Alyssa's Last Single Weekend!!

This weekend I had the honor of helping throw a bachelorette party for one of my very best friends Alyssa. Now knowing that Alyssa isn't really into the super girly and raunchy traditions of it all we kept things pretty low key, however, being the friend that I am I felt I should take it upon myself and at least try to embarrass her as much as possible.

I started my prep on Saturday morning with a little truck art since I knew I would be driving the ladies around to our destinations.

Once the car was all decorated and loaded up I headed over to the bride-to-be's house and waited for the rest of the ladies to show up. While we waited we got to play with my cute nephews Junior and Fletcher :) and even squeezed in a few pictures with the lady of the evening!

Me and the lovely bride-to-be!

Once the ladies were all accounted for we loaded up in the party truck an headed down to Webster for some yummy Mexican food at Chuy's per the brides request for some creamy jalapeno dip!

Then it was time to get the party started with a few of their "Perfect" margaritas!

After dinner and a lot of convincing to try to get Alyssa to get to Renos and sing the night away we headed back to her house to have an old fashioned girls night. We played apples to apples and even turned it into a drinking game with one rule- Alyssa had to drink out of the biggest penis straw I've ever seen! (Special Thanks to Brittany for that!!) Now most brides wouldn't be hesitant to go ahead and hit up the penis straw but Alyssa isn't really into all that hype you can certainly tell from these pictures we snapped of her!

But FINALLY she gave in!!

After our game of Apples to Apples and random story tellings we decided to wrap up the night with a movie classic- Mean Girls :) Not everyone made it through the entire movie- ok well no one but Hannah made it through the movie- all of the old ladies called it a night pretty quickly.

The next morning we wrapped up the weekend with a girls breakfast at IHOP- Now the countdown begins for the big day!!

XOXO

Commit for Life

Today my hospital partnered with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center and had a blood drive for the employees to participate in. Being a universal donor myself I always feel like I have a responsibly to donate every time I am able.

Today was especially interesting because I got to not only donate but donate my red blood cells instead of doing whole blood like I normally do. First I got hooked up to a very fancy smancy machine...

then it got busy taking my blood

BUT the cool part of donating this way is that I recirculated my platelets back into my body with a saline solution mixed in so when I was done I didn't feel queasy or anything- as if any of you have donated blood before you have to know how bad/awful that can feel.

All in all it was a pretty great day especially knowing that being able to donate can save someones life is a pretty amazing feeling so I encourage you all to donate any time you can!

Have any of you done anything extraordinary lately?

Easter Festivities

This weekend Brandon and I had the lucky experience to go camping with some of our best friends for Easter weekend. Brandon packed up and headed out on Thursday and I followed along on Friday afternoon. All of the boys had the campsites all set up so it was smooth sailing once I got there.

We even got to see Kristin cleaning her first fish!!

After an evening of competitive corn hole and some washers we all gathered around Joe's awesome campfire for a little "Never have I ever" and story telling

Then on Saturday morning we were all up bright and early (and cold BRRRRR) to go try our hand at fishing.

But since it was too windy to head out on the boat we all made our way down to our little sliver of beach and tried out hands at fishing on the shore



My sweet honey fishing



Even Harley got to try her hand at catching a fishy or two

Then Oliver's grandparents got to the camp site and Grandma tried to catch a fish or two herself

Kristin's Big Catch of the Morning

We then grabbed a quick bite to eat and headed to the other side of the campgrounds to see if we could find some more delish fishies for our fish fry but we only had one lucky fisherwoman this weekend...

and even Oliver got lucky!

We didn't end up with enough fish for a fish fry but we did end up with a private concert from Mr. Willingham!

All in all it was a wonderful weekend with great friends and family and we cannot wait to do it again!!

How was your Easter?

XOXO

A Baby Shower for Little Jaxon Oliver

Last weekend I had the amazing oppertunity to help plan and throw a baby shower for one of my best friends Bri and her soon-to-be bundle of joy Jaxon. We had a wonderful turn out and lots of fun with food, games and presents! Here are a few pictures from all of the festivities :)

Our sign in area and our message in a bottle

Beautiful Decor in the Living Room

Yummy Snacks

Drink Bar

Dessert and Punch Bar

After a few light snacks and great conversation about the mom to be we started to try our hand at the shower games.

Everyone measuring out their toliet paper

Rosa trying her hand

Now it's Grandmas turn

and the winner is.... your's truly and Rosa!!

And now it was time for presents!!

Baby bath tub!

Car seat and Stroller!! Whoo hoo!!

Cutest baby clothes ever!

To cap every thing off we ended the afternoon with some family pictures

Great Aunt Hattie

Grandma and Great Grandma on the Fulmer Side

Great Grandma and two Grandmas on the Kamke Side

and last but not least a picture with the hostesses!

It was a wonderful shower full of friends, family and love for both mom and Jaxon. Now the countdown begins until we get to meet the little man!

RodeoHouston

Well unless you live under a rock you know that it's rodeo time in Houston!!! This is my absolute favorite time of year. I have the privilege of being a volunteer on the Livestock committee and it is by far the most rewarding thing I have ever had a chance to be apart of.

This past week I was able to meet up with all my loves to go see Gary Allan and I had begun to forget how much fun going to the rodeo with a group of friends can be!

First Day of the Rodeo :)

My husband being silly

We even got a chance to go see some momma getting ready to have their babies!

Babies!!

Me and My Rae!

Rolling Out the Stage

Show Time!!

Mr. Gary Allan!!

It was such a blast to be able to spend time with our friends in one of my favorite settings in the world!!

Next week Brandon's cousin Adam comes to Houston for his first rodeo and I'm sure I will have plenty to blog about!!

Until Next Time

XOXO,

J