Ever get that feeling that you are so busy that you do not notice how much time has passed? I have. At least for the entire month of June, I have known the feeling. Since school got out, I have been running, running, running, and running some more. Everything that has gone down has been a blast! Most of the running has been for parties. And we all know how much I love parties! In the month of June, there were three bridal showers, sending out invitations, moving into a new apartment, a bachelorette party, Garrett's bachelor party, Cardinals games, birthdays, and Step 1. It definitely made for a very busy month.
The bridal showers were tons of fun. I loved seeing everyone and we had some fun!
Cyle, Abby, the boys, and Clarey enjoyed some time on the lake with the paddle boat. So cute!
Garrett had to open most of the presents for me as I had to do it at two other showers. He was a good sport about it. We're pretty excited about all the new things. I think I need to have about 8 dinner parties.
Here's something I thought was interesting. I thought the point of the registry was so that you didn't get multiples of one item...but that doesn't really work if the Target list doesn't get updated. So here we are with our twin clocks! As you can tell, Garrett is thrilled!
My cute-sy little almost-nephew, Clayton, being funny in his overly large hat.
Ryan likes to steal my camera and take interesting photos as I have found out over the last 6 months of him being in the Lou. I look forward to many interesting photos from upcoming events as well.
My other cute-sy almost nephew, Levi, showing me a bug. He likes to bring the nasty ones to me and ask if I want to hold them.
Kathy and Abby did a fantastic job decorating at the cabin for the shower. All red, white, and blue and gorgeous with the Minnith beauty in the background.
Another shower. This one with my mom's lady friends. This was a blast. Best.Shower.Ever. I love all these ladies and at some point or another they have all helped me out in some way. It was amazing to see all of them sitting around me sipping Mimosas and enjoying the moment.
Lara was a very good note taker and also was very entertaining for the crowd around us and she liked to make funny faces at my sisters when they were trying to annoy her.
The best part from the shower was the book of advise they all wrote for me. Some of them serious and some of them were fun and scandalous. Of course, they made me read them out loud! I had a few flashbacks to college when everyone liked to play how red can we make Anna turn...Let me tell you...this was one for the books!
Garrett also hit the big 2-5 on June 9th. Consequently, it is also our good friend, Dan's birthday as well except that he was only turning 24. Walgreens only had one "2" so they had to be 524 instead.
We had dinner at Blueberry Hill and I got the boys a delicious gooey butter cake from Gooey Louie's. Delicious!
After Garrett's birthday there was Step 1. I'm very thankful that Garrett did not have any melt downs right before the test. Actually despite the many, many long hours of studying, he came through the whole thing brilliantly and I could not be more proud of him! He doesn't get his score for a number of weeks, but I'm confident that he kicked some USMLE-booty! Directly after taking his test, we moved into the new apartment, which will be featured in a later entry. It is absolutely fabulous! I am in love with it! I hope with stay put for the next two years because then the next time we would move, the Air Force would be taking care of everything. So I am very much in favor of staying put for two years. The weekend after moving in was my bachelorette party at the Lake. Super time, but more about that in a different entry again. Sorry to leave you hanging. Last weekend was Garrett's bachelor party. I'm going to say nothing about it, save for he had a good time. We also made time last week for a Cards game with Ryan and that is where I will leave you.
Ryan once again stealing my camera for pictures of himself.
Me and my sweetie! I can not believe that in less than 40 days we are getting married. It is blowing my mind. I can hardly wait! Love you lots sweetheart!
Until Next Time!
Lots of Love!!
~A
