Adding to the family

I am getting a new sister-in-law! On Friday, Darren and Allison got engaged. They are planning to be married at the end of June.
When Allison came to visit in September, she was so cheerful and fun. She will make Darren a great wife, and I am so happy for them!
I can't wait to go down (we already had a family trip planned down south for April) and start talking wedding flowers :)

Din Din

The progressive dinner was just as much fun as I thought it would be. Actually, more!
Cor and I hung out in the kitchen, chatting and chopping food, before the guests arrived at our place, and that set the tone for the evening... Lots of girl talk and laughter.

Our apartment hosted appetizers, with help from Kendra and Meghan.
Some of our food...

Hanging out, chatting, deciding what to text a guy...

Group pic! 26 girls total.

The main meal (yummy tacos) was hosted by the Greenfield gals.

Dessert was at the Daav-Honk townhome, with help from Rita and Anna. Amy even made gluten-free brownies for me, so sweet of her!

Stripes....

The Daav girls taught us an exciting new game that they learned from their grandma :) Two teams, sitting across the room from each other, with two chairs in the middle, facing each other. A blanket is held up in the middle, and then dropped, and the two girls (opposite teams) on the chairs try to be the first to say the name of the other. Whoever wins takes the loser onto her team.

Both teams were trying all sorts of tricks, covering their faces, flashing, bunching up around the girl on their chair...

Classic mid-name shout.

Ahhhh. Can hardly wait until next year's dinner. The guys were really hoping to be invited to this one, but maybe we could do one in the summer with them.

Girls Annual Progressive Dinner

It's tonight.... Can't wait!
It's our third year doing this, and there has always been good food and lots of laughs.
The first year we went all out with places for everyone to sit, and napkins and REAL silverware (we even bought more knives for the occasion) for all. Last year we had an Italian theme. This year is more relaxed. Just three courses and yummy food.
I'll try to get some pictures up tomorrow.

More race day pictures

Kayla and I were just standing around near the starting line, waiting to cheer on Jill, when a lady came up to us and asked us to step forward. She told us to hold out our arms so no one would trip over the cords by the mats.
It was exciting to see the action up close!

I got these pictures from an old friend that we randomly saw down there. We both hadn't seen her in years, so it was fun to reconnect, if only for a short bit.