West Yellowstone trip.

Brian and I went to West Yellowstone this weekend with some friends to get away. We were going to go to Jackson but we abviously found a better priced cabin and other things to do in Yellowstone than we would in Jackson.

We got a nice little condo/cabin to hangout in. Everyone was going cross-country skiing on saturday and I knew they would be gone for most of the day doing that, and I did want to go but not over do it. So, I decided not to go and I just wanted to relax this weekend and walk around town and take a drive to the Gallatine Mountain pass. Brian stayed with me while everyone else went skiing eventhough I told him many times to go with them. I know he would have fun with our friends skiing most of the day but he still wanted to stay with me. It was hard for him but he said he didn't want me by myself for most of the day. I think it was even harder to be in town with me because we saw more snowmobile's in the streets than regular vehicles driving around. I've never seen so many in a little area before. I think I saw a tear in his eye. I guess we will have to work into our budget somewhere to save up for a used one for next year. Poor guy.

So the pictures I'm posting are from our drive through the canyon pass of the Gallatine Mountain's. It was such a perfect day out and so gorgeous! The drive to West Yellowstone is about 2 hours from Idaho falls and then we drove on saturday through the mountians for about another 50 miles. It was really worth it. Perfect day. During our evening's at the cabin we played the game of "Life" and "Trival Pursuit." I think we had more fun with the game of Life because I thought it was pretty funny that we didn't have any kids at the end of the game and we still lost. Brian also brought the Red Eye liquor and gave everyone a few shots. I think they enjoyed it. I also brought sinach dip which is always a nice snack. Well I suppose that's about it from our trip.

Christmas fun & my favorite photos.

Cordelia had so much fun at Mcdonald's.

Uncle Brian in the Snow in Napoleon.

I l oved my surprise baby shower! Thank you everyone! :-) Everyone at the Tumbleweed was so much fun!

I love my new hat. It keeps me warm. :-)

I love this picture of Cordelia. Looks like she's got "attitude."
"So it's like this...." ha ha

Hope Cordelia enjoys her blanket. :-)

Fred Rion with all his toys in the dump truck.

Victoria getting into the Christmas spirit.

I know I posted a lot of pictures but these are only a few of the ones I like. I printed them all out at walgreens and I made copies. So I have some pictures being sent to everyone. Oh and Laurie, "Victor, Victoria" movie is on it's way to you. Just be sure to send it home when your done, I think mom and dad want it back too. :-) he he. Hope all is well back home. We have had some nice weather around here but it's suppose to get really cold again.

Baking with Cordelia

These pictures are from just before Christmas. I was doing some baking and I let Cordelia lick out the bowl. She really liked it....
....until I took the bowl away.

Then it was straight to the bath.

Pictures

This is the Lego castle that Santa brought for Fred Rion. It took me almost three hours to put together. Fred Rion is really good at putting together Legos, but I think this would have taken more work than he is willing to put in. And it was kind of hard too.
Santa brought Torii a Leapster. It's a cool handheld game system from Leapfrog. He also got two games with it. Fred Rion wants one too. I think he'll be getting one for his birthday. Those will be nice to have on long car trips this summer.

Torii in his ugly Vikings jersey. His team made it to the playoffs and mine didn't so I guess he gets to continue to wear his jersey. He also likes the Steelers (I'm not sure why) and they also made the playoffs. I could live with him being a Steelers fan, but not a Vikings fan.

Barely a year old and a phone in each hand.

Cordelia is such a climber. She really likes going up and down stairs. This was on Christmas day.

"I'll be home for Christmas...."

I'll see everyone soon! I work on Monday 9am-2pm and then on the road to Billings! It's about a 6 hour drive from here and we will stop in Billings at we will be staying at the Clarion Inn & Suites. I'm sure we'll be up very early on Tuesday to get home as soon as we can. Hopefully the weather is ok. I know tommorow we will be driving through snow all day. Idaho is suppose to 3- inches of snow and then I'm not sure about Montana but I think they are getting snow all day Monday also.
We will call tommorow to let everyone know how the drive is going. Talk to you soon!!!

Lots of Hugs,
Kelly

Let it snow

For once we have beat Fargo. We got 12 inches Saturday night. I can't remember what Fargo got, but I know it wasn't in double digits. We have some very impressive drifts in our driveway and backyard. We did not go to Sunday school on Sunday. I'm not sure there was even Sunday school as many churches cancelled services. We stayed indoors the entire day. Many stores didn't even open on Sunday because of the weather. With two nasty storms this winter this is by far the worst winter Fred has experienced here. I am loving it. It's been a really long time. It is reminding me a little of the 96/97 winter. I will never forget that one. I made it to work today. The parking lot was full of deep snow. I made it to my office, although I had to do some shoveling just to get into the building. The roads have been cleared, but it is really cold. I'm not liking that so much. The schools didn't have recess outside today because of the dangerous wind chills. So we are inside staying warm. Now I'm just waiting for it to warm up a little so we can go sledding!

Tex-Mex Beef and Bean Dip

I tried this dip tonight and it is soooo good. No need to say it, but it came from Cooking Light. I did use a whole pound of beef just because I was too lazy to do anything with the extra 1/2 pound. I also used plain chile powder. And since I could only find a big chunk of queso fresco, we crumbled some of the leftover on top of the chicken tortilla soup that we had tonight too. We were stuffed after dinner.
Ingredients
1/2 pound ground sirloin
2 tablespoons no-salt-added tomato paste
1 to 2 teaspoons chipotle chile powder
3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 (15-ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
3/4 cup (3 ounces) crumbled queso fresco
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
3 ounces bite-size baked tortilla chips (about 60, such as Tostitos Scoops)
Preparation
1. Cook beef in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain well; return beef to pan. Add tomato paste and next 4 ingredients (through diced tomatoes), and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes or until thick, stirring occasionally.
2. Spoon meat mixture into a serving bowl; top with crumbled cheese and green onions. Serve with tortilla chips.

Brian on a magazine? Wow!

Not quite on the front of a magazine that will be published anyway. He wishes it was true though. I made this for him while he's been a little stressed with the end of the semester and he can't wait to be done. He thought it was neat and had to show a few people at work. I guess it was passed around to everyone and some people had to tease him about it. Ha ha. So, he got his picture on the front of a magazine and he got me some fresh truffles from the local candy shop down the street. Good trade.

Thanksgiving in Michigan

Hi everyone, just thought I'd let you know how my thanksgiving went. I missed mom's cooking and family, but was still able to enjoy myself and get plenty to eat :D Thanksgiving week was great because on tuesday Eric's mom cooked because Eric's brother was in town and wouldn't be for thanksgiving, so we had an early supper. Then for Thanksgiving day we went out to some friends of his family, which was really nice. They had a cute little house north of Grand Rapids. It was realy nice to get away from the city for awhile. Supper was very traditional mixed in with some traditional Polish Sausage and sauerkraut from Eric's grandpa. Very good! For dessert, we had six different pies, which was fabulous :D Everyone enjoyed my apple pie, and they all kept asking me where my apple came from. They were a bit surprised when I told them North Dakota haha!
Anyways, I can't wait to come home for xmas. Eric and I are getting really excited to get out of Michigan for awhile and road trip. I have two more weeks left until the end of this semester, which is nice, but extremely stressful! So much to do!! And I'm still trying to get over this stupid cold! I have thee worse cough, and it has not let up in nearly a week now :(
Oh yeah, I am all moved into my new house. I love it :) I will post pictures once I get a little more settled in and I will send my address soon :)

Meanwhile, here are some pictures from thanksgiving day. They had a really beautiful horse... kinda made me miss seeing horses every day :( Enjoy.



Eric


Kelly is going to be jealous....

Thanksgiving pictures

Cordelia got lots of attention yesterday.
I can't remember what Torii was eating, but he has such a funny face.


Fred drank some milk and then sneezed, spraying it all over the floor. He was nice enough to clean it up.

Cordelia likes to walk around, but she hasn't been brave enough to let go of anyone's hands.

And the turkey. It looked good so mom thought we should take a picture. My first Thanksgiving turkey. Awwwww.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving!! Eats lots of food!! Miss you all :)

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I don't think this will work but check your email. Brian made a funny "Christmas at the Seeberg's" Check it out in your email! Hilarious!

Enjoy. Happy Turkey day!

P.s I just tried it, all you need to do is click on this site and it will come right up. :-)

Here's a list.

Aviator & Apollo 13
Bedazzled
Clue & Christmas Vacation
Dances with Wolves
Elizabeth(with cate blanchett)
Fierce Creatures & Father of the Bride
Grumpy Old Men & Grumpier Old Men
Hitch
I.Robot
Just Married
Knights Tale
Liar Liar
Meet the Fockers & Maverick
Narnia
Open Range & October Sky
Pink Panther Series w/ Peter Sellers
Quick and the Dead?(i couldn't think of anything else.)
Rio Bravo
Some Like it Hot, Sword in the Stone, Sweet Home Alabama
Tin Cup
Uncle Buck
Victor Victoria
White Christmas
Xmen
Young Frankenstein
Zorro

My faves A-Z

Annie Hall (American Beauty super close second)
Batman (Tim Burton version)
A Christmas Story
Dances with Wolves
Emperor's New Groove
the Fifth Element
Gladiator
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
It's a Wonderful Life
Jurassic Park
Knocked Up
La Confidential
My Fair Lady
National Lampoon's Animal House (ha, I got it in there)
Office Space
Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl
Quiz Show
Ratatouille
the Seven Year Itch (The Sting a close second)
To Kill a Mockingbird
the Usual Suspects
Victor/Victoria
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
X-Men
Young Frankenstein
Zoolander

Discovered new blog...

So I've discovered a new blog that I really like. Stacy, you might enjoy it. Here's the link if you are interested:

http://www.shebloggedbynight.com/

It's all about MOVIES!!! There's a lot of cool info about movies I've never heard of, but sound really cool. There is also a post by her where she challenges people to compile a list of their favorite movies. The objective is that each movie must be from one letter of the alphabet. Can you do it? I'm working on mine right :) Shouldn't I be doing homework? :P

PIctures

I am finally getting some pictures posted. This picture is from the top of the parking garage at the hospital. The part of the hospital we were in is the building on the left and you can see how close we were to downtown. Both rooms we were in had a view of downtown. I think Rion would have really liked that, especially at night. We could also see the dome from our room.
This is the look I always got from Cordelia in the hospital. She wanted to be held all the time and who could blame her. That elephant next to her is "P-nut". I wanted to get her a gift and the nurses kept calling her little peanut so I thought that was appropriate. Looking at that picture now, she really does look sick. She has put on a couple of pounds and is looking so good. She getting round again. And heavy.

After they put an IV in they had to wrap it up so she wouldn't pull it out. We called it her club. You can see her toe is glowing too. She had that on all the time, it checked her pulse and breathing.

And Rion and his beloved Pikachu. He talks to Pikachu and treats him like a friend. It's pretty funny.

Forgot to post this awhile back.

Victoria and Gingham love this game. Except Victoria is the only one who stands on the ledge. One afternoon I was doing laundry and heard the cats running up and down the stairs. I came out of the bedroom from putting clothes away and stopped in the doorway. Victoria was crouched down on the ledge and swishing her tail around. So I let her proceed to whatever she's after. Sometimes it's gingham and sometimes it's a little ball sitting on the stairs or toy mouse. Anyway, Gingham was on her way up the stairs and when she came to the top....Victoria attacks!! Gingham had no idea she was up there and that poor cat jumped so high! I think she made it to about my waist or higher. Victoria got her good. I was nearly on the floor because I was laughing so hard! Cats can be entertaing when thier in a playful mood. These two are crazy.

Getting ready for Christmas!

Aaaaaah, Thanksgiving is almost here and then the crazy mall rats. I have done some Christmas shopping already and I was so excited to put lights on the house. Brian wasn't too excited to put up the lights above the garage but now he said he would like to put some more on the back of the house! Oh well. I wouldn't mind, because I don't have to take them down. He he. But they would like nice in the back also.

I went to the mall today and walmart. I couldn't wait to leave! Wow, people are crazy! I'm glad that I am getting my Christmas gifts a little earlier.

Well, not much going on here. Hope all is well in everyone else's neck of the woods. :-) Enjoy some pictures of the cats. They wanted to say hi, or at least I think they should say hi. It's been awhile. :-P

Christmas Ideas

Here's some Christmas ideas I found online at Popdeluxe.com. I'm sure everyone is doing something for baby ideas, but here's a few extras if anyone needs any ideas. Send some ideas my way for everyone else also! :-)



Toothpickup $14.95
















Drip Clip-Paperclips


$7.99

These Cookie cutters are so adorable.

$9.99

Also:

Eric and I went for a walk today. Leaves are falling that are bigger than my head! Here are a couple picutres....

Nov. 3rd

Hey! How was everyone's Halloween weekend? I know Stacy has been very busy... Glad you are finally home with your family :) I will call you tomorrow to see how everything is going :) Thought I would give you some time to relax :)

This weekend was pretty eventful. Lots of Halloween fun. I couldn't really think of a costume this year so I just went as a witch :) Eric was a cowboy. On Friday his band had their cd release show so we did that and then went out to a Halloween party. On Saturday their band played at a house, which was really fun. Good times :)

School is going well. Everything is getting pretty busy. Alternative Breaks is keeping me busy too. I found out that Im going to Cape Charles, Va. It looks pretty cool. You should google map it, it's in a neat area. This picture is of all the site leaders this year.


Oh! I almost forgot... but I'm moving out of my apartment :( I'm kind of sad because I like it A LOT, but I got offered to live with some friends, which would cost me half of my current rent soooo I can't really pass it up. Plus, I'll have the internet again, so I can start blogging more again! :) I'm not looking forward to moving all my crap again, but I guess it will be worth it. I really love the house and the people I'm moving in with :) Kind of excited, but I will miss my apartment :)

Well not much else. Hope all is well with everyone!!
P.S. Happy voting tomorrow!