Celebrations

We've had a lot of things to celebrate these last few months, unfortunately I don't have pictures of everything; but lots of great memories.

In April we celebrated Gabe's 3rd birthday. On the official day we were busy moving  into our new house, and while it wasn't really a party it was a great gift. Generously Grandma Holz helped him celebrate the day more appropriately. They spent the day with a trip to the Children's Museum, had a lunch date and Grandma even baked some brownies.

You can see what remains of Gabe's face paint mustache.

One of Gabe's favorite birthday presents, his sandbox.

Souvenirs from his first dentist appointment. 

His favorite accessory.

In May we celebrated my mom's retirement. After YEARS of service in education and administration she and her best friend Cindy West retired. Her colleagues hosted a party for them at a local Vietnamese church. There was delicious ethnic food, lots of well wishers and many many co-workers who went out of their way to tell me how much my mama has meant to them and how much she'll be missed.

Mom and Cindy

 In May we also hosted a Mother's Day/My Birthday/Grandpa Roosmann's Birthday/Gabe' Birthday Celebration. Unfortunately I didn't get a single picture.

In June we celebrated Grandpa Holz's birthday. We surprised him with a picnic lunch in Council Bluff. The boys all practiced their baseball skills, but unfortunately this is my only picture of the entire event.

This Thursday and Friday we celebrated our dear friends wedding. Andy and I have had the awesome blessing of knowing (The New) Paul and Sydney Penke since the beginning of their relationship, which means Gabe has known them almost his entire lift!

The three of us at the rehearsal dinner.

Gabe with two of his favorite people!