Manda's Bridal Shower

I had a fabulous time at Amanda’s Bridal Shower this weekend. We had super delicious food, played fun games, and had a great time watching Amanda open all of her gifts. My favorite game was “How well do you know Amanda” since I won a prize LOL. But I also had a great time playing “Unscramble the words” and “Design a wedding dress out of toilet paper.” In short, I had a wonderful time…thanks for inviting me Manda!

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It's Hot Outside!

The weather has been so hot lately; we decided to open all windows and doors so the girls get some fresh air. They love sitting next to the screen door and watching the birds fly by.

Passion Flower Vine

Paul brought in this crazy looking Passion Flower he got from a neighbor’s yard. It is so crazy looking! The first day he brought it in the first flower from the vine bloomed, then it closed, and now the second flower bloomed. Awesome!

Ikea Bookcase

Today we built the Ikea bookcase we bought this weekend for the new baby room. This is how it turned out. Not bad huh? I love Ikea’s low priced furniture!

Panera Fruit Salad

After a long day of shopping, Marco and I had a nice and healthy lunch at Panera. This was my first time trying their fruit salad and yum, it was good! I highly recommend it.

Lunch at the Depot

After a full day of meetings we decided to take the clients out to have a yummy lunch at the Depot. And although the portions were much larger than what they are accustomed to, they still loved it.

More Sweets from Japan

Our next set of clients arrived from Japan today and yup, they brought us 2 boxes of yummy Japanese sweets. YUM! They’re not Tokyo Bananas but they’re still yummy.

The Habit

Amanda's customers are heading back to Japan tomorrow and before their departure, they requested to have burgers for lunch. Here they are enjoying their burgers at The Habit.

Tokyo Banana

Today I tasted one of the yummiest sweet snacks EVER! While visiting, our customers were gracious enough to bring us these yummy Tokyo Bananas (Twinkie-like pastries that taste like mini banana cream pie) from Japan. I loved them so much, I tried hunting down a place where I could buy some….alas, it does not look like it is possible to buy these in the U.S.

Mini Burgers

After the guys (Marco and James) spent most of the day maintaining our vehicles, we decided to go out to dinner as a treat. The guys ended up getting these mini hamburgers …they looked much better than I thought they would.

Movies Under the Stars

Last Friday the department of Parks and Recreation started their summer “Movies under the Stars” program at the Center Plaza. This week the movie playing was “Bee Movie” so we decided to check it out. Too bad I forgot that I can’t go twenty minutes without using the restroom. After a short look around, we headed back home where I could use our clean bathroom instead of some nasty port-a-potty. I think next time I’ll have to invest in a box of Depends.

Funny Face

While playing around with the new camera settings Marco captured this very attractive picture of Smuckers. LOL!

A New Camera for Ana!

A few days ago my camera stopped working properly which you can image made me very sad. Although it started working again, it just isn’t very reliable anymore and we can’t afford to not have a perfectly working camera, especially with kids on their way. After going through several reviews Marco helped me pick out the perfect camera for my needs, the Canon Rebel XSI. Fancy! I’m still going through the user manual but from the practice shots we took, I can already see this camera is going to work out dandy!

Lekkerbekje Time

Marco and I visited the local Dutch grocery store where they were having Holland’s famous fried fish (Lekkerbekje). While we were there we bought a few things we were running out of and sat down to have lekkerbekjes and kroketten. YUM!! Seen above: Marco sporting the free Dutch hat he got while we were there. CUTE!!

Pablo Update (On the Way to Norway)

Pablo is joining Terry and his wife Eugenia on their trip to Norway this coming week, woohoo! I’m sure they’re going to come back with some pretty amazing pictures.