Happy New Year!

I want to wish a Happy New Year to all my old friends I've known for years. My new friends I just met in 2017. My blogger and facebook friends who I have never met but are friends nonetheless. I hope 2018 is a great year for all of you and all the world around you! 

Cheers!

Chubby Bunny

We played a really fun game at our New Years Eve party.

We were all laughing so hard that our stomachs hurt and tears were rolling down our faces.

In the game, each participant usually places a marshmallow into their mouth and says "chubby bunny".

 If they are able to state the whole phrase, usually in a comprehensible manner that the other participants wholly concur to, they pass that round.

Each successful player then adds an additional marshmallow to the one already in his or her mouth and repeats the phrase. A player who fails to complete the phrase is eliminated from the game. 

The process continues until only one player remains. 

After the penultimate player loses the game, the winning player might have to place one more marshmallow into his or her mouth and may have to state the phrase once more. 

The winner of the game is the player who fits the most marshmallows into his or her mouth

AND WE HAVE OUR WINNER!!

Happy New Year!!

The Best Man Dance

I saw a totally different side of my son the night of his friends wedding.

NEVER did I ever image that Ahren would set foot on a dance floor.

Not only was I surprised to see him ON the dance floor, but having FUN dancing!!

He danced with me.

 He danced with the Uncle of the bride.

 With the brides Grandmom.

 And even with the Father of the bride.

He was the BEST best-man EVER and the life of the party!!

Renaissance Faire Costumes

The Renaissance Fair comes to our area every fall.  I remember taking Ahren to the faire when he was around 10 years old.  It's a neat place to see reenactments and people dressing up to portray times of the past.  Ahren has always been fascinated with many different time periods in history. 

Every year Ahren and his friends attend the Renaissance Faire at least two or three times.

This year they made their own costumes. 

 Even though I am not a fan of his beard... I have to admit it makes him the perfect viking!

The official site: Penn Renn Faire

Thank you for taking the time to view my part of the world.

Honorary Parents of the Groom

My oldest son, Ahren has a close friend who recently got married.  

Ahren was the best man in the wedding.  He took his duties seriously and helped make his friends wedding day a special one.

 His friend doesn't have parents and is not close to his family.  Ahren and his friend have been friends for a very long time.  Long enough that we consider him a part of our family.

Todd and I filled in as the parents of the groom.  We felt very strongly that the groom deserved to be represented and to have support from our family.   

Flowers for the (stand-in) mother of the groom.

The groom expressed over and over again how much it meant to him to have us be there for him, not only for the wedding but while he was growing up too. I know Ahren also appreciated us stepping up and being there for his friend.

Ahren's best man speech was perfect. A mixture of sentiment and humor.

He thanked family and friends, the wedding party, parents of the bride and

 "parents-ish" of the groom.

His description of Todd and I got quite a few chuckles.

It was an honor to represent the groom.  A memory I will treasure forever.

Congratulations to the beautiful couple!