A great day...

Well, I have just successfully turned the big 2-6. Yup, not even kidding. It's kind of a weird age because I'm now closer to 30 than to 20. It's not a bad thing at all..just weird! It was a great day yesterday! Started out with my hot, hunk of a husband totally shocking me with an iPod nano. He sneakily bought it without me knowing and when he gave it to me, it was covered up by some sweet ceramic Starbuck mugs that we'd been looking at a little while ago. What a guy! I was floored. This nano thing is such a cool little piece of technology! I'm pumped to don my new nano with the cool armband thingy at the Y when I go to workout!
My parents are here still, so I spent some time with them yesterday and that was just so great. I really couldn't ask for anything better than having family close.
I went and treated myself to a sassy haircut. And all my girls out there... you know how great it feels to go to the salon and get a new do!
My great friend Emily, decided that she would get me a year subscription to Real Simple. Yikes!! I love that magazine and I've always wanted a subscription to some great mag and now I do. Wow. I was spoiled, thats for sure.
The day ended off with my mom and dad, sister Susanne, my husband, his bro and sis-in-law and his parents all going out to Applebees for some great eats. Yummy!
What a great day... (Thank you Lord for such wonderful blessings!)

Here they are!

Here they are! My mom and dad and Heather and Kalle are here. She's such a cute little peanut! We went to the mall yesterday and they played at Dino land for a long time. It was a crazy zoo there. My cousin and her husband brought their two kids too! Fun times. It's so great having my fam here. I sure missed them. I'll post pics of my parents and my sisters soon!

Last day of Feb...

Okay, I apologize for the mean preggie joke. Not nice, I know. And I should probably be careful because I'm going to be crying wolf when it really does happen! I'll be honest with you though, somedays I can hardly stand it, I get the baby itch so bad and I just want to be a mom. Is that normal to want a baby so soon after just being married? God's timing...I just keep telling myself that!

Our computer issues are yet to be fully resolved. There are certain things that I cannot do anymore. Like, I can't reply to emails from my yahoo or hotmail accounts. Bummer. As I'm writing this, I realize that I don't have any options to post a picture. Double bummer. I guess for now, I'll have to try and blog just words and not any pics. That's a sad day for me though because I love pictures and I've got some to post. Urgh. Modern technology sometimes makes me want to stomp my feet.

On a happier note... my parents and oldest sister and her bebe are going to be here either Thurs or Fri of this week! Yippeeeee! Their plans changed a little bit but they are still coming. And Heather wasn't going to come until May or June and now she is going to come with my mom and dad, so it's all good. It's just been too long but boy, those months sure fly by. (Sidenote...I will do a wedding post with some major pics and some major details for all my Cape friends who've requested... and to all you friends of my friends who I feel like I totally know already because of this great blogging world!)...Anywho, they are driving down here and will be here for a little visit. It will be the first time to meet little Kalle. My sister's youngest daughter, born in Nov. It'll be great! I'll be sure to post some pics of everyone too. So fun.

All for now.. I want to try and get this posted before midnight.

totally disconnected

Well, I'm finally able to get onto blogger to post a little bit. I apologize to you, my blogger friends for leaving you all hanging like that. Like I stated before, we've been having some internet issues and we've had to be very patient as the issues get resolved. Hopefully now I'll be able to stay a little more connected with ya'll.
What's new you ask? Let me fill you in...
1. Wayne and I got new travel coffee mugs to fill with the delightful black substance.
2. Our school's chapel is just about finished. It's the project which we have been very busy with for the past weeks. It's had a total makeover and it looks totally different. We hope to have it all done by the end of next week.
3. We went to Minneapolis for the day on Saturday, just Wayne and I and we had a great time. Ate at Panera bread for lunch, went to the Christian bookstore, hit up Ikea and the Mall of America. A little bit of Caribou coffee and then we had supper at Chipolte mexican grill! It was such a great date day! Just what we needed.
4. My parents are coming to visit on Feb 25 and then my sister Heather and baby Kalle are coming on Feb 29. I haven't seen any of them since our wedding last May. I'm so pumped about it!
5. We had a Wild west party in the girls dorm last weekend and all of us deans dressed up like cowgirls! It was such a blast.
6. I'm pregnant.... (just kidding... I just wanted to throw that in at the end of the update list!)

Hey everyone...sorry its been so long since the last blog. We've been having some internet issues so I haven't been able to get on for a while. I will try to update soon!

Coffee coffee coffee

We love coffee. By that, I mean LOVE. Like capital letters L-O-V-E. It's becoming an addiction for Wayne and I. We have a cute little coffee shop in town called Field of Beans which we frequent quite often. Our drink of choice is a 'Tall double shot Mocha with caramel on the whip'...mmmmm yummy. It's so good. Today we were in Fargo with our friend Emily and some Hillcrest students. We dropped the kids off at the mall and ran for Starbucks. Can I just say 'Cinnamon Dulce Latte'...? Oh yah, that's what I'm talkin' bout! If you get the chance, try one. It's a little like having a piece of heaven with every sip or gulp...however you drink it! Wayne took some creative photos at the Bucks.

Jan 21

Day 'O' birth for my handsome husband! We were very blessed to be able to spend a day and a half at our friend's cabin. Saturday was filled with much relaxing, reading, baking cookies, eating nachos, some more reading, fresh winter air, some good quality chat time, eating the cookies that we baked, drinking coffee, a beautiful star-filled sky in the silence of the country...what could be better really? Well, being together with my best friend. That was the best part of it all. Just him and I. I and him. Time well spent and a retreat much needed! Thanks to our wonderful friends for opening up their cozy place for us to be refreshed.

Me and my Wayne

The many faces of Kaia!

Here's my niece Kaia. She's a hoot. She just turned 4! We were at a Hillcrest basketball game the other night and I took some pics of her and she made some crazy faces. She keeps us laughing. Love you Kaia SarahAnn.

First pics with the new cam!

Just some fun pics. I've been playing around with all the features of the cam. It's great. There's still lots to learn on it though. I'll have to dig into the owner's manual soon I guess. For now, I'll stick to the easy stuff! More to come...

Busy busy busy

The girls in the video are my nieces. The littlest ones are twins...Logan and Laci and they are 2 1/2 and the older one is Kaia. She's almost 4. They are busy busy busy girls, but so fun! They make me laugh.

Funny girls

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Soon and very soon.

Okay, so Wayne and I only wanted a digital camera for Christmas and we ordered it on Christmas day from the internet. When we called a few days later, the guy told us that we'd have it by the end of the week. That was last week. It has not shown up yet but I'm anticipating that it will be here tomorrow. I'm pretty stoked to start snappin' away. It's so fun to be able to post pics for all ya'll to see. We got a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9S. Here's a pic of it.

Hurricane Katrina

My husband has left for one week to go down to Mississippi. He is with 17 others who are doing relief work for Katrina victims. They are staying at a church in Gulfport and will be working there and in Biloxi. I'm so glad that he has the opportunity to head down there, yet I'm a little sad that I'm without him for a week. God will do amazing things through them, I just know it. Here are a few pictures of the devastation. These are from the last trip.

My sista Julie

This is Julie. She and I just became sisters a few months ago. She is married to J.P. who is Wayne's brother. We got married only about a month apart. I first met Julie at the Stender family Thanksgiving in Waconia, MN at one of the extended families home. Wayne and I were barely dating then and Julie and J.P. had been together through high school. Right from the beginning, Jules and I have been friends. She's always ready to talk and listen and be a shoulder to cry on. Within the few months before she and J.P. and Wayne and I were married, we spent many hours planning and preparing and talking and gabbing about our big days and all that comes along with weddings. It was so much fun and she definately kept me on track with when I needed to have this or that done. I have learned a lot from Julie in the time that I've known her and I look forward to holidays spent together and many more memories made as we get to know eachother better. I love ya Jules.

Hillcrest's annual Christmas banquet

Wayne and I all dolled up!

Emily, me, Diane and Stacy at the banquet... aka the Fab Four...aka girls dorm resident life staff!

Some of the beeeeautiful norwegian girls!

Proudly introducing...

Kalle Elisse Danielson

Heather and baby are doing great. Very healthy and beautiful!

My dad with Siri, Nate, Jemma and Kalle

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Goddy and Matt, Em, Wayne and me... we would go for coffee seriously everyday. I think we could've almost lived in the Starbucks because we were there everyday. Ahh!

Matt, Michelle(Niki's sister), Goddy, Wayne, me, Niki and Em outside of the Pancake Pantry. It's this famous pancake house in Nashville where lots of people go for some sweet pancakes. We had to wait in line and the line went all the way outside. Crazy.

This is Emily and her best friend Niki. Niki has a sister that lives in Nashville and when she heard that Em was going to be there, she got on a plane and came to visit both of them. She has a sweet New York accent. It was so fun to meet her and to see her and Em together. Made me miss my Erin.

Goddy, Matt, Wayne, me and Emily in front of the Gaylord Entertainment Center. This is where we had all our general sessions with great speakers and some sweet praise and worship with The David Crowder band and Chris Tomlin

Florida days

Wayne and I on the beach...it was so beautiful everday we were there!

Goddy (Chris Godshalk), me and Wayne

Here's Em and I on the balcony of the condo in Boca Raton, FL

The time in Florida was so wonderful! I probably could've stayed there for a few more days soaking up the sun. We were in Florida over Thanksgiving and we ended up taking Emily to the airport in Miami so she could fly to North Carolina to watch Messiah College girls and boys soccer teams play in the final four and WIN! It's the first time in history that both teams have won the championship. Messiah is where she went to college and played soccer! After we dropped her off at the airport, we drove back to Boca Raton and had McDonalds for our sweet Thanksgiving dinner. Yipee.

Just some random Revolve Tour photos

We stayed at Mirae's house in St.Paul and her fam was so hospitable to us. They even built us a cozy fire outside!

This is Em and I at Revolve Tour

This is Ashley Chrisman and me at the Revolve Tour being models in a department store window!