What a whirlwind!

We've had a crazy, busy, whirlwind week around here! 

Last weekend we were pummeled by a wind storm. There were tornado's in the area but gratefully we were just hit with some crazy straight line winds. Our neighborhood and area of town was hit the hardest. Trees were uprooted, bent in half, on top of houses, in houses and across roads. It was not a pretty sight. We lost power Friday night and it finally came back on around 10 pm Sunday. We tried to make the best of it, so we did what all American's (should) do- we headed to a Cardinal's game, which they won handily! We grilled out a lot and Moose got to go on a lot of walks. Our house was completely spared of all tree and wind damage. We picked up some limbs, sticks and leaves and called it good. We were very fortunate.

We used our Unity candle for light all weekend

Cardinal's Game- Thanks Mom & Dad and Linda & Wayne for the  tickets!
It was a great game!

This limb barely missed Alex' s car! 

The joys of home ownership!

This is an image of some tree damage in our neighborhood. 

The work week went well and on Thursday I got to bake 3 dozen lemon cookies for a friend's wedding reception. They had milk & cookies instead of cake and asked for some help with the baking. Of course I volunteered for lemon cookies, because I love lemon anything. However, I didn't have a lemon cookie recipe. Oops...but, Wednesday night my friend Lori gave me a recipe to use and it was amazing!! I'll post it later. It took a little zesting and squeezing, but well worth it. The wedding was beautiful and the reception was a lof of fun! The milk & cookies were fantastic and a good change of pace for a reception dessert. 

Congratulations Jon and Amy!

We rarely take any pictures of us while we look nice, so this was our attempt at the self timer. Alex wasn't very cooperative, so this is the best we got. Most of the other pictures are pretty cheesy.

Finally, today was my friend Paige's bridal shower. Paige and I have been friends for as long as I can remember. It's so exciting watching my friends begin to get engaged and married and I'm so excited for them all as they begin this adventure. Alex and I were the first of our friends to get married so we get to sit back and relax, remembering all too well the eager anticipation and sometimes stress of wedding planning. Paige's shower was thrown by her lovely bridesmaids and they did a fantastic job! Everything was very well thought out and executed. The food was delicious,  the games were cleaver and the company was second to none. I really enjoyed getting to catch up with some girlfriends.

Best Wishes Paige! I'm so excited for you!

Hopefully this week is more relaxing and less eventful! 

What have you been up to?