Let's Celebrate!

Saturday night Matt and I went to his 20-year class reunion and partied old-school style. Since we both graduated from the same small school, in the same small town, it's great to go back there every 10 years or so just to catch up. The guys spent hours laughing hysterically at some of the stupid stuff they pulled (normally under the influence) and the wives spent most of their time dancing, talking about our kids, or making fun of the bra-less 18 year old girls dancing like stripper wanna-be's at their first Alumni dance. Good times!

Sunday we had the pleasure of watching our nephew, Ben, graduate from that same high school.

Of course Ben was pretty excited when it was all over, but his awesome cheesy smile was a direct result of his Mom (and my sister-in-law, Kim) giving him a great big goose at the perfect moment. :-)

CONGRATULATIONS BEN! GOOD LUCK AT MIAMI U!!

Little Sure Shot

This week was the infamous Second Grade Famous Folks Museum. The kids all have to pick a person, read their biography, write a report, then dress like the character and give a presentation covering the big items.

Mary chose Annie Oakley, which I loved being from Darke County. (Annie Oakley is is our big claim to fame in Darke Co. as that's where she was born and raised for those of you that didn't know). Their Museum is probably one of the highlights of the year. The kids are all put in stations a few feet apart from each other and have to hold a pose like they are a wax figure. Then you walk up and push a "button" on their hand and they come to life and tell you who they are, when they were born, why they were famous, several important facts of their life, and for those that have passed, when they died. I just love seeing the little ones perform like that.

Mary did an AWESOME job! She nailed every line, almost every time (she had to recite it probably 60+ times over the course of the two day performance) and had a crowd of people around her every time I looked up. I was very proud of my Little Sure Shot!

More photos below.

Famous Folks

Just hangin'

John and Beth were outside tonight so I took advantage with a photo opp. John, as usual, was playing with his best friend, and neighbor boy, Troy.

And Beth was hanging with "we're just friends" Eric from down the street. To be honest, there were a couple boys out in the cul-de-sac tossing a football and Beth was participating from the sidelines. Not only can young Eric rock the skater-boy look, but he's a wide receiver for the Wee Bolts AND performs at the Schuster Center in various musical productions. NICE!

But...they're just friends. ;-)

March for Babies

Many of you were kind enough to donate to my recent March of Dimes campaign - thank you! For those interested, this was the team I put together this year.

Working for a construction company, it's only fitting that we wear the "safety green" t-shirts when we are out in the community. That, and it helps my new walkers find us amid the hundreds of people out there on walk-day. Shook's presence was certainly known!

I am so proud of my co-workers for joining the cause, my company for allowing me to put this together, and my friends and family for the ongoing support I get year after year. I turned in a team envelope with over $8K in it last Saturday! See...together, we ARE making a difference!

Momentous Day at the Trittschuh's

Beth got braces!

I feel that she is quite possibly the cutest metal mouth on the planet.

And finally, FINALLY we got our washer and dryer!

We ending up choosing a top loading system instead of the front-loaders. This new Cabrio pair is high efficiency, super capacity (it's actually bigger inside than the front loaders), and we didn't have to buy pedestals. Never have I been so excited to fold laundry. And FYI, we did several weeks worth of laundry for a family of 5 in 5 hours tonight! How awesome is that?!

Easter at the Trittschuh's

I'm way behind on blogging. Sorry.

Here are some good pictures from our Easter egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa Trittschuh's. The big kids did a bang up job hiding the eggs for the younger grandkids this year. It took us almost an hour to find them all!

We even managed to get all the grandkids together for a picture.

For more Easter pictures, clink the link below.

Easter 09

Crunch

JUST A QUICK POST TO UPDATE MY FRIENDS & FAMILY -

Wednesday night I got a call at work from Matt telling me that he and Mary had been involved in a car accident and that I needed to come right away. Immediately I asked him if he and Mary were okay and all I got was a very quick, "I think so. Gotta go, the cops are here." Ugh....talk about wanting to cry. I grabbed my purse and flew to Englewood.

Short version of the story is this. Matt had just picked up Mary and was heading to get John. He was sitting at a tricky intersection (hard to see) attempting to cross traffic to go north on Main St.; pulled out in front of someone and was hit broadside. He's got a bump on the head from hitting the window and Mary has a very small "rug burn" on her neck from the seatbelt. The guy that hit them was taken to the hospital to be checked out because his knees hurt. The crash looked pretty horrible, but the injuries were very minor. We are very thankful.

You know, you just can't hug someone tight enough after a scare like that.