Jacob & Lacy's Rehearsal Dinner

The dinner was held at our parish hall. The meal consisted of beef and chicken fajitas, Spanish rice, beans, tortillas, chips & salsa, and then toppings of cheese, guacamole, sour cream and jalapenos. This is some of Lacy's family.Here are a couple of shots of the bridal party & friends.

Here's Mary & Lucy along with Lacy's family.
Here Father Walter talks with some of Jacob's family.
Pop & the Andel family enjoy the meal.
Mary Helen & the Mikeska's are enjoying the food.
The aunts & nieces are having a good time....Sara, Monica, Kate & Jana.
John stocks up on the preferred beverage of the night......well, for the wedding party, at least!
Nick Rossi (Kate's boyfriend) and Travis watch Elizabeth as she eats supper.
We all had a lot to eat and enjoyed the evening.......Thank Mike & Monica!

More pics of Jacob & Lacy's Reception

The Jahns Family......before the weddingThe three musketeers.....I mean....Groomsmen
The Groom's cake.....and yes...it is an Off-roading decor.
The Brides cake......
Pictures of the tables......The Bride & Grooms.....
The Wedding Party....
The Parents & Grandparents.....
The guests......
Stacy Springer & Ethan at the snack table.
The group of friends....(back row) Chris Janke, Brett Marek, Nick Kasner, Cody Reinders (front) Stephanie Kasner, Julie (Nick's girlfriend) and Matthew
Matthew, Travis, Elizabeth & Sara pose for a family pic.
Matthew listening to Grandma Schigut (Mary Helen) and Ruth Jahns.
Enjoying the reception.....Richard Schigut (Pop), Nick Rossi (Kate's boyfriend) & Kate
Introducing......Mr & Mrs Jacob Jahns........

A few pics of Jacob & Lacy's Wedding Reception

The Andels & Schneiders visit during the reception.Jacob & Lacy drink to their toasts!
Elizabeth settling down for a nap.....yes, she did sleep even though the DJ was playing music.
Matthew is a make shift prop for Lacy as Jacob removes her garter. Nice job, Matthew!

The First Line of Duty

John has performed is first duty as an R-L ISD Board Member.....He witnessed the graduation of the 2009 class. He got to shake hands with 68 seniors. This morning, he also had a board meeting and has another one next Wednesday. Lots of items to cover with the repairs at the high school as well as some other issues. This week, I cleaned out the garage and we got one of our garage doors working. I'm hoping to get the other working next week. (The garage is so clean, we're able to put both cars in AND we still have room to walk around!) I went to the Lady Cougar Softball game today with Pat, Pam and girls.....we won.....8 to 2. It was a good game....played in Fairfield...yes, Mike & Monica's old stomping grounds. Since I'll be visiting Kate next week, I won't be able to go to their next game, but wish them all the luck. I think they have a good chance of going to state! Oh yeah....I've got wedding pics.....I'll post some tomorrow....Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend!

The Results are In.....

John, Jesse, & James are our new school board members. I think it will be a couple of weeks before they're sworn in, but they'll have a lot to learn over the next several months. (I'm thinking we may need to screen our calls, too!....just joking) James received 713 votes, John received 680 votes & Jesse received 676 votes.....the next person (the incumbent) received 316 votes. The bond to build a new school was defeated by 73% of the vote. Thanks to all who called/e-mailed to wish us luck.

Happy Mother's Day!

I received an unexpected delivery yesterday.....the UPS man showed up and said, "I have a flower delivery for you." I thought....hummmmm....who would send me flowers.....especially since they were sent via UPS. Well.....1-800-flowers did a wonderful job. Thank you, Dustin, Rachel & Courtney....They're beautiful! .....and what a wonderful surprise. While I hope everyone has a great Mother's day.....I'll be waiting for Monday afternoon.....that's when I go to Victoria. I'll stay there for a few days and then I'm hoping to bring Elizabeth home with me on Thursday. All of our kids will be home this weekend because of Jake & Lacy's wedding. I'm so excited about seeing the kids and the wedding. It will be a very busy weekend.
I also have a few pictures from Elizabeth's birthday......what a bad Nana I have been. Elizabeth was playing so hard that she had to get a drink of Grandpa John's tea. I don't think this was the first time she had tea though.....she did a good job of drinking it.
Sara did a wonderful job on Elizabeth's birthday cake.......homemade strawberry cake and we had vanilla and strawberry ice cream to go with it!
Elizabeth received lots of presents and had a great time. Some of Sara & Travis' friends also came and took a picture of the whole family.
I just can't wait till Monday......Hope everyone has a great weekend.....Oh yeah....go out and vote. I'll post the results Saturday night or Sunday morning.....

Happy May!

The last few weeks have found us busy......so busy that I can't believe it's May already. After Easter, we had the Barclay Fundraiser.....then....last week I worked at the coop for a few days. While I was there, we cleaned out the storage room and the guys made new shelves. We had the room back in shape by Tuesday, because that's when Brenda came back. On Tuesday, they made shelves for the front office and rearranged the snack/break area. It really looks nice. On Tuesday, I took Pam out for her birthday....we ate at El Chico and went to the movie, Duplicity. We had a great time. This afternoon, I'm going back to the coop for an hour, then tomorrow we're going to the KC fundraiser.....dinner and dancing. Sunday, Mary makes her first Communion. Through these last few weeks, John has been campaigning.....running for a seat on the school board. He'll go to the Lott post office tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon, be in Rosebud for the Cinco de Mayo celebration. I'll be glad when the election is over.....May 9th.