Sunday, September 21, 2008

We have an announcement.....

So may of you might be wondering what our announcement is...and so I don't keep you in suspense any longer, the awesome CHICAGO CUBS won the National League Central Division Title yesterday. They clinched a spot in the playoffs, and it was quite the celebration at our house. They won the Cardinals 5-4 to win their spot. Now, the Milwaukee Brewers were the closest team to the Cubs to take the spot; however, the Brewers were so many games back that they had no chance to catch the amazing Cubs! I thought I would mention just a few favorite things of mine about the Cubs. Ted Lilly (the picture on the left) has become my most favorite pitcher on the Cubs team. And yes, in case you were wondering, he did pitch yesterday for the winning game! There are may great players on the Cubs team, and Jedd wonders how ANYONE in their right mind can pick just one favorite player, but I had no problem.....Reed Johnson (picture on the right). Reed has not had a lot of playing time lately, and even though Lou (team manager) let's him play sometimes and Reed usually pulls out AWESOME, he will almost always sit out the next game. Could it be that he wears the bottom of his pants pulled up to his knees like an old fashioned player that makes him my favorite?? MAYBE, but that is the just the beginning. He plays center field, when he gets the chance to be in, and makes amazing plays. Dive catches, catces fly balls, and not only that, he has a pretty good batting average. It is quite funny how much more interested I am to watch the Cubs game when either Lilly is pitching or Johnson is in. However, some think that Jimmy Edmunds plays a better center fielder, I would have to totally DISAGREE. Johnson has won his spot on my number one list of favorite players in the MLB. The Cubs only have a few games left before they start the playoffs and so here at our house, it is all Cubs, all the time. Jedd only hopes that the games are played more on the common channels like ESPN or channel 13 rather than WGN, which is where most the games are shown on TV. So here at the Cherry house, this is our slogan....... "Go...Cubs Go"!!

Friday, September 19, 2008

So I FINALLY did it!

Ok so a lot of people have been bugging me about hanging my pictures up on my walls. Yes, I totally agree that it is quite ridiculous that I haven't hung stuff up since I have lived here for 2 months almost. Well on Tuesday my sweet sister came and helped me hang some things up. It is so nice to have another girl's opinion. Jedd is actually really good to help, but usually says "whatever you think looks good". Well that doesn't help a whole lot so Michelle and I put things up while Jedd went and played softball. The next couple pictures are of our living room and kitchen. It feels more "home-y" with things on the walls don't you think?
This sign I got from Jedd's mom as a wedding shower gift. I absolutely loved it and was so excited to hang it up. It sits right above our sliding glass door and it is perfect! These next pictures are of our bedroom. I absolutely love my bedroom and now with my black frames (that I have had for 2 years) and also my red frame hanging up on the walls, it looks great! Now all I need is to get my wedding pictures to put in the empty frames! I'm excited to see how things look with pictures.
These next pictures are of Jedd's cubs office. We have quite a few pictures we got during our engagements that were at the baseball field in Idaho. They fit so perfect in his room.
Yes, this is a "W" flag, the official flag the cubs put up when they win at Wrigley Field so everyone knows they won. Jedd wanted to hang it up in our bedroom, but I luckily talked him out of that and recommend we put it up in his Cubs office instead. Whew! I think it looks better in there anyway......
So yes, I finally hung things up on my walls and Jedd and I LOVE IT! It makes our apartment feel like "ours" and not so much a hospital with white walls.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Happy Birthday Jedd!!

Today, September 13th was Jedd's birthday. Last night we went down to my mom's for a barbecue and we were surprised with a mini birthday party for Jedd. We walked in and this was the sign to greet us. My nephew Ashton colored it for Jedd, with a lot of black because as he remembers, Jedd told me his favorite color was black. Ashton had to make my mom find a black crayon just so he could color it. It was so cute. Of course Jedd is tough guying it! It makes me laugh how funny he is!

After dinner, my mom had made cakes for Jedd and all the grand kids to blow out the candles. Of course Jedd had a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and he let the little ones help him blow the candles out. After dinner, my mom had made cakes for Jedd and all the grand kids to blow out the candles. Of course Jedd had a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and he let the little ones help him blow the candles out.

Look how cute they all are! The kids all LOVE any one's birthday because they all get to blow out candles like it is their own birthday. My mom even made 2 small cakes for the kids to eat.The cake was "de-licious" as the boys would say. They had fun eating it and were more than willing to pose for a picture for Aunt Awa.Ashton and Branson made birthday cards for Jedd all by themselves. Ashton's is a picture of Jedd and I. If you can't read what it says it is "Kylie throwing a ball to Jedd, Jedd getting ready to hit the ball." The best part about it was that he was so adimate about putting a "C" on Jedd's shirt for the Cubs because in Ashton's mind, Jedd is always wearing a "C" on his hat.Last but NOT least, these are pictures of our apartment that I decorated for Jedd on Saturday morning. I went shopping during my prep period on Friday to go get a few things and had to keep it all a secret. Well, Jedd is really good at figuring things out and he reads me like a book so I can barely keep ANYTHING from him. Well this morning I thought I would be sneaky and wake up at 4 AM, yes, 4 in the morning and decorate our apartment. It literally took me an hour because at 4 in the morning, I am still asleep. I thought I was so good thinking I pulled one on him and when we woke up this morning, he said he knew I was up to something. But it still was fun to surprise him. (OF COURSE the house was decorated with the famous Cubs colors! Would you have guessed anything else??)

For the rest of the day, I took Jedd to Maddox for lunch, we then went to a real putting golf course so he could try out his new putter I bought him for his birthday. It was so much fun. Of course Jedd won me 58 to 64 but for my first time, it wasn't bad. I had a BLAST with him. And we finished out the day going to Neilsen's for an awesome concrete where Jedd of course got cookie dough ice cream. It was such a fun day! Happy birthday Sweetie! I LOVE YOU!!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Honeymoon to Bedford Wyoming

Pictures of our Honeymoon...sorry there are a ton! First off Jedd surprised me and took me to the Alaskan Inn the first night we were married. I have never been there and so I absolutely loved our little cabin. It seems that "cabins" were our theme for our honeymoon. This was taken right before we left for Wyoming.
The Cabin....

(thanks to the Redd's who allowed us to stay in their "Lodge" for a couple days!)This is the view you get right as you walk in the door. This place was absolutely amazing. This is the other side of the big room. And yes, the cabin had cable and yes, we were watching the Cubs games while we were there. The cabin had a TON of rooms all with queen sized beds and every room had it's own bathroom. I'm not kidding this cabin was huge, and it was beautiful.Here is a picture of us on the property with the cabin behind us.
Look how good looking my husband is?
4-Wheeler Riding.....in the mountains
After we left for our first ride, Jedd decided that he had better check how much gas we had. Come to find out we didn't have ANY and he could see the bottom of the tank so we had to go back to fill up! Quite the adventure.
This was our first attempt to take a picture on our ride. Yes the camera is sitting on the 4-wheeler with a 12 second timer and I had to run across this stream with a LOT of rocks. As you can see the first attempt didn't work too well.
So Jedd decided that he could do better. He barely made it across but if you notice, our pants are completely soaked. I got way more wet than Jedd did. Come to find out Jedd can run across streams much better than I can. WHO KNEW??!!
This second attempt to take a picture was better, but it still was far away.
This is the same stream but there is a bridge in the background. I am "pretending" to drive the 4-wheeler. I didn't drive it up on the trails, just out on the road. I didn't dare with it not being ours. Who knows what would happen if I had to dodge rocks and bumps and everything else.
This tree behind us was awesome. It is hard to see, but the trunk is totally bent at the bottom but it still grew straight up. Also notice the super hot glasses I forgot to take off for the picture. How embarrassing! Up on the trail, there is this huge hill that we went up on. If you notice we are quite high to see the top of these mountains, but it was gorgeous up there. I couldn't resist taking a few scene pictures. And then I had to take a few of us up there. It was quite an ordeal to set up the camera again on the timer. It seemed to work though...perfectly. This is Jedd's tough guy. And of course my sad pathetic attempt to look tough, but I end up looking just angry. I think I need to work on my tough guy look....
It felt so good up there, the temperature was PERFECT. It was so nice and relaxing how could you not just lay back and soak it all in? And last but not least are pictures we took with this beautiful backdrop. Yet again, Jedd pulling the tough guy...... (what a hottie!!) And me.....just laughing like I always do!

It was the perfect honeymoon and a perfect trip for us. I couldn't have wanted or asked for anything better! My husband is the BEST!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

New Apartment

Okay so I know that it has been quite a while since I have updated my blog and SO MANY things have happened, but I am trying to still keep things in order, even though I want to get to the exciting things. However, here are pictures of our new apartment. We moved into a 2-bedroom in the middle of July before the wedding because Jedd works from home. He has to have a place where he can do things. I absolutely love our new place and I like it even better now that Jedd is living there with me! :) This is the view you get right as you walk in the door. To the left is the tv and sliding doors which is the next picture. To the right is the kitchen and dining area (the third and fourth picture). I do have to apologize because in these pictures I haven't decorated or anything, so just pretend that there are pictures on the walls and the floors are not cluttered!
This is our fun bathroom. Jedd's mom gave me for a shower gift all my fun curtains and rugs and toothbrush holders and all that great stuff. I absolutely love it, and it helped that Jedd picked it out with me. He likes it as well....it is pretty boyish. Jedd spoils me quite a lot and before we were even engaged, he bought me this comforter that I absolutely fell in love with. Everyone knew that after he bought me this in a king size and I was at the time sleeping on a twin bed, we were going to get married. I absolutely love it and couldn't ask for anything better! I have ALWAYS wanted a black, white and red room and he let me just go to town with it. He is so good to me. And lastly, this is our 2nd bedroom where Jedd works. We actually just bought this desk, our first purchase as a married couple, on Saturday. Jedd yet again spoiled me and let me get an "L" desk, something I have always wanted in my office. It only took us 2 nights to put it together and we absolutely love it! After I took this picture, I hung up all of Jedd's cubs memorabilia so it is his "Cubs Office". It is a room just for him, and it doesn't hurt that I love it as well!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Tomorrow!

Okay sorry no pictures, but I have to announce to everyone that I AM GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW! I know the majoity of you know this already, but I actually can't believe that it is finally here. Today is full of fun things and stresses and feelings of running around with my head cut of, but I guess it just adds to the fun. I'll post pictures when I get home and when I'm not so busy! Signed, the new Kylie Cherry!! :)