Jess & Jase's Reception : Found!

Found the reception pics! Whew! They were in a different folder on my camera.

The gorgeous couple! Jase & Jess!


The guys! Shaney, John, Joe, Den, Rob, Matt, and Ryan


First dance!


Can you guess what part of the wedding this was taken?!


The wedding was so much fun, and these two are soooo cute together! So happy for them.

Check out the actual photographer's (Danielle Hartland) pics from this wedding. She's awesome.

Jess & Jase's Wedding!

Last Saturday we went to a beautiful wedding for Shane's high school friend and his now wife.


It was hard to get pictures because people kept standing up in front of me, but here is Jason right before Jess came down the aisle. Love it.


Saying vows! I forgot at a Catholic wedding that they kiss in the middle and not at the end, and I accidentally blurted out a "sh*t!" because I missed getting the picture. Ooops!


The new Mr. & Mrs. heading out of the church (I've realized I use too many angles when I take pictures. I need to stop that).


Matt B (one of Shane's good friends from high school) came home for the wedding (lives in Minnesota now), and we had a couple hours to blow before the reception, so we all hung out at our house and I made them pose for some pictures.


Headed to the Masonic Temple for the after partay! Such gorgeous flowers and details!


The cake! I'm very upset because I took a TON of pictures at the reception, and somehow they all got deleted. :-(

Maybe it's my camera's way of saying, "what happened at the wedding reception, stays at the wedding reception!"

But seriously . . . I'm bummed.

Bryce's 2nd Birthday Party!

Today marks Bryce's (our niece) actual 2nd birthday!


But we celebrated her birthday last Saturday . . . . My Little Pony style.


We were originally going to have to miss it because of a wedding, but Bry & Sommer changed the time after the fact so we could make it, and I'm so glad, because it was killing me knowing I was going to have to miss her birthday party.


Miss 2 year old.


Awesome my little pony cake that my talented mother-in-law, Rita, and Sommer made!


Bryce sporting one of her new gifts!


She got lots of fun gifts including these cute sandals she had to put on right away!


Had to get a picture of the 4 generations! Great Grandma Rock, Grandpa Gary, Daddy, and Bryce (not in that order).


Present from Uncle Dan, Aunt Marissa, Uncle Shaney, and Aunt Staci (Nina & Jinx too).


A water table!! We had to leave right after she opened it for our wedding, but we were told she played with it for a good hour and half after we left! Success!

I can't believe two years has passed by since the little peanut was born. She has grown into such a smart and beautiful girl already. We are so proud of her and so blessed to have her in our lives.

p.s. - still waiting for the arrival of our nephew (Bryce's baby brother) . . . anytime now!

Best Decision of My Life . . . .

Three years ago I made the best decision of my life when I married my husband, Shane.



We have gone through A LOT in just three years . . . . moving to Virginia for jobs, renting an apartment, buying a house in Virginia, moving back home to PA, living with our parents, buying a house in PA, three deaths in the family, three births in the family . . . . just to name a few.



We've also been to Mexico, NYC, Germany, Austria, Utah, and I feel like I'm forgetting twenty other places.



Of all the things we've gone through, and all the places we have been, I wouldn't have wanted to do those or gone there with any other person but Shane. He understands me (for the most part) and truly accepts me for who I am.



We have so much fun together and are seriously one of the best teamworkers ever! Whenever one of us is stuck with something, the other comes along, and whatever the problem was is immediately fixed some how! It's crazy. But I love it. And I love him.

3 wonderful years already and the best is yet to be . . .

Baby Boy Rock's Party!

Our baby nephew is due anytime now, but we had a party to celebrate him and his family. We decided to go with a "Baby Nemo" theme for two reasons. 1) our niece, Bryce, LOOOVES nemo 2) because of this Bry (baby daddy) joked that their baby would be "Baby Nemo".


Since the movie is 7 years old, I had to order everything online, but I was still able to find everything I needed!


Cake! (That was actually cupcakes!)


I made several of these to put around, but this was my favorite.


Here are the goodies I passed out to Bryce and Aly (my other niece)!


Thanks to the idea from one of my BFF's, we decided to change our address for the day.


The prezzies. Which kept getting transported inside to outside to inside to outside . . . because the weather kept changing its mind.


My beautiful sister-in-law, Sommer. I really hope I can look that good when I finally get preggers.


Opening up all the gifts.


My decorating kinda fell short because of the weather and time constraints, but it took a long time to make all those pom poms!


Bryce is excited about her baby brother!


Super baby!! (That's what we call it when I fly her around).


Oh Brycee! You know that baby brother is in mommy's tummy, but I can't wait to see you guys interact when he's finally born! I just love you both so much!

The Following Took Place Between 4:00AM and 5:00AM . . .

4:00AM - I lay peacefully asleep.
4:01 AM - I spring into a sitting position as my cat, Jinx, sneezes RIGHT in my face. I mean literally, my face got wet from it. Gross. I say "Jinx!" - and lightly toss her off the bed.
4:14 AM - Finally get back to sleep.
4:15 AM - Jinx jumps back on bed, on me, and starts kneading me, as she purrs like a freight train right in my face. She then continues on and starts kneading my hair and basically lays right on my head. I say "Jinx! That's enough." - and lightly toss her off the bed.
4:29 AM - Finally back to sleep.
4:30 AM - Tag Team! Nina (other kitty) jumps on bed and jumps on me. Starts kneading me. Then comes over to the side right in my face and rubs her head on mine (while she also is purring like a freight train). She then tries to stick her head under my hand so that I pet her. I say "Nina! That's enough." - and throw her all the way across the room! Kidding! I lightly toss her off the bed.
4:44 AM - Finally back to sleep (kinda).
4:45 AM - Nina jumps back on the bed. Starts purring and sitting on my head. At this point, I'm just starting to get extremely frustrated. Why can't our kitties let us sleep!? This happens EVERY night. Except usually not for an hour straight. So I let her just lay on my head thinking maybe she'll stop purring and I can just go back to sleep.
5:00 AM - Motor mouth is still purring away. Me - "Shaneeeeeeeeee. The cats won't leave me alone. I've been up since 4 AM. I'm going to cry." Shane then picks up Nina off my head, goes and finds Jinx, and puts them in our computer room for the remainder of the morning so I can get some sleep.

Droid X or HTC Incredible?

Now, ideally Apple would release the iPhone to Verizon and I would not have this stupid issue, but rumors keep floating, and I'm not seeing any truth to the fact that Verizon will have iPhones any time soon. (Also, my current phone has to be charged 2 to 3 times a day, and always shuts down during calls. . . beyond frustrated.)

So, my dilemma . . .

HTC Incredible

or

Droid X

Went to the store to try them both out, but I would need to use both for a while to REALLY see which is better, so I need your help!

HTC Incredible or Droid X??
(you can vote up top!)

August is C-R-A-Z-Y!

1). . . Holy cow it's August already.
2) This summer has been amazing weather wise.
3) I need three more months of summer in order to fit everything in that I want to do.

Upcoming Events:

• last sand volleyball game (sniff, sniff)
• Jess & Jase's wedding
• Bryce's 2nd birthday party
• Shane & I's 3rd Anniversary
• RENT @ Erie Playhouse
• Waldameer
  
• Erie Zoo
• Birthdays
• Anniversaries
  
• At least ONE more day at beach (only been there once this summer)
• Mani/Pedi
  
• Rehearsal & Dinner
  
• Josh & Mase's Wedding
• Crawford County Fair
• Baby Nephew being born
• House list (too big to mention deets)
  

I'm starting to get antsy because I feel like I have too many things on my list and not enough time to do it. But really . . . when does anyone have enough time to do the things they need to do?! And yes I NEED to go to Waldameer and the Zoo and the Fair. I feel like I don't take advantage of the things Erie has to offer, and I need to enjoy them more!

Mrs. Snapping Turtle

Remember when I told you about our fun visitors, one being Mr. Snapping Turtle? I stand corrected. It was Mrs. Snapping Turtle.

Unfortunately, when we were weeding our garden and planting some flowers last night, we found the eggs (these are not actual eggs found).















Shane thought they were styrofoam balls .. almost look like ping pong balls. I said, "maybe they are eggs", right as Shane was cutting one in half because he thought it was styrofoam. And he said, "yep. It's an egg." We (I) almost cried. So we buried them all back. Then, when looking online to see if they really were snapping turtle eggs, we found out they were. And found out another sad tid bit. The eggs cannot be rotated, or the embryos die. :-( We have no idea how many were in there or how many rotated, but we feel so bad. I cannot stop thinking about it.

The baby turtles have a long waddle back to the ponds too, and from this site, it says they still stand a tough journey back.

Praying that all the eggs were rotated back to normal and that all the baby turtles make it to the ponds safely.

I Introduce You to My Nephew:

Via 3-D Sonogram!

Eeek!! So exciting! I can't wait!!

(Supposedly he is 6lbs 14oz already! Not due until August 25th!)