Bridal Shower #1

My Aunt Donna and my cousin Michele threw me my first bridal shower today! The theme was "holiday" so everyone had to bring a gift that corresponded to the holiday they were assigned. We got a buch of SUPER cool things, like an ice cream maker and a fondue set! I'm excited to have little get togethers now so we can try everything out! Aaron was very excited to see everything when I got home and he actually did the dishes the first time I asked because he was so excited to start using things! haha. Here's some pictures!

My aunt, cousins, mom and grandma

some more cousins and aunts

presents!

Mom and Grandma

Opening presents. Nathan was my little helper the whole time!

What the apartment looked like after getting the stuff home. I was so overwhelmed trying to find a place for all of our stuff in our ity bitty apartment, and after a few hours, it was all put away! :-)

SB '09

For spring break this year Aaron and I decided to drive out to Oklahoma again to visit his brothers and their families. We left at 9:30 Saturday night and arrived at 9:30 Sunday morning. Aaron's brother Mike, and his wife Laura were kind enough to let us stay with them. We had an awesome week just hanging out with family! Aaron pretty much spent every day at Mike's dental office bothering everyone and I spent a few hours every morning doing a midterm (Thank you Dr. S.. grrr) and then Laura and I and sometimes Leanne would hang out in the afternoon until Aaron and Mike got home from work and Issac got out of school. We did lots of fun things, like go out to eat at Pop's which sells a bazillion different types of pop, we went to the zoo one day, Laura took me to this really cute little restaurant for lunch and tea one day, and of course we played some games! (including a very intense and physical game of spoons, which turned into ultimate spoons)

I LOVE Aaron's family and I am SO blessed to be marrying into a family where everyone is seriously AWESOME! Everytime we spend even just a few hours with any of Aaron's brothers and their families I feel so lucky to have some of the best brother and sister in laws and nieces and nephews. I can't wait for everyone to be together again in two months at the wedding!

Here's a few pictures from Pop's, the zoo and our last night...

Laura enjoying "Love Potion 69" at Pop's

Issac, Leanne, Aaron and I at Pop's

Heidi was cold so Aaron shared his coat. P.S. check out his badge. He jumped over a fence to get employee "Dean's" badge that he lost...

Aaron, Gretchen & Calvin at the OKC Zoo

Isaac, Heidi and I (Isaac and Leanne made Heidi shout "Go Cats!" while wearing her hat. They're torturing the poor child! :-P )

Heidi, Calvin, Gretchen, Me and Aaron on our last night.