Happy Birthday Mom!!

Today we are celebrating my mom's birthday! It's a lot harder to find pictures of her than it is the kids. She is usually cooking or
"behind the scenes" when we all get together. My mom is a wonderful mother and an amazing Grandma. She is full of life and is always, always making me laugh! I have been blessed with a wonderful family and it all started with my mom!

Happy Birthday Mom! I love you!

Uprising Christmas Party

Saturday night we had our Christmas party with our Sunday School class. Our class is so big now, we couldn't have it at anyone's house, so we had it in the cafeteria at church. We made ornaments (top pic), had dinner and played games (middle pic) and exchanged white elephant gifts (bottom pic). I think a wonderful time was had by all! Some of the college kids came and watched the little kids so that us big kids could play our games too! We were very thankful for them too! :)

Engagement Pics!

Sarah & Steve

Thanksgiving weekend I got to take some engagement pictures for my cousin Sarah and her fiance Steve. They are getting married September 5, 2009. They were so much fun...we took some serious pictures and then got to have fun at Tommy's castle! Thanks Sarah for asking me to take your pictures!

Day of rest?

Today was Grandparents Day and Senica sang up front at church, so Mom and Bobby and Marty, Joyce, Ethan, Maddie and Aunt Cecil came to watch her.

It was a busy day...I started my new post at the Welcome Cart for when people drop off their kids for Sunday School and Church. I also wanted to get some pictures of all of our friends who dedicated their babies today, so I went into church to take pictures...then I ran upstairs and did a drama with Anitra for the 3, 4 and 5 year-olds where I played an artist! HA!! Me an artist...I think not! Our lesson was on creation and how God made everything and how we can take care of what God created. It was a great lesson and I think the kids liked it!

After church Mom and Bobby picked up some chicken from Martin's and we all headed down to the river walk for lunch. It was such a beautiful day and it is so pretty down there!! Then we went over to the open house for the new Townhouses they are building...WAY out of our price range, and Brian said if we even spend that much money on a home, it's gonna have some kind of yard be on a body of water where he can put a boat! Ahhh...dreams! :) After that, we headed home so I could lay down and rest for about an hour and wake up just in time to see the Cubs blow it in the 9th! Grrr...I should have stayed asleep!! Then Senica and Ty came down and Brian and I watched them so Anitra and Seth could go to Bethel to the Hall Of Fame banquet...they left at 9:30!

I had to tell Anitra they had to leave because I needed to get my Sunday night blogging in!! :)

10-year Reunion

Tonight Brian and I went to my 10-year high school reunion. We had a 2-hour cruise on Lake Wawasee on the LillyPad. It was such a beautiful night, we could not have asked for better weather! Neither one of us had been on the newer LillyPad (II) and it was absolutely beautiful on the inside. We had a pretty good turn-out...about 80 people or so and more people came after the boat cruise too.

It was great to see old friends and catch up. Lots of memories...lots of laughs!!