Cold Day

It is so cold. I am definitely not ready for the cold weather. Not to much going on here just trying to stay warm. I hope all of you are staying warm as well.
We had a great Thanksgiving! Our time off went way to fast but it was a lot of fun. From Wednesday night till Saturday morning we spent time in Algona with Chris's family. They all got to meet Cole, and I would say it is safe to say they all loved him. Cole was very good on the road trip up and home. He did make sure Chris knew when it was time to pull over to let him out to go to the restroom. We were almost to Algona and Cole barked right in Chris's ear. When Cole means business, he means business.
On the day of Thanksgiving we traveled to Charles City with Chris's family to visit Oma. Chris and I brought the turkey, which went over very well. Thanks dad for smoking the turkey for us. On Friday we were kind of bumbs until the afternoon when we came back to Chris's parents house after our outing with Dustin, Andy, and Holly. We found Denny and Darlene had tore out the north wall in the sun room. They were suppose to be just replacing the windows with a new one and ended up replacing pretty much the whole wall. So Andy and Chris jumped right in and help redo the wall and frame in the new window. Hope you boys are ready to help with the other two walls when Denny is ready to replace those windows.
Saturday afternoon we spent with Crystal's family. Cole got to meet Molly(Jonah's puppy). They liked each other and played for a long time until Molly decided she didn't want to play anymore, then they weren't so nice to each other. Not sure what exactly happened but Cole ended up with a tooth through the tongue. It didn't bother him any. On Sunday we went up to Crystal's grandparents to celebrate thanksgiving. Cole got to stay home, which I don't think he like to much. He was crazy when we got home. Sunday night we went to the movies with Ben, Mike, and Lucas. Ben was back from Texas to visit over thanksgiving. We were so happy we did get to spend a couple nights hanging out with him before he left Tuesday.
So now we are back to the grind again working. Crystal got to work twice Tuesday, she got called in to sub nurse at Westmont elementary during the day and had to work that night at Children's. The last couple nights Chris has been working on wedding invites.
Well I hope you all stay warm. Have a great rest of the week and weekend.

Happy Early Thanksgiving

Hope that everyone has a great and safe Thanksgiving. I have to work tomorrow and then a 4 day weekend. HURRAY! Don't eat too much, watch some football, or fall asleep. I am thinking of doing all in that order. Ben we will call you when we get back so that I can through some hotdogs in you FACE! ha ha ha. One last thing, don't get run over by the crazies the day after Thanksgiving.

Decoration Time

This weekend we are going to get out the Christmas stuff and start Decorating the house. Better get it done cause we are going to Algona for Thanksgiving. If I feel up to it I might get the spare bedroom cleaned up for the office switch. Depends on how lazy I want to be.

Is the Weekend Here?

A long week for the Nixt's but for me the weekend is a going to be a good break. For Crystal, not so much, she has to work the weekend and then Monday and Tuesday. That sucks. At least I can get her Christmas gift.
This just in- We have the smartest dog in the world. He can now sit, shake and lay down. Shake and Lay down only took 2 days a piece to learn. Good dog.

Home Owner's Blues

Nothing like owning a house and having problems. Our water heater broke yesterday and lucky for us we were home cause water could have gone everywhere and cause some serious damage. I have a plumber coming in this morning to fix it and hoping it will be an easy fix. The sad part is we have no running water cause who ever put the plumbing in this house didn't put a shut off valve to the water heater so I had to shut off all the water. Good thing we have bottled water and that both toilets have 1 good flush in them.

New Addition

We just got another Nixt in the household. Cole Harley Nixt will be keeping us busy. He is a Brindle Boxer almost three months old and I am already his favorite. Us guys have to stick together. And don't worry MOM we still plan on having kids. Can't wait for everyone to meet our new puppy.

Crystal's new snuggle buddy

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Look how cute we are.

New Friend

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Meet Cole my new best friend

Take one for the team?

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Two old ladies having a party.

Happy Halloween

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We had fun Friday night at April and Jessica's Halloween Party. Looks Iike we got married all over again.

Sick Sick Sick

I have been fighting a sinus infection for the last week. Then when I thought things were getting better I woke up with pink eye. I have medication and vicks and halls and humidifier and tea and soup and SportsCenter. I finally went to work today, but now Crystal is starting to get sick but hopefully not as bad. We have a Halloween party this Friday at our friend's house. I am going to be a bride and Crystal is going to be the groom. I think I will let her lucky that night.

Party all the time

We threw Gina our roommate a party Friday Night. Lots of fun. Had burgers and beer and fire. Party went on til about 2 a.m. that is when I put the fire out. Spent the rest of the weekend relaxing and doing nothing. You would too if you had around 60 people at your house. Work is starting to get slow cause of the weather and the political campaigns are almost over. Crystal is working and she also has a long day on Tuesday working the school and that night. We have our usual bowling night tomorrow and hopefully we start winning. We are going to Algona this weekend for anther party but my parents are having it. Go Detroit Tigers, I know the Eagles lost but I don't think anyone is going to beat New Orleans at home, and it's too bad the Fuskers won.

Slow

I know I am a couple of weeks behind but here is the first Eagles Poster from week 1.
We have a busy weekend again. Who would of guessed it. We will be at the ISU game in Ames this weekend. It is a night game and will be on t.v. We will be tailgating around the noon hour in Ames until the game starts. FUN FUN FUN!
Good job Dustin on all of your Cross County Meets, improving everytime especially this last meet, 6th place. Proud of you.

Time Spent Well

I did this at work for the Mall of the Bluffs for the month of Ocotber. This was a change of pace from doing boring political signs. As many of you have noticed I haven't written in a while and the reason for it is I am lazy and tired after work. And the weekends don't let up either. We are going to the Big and Rich concert tomorrow night for the River City Roundup and then Saturday we will be in Ankeny for a baby shower and maybe in Ames that night for the UNI vs ISU game. Married life has not slowed us down one bit.

See what you think

Mom - Here is the Engagement Invite. Check to make sure that the time and date and spelling of Rich's last name is correct.
The weekend went by too fast again. We went to a wedding yesterday night that was fun. Watch the Hawkeyes win, the Eagles lose damnit, and Jr. finishing out of the top 10. At least the Huskers lost. I cleaned the top of the garage so that some of the empty boxes would fit, still have tubs to get out there but that can wait.

What a fun and funny weekend :)

Well we are staying busy as usually. This last weekend we went back to Algona to spend the weekend with Chris's family. On Friday it was Andy's birthday so we were all able to get together and celebrate. Saturday Oma (Chris's grandma) came to Algona to surprise Andy for his birthday and come see all of us. Saturday night we all had a blast playing games, we played apples to apples and taboo. We all laughed so hard, it was so much fun. Then Sunday the fun had to come to an end. We had to leave early afternoon because Crystal had to work Sunday night.
We are bowling again on a Monday night league. This last Monday we had a good night bowling, we all did very well except for Lucas who had to sprain his ankle last Thursday night playing baseball so he couldn't bowl with us. Hopefully next Monday he will be well enough to bowl with us.
The rest of the week we have work of course. Thursday night we are taking Crystal's parents out to eat at this new place in the old market called Jazz (we hear it is really good). Last Friday it was Bob and Bette's 33rd wedding anniversary so we thought we would take them out to celebrate. Then Saturday night we have a wedding in Fremont, NE for one of Crystal's college friends.

Back to Work

Weekend here and weekend gone. Our weekend was a lot of fun. We went to Madison, Wisconsin to see our friends The Orth's. We were able to take in a couple brewer's, a couple nature trails, and the taste of Madison. Brian, Carol and us were also able to go out to the bars saturday night. But we started to feel a little old when we were ready to go home between 10:30 and 11pm. As always the weekend was over way to soon. Up at 6am to get ready so we could head home and be home at a descent time. Crystal's sister and nephew were back in Council Bluffs for the weekend and we wanted to get to see them before they went home. Also Crystal's parents had friends over for dinner. Not to forget Crystal had to go to work tonight. I hope everyone else had a fun and safe labor day weekend.

Andrew and Holly's Monogram

Here is Andrew and Holly's Monogram. We have been busy with work and Fantasy Draft. HA HA HA. I am currently trying to learn how to create web pages with XHTML. Computer talk make head hurt. It is going pretty good so far. We are heading out of state this weekend to Wisconsin to see Brian and Carol Orth for the 3 day weekend. And if anyone is interested in going to the ISU vs. UNI game in Sept. let me know cause Crystal and I plan on going.

Quick Ride

Just got back from a quick bike ride around town. Going to relax for the rest of the night. Work has been busy which made this week go by real fast. I probably should get some gas for the mower tomorrow, the lawn is looking pretty hairy. Bowling starts next Monday and Lukas and I will be out at the lanes tomorrow night to get the rust out.

Not Much

Can't say there has been a whole happening lately. I got Crystal's palm pilot to sync up with the mac and tonite I will be working on Andrew and Holly's monogram. I will get 2 miles in tonite still and relax the rest of the night doing some designing. Hope everyone else's day is more exciting than mine.