Family Fun Night {'12}

Tonight was family fun night again in our big city. They were supposed to have fireworks to cap of the evening, but due to the heat and lack of moisture (haven't seen rain in about a month... could use that 40 day flood... JUST KIDDING!) they moved them to Sunday night. That's a big bummer for us. Justin and I leave on a mission trip tomorrow night, but more about that in a different post. We took the boys down to the Whopper feed. Leo and E did a good job eating. Justin's parents and sisters met us there, along with the new Mr. & Mrs. Busch. :) After supper we heading to the CL Activities Center to play some games and dunk a few townsfolk. Leo won these glasses, much to his Auntie Erica's delight. :)

Leo busy tryin to milk a cow. A dairy farmer, he is not!

Leo eating his Whopper. Not sure what Auntie Jodi is up to...

Leo and his buddy, Cole, after Leo dunked him in the dunk tank. He missed with the balls, but ran up and slammed the thing and down went Cole!

Eli trying his luck at the color wheel. He won a beach ball, which he promptly wanted to take to the pool.right.this.minute.mother!

Eli's turn to milk, with my help. Let's just say I went into the correct profession...

E with Blake-y (his favorite baby!) and Ayda (his future wife, Meredith and I have all the details worked out...)

We had a great time celebrating our community.

Jodi's {Last} Fling

Tonight we celebrated Jodi's "last" single night. We headed to the big city, where a lot of her friends and coworkers met us for pedis. We had a blast getting pampered. Erica, Mindy and I got matching toes for the wedding. Well, semi-matching. The lady that was doing my toes was more concerned about where we were going to "party" than doing my toes! The water was cold, she rushed, and my toes weren't as cute as M & E's. Wah! :) The bride getting pampered

After the pampering, we headed to Olive Garden to eat. We of course had to play a little game, and have a little unmentionable fun (right, Mindy?!). We sat around and enjoyed each other's company for a few hours. Jodi & Mindy

After we left Olive Garden, we headed to Granite City to hear Brittany's boyfriend play on the patio. It was lots of fun! Angela, Brittany, Emily, & Jodi (her high school friends)

Jodi, Mindy, Me & Erica

We had a lot of fun helping Jodi celebrate. I'm so lucky to have these ladies in my life!

Cheering on Ivy

Even though she looks a little scary...

Eli wouldn't stand beside her because of the eye black. He wasn't so sure he liked that on Ivy. We headed to a softball game to cheer on the Mustangs. It was really a pretty night, until I noticed that Eli had a foreign substance on the back of his shirt and shorts. The substance was all over my shirt and shorts and hands. After a little inspection, our predictions were confirmed: Eli (who was on steroids for his cough) had had a major diaper malfunction. Eww! Usually I can dress my entire family from the clothes that I "keep" in the van. However, Cheryl had given me a hard time about cleaning it out, so I had only one outfit for E in the van. We were 20 miles from home, what was a girl to do?!?! Luckily, Coryn had been shopping and gotten a new pair of shorts that day. Score! I had clean shorts to wear. Brenda also happened to have clothes in her car ~ they were little leauge softball t-shirts. So I had a clean shirt to wear. Only problem with both: shortie shorts and tiny t! I covered up with the blanket most of the night!

Brett & Brittany {6-2-12}

This is the summer for weddings around here. We will be invited to 6 (yes, 6!) this summer. We have 2 down, and 4 to go. Today Brett and Brittany got married. The weather was warm and sunny. It was beautiful in the church as well as outside. The bride was so beautiful! Unfortunately for me, Eli was quite chatty at the wedding. After a few "looks" from someone who will remain unnamed...as soon as Britty and Tom walked down the aisle, E and I made our way to the nursery. I watched for a little bit on the TV down there, but then decided that if I gave E a treat, he might sit quietly in the back of the church. It worked! I was able to see them say their vows and have communion together. It was such a meaningful ceremony. Ever since Nate & Sabrina's wedding, Eli is all about girls in "boo-ti-ful" dresses. He was so excited to see Britty all dressed up. He followed her around for quite awhile. Eli & the Beautiful Bride The newly married couple The couple with 2 crazies Our family all dolled up Love this man! E and Daddy Mommy & her handsome date E & Leo with "their" Sabrina Sabrina & I Jus & Sabrina The beauty :) Jus, Britty & I Dancing Queens?!

The {END} of Diapers?

Could it be the end of diapers for our house? That would be amazing! We've had someone in diapers for nearly 5 years! As soon as Leo was read to get out of them, Eli was born. If you figure $29.99 for 3 weeks x 8 per year x 5 years = approx. $1,199.60 over the last 5 years on diapers. Plus the 6 months when they were both in diapers. I'm ready for the end of diapers! Here is E with his monkey. They are both in Pull-Ups. Eli did such an awesome job today! Hopefully, we can keep it going!