Weekend Fun

The month of September is easily going down in the books as the busiest month of our lives.  We have been going NONSTOP this entire month, and there have been days when I didn't even know how in the world we made it through and made it to all the places we needed to.  That being said, this last weekend was no different. 

It all started with a birthday party for my friend Dawn.  Dawn is my Zumba instructor and one of my very close friends.  She has this magnetic personality, and everyone is immediately drawn to her.  She is a BIG part of why I look the way I do now, and Jovan thanks her for it all the time, ha!  She has impacted so many people's lives as a fitness instructor, and therefore, when it was time to celebrate her birthday, a big party was only fitting!  She invited like a million people from class, and we just had a fun night of eating ourselves silly (because afterall, we knew we'd be in the gym the next day to work it off! ;) ).  I love these ladies, and I am so grateful to have them in my life!

LOVE LOVE LOVE these women! 

The spread of completely "healthy" food

 

Me and the birthday girl

The next night we headed out of town to Wisner for the weekend.  We had the pleasure of watching my brother coach a little football Friday night.  The outcome was less than favorable, but the girls had a blast anyway!

Lainey and Laney
They were not happy that I made them stop playing for a minute to snap a picture

The girls and their Crunkle

Saturday we headed to Wayne America for the WSC Homecoming game.  I really do love it in Wayne, and we will be perfectly happy if our girls decide to go there for college.  My brother and sis-in-law had such a great time there, and the small campus atmosphere is great!  We watched some more football and then spent the night celebrating Lainey's birthday with family.

No clue?!?

As always, I am reminded of how nice it is to have family this close.  We are completely within a day trip to see my parents and brother.  So nice to have them around so much, especially now with the addition of a cousin!

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For some reason, I have decided that I need to live my life vicariously through my brother and sister-in-law.  I always wanted a Husker wedding...they got one.  I wanted to do a gender reveal...they got one.  And of course, I was there every step of the way to help with the planning and live out all my ideas through them, ha! 

When we found out that my sis-in-law was preggers, I think I immediately started planning a gender reveal!  I am the type who could not realistically have this party for myself because when I am being honest, I can honestly say that I definitely knew what sex I wanted, and it would have been AWFUL to find out the "wrong" information in front of all your family and friends.  But when the news of an impending niece or nephew hit, I knew they would not be the same crazy person as me and a party would be perfect for them!

We decided to go very low key with this one.  They invited our family who lives nearby and their close friends to their house for the reveal.  We went with a football theme since that's the season we're in and a large part of their lives.  They decided they wanted to do the reveal with balloons.  NO ONE found out about it until they opened the box of balloons...it was great!  We all had our guesses, and then came the final reveal.  It was a perfect afternoon with perfect results! 

Team Pink vs. Team Blue

You can obviously see that majority rules

So excited to have a boy cousin!

The whole crew, obviously more BLUE fans!

We can't wait to meet you, Hudson Jacob!!!