Wedding #2

Aaron's assistant coach, Jerod, and his fiance, Mary, got married this past weekend. They had asked Jenna to be the flower girl and after the last wedding, I was very nervous!

Jenna was one of three flowergirls and she did NOT want to walk down on Friday at rehearsal, but Aaron sort of let her have it and then she walked down. She became good friends with Madison, the other three year old, which I think really helped.

When it came time to walk down the aisle, she not only walked down, but even threw petals down! Woo-Hoo! I was so excited!

Congrats to our friends Mary and Jerod on their wedding. We are so happy for you and can't imagine spending our summers with anybody else!! :)

Here are some pics of Jenna prior to the wedding. Sorry they're dark, but I didn't have my camera!

So cute!

Her pretty hair.

Jenna and Madison

FUN photos

Most of you know that I LOVE to be creative with pictures. I have to...it's sort of part of my job. Well, Greg always teases me that if I need to learn something to let me practice on my kids, because that's how I learn best.
Here are some pictures I jazzed up a little. (Sorry for you facebookers that have already seen these). Enjoy!

Season Over

Baseball season is officially over. West Marshall lost 7-6 last Saturday night in district play. I am so sad! I think I probably took it worse than Aaron did! :) The game could have gone either way. We were behind 2-0, then we tied it at 2, then we got ahead 4-2, then they tied it at 4, then they went up 6-4 and then we came back at scored two runs in the top of the 7th with two outs to tied it again. BUT, unfortunately they got baserunners on and hit a walk-off single to win the game in the bottom of the 7th.

Some years it's tougher than others to see the season end. The boys finished 14-12 and if you would have asked me after the first game of the year how many games they would win I would have said about 5-6. With such a young, inexperienced team they came so far. I'm really proud of the boys and Aaron and Jerod and the job they all did this season.

And, as a true baseball fan, I'm already looking forward to next summer!! :)

4th of July Weekend

We had such a great 4th of July weekend! We were constantly on the go, but we got to see a lot of friends and family, which made it all worth it.

Friday night we headed to Ringsted where we met Aunt Mandy at Jay and Ros' house and spent the nite. We had a nice quiet nite just catching up and eating a good meal.

Saturday we headed to Armstrong where we went to the Ulrich's to see Adam, Jill, and Addy. Frank and Linda met us there shortly after that and we all headed to the park, where the kids did the inflatables and we saw a ton of people that we haven't seen for awhile.

We then went to the Walker's and watched the parade from their front yard. We got more than enough tootsie rolls to last us for a very long time. Then, it was naptime and lunch time back at Ulrich's.

Around 5:30 we headed to my 10-year class reunion. It was a lot of fun seeing everybody there that I haven't seen in way too long. It was great to catch up with everybody and see their spouses/kids. After that we headed to the Nelsen's in Ringsted with Scott and Lisa and spent the nite there.

Sunday was more fun as we headed to the Burdorf's in Emmetsburg. We had a family get together and it was a blast! There were little ones running around everywhere and it was pure craziness. Jenna didn't want to leave and she definitely wants to go back! :)

All in all, a great crazy-busy weekend. We were all grateful for the friends and family that we got to spend time with.

4th of July Photos

Aunt Jill and Addy

Jenna and her new pal Ava

Brody Boy enjoying some pasta.

Three cousins hanging out after the parade.

Looks like Brody & Addy are in deep conversation.

Grandma & Grandpa B - taken by Jenna

Mom & Brody - taken by Jenna

Jenna going down the inflatable slide!

Berry Patch

On Saturday we were baseball-free and I realized that we hadn't made a trip to the Berry Patch in Nevada yet this summer. It was the last day for strawberries so I "surprised" Aaron with the news that we were going on a family outing. He was thrilled! :)

I think it's a great time to go and pick your own berries because they're so fresh and taste so much better than anything you can get in a store. Aaron admitted it wasn't as bad as he was expecting and Jenna was a good helper too! Although, I did catch her stealing strawberries from my box and putting them in her bucket once in awhile. :) Brody spent half the time in the wagon and the other half eating my strawberries.

On Sunday Jenna and I made homemade jam. Jenna was the "masher" of the strawberries and I will say she did an excellent job! Here are some pictures from the Berry Patch:

Aaron and Jenna finding some berries.

Brody eating my hard work!

Jenna chowing down.

All finished!

How good do those look? We ended up picking about 7 lbs of berries!

Rose Festival

We had a busy few days over the weekend. For those of you that don't know, State Center is the Rose Capital of Iowa and the third weekend in June is always a 3-day celebration known as the Rose Festival.

Friday nite Aaron was supposed to have a baseball game, but they got rained out. It was nice because usually Aaron does nothing during the Rose Festival except hang out at the baseball field, so he got to enjoy a little bit of it Friday nite. We went to the chili cook-off and they also had a BBQ contest, so they gave away free samples of ribs (yum!). Friday I had a slow-pitch game, which we lost!

Saturday, I did my run at 7:30 AM and then had to hustle over to another slow pitch game at 9 AM. My dad came down and helped me watch the kids and for that I was grateful! We won our game and then headed to the baseball game. The Trojans had a rough weekend, to say the least, but we're hoping they bounce back this weekend. Then it was another game for me and then another game for Aaron (do you see a pattern?).

Saturday nite we had a sitter come over and we went uptown to listen to the band. It was actually Greg (my boss's) classmates from 1979. They rocked! They played some good 70's music and I enjoyed it.

Sunday for Father's Day we did...absolutely nothing! Literally. And, that's how Aaron liked it. We all took naps in the afternoon and tried to stay out of the heat. Naptime=perfect day in Aaron's world!! :)