Vacation!!

We took our family vacation (Honeymoon) this past weekend. It was so much fun. I loved seeing my boys have the time of their lives. I have to say that the first indoor waterpark we visited on Friday was the most fun that Davis had. He was feeling a little under the weather with a cold and then not getting as much sleep as normal. He is going through a weird phase right now in which he likes to test his limits on pretty much anything and everything. He is very vocal when he does not want something or even when he does want something. I'm hoping this phase passes soon!!
Our camera battery charger is somehow missing right before we leave for the Dells so I had to take pics on Cayden's 10 year old camera. So pictures will be posted someday...soon ;)
Overall the trip went really well and we had lots of movie time!! Thank God for the invention of portable DVD players!!

Going to the Chapel and we GOT MARRIED!!

So....Update....weird its only been like what?...3 months?

Yeah...I suck.

But on to why I'm here. The wedding went off without a hitch. It was beautiful and everything I dreamed it would be. So now I am Abby Jo Underberg. I am still getting used to that...its hard changing your name and trying to remember to sign it differently.

Here is one pic of our wedding day.

And here is one from our amazing honemoon in Cozumel

And one of the three most important little guys to me on the face of this planet.

We are getting ready to go on our "Family Honeymoon" as I have coined it :) hehe

Going to the Dells on Friday and staying three nights at the Blackhawk Motel. It has the highest reviews on Tripadvisor. So I am hoping it will be a good fit for us. The boys are super excited to go to Noah's Ark water park. They have been waiting over a year to come here after they saw the brochure in a hotel lobby when my Dad and Ellen got married.

We are hoping the car ride up there goes well and no major freak outs by anyone.

Wedding

Wedding wedding wedding plans....seems like that is all that is on my mind these day. I feel like I have so much to do. I need to get organized and write everything down. But anyone who knows me also knows that is not my style at all to be organized in that way. :) I like to fly by the seat of my pants and do things not on any sort of schedule. But every once in a while I get myself in a panic worrying about what I have not done yet. Ahhh oh well. I will get it all done.
So today we got our passports. I am soooo excited for our honeymoon. Cozumel baby!!!
It is going to be so great to have some of our closest friends and family with us during this trip. I always said that is how I wanted it to be, I don't want to make these awesome memories with strangers I don't even know. The first couple of days it will be just Tom and I doing our own thing but after that we will just play it by ear and if we want to be with everyone else we will and if we don't, well then, we won't.
Boys are all doing great. Davis is 18 months and just had his checkup. Right on track for everything. Carson got 1st place at Grade school state which is a huge deal. Also he will be going to Tennessee in April wrestling for Team Iowa in a National tournament. Pretty big deal!!
Cayden is doing great as always. He and I have been going through a program called Strengthening families. I have been teaching this class for the last 8 years. It is for 6th graders and their families. I never thought the day would come when I would be doing this with him!!
It has been great to have the one on one time.
I have been working out alot lately so thats pretty much for me.
Tom won league championship last night for Darts so he is so excited about that!!
So thats it for now. Just a quicky update.
Smiles and love,
Abby

It starts today

Sexy by Spring...starts today. We did phone interviews yesterday and they will be aired all morning on the radion station. Then we all go to meet with the trainer for our initial consultation. I am pretty nervous. I don't think we are working out today...but not for sure on that.
I really hope that I can loose 20 pounds in the next two months.
But I really really hope that I am not setting myself up for failure.
I am still in my "ideal" weight range for my height. But at the top of the range. And I want to be at the bottom. I am going to try my hardest!!
On another note...I was walking into Butler school last night to get Carson. I was holding Davis and thinking....one day before I know it...I am going to be walking him in here for his first day of school. I just hugged him told him I loved him and tried not to cry. I love him being a baby....I love having a little guy around and as much fun as it is to see him grow...I cannot help but want to keep him little forever. Same goes for Cayden and Carson. I can't believe that time slipped away from me like that. I want to cherish every moment that I have with these little guys.

Procrastinate...yes that is my first name.

I have no idea why I am so terrible about updating this. I think I will make it my personal goal to try and blog at least once a day. Haha!! Let see if that happens.

I have had a lot go on since last I wrote. But I will just update on whats going on currently.
I was picked by a local radio station to be a part of a "Sexy by Spring" program.

I start tomorrow. And I am sooo nervous!! Tomorrow is the initial consultation. Today I did my phone interview that will be aired tomorrow morning. I am not even sure what all it will consist of but it is a gym membership for three months (which I already have) but also a personal trainer to assess/measure and set goals for us.

I may or may not be able to walk after my first session. We shall see!!

Thanksgiving was good, celebrated with Tom's family last Sunday, my dad on Thanksgiving day and with my mom this Sunday. Busy!! Andrea and Jarret stayed with us a couple days, we really did not do much but just hang out and watch a couple movies.

Davis is getting so big, I can't even believe it. I will attach a couple pics here.

Carson went to nationals for wrestling down in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He wrestled really good but lost three and won one. The boys were really tough. It was a great learning experience for him.

Cayden is doing great as well. We are looking for something to get invovled in right now as he is not in any sports. But I did just get him signed up for a test in February for gifted students it is administered through the ACT testing facility and will help determine his exact level of giftedness and help his teachers in determing how to best work with him and challenge him. It will also qualify him for special summer programing offered through the University of Iowa.
That boy just amazes me!!

That's all for now!!

Swingset

I think I finally picked one out....Geez!! I have only been to Menards like 4 times to ask questions and look at the stuff along with about 3 hours of staring at the brochures combined with about 5 hours of research online. My goodness!!
So want to know which one I decided on??
This one...
http://www.playstarinc.com/ps/champion-sfv.asp
I wanted one that would be good for all three boys. So I needed some things for the bigger boys but also wanted it to be safe and had things for Davis as well. I am going this afternoon to order it.
Good thing I don't have to put the thing together!! Thats a boy job!!

Wedding inspiration board and a great song

This past weekend was great. Tom and I took the boys to the races on Friday night at the mineral city speedway. A friend of mine from volleyball runs the track so we decided to head on out and see what it was like. The boys loved it...including Davis. I thought it may be too loud for him but he did great. We left about an hour early because D was getting tired. But Cayden and Carson had a blast. They sat by themselves closer to the track and during breaks between races they went out on the hill and played football with about 50 other boys. So needless to say...we will be doing this again sometime soon. Saturday night we had a fire out in the back yard and the boys played football. Until our neighbor came over and told us that he heard on the scanner that some guys were sneaking around the neighborhood looking for houses to break into. So that freaked us out and we went inside and locked the doors and windows all up.

Oh I have been working on some wedding planning and made an inspiration board over at http://www.stylemepretty.com/ if you want to check it out here it is.

I also am really digging this song right now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0O9uNvoMec

Tonight we are going to skip volleyball and instead go watch Andrea's volleyball team she coaches play against the Dodgers. Tom and Jarret are playing golf as I type this so I am excited to get off work and meet up with the rest of the family tonight!