Happy New Year

The new year did not start out how we hoped Steve, my brother in law, grandma passed away this morning. Scott and I are keeping the Turner family in our prayers. Well the New Year officially starts in 5 hours. We did our celebrating last night with a dinner at Johnny's Italian Steakhouse with The Bonds and the Duricks and it was so much fun!! Scott is working tonight and I am still battling bronchitis or something like it. Last year was great for Scott and I. We are looking forward for the of arrival Baby Scherle Ratcliff. Which means a trip to Phoenix in April and Vegas in February. Scott and I will also be celebrating our 2 year wedding anniversary this year. We will also hopefully have our brand new house by the end of the year. Scott and I have had no offers on the house but we are hoping some offers come this Spring. We wish all of you great things this New Year and welcome to 2008. Can you believe it!!!

Just Relax

Well I am updating this blog by using my new laptop. Yes my laptop. Jordan,Steve and my Parents go me this for Christmas. I am now offically addicted to online scrabble. Any way those who know me know that I hate being home by myself and not on the go. Well today was different. I got up this morning as Scotty left for work, went to Target and worked out. I came home and havent left my house since. I am enjoying every minute it. It is nice to just relax. Not how I would normally want to spend my Saturday night but this is great. Tomorrow Scott is going to try and shoot a deer and then we head to dinner with The Bonds and Duricks. We are celebrating New Years Eve considering we all have to work over the Holidays. Happy New Year!!!

Christmas in Red Oak!!

Today we celebrated Christmas in Red Oak. We head to my parents tomorrow. Scotty is working Christmas Day so we celebrated a little early. We had a great day. Lunch was nice and everything we received we loved. We loved the look of happiness on Larry, Sally and the Grandma's faces when they opened their gifts. The best part is giving and not receiving. Jeter and Torre also received a few gifts. Jeter loves his new tennis balls. He will not stop playing with them. Jeremy and Rachel were unable to make it back. Rachel cannot travel since she is due in less than a month. We missed them today and again it was not the same with them. We also had Scott's Offutt Fire Department on Saturday night. It was a great time. It was nice to get out and celebrate Christmas with co workers and friends. Happy Holidays to all!!!

Weekly Update

Well with the Holidays approaching Scott and I just wanted to wish everyone a safe and Happy Holiday. We know the new year will bring exciting new things to everyone. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Baby Scherle Ratcliff, thanks to Jeremy and Rachel. Not alot has been going on in our world. Basically we both have been working and going to school. I can sign on at home to do some work at night so the work days are not as hectic as they have been. I get a week off school which I was not expecting so that was great news to me. Scott is still studying away this week. Scott is hunting today and hoping it is his lucky day. I am working 4 hours this morning and then we head to the Offutt Christmas Party. We celebrate Christmas in Red Oak Tomorrow and Christmas Eve with my parents on Monday. I work Monday so we will head there after I get off. Christmas day will be spent at the Fire Station. Scotty is working. I hope to take some pictures this weekend. Hopefully I will have some pictures to post of a successful hunting day for Scott. Be safe and take care!!!

Clockwork

Every morning like clockwork Jeter will awake at 445am.I guess he is in a routine and knows that it is time for me to wake up. Jeter eats and goes potty. I start getting ready for the work day. This is our Routine everyday. Well every morning I get a little jealous of Jeter. He tucks himself back in bed after we get up.He sleeps until Scott gets home at 8am. That lucky dog:) I snapped some pictures this morning. He is sleepy!!!!

If not your not first your last!!!

This is the line we quoted when Scott and I won second place at the ugly sweater Party. We lost to Kris and Patty Birusingh. Scott and I were pretty disappointed and are going by the motto" If you are not first your last" :).Tonight we attended a party at Colette and Andy Martins. The Martins had a wonderful idea of Adopting a Family for this holiday season. A group of us got together and supported a family. The Oders, Ratcliffs and Turners bought gifts for J'Shaun a 3rd Grader.The Family also consisted of Mom, a 2nd grader and 4 month old. This was great for us and hopefully J'Shaun and his family will have a wonderful Christmas because of it. The Martins also hosted an Ugly Sweater Party. It was great. It is amazing to see what is out there. We had a wonderful time and loved purchasing items for our adopt a family. I think this is something that will become a tradition. I also think the sweaters will get uglier as time goes by.Enjoy the pics!!! and thank you Colette and Andy!!!

Farewell!!!!

On Thursday we said Goodbye to Zach and Amanda VanGorden. We had a going away party for them at Varsity in Bellevue. Friends from the Fire Staion and Amanda's school joined us. They are heading back to Wisconsin. Amanda graduated from Nursing school and Zach has served his time in the United States Air Force. We have become great friends with the VanGorden's and we are going to miss them so much. We have already started planning our trip to Wisconsin. Our Sunday nights will not be the same without them.

What a Day!!

Yesterday after work I sat in front of the Television watching the events unfold at the Westroads mall. This is a horrilbe event and It is kind of a shock that it happened in Omaha. Friends and Family from far away have called to check on us to make sure we are okay. We are and Thanks goodness for that. I just wanted to send my prayers out to all the families that are involved and also for the police and medical personal that responded. God Bless you all!!!

Oh Deer!!

No I am not quoting Luca!! :) I figured Larry would get a kick out this picture considering he is the Master Deer hunter of Mills County!! and I have been telling him about these deer. This is what Scott and I wake up to on daily basis. I like to call them our pet deer. The other day we had at least a 10 pointer buck in our drive way hanging out. I wasnt fast enough to snap a picture (Sorry Larry)!! Although they can be a annoying considering we have had to replace our trees in back at least 5 times. It is nice to wake up to this every morning. Jeter has even has gotten quite use to them. He gives them a bark to let them know he is here and then heads on his merry little way. 13 is the most I have counted at one time. Enjoy!!!!

Christmas Carol

Mom, Jordan and I all headed to the Christmas Carol last night. I was great. Mom had always wanted to take us when we were little but she could never tickets in time before they were sold out. Jordan was able to get tickets so we treated my mom to this for her Birthday which was on Thanksgiving day!! We went to dinner beforehand with Dad and Steve. Scott had to miss out on the fun because he was working at the fire station:( We had fun and the production was amazing. It is amazing how they pull it off every single night. We are going to make it a family tradition and start going every year. Next year we are going to drag the guys along. I am sure they will appreciate that very much (insert sarcasm here):). I hope everyone had a marvelous weekend. I can officially say today is the last day of my weekend. I start working Monday thru Friday tomorrow. I am so excited to be able to enjoy my Friday and Saturday nights again!!!

Update!!

Well I followed the theme of my fellow bloggers and changed the background of our blog. I thought our blog needed a new look. I went with this one considering it is cold and has officially become winter. We are in the middle of an ice storm right now and I made it to work. Of course without driving. Scotty dropped me off this morning. Tonight is a Girls Night and The Oder women are heading to dinner and the Christmas Carol. I am quite excited. Mom had always talked about going but we never did. Well now is our chance.