sweet faces

my sweet family in SC.

our most recent family photo.

it was so fun to laugh and be crazy with all of them at the same time.

oh, wait the pic wasn't complete without our baby in the pic.

i had to talk with him too-in form of a whistle:)

[he gets so confused with where all that whistling is coming from.]

can't wait for after Christmas when i get to see them in person!

no picture post.

i felt great this morning.

so i bustled around like any normal sunday morning.

we had a picnic at church and it was alot of fun.

some of the kids came and enjoyed it with us!:)

we ate, visited with others, and enjoyed yummy food.

one family from church asked the kids over to their house and they were so excited!

so they went, and that gave ryan and i a sweet afternoon alone...

or so we thought.

i came home.

sat down.

and then realized as i rested how much pressure was in my head.

it hurt.

there was so much pressure in there that i couldn't handle it anymore.

i was a mess of tears and throbbing.

i think i overdid my movements and activities during church and picnic today.

i wanted my mom more than anything to hug me.

i wanted my dad to stroke my hair and tell me it was ok and i'd feel better soon.

so, ryan and i took a trip to the hospital.

to the ER is where we were recommended to go.

i got checked out.

still not sure what's happening in my twenty something year old noggin.

the sweet lil doctor lady said something about muscle spasms?

and that the slamming of the car might have triggered migraines or stress and tensions headaches?

on the bright side they took a CT scan of my brain.

i tried to make my brain smile big for the picture.

i felt like i was entering a ginormous dyson fan!!

or a space thing!

and they wheeled me around in a wheelchair-that's always fun.

so, that's where i'm at right now.

laying down again resting.

hmm...wonder when this'll end.

until then-happy week to you all:)

stupid head

life was not meant for sitting around and watching movies all day.

unfortunately, that's alot of what i've been doing lately.

sunday i slammed my head between the car and door.

pretty hard i might add. both sides of my head.

so hard, that it's wednsday and i'm not feeling any better than when i first slammed my head.

my head is swollen on the inside. (that's what the doc said after he squeezed it and asked if it hurt).

a couple weeks for the swelling to go down.

gr.

now, how did i do such a thing?

i couldn't tell you. cuz i'm not even sure how i got my head stuck between the car and car door.

all i know is that i felt stupid.

and i'm wasting time laying on the couch.

i hate feeling lazy.

i tried going to work yesterday.

but the parts of it that i love (being with the kids, getting hugs, talking to people, teaching) were painful.

it made my head throb more.

especially when i had to bend over to talk to a lil person or do my duties in the lunchroom or recess.

and walking around the whole day made me want to puke.

so now, i'm back in my same spot.

icing my head with a bag of frozen berries.

i'm getting bored.

but hey, as long as i'm sitting still, i feel ok. but that doesn't give me many options of things to do.

oh, but look! i love that our new couch is cozy and has a lovely chase.

it's perfect for laying on and curling up on with a blanket.

our lil home is getting a little cuter:)

[see my lil corner? i'm getting to know it really well this week!]

it's definitely feeling cozier-it's not just a big empty room anymore!

with this spare time, i've been putting together a wishlist of things to cutify my home.

a circle rug.

picture frames.

a wall chalkboard:-D

a couple more lamps.

all in good time. one thing at a time.

anyways, i guess i'll go back to my icing and resting.

hope you're having a great wednesday!

a letter from my dog.

this just about made my day.

i recieved it yesterday.

a letter from my brother/dog.

(typed out by ilene, but peyton's own words)

(writing on behalf of peyton elizabeth manning gamboa):

dear ate kristine,

i miss you so much.

ilene and ashley are always teasing me -

then they are busy with their nails and justin bieber.

so i can't wait for you to come home and play with me.

i'll be here on the couch waiting for you.

love, peyton e. manning-gamboa

yeah, i know, heartbreaking. you'd feel the same way if YOUR dog said these things.

colorful vintage

the antique show at the clay county fair was something else.

the toy section tickled me pink and my eyes got bigger each passing color.

i was tiptoeing around this section because each lil tiny piece of colorful glassware costs like a hand and a foot.

but i had to take a look.

take a look with me:) and let your eyes grow bigger with each bit of color that paints the rainbow.

remember raggedy ann and andy? the sweet friends ready to hold your scarfs or hats!

and of course, you've seen this before, but the kissing couple: me and ryan:)

what do you think of the old dolls? I think if i'd been around during this time of dolls, i might have gotten scared of them.

:) their cute...but kinda creepy. their eyes just stare right at you.

and then of course the section that i adored and wished i could take home with me just to look at.

prettiful.

happy monday, ya'll:)

toy version:)

i love my husband.

so very very much.

found this toy at an antique show and loved the simple sweetness of it:).

it's me and ryan:)

perfect rainy saturday

school has started and there's a fall chill in the air.

it was rainy and pretty dreary if you were walking around outside with nothing to do.

but not for me:)

i got to spend it with two crazy gals.

they just started highschool and it was their "welcome to highschool" day.

(i'm a lil late, i know.)

but we grabbed lunched at pizza hut and i took them to get their first manicures ever...

and of course i only enjoy only the best: at Serenity, the Aveda Salon here in Storm Lake. (can you believe our lil town has an Aveda salon??)

well, anyways, so much fun:)

great gals. good convo. fun nails.

K and Fey don't like pics of their faces:) even though both are photogenic.

anyways, it was a fab day. happy welcome to highschool!