Happy Valentine's Day

This weekend for Valentine's Day, Eric and I decided to stay in and cook a nice dinner for ourselves. We hung out all day for the first time in a while and we made a wonderful dinner! Yum!!

What I've been up to lately

These last few weeks have been filled with busy days! I finally have an evening to sit and update pictures! Here's one of Kelly and I at Kites in KC! Kites is a bar in Manhattan that she and I would frequent, especially on cheap taco nights! We went with Brennan to watch the KSU game.

Eric and I found a duplex to rent and we were able to get the keys at the beginning of the month. Eric and I picked this couch and chair at NFM and Brennan and Adam helped move them in. Here are the boys after they struggled to get them into the house!

That same week, I was lucky enough to have a shower thrown by the ladies that my mom plays bunco with. Mary had the shower for me at her house and the turnout was great! It made me feel so special to have them include me!

Shower time!

This weekend I had so much fun having one of my wedding showers! I have such an amazing family who put on a wonderful shower for me. We had a good turnout and I got so many great things!! Here are Jordan, Cris, Marcia, Erin and Tessa standing in front of the pretty table they arranged.
Me and my maid of honor!

How could we have Erin and Marcia come visit without having a craft project. We made lovely tutus for the little girls and here are Erin and Marcia making a lovely bachelorette party veil for me. You'll have to wait until later to see the finished product.

Eric spend the weekend back in Manhattan and Clay Center but he came back on Sunday morning so he could see Marcia, Erin and Tessa before they had to go home. Tessa had been running around playing but as soon as Eric came in, she was in a cuddly mood. She cuddled with him for longer than I'd seen her sit still all weekend!

Welcome the new year

This year on New Years we did something a little different. Eric's roommate decided we needed to take a party bus so Eric and I, along with some of our good buddies and about 20 others got to ride around on this bus for the evening. It was a fun time, and I even got to see the Plaza Christmas lights for the first time! We let off a group of people at Power and Light but Eric and I and our close friends decided to stay on the bus. It was fun to have it all to our selves and bring in the New Year together! Here's Eric and I!

Christmas pictures...I know...

This year I was scheduled to work on Christmas Eve which kind of threw are traditional plans for a loop. As an added bonus, we got a nice little snow storm that night that even further hindered our plans. We were able to spend Christmas morning with my family and after the roads got cleared we headed back to Clay Center. Here's Eric with his new ear muffs! Many of you probably have heard the story about how dad has always wanted a little bag of diamonds like you see on TV. This year, a friend who works at a jewelry store was nice enough to give us a couple of broken diamonds along with some of the fake ones that are scattered in their display cases. Dad was so excited to see his surprise!

Eric's calling

Some time back, Eric gave me a "tattoo". (Look back to the beginning of this blog to see it.) He drew a lovely tattoo on me and it was then I thought he may have a calling as a tattoo artist. Today, I was lucky enough to get another one of his works. I wasn't sure what kind of tattoo I was getting until he was done but it was a lovely surprise when I finally saw it.

Just to say I did something...

I haven't posted in a while again...Tonight Eric and I celebrated Christmas together. Since the next week will be busy with family events, we decided to stick with tradition and do a Christmas with just the two of us. (Last year as you may remember, my present was my engagement ring!!) This year, Eric got me a new digital camera that is waterproof! I'm so excited to take it with us on our honeymoon!!!
Here's a picture of Eric and I in front of the tree being silly.