The Shafferland Shuffle

* Last Sunday, Ryan and I went to his family's church for the dedication of his nephew. {They're blognonymous, so no pictures of that cutie.} It was a sweet service, and we stayed after it was over to have lunch with everyone. Ryan and I got to play with his other nephew, Korbin, and we enjoyed a very yummy meal! I took a trifle - the first one I've ever made. It was good!

* My best friend's grandfather passed away, and Ryan and I drove to the viewing Monday evening. I hated seeing her under those circumstances, but it was good to see her. When we got home, we went out for a run, to cancel out the fries we had on our way to the funeral home! We did chores all night and went to bed EXHAUSTED.

* Apparently, our part of Indiana got some crazy tornado-esque storms during the night into Tuesday morning, but guess who slept through them AND the first hour of the alarm? WE DID!! By the time we headed to work, it was gorgeous outside! That night, Ryan worked at the Greentown house, and I led another round of Beth Moore Bible study. We have one participant allergic to Braeya and guess who Braeya loves most??? So I have to occupy the little diva to keep her out of the way! Tuesday we played with the green toy. And I made spaghetti ahead for our lunches. Busy night!

* Wednesday was our 19 month anniversary! Apparently Ryan's work celebrated in our honor, because they had a cookout! :) After work, we grilled out and ate in the pirogi...and we went for a walk because it was a GORGEOUS night. I also stopped at a cupcake shop to get us a little anniversary treat. The stop was kind of a disaster, but we did manage to end up with cupcakes!

* I only had to work a half day on Thursday, but Ryan had to work the whole day...so after I got off work, I took the scenic route home and enjoyed my afternoon doing chores and having fun. AND...looking at our 2 newest scrapbooks that the nice UPS man delivered. Our anniversary and birthday trips are now in hard copy! I went to visit my old office buddies, went for a walk, and enjoyed a quick nap in the hammock with Ryan after he got home!

* Ryan had to work Friday {I'm always sad for him when he has to work holidays} and I did not, so I stayed home and worked on the scrapbook of our family vacation. {Making a copy for everyone in the family.} When he did come home from work, we went out for dinner at Hawg Heaven - a BBQ hole-in-the-wall place in Kokomo we'd never been to before. Then we drove to Cicero, just like we did last year, to watch their fireworks over the lake. It was a lovely evening together!

* Yesterday Ryan had to work again and when he got off work, I met him at our Greentown house for chore day. He cleaned out the overgrown landscaping and I washed windows. {Hope you were sitting down for that news.} But our work was rewarded because we were invited to my parents' neighborhood picnic! We enjoyed a cookout and fireworks at their neighbors' house. Ryan and I took our turn at lighting fireworks - you can see how our styles varied a wee bit. And we watched some of them with 3D glasses on. Pretty cool!