Summers come to and end...:(

Me and Cassy Hi-Five with some cool silicone oven mitts!

We gotta teach that girl a poker face!

Deer by the flood waters! Look...TWINS!

I am sad! I am not ready for summer to be over but I am so ready for fall!

We had a very uneventful weekend! YAY!

Friday started well, very relaxing! Mike and I had some normal errands to do and stopped for supper at Zippy's BBQ! Haha it just smelled so wonderful! After we ran our errands our friend Lisa came over for the evening of watching movies!! It was fun and of course we stayed up way to late!

Saturday we got up late and lazed around the house for a few hours when i finally got up the energy to go to the store and I drove Mikes Blazer because it was parked behind me car. Well on the way it started making a very strange sound like a really really loud KA-CHUNK and it would pull really hard to the right! I almost hit a parked car! I was really freaked out but I made it safely to the store, I was almost there when it happened. I got out and examined the car and the tires and everything looked in order so I decided not to bug Mike and would wait until I got home to make him look at it. After I was finished shopping and was heading home it started to happen more frequently. I made it home safe and told Mike about it. So after we had lupper(hehe) we went for a ride to see what was the matter with it. Well it only got worse so we turned around and headed home.

So thank goodness that I have a smart husband who thinks he knows whats wrong with it! Yay...axle joint?? hum maybe that's what it is?? I don't remember...

Any way later that afternoon Cassy asked us to go to walmart with her WHOO HOO I LOVE WALMART!! We needed to get some normal stuff and this meant shopping with Corina Jo! So Cute! After running all over Walmart, Cassy decided she wanted me to highlight her hair...I know...trust me?? NEVER!! Haha actually I'm good at it! So she has really dark brown hair and we were going for blond! She came to our house and we had fun! Playing with Corina and dying mommy's hair! Uncle Mikey really had a good time with Corina until she got scared of him again...I have pictures! After they went home Mike and I layed down on the couch to watch Dukes of Hazard re-runs and fell asleep about 10:30...we didn't wake up until about 6 and all the lights were on and the front door was wide open! I couldn't believe we stayed on the couch that long! So we woke each other up and went to our soft bed! It had never felt so comfy!! And yes we went back to sleep and slept until about 10:30! I GOT 12 HOURS OF SLEEP! YAY!! I got up and made sausage and cereal for breakfast, oh come on we were outta eggs and potatoes so we had to have cereal and we wanted sausage! And we had breakfast in bed! After a while we got up and Cassy and Adam invited us over for Beer Can Chicken! Before we headed over there we had to get Mike's car from his moms so he could get to work in the morning with out me getting up at 5am! Yay! And yay Mike's car just lives on and on!

We had a lot of fun at Adam and Cassy's! We had a great meal of cheese mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet corn, crunchy cabbage salad, and beer can chicken! It was great! After we finally got home it was time to relax! Finally! But it was sad because the finale of Army Wives was on, and I didn't like it one bit! If you watch it then you understand!

Well everyone I better get back to work! Have an awesome week!

Our 1st Iowa State Fair!

We went to the Iowa State Fair for the 1st time ever!

My favorite part of the whole fair was looking at the animals, especially the cows!
Here's me again, trying to kiss this pretty cow right on the nose! Didn't happen but it was sure fun to try!
Stephenie and I have the best root beer in the world! When your hot and it's cold it's the best!!!
Stephenie and I knocking kids down to get out picture taken!
Mike and I looking cute as ever!

Stephenie and I knocking more kids down for a quick picture!
They locked me in a horse stall! HELP!
I couldn't resist this picture!
HOLY CRAP! This guy was huge! It's an Elk!
I almost got eaten by him!



What at weekend!



Friday both Mike and I got off work early so we could head to the fair! We decided to get lunch before we left! We went to, you guessed it! Waffle Stop! Mmmm we just love BBQ Bacon Burgers and hash browns! After lunch we started on our way! It was fun because we had no idea what to expect once we got there! Thanks to my oh so smart husband who doesn't follow the crowd parking in the back of the lot we got a front row spot! But whatwe didn't expect was to have to walk 1/2 mile just to get into the park! Luckily I used my good sense and stuck my thumb out for a golf cart driver (more as a joke) and he picked us up and took us to buy tickets and then drove us into the park! It was awesome! First thing we did was go see a baby cow, just after it was borne! HOW NEAT!! And, HOW GROSS!! haha thats something I never thought I would see at the fair! After that we went and toured all the different animal barns! We saw the worlds largest pig! He was huge! And the Worlds 2nd largest pig! The pig barn was so boring because all they do is sleep! No oinking at all! Well maybe a little grunting! Then we saw the sheep and the Llamas! Finally we got to the cattle barn! HOORAY! It was alot of fun I didn't want to leave, Mike and Stephenie practically had to drag me out and keep me from going back in! I just love the darn cows! After we finished with the animals we wanted to go see the Tigers of India show. By the time we finally found it it was just starting but all the seats and standing room were full and so we tried to squeeze between a few people but I didn't like all the hair pulling and kicking from the old lady behind me! Haha I didn't really get to see much but what I could see was really cool! They did tricks! haha! After all of this excitement we decided to head to the food and see what we could eat on a stick, but I'm sorry but we couldn't bring ourselves to eat $6 corn dogs! So Stephenie and I got some real A&W Rootbeer, ice cold and that held us over on out walk out of the park. We stoped a few more times to look at some things but nothing to exciting. Well we were thinking we may be able to catch a ride to out of the park and to our car like we did on the way in but no such luck then when we were almost to our car someone picked us up and drove the rest of the way...haha were lazy!
After we left the fair we headed straight for Sonic! We don't have one in Waterloo so we always go when we are in Des Moines! It was great food! We were all so starving, it really hit the spot! We were exhausted Friday but still had a great time, the more I talk to people the more I find out we missed out on a lot of really fun things! I plan to do my research! So I hope Mikey wants to go next year!
We spent the rest of out weekend being really lazy! We stayed up really late both nights and slept in really late both days! We had a lot of fun, Brandon and Jen came over along with Lisa on Saturday. It was nice to catch up with them!
Sunday was the norm, lay around watch tv and just be! My favorite!
I'll write again soon!

Wedding Pictures

Scroll down and look to the right to see lots of wedding pictures!

The Loftimpson's or The Simpsuen's!

Meet the NEW Simspons!

Carrie and Molly Simpson in the Kitchen cooking dinner, as always!

Mikey and Kenny Simpson, at Kwik - E- Mart!

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!

I80 Truck stop, THE WORLDS LARGEST TRUCK STOP!
Mikey and I in a Semi Truck!
Vroom Vroom!! Mikey on a Mo Ped...My Husband Is Large...hehe
Me and Stephie at the Fireworks Sunday!

BOOM!

We had a very busy busy weekend!!!!!

Friday was date night! Well sorta...Mikey took me to Applebys...my favorite! Yum yum! I got my favorite wrap! Oriental Chicken! It's making my tummy growl to think about it! After dinner we went to the Mall to get my ring cleaned. I hate going into that store...it makes me covet...I admit I am a coveter! (is that a word?) After words we headed home. Out friend Lisa came over and we had a lot of giggly fun! (don't tell her i said giggle and Lisa in the same sentence!!!!) Then we headed to bed at a decent time considering Mikey had to work the next day. Yuck!

Saturday, another busy busy day! Mikey worked from 6 - 9:30 ish and got home shortly after I woke up. He was supposed to work all day so needless to say i was a happy camper! So Mikey and I went out fro brunch at Waffle Stop! It was also Laura's Birthday! So I took her to the pool! We hung out in the lazy river for hours! It was great! So relaxing and we were careful not to get sun burnt! Didn't work! We both ended up with burns, Laura's way more severe then mine but we were tough! After we went to the pool we headed home to get ready for dinner. Mikey was just finishing up changing his breaks and starting to mow the lawn at his mom's and our house. I decided to help for about 5 mins then got sent away to the store to buy gas and make myself look pretty. Finally we got finished up and clean and headed over to mom and dad's for Laura's birthday dinner! It was awesome! My favorite part was the green onion brats! Yum yum! Oh yeah, can't for get the amazing cake! After dinner we hung around a while and gave Laura some gifts. Mike was really worn out though so we headed home early. That night we really just hung around the house and watched movies. It was a quiet Saturday night.

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

This was out busy busy busy day! We woke up early, about 9 and were excited about having a lazy day. WRONG!! I went and got us some breakfast which we enjoyed in bed watching TV! Then our friend Tony called wondering if we would go the the I80 truck stop with him to get some hats and shirts embroidered. We agreed so we started out road trip about 12:30. It was a nice quiet ride up there it was warm out but not to bad with the air on! Then we came up on Coralville mall, the bestest mall in all of Iowa! (that I've been to!) And I was like ooooooo I wanna stop, just for 1/2 hour. And Mike was like okee but then he missed the exit (or so I thought) and so we made a side trip to the gas station and turned around. When we got to the mall of course it was packed because it was tax free weekend. Right after we walked in Mike started heading the wrong way, so I was yellin at him "You're going the wrong way, wait, stop, what are you doing???" And he was yelling back, "just come here a second, come here!" Next thing I knew I saw a very familiar shirt...and then I screamed...IT WAS STEPHENIE!!!!! She came home a day early from her vacation and just happened to be in the same area as us so her and Mike surprised me! I was so happy!!! It was great!! So we went into Bennigans and had lunch with Stephenie's sister, Rachelle, and their grandmother. It was really nice to catch up after being apart for so long! After lunch we parted ways, they wanted to get home and I wanted to get shoppin!!! So we finally left the mall about 2 hours after we planned to, and headed for the truck stop. We arrived at the WORLDS LARGEST TRUCK STOP and picked out the things we wanted embroidered. It was going to be quite a wait so we had to look around! We climbed in and out of semis and picked out horns for Mikes truck it was a lot of fun. Finally the hats and shirts were finished!! So we headed home. I think we finally walked in the house about 7:30. It was a long day, but it wasn't over yet! We heard on the radio that the casino was having the biggest fireworks show in the Cedar Valley that night. So we headed up there about 8:45. We sat so close that we had to lay down to watch them. We were no more than 30 ft away from the cakes. It was so cool! These were the biggest fireworks i have ever seen. Every color you can think of! And of course the huge ka-booms that look like something blew up! The grand finale was so cool I have never seen a bigger one with more shells ever ever ever! So we finally got to bed at about 11:15 Sunday night! What a weekend! I'm looking forward to the next one! Please hurry weekend!!

HOLY COW!!

So this is our steak...yes we STILL have leftovers!!!!!

Its been a while ya'll!

The 2 cutest girls in the world! Ok at that moment anyway!

Look look! Were Friends Forever and not afraid to show it!

Yes, you are looking at brats and waffles! The most delicious food ever! Great combination if i may say so myself!

Rachelle and Me! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHELLE!

Mike and Carrie 8-3-07

HALLO!!

So it may seem that i have been a busy girl in the last week since i haven't written one of these for a while but i don't think i have!

Ok I will start with 8-1.

It was Stephenies last day in town before her month long vacation so I took the afternoon off to spend with her at the pool! How fun that was. Except that it was so hot we keep re-applying our sun screen and felt the sun melting right through it. So we didn't stay long but had a nice time when we were there, floating on the lazy river and reading! Later that night we invited Stephenie's sister Rachelle over for dinner because her 21st birthday was on 7-30 and it was her first day back in town. Mike cooked us some awesome steaks and i made some potatoes and we had some really crappy corn on the cob. After that we all made an quick run to Wal-Mart for the girls to get some emergency items for their trip! We had a nice time and when we got home Lisa was there waiting for us with Molly! So since we all had early days the next day we just kinda hung around for a couple of hours and then went to bed. It was a really nice night.

8-3

Hooray for Fridays! I just love them! Well Mike and I weren't sure what we were going to do this Friday. Normally we have plans or Stephenie is staying at our house so we just hang out there. We knew it was going to be quiet. We had a really nice evening. Just hung out I read and Mikey played on the computer, his favorite thing to do! At about 8:30 we left to go to the Evansdale fireworks. This we considered a date because we hadn't done anything alone just the 2 of us is so long! It was fun, Mikey walked me to the truck and opened my door for me! It was romantical! :) When we finally found a good parking spot at the fireworks it was starting to get dark. So we settled in on the hood of Mikes truck. We parked near the DJ (who was really really really annoying) so we got to listen to loud music! Most of it was sing along kinda stuff which of course I like. Finally the fireworks started at about 9:45ish. It was a pretty good show with a really short grand finale. I guess I'm a little picky considering I've seen a lot better shows this summer. After we got out of the traffic of Evansdale we went crusin' on uni. Whoo hoo I FEEL OLD! Haha that's all we used to do after 9:00 on Fridays when I was in high school, so everyone else that does it...is in high school! haha! We ended meeting up with some of our friends at a pool hall downtown. It was really pretty empty for a Friday so it was fun. Mike whooped butt and i got my butt whooped in pool, i think i figured it out, see our pool table at home is NOT level and these are...so I'm just used to those..yeah yeah that's it! haha!

After playing for a while we headed home and went to bed at a decent time! It was awesome! And yes, we slept in ridiculously late!!! 11:30am to be exact!

8-4

Saturday turned into a very very lazy day! It was really nice until Mike caught the cleaning bug and forced it upon me! Although, it did make me feel better to be lazy in a clean house. We just kept trying to motivate ourselves to do something fun but everytime we would get going something was on tv! haha! Finally, thanks to Tyler and Amy, we headed over to their house. They are almost finished moving so we got to say goodbye to the old house and hello to the new one! They got an awesome house it's huge! To me anyway! And miss Kelli just loves it! And i would have pictures of her but my husband took my camera out of my purse and didn't replace it! haha! We had a nice time. Mikey helped Tyler and Jay move some big stuff and i got to play with Amy and Kelli! It was so much fun! We stayed until about 10 and headed home. After we got home i was all about relaxing some more! And we did! And guess what...WE SLEPT IN AGAIN! YAY!! It was so awesome! And when we got up...we took a nap like 1 1/2 hours later for at least 1 1/2 hours!! It was nice to be that relaxed. We spent the rest of the day literally laying around the house! It was just great!

So far this week has been very uneventful! Oh Monday's dinner was great! haha! So Mike's brother Bobby gave us some meat (he bought a cow) he gave us what i thought was 2 big sirloin steaks, turns out it was ONE HUGE GIANT FREAKIN' STEAK! I took pictures! It pretty much covered the grill! Ok to get to the funny part, our charcoal got wet so the grill wasn't starting so we said screw it, we will just order a pizza! Funny thing is as soon as Mike got done ordering the pizza he looked outside and BAM!! the grill was flammin'! Haha so for dinner we had steak and pizza. The perfect combination. If i had to pick a last meal, that's what it would be! :)

Hope to write again soon! :)