Rachel's Bachelorette Party!

Last weekend Rachel had her bachelorette party, and Nicole and I surprised her by showing up in Detroit!  I am so glad we were able to celebrate our lovely bride to be.

We hung out with Rachel and her friends, took a ceramics class, and had a lovely dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant.

We ended the night sipping some fantastic wine at a wine bar.  It was a fun weekend!

Happy Easter!

I had an adventurous weekend (more on that in a bit), but I returned home on Sunday in time to go hunting for eggs with Nathan.

He really enjoyed the hunt.

(Obligatory "cheese" picture)

Nathan really enjoyed opening all of his eggs to find out what treats were inside!

He also really liked the bunnies he got from his Grandma and Grandpa Bock!

It was such a nice day that we stayed outside and played with sidewalk chalk.  Of course it rained today so Nathan said that we are going to have to recreate our masterpiece!

Plumeria Layouts

I have been hoarding Basic Grey's Plumeria for a long time and I am so excited to use it for these layouts of our 2016 trip out east.  For this first layout, I was inspired by the three columns in Scrap Our Stash's sketch, and I used purple and flowers from the purple Care Bear.  

My 2nd layout was inspired by the Scrappy Friends challenges.  I used Rochelle's sketch as a starting point for this layout, and Stacy's photo inspired me to use garden pictures.

I created my 3rd layout for CSI's Case File 278.  I used the color palette (I also added gold), a solid color background, and used a travel theme (Nathan's first trip to the Chesapeake Bay).

My 4th layout was inspired by More Than Words' April challenge.  I used pictures of my "baby" boy's first time visiting family in Connecticut, and used plenty of soft pastels on this page.

Soccer Season

Nathan has started playing soccer again for the spring season.  He is a little more comfortable on the field than he was last fall, and seems to enjoy it!