One month from now...

One month from now I will be riding this....

To here...

And spending some much needed quality time with this handsome devil.....

I CANNOT WAIT!!! The month of October has been one of crazy work hours for Nolan and very little time with eachother. So tonight as I am alone while Nolan is at work my mind is wondering to better days ahead!

Lake Mead with the Fam

This weekend I went to Lake Mead with my family and our friends the Gardners! It was so much fun! Nolan was not able to go with us because he had to work and move bridges! I missed him tons! (sorry these pictures are a little blurry, they aren't in my files but as soon as i load them to blogger they get blurry SO FRUSTRATING!)


THE PAYNE KIDS

The girl in front of the ALL pink icecream shop

We all get a little crazy after a 7 hour car ride!

The wind got to her :)

Staci and Jan

Brother

The Captain

The Cute couple who made it all happen!

Me! I was proud of myself, I finally mastered going over the wake and tried to get a little air...those pictures are on brandons camera though.

Once again the wind really got to her! CRAZY GIRL!

The Gardner Clan!

A few funny moments and a few inside jokes from the trip:

1. "Dad your like the make a wish foundation for our family" --Shanna

2. Our battery dying and getting jumped by the Coast gaurd officer..then right when it started up.. a storm blew in and we had to ride in the big waves!

3. Shanna aka "stinky"

4. "the challenge of the sweetest man" All the girls would read their cute texts from the boys and we would judge them to see who won--the boys had no idea!! NOLAN WON!!! He is so sweet...but the other boyfriends came in a close second. We Payne girls sure know how to pick the cute ones

5. Family videos on the way down--"eww who threw that spoon in there"

Hello my name is...

Hello my name is Janica and I am addicted to these!!!

Vanilla Tootsie Rolls, these only come around in the fall, right in time for Halloween. My sister Ali and I wait for this day all year! First thing I did when I saw them is called her and told them our blessed treat is here! She has gone through 2 bags already, and Nolan and I have gone through one bag and I just bought another last night! I need HELP!!! Anybody else know about these or love them as much as I do? Yay for FALL, the weather, the smells, pumpkins, leaves, and TOOTSIE ROLLS!!!

Lucky am I

Look at this cute little face I get to see everyday! I am so lucky to have this little guy and I can't believe he is almost 2! How can he not make you smile and laugh! These are a few of the many faces and activities of Will.

Playing fetch :) He was laughing the whole time and thought he was so funny!!!

I LOVE this picture! He is such a stud! He put on Nolan's hat and said: "NaNO's Ha"

Will LOVES reading and LOVES nolan! He made Nolan read ALL 5 library books that day!

THE WINDY CITY!!

A few weeks ago Nolan and I had the opportunity to take a free trip to Chicago. We had SOO much fun! I had never been there and it was so awesome! We had so much fun together in the big city and I experienced "city life" like never before!

Our last night there, we went to Navy Pier and rode the Ferris wheel at night AND there was a firework show while we were on it! Talk about ROMANTIC!! It was awesome to over look Lake Michigan and Chicago. This was our view.

Us after kissin on the Ferris Wheel Ha ha!

Waiting in line for the ride Nolan took an abstract picture of the Farris wheel.

Famous CHICAGO PIZZA!! It was worth the hour long wait.

Nolan's favorite...famous Chicago hot dogs!

Went to a knock of show call Cirque Shanghai and it was AWESOME!!! It was amazing the things these people could do with their bodies!

My outgoing, cute husband got called on stage!! He helped them to a trick! It was pretty funny!

CHECK THIS OUT!!! INCREDIBLE!

NAVY PIER

Nolan and MR. SAILOR

The whole football team at NIKE town lining up for me :)

US!

This is me in a taxi expressing my strong feelings about taxis' I hate them!they are a germ-infested, creepy, stinky, expensive drive. GROSS!

This is the view from our hotel on Michigan Ave.

Thanks cutest husband for the great trip! I LOVE YOU!!! I mean seriously how could you not love this face??

I can dream right?

So lately Nolan and I have been entertaining the idea of house buying. Well actually we have pretended for the last year or so by going to look at houses and model homes. We aren't really serious about it, but we like to go look for fun! We are atleast a few years away from doing it for real! But it's nice to dream right? Well I just wanted to know from those of you who have experience in this whole thing what advice, or things you didn't know before you bought your first home? Or things that surprised you when you did? Unknown or unthought of expenses?? Thanks! (I am really posting this to keep you occupied till I actually get around to posting about our Chicago trip! COMING SOON) But really I would love to hear the things you all have to say about this?