May

May was the kickoff month for complete craziness which resulted in being home only 1 weekend that month. And we spend that whole weekend doing yard/house work haha.

At the beginning of May was Ashley's graduation from IUP. I can't believe she's all grown up! {tear} haha

Here's the lovely graduate with my parents.


Peter and I had to get up super early for her graduation at 8 AM. But it was worth it! We're so proud of her!


Drew's almost smiling in this one! Hey, it's the best I could do.


Sisters :)


On Cinco de Mayo Peter delivered gerber daisies (my favorite) to my work. He proposed on May 5th, not because it was Cinco de Mayo, but it makes for an easy day to remember :) (As if I could ever forget!)


The weekend after we were in IUP we headed to Chicago to see Andrew graduate from Wheaton. We spent the weekend with Peter's parents, Andrew, and Mima. We toured campus, played ping pong and shuffleboard, and just hung out.


Ping pong was rather intense.



Whereas shuffleboard was more of a laid back warmup game haha.



At one point during ping pong, Mima was yelling "foul!" haha.


I thought this was a funny picture. It looks like Peter's grabbing Andrew's butt. He's not though.


We lucked out with an extra ticket and all got to see Andrew's graduation without having to go into the "overflow" room.


All of us after the graduation ceremony.


We headed downtown afterwards and went 95 floors up in the John Hancock Building.


Then Peter's parents treated us to a wonderful dinner at Spiaggia.


Here's Mima checking out the cookbook :)


We then had one weekend at home and then attended Ashley's graduation party the following weekend in Hollidaysburg. We don't have pics from either of those weekends though.

Next up was Vasti and Caleb's baby shower on Memorial Day weekend in Philly.

Here's a hilarious picture of Andrew.


Aunt Grace and Bella:


I just adore this picture of Mima and her great-grandson, Caleb. How precious!


Our newest and incredibly adorable nephew, Caleb.



And then June hit...

Blogging Sabbatical

I've obviously been MIA from blogging lately. This has been unintentional, but necessary in order to keep up with the craziness of life. How it's already mid-July is completely beyond me. I feel as if it should be April, maybe.

In an effort to bring my blog up-to-date with what's been going on, I'll be making a few posts. They're appropriately labeled by month and will give a quick run down of what's been happening and include pictures, of course.

And hopefully the craziness of life will slow down just enough to give me a few minutes to blog in the days ahead.

No promises though.

Weekend Treasures

I was very happy with some purchases I made over the weekend...

$5 for a new tin canister set in the kitchen. My old canisters needed replaced and I wanted something more decorative. Since I keep my sugar, flour, etc in snap n close food containers in the cupboard, I didn't need the canisters to be so big either. Thanks to Joann's clearance section, these were perfect!

25 cents for a nice little pumpkin :)

$2.16 for a great tray from Sears. It looks more teal and brown in person and has a cool crackle finish. It's also microwave and dishwasher safe which are added bonuses :)

Good Seasons salad dressing jar. I've been on the hunt for one, but they only sell plastic ones nowadays. Thanks to GoodWill and 50 cents, I now have a glass one like I was looking for :)

I also bought this tray for 50 cents at Goodwill. I thought the size was nice and loved the details on the edges and handles. I didn't like the colors or picture on the front, but saw its potential.

And thanks to my aunt's awesome painting skills, I now have this! I helped, but not much haha.

Now I love the details on the edges and handles and love the picture! We sealed it so we could use it for food items, etc., but I'll just be using it as a decorative piece.

$8.41 later and I have many new fun things to add to my kitchen collections :)