A few weeks ago I had the privilege of hosting Laurie’s Baby Shower. It was a chance to have a bit of fun with flowers and girly things since she is having a little girl. As you can see from some of the photos the flowers weren’t just on the tables, but made their way into the food as well. It was really hard to restrain myself from all of the crazy ideas I came up with – just ask Joe. That’s always the hardest part of hosting a party. Joe was a tremendous help, especially with the space planning since we needed to fit 30 people in our garage and I’m really terrible at visualizing things. All in all it was a fun day to celebrate the life that God is growing inside of Laurie.

Her sister took a bunch of photos from the day and Laurie gave them to me. Click on the photo to see all of them.

Another fun time was a few days after that which was my birthday. I got to have lunch with a few of my girlfriends, and then Joe took me out to Tsurugi’s for dinner. We spent a bit of time meandering in downtown SLO, savoring the Coldstone’s we got since you get a free one on your birthday, and then we went to Border’s. We saw that they had Settlers of Catan in, so Joe got that for me as a birthday gift (we also ended up getting the Event Cards because with two players it’s really necessary). Family also gave me some money and told me that I had to spend it on myself, so I decided to get an iPod Touch. It’s been a bunch of fun to play with.

Overall though, my favorite gift was from Joe – he wrote me the most sincere and heartfelt letter, which is a huge deal for me because he hates to write. It was a wonderful birthday, and I’m really starting to feel older now that I’m closer to 30 than 25 (I turned 28), married, own a home, and expecting a child.