Ty Turns 2

It is hard to believe Ty is two, it is hard to believe we've been in Dyersville for two years.

The cake was made by one of neighbors and it was amazing! Everything was edible, but the characters...thanks so much Shelly! By the end of the day, Toy Story exploded in our house, but he loves each and every one of the gifts!

THE CAKE



GIFT TIME





SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY


TIME TO EAT





SO TIRED AFTER THIS LONG DAY

THANKS EVERYONE!!!!!!

First Day Of Pre-K

I'm horrible...I know I am. It's been busy around here, I guess.

Drew did so well his first day of school and he loves it. He goes Monday-Thursday from 8:00-3:00.

First Day Of...

First day of Pre-K for this baby.

He will have class Monday-Thursday from 8-3.

The Never Ending

The never ending stomach flu has been going around the Pingel house for about a week now. The only person it hasn't affected is Jeremy, and today he is in Boone all day for meetings, so keep your fingers crossed that he doesn't get it. Germs...please go away NOW so I can have my happy and healthy babies back.

ENP Class Of 2000

Most of us have know each other since Kindergarten, some of us stated later at ENP, none the less 10 years ago we parted our separate ways. Most of us were ready to move on, leave home, and start a new life outside the small town of Eldora, but there are days I would love to go back and do it all over again. No responsibilities, no cares, no worries. I wonder how many of us thought our lives would end up they way they have?
Some of us only had to drive across town and some of us had to drive across country. Some of us didn't come because they have no desire to ever attend a reunion and some of us the weekend didn't work. This is certain, I had fun talking with each and everyone of you, thank you for make the short or long journey. I look forward to seeing you all in 5 years.

Two of the greatest friends anyone could ask for

The boys

The girls

THE CLASS OF 2000

Our Flood

This morning I woke up at 5:30 to go for my walk and looked down the road to the South and could tell it was flooded, by 7:00 it was almost to our house, and by 9:30 it was a close to 3 feet from our house. Our garage was under water, most of the yard was under water, thankfully we are on a bit of a hill otherwise it would have been a lot worse for us.
Jeremy ended up walking to work ,at 11:30, and shortly after he left we go about 2 1/2 feet of water in the basement. Thankfully I had so great neighbors whose house was dry that came to help.
The water outside has gone down for the most part, our yard and garage are no longer under water. We currently have two pumps going in the basement and the water is still just above our ankles.
As I'm downloading pictures Jeremy says the water is out of the basement. I hope the weathermen our wrong and the rain they are calling for tonight misses us so we don't have more of a mess in the morning. Keep you fingers crossed.
At 5:30 This Morning Looking To The South

Our Driveway At 7:00

Standing In The Front Yard At 7:00

You Can See It Creeping Its Way Up Our Sidewalk
At The Front Of The House At 7:00

A Boat Bringing Our Fireman Neighbor Home After Sand Bagging

The rest of these are from 9:30, it did get much closer to the one side of the house, I just don't have any pictures. The water started going down sometime after 12:30.
Our Backyard And Garage Area

You Can See The West Side Of Our House

Standing In The Front Yard

Looking Down The Street To The East

More Standing In The Front Yard...This Is About A Half A Block Away

Messy Mo

Ty's New Cut

Before

After

I Must Say...

I love getting a slobber bath while playing "good guy" "bad guy" with my two babies!

Is Finally...

going to cut off these beautiful curls :(



I love them, but it's time for my baby to become a little man.

Wow

Has it really been over a month since I last posted?

I can say that all is well in the Pingel home. The boys and I made it back to Eldora Mothers Day weekend, we went to Izzy and Ally's soccer games, their recital, and I made it up to bar to see some great friends! Drew had is last day of preschool on the 26th and that evening he had a concert, he did a great job!

At the end of the month Mom, the boys, and I are headed to Tekamah for a family reunion. I'm not sure how this is going to go. This well be my first trip there since Grandma's funeral. Since I was 14 she was my only grandparent, and as strange as it may sound, she was a connection to Dad. I'm not sure how this is going to go for me...I know I should probably warn all to watch out for the water works.

On another note, I am hoping to meet up with an old friend in Nebraska, gee, I can't even tell you the last time we saw each other, but she has a sweet baby Lilly that I can't wait to meet.

Love/Hate

I have a love/hate relationship with the kitchen in this house we are renting. I love that it is so old and I hate that it is so old.

The cupboards and drawers are metal...which has been a perfect place to display all of the art work Drew has made for us.

The fridge is one of those old fridges that has the freezer inside, so about once a month I have to beat the s#!t out of with a hammer it to defrost it.

The stove, I think is older than all of my blog readers...it has to be from the 1950s, it is humgo and no matter how many times I've cleaned it top to bottom, after almost two years here, I still feel like it isn't clean enough.

The floor, well it is that old aluminum flooring, you know with all the specks in it. Which, I must say, is great because it hides the dirt and sand well, but that is the same reason I hate it.
Earlier today a box of Nerds was spilt on the floor, no big deal right? I don't know how many times I swept, and because of the specks, I would miss some and five minutes later step on one. For something so small they sure hurt the bottom of your feet. I finally got down on my hands and knees till I made sure everyone of them was off the floor.

Now for the sink, it is porcelain, which I love because it is easy to clean and I just love the whiteness of it. However, my sink and my dishes have battled and the sink usually wins.
If a dish is dropped too hard it will break or chip. I've lost two drinking glasses and 5 desert plates. Do you think God is trying to tell me something by killing my desert plates?

May

I hate begging for people to have Pampered Chef shows, so this will be the only time I do it...that is unless you are family or close friends.

May is "Whip Into Cancer" month. Part of the proceeds from your show will be donated to the American Cancer Society to help find a cure for breast cancer. I'm sure we have all know someone that has won the fight or lost the fight to breast cancer and we all know that we NEED a cure.

Please help in finding a cure by hosting a cook show or having a book show. If you are interested please email me at mpingel.pamperedchef@yahoo.com

Megan

Surprise Visitor

Last Friday, I had a surprise knock on my door, one of those great surprises that makes you shake and cry and smile from ear to ear.

The year that I was in The Netherlands, I made an amazing friend, one of those friends you can spill your beans too, one of those friends you can go a month or two with out talking to and it doesn't seem to have been that long.

The second week I arrived in Holland I was sent to Stadskanaal for a two week language school, where I would learn the basics...the ABCs, how to say thank you, your welcome, and so on. Since I was sponsored by the Rotary, every exchange student that was sponsored by the Rotary, that came that time of year was sent to Stadskanaal. Since there were so many of us they put two of us per house, and I was blessed to have Amanda as my room mate. Through out that year would we get together every other month for a Rotary weekend and we did our final tour though Europe together. But, we saw each other more than that, she was my friend that I leaned on when I learned my parents were divorcing and when I was with a family that I absolutely hated.

Now we are friends till the end. The last time I had seen her was five and a half years ago when she stood up with me tas a bridesmaid at my wedding. It was great to see her. The visit was short, but I'll take what I can get!

Kalahari

That Wednesday, following Easter, we went to the Kalahari Resort at the Dells. I must say if you get a chance to go, you should go. We parked the van about 1:30 on Wednesday and it stayed in that same spot until we left Friday around 2:00, everything we needed was at the resort.

It was great, it had an indoor and outdoor water park, a theme park, two arcades, a big play center, 5 or 6 restaurants, and so much more. We really enjoyed ourselves and it was a wonderful break.

I didn't want to take my camera down to the water park so there aren't too many of those.

Just Around The Resort










At the arcade


At the indoor water park