May News!

April was a blur. It came and went before we even knew it. After our big Easter Celebration we could not slow down. We hosted a few dinners at our home one of them being the Progressive dinner for our group at church. We were hosting the main course and had 20 people show up for the fun. We have just finished the playground project at our church and it turned out beautifully! The kids are loving it! Steve has also become an Usher at our church and It is really stretching his “BOX” but he is enjoying it and his box needs to be stretched!We have invested in a new computer and camera! Now we will be able to be a little more professional with our photography. It is amazing how many people hear about us through just word of mouth. But we enjoy doing it on the side. It is definitely something we want to get more in to. Shawnee has been busy with wedding showers and wedding details. She will get to be a part of two friends’ weddings this summer and is busy with all the planning. We were able to have a school friend of Shawnee’s over last week. Laura and her husband Josh were here from out of state for a visit and we really enjoyed meeting their sweet little boy Aidan. Last weekend Shawnee was able to go to a Mother / Daughter tea with her mom and Sister in law, Bobbi. It was a fun afternoon hosted by our church and all the ladies came in their tea dresses, party hats and pearls. It involved a lot of great food too!! Now we are working through May…Shawnee will start having meetingspreparing for the Ladies Retreat in September and we will both be attending the Couples Retreat in about 2 weeks. We are really looking forward to that time together. DJ and Bobbi will be parents againreally soon. Bobbi is hoping for the end of May but her due date is the beginning of June.We are all really excited about having another baby around. So we will just have to wait and see when he decides to come. We hope you are all doing well and Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there!

Easter Sunday

This year Steve and I hosted our annual Easter Celebration at our new home. The day was a whirlwind and we loved having all of our family close to us during this special time. Steve’s Mom and Step Dad were able to come down from Castle Rock and join my mom, DJ, Bobbi and Taylor as well as Bobbi’s parents & little brother and Bobbi’s Sister’s family. We were one big happy group and we had fun!We started the afternoon off with a lot of food. I prepared my first Easter Ham. And even then I cheated and got a honey baked ham that was already cooked. All I had to do was pull it out of the fridge and let it get to room temperature. THAT WAS HARD!! Anyhow, did I mention that all the food was really good?After dinner everyone headed down stairs to decorate their Easter eggs in preparation for the Egg Wars that would happen later that evening. While the eggs dried the Egg hunt began as everyone searched our house for about 150-200 Easter eggs filled with goodies.The Egg Wars came next and everyonewas prepped and ready to smash other peoples eggs! After the Egg Wars we all settled down and played games while enjoying all the wonderful desserts!