up make a mess in the kitchen but had a lot of fun. We made ice cream sandwiches with these new little molds that Darlene(Chris's mom) bought us last weekend. All I have to say is we had ice cream everywhere even on us thanks to Chris. And in between all that there was the boys playing games on the xbox, darts (Crystal won two games in a row!), the boys went for a mile run(Dustin smoked Chris, hehe!), picking vegetables at Crystal's parent garden and a lot of hanging out. And today Chris's parents will be here to spend the rest of the weekend with us and pick up Dustin.

Day to Relax

Our big party we had for our friend Kara last night is over. We had a great turn out and everyone loved Chris's hamburgers. Chris felt like he was working at Hardee's all over again. He was our little grill master and did a fantastic job. We had so much food. Everything went really well except for the door falling off the sun room. We think we had maybe about 60 people show to wish Kara good luck and to say good-bye. Kara had so much fun and couldn't stop tell us thank you. As everything comes and goes and all the fun you have it is nice to have your house back to normal.

Weekend Here, Weekend Gone

Even though we had a long four day weekend it still went by pretty fast. We were busy the whole time and had something to do everyday. It started off friday night when we went out to dinner with Ben and Kenny to Ruby Tuesday. Then the guys had Trey's Bachelor Party. Crystal was able to get together with her friends Kara and Maria for a drink that night. Saturday we had Trey and Abby's wedding. Sunday was the night we went out to Hooters and saw Superman with some friends. Monday night Lucas invited a bunch of us over to his Uncle Mike's 4th of July party. I would have to say we had a lot of fun. Then the 4th of July we had The Juhl family reunion in Manilla, Iowa. Now it is wednesday and Chris is at work and Crystal has to work tonight. Our fun weekend came and gone. I hope everyone had a great 4th of July.

Tired Chris

Well this week for Chris is starting off very busy. The last two days he has had to work late, until about 6 p.m. This will probably be his schedule all week. I know he is already praying for friday to be here and then he gets a four day weekend. Plus our friend Ben will be here over the weekend and until 4th of July, so we are looking forward to getting to see him.
Tonight we are getting together with some friends at a Grill Out, hosted by our friend Aaron. Tomorrow Crystal is helping our friend Gina move some bigger things to our house to help finish moving her in. Staying busy like always, it wouldn't be fun any other way.

Another week almost gone

This week hasn't been to bad. Chris has been pretty busy at work. Crystal had a review class for two days at the beginning of the week and now she has to work all weekend. We decided we haven't been to DesMoines in awhile to see the Anderson's and/or Andy and don't know when we would have time. So tonight when Chris gets off work we are making the trip to the Anderson's for few hours tonight to visit and then coming home. Andy is going to meet us there so we can spend some time with him as well. We are really looking forward to visiting, even though it will only be for one night.

Traveling slow

I took a different way home that took a little bit longer than usual but faster than running into the College World Series traffic. To answer some questions posted yesterday. A travel nurse gets placed anywhere they need nurses or if an area they want to go to needs nurses then they go there. The Hospital or whatever pays for their apartment and they get paid a lot more, a lot more. Put it this way, if Crystal was a travel nurse we could pay all our bills plus mortgage here and I wouldn't have to work and we would still have money to live like we do now.
Halverson was a year ahead of me Mom and I know him pretty well cause we worked at Hardee's together also. Good for him.
Ben- Scott has a place to stay when he comes down also. If you want to spend a night here you can too Ben.

Nothing New

Nothing new going on. Actually spent the weekend home for a change. We planted flowers around the house a couple days ago. Also did some house cleaning as well. We will be having a roommate for the next 3 months. Crystal's friend Gina is going to be a travel nurse this fall and her lease is up this month and needed a place to stay.
Crystal made banana bread and it is was really good.

Inside is Good

If you would like to sweat off 20 lbs in 25 seconds then go outside and enjoy the oven like conditions. As for I will sit next the air conditioner vent cooling my butt with its ice cold breeze. I love Fridays.

Almost Friday

I can't wait for the weekend. Work has been really busy which is good cause it went by really fast. Hoping for the opposite when the weekend comes. I guess tomorrow evening we are planting some more flowers that should last us a couple of months. As long as Crystal's mom wants to plant flowers we will keep letting her. Maybe Crystal will be planting flowers in the years to come cause I can't grow anything.

7 days off

That is how long my wife has been off work. She took PTO's Sunday and then switched to another day only to be called off again to take PTO's. So while she has been at home the following has been done around the house; dishes done, laudry put away, kitchen cabinets organized, kitchen cleaned, office cleaned and food has been ready everyday when I get home from work even if I am working late like the past 2 days. I guess I should do something this weekend since she does have to work Saturday and Sunday.