I have been very happy with my switch from my dell laptop that I sold to my mac mini, but my goal was always to eventually get an imac. imacs are very expensive,but they have wonderful screens and many other awesome features. After over one year of saving up my allowance, I found a great deal on a new in box 27″ imac. I understand that no one needs a computer with a screen that big, but as Grant would say, I decided to “Go big, or Go home.”
I feel that lately it has been baby shower season, but I have also been told these things tend to happen in waves. I was lucky enough to help host this shower for Heather who is having  a baby boy. She is due in September, and we didn’t know what name the little munchkin will have so that is why it is lacking the decor. There were so many great baby showers with the Nautical theme that it made it soo much fun! On my way to this shower, I found out I was going to be an Aunt to my sweet nephew Jonas which put me in a great mood. His shower I am also helping to host and will post after it happens next week.
I am sorry if it gets annoying about how I enter so many giveaways on Facebook, but I actually win a lot of them too! This is one that I won from Wholly Salsa/Guacamole, where they sent me one of every type of their salsa and Guacamole. Most of theirs are really really good, but my favorite so far is the Guacamole and Spicy Pico it is very spicy but SO good. This has been awesome for lunches because for me the Guacamole has snack packs or you can just take a whole container. The roasted tomato tastes the most like restaurant salsa with a more smooth texture, and the red pepper mango would be amazing as a garnish on fish or chicken! I don’t know all the stores that sell them but for sure Walmart does.
My last baby shower gift was a floor pouf which I gave to Pamela. I followed a pattern HERE from Better Homes and Gardens. As you can see, they have step by step directions that are much better than mine. They also have the printable patterns for free that I printed off. I did a few things differently that I will point out from their directions. If you want to see the Baby Shower where I gave the pouf go HERE. The hardest part about this item is the hand stitching which isn’t particularly hard just time consuming.
I was lucky enough to be able to take a vacation to South Padre Island at the beginning of June this year! This was my first vacation since our Honeymoon which is almost 4 years! I wish Grant could have come,but it ended up being just a girl’s trip. Grant had TONS of work to do and the whole time I was gone he had to work really long hours. Other than the lack of food, he probably didn’t even have a chance to miss me  since he was so busy. ;p My friend Erin, who is also in our young Married’s Group at Church, was given a three day, two night condo stay from some of her relatives that they had won. Her husband isn’t a huge beach person just like Grant isn’t, so she decided who needs guys?! So, Erin, Beth, who is also in our Young Married’s Group and works with me at the Church, and I were all able to go. We went from Austin to almost Corpus Christi, which is where Erin’s In-Laws have a beautiful Ranch and is the half way point between Austin and South Padre Island, to South Padre Island. This is a huge post with lots of pictures so enjoy!
So, here is the third baby shower that I have been able to help host. This shower was for Pamela, and she had helped host over 14+(totally a guess but it seems like every single one). Every one of us was trying to make sure this shower was perfect for her especially since she is into details and just loves to give her time and creative juices to anyone she can. The other fun part is that this shower was held at the same location as the first shower for Ashley that I ever helped host which you can review HERE. So, this shower has a completely different theme than the last one which was a modern “she’s going to pop” theme. For this shower we wanted it to be more shabby chic!