congratulations and happy birthday

Congratulations to Michael and Allison for giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. I cant wait to meet her!!

Congratulations to Stephanie and Jimmie on their engagement. I cant wait to meet him!!

Congratulations to Jessica and Derrick. They entered wedded bliss on Saturday, April 18. Wish I could have been there!

And last but certainly not least,

Happy 26th birthday Angie!! I cant wait to celebrate this weekend.

Mallory rocked the stage

For those of you that did not know, my sister, Mallory, was the lead in her highschool musical Thoroughly Modern Millie which was performed this past weekend. She was amazing!! I thought she sang the best that I have ever heard her sing before. I was so proud. We dont have any pictures yet due to some technical difficulty with the camera, but as soon as I retrieve them, I will post them. My grandparents from Florida as well as Aunt Buffy, Izzi and Gabi and Will and a friend came to see Mallory perform also. It was great to see them since the last time we were together was my wedding. Gabi and Izzi have gotten so big in the last 9 months. Amber came over and took pics of Mallory, the girls and I since we are the proud godparents and of my fam and the grandparents. Look for them soon on Amber Lindemann's website. I will keep you informed. Anyway, I just want to congratulate Mallory on a great performance. Way to go out with a bang little sis!! Lots of love from your biggest fan!!

Easter

I got to host Easter this year for my family and Nick's family. It was a blast, however hard work, I did not even do all the cooking. I posted a pic of the spread!! I was so proud of everything, but the dessert. I decided to make homemade icecream since Nick and I have not used our new icecream maker yet, however I did not read the directions before starting the task. I glanced over the ingredients to make sure I bought all the items needed, but somehow missed the most important paragraph (the very first one). It informed me that I had to freeze the inner container for 6-24 hours. Well, needless to say our pie was icecream free. Oh well, next time I will know. The great part about Easter was that I hosted my very first "party" and it was a success!! Also, I got to show off our house to my Grandma B. I think she was impressed. After everyone had left, Nick and I went for icecream and called an early night since we were exhausted.

Nick's 26th B-day

So I am really behind on blogging. Oops!! Even though Nick's birthday was April 2, I thought I would still share in the fun we had. I sent a singing balloon to work for him with Jelly Bellies (his Fav) attached to the bottom. I know he loved them!! That night we went out to eat at a fancy restaurant called Stoney River steakhouse in Chesterfield which is where nick proposed 2 years ago. Ahh!! Then it was time to open the gifts. He is very hard to buy for because he never wants anything so to trick him, I had bought some items for our house and put them out and waited for him to noticed. And of course he did. He is very observant. When he asked what they were, I sang "Happy Birthday" and explained since he did not voice a want for anything that I got something for the house instead. I came clean and gave him his real gifts consisting of a CD and some clothes. That will teach him to not give me any ideas!! Oh, I also made an amazing cake for his birthday. His fav, a confetti cake with rainbow chip icing. His birthday turned out to be great!!