Happy Birthday Brett!

Happy Birthday buddy! I can't believe that you are already 4 years old. You are such a joy. So funny, so stubborn, so loving, so you. I am so happy that you are a part of our lives.

Unipro Show

Tonight we got the privilege to view the world's greatest unicycle rider. Seriously. He is. He showed us his award that he just received in New Zealand. Jamey is my brother-in-law's brother and he happened to be in town and was willing to do a show for his niece and nephew's neighborhood. It was so much fun! The pictures don't do justice, but you can check out his website at Uniproshow.
Here's Brett and Kyler waiting for the show to begin.
Here's Jamey juggling fire sticks.

Piece of cake....riding a 9 foot unicycle (he couldn't bring his 12 foot one from Australia) and juggling at the same time.

So impressive and funny! It was a great show.

Bridal Shower

This past Saturday, I hosted (along with my aunts) a bridal shower for my darling cousin Tara. It was just family and we had a great time catching up with each other.
My mom and I made this towel cake with the towels that Tara had registered for. It was so fun to make and decorate and it made a great centerpiece. Here's the beautiful bride with two of our wonderful aunts.

Wishing you a wonderful wedding Tara!

Happy Birthday!

On June 25th, my dear hubby turned 34. Happy Birthday babe!! PS - I have no clue what Gene Simmons (aka son #1) is doing in this picture.

Memory Lane....

I attended a two day seminar for work related topics. It just so happened that it was at my Alma mater. It had been about nine or so years since I had been on campus here. I was a little surprised and what had changed and what had not.
I thought it might be interesting to show you were I lived during my 3 1/2 years at SCSU. Ready? Ok, here we go.
My freshmen year was in the dorms. I stayed in the lame dorm where girls where on one wing and boys were on the other (versus every other floor). I'm pretty sure the dorm with the sticker in the window was mine - I think. After 9 months in the 4x4 cell, I was ready for bigger and better things. I moved into a house with 8 other girls. All but one were a grade ahead of me in school. Shall we just say it was an interesting year? There were creepy crawly things in the basement, lots of cloggged showers due to all of our long hair, but lots of fun and memories were made.
I couldn't get a picture of the front of the house, but here's the back. I can't believe this place is still standing. It looks extremely questionable and I'm guessing that's why the "For Rent" sign is still on the side of the house....
We used to go out on that little deck, but only 2-3 at a time for fear that it would crumble beneath us. All eight of us were ready to high tail it out of there by the time June rolled around.
My third year I downsized and brought one of the gals from the house with me to this duplex. We lived on the bottom level with 2 other girls - one of who we did not get along with so luckily she moved out and another gal came in. Lots of fun memories here! We had to replace the screen in the front window a few times as we'd forget our keys and that was our only way in. Well, unless we wanted to pay our landlord $50 to come let us in, but to a college kid, $50 was more than enough for 3 nights out on the town!

My last semester, I commuted but luckily 2 of the girls rented the duplex for a second year and would let me crash on their couch one night a week.

College was a blast and was life changing, but being back on campus gave me no urge to go back and pursue my masters. Yet.

Why I Had Kids....

Duh. It's so I can make them do the cleaning that I hate to do....you know, like scrub the unidentifiable crud out of the patio door track.

Here We Come....

As we were getting ready for my cousin's wedding, I thought I'd try and get a picture of our family while we all looked somewhat presentable. Easier said then done. I hauled out the tripod and the family and attempted to get set up. I hit the button on the camera and then started to run across the deck to get in the picture. It all sounds simple and easy, but as I found out, my heels were a perfect fit for the space between the boards and I about face planted as my shoe got stuck. The boys thought it was pretty funny. This is the only picture we ended up with because I wasn't about to attempt the dangerous run across the deck again. I don't know about you, but I. Love. Weddings. Love them. I don't even care if I barely know the bride and/or groom. The boys had a good time too. They kept busy stealing all the snacks and nuts on the tables at social hour.

While we were waiting for our table to be served dinner, I look over and see this:

Sometimes it's a wonder we get invited anywhere.