Why I love my job...

Today our staff were a little short handed so for a couple hours this afternoon this is what I did:

*Learned how to use a snowcone machine, grinded the ice (which was very theraputic), scooped the cones, and topped them with grape flavored juice.

*But the best part was being able to pass them out to families and patients.

Sometimes I forget what I great job I have, but not today!

Micheal Buble

The picture does speak for itself, don't ya think?

*On Saturday night my sister and I got all dressed up, heels and all and went to the Micheal Buble concert. It was so awesome! I love his music, but was happily surprised with what a good show he puts on. Even more adorable, he called two people up to the stage and the man got down on his knee and proposed! Micheal then ushered them backstage where he had a bottle of wine for them.*

It was a great concert and I would definetly see him in concert again!

For all you Twins fans...

Cuddyer signing my sister, Noelle.
Tony and Noelle
Cuddyer and Noelle
Justin and Noelle

*Noelle's friend Laura was able to throw out the first pitch at the game on Tuesday and Noelle was able to go down to the field for batting practice, as you can see they had a good time!

Something to celebrate!

Last night Bryan came home from his 16 hour day to report that he had officially delivered his first baby! It was a girl! So we had some champagna in scrubs and p.j.'s and toasted to babies!

The weekend

What a fun weekend! Friday night, Carrie came down and we went to the Twins game. Her hubby and his baseball team were also there. After the game we decided to go to the Liffey because Carrie had never seen their terrace. We had some drinks and a fruit and cheese plate and then called it a night.
The next morning we met Anne for breakfast at the Highland Grill. We ate a lot and Carrie had a burrito the size of her head. We of course stopped at Patina and Stephanie's to shop!
After breakfast Carrie and I made our way to Le Center. Oh, you don't know where that is? Yeah, either did we! But we made it in one piece and had a great time celebrating Amber's wedding shower! Only a few weeks until the big day! Even though it was a wedding shower there were sure a lot of babies and babies on the way. Above is Tiffany, Kat and Janell all at different stages of pregnancy- aren't they adorable?!?!

And below is a great picture of all the girls- we are very lucky to have each other!!

Thanks for such a great weekend ladies!! Can't wait to see you for the wedding!

4th of July/ Anniversary Break!

Where do I begin? I was very lucky to be able to have July 4- July 8th off from work! I have great pictures from the whole break but I will have to add later due to a smoking computer that my dad is fixing!!

July 4th: I went to visit the family that I used to PCA for and I don't think I had seen since my wedding. The boys are getting big and the family is doing well. Having two special needs children is a very full time job and they are amazing at it!
Then I went to my Grandma and Grandpa's new town home for food and gin & tonics. (My grandpa makes the best gin & tonic's and never drinks them!)
Bryan had to study for his upcoming tests so I stayed out of the house until 8pm or so to let him study. Then we grabbed a drink and app's at Moose Country and saw some fireworks from there.

July 5th: I decided to make the little trip out to St. Michael and Elk River to visit Kat and Erin and all of their children! It was so wonderful to see Kat, her girls and her growing belly! And as always, it was very entertaining to visit Erin and play with Rowan, and get some pictures of Daylen.

July 6th: I waited for Bryan to come home after his second test so we could head up to Duluth. He got home at a decent time and we were up at Little Angie's drinking margaritia's on the deck by 3. We stayed at the South Pier Inn, and not the Super 8 like Bryan had told me. Our "honeymoon suite" was so beautiful, there were windows everywhere and it was so relaxing. We ate, walked on the Lakewalk and read a lot. It was such a nice break to have to celebrate our second wedding anniversary!

July 9th (our actual anniversary): Bryan started his OB rotation today so I was going to make a yummy meal and we were going to crack a bottle of champagna and hang out. Instead I went home from work sick and stayed on the couch all day. Bryan checked my glands just to make sure and then went grocery shopping. He also picked up a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a card. Now that is a good husband!

All in all it was a wonderful break and I was so spoiled to see so many people I love! I will add pictures soon- I have so many good ones!

Happy Birthday Dad!

*Sunday we celebrated my Dad's birthday with a brunch on a boat while cruising around Lake Minnetonka. It was nice and relaxing to hang out, eat and talk on a perfect day!

*This is one of my favorite pictures of us! Happy Birthday Dad!

*Friday I had a nice dinner with Dr. Meghan Sebasky. It was so nice having martini's in Uptown and getting caught up! I can't believe she's a doc!

*Saturday morning was spent cleaning an apartment and spending quality time with my husband. Then I went to Caribou in the afternoon and started my new book, "The Glass Castle." After that I decided I needed to get my baby fix and went to see my little Caleb. I tried to get him to walk but he is stubborn and only gave me one step! I stayed out of the apartment so that Bryan could study without me as a distcraction!

*All in all it was a nice weekend but I am looking forward to this coming weekend. Bryan and I are going to Duluth for our anniversary after his test on Friday. But we will be back Monday so he can start his OB rotation. Can't wait!