Day 293, December 8th

Thursday I was the the Board Meeting/Holiday party for work while Ryan headed up to his parent's house to help serve for their annual Our Lady of Guadalupe Dinner.  This was the second year my dad and Sara attended the dinner and I think they again had a wonderful time.  I suggested to them that they do some sort of similar dinner to raise money for the church building fund...so we'll see if they do!

Ryan got home pretty late, but brought some fancy and delicious leftovers with him! We had quite fancy meals for the next day or two!

Day 107, June 5th

Sunday, and Ryan actually didn't have a baseball game!! So we woke up and headed to church then home to prepare for my dad and Sara coming over to see the place and have dinner.  They've never been over to the house, mostly because before we were married I didn't live there, so it's kind of awkward to be like, hey Ryan, I invited people over to dinner at your house!  And then since we've been married life has been hectic, so it was nice to finally have them over.  Plus they hadn't met their grandfurchildren yet, and that just wasn't right!! 
We slaved in the kitchen all day :) and then had a lovely dinner when they arrived.  We had a nice time chatting about life, and creeping them out by telling them we saw them driving in Wickenburg.
After dinner we burned wedding photos for them and sent them on their way! It was a fun night and a yummy meal! Plus they totally loved Gus and Max, but that's not really too much of a challenge! 

Day 62, April 21st

Thursday, Holy Week upon us, and the count down to Diet Coke getting so close!! It was Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, depending on who you ask.
When we got home from work, we headed to Church and then to Carlos O'Brien's for dinner.  When we were heading home I got an email from the wonderful Hagerty Photography that wedding pictures were up to view! YAY!  When we got home, we snuggled up on the couch and looked through the hundreds of photos from our wedding day. 
It was the perfect way to end the night, looking through the photos, seeing all our friends and family and laughing at how much taller Brandon is then everyone else in the bridal party!!

Day 19, March 9th

Ash Wednesday...goodbye my sweet Diet Coke.  As every Ash Wednesday, i.e. first day without my drug, I am probably not the cheery gal you all know me to be.  But I soldier on, because that's how I roll. Anyway, I do suppose the $.86 I spend every day will add up throughout Lent and I could buy a Costco size case of diet coke on Easter Sunday with that cash!! So plus side!
Anyway...after work, Ryan and I met up at the homestead and then headed up to church to get some ashes.  We stopped at Paradise Bakery for dinner beforehand, which we did last year so it's sort of our tradition now.  I'm seriously obsessed with traditions, no joke if we don't go to Paradise Bakery next Ash Wednesday I'll probably cry and be upset that Ryan broke our tradition...haha, but seriously.  So, we went to Church, got ashes, then headed to Ulta because I was completely out of makeup and then headed home.  Another wild night for the Groggers.

I obviously didn't take a picture during the mass, could you imagine my dad's face?!! Here is the bulletin from the evening.

Day 18, March 8th

Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras for others, but either way it is always the day that I stock up on whatever I'm giving up for Lent.  Like usual, I gave up Diet Coke, my number one addiction, so I spent all day Tuesday drinking up, I seriously probably had 100 oz of Diet Coke today.  Insanity!! Anyway, so it is tradition at my church, Church of the Epiphany to have a pancake dinner on Shrove Tuesday, because it was like having a feast before the fasting of Lent starts.

So after work, Ryan and I headed up to the church for dinner.  We brought a ton of stuff with us for the church rummage sale.  The ladies at church thought that it was odd because married people usually need things, don't need to get rid of things...she was unaware of Ryan's hoarding ways obviously.  Plus I hated Ryan's hamper, so I was super happy to get rid of that thing!!!!!!!!!
After we ate pancakes, I took some to my sister who was stuck at work, I'm such a loving sister, then we headed home and probably cleaned, because seriously, that was all we did for the first couple weeks!!