An Anniversary Celebration

Today celebrates my sweet Sister-In-Law and Brother-In Law's 10th wedding Anniversary! They were high school sweethearts! How cute is that!! They have been blessed with the cutestest little boy who Aunt Lane and Uncle Pudge get to babysit while Mommy and Daddy go out on the town Friday night to celebrate! :-)

Wishing you both a very special day with many more years to come!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Being the only girl in the family I have always had a special bond with my Dad. He has raised me to be a very independent woman and has always been there to support me. He has given me lots of wonderful things over my lifetime and recently a beautiful wedding which I couldn't imagine anything being more perfect. He always tells me how proud he is of me and that he loves me every time we talk. When life has gotten rough he was only a phone call away and always had some way to make it better. And when I was about to give up on school this past semester he was right there to encouraging me to keep going and just to always try my best! I’m so blessed to have him as my father and to now have a husband who I know one day will make a wonderful father to our children like my dad has been to us.

This Father’s Day my dad wanted to come up to KC to go to Gate’s BBQ. That worked out perfectly since I had to work at the hospital till 3. I decided I would have everyone over for dessert afterwards which meant I had to have a clean house so I didn’t have to listen to my mom complain. :-) I wish I was a clean, organized person. I never have been…..hoping that will change as that cute, organized, clean boy I met in college has become a slob like me. Our house has been spotless for a week. Hoping to keep it that way from now on! I will keep you posted! LoL Anyways… so Brian and I spent much of Saturday “Summer Cleaning.” Since I had to work on Sunday, Brian finished up the last few things! Not all wives can say their husbands help around the house so I’m very lucky for that!

My family along with my Aunt Cyndi’s and Aunt Amy’s families came for dinner too. It was nice to all get together. After dinner we headed over to see my Grandparent’s house which my Uncle had been renovating. All I can say is OMG!!! It is gorgeous and my Uncle is so talented! I may have some before and after pictures I should post later!

Then we headed to our house for homemade ice cream, Lemon Cake and Chocolate Cinnamon Cake per my Daddy’s request! Everyone had a good time and we even broke out the game Guesstures which had us all in tears laughing so hard.

Wishing all the wonderful fathers out there a Happy Father’s Day and special shout out to my Daddio! I love you!

San Francisco Here She Comes!

On Monday my best friend Hannah packed her bags and drove across country to start a new chapter of her life in San Fran. She graduated from KU in May and had been talking about moving to KC until after her recent visit to CA to visit our friend Shruti she came back thinking about moving to San Francisco! She asked me what I thought and I told her DO IT!!! She has nothing holding her back in KS and if she doesn't like it out there her family and friends will still be here to welcome her back! Plus I want to go to CA and this gives me the perfect excuse to go visit this Fall!

Hannah and I met back in 4th grade when her family moved into the neighborhood. We hit it off and have been best friends ever since. We have lots of great memories together and one of my all time favorites that I will cherish forever is having her stand by my side at my wedding and having her sing with her sister while we lit the unity candle. I think that is the only time I lost it during the ceremony!

On Saturday, Brian and I headed back to Topeka for her going away party. It seemed like a mini high school reunion and we all had a blast. Brian of course was the life of the party and everyone asked me why I don't bring him out more often. I'm like what do you think I do...keep him locked up in the house or something?!? LoL

It was a good time but we were feeling it the next morning! Dad made us pancakes for breakfast on Sunday morning and then we headed home were we both took long naps after our wild night out in Topeka! LoL

I'm going to miss you HZ! I'm glad to hear you made it safe and sound!!! See you in October love!

Welcoming Eli James

Our good friends Peter and Kelly welcomed their son Eli James Atha into this world on May 31st at 10:15am. He is the cutest Memorial Day baby ever! He weighed 8lbs, 5oz and measured 20 inches long.

Brian and Peter have been friends since the 9th grade. Peter was also the Best Man at our wedding.

Here is the proud daddy holding his little man!

We are planning our next trip to Wichita to visit the family of 3 very soon. We can’t wait to meet you Eli! You are one loved baby boy!

I’m Baaccckkk!

After the hardest 4 months of my college career I can now say I’m a senior nursing student with only 348 days until I graduate! Is that sad I have already started the countdown. :-) School had taken over my life and I’m so glad to finally have a 4 month break to enjoy summer.
It seems like May has already flown by. It has been a busy month with graduations and birthdays. We also celebrated Mother’s Day with our families. Going out to brunch with mine and having a cook-out with Brian’s. It is so nice we are from the same town. It makes family gatherings so easy!

Happy Mother's Day!

Some exciting news for both Brian and I is that I got a job at KU Medical Center as a Nursing Associate on the Pediatric Unit and Brian got transferred to a branch closer to home. I start tonight at KU working the evening shift. I'm so excited to be back in the hospital. I love nursing and I love kids. What could be a better job?!?

Brian is now working in Independence, MO which is a 30 min drive rather than the hour and a half (one way I might add) that he has been traveling for the past 6 months. He makes me so proud. Driving the long hours, waking up early and getting home late all because he wants the best for our family. His dedication to Enterprise hasn't gone unnoticed and even the "BIG DOGS" of Enterprise as Brian calls them know who he is. He loves his job and I know he will go far in the company. The best thing of all is getting to see him more and getting back to eating dinner at a normal hour. LoL

Wanted to give a shout out to my Daddio (who is looking trim and thin these days…) turned 55 on May 8th. Love you Pops!

HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE!!!

Little Man turned ONE!!!

Our sweet nephew Evan turned one on March 22! Man did a year fly by. I still remember getting ready for bed when Kate's sister Julia called to tell us it was time!! We jumped up and headed to wait for his big arrival! We didn't have to wait very long before we got to meet that little man! Evan Bryant McNeil was born at 1:44a.m. He weighted 7lbs, 15.4 oz and measured 20.5 inches. He was just perfect and wide awake!!

Here is Aunt Lane and Uncle Pudge just a few minutes after he was born (Evan's Dad Matt gave Brian that nickname when they were younger. Matt no longer refers to Brian as Pudge but his friends still do...oh and my Dad too! LoL! And now Evan will!!)

I have tons of pictures of Evan but this is by far my favorite! They are both just so cute!

We celebrated Evan's birthday on the 19th with lots of friends and family. It was March Madness themed so everyone was dressed in their favorite teams. Here is the little Jayhawk with the only 2 Wildcats in the family!

Here he is enjoying his birthday cake. He was being so polite using his silverware!

I decided to get Evan a rocker for his birthday after discovering his love for rocking. I found this little one off Craigslist! I couldn't pass it up! I had the whole design in my head on what I wanted to do with it. Too bad I can't take any credit for it besides shopping for it! (Which is what I do best right?!?)

I'm so thankful to have family in Kansas City. My Aunt Cyndi and Uncle Dave were nice enough to let me bring it over to sand & paint it. I dropped it off and planned to come back on the weekend. When I headed back over there to my surprise my Uncle had done it all for me. So now I was off to Lawrence to let my best friend Hannah do her thing. She is such a talented woman and is a beautiful artist like her Mama! I told Hannah something sports themed and this is what she created! It turned out awesome and Mr. Evan loved it!

Happy 1st Birthday Evan! Uncle Pudge and Aunt Lane love you VERRRYY much!

Married 100 days!

Well I have been a little MIA from blog world lately mostly because of school. And I will probably be until the end of the semester. Since I missed posting about our 2nd & 3rd month together I thought why not blog on the 100th day of being married! (I promise I'm not counting! I just saw the count of my facebook page) I still can't believe our special day is over but what a beautiful memory I will always have! Our love for each other continues to grow each day and I'm so glad I have such a wonderful man to call my own.

In our 2nd & 3rd month together....

• We bought a Dyson!! (This thing is a amazing!!)
• Celebrated my Mom's 55th Birthday with her and the family in Lawrence
• Filed our taxes together (I loved that check)
• Celebrated our first Valentine's Day together
• Planned a surprise party for your mom's 60th birthday with a successful surprise
• Visited Kelly, Peter and baby Eli(in Mommy's tummy) in Wichita
• Cheered on my brother and the Topeka High Trojans as they played for State
• Helped Evan celebrate his 1st birthday
• We received our Wedding Video! (Aunt C-I will post it if I can!)
• You experienced Corn Beef and Cabbage for the first time on St. Patty's Day
• Jordan moved back from DC :-)
• Watched the Wildcats make it to the Elite 8
• I got to go to the Black Eyed Peas concert (sorry you had to work)
• Hosted our first dinner party as a married couple using all of our great wedding gifts
• It took us 100 days (yes it took that long) but I am so happy to say our house is FINALLY clean. We had run out of room with all of our wonderful gifts that we had lots of organizing to do.

I love you Mr. McNeil. You are the best hubby ever!