This past Friday, my neighbors and I threw Liz a "Surprise" baby shower. Sabrina cleverly disguised the gathering as a neighborhood BBQ. Liz is due in October, and with all of our hectic schedules, this weekend was the ONLY weekend all 5 couples could get together all at once.
Here is a pic of the guest of honor looking adorable as always :)
The shower was held at Sabrina's house. Here is some of the decor...
Brian, Sabrina and I hung the streamers...
Here are some of us waiting for the Liz and Eric to arrive...
Haha...WE GOT HER!!! SURPRISE!!!! :)
Lisa was in charge of sides... here she is checking on her famous potatoes! Sabrina purchased hot dogs and burgers the boys grilled up...
Yum!
A toast to the "Daddy to be!!!"
I was in charge of the games. The first game we played was called "Dirty Diapers!" I took diapers and mushed 12 different candy bars into them...the diapers were passed around and everyone had to try and guess the name of the candy inside each diaper. Here are Lisa and Steave...
Our neighbor Tammy and her 2 little girls, Peyton and McKenna...
Brian :)
Liz showing her chocolate poo.... haha :)
Ryan taking a whiff...
All the neighbors. We love them all soooo much. We ALWAYS have a BLAST together!!!
Proud Parents to Be :)
The next game we played involved trying to figure out the girth of Liz's belly. Here is Eric making a guess...
Steave giving it a try...
Sabrina taking a guess...
Ryan taking a whiff...
All the neighbors. We love them all soooo much. We ALWAYS have a BLAST together!!!
Proud Parents to Be :)
The next game we played involved trying to figure out the girth of Liz's belly. Here is Eric making a guess...
Steave giving it a try...
Sabrina taking a guess...
Me getting the final results....
Sabrina and Zach were the winners!!! Look how close they were!!! WOW!!!
Sabrina and Zach were the winners!!! Look how close they were!!! WOW!!!
Liz opening her gifts...
Ryan and I bought her the Colts outfit and Diaper Genie....ALL of us chipped in and got her the high chair :)
The next game we played was guess the baby food. I bet you are wondering how I got grown men to play these games...the answer is in the prizes- golf and beer (it works EVERY time, ladies).
Here is Zach...
Liz...
Eric...
Me and Kristen...
Kristen is the only mom out of the 5 couples, so it was not surprising that she was able to identify EVERY jar of baby food :)
Kristen is the only mom out of the 5 couples, so it was not surprising that she was able to identify EVERY jar of baby food :)
Lisa and Layne thought it smelled gross!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww!!!
Later on in the evening after the kids went home, we played the final game...Baby Bottle Beer Chug!
It was pretty entertaining watching the guys sip out of baby bottles. Here is my big baby...heehee :)
Here we all are: Me, Liz, Kristen, Sabrina and Lisa I LOVE you girls!!!! I am soooooo excited to see the new girl...Baby Elise :) Congrats again, Liz and Eric!!! xo
On Saturday, we drove up to Chicago to visit our friends Eric, Kelly, Mike and Michele. They were out visiting from California. Here we are crossing the Indiana-Illinois border...
It takes a little under 3 hours for us to drive to Chicago from Noblesville. Here is the White Sox stadium...
Driving into downtown Chicago...
Soldier Field...the stadium where the Chicago Bears play.
The Field Museum of Natural Science- thanks to our friend Eric, we discovered that teachers get into several museums and the aquarium FREE!!! Soooo, we will need to take another trip up soon :)
Pic of Lake Michigan...
Pic of the REAL, Chicago dog I had for lunch!!!! It was sooooo DELICIOUS!!!
Eric and Ryan in the Field Museum...Eric taught first grade with me back in Moreno Valley. He is an awesome teacher and has taught me TONS about technology.
Eric and Ryan in the Field Museum...Eric taught first grade with me back in Moreno Valley. He is an awesome teacher and has taught me TONS about technology.
Chi-Town Skyline...
Michele, Kelly and me :)
More of Lake Michigan...I still cannot get over how much it resembles the ocean!!!
Me and Michele...Michele has been a mentor to me- I LOVE her!!! She has been a wonderful friend to me :) I REALLY miss working with her!!! She is the BEST!!!
Ryan, me, Eric, Kelly, Mike and Michele :)
Smile :)
Picture Ryan took of Millennium Park...
Fireworks seen from White Sox Stadium on the drive home...
Ryan goes back to work tomorrow and I start back on the 18th. All my friends in Moreno Valley start back tomorrow too. I wish everyone a wonderful school year! May your days be enjoyable- and your students be well-behaved (at least most of the time). Oh, and even on your worst days, PLEASE do not forget how BLESSED you are to have employment in this terrible, terrible economy!!!
Until next time...xo
4 comments:
I cant thank you enough! I had such a great time you guys did such a great job. I am so blessed to have such great friends like you! Thank you so much for everything!!!!
I love it! You guys have had so many adventures this summer and I feel like Ive shared them a bit through your blog. I cant wait to hear more!
I love the pictures too. Hopefully I will see all of these places soon.
What a FUN baby shower!!! You guys are SUCH great friends. That baby will be VERY loved.
OMG what an adorable shower! What day is Liz due? Brennie's bday is October 18th!! Yay...almost here!
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