Travis, Jessica, Kaelan and Colette

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Surprise Baby Shower!

I thought I was going to a going away party for Rosemary but my Bible study tricked me by throwing a surprise baby shower. It was so sweet of them! It was the day after I returned from the States but they must have known that I wouldn't want to miss Rosemary's goodbye!

The Gang
Back row from left: Victoria, Rosemary, Kim, Ruth and Brenda
Front row: Pam, Me, Jane and Valerie

Ruth embroidered this amazing quilt for me. She said it took her all summer and I feel so blessed she did that for me and the baby. We will cherish it forever! I met Ruth in Mongolia and she is the reason I am a part of this Bible study.

Rosemary makes all the birthday cakes for us girls so it is only natural she made these adorable cup cakes for the shower. We are going to miss you Rosemary and for many other reasons than the yummy cakes you make!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Boise Baby Shower

Nancy, Kelly, Bridgette and my Mom put on a Baby Shower for me when I was back in Boise. Nancy and Mom were in charge of the decorations games and prizes. They did a train theme in blue and brown. Bridgette and Kelly organized all the food and Bridgette took all of these great pictures!
I loved every minute, it was better than I ever imagined it could be. Great job ladies!

Mom, Nancy and I

Kelly and I
(Bridgette was in charge of the photos and somehow managed to dodge any pictures with her in them! I did get one with her in the nursery photos below.)

Barb, Kristina and I

Some of the other guests! Thank you all for coming! I had a wonderful time seeing you all and catching up a bit. I miss you!

Grandmother gave the cupcakes for the shower and they were so adorable! Bridgette picked out the flavors and designs. She and Kelly were in charge of the food and it was all so delicious.

The Loot...before

...and after!

The Nursery

The last gift I opened at the shower was the door to my Nursery. Bridgette worked all summer getting it ready for me to see on this visit. She did such a great job! I had no idea what she was doing to our spare room but I trusted her completely and I was right to do so because she did not dissapoint! She incorporated two of my favorite things...travel and France. She had old French posters over the crib, suitcases, 3 airplanes hanging from the ceiling and a French map of SE Asia. You can't really beat that!

Nice work Bridge!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Boise Sept-October

We had a wonderful time in Boise! It is true that I fall off the face of the blogging, emailing, and facebook world when we make it back to the States! It is just so much fun there and there is so much to do and people to see, I hardly have time to breathe! I have yet to post the pictures from my baby shower but will do that soon. I'm still recovering from jet lag, this has been the worst yet and I'm sure it is because of this growing belly, which I'm lucky I was even able to sort through these pictures with a 7pm bed time!

One of the first things we did in Boise was go to the BSU game! We like to fit one of these in if possible when we visit in the fall. This is the hardest time of year for Travis to be living in Asia due to American football so we like to get a good dose of it while we are there.

BSU colors! So I wore it to the game.

Actually, the very first thing I did was attend Mandalyn's baby shower. Does it matter that the baby was there too? Evie decided she wanted to join the party and came 5 weeks early!

Leroy finished his camero shortly after we left after our last visit so Travis and I were anxious to take a ride this time around. It is a great car and Travis managed to talk his dad into letting him drive! Now Travis can't wait to rebuild his own...we will see!

Crazy Kids!

Mandalyn was so good to me while I was in town. She had me go to her doctor's appointments with her and Evie a couple of times and she even let Nan and I babysit Evie all by ourselves one morning! Evie is so sweet and while I was in town she went from 4lbs 14oz to 6lbs 9oz! Way to go Evie! Keep up the good work so your mommy and daddy can relax a bit!

One time of year we all look forward to is Aunt June's ribs at the end of summer! Thank you for waiting until we came back to town to do them this year!

It was so great to see all our family and friends (maybe not all!) at Travis' bday party. We crammed 30 adults and 10 kids in our little house! It was tight but well worth it.

This is what Elliott opted to do during Travis' party! He was a crack up!

The next weekend Chad and Bridgette had a birthday party for their two, Emme (4) and Levi (2). I don't think you will be able to top that gift next year!

Nancy and Bill went to a youth retreat (as leaders!) over the weekend so Mom and Jeff had the boys. Since Travis was out of town at the same time I spent the weekend with them! We had a great time. These are pictures from Nathanael's 8:30am game on the coldest day durning our stay. I think it was about 29 degrees that morning! It even snowed the night before...that had to break some Boise weather records!

Owen's 2nd birthday

Kelly did an awesome job on Owen's cake! It was all from scratch!

Yes, the BSU game was on during Owen's birthday party!

At the airport ready to start the 24 hour journey back to S'pore!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

New nest with our stuff!

We have been in our house for just over a week now so I wanted to give you a tour with our things inside. It is a work in progress for decorating and organizing but you will at least get an idea of where we live. I'm so happy here and my maternal instinct tells me we are in the right place!