Jill's Shower

So this past weekend we attended a bridal dinner for Jill Hooker. We have known her family
since we were in elementary school through Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church. She is getting married this September and invited us to attend the party this weekend...and what a party it was! The party was hosted by a good friend of Michael's family. We had waiters, we had Cantina Laredo catered in, we had beautiful art work to admire, we had a bird sanctuary with
talking birds, we had valet parking...I am talking NICE! Jill and Michael opened lots of presents and we enjoyed catching up with her brother, Chad, and his wife, Susan. My sister and Mike also got an evening out. And what an evening it was!

Lunch with the girls

On Tuesday, we had our summer brunch with the girls from Sheffield.
Can you believe none of us took any pictures? I even brought my camera!
Anyway, it was nice to catch up with my girls that I used to work with.
Courtney, Tamika, Michelle, Carrie, Kristen, me and Meredith talked
for hours. Meredith was gracious enough to open up her house for the
brunch. All the kids were sleeping by the time I got there after bible
study. I decided to still write about it, because I am so grateful for all
of my friends, even the ones that I don't get to see very often. So thanks
to all of my friends for letting us lean on one another.

Check out my Slide Show!

We had a fabulous time on our vacation. Our resort was beautiful. It was not very full so we had the run of the place. We ate at three out of the five restaurants. We ate at a Japaneese Steakhouse, a Mediterranean, and a French restaurant. We ate a lot of fresh seafood like mahi-mahi, grouper, shrimp, lobster and more. It was nice that the restaurants were air conditioned after a full day in the sun. They definitely wanted to give off a luxurious air and very gourmet. There was spa-type music everywhere you went, and with it being so empty, we felt very relaxed to just lounge around. Another benefit of it being so empty was that we got to know the other guests that were staying there. We named them according to where they were from. We had the "Crazy Connecticut family", the "Jersey Clan", the "busy New Yorkers", as well as the St. Lois couple. The Jersey Clan was a group of about 25. Grandma and Grandpa celebrated their 50th anniversary by flying everyone in the family down. So there were a lot of aunts and uncles and cousins running around. They were a very nice Italian family, and I was definitely jealous of their dark tans! There were a lot of other Jersey and New York couples, too, but we just met them briefly and didn't have time to give them a specific nickname.
Our Daily Schedule:
Every morning we got up and went directly to breakfast at about 8:30. On our way to breakfast, we would pick up our towels and set it on our favorite seats. (These seats are of course on the end!) After a continental breakfast, we would get ready for the pool and put lots of lotion on. We were usually down to the pool by 10:00. I would then swim up to the pool bar and order a mango smoothie to cool off. At 11:00 was beach vollyball. Chuck played 3 days with the "Jersey Clan" of cousins, and our favorite, Uncle Scott. Uncle Scott was a total goof-ball and would tease the other members. I would sit on the sidelines and get my best sun with cousin Dana. She would tell me about all the crazy fun they had in Cancun the night before. One night must have been really fun, because none of the clan showed up for volleyball one day
and Chuck didn't have anyone to play with. Volleyball would last until noon. We would head into the ocean to cool off and then head back to the pool. We ate lunch at 1:00 at the Reef Grill located beachside. (Chuck took the picture of me in yellow there.) Then it was back to the room to check for sunburn, cool down, and re-apply lotion. We got back out to the pool and stayed the rest of the afternoon until about 4:30. Then it was back to the room for a siesta and then get ready for dinner. After dinner, we went to the main bar and drank margaritas and listened to a live band. And finally, we ended our evening every night by walking on the beach back to our room and stopping to rest on one of the lounge chairs to look up at the stars. The weather was sunny and humid and hot! We didn't want to leave. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Twinkies!

Harrison is 6 months old!

So Harrison is now 6 months old! He has started to eat his cereal and fruits...what
a big boy he is becoming! I love his big, blue eyes...I hope they stay. And he is starting to really favor Billy...not in his coloring, but his facial expressions look
just like Billy. The Enszer clan will be up here next month, but I don't know if I
can wait that long to see him!!!

Fourth of July Pics

We had a really nice time over the 4th with our friends, Jeff and Steph Gross. They took us in since we were all alone this holiday weekend for some great food and fun.
I was so happy to get to see Braeden again. He was very sweet and slept most of the time while we were there. Max had a fun time playing with all the dogs. Jeff and Steph were gracious enough to offer to watch Max while we are in Mexico. It will be
a huge help and we are very thankful for our friends.

So back in May, my Auntie Bonnie and Cousin Amy came from Hawaii to visit.
I've just gotten a chance to post the pics from their trip. There were many to choose
from, but here are a few of my favorites. The timing was perfect, because Bill and Michelle were up visiting us and their times overlapped by one day. So Auntie and Cousin also got to hold and spend a little bit of time with Harrison. Don't the boys look cute in their matching outfits? It was so nice to see the Jacksons...we shopped until we dropped! In a few days we will have more family coming from Hawaii...Uncle David and Aunt Marilyn with Cousin Clarke and Cousin Jason and his two little girls.
So more pictures to follow soon:)