Wednesday, February 23, 2011

A good ol' fashioned game of Butt Darts

A couple of weeks ago, Boe and I spent some time with our favorite red heads. We spent a day playing numerous card games, rolling dice, playing a few kid's games, participating in a spelling bee, dancing, and, most importantly, competing in a tense game of butt darts.


Alamar's always seemed to hook right.


Alfred walked like a duck with his butt pinched, of course, and his feet turned out.


Boe's lining up for the drop . . .


Cubby John's approach was the best, however. He literally had to pull his cheeks apart.
I don't even want to think about how far he must have shoved that little quarter up there.


He made it in nearly every time, though.


And afterward, he would check to be sure it was really gone.


The man child changed his approach every time.
Note the mismatched socks. And he thought he was fooling everyone because of the color.


Serena used the bend-and-snap approach. It worked fairly well. I employed the same approach.



Fun was had by all. Tehee!
Have I told you lately that I truly and completely love Wright's Silver Cream? I haven't? Well, it has my heart! This is my Santa Barbara Spade before . . .





. . . and after.



I know. Amazing, eh? I love the stuff. The bit's not too shabby, either.

Tune in next week for my complete adoration of Brasso Brand Brass Polish. Best ever.

Be my Valentine!

Boe gave me these awesome roses for Valentine's day; they're absolutely gorgeous! And to preserve them, I'm drying them out . . . in a somewhat creative manner.
Thought it was funny!
Love from SoDak,
The Future Mrs. Simmons

See you all in 94 days!























Tuesday, February 15, 2011

We booked the Church!

Hi everyone!
Here's a little pixelated teaser and some history on Boe and my church, which we booked yesterday. I'm pumped that we got it because it is bea-u-ti-ful!

Centennial Center – Huron, South Dakota – Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this building is more commonly known as the Old Stone Church. The structure was built in 1887 of huge granite boulders from a farm northeast of Huron.

Gothic stone structure (1887) houses state centennial memorabilia, Native American artifacts, railroad items, and memoirs of Hubert and Muriel Humphrey.

On September 3, 1936, Humphrey married Muriel Fay Buck in Huron, South Dakota.

Hubert Horatio Humphrey II (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was the 38th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon Johnson. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He was also elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1968 Humphrey was the nominee of the United States Democratic Party in the United States presidential election, but lost to Republican Richard M. Nixon.

This son of Hubert Humphrey Sr. was born in Wallace, South Dakota (Codington County). He attended the public schools of Doland, South Dakota, where his family had moved. After public school, he graduated from Capitol College of Pharmacy, Denver in 1933. He then became a pharmacist with the Humphrey Drug Co. in Huron, South Dakota, from 1933 to 1937.

Can't wait to see you all there!

Love from Wolsey,

The Future Mrs. Simmons

Monday, February 7, 2011

You roped my heart!

Wedding plans, and vases, are coming along nicely!


Dining Room!

Hi all!
Boe and I have been slaving away at our house, but not too terrible hard. :) And it's nice to see that it is coming along nicely! Here is our dining room, which used to be a soft, but slightly pukey green. It's now turquoise, which is quite brave, but turned out wonderfully. At least I think so. It looks great with our bright FiestaWare.
See you all very, very soon!
Love from SoDak,
The Future Mrs. Simmons


Here's the old dining room!



And the new!





We bought a beautiful table and six chair set, and the seats used to be the putrid green shown below. They are now a very pretty light brown tooled suede. A snow day well-spent.




The finished product.


Rock on.

Reuben + Eva

These are the joyous dogs I get to see everyday at work. They certain make life much more entertaining!


Gosh, I love da Packers.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Live now - txt l8r


Everyone must check out this website! Please, pledge to not text and drive! I did!

I heard the Brown family's story on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. It's an incredible and sad story that we should all learn from. Pledge to not text and drive, like them on Facebook, tell your friends. That text or call can wait until you get to your destination. Life is valuable. Texts aren't.

http://www.rememberalexbrownfoundation.org/index.php