Oh hi.

I have a blog? I forgot. My bad. :)

Our summer has been so full and busy, I just haven't had time to sit down and blog about it. Let seee... since I last blogged, we went out of town for work at least 5 more times, I went to Florida, attended 4 weddings in one months time, was the 2nd shooter at two of those weddings, drove from Florida to Nebraska with my grandparents, with a stop stop in Birmingham, AL to see my cousin and her husband, went to Virginia and met my littlest niece for the first time and helped pack up Dan and Bethany's house, drove cross-country from Virginia to Nebraska, had my family in Nebraska for 10 days over the 4th of July, as well as having ALL of Andrew's family together in Nebraska for the first time in a very long time (lots of fun times together)... went out of town for work again, traveled to the Lake Itasca Music Festival with Andrew's family, and now, we are spending some time down in Florida with my family. Whew.. I told you we've been busy! Plus, Andrew has been putting in 40+ ours a weeks (since this is his slow season ha!) while also working on school, AND putting in 10-15 hours a weeks going out and checking my family's farms. Luckily, I get to go with him for those hours. :)

Here's a few pictures from the summer...

On our flight from Omaha to Washington DC.

We flew in to DC at night. Dan and Bethany picked us up, took us out to dinner, then took us on a mini tour around the capital. It was SO pretty at night! 

We brought Dan and Bethany HOME to Nebraska. Everyone was thrilled to have them back for a few weeks. :)

This little girl was never lacking for attention. :) 

 The last of the 4 weddings in June. Rachel was such a radiant bride! 

 Such a sweet moment.

 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Busenitz.

 My family. <3 p="p">

 Dan and his brother's played in the 3 on 3 tournament on the 4th of July. They played awesome and were so much fun to watch. They ended up taking 2nd. 

 Andrew participated in the strong man competition again this year. The last even was a bus pull, which he pulled 28 ft. What a beast :)

My brother was in the pie eating contest again this year to try and defend his title Pie eating Champion! He won his preliminary round, but fell short in the final. Next year... 

Singing on the 4th. 

My in-laws were honored as the grand marshals of the parade.

Precious little Arianna was worn out after such a full day. 

 Shooting skeet with my family.

Love that guy! <3 p="p">

 We went out to Chances R one night.

And went on a tour of the University of Nebraska Athletic complex. Which was totally awesome. Here, we are standing in the media room, where all the post game interviews take place.

Andrew headed out in the corn field to work on a pivot. 

 Oh, there is never too many pictures of this little cutie! :)

 Last weekend we were in Minnesota at the Lake Itasca Music festival. Look for details from the weekend on the family blog.

There you go... a Super summarized version of the past few months... I could write TONS more... but there are places to go and people to see. Stay tuned for an update from time this week in Florida. :)

And we're back...

After an incredible almost 3 months in Florida, we are back in Nebraska. We are so grateful for the time we had in Florida, spending time with family and friends and the consistency of work schedules allowing us both to stay busy, but also spend more time together than ever. I personally, loved the work I was doing, teaching and coaching volleyball, and I already miss my girls! I know they are going to do great the rest of the season. And I know Andrew really enjoyed his job down there. We were both very sad to leave. 

After my volleyball tournament Sunday afternoon, Andrew and I hopped in the car and drove straight to Nebraska, making it in a record 21 and a half hours! We arrived in Nebraska around 11 am Monday Morning.

So now we are back, and Andrew's busy season is in full swing. With the strangely warm winter Nebraska had {and are still having} irrigation installations have already begun.  Andrew headed to work Monday right after lunch. That amazing man of mine went to work on less than 2 hours of sleep. AND fun fact: after only working half the day on Monday, he has still put in approximately 69 hours this week.  Seriously, he is amazing. And like I said, busy season is in fullll swing!

 I've enjoyed the opportunity to go with him 2 days this week, so I haven't had to be away from him all 69 hours he's been at work. Plus, I get to work alongside my fabulous brother's and sister's in law as well as see my handsome husband all day long and get a crazy workout all the same time. 

Side note-Before our anniversary, I made this super cute little number 1, in anticipation of taking One year anniversary pictures with our awesome photographer and friend, Michele Moreman. So stay tuned for more pictures to come. :)

"For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
   his faithfulness continues through all generations."

Psalm 100:5

Florida Update

The past few weeks have been busy. Andrew and I have both had very full schedules and so I have had little time to sit down and blog. Andrew's job working for a large commercial construction company has been an absolute blessing. He is really enjoying the consistent hours, and experience he is getting working for such a big company. I have been working, usually, 4 days a week as a teacher at The First Academy, and I have really enjoyed that as well.

This past weekend we had our first tournament out at Disney. It is one of the biggest we will play in this season, and out of 32 teams, my girls came in 4th! ...not bad for their first time ever playing together. :) I am looking forward to the rest of the season. It has been such a privilege being able to coach these girls. :)

Yesterday's weather report. 70 degrees in Seward, NE and 68 degrees where we are in Windermere, FL. 

One thing we are not very certain about, is how much longer we are going to be able to be down here. Like honestly, what is going on with the weather up north!? I'm beginning to wonder if Al gore was right about global warming! (...just kidding, but seriously.) 70 degrees in Nebraska in January!? What is up with that?!  If this weather keeps up, we are going to have to go back sooner than planned...and neither one of us want that. So, sorry to my friends and family who are loving this strange weather, but Andrew and I are both down here praying that winter hits soon. It's not that we aren't happy for you, but to quote my husband "that is just not right!" :)