so much going on......

wow it's been awhile (like a week) since i updated this....but it has been super CRAZY here, so i'll try and fill y'all in =D

let's see....last week started pretty good....Monday and tuesday went by...and then we hit the fun part!

wednesday and thursday i had registration at winona =) it was awesome- jordan and i got to stay in our room that we'll be living in next year and we LOVED it!! the room is right around the corner from the bathrooms and it overlooks the sand volleyball court =) i got my laptop- its the macbook pro, which i am currently writing to you on =D not that i'm excited about it or anything. i love it- its really awesome. i just have to figure some things out and quit thinking like a pc!!

when we got back from registration, i went outside and clipped reno for the show the next day....til like 10:15 pm. then we got in and i decided not to show her on friday, but that i would show her on sunday. (friday show- butler co. breeding show. sunday- butler co. open show) then i got up at 6:30ish to go to photograph the butler co. 4-h show- very cool. the kids were great and i had a blast. i also helped julie buss in the ring as ring help since the farm credit guys just stood in a corner (although i think julie might have had something to do with that). all in all we had a good time. then after the show was done and my pics were on a laptop in the office, i ran over to where m'lynn and alecia had the trailer parked to fit snoopy (m'lynn was showing him in the show i didn't). now, snoopy is 2 months old, still a bull, and an absolute sweetie. he also takes about 3 minutes to fit right now, cause he's so liddle. anyway, we got him ready to go, then took him down to the show ring. we ended up waiting awhile, but it was ok. when we got home, we unloaded the trailer, unhooked the suburban, gave snoopy a bath, then alecia and i headed over to robyn's to help brody and dad bale hay, since that's what they were doing earlier. i helped bale 2 and a half loads of small squares (out of 4) , then we unloaded 2 of them. now, one of them only had 23 bales on it, but still. dustin came down and helped unload and ended up crashing at our house cause that boy is exhausted (present tense cause he still is- silly boy). then on saturday, we got up, did chores, i went to work, then came home and did chores again. yesterday, we got up, did chores, loaded everything up, headed over the the fair and showed ellwood (alecia's hereford steer) and reno. then we packed up, headed home, and washed them. after that, we went in for about an hour, then did chores again and hung out at home for the rest of the night.

WHEW!!! and it's not gonna get much better, either. but at least we are slowing down a little bit.

that's all for now!!

Summer Beef Expo

this past weekend, my fam and i, along with bahlmanns, went down to des moines for the summer beef expo.

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dustin and i did most of the fitting on the calves- which is something i am SO EXCITED about!!! =) we have been working for a very, very long time to get to the point that we can do this. in the past, we've had to have mom, dad, robyn, grandpa, anybody that can hold a clippers and a can of "goop" to help us or do it for us when we were littler. now, we can do it ALL BY OURSELVES!! =D i'm so proud of us =)

bahlmanns took their camper down so we wouldn't have to stay in a hotel. it was really fun- except for the thunder storm last night. but even that wasn't bad.

one of the coolest things was that today i got to talk to the gal taking the photos. she did the pics at winter expo, too, and she was soooo nice! it gave me the idea that maybe this is something i wanna do, if the NG thing doesn't work........or maybe i don't wanna do the NG thing......i dunno. i've got plenty of time to figure it out. anyway, the photographer- diane hamilton- told me about this girl out in ohio that might be willing to let me do an internship with her (SWEEEEEEET!!!- summer internship, of course. ya know, with that little thing called college in the way the rest of the time....heeheee) AND she told me about the place that she got her nikon d90 (coughBETHPAULSENcough) in DSM- they have AWESOME customer service and they let you try as many cameras as you want!!!! i'm definitely gonna check it out! =)

hope you all have a great week!

erica

ps- pics to come!! promise!

wisdom teeth =/

sooooooooooo i'm getting my wisdom teeth removed tomorrow...at about this time, actually...and i'm wondering if any of you have had this oh so joyous experience and have any advice to share?

thoughts

well the grad party is over (FINALLY). not that i wasn't looking forward to it, just happy to have one less thing to stress over! now i just gotta get on those thank-yous. ;) thanks to all who came to the party- it was a blast! =D

i think i'm having a herx reaction (feel worse) which i think is a good thing. i think, if i remember right, it means that the antibiotics are working. i just know for sure that it doesn't matter if i get 8 hours of sleep or 2- i'm exhausted all the time. so we'll see.

i gradeeated =D

well 2 days ago, i crossed the stage- and m'lynn went right behind me- in the W-SR gym and received my high school diploma!!! =D it's so exciting, being done. kind of bittersweet, though too because of all the people i'm leaving behind. the thing that keeps me going is knowing that jordan and i will be roomies next year and knowing i'll see dustin (and josh) almost every weekend. =) i'm gonna miss working with janette, beth b, beth p, ryan, stacey...all the librarians. the good news is i don't leave for, like, 13 weeks =)