Thankful

The last few months have been busy and full of changes, but we are so thankful.

Backing up to September....

Kyle celebrated his 27th birthday this year. 

The day after his birthday he came home to a pretty special present. 

He didn't think anything of it until he opened it and saw what was inside.

Needless to say, he was a little bit shocked.

It has been the hardest news to keep hidden. 

As soon as we got our first ultrasound at 7 weeks we just had to tell!

Our parents were all excited. 

Thankfully this has been a very smooth pregnancy. 

No morning sickness here. 

Other than being tired, which I also attribute to the 26 kindergarteners in my class, 

my symptoms have been mild. 

I feel very lucky.

We waited until October to tell Kyle's extended family and broke the news on Halloween. 

We gave everyone treat bags with the sonogram inside. 

Today we are breaking the news to my extended family and youngest brother. 

Then to everyone. Finally!

We can not be more excited and anxiously await the end of May and being able to hold this precious gift in our arms.

High Five for July

This summer was going by really slowly. 

Now, July's almost over, I had to go into work yesterday, and I feel like I'm in crunch mode!

Where the heck did July go?

1// Fourth of July

My brother and his girlfriend got the cutest picture right before this, here is our best attempt...
Thanks for photo bombing mom!


We did get to watch the fireworks from the roof which was pretty cool.

2// Kyle went on his first job interview

He had an interview in the graphics department of a cosmetic company where two of his best friends work! It went really well!

3// Boender Annual Adventure!

We just got back from our week long family vacation in Colorado.
More to come!

4// I opened my TPT store and have been crafting like crazy!

I really love the things I made for my apple unit. 
Now to get it all cut, laminated, and ready to go!
Check out the apple freebie! Numbers 1-5

5// This wonderful picture!

Kyle made this for me and I absolutely love it!
It's our first dance with the lyrics behind us.
I've wanted something like this for awhile, and the free 18x20 print from Shutterfly sealed the deal!

Summer Days

This summer was one of the craziest, busiest ones I can remember. 

I was so thankful that we both had the time off that we could do all these wonderful things. 

Our July:

1. 4th of July was spent BBQing and hanging out at the pool with the family.

2. Julia and Robbie's Wedding.
The following day we spent an extremely short, whirlwind weekend celebrating my best friends wedding in Colorado. It was absolutely gorgeous.

3. I had my first experience with jury duty.
Thankfully there were too many jurors and I got to go home almost immediately!

 

4. 7/11

 

5. Orlando Weekend

One of Kyle's best friends came down from Iowa to visit. 

So we made the trip up there to see them. 

The last time we saw them, his wife was 6 months pregnant. 

When we saw them this summer, they had a 4 month old. 

 

 

 

 

  Of course, no Orlando trip is complete without a stop at Harry Potter World. 

6. Boender Annual Colorado Trip.

The following weekend, it was back to Colorado for a week long stay.

 

Totally met Clark Duke on the way home!

7. This cutie turned 1!

As you can see, July was insanely busy, but full of wonderful memories.  

Do Opposites Attract?

One of the downfalls of going to work so early in the morning is no music!

Seriously, I search through every channel and am lucky to hear one or two songs.

I do get to hear all the morning talk shows. 

Typically it's not too thrilling, but every once in awhile it provides a good discussion topic.

Recently the topic was if couples work better if they are really similar or opposite.

Apparently, dating sites match people based on how many things they have in common.

 Kyle and I probably would never have been matched.

Core values and goals, of course, but the day to day things not so much.
I'm a first born, this means I like organization, planning, and following the rules.
I don't tend to bend much.
Kyle is a third born, baby of the family.
He is super go with the flow, not easily phased, who cares if we're late type person.
 He is crazy laid back.

Kyle builds computers and plays video games.

Sometimes he drives me crazy.
I mean, what is a goal oriented, go by the book person supposed to do when confronted with someone who could care less about her well laid plans?
I never am late, ever. Kyle likes to leave when things start.
I knew what college I wanted to go to, I went.
I knew what I wanted to do when I got a job, I found the best program and got my Master's.
That's just not Kyle.
But, if Kyle was just like me we probably wouldn't be together.

I like to read and watch TV

Thankfully, we did attract, opposite and all.
We truly balance each other out.
I'd like to think I make Kyle more conscientious about what's going on around him.
And maybe a little more organized.
I know that he had made me more relaxed.
He might not always see it, but I know it's true.
I'm okay with being a little late most of the time.
If things don't go exactly as planned I can handle it.
I don't even bother him immediately to clean up things.
Immediately is the key word here people,  lets not get crazy.

Neither of us are perfect, but I like to think that we're perfect for each other.
We work well with each other.
We keep each other on track and help balance the other out.
We still agree on the big things and we work around the little things.
In the end, I don't think it matters if you are the same or opposite as long as you are willing to commit to that person no matter what comes your way.
Committing to each other when it's hard to get along and when it seems like the easiest thing in the world.

If you're committed to each other, then you can get through the days when you just plain don't like them. And some days that's perfectly okay.

The Way to My Heart

I love holidays. 

All of them!

So of course I was ready for Valentine's Day.

We had a great time at school celebrating!

We made a new bulletin board for the back wall on the 100th day of school.

All of the students got to give reasons they loved Kindergarten and people they loved in Kindergarten.

We passed out Valentine's Cards and let me tell you, my class was so sweet. 

We spent the rest of the day doing heart activities, reading valentine's books, and watching a valentine's show. 

My Valentine to the class

It was a great day!

Then, I went home to my wonderful husband. 

We've never really celebrated Valentine's Day too much. 

Typically, we'll do something small and then maybe dinner and a movie. 

When we were dating we never even celebrated on the actual day. 

Christmas and our anniversary were right before Valentine's Day, 

so it's a lot packed into a few months. 

My husband definitely knows me, I came home and he had spent the day doing the dishes and cleaning the bathrooms and our bedroom. 

He even dusted!

It was wonderful, we ordered in pizza and Kyle got cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory.

I, of course, made him some yummy treats. 
   2 ingredient fudge                                                 Homemade Chocolates  

Reese Cups

Theme Park Tourists for a Day

Kyle and I have season passes to Universal. 

Living in Florida, we're no strangers to theme parks. 

We've had season passes to other theme parks over the years and it's not a huge deal for us to go for the weekend. 

When we go to theme parks we like to take our time. 

We show up when we feel like it, 

mosey around the park doing things here and there, 

then when we get tired we leave.

We maybe will go back to see fireworks that night, or not. 

We do have season passes and free parking!

This weekend we went to Universal with 4 of our friends, who all have season passes as well.

We don't like to leave to go on trips too late, but luck was not in our favor. 

Once everyone got ready to leave it was after 8 pm!

We finally made it up to Orlando and talk turns to our plans for the next day. 

Imagine our surprise when it was decided that we needed to be at the park 30 minutes before it opened so that we could get in right at 9am!

We rushed to the park and quickly started jumping on rides. 

And I do mean quickly. 

One perk of being a crazy tourist and getting there right at opening is there are no lines!

We then proceeded to race back on rides over and over again. 

Who are these people and what happened to our friends!

First ride of the day!

I finally needed a roller coaster break and just needed to sit for a minute. 

Thankfully my wonderful husband was okay with relaxing with a butterbeer while everyone went on Dragon Challenge again. 

Oh, and did I mention it was in the low 60s?

That's like freezing for us south Florida people!

Keeping my toes warm!

After bouncing through every ride multiple times that anyone wanted to go on. 

And popping into ALL the gift shops, 

ain't nobody got time for that!

I was ready to call it a day, 

but it was only 4:30 and the fireworks weren't till 7!

Who stays all day?!?

Tourists, that's who!

I made everyone go on the kiddie ride so I could take this picture. That's right, I take photos on rides!

I decided I was over it and we were heading back to the hotel. 

Thankfully Kyle views theme parks like me and was more than accommodating.

AKA he was ready to go too!

We did have a wonderful time, 

and will undoubtedly go again with them.

However I did feel more like a tourist than ever before, 

trying to cram every possible thing into one day. 

By the way, we were also going the following day...
Not to mention those season passes!