More Geocaching!

I went geocaching by myself for the first time yesterday. I usually have Stratton along for the ride so I have someone to be excited with when I find one. 

I haven't been geocaching in such a long time I had to go. I didn't have class today so I don't have as much time to make up for this week. SO, what better thing to do than geocache!

11/3/2010 A Drive In The Park  GC1E30N

This one was right inside the entrance to North Cape County Park on an electrical box

11/3/2010 Cape Splash LPC GC29DX4

This one had a spider living on the lid. Yuck! Another LPC find.

11/3/2010 A Drive In The Park GC1E30N

This one was in Cherokee Park on one of the pavilions.

11/3/2010 Capaha View From the Cache GC26PK0

This was obviously in Capaha Park. It was next to the pool in a big bush.

I picked up a travel bug while I was there. 

Vader's Lost Stormtrooper was hiding out in this cache so I took him.

11/3/2010 Wally 6 :) GC1XPRW

After I picked up Stratton from my mom we went and found this one in the parking lot of Jackson Wal-Mart last night.

Day16 of 30 Day Blog Challenge

My Dream House

I love my house. Don't get me wrong. It's perfect for us. For now. I can see it getting too small for us when we have another baby or when Stratton gets bigger. I would also like to get a dog some day and this house is just too small to have a dog and a kid in at the same time.  So for just the heck of it here is what I would want in a dream home.

 

My dream home has a huge front porch so I can sit out at night and rock while I listen to the radio 

with Derek next to me when we get old. It also has a huge front yard with a LONG driveway to get to it.

I want a two story house with a finished basement.

I want my family room very open with lots of windows and a fireplace.

I want not only a nice kitchen but a nice dining room as well. 

I would love to have enough space for my entire family to be able to come and have holidays at our house.

I love kitchen with big islands. I feel like the kitchen is the most inviting part of a home next to the family room.

For Derek I would like for him to have a man cave in the basement. 

He would love if he could have a bar in the basement.

I would like our basement to be a game area so that Stratton and Derek can hang out 

down there while I can have my upstairs for doing my own girly stuff. I would also like a 

fireplace in the basement so that it wouldn't be so cold in the winter.

My master bathroom has to be big. I would love to have a huge bathtub and a walk in shower so 

Derek can take a shower and what not while I take a bath. I love taking baths. I would also like a big

vanity so I can do my make up and hair while Derek brushes his teeth. I would also like for my

closet to be connected to the bathroom.

The only think I ask of my bedroom is that there is a fireplace AND a California King sized bed.

Since we only have one kiddo right now I can only think of one room for Stratton. 

I want his room to be very open and I would like for him to be able to have friends over to spend the night.

I would also like to have another room for the next baby as well as two guest rooms so family/friends can stay there too.

 

The last thing on my list is a horse barn and a pasture to ride and keep them in.I want lots of land to be able to ride horses and 4 wheelers on with a pasture for cows. I would also like a chicken coop for fresh eggs.

I don't think that's too much to ask for. Okay God...anytime now.

Happy Halloween

Friday at Rapco we got to dress up for Halloween.

I dressed up as Jessica from True Blood on HBO.

Obviously nobody knew how I was.

This was the first year that we got to really do Halloween with Stratton. 

We didn't really do a whole lot for Halloween. We started off at my sister Casey's house on Saturday night.

Casey and her friends dressed as Zombie Wizard of Oz! It was SO good. They even won $100 as a group.

There was the scarecrow, wicked witch of the west, Wizard, Dorothy, Glenda the good witch, tin man, and one lolly pop guild kid. They looked awesome!

Here is what Casey and Marcus looked like.

Casey and I put Marcus's top piece together using silver vinyl, safety pins, and chrome duct tape. 

We both agreed that it turned out awesome!

Sunday I had to work at the Kostomb Shoppe early on in the day. My mom and Stratton came to visit me at work. These were really the only good pictures I got of him. He hated getting his picture taken while he was in his Yoda costume. Poor little guy.

 I know the quality is terrible but it's all I got.

Stratton drinking Grandma Kathie's COFFEE!

Thanks mom.

We went and visited Aunt Casey and Uncle Marcus after he woke up from his nap. After that we went and saw Great Grandma B and then went to Great Grandma & Grandpa Janssen's house for more trick or treating. We wound up going to a few houses in the neighborhood. Stratton had never done this before so it was really cute to see him go to the door. When they would open the door we would tell him to say trick or treat and all he would say it "TREAT!" then he would take the candy and say "Thank you."

After Great Grandma & Grandpa Janssen's house we went to Great Grandma & Grandpa Williams house. We played with some toys there and she gave Derek and I a goodie bag full of beef jerky and swedish fish. She know's us TOO well. Then we were off to Aunt Stephie and Uncle G's house we stayed for a little bit and got to see baby Payne before he went to bed. Last we went to Great Grandma Maxines house. She gave us a card and candy. Stratton was sticky and fussy from all the candy so we went home and took a bath.

While Stratton took a bath we video chatted with Grandma Brenda up in Chicago. She sent us some really great pictures of herself while she was at work. 

 After Stratton's bath we had a small photo shoot.
Here are the results.