11/29/2007
Have your sELVES a Merry Little Christmas
The funny thing is I wanted us to wear elf hats for our Christmas card photo and use that line. Trevor nixed the hats the minute I pulled his out. But that's okay - we've still been elfed. Click on this for holiday greetings from the Fitches. Office Max is ingenious.
11/25/2007
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
The Fitch abode is turning into a winter wonderland! With exactly one month til Christmas, the casa is now adorned with Christmas lights, decor and a tree. The Fraser Fir isn't decorated yet, but check back for photos once it's all glammed up!
11/24/2007
Gobble Gobble
Our Thanksgiving was terrific! The holiday actually started off Wednesday night when we went to Trevor's parents' for family game night. We (kind of) dominated Trivia Pursuit - 90s edition. Thursday we had two turkey dinners - one at noon with the Fitches and one at 5 pm with Hicks & Co.
This was Macy's first Thanksgiving and she loved it! (Note: she also experienced her first snow Wednesday and she isn't too fond of the white stuff.) Macy, while sporting a button-up/sweater combo, even got her own turkey day dinner courtesy of Three Dog Bakery. She loved playing with my little cousins (technically second cousins). Three-year-old Bella LOVED Macy. And Bella knew it, because at one point in the evening Bella said to me, "Macy wuvs me." It was quite hilarious. Bella has a Mastiff at home and if you know what a Mastiff is, you know they are large dogs. Macy was the perfect size for Bella. You can tell Bella has seen her parents and siblings take their dog, Miley, by the collar so that's just what Bella did - drug Macy across the tile floor by her collar. Apparently at one point Bella said to my cousin Morgan, "her [Macy's] stomach is making a weird noise," though in fact Morgan was pretty sure Macy was choking. Then at one point Bella was carrying Macy under one of her arms and when her mom told her to put the dog down, Bella did. Literally. She just opened up her arm and PLOP went Macy to the ground. Like Trevor said, "good thing Bella's not 6'3''." Toward the end of the night I told Bella we should let Macy sleep, so she did. Macy, Bella and I were in the chair, watching the video we made for GG's birthday. But when Macy woke up Bella used her body weight to push Macy back down. After being forced down a few times, Macy finally crawled into her bed. The funny thing is she looked dead, and we all joked she was playing dead so no one would mess with her anymore. I neglected to add she was hit with a dart throughout the course of the evening.
Macy slept until 11 a.m. Friday. It was awesome.
Macy was great with Bella and the rest of the kids. I'd love to have them play with her again - I enjoy being able to sleep-in once in a while.
This was Macy's first Thanksgiving and she loved it! (Note: she also experienced her first snow Wednesday and she isn't too fond of the white stuff.) Macy, while sporting a button-up/sweater combo, even got her own turkey day dinner courtesy of Three Dog Bakery. She loved playing with my little cousins (technically second cousins). Three-year-old Bella LOVED Macy. And Bella knew it, because at one point in the evening Bella said to me, "Macy wuvs me." It was quite hilarious. Bella has a Mastiff at home and if you know what a Mastiff is, you know they are large dogs. Macy was the perfect size for Bella. You can tell Bella has seen her parents and siblings take their dog, Miley, by the collar so that's just what Bella did - drug Macy across the tile floor by her collar. Apparently at one point Bella said to my cousin Morgan, "her [Macy's] stomach is making a weird noise," though in fact Morgan was pretty sure Macy was choking. Then at one point Bella was carrying Macy under one of her arms and when her mom told her to put the dog down, Bella did. Literally. She just opened up her arm and PLOP went Macy to the ground. Like Trevor said, "good thing Bella's not 6'3''." Toward the end of the night I told Bella we should let Macy sleep, so she did. Macy, Bella and I were in the chair, watching the video we made for GG's birthday. But when Macy woke up Bella used her body weight to push Macy back down. After being forced down a few times, Macy finally crawled into her bed. The funny thing is she looked dead, and we all joked she was playing dead so no one would mess with her anymore. I neglected to add she was hit with a dart throughout the course of the evening.
Macy slept until 11 a.m. Friday. It was awesome.
Macy was great with Bella and the rest of the kids. I'd love to have them play with her again - I enjoy being able to sleep-in once in a while.
11/16/2007
11/01/2007
T. Fitch's Witches
Macy's first Halloween was a true success. Her costume was a little small (she does weigh 5 pounds, 2 ounces now you know) but it was better than the hula costume we tried on her at the last minute. That was way too big and besides - I picked up a witch hat for me, not a grass skirt. What would I have been?
Looking possessed; appropriate for Oct. 31
Here's my scary face
On our broomstick
Trick or treat grandpa
Thank goodness we're home - Halloween's tiring
Looking possessed; appropriate for Oct. 31
Here's my scary face
On our broomstick
Trick or treat grandpa
Thank goodness we're home - Halloween's tiring
10/31/2007
Happy Halloween
Betcha expected a post about ghosts and goblins, but instead you're getting a quick recap about Wine 'Til Nine - the wine and microboo tasting event last week. WTN raised more than $52,000 for the Nebraska Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation and more than 275 boys and ghouls attended. It was a spooktacular success!
Here are some photos from the after party at Witch's Pub...
Be sure to check out OmahaFrightLife.com's photos, too!
10/30/2007
10/25/2007
Today's a big day
Not only is today the eighth annual Wine 'Til Nine, it's also my grandma's EIGHTIETH annual birthday! That's right, today she turns the big 8-0. Today marks her 29,200th day. Likely her 29,200th beer and cigarette too.
To celebrate, most of the family is heading to Kansas City. The real party will be Saturday night at Ameristar - per GG's request. I really hope she's not reading this blog today or the surprise will be ruined, but we're going to the casino by limo and just having a hoot of a day. We got a hotel room (Ameristar's been difficult and apparently they have no conference type rooms for us to rent) where we'll have snacks, cupcakes and board games for the po' folks like me who can't gamble for 12 hours straight. Oh yeah - coolers of beer up there too. And koozies to decorate. (That was my idea of course. My dad is going to hate me.)
I'm really excited about the video we made her. My cousin Karli and I have spent a LOT of time on it - though my mom, aunt Bev, Olivia, aunt Deanna and GG's sister Bernice have helped a lot too. The title of the movie? "Lorraine Adele - this is your life (or so we think)." It's a chronicle the major milestones of her past 80 years - or at least what we'd classify as major milestones of her past 80 years. This was an interesting project for many reasons:
1. Karli and I realized we didn't know as much as we thought we did about GG. I knew she was born in North Dakota, but wasn't exactly sure where. We didn't know her middle name. We couldn't spell her maiden name (Friederich) for the life of us. That's bad.
2. I got to scan all of the photos. It's time consuming. But fortunately I am a scanning whiz now and even learned a shortcut so I didn't have to scan each photo individually. I'd probably still be scanning if that was the case.
3. While my family is very close, we don't see a lot of each other. Most of my cousins have kids. We're spread across the country. We have different interests. However, events like this give us an opportunity to get together more frequently and I like that.
4. Don't think you'll cram 80 years into a 15 minute video. This video's going to be about an hour. Not kidding.
The best part of making the video though - by far - is the photos I got to go through and that I now have access to because they're on my computer. We found some great photos I probably would never of seen, let alone have, if it weren't for this project. They are very special to me. Some of my favorites:
A lot of the family with my great grandma in the middle left. I never met her; she passed away shortly after this photo (I think). My mom is pregnant with me in this photo.
My pregnant mom (with me!) and her grandma. Essentially four generations of women here (without my grandma in the photo of course).
My grandma, grandpa and me (technically my step-grandpa because my grandma was divorced and remarried) but he was always grandpa to me. He passed away when I was in high school.
My great-grandfather. He passed away before I was born. I don't think I had ever seen a photo of him before.
My grandpa Ralph (my mom's dad) in the navy. Such a cool photo. He passed away when I was in 6th grade. After a few beers when I am out with my folks I always cry because I think he and Trevor would have gotten along so well.
My grandma and grandpa Ralph's engagement photo.
Grandma and grandpa Ralph's wedding photo.
Grandma and grandpa's marriage certificate.
My mom's baby photo.
I can't wait to see the video! And I can't wait to share this story with the rest of my family:
We were getting a beer stein engraved for my grandma for Saturday night. My mom called me on her way to the engraving place and here's how the conversation went:
Mom: "I'm on my way to get the mug engraved. What should I put on it?"
Wendy: "How about happy birthday GG on one side and on the other side either 80 years young or her birthdate."
Mom: "I don't know what year she was born in."
Wendy: Silence
Mom: Laughter
Wendy: "Wow. That'll get brought up this weekend."
Have a great weekend!
To celebrate, most of the family is heading to Kansas City. The real party will be Saturday night at Ameristar - per GG's request. I really hope she's not reading this blog today or the surprise will be ruined, but we're going to the casino by limo and just having a hoot of a day. We got a hotel room (Ameristar's been difficult and apparently they have no conference type rooms for us to rent) where we'll have snacks, cupcakes and board games for the po' folks like me who can't gamble for 12 hours straight. Oh yeah - coolers of beer up there too. And koozies to decorate. (That was my idea of course. My dad is going to hate me.)
I'm really excited about the video we made her. My cousin Karli and I have spent a LOT of time on it - though my mom, aunt Bev, Olivia, aunt Deanna and GG's sister Bernice have helped a lot too. The title of the movie? "Lorraine Adele - this is your life (or so we think)." It's a chronicle the major milestones of her past 80 years - or at least what we'd classify as major milestones of her past 80 years. This was an interesting project for many reasons:
1. Karli and I realized we didn't know as much as we thought we did about GG. I knew she was born in North Dakota, but wasn't exactly sure where. We didn't know her middle name. We couldn't spell her maiden name (Friederich) for the life of us. That's bad.
2. I got to scan all of the photos. It's time consuming. But fortunately I am a scanning whiz now and even learned a shortcut so I didn't have to scan each photo individually. I'd probably still be scanning if that was the case.
3. While my family is very close, we don't see a lot of each other. Most of my cousins have kids. We're spread across the country. We have different interests. However, events like this give us an opportunity to get together more frequently and I like that.
4. Don't think you'll cram 80 years into a 15 minute video. This video's going to be about an hour. Not kidding.
The best part of making the video though - by far - is the photos I got to go through and that I now have access to because they're on my computer. We found some great photos I probably would never of seen, let alone have, if it weren't for this project. They are very special to me. Some of my favorites:
A lot of the family with my great grandma in the middle left. I never met her; she passed away shortly after this photo (I think). My mom is pregnant with me in this photo.
My pregnant mom (with me!) and her grandma. Essentially four generations of women here (without my grandma in the photo of course).
My grandma, grandpa and me (technically my step-grandpa because my grandma was divorced and remarried) but he was always grandpa to me. He passed away when I was in high school.
My great-grandfather. He passed away before I was born. I don't think I had ever seen a photo of him before.
My grandpa Ralph (my mom's dad) in the navy. Such a cool photo. He passed away when I was in 6th grade. After a few beers when I am out with my folks I always cry because I think he and Trevor would have gotten along so well.
My grandma and grandpa Ralph's engagement photo.
Grandma and grandpa Ralph's wedding photo.
Grandma and grandpa's marriage certificate.
My mom's baby photo.
I can't wait to see the video! And I can't wait to share this story with the rest of my family:
We were getting a beer stein engraved for my grandma for Saturday night. My mom called me on her way to the engraving place and here's how the conversation went:
Mom: "I'm on my way to get the mug engraved. What should I put on it?"
Wendy: "How about happy birthday GG on one side and on the other side either 80 years young or her birthdate."
Mom: "I don't know what year she was born in."
Wendy: Silence
Mom: Laughter
Wendy: "Wow. That'll get brought up this weekend."
Have a great weekend!
10/23/2007
Wine 'Til Nine
All year I've been helping with PR efforts for the eighth annual Wine 'Til Nine event - a fundraiser for the Nebraska Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation.The event is Thursday, October 25 from 6-9 pm at Champions Club. For your $50 ticket, you get appetizers, wine tasting, microbrew tasting, music by the Chris Saub Trio and the chance to take home great prizes via a silent auction and raffle. It will be a great time and let's face it - you'd easily spend $50 on food and drink at a bar, so why not drink for a good cause!
To purchase tickets, please call 330-6130.
If you're unable to participate, but would still like to donate to the event, you can do so by calling the above phone number or online at http://www.firstgiving.org/winetilnine.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Hope to see you October 25!
PS: Please tell anyone you think might be interested. We're trying to raise $40,000 so we would love to see as many people as possible!
10/22/2007
The Biggest 2nd Place Winners
We went to a Halloween party at Josh and Shannon's last weekend and it was a hoot. Here are some photos of a few of the costumes. Larry Bird came in first place, The Biggest Losers came in second and Something about Mary (Sam and Annie) came in third. Sadly I didn't get a photo of them.
Enjoy and Happy Halloween!
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