Wedding Fun!

My friend Jenna got married yesterday. It was a beautiful wedding full of tears (of joy!) and great times! It was such a great day! The weather cooperated and everyone had a blast! Brad had to work so i took my sister Jolene, and we had so much fun! It was nice to get away for a night and be "Erin" and not "Mommy" although i missed the boys and they were never far from my mind. Oh, and be prepared for tons more wedding pictures this summer. I have like 5 to go to!

Fun in Chicago

Saturday night was my friend Jenna's Bachelorette party. We left Saturday morning at 10am and made the 4 hour drive up there. We stopped at the Northbrook Mall to do some shopping and so Jenna could get her make-up done. Then checked into the hotel and started getting ready. After that we went to her friend Gina's house for a pre-party of food and drinks. She also opened a few gifts of lingerie.

Yes that is a penis straw in my beer, lol!

Penis cookies!

Then a limo came and picked us all up and off we went!

Inside the limo


Getting crazy!


We drove around and enjoyed free drinks in the limo and came to our first stop, Baton Lounge, a drag show. It was hilarious! Those guys(?) were pretty and had better boobs than me! lol No cameras were allowed but i did manage to sneak one picture-hehe.


After that we loaded back into the limo and headed to Enclave, a club in downtown Chicago. We were only there for maybe 10 minutes because it was so packed in there, literally shoulder to shoulder!


So we loaded back into the limo and were contemplating going to another club but by the time we would have gotten somewhere it would have been time to leave anyways so we went back to the hotel. It was a lot of fun and i'm so glad i went! I was really debating going or not since Brody is so young. It was a great trip and a nice getaway!

Fun with Daddy

Carter LOVES to play and wrestle with daddy. One of his favorites is to be thrown up in the air. I got a couple good pictures from the other night of this activity!

All worn out:

This is hilarious!

I heard about this website called FaceinHole and thought it'd be fun to try! Here are a few i did last night. You should all try it!!

Brad as Arnold Schwarzenegger

Me as pregnant Halle Berry

Santa's Little Helper

Me as Marisa Miller-Brad's fave model

100 Things

Okay, i saw this on London's blog and also on Joanna's so i decided to steal it for myself because it looks like fun! There are 100 statements and you bold the ones you have done. Let's see how many i get.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band (yes, i played the flute from 5th grade til i graduated High School, i was actually pretty good!)

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity.

7. Been to Disneyland (can't remember which one is Florida and which is California. I've been to the one in Florida)

8. Climbed a mountain.

9. Held a praying mantis (I’ve touched one to move it to safety, which is amazing considering my fear of bugs)

10. Sang a solo (6th grade Christmas play)

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Irish crochet)

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept in an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitchhiked

23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill

24. Built a snow fort (yes and we called it "Snowabithia"..lol after Terabithia)

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse (solar)

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language (not unless ones made up by myself and my friends counts!)

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (See, that’s the problem with money, you never seem to have enough.)

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo's David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (NEVER plan on it, either!)

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check (no but i've overdrawn my account with my debit card)

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten cavier.

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chicken pox

89. Saved someone's life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a lawsuit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee (yes, twice and the site got extremely swollen, i'm a little allergic)

100. Read an entire book in one day (yes, i can't read a book unless i read it all in one day, i just can't! which is why i haven't read one in a long time)

Ummm i only got 28..guess i still have a lot of livin' to do!!!

Some pictures from the weekend.

I didn't get very many pictures from this weekend but there are a few i'd like to share. I'm so mad that i didn't get a family picture of us but it's okay i guess. Anyways, here they are.

Me all ready to go to the in-laws on Thanksgiving.


Getting ready to leave for Wal-Mart at 5am on Friday.

Me this morning.

I decided to let my hair go natural for the day.

Me and my sister Jolene at my parent's house last night.

My mom, sisters and me.

My mom, sisters, me and my sister's boyfriend who was home from California. (he's in the marines)

My dad with all his girls.


Sisters and me again.

Being dorks like always.