Christina and Mark's Wedding

On July 2, 2010, my friends Christina and Mark got married!!! I don't have any pics from the ceremony, but here are some from the reception.

Me with the happy couple
Mmmm...cake. They almost got into a big war with the frosting!

Their first dance was super cute!!! They did a waltz...
Part of the dessert table...there were lots of dessert options
The Howell crew (Amy, me, Stina, Katie, Justin, Jared, Sean)
Congratulations Stina and Mark!!!!!!!!

New York Road Trip

On May 16th, 2010 my friend got married! Remember Mike? Him and Andrea got married...in New York! So we went out to New York to be there with them on their special day :)

Last few minutes as an unmarried man
Saying the vows
You may now kiss the bride
Yay!!!!
We got to blow bubbles at the bride and groom...then we blew them at each other
My friend, jessica, was the photographer at their wedding so I got to see her too! We did gymnastics together in high school
Their first dance as husband and wife
Mike loves Superman and superheroes in general so he got his groomsmen superhero shirts that they had on underneath their dress clothes. They revealed these shortly into the reception :)
Our little group of 6...Me and Matt, Mike and Andrea, and Chris and Danielle. Too bad we don't all live closer to each other
Mmmm....cake! They actually had an ice cream bar for dessert though. It was cool!
Me and the bride
On our way home, we stopped on the shore of Lake Erie to take a few pics

It was a fun weekend and a nice road trip! Congratulations Mike and Andrea!!!!!!

Tattoo Time!

Yep, Matt got a tattoo today!!! Here's how it went down...

This is the before picture
Here is the print that the guy uses so he knows where to put the ink...a rather helpful step

Matt didn't flinch at all when he was getting the tattoo...it was a boring reaction really...haha

Halfway through...lookin good!
Here's the final product!!!! Ignore the redness...this was taken right after he finished.

Waffles

Yesterday we decided to make a big breakfast...we made waffles, bacon, and peach mango smoothies!

Matt cooked the waffles on the George Foreman

Lookin good :)
I helped make the smoothies. Here is the set up on our table...
It was delicious!!!! We even had some leftovers for this morning!!

The Wannabes-On FOX 2!!!

This morning, Shaylen and Andrew were on Fox 2 news talking about The Wannabes! How exciting for them :)

Here's the link to watch it: (about 3 minutes long)

Interview on Fox 2

The Wannabes Premiere Party

This past Saturday, The Wannabes had their premiere party!! The show aired this past Sunday in Australia and will be traveling across Europe and into the U.S. within the next year. We got to watch 3 episodes (the pilot episode and 2 others) and some of the group's music videos.

The show was pretty funny and I can't wait for it to air here!


Me and Taylor waiting for them to start the shows!

At the end of everything, the 6 main cast members did a meet and greet with the fans.

Here's the 3 boys of the group-Alan, Andrew, and Drew
And here's the whole group! Alan, Andrew, Shaylen, Sarah, Mariah, and Drew (and Drew's mom too)

For more info about The Wannabes, you can go to their website:
The Wannabes Starring Savvy

Snow Fun

Today Matt and I decided to build a snowman since the snow was melting and it was super packy!
Here's Matt rolling the bottom part of the snowman. Look at his face...must be heavy!

Now time for the middle part of the snowman

Next comes the head and smoothing out the whole thing. I learned today that my husband is a "professional" snowman smoother outer :)

Here we are putting on the final details...and building a pet for our snowman...a snow dog!

Aren't they cute?!
What a fun time in the snow :) Time for some hot chocolate!!!

Eventful day at church!

On Sunday, our church talked about physical fitness and how you need to be physically fit so that you are healthy and able to do what God has planned for you. It also goes along with being spiritually fit as well.

Matt was in a skit at the beginning of the experience to start of the message about being fit ("experience" is what we call our church service) He is the one dressed up as a twinkie :) It's really funny!! Just click on the link below to watch the 5 minute skit:

"Food for Thought" Skit



At the end of the experience, the River Rock kids (kindergarten-5th grade) got to come up on stage and sing "Every Move I Make." Since I volunteer with River Rock, I also got to go on stage with the kids. Remember, we were talking about physical fitness so all the kids got to wear sweatbands! (They were super cute!) In the video, I am on the far left of the screen in a red shirt and blue sweatband. Click on the link below to watch us sing and dance to the song on stage:

"Every Move I Make"


**** I just realized that these links don't work unless you sign into facebook. I can't find a way to make the videos on facebook public like you can do with the pictures. Anyone know how? Sorry to those of you who don't have facebook...it's the only place the videos would upload****

Daily adventures in the first year of marriage :)

We accidentally had a candle overflow and the wax dripped through a crack in the table and onto our carpet...YES, the CARPET! How do you get wax out of carpet you ask? Use an iron and a paper bag and/or towel!

I didn't get a before picture because I didn't think about it...but trust me, there was A LOT of wax on our carpet!

Here is Matt using a washcloth after already soaking up some wax with a paper bag.


Back to the paper bags...they worked the best!

This is after cleaning it up...you can hardly see where the wax was!


Meanwhile, I was acting all wife like and I actually cooked dinner! Here is proof :) I made tuna casserole