Exciting News!!!

I know I have LOTS of back tracking posts to do but those can wait as I’m excited to share WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!! Brian and I will be moving into our first house together Aug 11 in…….TOPEKA!! Yep...we are moving home!!!! We can't wait! I will post later this week with lots more pictures. But for now here is a little teaser of our first home!! 

Happy Mother's Day!

 My wonderful MIL Chris invited my family and the Bryants (Kate's family) for a Mother's Day cook-out which was such a blast to have everyone together to celebrate. This was a new tradition which I hope we continue in the years to come. For Mother's Day my mom treated herself to sleeping in which I was extremely thankful for after a night out in Topeka. I was up early though and enjoyed laying around chatting with my parents while enjoying a yummy breakfast. After breakfast we got dressed and headed over to the Graversen's where we ate lots of yummy food while sitting outside enjoying a beautiful day. My brother's had a blast playing with Evan and Jayden while my mom loved on Baby Jentry & Julian. I think we should of had a count down of everytime our Mom's said, "Don't you want one of these!" One of these days it will be fun to celebrate with all the rest of the other Moms!! But for now.. Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful Mother's!

The McNeil Kiddos with their Mom!

Jenny's 1st Mother's Day

Logan & I with our Mama

Jentry's Baptism

On Sunday we celebrated Jentry’s Baptsim.. When I spent the day with Jenny and Jentry over Easter, Clayton and Jenny asked if I would be Jentry’s Godmother. I couldn’t feel more blessed! What an honor and I’m extremely grateful the two of them have chosen me.

Baby Jentry couldn’t look more beautiful in her Mommy’s baptism dress and the cute bow I found a Hobby Lobby! She was just perfect during the service with only one little fart slip when she was handed over to the Pastor. We all enjoyed a nice little giggle!! We took some family pictures (Thanks to Kate for the pictures as I forgot my camera) then heading over to the Graversen’s for a yummy lunch!

I just love when our family gets together especially when we have something so special to celebrate!!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday to the first guy I ever loved! Enjoy your day Daddio!

Monthly Recap

Well I wish I could say I have been so busy that this is the first time I have had the chance to blog in a while. Real reason: I’m Lazy! 

We have had some exciting adventures and fun times with friends and family in the last month that I thought I would share.

April 13: Watching E play flag football

Can't catch me Daddy!

Proud Aunt & Uncle

April 20th: Royals Game with the Athas!

First game of the season!

SLUGGER!

Fireworks Friday!

April 21st: Baby Shower for Shannon & Baby McClain

Proud Big Sis Emma

High School Gals

April 21st: Hornets Spring Game, Nice Catch Log

#81

Family Photo!

April 23rd: MY NEW RIDE!!!! 

April 29th- Another Bow Holder made for my SIL's friend

April 30th: Aunt Lane & Evan Day at Deanna Rose

Look at the Cowboy!

Hanging with Amber & Miss Addy

Bean Bag Toss = Cheap Entertainment!

May 1st: Trip to Topeka with Evan to visit this beauty!

Can't leave Topeka without a tasty treat!

New Ride!

Brian and I made our first big purchase together as husband and wife! A new car!

We have been putting so much money into our Jeep for the last year and after this last incident that left me without A/C and a horrible sound when driving we decide it was time to say goodbye to my beloved SUV.

Brian and I joke how we should have kept his Honda that we sold last Christmas when he got promoted. We didn’t think very hard about it we just thought NO CAR PAYMENT! Ohh and that I kinda complained as I loved my SUV. It would now be paid off and I’m sure just running smooth as ever but that isn’t the case. So starting over with a car payment is what we shall do.

Getting a new car made me think about the cars I have had since I turned 16. I was passed down the Little Blue Honda like the one below that I treated like my baby.

There was never a piece of trash to be found or it never ran on empty. No wrecks, no breakdowns, just a perfect little first car that zipped me around town (maybe a little too fast at times) to the places I needed to go.

Next came my dream car! The SUV that my Daddy bought me! We pulled up to the lot…I laid my eyes on it and it was mine!! Oh how I was so excited! But after Day 2 when my car wouldn’t start and I had to have it towed to the shop I should have known this would be my problem car….In a span of 7 years this car has:

• Been in 2 wrecks both where I wasn’t even in the car…people just hit me. Or wait 3 my mom backed into a car on our move to Wichita.  Still wasn’t even in the car!
• Needed $1000+ worth of work on the engine last year
• Multiple tires replaced
• Window motors fixed
• Cruise control stopped working
• No A/C
• Several calls to AAA for new batteries
• Tire routers replaced over and over and they still sucked

I’m sure I’m forgetting some things but as you can see my dream car wasn’t that dreamy.

Since Brian gets a discount we thought we would check out the Enterprise lot. I wasn’t too excited as most of their cars don’t have leather or a sunroof. I can do without leather but no sunroof! Come on! I REALLY wanted a Toyota 4Runner but the new ones sure aren’t in our price range when you are saving for a house.

Surprisingly they had this beauty sitting on their lot! A Lexus IS 250. The deal we got on this thing was something we couldn’t pass up. Plus I got my sunroof and leather! With it 90 degrees today I am most grateful for the A/C!

It’s a change to be in a car again but after running errands all day and still being on Full I’m not complaining!

More pics coming soon! -UPDATED!!!

After a day spent with Jentry and celebrating Easter with both families I was excited to share all the cute pics....Only I took them on my mom's camera which I burned to a cd but came home to find nothing on the cd! I was bummed! Day with Jentry and an Easter post will have to wait till next week when I get the pictures from my mom. I thought maybe Mom would be able to burn a cd for me and mail it but do you know how much explaining I would have to do!! So here are a few pics from my phone to hold you over!!!!

Miss Jentry Ann.....picture perfect!

Proud Aunt...I could get use to this.....

Julian & Jentry............ADORABLE!

Coloring Easter eggs with my Bunny!

Update: Finally getting around to adding more pictures from Easter Weekend and my Day with Jentry

All Smiles for Aunt Lane!

Celebrating Easter with Aunt Amy & Auntie M!

Traditional Easter Pic!

Evan & Grammy!

Playing Baseball with Uncle Pudge!

Flag Football!

Jentry loves her Mama!!!

Handsome Uncles with Jentry & Evan

White Trash Crack=Best Snack Ever!

This is SUPER easy to make and SUPER addicting to eat!!! I got this recipe from my Aunt Amy as it is a family favorite! She refers to it as "Bunco Mix" but after Aunt Cyndi got her hands on it the name has been changed to “White Trash Crack!” And after tasting it you will see why!

For Christmas this year I didn’t want to make platters of cookies so I found some cute tins at the dollar store filled them up with “crack” and handed them out to the neighbors! Time spent: 1 hour!

On Saturday, I found some almond bark on sale at Target and since our Kansas Jayhawks were playing in The Final Four it was the perfect time to throw in some Red & Blue M&M's and make it for the game!

All you need is:

6 cups Crispix Cereal
2 cups Square Pretzels
2 cups Dry Roasted Peanuts
2 cups M & M's
1lb Almond Bark

Directions:

Melt the bark in the microwave for 2 min. Be careful not to burn it. Pour over mix and stir. Add M&M's. Mix Well. Spread onto wax paper until hard. Break apart in chunks.

All the ingredients you need!

Everything but the M&M's!

Melt the Almond Bark for 2 minutes. Remeber not to burn it!!! 

Add the almond bark and mix well!

Add your M&M's & stir together!

Spread out on wax paper and let it harden. About 15 minutes.

Serve & Enjoy! This was gone in 5 minutes!

Even a K-Stater and Mizzou Grad cheer on the Jayhawks!!