Friday, December 28, 2007
Dad and His guitar
For those who didnt know....Nathan has wanted a 5 string acoustic bass guitar for about as long as he has wanted a gigantic pick up truck. The truck is still hiding in the abysmal nether-regions of the far too distant future. But the guitar, however.....he finally got for his birthday last November and feels the need to show it off. In addition, Nathan has become a HUGE World of Warcraft nerd. "Ladies, I know your drooling over me now, but please, hands off, Im a married man." So here his Mage as she looks at the moment being level 30 (They level up to 70 so he still sucks). Anyway...Nathan was bored of the previous blogs and thought he would do something even more lame to kick everyone's holiday spirit into high gear. Happy looserville.
Nathan
PS.... do you like the references of me in the 3rd person? FUUUUUUUUNNY...Ok the mage image wouldnt load...so enjoy the guitar anyways
Friday, December 21, 2007
santa's lap and looking spiffy
here is marne and her sister, tattie. they are both pregnant, can you tell??
all the kids sat on santa's lap at grandma's christmas party. marne was still on bedrest, so she didn't go.
and here's dad with the kids, aren't they about the cutest family in the world??
also, just to update, marne is doing better, but still with limited activity. an ultrasound earlier this week showed the baby growing just as it should, but it is still stubborn enough that we don't know for sure what the sex will be. well, merry christmas everyone!!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Our Christmas letter
Merry Christmas everyone:
Its time, again, for everyone to sit and bear another Gresko family letter. First, we want to extend our condolences. If you make it through this letter and are still sane, congrats. Now on to the family.
This April, Nathan and
Nathan is currently playing the role of CEO, mom, and dad. He hates the first 2 with a passion, and loves the last immeasurably. He just turned 30 and could care less. “Its just another day.” He still loves Dr Pepper and wants Santa to bring him a huge 4 door truck….Keep dreaming. His one condition for coming back to AZ was that he was going to pick the house he wanted. He did, and with and acre of foliage to deal with, probably bit off more than he can chew.
Colby is a gentle natured kid. He likes to play and pretend to be whatever superhero he saw on TV that day. He is now 6 and a big helper around the house. It is so wonderful to have him in the home. He started kindergarten this years at Franklin Elementary and is gone most of the day. His favorite thing about school: Recess. When asked what he did at school today he lets out a huge SIGH and says in as somber a voice as he can, “Dad, we only had 3 recesses today!” The poor thing is deprived.
Rebekah is the “giggle-squirt” of the house. She is always begging for someone to tickle her and giggles for no reason at all. She is also a MAJOR dramaqueen. This girl knows how to manipulate. She can pout and cry on the drop of a dime, and dad gives in every time. We are trying to convince her that its ok to sleep in her own bed. She tries to climb into ours about 4 times a night. Eventually our exhaustion gives in and she is set with her knees in our back for the night. Little booger.
Caleb is the cutest little runt of the family there ever was. At 2 he already says prayers (payrs), loves Dora the explorer, and drinks TONS of chocolate milk (cho melk). Whenever Dora turns off he comes running into the room screaming…”Dad, dad…What happen?” He loves his Shampa (Grandpa) an playing with Colby and Bekah.
Well, that’s a little of our life. You can read up on us all year at http://nateandmarne.blogspot.com/
(children, please get your parents permission before going online)
Merry Christmas everyone
The Greskos
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Its been awhile...and my kids are the cutest
Yep..it has been awhile since we posted anyway. To fill you all in, Marne is pregnant, but is spotting on and off frequently, Im sure she appreciates me telling everyone. Most would say psshhht, thats nothing, but with her it has always meant miscarriage, and she has had plenty of them to prove it. SOOOOOOOO, she is on bed rest until she can get another ultrasound to make sure the kid is still alive. Bed rest means that I get to play dad and mom; pelvic rest, which means for the next three weeks I might as well be 14 again hoping for a good dream; and she is nauseous which, to Marne, means the end of the world is near. Im actually not complaining, and I definitely dont take Marne for granted. I completely understand what she does around here. I just dont understand HOW she does it all.....My kids are assisting in sending me to the asylum quite earlier than I planned. BOOOOOOOOOGERS!!!!! Thats what they are... I love them....now can they please go to sleep???? Anyways, Im gonna look up some random pics from Halloween to put in here because I need to keep up with the Joneses....EVERYONE posts a million pics with each post...its all I can do to take the 3 minutes it took to type this....You all suck and I hope you suffer extreme finger cramps from all the pic snapping. Have a nice day
Nate
Thursday, November 1, 2007
happy halloween!!
and here is rebekah the beautiful princess. she was just the perfect, dainty girl in her dress that was too long for her. she is the cutest little princess in all the land!!
we had a lot of fun trick or treating around the neighborhood. the kids pulled in quite a loot, and we only went up and down our own street!! i would hate to see what happens when they get older, and go all over!!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Posting Brilliance
Ok...so Marne comes up to me and throws a camera in my lap and says, "start blogging." As if I had nothing better to do with my time. In truth, I dont, so here I am, putting up pics of our trip to a friends cabin and then Marne and my trip back east. I had to get a car for work and drive it back, so Marne decided to make it a hubby and wife time......it was fun...so without further crap from the worthless bottomless chasms of my mundane mind...some pics......
The first is me and my unfortunate nerdiness coming out...I just had to put my head in a T-rex's mouth. Next is Marne with a triceratops. I dont know why we got her with it as it is MYYY favorite dino...but I digress...Then me with a woolly mammoth...did I mention we are at the museum of natural history....no naked people though...au natural' get it??...ok its not funny....
Marne made chocolate chex mix and Bekah just had to have the chocolate...I think its cute, then Colby and Caleb at the cabin...we have tons more pics...but being the impatient person I am...I dont want to post anymore.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
our vacation
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Change is in the air
Contrary to what people think, I have always been VERY shy. Once I get to know a person, then I open up and can relax, and become a bit overbearing, as those close to me know. The problem is that very few people are close to me anymore. I haven't made a real friend, wife excluded, since I left high school, and for some reason the ones I had, excepting Mark Despain and Brian Bowen, wont talk to me. Once I figured out that my friends werent friends anymore, I stopped trying to be one. Sappy and stupid maybe, but thats neither here nor there. The point is, if I havent spoken to you in over a year, I wont take the initiative to go talk to you if our paths cross. In truth, most of me thinks that no one wants to talk to me (that is the depression talking..yet another story). So I stay on the periphery and peep into peoples lives and smile that they are happy and doing good. this way its easy to avoid uncomfy encounters when the other person really doesnt want to talk to you.
My wife thinks me being shy is funny, most of the time. She had to ask me out on our first date. I dont think its funny, I just think its who I am. So if you think of me and have a view of someone other than a quiet reserved man, then I must have thought of you as a friend at one point in our lives, and thats pretty cool to me. Just dont be surprised that I know more of my personality than you do.
Heather thinks Im crazy, my mom is just fed up with it. But whats new...
Monday, October 8, 2007
aren't i cute???
and a little side note, we are expecting our 4th baby on june 15th. yipee!!!
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Peepers but not Toms
I think Shanda is crazy for going to cloth diapers. Thats all they had in Africa and I ruined more than a few pants holding babies. Not to mention, it involves a lot more close contact with poop...and I am so happy to just fling those things in the trash. No offense, but still...insane.
Suzi and Jared seemed to have a blast in Hawaii and that is putting it mild. Jealousy rages as I so want to learn to surf...but there definitely isn't the time.
I also popped in on Sherrie and Doug, Kendra and Barry, Marenda and Sam, and countless others who I thought I might know. Of course, I didnt leave any comments, I'm 30 years old and still have a massive shy complex...My mother berated me the other day for it...but thats who I am. Its great to see that everyone is doing so well...it makes me happy.
On a much better note..the miserable shifts have ended. I finally found 2 employees that are able to cover the shifts and not give me a heart attack at the same time. This means that I will only have to work nights when I cover for them. Oh happy day!!!!!!!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
my kids are growing up!!
then later that evening, the dad's all went to the asu football game, so diego's mom, cami, and i went out. when we got home, all the kids were sprawled out on the floor and couches, sound asleep. i just had to run and grab the camera. they were hilarious!!!
also, today has been quite a day. it started when i got the bright idea to do some weeding. i was out there for probably half an hour, pulling the most stubborn weeds in the world. that grass does not want to be removed from its home! first, i had a really firm grip on some weeds, and pulled them out. in the process, a pile of dirt flew into my face, and some landed directly in my right eye. i blinked and tried to spray the hose on it to get it out. it really burned, but i figured i was a dork, and should get on with it. then i got this excruciating pain in my hand, so i literally threw off the gloves, and ran to the front door. it was locked, so i knocked like a crazy person, hoping nathan would hear my distress and come running. he was in the shower, but my father in law opened the door for me. he looked at me like i was crazy, but i didn't care, it really hurt. i went into the bathroom where nathan was to show him my owie. it was a blister on the side of my middle finger that was huge, and had popped then was rubbed raw so it bled. talk about pain. so i got in the shower hoping to alleviate the pain with the nice warm water. bad idea, soap and shampoo on a cut do not feel very good. so i got dressed and whined some more to nathan. throughout the day, my eye got blurry, and more irritated. so i finally gave up and went to the eye doc. they got me in right away, and after examining me, said i had scratched my eye several times under the eyelid. to make sure it was not going to do so, he put numbing drops in my eye, then flipped my eyelid inside out to scrape it with a qtip. even with the drops, it was not pleasant. he gave me some more drops and told me i should be fine in a couple days. sheesh. why not??
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
I dont hate...I just dislike immensely..especially trough urinals
Just some thoughts for this dork...
A. I had no idea you were male until my brother mentioned it...even then I didnt believe him.
B. Nice eyebrows, can I get the number of your stylist...I need to wax my backhair.
C. Speaking of stylists... you might want to pick a hair color....Im sure blondes everywhere are praying that you pick the black...Gives them a little more credit for brains anyway.
D. Oh and I just love the mascara and eye makeup...Drag queens everywhere have arisen in solute...
Ok thats enough. I seriously cant stop laughing whenever I think about it.
My next dislike... Trough urinals.
Thats right folks you read correct. I have spent time at 2 different football stadiums where the mens restrooms contain troughs, rather than single urinals. I must voice my disgust. Proper etiquette dictates that there should be atleast 1 1/2 persons length between you and the next person. This keeps everyone from having to see what the other man is carrying in his trunk. It also serves as a splash guard for those who feel the need to shake a little too vigorously (I will get back to this). This means that there is usually only room enough for 2 at a time. There is nothing worse than standing there, relieving the prostate, ensuring proper space and comfortability and having a fat old man wiggle and squeeze in between you and the next man already mid-show. Then while his shoulders are bumping yours, he drops trow, thrusts out his hips to make sure EVERYONE knows what he's got, takes a quick peak at yours to compare and begins to go. Then to top it off...he tries to engage you in conversation as though you were sitting around the campfire eating s'mores. This is when I stop going, regardless of how long I have waited, or relieved. Unfortunately, this guy decided he was done as quick as he started, and began to shake off like his arm was connected to a piston engine. Well, now everyone is running for cover and an old man was left standing at the trough urinal wondering why he is all alone.
Finally...I could go on forever, but Im tired and hungry. I can only say that the next time I travel all the way to Oklahoma to watch BYU play, they better not leave their defense sitting on the porcelain rim back home...what a complete waste of cash.
Friday, September 14, 2007
my kiddies
colby lost his first tooth yesterday!! he just told me it was wiggly on friday after school. then it was falling out on wednesday. it officially fell out on thursday morning. he is so big!! and of course, it was picture day. so here he is just before school. isn't he cute??
this is a little old, but here are the cute kiddies. they were in michigan on vacation, and thought this bathtub was cooler than any toy.
i'm sitting here with kids running everywhere throughout the house. it is mighty hectic right now. caleb is on the table throwing a ball to his friends, and rebekah and isaac are dressed up as princesses. i had pics of that too, but they are floating around somewhere on the computer as well. they sure are cute, but very weird!! now, they are standing behind the shears over the window, and all three of them running across the room out of them. it is hilarious!!!!
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
about me
2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.
3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog-post containing your own middle name game facts.
4. At the end of your blog-post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
K-kindness begins with me! :)
A-always relieved when school starts
T-tired of nathan working so much
H-hotheaded, occasionally
L-lovely voice
E-energetic, sometimes
E-easily excited
N-never a boring day
1. Do you like cheese? yeah, it's great
2. Have you ever been arrested? No.
3. Have you ever shot a gun? yes, at a shooting range, but never again
4. Your favorite song? don't take the girl, tim mccgraw
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? yeah, i always think we are dying of something
6. What do you think of when you eat hot dogs? i try not to think about it
7. What's your favorite Christmas song? O holy night
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Ice water
9. Can you do push ups? a few, which really surprised me, cuz i'm a wimp
10. Is your bathroom clean? yeah, mostly
11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? wedding ring
12. Favorite Hobby? reading
13. What are you listening to right now? my kids watching tv
14. What is the last thing you ate? oatmeal
15. What one trait do you hate about yourself? impatience
16. Middle name? kathleen
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? i have to get rebekah to school, change caleb, and return cami's too short shorts
18. Name the last 3 things you have bought. shirt for rebekah,
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink. water, hawaiian punch, fanta
20. Current worry right now? will i survive nathan being in tulsa?
21. Current hate? waiting, remember that impatience thing?
22. Favorite place to be? shopping when i actually have money to spend
23. How did you bring in the New Year? Sleeping
24. What is your quirkiest habit? eating chocolate ice cream every night, regardless. some people don't understand
25. Name three people who will complete this and return? i've already seen heather and liz, maybe nathan?
26. How many siblings do you have? 4 older, 1 younger
27. Do you own slippers? Yes, but I don't usually wear them. this is az!!
28. What shirt are you wearing? red tank with a fun striped shirt over it
29. What shampoo do you use? meleleuca brand
30. Favorite colors? green, purple
31. Would you like to be a pirate? depends, johnny depp is hot!! :)
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? i usually just veg in there, but when i sing, it's usually a nice slow song
33. Favorite female name? samantha
34. Favorite male name? nathaniel, nathan hates it
35. What's in your pockets right now? nada
36. Last thing that made you laugh? caleb sitting in the laundry basket watching tv
37. Best bed sheets as a child? flower prints, that's all i had
38. Worst injury you've ever had? does having your appendix out count, that was a nasty recovery!!
39. When's your birthday? Aug 1
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 3
41. Who is your loudest friend?Nathan
43. Does someone have a crush on you? nathan
44. Do you wish on shooting stars? Not usually
45.What is your favorite book? the twilight series is really good, harry potter, lots of church romances
46.What is your favorite age? Right now
47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding? all my roads, collin raye
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? have you recieved his image in your countenance
49. What were you doing at 12 am this morning? Sleeping
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? did i wake up late? did colby miss the bus again?
Sunday, September 9, 2007
we made it!!
also, in case you all didn't know, we have been trying to get pregnant for a few months now. i miscarried last month, and this month is still quite painful. just shoot me. enough said on that.
nathan is doing the last of this horrid schedule tomorrow, cross you fingers that the post office really did get someone lined up to replace him, or i may scream! then we will go back to a normal schedule of midnight to 8. how normal that is, i'm not sure. but hey, we'll get to see nathan again for a few hours a day. happy day!!
oh, another tidbit. i plugged in my digital camera to the little port on the computer, and downloaded my pictures like i was supposed to, right? wrong. i didn't realize what program opened automatically to put my pictures into, and now my pics are floating around somewhere on the computer, where i cannot access them!! even nathan can't pull them up anywhere for me. i was going to show you all the pics of the kids in their halloween costumes. i just bought them, and they were too cute to wait!! colby will be a ninja turtle, rebekah a princess, and caleb........ CHICKEN LITTLE!!!! can anyone else picture how adorable he will look? i found all of these costumes for a little under 20 bucks. i love 2nd hand stores!!! hopefully we will find the pics somewhere, and you can see them.
oh, and one more thing. liz, if you are an honorary gresko, that is good enough for me!! call me and we can hang out!! i'll pretend i'm heather! :) without the baby girl inside.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Death to palm trees, dentists, and insomnia everywhere
Palm trees...the idiot that owned this home before us must have had been trying to compensate for something. He planted palm trees EVERYWHERE and let most of them grow to over 100 feet. Well, they can look cool once in awhile, but they are useless, unless you are counting on them to completely clog up your pool pumps...then they are a pool repairmans dream. Thats right folks, my pool is clogged AGAIN, just from the seeds and crap that fall from the 8 0r 9 trees right around the pool. I probably shouldnt tell you that I have wonderful dreams involving chain saws and giant bon fires...someday (sigh)
Dentists make number 2 on my list. I could leave it at this first statement and ask you to ponder all the puns of the number 2. "Who does number 2 work for?" ANYWAY, I once again had to have a root canal. This time it was due to a taquito that was too hard and took a chunk the size of texas out of my back molar. I hate the drills, the grinding on my teeth, the numbness...and oh yeah... this now marks the second time Ive had a root canal that I could feel them yanking the nerves out of my teeth....PAIN PEOPLE.............oh the agony
Finally, insomnia. I actually dont suffer from an inability to sleep. I suffer from a lack to time to sleep. The post office asked me to pick up an emergency contract this week. This means that I do my run from 11pm to 5am, and then do the emergency run from 5am to 6pm. I get home about 7 and go straight to sleep. Thats right folks...4 hours a night. Happy days are here again.
In all seriousness though, I am actually pretty happy. This week was just a rough one. It wasnt the first and it definitely wont be the last. Football has started, and while I miss my BYU season tickets (we had sweet seats), I compensated partially by getting ASU ticks. Well, thats all for now...talk later.
Nate
Thursday, August 30, 2007
happy day!!
on a side note, i just found out yesterday that my sister, tattie is having twins!! congrats to them!! i'm so excited to have 2 little nieces or nephews!!! at the same time!! hehe!! they went in to see how far along she was, that was quite a surprise!! :)
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
when is enough already?!?!?
Ok...here is my life's summation
Instead I will tell you that I am happy inside...most of the time anyway. Especially when my wife has to get a little shirty with me because the titles I was using for my first blog were a little too offensive for her tastes. Then again, that is why she is my wife. I would have told anyone else to screw off, but for her I would do just about anything...so sweet I know...
Anyways I think the biggest news that everyone seems to be talking about is....
thats right
NATHAN GRESKO IS A GARGANTUAN FATTY!!! His body is so big, his head looks like a pea attached to a watermelon. His boobs are so big people mistake him for a hairy woman. His guts so big its got its own weather system....Ok seriously people, I know its a big deal for some that Im not a buck 65 anymore, but for me, Im happy where Im at for time being. I will lose some weight later, when I feel like it. For now, we wont be posting any Nate pictures on this site. People no longer recognize me and I actually enjoy the anonymity. Well, Marne just read my blog and I need to go cut the phone lines so she cannot call the loony bin. Oh yeah, we officially live in the butt crack of the nether regions of the umpteenth pit of hell, also known as Mesa. Im sure Marne will post in awhile and rebut everything I say. Get used to it. Until then Im going to fiddle and see if I cant post some pics.
Nate