Congratulations Jessie!

Saturday evening, Jessie graduated from High School. How amazing it is that all three of us sisters are now either college bound or already college graduates. It was a great night to celebrate her! Congratulations baby sister!

Jess walking into graduation Grandma Nancy, Me, Sami
Jessie and our proud dad
Best friends are we, my sisters and me
Decorating their cars

What a difference!!!

We are finally in our new home. Ryan hooked up our internet 2 days ago!! A whole week without hotmail was so rough!! I found this picture of when we moved into our first home. What a difference 2 years makes!! Pretty pitiful!!

Baby Vance is Here!!!!!!

More pictures to come.................

Baby Vance is coming today. We hope........

Falan went in this morning to be induced. I will post pictures as soon as I get them!!!!

Baby Vance

Falan is due on May 5th. We all think that baby Vance is coming much sooner. Stayed tuned for the updates.

Sunday Afternoon

Today we all got together to cookout and enjoy the beautiful day. We had a blast just watching the kids play. Summer seems to be right around the corner!!!!!

Ms. Sophia in her Summer gear.

Look at those blue eyes

Sophia and Preston eating chips and just enjoying the view

Preston

Good Friends Playing the match game. Look at the glasses!
The boys

Preston and Sophia swinging in the swing

Jessie's Last Prom

Saturday night was Jessie's last prom. So that means no more proms for me to do hair ratting and eyeliner application. Very sad but I'm happy that two sisters are ready to go out into the world and hopefully will take these two tools that I have given to them and be successful in doing these things on their own now. ; ) She looked like pink tafita Barbie in her hot pink dress. She was beautiful. Sami and I were so proud. The token picture in front of the hearth.
Jess and one of her best friends
Look at those dresses!!!!
Had to add these two last ones she took. She looks so cute.

New Home

Here are a few pictures of the exterior of our new house. More to come once we move in.

Laying Concrete

Ryan laid some concrete to make an extra space in our driveway. We didn't want to sign our names to it since we are moving soon. So Ryan found another way to leave our mark.

Disclaimer: No little kittys were harmed during this act. Paws were wiped clean before he could injest concrete.

Evan and Pink Cupcakes

Last night Evan and I had a party. We ate hotdogs, popcorn, popsicles, and pink cupcakes. He and I took on the task of baking. You might think that a three year old making cupcakes might be a feat but truly, me in the kitchen is a feat as it is. He was leading me at times. He dumped all the ingredients in and I mixed. They actually turned out pretty good. He decorated all 12 of them with ALOT of sprinkes. Then I said we had to clean up and wash the dishes. I think he had more fun doing that. His job was to rinse off every bubble off the dish. He gets an A+ for cleanliness. We had a blast. I love this child!!!!!!!

Sneaking a taste of frosting

Look at those blue eyes

TA DA!!!!!! What a beautiful cupcake.

Blowing bubbles

Poor kid, child labor

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter everyone. Hope this Sunday finds you happy, healthy, and full of good food.

Just wanted to let you all know that Ryan and I recently bought a new home. We are in the middle of remodeling our current house to get ready to sell it and moving things around to make everything look more aesthetically pleasing for prospective buyers. In doing so, we have taken out our home office. I wont be posting for awhile. But as soon as we get everything back up and running I will post new pictures of our new house! Talk to you all soon. Happy Spring everyone. -Melissa

Vegas!!!!

My company sent us to Vegas to launch our new drug this week. The pictures below are of my partners that make up KY and So. IL region. When we weren't in meetings from 8-6 our company treated us to several awesome activites. One of them being a huge surprise!! They put all 2500 of us on buses and then sent us to see Elton John at Cesar's Palace. It was amazing!! Sendi and I ended up sitting in the second row!!!!

My mom has been talking non-stop about "O" at the Belagio. The last time her and my dad went they saw it and she was a huge fan from there on out. They are leaving in April to go and see it again. Needless to say I had to see it. Kevin and I went to see it on Sunday night. And it was breathtaking. I can't put into words how amazing it was!!!!

It was a long trip but well worth the amazing shows and great company!!!!!

The Paris at night. Shelly this picture is for you!!!!
This is Sendi, my partner. This is her after we walked 7 miles in flipflops up and down the strip looking for a meal at the prime eating time of 8:00 p.m. We didn't want to wait the 2 hours at every resturant we went to. We ended up eating at a SKANKY food court. Noble Romans pizza in Vegas? It was ridiculous! She was delirious by this point.
This is the fine trio of the So. Il territory. Sendi, Me, & Corey
This would be Kevin practicing his male cheerleader moves with Sendi. We were working really hard at this point of the day.
This is the KY and So. Il territory along with our manager who is standing next to me in the white top.

This would be the "real" us. To the point of strangling eachother by the end of those 9 hour meetings.

This is me and my best pal Kevin. Kevin is the funniest man I know in this whole world. Together we are major trouble!!! Reminds me of those days in elementary school when I used to get kicked out of class for talking and laughing too much. We laughed so hard this week that my ribs are bruised. I swear!!

Me & Sendi. My trusty roomate and partner. We laughed until we cried this week. Sometimes you forget how much fun it is to laugh until it hurts. I was reminded several times over the course of this week!

Mondays!!!! UGH.............

The Weekend Gang celebrating Joe's Birthday & St. Patricks Day

Like most weekends the gang got together and celebrated a birthday and of course St. Patricks Day. On Friday we went to Bennies and then went to Tobey and Nate's to watch the Siu game. On Saturday we went to Kalen and Falan's for a cookout for Joe's birthday. Thanks to Tobey for the green margaritas and green vegetable dip!!!!!!

Sophia & her shades The boys being very good at the dinner table!
Tobey & Sophia
Tobey and Merritt
Ryan and I
Happy Birthday Joe!!! (Joe & Lacey)

Cam, Ryan & Nate