Catch up

Im playing catch up right now.... I need to do about 5 posts but instead Im going to condense it into one LONG one... with little words {very hard for me, I tend to over explain and ramble a lot! ha!} and LOTS of pictures. Enjoy :)

:: Recently Aiden went to his first  big kid birthday party. I call it a big kid party because it wasn't at someones house and it was with all the kids in his class. Kael and Cameron had a joint party at a gymnastics center! Of course he isn't of the age where we can just drop him off and come back 3 hrs later... so Mike and I accompanied him to the party. It was very fun but the place wasn't air conditioned so needless to say we all melted. It was a great time and we went straight from the 3 yr olds party to Mike's grandma's sisters 90th birthday party... what a day! :)

 Not wanting to share the pool balls and throwing a fit under the table=

total meltown/time to head home for NAP.

::Good Eats...What's been cookin in our kitchen...

Homemade pizza... a Sunday night ritual for us... we're pretty much pros at it now :)

banana bread

sloppy joes

Aiden approved!!

Strawberry, banana, and angel food cake skewers...served with chocolate mousse!

Chicken Tacos

::Last weekend we headed to Topeka for the Bruna wedding reception! Mike was in Vegas for work so me and Aiden went with my sister and the girls and met up with Mike's parents. The reception was at the Kansas Museum of History and it was a neat place. There was a childrens area that kept all the little kiddos occupied which was really nice. Between that and the dance floor Aiden was a tuckered out little boy by the end of it! of course I didn't take but a few pics...

::This past Thursday we took Aiden to the JoCo County Fair in Gardner. I was beyond excited and shocked that Aiden was willing to ride ALL the rides. {he has refused in past years and doesn't even like carousels} And he rode them all multiple times! We met up with a girl I work with, her husband and their son who is a few months older than Aiden. We all had a GREAT time!

 :: We just got back today from Manhattan! We spent the weekend with my family just hanging out, celebrating my dad's birthday and going to a welcome home party for our good friend Christopher Frakes, who just returned from Air force training, and is moving with his fiance to Phoenix soon. We're exhausted but it was a great time!!

Harper looooooves the puppies!!

Lunch before the pool

Aiden's new pose... always has his hands on his hips. ha!

our little fishies!!

1....2...

3!!!!

Our attempt at eating at the new Japanese steakhouse in Manhattan. Even WITH reservations we waited 30min to be seated then another 30 min to get our drinks... with all that plus it being almost 8pm and Harper's unknown FEAR of fire... we up and left and settled for sliders and fries at the going away party. What a night :) 

So that's what we've been up too!! Busy Busy! I think things should settle down now that summer has come to an end. So sad!! 

Bring on football season!!!

BUSY Weekend!!

Today is my half day at work so I thought I'd get a quick post in about our weekend.

 It was RiDiCulOuS busy...

Friday night, Mike's work put on a Casino night. It was a lot of fun and we spent most the evening playing some black jack! {I suck btw!!} Sadly we didn't win any gift cards that went to the high rollers or the IPAD that they raffled.
Everyone at his company is SO nice and its always nice to meet and get to know the people he works with everyday. After that got over a group of us headed to Johnny's to chat some more and have a couple drinks. We had a really good time!

Saturday morning I had to work til noon and Mike took the car to get an oil change. I came straight home from work, laid down for a bit then met over at Michelle's for the Kenny Chesney concert!!
I had to take a pic of my outfit and send it to mike... im sure it was the last thing he wanted to see after he got done with the warrior dash... HA! {I doubt I EVER wear my boots again, they gave me horrible blisters!!}

I can't believe I bought a romper... Im not a HUGE fan but I thought its seemed so "country" :) Thank goodness for phones these days because I couldn't decide if I liked it so I took a pic in the dressing room and sent it to my sisters for approval :) ha!

There we a lot of INTERESTING get ups at the concert. People watching is the best :)

The concert was a blast and we found a nice parking spot in the shade a hung out for a couple hours before the concert. Kenny did great... its fun since we know most of his songs! He even wore a cut off chiefs shirt... I thought that was really cool. We opted for cheap seats so we were high but could still see perfect and thankfully in the shade the whole time.

Mike spent his afternoon at the Warrior Dash and he SURVIVED!! This is a 5k race/obstacle course. I was really nervous since he was in the 3pm heat and it was SOOO hot... Im so glad he finished and didn't die ;) I heard today that some guy is in the hospital in critical condition from heat stroke and exhaustion from the Warrior Dash... so sad! Im so glad Mike, his brother Joe and my brother Tony all are okay!!

My brother posted a similar race on facebook today, RunRukus, and we joked about us siblings and spouses doing it... doubt that happens :)

Sunday I had a bridal shower for my good friend Erin aka Buffy. She is getting married in October in DC... its going to be an amazing wedding and I hope my work schedule allows for me to go!!
It was at a yummy place called Yia Yia's Eurocafe. I had never been there or heard of it and I already told Mike we'll be going back. Its a really pretty place and GOOD food :)
Erin's sister Sarah did an amazing job...it was a beautiful shower!! After taking a quiz about Erin I won some pancake mix and a wire whisk!

Erin got some really neat stuff but my fave was her apron and that neat towel cake. SO CUTE!!

We spent the rest of Sunday relaxing. Mike had kickball at 5 so Aiden and I went to the grocery store.

I was DYING for a taco salad so we made those and then watched Rango.

{These shells are YUMMY. Try them!!}

Sarah, Derek and my mom were SO gracious to take Aiden Friday night and ALL day Saturday!! He had SO much fun. They took him to some indoor kids festival on Saturday and he got to meet Elmo and Buzz!!

 They also went to the pool Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Apparently he is jumping in the pool with NO fear...finally!!  I love my family and I am SO grateful that they are here to help when we need them. Mike's mom was going to take off and come watch him but we'll be spending this weekend with them in Topeka at a wedding reception then they'll be in KC the following weekend. I felt bad making her drive all THREE weekends!! We are truly blessed with the most helpful and wonderful families!!

This weekend Mike is traveling for work and Aiden and I are headed to a wedding reception in Topeka. Can't wait to see a lot of my Willie's girls and a ton of people from Mike's home town... it will SURELY be a blast :)

Have a great week and Happy August!!