Sonoma: Mrs. Fulenwider to be

We spent the weekend in Sonoma celebrating my best friend's wedding. What a wonderful girls weekend! I can't wait to celebrate with my favorite couple in September!

fourth festivities

Fourth on Emery Lane...

A walk down memory lane...

3rd of July

Second year in our neighborhood for the 3rd. Description: crazy, wild, loud, golf carts, block party, firework frenzy with friends. 

Mr. & Mrs. Berger

One of my college roommates, Erin (aka Evran), got married in Kansas City a couple weeks ago. Road tripped with Steph and got to hang with little man.  Had a wonderful weekend celebrating Erin and Dane!

love my girls

Stir

Erik and I surprised Melanie and Blake for their engagement party in Denver. We got to spend the day with them as well as Melanie's parents. It was so wonderful! As a bonus I got to go to a wedding planning meeting with Melanie and her mom. It's been really hard being away from my best friend and she's planning her wedding… So it was very fun to be able to go with her to at least one planning meeting.  

It was such an awesome engagement party as it was located at a cooking school called Stir. We really enjoyed our evening celebrating alongside Melanie and Blake's family and friends and cooking/eating good food and drinking good wine!

24 hours with the bestie was worth it. 

An interview with KG

I documented evie's third birthday with an interview.  I couldn't help myself and had to do the same thing with keller grace. It's a tad late but owell.

July 12, 2015

What’s your name? Keller Grace
What’s your favorite color? Pink and purple
Who’s your best friend? Mommy and Mrs. Thimijan. And I love my Jesus.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to play.
What makes you happy? Tickling.
What makes you sad? *sticks lip out and pretends to cry.
What’s your favorite animal? Horse.
What’s your favorite book? Abc book.
What do you like to do with Mommy? Play.
What do you like to do with Daddy? Tickle.
What do you like to do with friends?  Play.
What do you like to do outside? Swing.
Where do you like to go? Omaha. Library! Mall!!
What is your favorite food? Chinese.
What is your favorite drink? Apple juice.
What is your favorite thing to watch on tv? Singing time.
What’s your favorite song to sing? Ba ba black sheep.
What’s your favorite toy?  Babies.
What's your favorite game? Hide and seek. 

Our family of FIVE

Last weekend we went to an event out at Deer Springs Winery that hosted animal rescue organizations from the Nebraska. We've been thinking about getting a dog for the past year and thought it would be fun to go take the girls to meet some pups. We had a great time!  We stopped by R.U.F.F. Rescue's booth and met some wonderful dogs. But my heart was smitten with a little mini schnauzer named Riker. 

We enjoyed talking to Riker's foster mom and dad and really felt like he was the guy for us. He was very timid but so sweet. 

My friend Andrea was volunteering at the event so I told her to go meet him and send me her thoughts. She agreed...this guy's a keeper. 

So we filled out an application that day. They reviewed and approved our application in less then 48 hours and we set up a home visit for Tuesday night. 

We weren't sure if he was home for good that night or not, so, Andrea lent me a kennel and pillow just in case he was home forever. I stopped at petco for some little toys and the rescue volunteers arrived with Riker in tow. His foster mom came too. We sat together and chatted and he immediately bonded with Erik. Evie kept begging me to let him stay with us. And he did!! June 9, 2015 was his gotcha day and we couldn't be happier. 

Riker is now Ryker and loved by our family already. He is very shy but is coming out of his shell!!

Our new vet, Dr. Ruppert is just wonderful!

Welcome home, Ryker. We love you. Oh, and thanks for not shedding and already knowing how to go potty outside.