Another Baby Ben…

Must be a popular name. Our friends Tara and Kevin had their second baby! The proud parents welcomed Benjamin Avery Frate on Tuesday February 24, 2009. He was approx 20 inches long and 8 pounds 8 ounces. I went today to the hospital to meet him and visit with the rents. He is so adorable. I cant wait to watch him grow. His big sister Emma was with the grandparents today but I can’t wait to see them all together! Beautiful family! Good job mom and dad. Enjoy a couple pictures I took with my phone.

You be the judge…

Seriously….if this were in your food what you do?

Recently I was with some friends and this “thing” was in Sara Glenn’s salad. After receiving a salad with pears on it when she specifically asked for the one without pears she gets down into it and out pops this “thing”. At first she is calm saying to herself it’s a leaf or a root but as soon as Kim and I layed eyes on it, it was over. Laughter, tears, gags, etc. It totally looks like a grasshopper. In fact that the rest of the weekend we could just say the word grasshopper and we would start laughing out loud. Now I am really sure that it was a harmless field green of some sort but HOLY CRAP. It basically ruined her appetite to say the least. I couldn’t even look at it with out feeling sick…we had to wipe away the tears in our eyes and hide it in a napkin so we could finish our lunch.

Good times! Laughter really is the best medicine.

The New Mr. & Mrs. Side

It's official...Laura and Chad are married. It was a fantastic Valentines Day for all. The weekend was so much fun. First we had a bridesmaid luncheon on Friday at the Scholars Inn on Mass Ave, then the rehearsal at the church, rehearsal dinner ath Sklyline Club and drinks at Nicky Blaines. Saturday morning I headed down to help out around the hotel and at the church and at 5:30 sharp the wedding ceremony began.

First of all Laura was such a beautiful bride, the weather was nice, I read my scripture reading with no mistakes :) The sparklers were a hit, the reception was beautiful, the pineapple upside down martinis were delicous, the photo booth was hilarous, the speeches were tear jerking, the food was great, we danced all night and at the end they even had little cheeseburgers. Woo, can you tell I love weddings.

Everything was so much fun. Thank you so much to Mr. & Mrs Sidener and Happy 34th wedding anniversary and Thanks to Laura and Chad for letting us be part of your special day!

All good things must come to an end

Yes, it is sad but true. I am finished reading all 4 Twilight series books. Many of you know about my embarrasing obession. Well I am still obessed and cant wait to have the movie come out on DVD and for the second Movie in November....but for now I will be giving it a break. I will read the first and second book again before the second movie but I think it will be good for my marriage if i take a break for a while. hahahah

My friends who have started reading it have not been quite as obessed as Alisha and I, but they do enjoy them I have to say the third and fourth books are so amazing. Good bye for now twilight :)

The Cullen Family from the movie :)

Visiting Toledo with the Pollerts

This past weekend Brian and I drove (Brian drove, I just read my book) to Toledo to visit our friends Bill and Wendy and their newest addition Annebelle Leigh! We had a great time visiting and catching up with them! Friday night Wendy made us dinner and we just hung out at the house. Saturday the ladies (including 3 month old Annebelle) went to see “He’s just not that into you” at the movies. It was really good and Bells (cute nickname huh!) was a perfect angel. Sunday we headed home after a fun weekend. Brian and I were so happy to finally meet Bells…not that we weren’t excited to hang out with Bill and Wendy.

Thanks for the hospitality Pollerts! Hopefully we will see you again soon.

This time it was the Eating Eight…

Our monthly dinner party as we like to refer to it as the “Dining Dozen” was the Eating Eight this month. Unfortunately we were missing the Keirns and the Glenns. But that did not mean we ate less…haha Tracy and Jeremy hosted this time around.

The Hosts

The theme…Mardi Gras! Complete with beads, decorations, red beans and rice, gumbo, appetizers and dessert. It was so good. I was nervous because I have never eaten gumbo before but it was so so good. My compliments to the chef(s)! Of course little miss Zoey was there too. Although she is growing at a rapid pace so she isn’t quite as little. Still a very sweet and loving puppy. Zoey kissing Bri-guy!

I take full advantage of her being small enough for me to hold. Soon she will be able to kick my butt. Brian and I have been trying to think of ideas for when we host in April. Cant wait.

Benjamin Brock Barry Gets Baptized

Say that three times really fast! On Sunday morning we headed up to Muncie for My cousin Mindy’s new baby Benjamin’s baptism. He did such a good job. Some tears before and after but not during. He is such a beautiful little guy. Good Job Mindy and Lance. The service was very nice and there was a lot of family present. We then all headed back to Aunt Melinda and Uncle Johns house for a while. Ben also was making his modeling début with the photographer Mary Ellen Bertram! She was the photographer at both Mindy and Lance’s wedding and our wedding. I cant wait to see the pictures! Check out the little guy…isn’t he so adorable!