Baby Showers

Both of my baby showers were this past weekend. I had them early because we go on vacation in a few weeks and then once school starts..our lives are non-existent. Although it was overwhelming to know that I had to find a place for everything, I was thankful that we are loved by many who shared in these special celebrations with me! Below are some pictures from each shower. I didn't get very many duplicates..maybe just a few items..which was great!! And everything is all put away and the room is ready to go...just waiting on her.

~ Shower #1 ~

 

Leslie and I with the diaper cake Leslie made.

 

BobbiJo carrying in all my diapers.

Organization Time 1.

~ Shower #2 ~

 

Me with Leslie, Samantha, Momma, and Jen.

 

Me with Julie and Hilary. (Kristen had to leave early for a meeting.)

Organization Time 2.

 

Half of the shelves in my closet are full of diapers.

A Photography Session with...

...my husband!! He did very well with the camera. I'm a bit of a control freak when it comes to a photo session..but I think I handled this one very well and Rylan did great!!

Check out more images at AR Photography.

25 Weeks

Still growing and staying healthy!

Veggies on the Grill

I love summertime! I especially love all the fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as being able to use the grill everyday, instead of heating up the house by using the oven. Our favorite thing to cook on the grill, besides meat, is fresh veggies!! We usually do potatoes, carrots, onion, and green & red peppers. We also like to throw in some asparagus, sweet potatoes, squash, or zucchini.

Slice all veggies evenly.

Place on foil. (I make my own foil bag.)

We sprinkle Mrs. Dash over our veggies. You can also just do salt and pepper, or any other seasonings of your choice.

Add a few tablespoons of butter.

Close up your bag, making sure there are no holes for the juices to escape.

Place on grill. We set our grill between low and medium and flip the bag every 10-15 minutes. We let it cook a total of 40-45 minutes, depending on how full we have the bag.

 (And yes! It was raining..and I was grilling brats and veggies!! We need a covered porch..but for now, grilling in the rain works!)

Voila!! Finished product! I was barely able to snap this picture before the rest of the veggies were devoured! We love veggies like this..it's definitely a perk of summer. However, you can do this same thing in the oven..but I'd make sure you put the foil bag on a baking sheet, just in case it leaks juices.

Walk & Roll

The Richland County Walk & Roll was last Saturday. We sold out of our chicken noodles and funnel cakes. We had fun and raised just over $500. Being our first year with a team, and only having 2 months to raise money for the American Cancer Society..we did really well!! We donated right at $6,000 to the ACS and $2,000 to the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation. Thanks to everyone who was on our team and helped out at our events and raised money! Also, a huge thanks to those who supported our team and donated!! In the whole realm of things, $8,000 does not go very far for cancer research, but if everyone got a 25 person team together and raised even half of what we did..could you imagine the immense amounts of research that could be done?!? Or whose life your dollar may be saving?!?

Our First Lap

Our Booth

Leslie & Samantha frying funnel cakes

McKenna taking a nap.

Mom's luminaria's from Tony & Marla Adams & Family, Steve & Jill Weiler, Lori Shipman, Jim & Karen Scherer, Bob & Sondra Geiger.

This is not all of our team..as we are missing half of them. But we planned a picture at 6..and went ahead and took one no matter who was there or not.

Me..frying funnel cakes in the dark..with a head lamp on. I'm sure we looked pretty funny!!

Craziness

I was flocked last week. This is something they do every year for Relay for Life. I thought it was pretty funny!! Rylan of course thought I was an idiot for taking a picture of it. :) What's new though?? I photograph everything and he tells me I'm stupid for doing it. :) He means well though!!

We waitressed at the Gypsy last Thursday for Taco Night to raise money for our Walk N Roll team. Bart, Jen, Rylan, Me, Samantha, & Leslie. The almost $900 we collected all came from tips!! It was a great night and we appreciate everyone who came out and supported our event!!

Needless to say, since we've been so busy, our house has been neglected. Rylan and I decided Friday that we had to put our laundry away before it took over our guest bedroom and laundry room. So we put all the clean laundry on our bed and this is what we walked into after cleaning the rest of the house. There was still laundry in the basement to add to this!! It was a crazy amount of laundry to be put away. And again..Rylan told me I was stupid for taking a picture of this. But I had never seen so much laundry!! AHH!

Chicago Field Trip

I went to Chicago last Tuesday with Art Club. We went to the Art Institute, went to Millennium Park, and walked around on Michigan Avenue. We took a great group of kids and had a blast!! We saw The Bean and had to get pictures of us and the kids in front of it.

 This picture cracks me up! Two pregnant ladies taking pictures of themselves in The Bean with the city scape behind us.

 Waiting for the bus to head home.

Thanks for a great trip Christina!! I had a blast with you!! Many good laughs too!