Since Last Time....

1. My beautiful niece Kallie Renee' was born! Jenn and Paul are the proud parents of this darling baby girl, and I'm so happy for them! Jeremy and I make a terrible uncle and aunt - we forgot to take our camera to the hospital. Goes to show how pathetic a blogger I am!

2. Jeremy and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary :-) Jeremy had chosen one of his vacation weeks to include our special day. We traveled to Columbus and spent three days, where we enjoyed COSI, the Ohio State Fair (pictures to follow - hopefully soon!), and the outlet stores. We went to the Creation Museum, which is a very interesting and educational place! And best of all, it was free since we used Bro. Hyatt's passes! ** Drumroll, please.... This is "brag time" on my husband - All on his own, Jeremy went to the bakery that made our wedding cake and ordered a small one for our anniversary. I thought that was the sweetest thing...

3. I officially began my new job as Music Division Office Manager at GBS! After two weeks of training (which was so invaluable, I can't imagine what this past week would have been like without it) and a week on my own under my belt, I now look New Student Orientation week and registration in the face and say, "Let me at 'em!" Well, ok, not exactly... It's more like I'm getting ready to suck in my breath and take the plunge.

4. Our church picnic was today, and it was the perfect day for a picnic, let me tell you!! We had plenty of food, and as you can see from the facial expressions in the picture below, it is a very serious thing to get exactly what you want on your hamburger.

Adriona makes sure her first bite is going to be worth all the effort!

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We had a water balloon toss for the kids, a cornhole tournament (Jeremy and I didn't do so well this year in spite of all our concentration and crazy body contortions) and a game of softball that will make me unable to get out of bed in the morning. I might as well set a bottle of Advil and a glass of water by my bed right now..... All in all it was a very pleasant day that I think everyone enjoyed!!

Melissa and Ruthanne

Jeremy and Jerry man the grills

Abigail and Isabelle

Colin

Donald and Susan (kidless for the day and enjoying it!)

My mom trying her hand at cornhole

Had a couple of wet casualties... When you're 3 years old, sometimes it's hard to get over the fact that a balloon has been so mean as to break on you!

Think these girls can stretch this balloon any farther so they get away with not having to actually toss it and increase the chances of getting drenched?

Faithful cheering section

Jeremy and I played Roy and Helen, who I was told practiced last night just for today's tournament! It paid off - they creamed us!

Joel - our youngest "tosser"

Tryin' hard - maybe we should just break down and by a set of our own so we can practice!

Don't ask... I had no idea I looked so ridiculous following a toss! If we'd won, I'd have said it was all in the kicked backed leg. Really, I'm trying to be a flamingo.

The object of the game, or so it would seem

Check out the focus and concentration! Too bad it's not like that when I'm trying to tell him something!

Helen, the other half who whipped us