Avery Jane Oglevee

I got tired of looking at that old football player every time I logged on here so I thought it was time I put a picture of a cute girl on.

7 Lbs 12 oz
20 inches long
10 fingers
10 toes

I met This guy today!

So I was standing in my shop today with our Rec coordinator, going over a few final details for this weekends wedding event. And I don't use the word "event" loosely! By far our largest wedding to date. They have told us that they are expecting 600 people and have spent $50,000! Perhaps that may not seem like a lot to pay for a wedding to some but...it IS!

What was I saying again? Oh yeah, I was standing in my shop and this old grey haired fella came walking up to talk to us. Very nice, polite guy. I shook his hand as he told me his name and that's when I saw "it"! THE ring that any true blooded vikings fan cringes at the sight of. The one with the big fat IV on it! And there he was, flaunting it in my face, knowing very well that I was from Minnesota! What a jerk! I could go into a hobbit reference here and talk about feeling the urge to throw "the ring" off the rim of the Edgerton volcano into a bubbling pool of lava...But I'm not THAT big of a geek so I wont.

Ok I'm just kidding, he was a nice old man. I guess he was just driving by and saw the park and had to stop and see what we were all about. He sure wasn't modest about his accomplishments...but I guess if I had one of them things I'd be going to the 7-11 just to show it to people.

So, like I said we have a Ginormous wedding this weekend. So far they have been one of the easiest going groups we've had. I just hope it stays that way.

Just in case there is anyone reading this just to see if we had the baby yet, I'll tell you in a minute......... ok I'm kidding, no baby yet. She's still kickin like crazy. I think she's running out of room in there so maybe it'll motivate her to come on time. I'll be sure to keep you all posted!

As for the "mento's challenge" that has been a source of endless seconds of entertainment for a few of the Ollig boys... Hold tight, my entry into the competition is coming soon. Prepare to be outdone!

For all of you who have been asking.

I know there are a lot of you that don't live in Kansas that have been asking to see pictures of Erin's belly. In a normal situation that might seem a little weird. Considering the circumstances though I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.


This first on is out near the bean field. If you look close I think you can see Lucy poopin in the background. And I know you all want to see that.




Here is another out by the beans.




Now here are a few in the nursery. All that's left to do is a little decorating....Finally!



Next to the crib.




And one for good measure.



Well there you go. Erin has been really disapointed that her belly button hasn't popped out yet. No really, I'm not kidding. When it does I've told her we can have a coming out party. I'll try to take some pictures if that ever happens. I'm sure it'll be something to see.

I'm older people now.

So I guess I better post something on here before I forget how.

Just in case you were wonderin, YES it is hot here.

You may have noticed that I am not using any abbreviations anymore. Well, for those of you who use mozilla you may have the same problem. Every time I try to use an apostrophe it clicks to this stupid search thing and takes my cursor away from the page. How annoying. I am surprised it did not click away when I typed out apostrophe. Stupid digital age.

Maybe my battery is just running out in my wireless keyboard. I guess I shouldn't rush to judgment......Did you just see that? I snuck one in. I win!

So in other news: In case any of you that fall into the lower to middle class haven't been convinced that it is a really bad idea for you to vote republican yet here's a nice little bit of tid for you. Congress just voted down a proposal to increase minimum wage. That's almost 10 years! Have any of you gone 10 years without a raise??? Well, if you're a member of congress you've barely gone 1 year. Yes, they gave themselves a raise after voting down the minimum wage increase! $28,000 worth.

Pluckers! (you guys really didn't think I was going to swear did you?)

Pardon my non english to all the younger folk here reading this but I can't help it.

If you youngsters get anything out of this, just remember one thing. Get a job in congress, it pays better than taco bell.

Now that I'm 31 I can refer to anyone under 25 as a youngster. It's in the rule book, look it up.

I guess my punctuation started working again.

Cross Country Journey to Kalamazoo

So we took a little trip the other weekend to a cousins wedding and here's a few things we saw along the way. It turned out to be quite an adventure when it was all said and done. (At least for a person who lives in rural Kansas it could be considered an adventure).

First of all, we got to drive the new car. Which I might mention I still have not named. I am leaning towards Erics suggestion(Stella), but I can't for the life of me remember where that movie quote is from. And now some silly pixar cartoon is spoofing it just to taunt me. Can anyone help me out here? The point is, it's always an adventure getting to break in a new car on a road trip rather than just the daily drive to work.

So it turns out that if it weren't for Chicago, Illinois would(and probably still does anyways) win the award for the most worthless state in the union. Seriously they probably give out cartons of cigarettes to newborn babies at the hospitals there. But the fact that everyone in that state seems to smoke everypalce you go is besides the point. If it wasn't for the occasional tree and walmart distribution hub on the side of the road there would be nothing to look at.

Then there is Chicago. I think the people that work for the transportation department must have a little bet going or something..."Let's see which one of us can screw up traffic the most with construction". Let me help them decide on a winner. I say it's the one that decided to take all the other peoples construction projects and route them ALL together into ONE friggin lane. I lost count at 12...someone decided it was a good idea to merge 12 plus lanes of traffic into one over a 2 mile stretch. AND THEN, send that one lane through a friggin toll booth! Charging every last car 65 friggin cents to sit in traffic for another hour! Genius.

One thing I did learn, I like metal girder bridges(and there are lots of them).



I also learned that they make miniature lighthouses... Who knew?



We did finally make it to Kalamazoo. The first thing we learned is that their chamber of commerce pays its emloyees too much if all they can come up with is to put "zoo" at the end of everything in the city as a promotional tool. Air-zoo, Nature-zoo, Laundromat-zoo...ok the chamber prolly didnt have much to do with that last one.

We did have a reason for going to Kalamazoo afterall...A wedding-zoo.



Congrats to the Zellers's.

Of coarse there are lots of other things to do in Kalamazoo as well. Like visiting this one of a kind "red roof with plants on it".



Erin has a thing for green roofs. Speaking of things Erin has a thing for...Chocolate fountains. Quickly becoming a staple of the wedding circuit it's quite a tasty treat. And they fool you into thinking it's healthy by letting you dip fruit into it. Ok so perhaps it's one of them weird cravings people keep talking about pregnant people getting, but Erin enjoyed the chocolate fountain. (I did too, but I was holding the camera).



Ok, what else did I learn on this trip...Well, kids would rather eat candy than throw it at people. I give her credit, it didn't take her long to realize the absurdity of trying to throw candy at people when they surely would get more in their mouths if they just put it there themselves.




Last but not least, we almost got killed by a tornado. We thought we'd outsmart the weather on the way home by stopping early for the night and just relaxing in the hotel, going out for a nice meal, and watching a fun movie. Ok, so none of those things worked out too swell... First of all, the town we stopped in was apparently hit by a small tornado not an hour after we stopped. (the ONE town in Illinois that we choose to stop at to be "safe" is the one that gets the storm. Illinois hates us.) Secondly, small towns in the middle of nowhere don't usually have many places to eat, so that part of the plan didn't work to well either. But at least we did get to relax in the hotel for the night...So the plan sort of worked.

Here's the beginning of the tornado that almost got us.



But when it was all said and done, it was a fun trip.
Now I must go do things.