A Surprise Party

I love hosting a party and I finally got the chance to host one for Kristin. She is very snoopy so I was pretty pleased she had no idea. I was also happy to have one more party before the Christmas decorations came down.

 yeah..I am pretty proud of myself-36 and I can still do the splits

Happy Birthday K!

New Year's 2015

Shawn had a friend who sold us our fireworks at wholesale pricing and delivered so he decided to get a little competitive with the neighbor.

 We had so much fun with this group of people.

 One of the two times a year the golf cart had a purpose.

We had some story time before we started. It was the Keo show and he had us cracking up.

Boys will be boys.... 

Bundt cake break.

 

I have been friends with Leslie for 13 years and just found out she is scared of fireworks. She stayed on the porch for most of the night.

Pat organized a balloon drop for the kids. It. was. perfect. I had to go inside and turn on auld lang syne and we timed it perfectly with the countdown. It was such an awesome moment I might have shed a little tear.

I found a picture of us from our first New Year's and couldn't resist a little side by side. 16 years of ringing in the New Year together!

First Recital

I had thought of this moment from the first time I heard we were having a girl. After a year of dance it was finally time for her first recital.

First, we had a rehearsal at the studio.

Then, we had rehearsal at the school.

We had celebratory Dairy Queen after it was over. It was her first time there and she loved it.

Finally, it was the day we had been waiting for.

Recital Day!

It was kind of a fun rush in the door to try and get the best seats.

Even though I had already seen a run through once I couldn't stop a few tears from falling. After it was over, the Mom's all rushed out to get our girls, and I was happy to see I wasn't the only one with wet eyes.

They were just so cute with their little trophies.

She felt the love.

Very proud Mommy.

We were both very overwhelmed at the support of our friends and family. What a blessing to have so many people love and support our girl during our proudest parenting moment yet.

Anniversary and Mother's Day

To celebrate our 11 year anniversary we had a night in town at the hotel we had our reception at. 

Our sweet friends had champagne sent to our room. It was such a thoughtful surprise.

I took the stress of planning the night away from Shawn (it is his anniversary too) and scheduled dinner and an interesting show. 

I love the shuttle cars at the Zaza. I take this picture every time I stay there.

The end of the night picture.

The next day was Mother's Day and we met the sisters in town at one of my favorite places. Shawn surprised me by making reservations at Backstreet Cafe.

Graysen brought me flowers and told me Happy Mudder's Day about a 100 times.

Daddy tried to take a nap when we got home but we kept that from happening.

 He finally gave up and we ended the day swimming. 

I am spoiled. He couldn't just send one arrangement for both days. 

It was a weekend full of love.