Evan Moon's Baby Shower!

On February 25 the wonderful ladies from my small group hosted my baby shower, the one I have been waiting for for over 5 years!!!! A big thank you to Beth Anderson, Chelsea Pederson, and Kelly Hicks, you all are so amazing!  I was so excited to share this very special celebration with such wonderful friends and family.

Here is my plug for getting involved in small groups, I am apart of an incredible group of 4 couples who just happen to all be entering parenthood all within 2 months or so, we are in for an amazing journey together! These friends have been such an encouragement and prayer partners in this process and will continue to do so long after! We didn't realize how much we needed each of you in our lives until recently and cannot imagine the true impact of the relationships we are building.

With Kathy, my mom-in-law

yummy Daube's Carrot Cake!

Gabrielle, my little helper

Emily, Erika with Gabrielle, Chelsea, Kelly, Onna, Gundrun, Me, Crystal, Amanda, Kathy, and Beth!

Small Group: Chelsea, Me, Kelly, and Beth

Easter Trip to Wausau

Cannot wait to include Evan in the festivities next year!!!

Our Family (not a great one of the pups, they were kind of tired by the time we did our family)

Mocha love! Even these three couldn't wear her out!!

Kathy and Ernie, Tyson couldn't wait to run over and get in everyone's photos.

Tyson was such a ham all weekend.

He acted so embarrassed and went to hide, Mocha loved wearing it though.

Bacon flavored easter eggs, leave it to Tyson to find it.

Poor Mocha had such a time playing dress up

At least someone wore out.

Hartman Family and their new house!!

Babymoon, Vegas Baby!

Dan at the Luxor

Just call me a 'winner'  it was my first time playing the slots!

Lobster Rravioli @ RM Seafood

Yummy HayStack cocktail

RM Cioppino  YUMMY

Dan's Halibut

First night on the town

Second day on the town, The very BEST Mexican Food @ Border Grill

@ the Wynn

13.5 hour tour bus trip to and from the Grand Canyon

Braised Short Rib Lasagna @ Fleur by Hubert Keller

Rock Shrimp @ Fleur

 Some people go to Vegas to gamble or for the shows but not us (although we were thrilled to experience LeReve @ the Wynn) I went to experience the food!!  I was so excited leading up to our trip because I am a huge Top Chef fan and I have watched and drooled over Top Chef Masters! We got to eat at three different Top Chef Master's restaurants! RM Seafood by Rick Moonen, Border Grill by Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Millikan, and Fleur by Hubert Keller.  Unfortunately we didn't get to dine at Tom Colicchio's.   There was just too many places we wanted to try out and not enough time!

We had no idea how big the strip was, I would have packed better shoes! Not to mention the wind, so much for the summer clothes we both packed. But it was super fun, it was great to get away especially since I have been pretty much cooped up for the last 3 months since being off work with this silly broken hand.  It was great for Dan and I to have such a positive experience traveling before the stressful trip to Korea.