My Best Friend’s Baby Shower & a Graduation Party

On May 19th, my best friend Brittany & I threw a baby shower for our other BFF, Kelly. In case you don’t remember, Kelly is having TWINS!! I couldn’t be more excited for her & nobody deserves these two angels more than she does. I cannot wait to meet my little niece & nephew!

Besties at the shower.



Another spin off idea I had from the advice trees was to write the note on the diapers. That way she can get a little advice  or encouragement every night! ;0)



Teta (Brittany’s mom) & Vivi.



Rebecca is one of my oldest & dearest (and funniest) friends! I miss seeing her so much!



That night we had another fun party to go to. These kiddos love to party!



Riley man was tired of taking pictures & ready to go!



So hard to get a decent family picture these days. ;0)



We finally made it to the party! Brooke, another one of my lifelong friends, graduated from Pharmacy school! Way to go, Brooke!

Brooke with her Mama.



Bradley & Cassidy-her brother & SIL. So sweet!



Bradley & Tommy, their dad. Thanks for the ribs, Mr. Tommy! They were so good—as usual!



They don’t look suspicious at all, do they?



Averly loves Mr. Tommy’s ribs, too!



Riley was getting down on the dance floor!!



Karaoke time!



Riley even joined in & sang Jesus Loves Me. He almost had me in tears, I was so proud.

It’s a Family Tradition!

On Mother’s Day weekend we had our annual little family reunion. It’s nothing big--just my dad’s family & his brother’s family all getting together & having fun! The morning after the circus we got up early (TAG didn’t even sleep because he just got home from work) & we headed out to see the fam at a state park where we rented some cabins!

We have a different theme each year. This year it was a cowboy theme for the “Riley Round-Up”.

Averly spiked a fever as soon as we got there. Poor baby didn’t feel good all weekend, but tried her best to have fun.



We always have games planned, but it was raining so we had to play inside. Here’s April ready for the stick horse races!



Double horse race!



Ruby was grooving!



Oh yes. We did. We had pogo stick challenges. I, along with many others, have never used a pogo stick. So it was pretty interesting. I think April, or maybe Uncle Bob won with the most bounces before falling off.



Sick baby watching the action.



These 2 crack me up!



Just FYI…sandals, wet ground, and pogo sticks do not mix well. I almost broke a toe.



So sweet! Ruby & her Marmie.



I did get a lot of cuddles out of this girl though.



April again, very focused on the games. ;0)



And Riley patiently waiting his turn to play ladder golf.



Sisters.



Crazy kids.



The Riley men.



Riley the Bandit.



Haha! Love the fringe!



Mom won the Family Spirit Award (the troll doll) & some more game prizes.



Our family picture. Poor baby girl. And actually that night Riley woke up with a fever too. We ended up taking him to the ER that Sunday night with a fever of 105+, had to do chest x-rays &  found that he had Bronchitis. I’m sure that’s what Averly had too, but it just had to run its course.



Can’t wait to do it again! Hope everyone is well next time though!