Mandy's Bachelorette Party

The BIG EVENT! My first experience with being the matron of honor! My best friend Mandy is getting married August 1, so we've been celebrating this summer! I hosted a bachelorette party for her the weekend of June 19-21 here in Kansas City.

We went to Zona Rosa on Saturday morning for pedicures and some shopping! We had special t-shirts for the day!

Then we were off to the Hilton President Hotel in downtown Kansas City for a lingerie shower & games!

We went to Gordon Biersch in the Power & Light District for dinner.



We spent the rest of the evening in the Power & Light district!

We had a great time, but I was exhausted when the weekend was over!

Ashley's Wedding

So, here are a few of the pictures I have from the wedding. I only took pictures in the limo, thus the champagne in every shot! It gives you a little taste of the wedding, though. First the happy couple granting our request for a kiss!

Graduations!

Busy May! We had quite the month!

I went to Manhattan for Justin's Family Day at Acacia. We had breakfast and games in the morning. Then we went to the football stadium for a BBQ and tailgating before the Spring Game.

I met Justin's girlfriend, Jessica, for the first time (far left in this picture). She's a total sweetheart! We went to dinner with her parents at Old Chicago.

Then it was back to Manhattan the next weekend for Ashley & Justin's (Chris' sister & fiance) graduation from Manhattan Christian College. I wasn't feeling well that weekend, so I didn't get many good pictures! This is a picture of us packing all of Ashley's stuff so she could move home.

We went back to Manhattan for a third weekend for Justin's graduation from K-State. Aunt Betty Kay and Uncle John came all the way from Maryland for it! We also had quite a bit of family from my Dad's side come up for it.

After Justin's graduation, we drove to Baldwin City for Chris' mom's Master's graduation. She now has her Master's degree in Education!

The last weekend of May we were in Derby for Chris' sister's wedding. I'm going to post about that separately...

Palm Springs, Californ "I" "A"!

Palm Springs, California
April 24-24, 2009


Palm Springs = lots of Palm trees!


The road that was named after me! You can barely see it, but it says Andreas Road! I'm in the picture too, although you can barely see me!

Here's a shot of the whole group. I went to Palm Spring for the FarmHouse Foundation's Board of Trustees spring meeting and Power of 7 Seminar. It's a great conference. Alumni who donate $7,000 to the Annual Fund are invited to come and they each sponsor an undergraduate. The weekend is full of learning as each alumnus shares what is going on in his respective field. So much to take in! I had a great time, although I didn't get to spend much time around the pool :(

I also managed to leave my new GPS in our rental car - goodbye GPS! I'm starting to come to the sad realization that I probably won't see it again. I've come to rely on it, too! I also had a terrible return trip as we were diverted to Tulsa, OK because of bad weather in KC. I didn't get home until 2:30 a.m. that morning. I had the next day off, but it took me a full week to recover my sleep and sanity!

Shed Construction

Chris & Justin helped my Dad fix the shed behind our house over Easter break. It was quite a project! Here are a few pictures:

Does this scare anyone else? He had the fun job of being up on the makeshift "scaffold"!

1st Anniversary

We celebrated our 1st anniversary at home with my parents for Easter. Our anniversary was actually on Easter day! We enjoyed a family dinner with my Dad's side of the family. We had an anniversary cake as well! It was strawberry and had a "1" candle on it. (The one Justin and I used for our 1st birthday and then every birthday that had a 1 in it!). It was so much fun!

We went to Phantom of the Opera to celebrate our anniversary. It was my dream come true! It is by far my favorite musical - it was such a treat for us!

More to come...

So, I realized today that it's been a LONG time since I updated my blog...oops! So much for staying on top of it. I have fun pictures and stories to add! Unfortunately I don't have them with me right now. I just didn't want the snow blog to be at the top of the page, so I'm posting a coming soon message!