Birthdays...

Happy birthday to our St. Patrick's puppy, Bella!

This week begins the birthday buzz at our house!! Bella celebrated her 1st birthday on Wednesday and Adam celebrates his 24th tomorrow! We'll be celebrating with more cake on Thursday for Julia's 22nd birthday. On Friday, we will be enjoying filled cupcakes for Sarah's 23rd birthday! Happy Birthday to alllllll!! xoxo

Adam requested German Chocolate cake . . . yummy

Spring

Spring has sprung in Michigan. The weather has been warmer, the sun has been shining brightly, and the robins are chirping their way around their new found homes! The soft, squishy snow still hangs around, but soon will be melted into the ground for good! Something about this time of year makes me smile! Could it be that we only have 64 days of school left? Or could it be that the weddings are quickly approaching? All I can say is I'm loving the change of seasons and looking forward to what Spring delivers to us!! Bring it on!! :)

SNOW DAY

SNOW DAY! What a wonderful word!! I got 'the call' at 9:30 last night that school was canceled for today! Great news!

I slept in until 8:00am - made home-made hot chocolate, puttered around the house, had dinner at P. F. Changs, and made a quick stop at Somerset. Life doesn't get any better than this! What a blessing God decided to dump 12 inches of snow on us! Love it! :)

The Maids-of-Honor weekend

Marisa, Julia, and Brittany

This weekend, Brittany and Marisa came to Michigan to spend the weekend with Julia. (They were Julia's roommates at ONU.) Brittany is from Chicago and Marisa is from southern Indiana. It was so sweet of them to make the 5 hour trip to FlintTown. We had a wonderful time together!!

Saturday we spent the entire day shopping for 'bridesmaids' dresses. What fun! Finally, after 3 stops, they found just the perfect dress! Check. Bridesmaid's dresses done.

Nope!Nope!

Third stop!Getting better! Yea! We found it! So hard to say goodbye!!

Julia is very blessed to have such special and dear friends! My thanks to them for all they

do for my girl, Julia!

Planning

Nope...not the dress she chose! Pretty, however!

Not this one, either!

Two weddings + showers + parties + planning = tons of fun!!! Recently, our days have been filled with spreadsheets, shopping, appointments, phone calls, sampling, etc!! What a great time we've had planning two wedding!! So far, no sign of Bridezilla or Motherzilla!! Pray for us! :)

Venue - check
Wedding dress- check
Flowers - check
Caterer - check
Invitations - check
Photographer - check
Music - check
Guest list - check
Favors - check
Cake - check
Decorations - check
Flower girl dress - check
Bridesmaid dresses - going tomorrow
My dress . . . well, currently I have 7,
but I'm still looking for the 'perfect' one!

hmmmm...what am I missing??
I'm having a blast planning and preparing!! I can't wait for their big days to arrive!!

Christmas 2009

Christmas at the Vargo's house was wonderful this year! We opened gifts Christmas Eve morning, and headed to KS Christmas Eve around 11:00pm. (We thought we'd get ahead of the predicted winter storm).
Hmmm...all was well until we reached Kansas early Christmas morning! Adam and Craig carefully (and slowly) drove us to Kay and Dean's house. We surprised them by arriving early... in time for a delicious prime rib lunch! We had a great time with family . . . enjoying each minute together!

Julia and her most favorite G-Dog!
My b-e-a-u-tiful sisters!! Love them! :)
Getting ready for Laci's baby shower!
What fun we had showering Baby Gianna into the family!!

Time spent with family is precious and dear! I'm grateful that we got to celebrate together in 2009!! Lots more fun to come in 2010!!

CONGRATULATIONS, Sarah!!

What a joyous event! Saturday, Sarah graduated from WMU!! She has worked very diligently to obtain her Bachelors of Arts in Communications. We are proud are of her tenaciousness, and can't wait to see what will come next for her! Opportunity is calling and I know she will follow her dream! Proud of you, Sarah! Put your future in good hands . . . God's hands! He has a special plan for YOU!! :) Love you!

Waiting for the graduates to come in.
Proud Jonathan and Sarah!! :)