Weekend Wrap-up

Friday
I got to sleep in!!!!  YAY!!!  That made me very happy!  I had quite a bit to do that day and I fit it all in and got to see several of my girl friends while doing it.  I met my friend Brooke and her little boy for lunch at Steak N Shake.  We got our food so fast, we couldn't believe it!  It was yummy!  I then went to Target to get a baby shower gift.  My friend Laryssa was on her way into town for a doctors appointment and met me at Target.  I hadn't seen her or baby Tenley for almost 3 weeks.  I held her all the way through the store, she is just so precious!  After that, I went to help decorate for the shower.  The girls had pretty much done all of it by the time I got there.  We then went to Walmart so they could pick up some last minute shower things.  I went home to change my clothes then headed down to the campground to hang out with my BFF Niki and her family.  This was the first time this year that I had gotten to hang out with them at the campground. 

Dawson, Lucas & I....those boys are so funny!

 Niki & I

We were making popcorn on the fire......so fun!!

 The finished product

Marley dog gets her own chair!

We had a good time but were all very tired and I headed home.  Hopefully get to do it again with them soon!!

Saturday

I got up and got ready for Jaime's shower, wrapped then gifts, then headed to the party shop to pick up the balloons for Niki.  The 3 of us got there early to set up all the food and make sure everything was ready. 

The Hostesses-Myself, Heather & Niki

Me, Niki, Jaime and her daughter Josie & Heather

The shower went great!!  Everybody loved the food and decorations.  Jaime got lots of great things for baby Jayla.  We all can't wait to meet her!  She's due Thanksgiving day but I bet we meet her before then!!

After the shower I headed home to change my clothes to get ready to cheer on the Salukis.  I met my friend Deana at her house and we headed on to the game.  I get there and Elly was the cutest little cheerleader I had ever seen!!

Youngest Saluki Cheerleader~Elly

See, the cutest cheerleader!!

The stadium was packed!!!  We did the wave around the whole stadium 3 times!!!!  So fun!!!

The Salukis ended up losing the game in the 4th quarter.  This is the 1st regular season home game that we have lost in like 4 years.  It was still really fun and I hope to get to go to a game in October and maybe that one will be cooler because I was sweating the entire time last night!  After the game I hung out with Deana at their house.  We talked and talked and talked, it was so fun!!  Casey finally came home and he hung out with us for a while and when I looked at the clock and saw how late it was I figured I better go home!!  Fun, fun day!! 

Sunday

Church this morning was really nice!!  The reading was from Luke, I really like Luke.  Elly was so cute after church.  Her mom was holding her and she reached for me when they walked outside.  I love it!!!  I came home and cleaned my apartment.  It only took me an hour and a half but I didn't do the bathroom because I hate doing the bathroom.  I do it on a separate day!  I made chicken and dumplins for lunch and I will eating it for dinner too.  Another great weekend!!Hope everyone elses was just as nice!!

Labor Day Weekend Wrap-Up

Friday

I went home this weekend for several reasons, I had the weekend off, I was going to housesit and some of my family was coming into town and having a fish fry! I drove home after work on Thursday. I got up Friday morning and did laundry, watched TV and read a lot of my book. It was great!! I also got to eat some dinner with a very good friend from high school. We had GD Ritzy's because I don't ever get to eat there anymore since they don't have them in IL. I hung out with she and her little girl for the rest of the night. I didn't take one single picture!! I'm now seeing this as a trend for this weekend although check out the next 2 pictures.......

Simone (my sisters cat that lives at my parents house) rolling all over my clean laundry!

Notice all the hair on my black t-shirt! When I sent these pictures to my mom and my sister they both preceded to tell me that there was a lent roller on the shelf above her!! SPOILED!!

Saturday

I got up and ran to the store to get all the ingredients I needed to make this fabulous cake! My friend Brooke gave me a recipe book one year for Christmas with some of her favorite recipes in it. It is one of my most favorite gifts ever!! The recipe for this cake is in there but never in my life did I think I would actually make it, everything is made from scratch!! It's her mom's recipe and Brooke had just made it earlier in the week for her mom's birthday. I love this cake and thought I would make it for the family get together Sunday. I did and it was FABULOUS!!!! It was 3 layers and ended up being so tall the lid to my cake plate wouldn't even fit over it!

Italian Cream Cake

After I made the cake I knew I needed to let it cool so I went and layed out for a bit in my parents back yard. It was so nice and I didn't even get hot. Even though it was cool I still got a little bit of a sunburn.

My view laying out in the back yard!

I then washed my car (of course, I had to get the bugs off) and came inside and watched some TV and read some more. I texted my friend Danielle and we ended up hanging out at a house of one of her friends. They had a fire pit in the back yard and we sat around that and talked and ate smores. It was a great night!!

Sunday

Headed over to my Aunt Cindy & Uncle Dennis' house for the fish fry around 1 or so. My cousin Jennifer had come into town for the weekend so it was the first time I got to meet her new baby boy Silas. He was precious!!!

Jason, Jennifer & Silas

Not a very good picture, I'm blaming it on the sun!! It was a great day with great food and family. I left pretty soon after we ate because I needed to get back to So. IL at a decent time to get ready for my work week. Well decent time ended up being almost 8p.m. I then went down to Niki's to finish some baby shower invitations for our friend Jaime who's having a little girl soon!!

We thought they turned out pretty darn cute!! It's her 2nd little girl so we didn't do the traditional pink baby girl theme, instead we're doing a little pumpkin theme with fall colors.

Well, my labor day working was very very busy!!!! I'm sure all the ER's were busy today with Dr.'s offices not being open. Here's to tomorrow being nice and slow!!

P.S. Everybody is talking about putting out fall decor.......mine is up!! Took all of about 3 seconds, my pumpkin welcome sign that hangs on my door. I will decorate more when I live in something bigger than a crackerjack box!!

Weekend Wrap-Up (a little late)

I know, I'm super late on posting this weekends post but I've been busy....more on that tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed for good news but highly doubting that's what I'm gonna get. So Friday I had a busy day! My friend Laryssa sent me a message asking me what my day looked like because she had the feeling she was going to become a new momma today and I was very excited for her!! So, it was the gym, then errands and lunch with Niki, then ran by the hospital to see Laryssa and then to work for an extra shift I picked up. I brought sugar cookies (made by Niki) to work and they were a huge hit....of course I knew they would be! I was getting text messages the entire time keeping me updated on Laryssa. I was scheduled to get off at 9 and was really hoping I would make it to the hospital before she had her but that didn't happen. I got there not too long after though and finally got to meet this beautiful little girl below!!

Tenley Brooke Allen 7lbs 6oz, 19 in born at 8:33p.m.

She was so bright eyed!


A little too close for her maybe, I mean she was only about an hour old!!

So on Saturday, I got up very early to go work at KB's. It was nice to work at the restaurant again and I got to see a lot of customers. After that, I went by my hair salon for their open house and got a few free goodies! I came home to try to lay down for a bit and take a nap before studying a little but that didn't really happen. Most of the day was gone by now....I decided I needed to go see baby Tenley again. I texted Laryssa and went up there and visited with them for a while and cuddled Tenley. I went to pick up some food for them and brought it back. I definitely stayed way longer than I should but how can you leave this precious little face!!

She looks so long!

She knew I was leaving and she was sad!

Sunday, I got up and went to church then came home to do more test questions. That evening I was invited over to Brooke's house for a wienie roast and smores. Unfortunately, it came a down pour and we ended up with hot dogs cooked on the stove and smores made in the oven with the broiler. We still had a blast and ate too much!! No pictures were taken......except for the ones Kelley Jo took with my camera, mostly grass and her fingers!

I'm ready for a change and hopefully that will come tomorrow......I'll post the news then.