Our little Pill

Savannah is quite the handful. Today, we ran to Matt's office for a minute to meet with someone. Matt was making a few copies and was showing me something when a door behind us suddenly slammed shut. I turned to see that Savannah had walked into someone's office and slammed the door behind her (she is really into shutting doors lately). Of course, just as we feared, the door was locked. We were a little panicked because Matt didn't have keys to the room and we were there alone. There wasn't even a window or anything to see her. Matt started calling people to try to find a key and I was trying to talk to Savannah to calm her down. She kept crying at the door saying "mommy, mommy". It was really sad. We shoved m&m's under the door and that seemed to keep her happy. Finally, Matt kicked at the handle long enough that it opened. She was just standing there with a mouth full of m&m's. You would think she would have learned her lesson, but she continues to slam doors whenever she gets a chance....such a stinker!

Get to know us a little!

I have seen this on a few blogs and think it is cute! Since Angie officially tagged me to do it, and I obviously need something to post, I thought I would fill it out:

What is his name? Matthew Levi
How long have you been married? 2 years and 8 months!
How long did you date? About 8 months. A long time around here.
How old is he? 25 in a few days.
Who eats more? Matt for sure, but Im no sissy eater myself.
Who said I love you first? Matt...he needed a little encouragement though. He was kinda chicken.
Who is taller? Matt
Who sings better? Well, we both sing all of the time, but probally shouldn't.
Who is smarter? Depends. Both of us are smart little cookies!
Whose temper is worse? Hard to say, I don't think either of us have bad tempers. It's probally me.
Who does the laundry? Me
Who does the dishes? Me
Who pays the bills? Me
Who mows the lawn? This is the first time we will have a lawn to mow, but Matt will do it. I might sometimes because I think it is fun. Sadly, I have only used a lawn mower a couple of times in my life.
Who cooks dinner? I do, but not as often as I should.
Who drives when you are together? Usually Matt. Sometimes I sneak into the drivers seat though.
Who is more stubborn? I would say he is and he would say I was. That's because we are both pretty stubborn.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I'm not sure either of us ever have admitted to being wrong. (see above question)
Whose parents do you see the most? My parents live closer to us.
Who proposed? Matt, of course.
Who has more friends? All of our friends are the same people, so I would say we are even. Matt actually has more friends than me and I just assume they are my friends too. I am the more talkative one, so sometimes I make new friends.
Who has more siblings? Matt has four sisters and four brothers. I have one sister and five brothers...He wins.
Who wears the pants in the family? Matt (or so he likes to think, but we all know the wife does)

I guess I tag whoever...Maybe Katie, or Mike and Tiffany

Welcome Kaden Lavell Kolste!!

We have a new cousin this week! We are so excited about it! Matt's twin brother and his wife had a baby boy on the 18th. He is so sweet! We are excited he made it before Christmas! We don't have any of our own pictures, so check him out by going to Mike and Tiffany's link!!

More Christmas!!!

We are finally getting a little settled in our house. We have a tree up...nothing spectacular, but we are excited to have it feel like Christmas! I also added a few more picures of Matt's homemade Christmas decorations:





I love these cute little houses!


The red bird in the spray-painted gold nest finds its way toward the back of the tree every year, but we still like it!


This sweet Santa Claus can easily be made with a toilet paper roll and some felt material if anyone wants one.

A Christmas Story!

I have the cutest husband ever and when he was little he wrote the cutest Christmas story every. Luckily, his mom saved all of the Christmas stuff he made and gave it to us when we got married.
Enjoy:


Santa and the Dog by Matthew Kolste


This book is dedicated to Mom and Dad. They take me to school each day.


Once upon a time, there was an old house in the woods.


One Christmas Santa came and the dog scared him away.


So in the morning when the kids woke up there were no presents.


Then they cried.


Santa came back the next year.


The dog did not scare him away.


The End.


My name is Matthew Kolste. I am a second grader at Highwood. I live at home with my parents. I have three brothers and four sisters. (He actually has four brothers)
My favorite subject in school is reading. Three of my favorite hobbies include playing guns, playing cowboys, and riding horses. Someday I hope to become a cowboy.

Sooooo Cute!!!

Cruise!!

Finally I have a minute to put some pictures up. Matt's work took us on a cruise to Mexico! It was a lot of fun. We LOVED Mexico! I wasn't too crazy about the boat itself after a while, because I was pretty sick. But all together, we had a great time. It was fun having a lot of people we knew with us! We missed Savannah a lot though. Most of the pictures I took were with a little disposable camera, so here are a couple I took with our other one:


The jungle in Pureto Vallarta was beautiful!! We drove up through them, then took zip-lines that crossed back and forth over the valley. It was a lot of fun!





Puerto Vallarta--- I was trying to fit in with the natives.


In Cabo San Lucas, we paid this guy to take us around. I thought the name of his boat was pretty funny. He had huge speakers in it and would blast music as we drove around.


Mazatlan


Mazatlan--- We took Catamarans out to an island to do some snorkeling.


Every evening when we came back to our room, it was clean and had a towel folded into a different animal!


Cabo San Lucas--These rocks are in "Pirates of the Caribean"

We closed on our house the day after we got home, so it has been a busy week. We are officially in the house now...just have a lot of unpacking to do.

Big News!!

Well, you guessed right! We are not very good secret keepers. I have been sick too, so that doesn't help us keep it secret either. We are really excited though. We are thinking it will be another July baby!!!
Cruise pictures to come...