Anniversary

Last Sunday, Kyle and I celebrated our 12th anniversary. I sound so cliche' when I say, "my, how time flies!", but it is so true. It seems like just yesterday we had our wedding. We have been so blessed the family and friends we have added over the years.

Here is a picture of us from 12 years ago:

I always feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have Kyle as my best friend and husband. He is an awesome father to Taryne and I could not ask for more!

Until next time...Gig'em!

One anniversary and two wedding showers...

This past weekend we had an anniversary dinner and two wedding showers to attend. I have to say, it was a very busy and long weekend, but we had fun at all the events. If you read this blog on a regular basis you know that we have been super busy with home improvement projects. In some ways it was nice to get away from all the remodeling for a few days, but it was a very busy weekend so there was no opportunity for resting.

On July 5th, Kyle's grandparents, Roy & Bernice Weinheimer, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary! Wow! So this past Friday, the entire family (Kyle's mom's side of the family is HUGE and that is just the siblings) had dinner at El Maguey in Fredericksburg to celebrate this amazing milestone. It was great to see everyone and look at the great wedding pictures from 60 years ago.

Saturday evening we attended a couple's wedding shower for Kyle's cousin, Jetta and her fiance' Chad. They had great food and it was fun watching everyone compete in washers, horseshoes and 42.

On Sunday, I helped host a shower for Jetta. This shower was a "Girls Only" shower and it was beautiful. We held the shower at Grape Creek Vineyards just outside of Fredericksburg. It helped that Jetta works there and was able to get us the room since they no longer rent it out for functions. We had about 50 people in attendance. This was a display shower so all the gifts arrived unwrapped and were beautifully displayed for all to see.

The food was amazing. There were so many delicious things made by the hostesses...I am going to have to get some of these recipes! We had a chocolate fountain, fruit, veggies, cookies, sandwiches, dips, cake squares and bars.

These were the best chicken salad sandwiches and I am pretty picky when it comes to chicken salad...there were even apples in it and I loved it...I really need to get this recipe.

Cake squares and apricot almond bars...I am not a huge apricot fan and these were yummy!

Pimento cheese sandwiches...I love these, but apparently when you make them at home, they don't taste as good as they do when they are cut into little triangles and served at a shower...

These are the cookies I made...

The room where we had the shower...the table decorations were beautiful!

The gift table at the beginning of the shower...there were many more gifts by the end.

We had a pretty good spread for the shower...

The "sign in" area...I also made the invitations for the shower.

We were absolutely exhausted by the time we got home Sunday night, but it was fun!

Until next time...Gig'em!

Birthdays, anniversaries and weddings, oh my!

Well, one birthday, one anniversary and one wedding. Taryne turned 9 months on Saturday, Kyle and I celebrated our 11th anniversary on Saturday and my sister Charlotte married Zach on Saturday. Saturday was a busy day!

I did the flowers for Charlotte's wedding, so I was busy from Friday until last night with prep and clean up. I also helped my mom with the cooking on Saturday morning. I am totally amazed at my parents for basically doing it all themselves...with the help of family and friends of course, but no catering or other "professionals" for wedding stuff.

I thought I was going to have a coronary on Friday because the flowers did not arrive in Llano until after 2 pm!!! I was panicked they would not show up and if they did I just knew they would be wilted, but luckily, they were ok. The insides of the boxes were HOT and I was so nervous they would not hold up, but they did...thank goodness.

After we got the flowers back to my parent's house, Aunt Claire and my cousin Nicole helped me make the boutonnières, bouquets and the table arrangements. I cannot thank them enough for their help! I had to miss the rehearsal, but that was ok because we got the flowers done fairly quickly and Kyle, Taryne and I had time for a drive through the pasture before it got dark.

The wedding was absolutely beautiful!! I think the only thing that would have made the day better was less wind. The wind was blowing so hard that it knocked some of the table arrangements over and each jar was filled to the top with water...

Last Wednesday, my Grandpa had surgery for his heart and we did not plan for him and my Grandma to be at the wedding. They were going to put a pacemaker in, but ended up putting something else in to monitor his heart and then go from there...I have no idea what it is called, so please ask my mom if you are curious. Well, Grandma and Grandpa made it to the wedding. They came with Uncle Ricky, Chance and Amanda. Whoohoo!!! I was so excited to see them! That really made the day perfect.

The wedding itself was short and sweet and perfect. It totally fit the personalities of Charlotte and Zach and I cannot think of anything that showed who they were more perfectly than the ceremony. Their personalities also came out in various parts of the reception as well.

Without further ado, here are pics from the prep and wedding this weekend...

The flowers...we had 100 orange Gerberas, 100 white Gerberas and 90 white daisies

The table arrangements

The bouquets...Charlotte's is the white one and the bridesmaids had orange

The prep...my mom and I cooked 50 pounds of potatoes...

The potato dish was awesome! It has potatoes, cheese, sour cream and bacon and seasonings...

Zach requested peach cobblers (like my Grandma Martin made) for the Groom's Cake...

The Bride's Cake...

Grandpa Clarence, Grandma Milady and Mom

Here comes the bride...

Charlotte & Zach

Grandpa Clarence, Grandma Milady, Me and Taryne

Taryne, Aunt Claire and Grandma Milady

Grandpa Clarence, Uncle Ricky and Nicole

Nicole, Amanda & Chance

These 2 flowers broke on Friday and I placed them in a cup of water for us to enjoy. Last night when we got back from the wedding I picked them (not sure why I did this...) but this is what I found...the stems curled up and intertwined...amazing!

More of my family was at the wedding, but somehow I did not get more pictures. I guess I was a little crazy and busy! To all my family, it was so great to see you all! I hope we can see each other again very soon! Love you all!

Until next time...Gig'em!

Big Day!

Originally posted June 12, 2009

Well, today is our 10th anniversary! I will say I am amazed at how the time has flown these past 10 years. I am so blessed to have Kyle as a husband. He has supported me in everything I have ever done or attempted and I can't thank him enough for that.

At work, all my girl friends call Kyle the "magical husband" because he generally does more of the cleaning than I do. I know I will greatly appreciate this quality in him after Taryne arrives. I always do the cooking, but he thinks I am too messy and does not like the way I clean things. I always thought I was the neat one, but that was when I lived at home. My dad and Tanya are probably the messiest people in the kitchen, so of course I looked like a spotless cook compared to them!

I am looking forward to the adventures that the next 10 years and beyond will hold. We will start the next chapter with a little girl in September and we really could not be more excited. It will be different with an additional member of the family, but the adventures will be endless.

Last week I had my glucola test and failed. Not too bad, though. My blood sugar was to be under 140, but it was 155. Because of this, I had to do the extended glucose tolerance test. That was yesterday. It was not fun, especially not having water from 10 pm the night before until about 11 am yesterday. However, I got a call from the nurse earlier and I passed with flying colors! I am so glad, I really did not want to deal with gestational diabetes.

Well...I just want to say Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband and I love you!!

Until next time...Gig'em!