The Dustin and Stacey Show!: 2007

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Cookies! I Mean, Dog Treats!

So I went Christmas shopping last night. Now I just couldn’t forget the little puppy dogs in my life so I made a little stop at the local doggie bakery here in town.

They make all sorts of unique treats and things for dogs. We went in for the first time last weekend and I was completely amazed at the creativity in this place! They had doggie bling, bath robes and booties, hats, complete outfits, doggie beds, unique food and water bowls, hair bows, doggie perfume and much much more...

One of their specialties, is freshly baked dog treats. Now these are no ordinary dog treats you would find at Wal-Mart or your local pet store. If you didn’t know better, you would think these were Christmas cookies your Mom would make for your family Christmas gathering. They’re all natural and made of peanut butter or chicken liver flavoring and cleverly decorated with yogurt and carob. Here is what I left with. It took quite a bit of time to decide, they're all so amazing!

Sunday Morning Breakfast

Cute Holiday Shapes

I can’t wait to give them to my favorite little dog friends!!

Monday, December 10, 2007

I am the Grinch!

So I realized it's been a really really long time since we last posted. Sorry! Life has been crazy here! With all the holiday stuff, med-school stuff and wedding planning, we are pretty busy!
Usually Christmas is a fun time for me. I enjoy all of the planning, gift buying, baking and decorating. This year however has been extremely rough! I have been so stressed at work that I leave there every day just overwhelmed and exhausted. I feel bad for Dustin who has to deal with my crankiness! The other day I noticed that when people ask me how I'm doing, my first response has been to tell them that I'm ready for all of this holiday madness to be over.

I feel like such a Grinch!

So in an attempt to get myself back in the holiday spirit, I decided to finally put up my Christmas M&M village. I just started collecting it last year so it's still pretty slim. But I still like it!

I mean, Really????

This was in the news the other day.

I want so bad to feel bad for the people that were scammed but I just find it so hard to believe that they could possibly think that this is a good idea. Honestly??

Check it out here.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Friends!

So Dustin and I, along with some
good friends, went to visit some
dear friends in Washington last weekend.

It was so nice to see them!

We got to meet their new
little baby Isaac.
Isn't he such a cutie?!!

Friday afternoon, we went hiking
on Mount Rainier.
It was Isaac's first time hiking.
He even had his own
cool little backpack to ride in!
The life!!!

Then Saturday we decided to visit Seattle.
We took the ferry into the city.

This is a bathroom.
It looks and almost acts
like an elevator.
Right in the middle of
the sidewalk!

We had to get our picture
with the giant,
life-sized hot dog!

Peter decided he wanted to be in our picture.
Turned out to be a pretty good picture of him!

Hmmm...
future Daddy??

I love this picture!!!

So fun times!
What would we do
without friends?!

Happy Halloween!! Oh wait.....

So...I know this is late but my dear sister

says that I need to post these pics.
Halloween is one of our favorite holidays.
I know it's mostly for kids, but we're pretty much kids at heart.
We love thinking of and creating our costumes each year.
This year was alot of work, but a bunch of fun!
So I will post some pics. But first, here are some of our friends.

Peter & Calee as #1 and #2

Phil & Darla as a Butler and a Maid

Potter & Natalie as Chief Wiki Wiki
and Princess Wiki Wiki

and....drumroll please.....

Dustin and Stacey as Lego People

So there it is folks, the costume for this year.

and, of course, we did carve pumpkins.
Dustin's turned out cool. It's pictured below
along with some others as well.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Tis the Season!

The Mood

The Cure

Starbucks Peppermint White Mocha

Mmmm!! My favorite!! Isn't life delicious!!!

Saturday, November 3, 2007

It's Official!!!

So folks, it's finally official!
Dustin and I are getting married May, 3rd 2008 at
the Gillioz Theatre in downtown Springfield, Missouri.
We have been hoping and planning for this but were not able to reserve
this very cool theatre before 6 months in advance to the event.
So yesterday was the 6 month date
and we went in and signed the contract.

Yahoo! Exciting!!

Here is a link to a virtual tour of the theatre. Check it out!
It's so neat! We are very excited!!!

Friday, October 26, 2007

I DO NOT...

...HAVE ALLERGIES!!!!
Though, I have all the symptoms
and am taking allergy medicine
and Dr. Dustin is convinced that I do.
I will not accept that fate!
Never had them, never will!
No way! Uh-uh!! Absolutely Not! :)

Ok, Ok. I will admit the medicine
is finally starting to work.
The medicine that says it relieves
allergy symptoms
is, actually relieving my...
allergy....like...symptoms.

Fine! I have allergies!!! Yuck!!! :)

Sunday, October 21, 2007

This is fun!!!

Dustin

Stacey

Create your very own Wild Self @

Create your http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Thursday, October 18, 2007

How did Springfieldians keep warm during the cold cold days?

This past January, Springfield was hit by a huge ice storm. It destroyed trees and plant life and threw out power to almost the entire city for days. It was one of the craziest things I haver been through. I was out of power for two weeks. Luckily I was able to stay with Dustin's family (since they were only out of power a couple of days). I felt very grateful to have that luxury at a time like that and actually kind of enjoyed those two weeks. The ice was beautiful and since I don't own a home yet, I had nothing to worry about as far as property damage. I realized during those two weeks how much we rely on and take advantage of electricity.

The front page of our paper today had this news story. I had heard about this before, but still found it quite funny!
http://news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071018/NEWS01/710180396/1007

Ice Storm Babies!! Who would have thought!! :)

So that was the key to staying warm!! huh!

Saturday, October 13, 2007

It's Racing Time!!

A couple of weekends ago, Dustin and I went to a Nascar Busch Series race. I was given free tickets from a co-worker and neither of us had ever been. So we packed ourselves up and took the 3 hour drive to the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. What an adventure!

We got there around 11:00 am. The main race started at 2:00 so we decided to use the time before to check out the merchandise and roam around the track. All the big-name racers had their trucks of clothes and stuff to sell. Being the huge M&M fan that I am, I had to get a picture with David Gilliland's truck( he drives the M&M car).

After shopping, we found our seats and made it in time to see the big name guys come out on the track and practice for their big race the next day. That was cool! We saw Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, David Gilliland, ...and a ton more. :)

Then the main race began! After donning our awesome fashionable earplugs, we were ready to enjoy the action! That race was, without a doubt, the loudest event I have ever attended! Other than the roar of the engines, you couldn't hear a single thing. Dustin and I found out that we do not communicate well without words. It was actually quite funny!!

And the winner was.....#5 Kyle Busch!! Not our first pick, but still exciting to see!

Friday, October 5, 2007

Meet Me In St. Louis!

A couple of weekends ago, we went with some good friends to St. Louis for the weekend. We had some great times! We started the weekend by watching a hot air balloon race. Over 50 balloons of all shapes and sizes took off from Forest Park in the city. Unfortunately, after we had taken 20 or 30 pictures, my camera decided to reformat the SD card and all of my pictures have been lost. Hopefully we can get some copies of pictures taken by our friends and we will post them later for your enjoyment. Later that day we went to the City Museum, which was pretty much just a huge 3-story jungle gym for adults!! It was awesome! Click on the link above to see a photo tour from the museum website.

Here's a description from the website, "Housed in the 600,000 square-foot former International Shoe Company, the museum is an eclectic mixture of children's playground, funhouse, surrealistic pavilion, and architectural marvel made out of unique, found objects...CITY MUSEUM boasts features such as old chimneys, salvaged bridges, construction cranes, miles of tile, and even two abandoned planes! "

Here are just a few pics of our fun!