Fun weekend

We had a great weekend! Here are a few pictures.

First up - Thursday night we went to the Urbans' house for Wheat State Pizza dinner. Julie had PWS (Prichard Withdrawal Syndrome) and Jeremy had MWS (Molly Withdrawal Syndrome) so it was a good remedy for everyone. And yes, I know Thursday's not technically the weekend, but I'm still posting these here.

Jeremy and his buddy Molly

Molly actually lets us tickle her feet now - she used to hate having her feet touched.

Seriously, how could you not love this kiddo?

On Saturday, we attended the wedding of our friends Christine and Karl. We arrived early in the morning to help decorate the reception site, then decorated the church, then went to the ceremony and reception, and then helped clean up. It almost felt like a day trip even though we were just in downtown Lawrence!! I posted a few photos on facebook so I won't repeat them here, and you can see all 364 photos I took at this link: http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=e5d37cbe19618283&sid=8Yat2LNo4YvQ

The happy couple. Congratulations, Karl and Christine!

A great weekend for a BBQ

We had a BBQ over at Julia and Brian's house on Friday. It was a beautiful evening! The food was all delicious, and there was enough to feed about twice as many people as we had (which is a great problem to have). We had lots of fun visiting with everyone and playing washers.

And, expect another update from me very soon - these pictures of a very pregnant Julia are already out of date! :)

No place like home...

Our plans for Saturday night were pretty low key - I'd planned to go to Julia's to do some scrapbooking and Jeremy was planning to catch up on some reading. The weather seemed to have a few different ideas though! As soon as Jeremy got nice and comfortable taking a nap, we had our first thunderstorm warning of the evening. He grumpily turned off the weather radio, and then it went off again for a tornado warning. Of course, I'm a total weather nerd and I'd been watching the weather downstairs, and it was still pretty far from us, so we felt ok. Then another tornado warning came, and the forecasters thought we could be in the path of the storm.

Our friends Julie and Brandon called and invited us over to their basement - we basically just moved Julia's scrapbooking get-together there. I grabbed my ruby slippers and we rushed right over, laughing at all the other Kansans standing in their front yards with video cameras. We actually never scrapped... but our hosts kept us very entertained all evening! Here are some pictures from the night.

Jeremy and Molly taking shelter in the Urban's basement

Keri and Molly having a great conversation while the boys played Guitar Hero

Another shot of Molly - because who doesn't want to just keep looking at her? She's so precious.

Jeremy and Bryan rocking out. Tour begins soon! :)

Molly's siblings Ben and Grace were at the movies with other family members when the storm came through, so we got to hear about it when they came home. Apparently, the movie was stopped twice, but the biggest things we heard about were the polar bears and the sharks (they saw Disney's Earth).

Grace also told me her latest weather theory. Apparently, thunder is just the noise of the angels moving God's furniture around. Lightning always comes right before thunder, and that's because God has to turn on a light real quick to decide where to move the TV. If that's true, God needs to go on HGTV to show off the remodel after last night!!

Finally, because I'm a huge weather nerd, I thought I'd share some pictures of what we were missing while taking shelter. These pictures were posted online by other Kansans.

Clouds swirling near 6th and Wakarusa near Lawrence. The tornado came out of this about 20 minutes later. (nbcactionnews.com)

Lightning strike near Leavenworth. (nbcactionnews.com)

Damage in Leavenworth County (ljworld.com)

View looking north from 27th and O'Connell. (ljworld.com) For out of towners - this block is fairly close to our house, so this is a picture we could have taken if we were outside.

And finally, a tornado chasing video along I-70. (In case the video doesn't work, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCIqsElCMj4)

Our weekend

Just thought I'd share some shots from our weekend so far. I realize it's not over, but it's supposed to be crappy weather tomorrow which means I'll spend the day in sweatpants - I'm not sure you need to see that! :)

This weekend was the KU-MU conference sponsored by the KU History Graduate Student Organization. We had a party last night at a Mexican food place downtown. Unfortunately, this place wasn't really prepared for hosting a large group like ours. The service wasn't so great (unless you went to the bar on your own), and the food was just okay. But, they had big buckets of ice on the table just for us! I guess they were afraid we'd run out?!? Here's Jeremy posing with the bucket, as well as the fine serving dishes they gave us - we shared a styrofoam plate.


Today, we took some food from Julia and I over to the Urban's house. Julia is out of town for her baby shower, so Jeremy helped me bring everything in. Here's a good close up of baby Molly, two days old today.



She found a perfect place to sleep all cuddled up in Jeremy's arms. I like to sleep in that spot too, so I was a little worried about the competition. :) She stretched to get comfy just as I snapped this picture so she looks longer than she really is. She is so tiny in Jeremy's long arms!


Julie and I went off to the dining room to work on birth announcements, and came back to find the kids playing Guitar Hero with one really big kid. Here are Ben and Jeremy in intense competition, and Gavin and Grace looking on.

Meeting Molly!

Just wanted to share a pic from our visit. Molly is so sweet and is even more adorable in person. She hardly cries at all - just once during our visit because the mean old doctor woke her up! (Just kidding, Dr. Cordova is very nice!) She's got deep blue eyes and more hair than I think I've ever seen on a baby. And then, fortunately for us, she let out a big poop so I can delay the baby fever for just a little bit longer. :) :)

Introducing Molly!

Congratulations to the Urban Family - Brandon, Julie, Ben, and Grace!! They welcomed their newest addition, Molly Isabel, this morning at 8:06 A.M. Julie says he looks just like Ben did when he was born. She weighs 7 lbs, 9 oz. Here are some pictures of Molly - the first one with proud parents Julie and Brandon. I am looking forward to meeting Molly this evening!