I'm Back!

Ladies and gentlemen... the wait is over!  Be excited, you are about to get a week in a post.  (I write this blog for my husband who is overseas and as a "digital scrapbook" of our lives.  This will probably be a pretty boring post... don't judge me:))  My computer was out of commission this past week and now is back and better than EVER!  Life passed by and the blog world missed it... Well friends, let me fill you in!

Thursday

In ALIVE we are working on a dance for Revolution 2011.  Ashley and Austin were hard at work  all night... clearly

Just kidding... they really were

They got it all choreographed and then taught it to these kids

The aftermath was painful... 

The sensible part of the group (aka the ones who like their knees to stay flesh colored) had a planning session in the dungeon.

After ALIVE we met up with Bre (a friend who moved with her husband to Alabama) and Dan and Erika (They are getting married in August and their birthday's are May 12th and 13th, so we celebrated them!) at Applebees.  Erika and Bre both write blogs... check them out!

Friday

I don't really remember anything exciting happening during the day... We had our LAST Financial Peace Class... kind of sad. It was a really fun class!  Thanks Dave for all the learning and fun!

Saturday

We celebrated my Mother In Law's birthday!  The day started out with a LAST MINUTE photo shoot of the  grand kids as a present to the birthday girl. It was a piece of cake trying to get a picture of all 3 of the kids smiling, happy, looking at the camera.  Don't believe me? 

I think this one was the winner.  They're cute, just not all that cooperative.

My mother-in-law took us all to the Minnesota Zoo!  It was fun to see all the animals and hang out as a family.  The weather wasn't the best, but we enjoyed ourselves anyways.  

Someone thought it would be a good idea to get the kids' faces in the portholes of the submarine for a picture.   

It totally was. After the zoo, we went out for pizza and then I left Peyton with her grandparents and took Vandis with me to Erika and Dan's Birthday party. Fun FULL day!

Sunday

Happy Birthday to my Mother-In-Law!  You are a major blessing in my life!  Peyton and Vandis love you so so much!  We appreciate ALL that you do for us... thank you!

Vandis' cough was awakened by the weather at the zoo the day before, so we stayed home from church.  I tried to listen to the sermon from my phone... but it didn't work :(  Sad morning.

Ryan's cousin's baby (so our second cousin?) was baptized so we went to celebrate with her.  Little Miss Audrey is such a cutie!  It was good to see family that we don't see very often.

From there we headed to church for Miss Hannah's wedding shower.  It was SO FUN!  Her family did a great job of hosting, there was entertainment, delicious food, fun decorations and lovely people :)    

Hannah's sisters and bridesmaids put on a fashion show of her life :)  So so cute! Hannah is in the middle of the picture here showing her style right now!

Cute cups :) Filled with iced coffee... YUM!!!

Poor Vandis, asking God... WHY AM I HERE!!! A BRIDAL SHOWER?  REALLY?!?

The busy part of our weekend was finally over after this shower and we went home!  Peyton went to bed early and Vandis and I started watching Modern Family Season 2.  I had heard before how funny it was, but never really got involved.  Well, Hulu streams through our Xbox now, but not all the shows are available... so my options were limited.  Modern Family it was.  I LOVE it.  I watched 9 half hour episodes that night. Well really they are only like 22 minutes... DON'T JUDGE! :)

Monday

After a quick trip to a fabric store that was going out of business (70% off anyone!?!) we went over to my friend Steph's house and met up with Janell and her baby Keziah who are in town for a couple weeks from Kentucky.  So... it was me, my 2 girlfriends, 4 little girls, and Vandis.  This kid needs a sword or something. 

Cute girls :)

Janell and Keziah <3

Amiee and Peyton :)

Beautiful BIG backyard with greeeeeen grass and a garden :)

Such a fun time :)  Monday night we had no plans, so we hung out and home and then once Peyton went to sleep... Hello Modern Family. I watched the rest of the season (what I thought was the whole season until I noticed a new episode today).  And THAT folks is why I keep busy.  Because when I am not busy, I obsess over TV shows.  Not healthy.

Tuesday

We went to the park and I had a meeting.  Suuuuuper blog worthy.

Wednesday

Now that BSF is over for the summer my mom (who would come over before BSF and help get the kids ready) came over and we got Subway and played at the park.  We are LOVING this weather, can you tell?

On Wednesday night, I got my computer back... and now here we are.  Current... up to date!

I really missed blogging this past week and I'm excited to get back to regularly scheduled broadcasting now!  Yay for technology and the people who know how to fix it :)