Elfing Good Time

My bible study comes up with some of THE craziest party ideas, which is why I love them all so much. For Christmas this year, Jenni and Rianne decided to host an EleFant themed party. Everyone was encouraged to come dressed as an Elf and bring a white elephant gift to share. Some of the Elf outfits were hilarious.

Some of the girls sporting their best elf outfits


Jenni: the happiest elf on the block


Kelli and I. So.. my hair didn't turn out like I hoped it would and stand completely up but this is an okay attempt.


Ean, a creative mastermind, decided to come dressed as an Elephant instead. His enthusiasm was much appreciated.


There were lots of holiday treats and LOTS of laughs. See: Justin and his man thighs


The white elephant gift exchange saw a plethora of treasures. When the evening was over, I walked away with a Water Rocks set. That's right, you can grow your own rocks! Awesome, I know. Others were fortunate enough to get some etched glass goblets, protein supplements, body building and buns of steel dvds, used up gift cards, and my personal favorite The Petal Top. (it was my favorite because it was originally given to me as an actual Christmas present from my grandma).

Here is Karen sporting the petal top. She was the proud winner


The evening was capped off with the movie Elf. What a fun way to spread holiday cheer. Here's McKenna and her big booties


Sara and Kelli were clearly excited to be at the party.

Trost Christmas

I previously posted about the Trost Family Christmas so I thought I would share some pictures.

My cousin Audrey and I after the first competition


My Aunt Laurie. The mastermind behind this years competition


The Grandkids with Grandma (Jon is missing and we have some new additions to the group)

Merry Christmas Everyone

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and were able to celebrate with your friends and family. Somebody special wanted to wish you a Happy Christmas as well! (I couldn't help myself)



Merry Christmas Everyone!

Thanksgiving..... delayed post

I know, it's Christmas Eve and I'm posting about Thanksgiving. However, I just now realized that I never posted a picture of our turkey that we decorated at work. Last year we were unjustly defeated in the turkey decorating competition so this year we wanted to go above and beyond. I'd say my coworkers hit a home run with this one. Can you spot the turkey? In case you can't, the frozen turkey is Santa's butt. And with that, we won!

Paranormal Bathroom Activity Log

Day 3: The other day my coworker came back from the bathroom and asked us what the sirens were from. We all looked a little bit confused because we never heard sirens. She said "when I was in the bathroom, I could hear sirens." You guessed it, there were never any sirens going off.. anywhere.

Holiday traveling with my brother

My brother and I always seem to have the worst luck (which actually turns out to be good luck.. I'll explain) when traveling together for the holiday celebrations. Last year, you may recall my story about us hitting a "mysterious tent" when driving home from thanksgiving. Whatever it was, we hit it, it obliterated into nothingness and we've never been able to figure out what it actually was that we hit. Thankfully, no damage was done to my car.
Well, this weekend we were traveling to the Annual Trost Family Christmas and right in front of us, a Durango comes flying in the air and all I can see is a giant cloud of snow. Seconds later its smashed on top of the cement barrier separating the north lanes from the south lanes. So scary as it happened right in front of us but again, thankful that it wasn't our car. Everyone was okay thankfully.

In other news, the Trost Family Christmas Competition this year involved hard boiled eggs. The brackets this year saw me facing off against my father in the first round. I walked away victorious as my egg didn’t crack! I eventually made it to the final round against my cousin Mitch but sadly, I was defeated. I then proceeded to lose miserably in Phase 10 however, I was fortunate to come away from the day with a Target gift card, some ring pops, and a copper candy cane cookie cutter! I love Trost Christmas!

Paranormal Bathroom Activity Log

Day 2: My coworker entered the bathroom and noticed that one stall door always remains shut and no one ever goes into it. She has also noticed the pipe noise I experienced. New activity to report: her bathroom toilet rattled/moved!

Some crazy paranormal activity going on...

So, I'm thinking there's some definite paranormal activity going on in one of the bathrooms at work. This afternoon, I walked into the bathroom and the toilet was flushing.. And wouldn’t stop flushing. It continually flushed for the entire time I was in there. I obviously left the bathroom but when I returned a couple of hours later, it started up again. Weird non?

But that’s not the only instance, the pipes or something within the walls seem to be making this weird noise. It's almost like someone bangs a giant board against them or something. Totally random and totally unexplainable. But here's the kicker, I was working on a Sunday afternoon so basically no one was in the building. I walked into the bathroom and suddenly, one toilet flushed in a different stall. Then, another toilet flushed in another stall. I got so creeped out I ran out of the bathroom. Either I have the ability to set off motion detectors in toilet stalls without actually being in them or something is seriously awry! Freaky! I knew I was special. ha

No. 1 Album of the Decade... says msnbc

I had no idea about this!!! But I'm glad to say that I was a part of this phenom!

'N Sync's 'No Strings' decade's No. 1 album
Billboard magazine says the boy band led by Justin Timberlake had the decade's best-selling album with "No Strings Attached," which sold more than 10 million copies.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34378315/ns/entertainment-music/from/ET

I'm trapped....by SNOW!

I woke up this morning around 5 am hoping that work would be canceled. As I looked out our front window, this is what I saw. Even if work wasn't canceled, I was completed trapped by snow. There was about a 2 foot drift surrounding my car and our front door and at the end of our driveway, a 4 foot+ drift. (I jumped in it!) SO, with all this snow surrounding my house I'm forced to stay inside and get those much neglected chores completed and checked off my list. I think the entire city of Des Moines is shut down today! I Heart Snow days! (and yes, work was canceled!)