Stephanie & Dan's Baby Shower

Chelsea and I hosted a baby shower for Stephanie & Dan in October. Little Baby Budi should be arriving in the next few weeks, due mid-December!  We're all very excited! Aunt Cathy graciously let us host at her house. We had a jungle-themed party, very festive and cute!

Cindy came in to town for the weekend, here are the Toby ladies.

 

Sisters!

 

Homemade monkey cupcakes!

 

 Festive punch bowl

Wild safari outfits we found at Goodwill!

 Grandpa Jack, the game hunter

Cousin Miranda and Matt, with a festive scarf on (most likely not of his choosing!)

 

Miranda and Chels

Festive friends

Me, Chels, Cindy (with her cute cat ears!)

 

More sisters! Cindy and Cathy

 

Papa Jack and his girls

Our littlest guest, a T-Rex!

Exciting new baby trappings!

The guests had festive animal hats and all

 

 

 

We had a very fun time, good food and good people!  Good luck Steph & Dan, can't wait to meet Baby Budi next month!

 

 

Happy birthday shout out to my Mama today, wish we could be there to celebrate with you!  Love you Mom!!!

 



November, my my!

Well I really can't believe it's November already! Where has this year gone? Chels and I are well, busy with work and life as usual. Last night we went to dinner with Grandpa Jack, to our favorite local Mexican place, Cactus. Delicious! We watched a movie and spent some time together, it was a fun evening.

In early October, we hosted a baby shower for Stephanie and Dan, who are expecting their first baby in a little over a month. Our first Toby niece or nephew, we can't wait! This will be Grandpa Jack's second great-grandbaby. His first, little Jaxon, was born to cousin Jake and Jazmin last month. He sure looks sweet! Gramps will be heading down to California for a visit over Thanksgiving.

Chels and Barry have made major headway in our backyard! Stay tuned for pictures, it looks great! Barry and Cindy were visiting this summer and we all spent time working on the project. Can't wait until the spring when all the new blooms come up! Aunt Cathy has been our gardening expert and advisor, we've been to the nursery a few times to get some nice additions for the flower beds.

We've also had cousin Joe and Mary's wedding in California in August, so beautiful and a great time! Chels and I had a weekend adventure up to Camano Island this fall, relaxing and very pretty. We've got lots of fun photos to share! Thanks for reading, and I'll post pictures soon!