Happy birthday my love!

August 29

My husband James turned 27 this year.... (Yes I am april to august older than him) He is the very best husband and father I could have ever asked for my little family... He goes out and works hard for our family to be able to live the way we do... I am very blessed that he lets me stay at home and raise our baby... 

This year I picked him up a few surprises seen in the first picture below... 

yeah I contributed to his bad habits... 

Then I baked him some cookies....

And here he is... the adorable, sweet, caring Mr. James Steele...

ALSO: He shares August 29 Birthday with his younger brother Kevin... Kevin is 25 this year!!! Happy birthday Kevin... 

&& His mom, the greatest mother in law any girl could hope for has her birthday August 30!! Happy birthday we Love you Barbara!!!

Bachelorette Party....

The bachelorette Party was so fun! Since the Maid of Honor, my youngest sister, isn't 21 yet my Aunt Kelly and I (In the first picture) went to the casino early and we were both glad we did!!! Each of us won over $50!!

Me and the bride, my sister Courtney at the horse track.... It was so much fun betting on the horses... even though I didn't win! 

Here is all of us girls.... The Bride, me (matron of honor), College best friend the bridesmaid, youngest sister (Maid of Honor), Aunt kelly, and her high school best friend the other bridesmaid (Also the one who planned the wonderful bachelorette party)

We had plans to go to Scottys in downtown Indy but with the Colts having their preseason game in town that place was packed with a 3 hour wait time... so we went to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner and shots.... 

The waiter was super cool and let our youngest sister have a few shots with us, and may I add this was the Bride's first shot.... How she went the last 3 years without a shot is beyond me.... 

We then went to a bar for one quick shot because the Bride had also managed to never go to a bar since she's been 21... A lot of first for her which I think made her night even better!

After that we walked back to our room which was conveniently downtown within walking distance of everything!  we had some fun games, the kind of games you find at spencers; pin the cock on the jock ect.  we had so much fun! 

The next morning, no one was hung over so we walked to breakfast before leaving the city.

Makes me so excited for the wedding...

OCT. 4, 2014

Bridal shower part 2

Here is pictures of our family at the bridal shower.... it was a great turn out and an all around great day! I am so excited for my little sister on her big day... and very happy she asked me to be Matron of Honor and my little girl to be the flower girl! 

here she is bride to be....

Courtney got tons of gifts!!!!

Our Grandma, Sissy, is always there for us and helps us out more than she will ever know! 

My little Nora Jane; the flower girl

Nora with her great aunt Kelly.... 

She may have stole the show from aunt coco a bit...

telling secrets....

Courtney got the cutest hats from Aunt Kelly... Have fun at Disney on your honeymoon!!!

Two little toddlers under 2 were getting a little restless... so Christina held them so they could watch Mickey Mouse and that fixed them....

The little "Janes" sharing flowers!

Courtney and her "Bow-quet"....

I'm very excited to see you and this at the rehearsal dinner!

My little sisters Bridal Shower Part 1

I can not believe my little sister Courtney is getting married to her high school sweetheart in just a few short weeks! 

We had her Bridal shower and Bachelorette party this past weekend so please excuse the week of Bridal posts.... 

I thought I'd share some of the games and decorations we had for her shower... the decorations were done by her soon to be mother-in-law and I thought they were very nice! Pinterest worthy so feel free to Pin away :)

Games we played:

Pictured above is the "guess the age of the bride" which was a lot of fun making with my mom trying to remember how old she was in each picture!

We also played the what's in your purse game and how well do you know the bride Q&A...

This picture and the two below are decorations from the shower.... 

I wish you two all the happiness in the world Courtney & Ryan! 

Chalking; Girls favorite pass time

This summer we have realized there is not cooler toy than sidewalk chalk and bubbles! I am super excited about that because those things are so easy to take everywhere we go and her Nana and Papa of course have plenty so thats one of the things she does most while there. Here is a picture of the artists work and one of the artist herself in a snapchat form because I wasn't there and thats how the picture was sent and it was such a cute picture I took a screen shot! 

I think everyone should play with chalk at least once a year because even as an adult it really is still so much fun! Of course I am always stuck with the broken pieces or ugly colors but I still have a lot of fun! 

Just wait til she can write her name or at least tell me what she is drawing! 

Enjoy your day! Chalk it up!

A girl and her daddy at the Park

We just moved to a new town and we stumbled upon the cutest most little kid friendly park we've ever seen! Nora loves being outside and she gets so happy, "appy" when we go to the park!  

There isn't anything sweeter than a little girl running around smiling ear to ear just to be outside playing. Since we moved we are currently in an apartment. It is an awesome complex and has a little play area and lots of grass for Nora to run in but its not as secluded as we'd like it to be for her to really get to run. In the early afternoon this park is perfect no traffic nearby, very rare that anyone else is even there. 

Here are a few pictures from our day... I hope everyone else gets the opportunity to take advantage of a beautiful day!

As you can tell by the end of our visit She was wore out!