A Beautiful Baby Shower!

On Saturday, September 13, 2008, six of my dearest friends hosted a lovely baby shower for me!  Shaynna Goldston, Tiffany Ristroph, Tiffany Blazek, Cathy Armendariz, Nichole Kobert and Carolee Trolinger worked their rear ends off to put together the most beautiful baby shower!  I am so blessed to be surrounded by such incredible people!  I was fortunate enough to have my mother and mother-in-law travel in for the shower.  I was also blessed to have my dear friend, Alesha LeeMaster, travel all the way from Norman, OK to be a part of the shower.  The shower was held at Shaynna's house.  The poor thing bought new patio furniture, did some landscaping and did some deck work.  The shower was to be held outside.  Unfortunately the two days leading up to the shower and the day of the shower were rain, rain and more rain!  Luckily, God was watching out for all of us and made the sun come out a few hours before.  We were able to hold it outside!  It was beautiful and everyone enjoyed the nice weather.  They decorated with beautiful fresh flowers.  The food was prepared by chef gourmet, Tiffany Ristroph.  She is an AMAZING cook!  The menu was as follows:  Spinach and Artichoke Dip with Toast Points; Fruited Chicken Salad on Croissants; Shrimp and Crawfish Dip in Phyllo Pastry Cups; Spinach Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette in Parmesan Cups.  They also had a lovely cake, chocolate dipped strawberries and my favorite gummy raspberry candies!  Thankfully they do not sell them in Borger!  I love them so much and would not be able to stay away from them.  A wonderful group of friends showed up to enjoy the shower.  Baby "Boo!" will certainly be a stylish baby!  She received so many gorgeous things!  I am so thankful!  It was a wonderful shower full of awesome memories!  Everyone was so generous and kind!

Baby "Boo's" Nursery

It is hard to believe that in about six weeks this new little girl will enter our lives!  Nick and I have been working diligently on the nursery to make it a special place for all of us!  It is pretty much complete.  We used black, white and turquoise for her colors.  This makes it bright and cheery yet somewhat sophisticated.  Her bedding is black and white toile and the room is accented with penguins to match the black and white.  It is truly a soothing room and I hope she will love it.  Here are a few pictures of the almost finished product!

Borger Beauty Spot

OK...as most of you know, I do not like to brag; however...I am pretty gosh darn proud!  Nick and I were pleasantly surprised to find out we won "Yard of the Month" in Borger for September 2008.  It is a huge honor!  We put a lot of effort into our yard, so it was nice to be recognized.  A photo of our house will be in the newspaper on September 17, 2008.  You can check out the website if you get a chance http://www.borgernewsherald.com/.  I do not know if the photo will make the website or only the hard copy edition.  The Borger Chamber of Commerce presented us with a lovely plaque and photo.  It is a nice way to end the season!

End of Summer Updates...

Nick and I have been working on Baby "Boo!" Spencer's room. Nick did a great job painting and right now we are slowly getting things together. I cannot believe she will be here in less than two months! I will post "finished" pictures when we are through, but here are some work in progress pictures!
I am continuing to work on our landscaping. It is something I truly enjoy and feel like I am somewhat good at it. Please take a look at some of the pictures.
Nick and I went to Oklahoma for Labor Day weekend. We stayed with our dear friends Brett and Alesha. We miss them so much! We were able to see Nick's parents and enjoy some "Sooner Magic moments!" Sad to see Summer come to the end, but thrilled that fall is around the corner with cooler weather, Sooner football and most of all, Baby "Boo!" Spencer!

San Antonio 2008

I have to say that I have the most wonderful, thoughtful, kind husband ever! Nick and I flew down to San Antonio for quick weekend get away in late August. Nick absolutely out did himself and had several surprises in store for me! We arrived in San Antonio late Friday night. I figured we would probably stay at a Holiday Inn Express or some type of hotel like it, boy was I wrong! Nick surprised me with the Hotel Valencia. This is a gorgeous, contemporary hotel in downtown San Antonio. It is where the rock stars and the movie stars stay in San Antonio. It was beautiful! We went for a late (and I mean very late) dinner in the Mexican market area. We went to a restaurant called Mi Tierra Cafe and Bakery. It was so interesting! We ate at 11:30 that night and I would venture to say there were at least 1,000 other people in the restaurant eating! We even had to wait for a table!
Saturday we went to my favorite...SEA WORLD!! I love sea lions and penguins more than anything and I certainly got my fill! We even fed the sea lions! That evening Nick had a special dinner planned at the Gray Moss Inn. This is a favorite of some friends of ours and it was wonderful. I had lobster and Nick had steak...certainly the best meal we have had in a very long time! Fabulous!
On Sunday morning we went to the Guenther House for breakfast. This was another recommendation from friends. It was wonderful. It is a historic home connected to the Pioneer Flour Mill. The scenery was beautiful and the waffles were to die for! After our rather large breakfast, we did the typical "tourist attractions." We rode a boat tour on the river walk, saw the Alamo and shopped at the Mexican Market.
It was so fun! I really, really did not want to leave! Thank you, Nick!