It's Been a While...

Wow, I cant believe it has been 2 months since I last posted an update. (thank Mom for the reminder, lol.) So much has happened in the past 2 months so I guess I should get everyone up to speed on the life of the Costello household.

In May, It was a VERY busy month. My Cousin, Stephanie, got married and I was the Matron of Honor in the wedding. We had a bridal shower, bachelorette party and wedding all in May. Stephanies colors were hot pink, black and black and white damask print. The theme was "Around the Clock" so each guest was assigned a time and the present the guests puchased for that time would be used for their time assigned. There were about 40 ladies that attended the bridal shower and it gave my the opportunity to work with my cricut machine (side note: that machine is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G). We played a few games including "Dont say Bride" and Bridal Shower Bingo. It was a beautiful day so we were able to have it outside which is always refreshing.







For the Bachelorette Party we went to Las Vegas to celebrate. There were 7 girls who went with us and we had a blast. We arrived in Vegas on Friday night around 11:30 pm but we did not let that stop us. We went to the dualing Piano bar at harrah's were they got Stephanie on stages. It was really funny until they asked Stephanie where her Maid of Honor was and then they had Stephanie drag me on stage. I was totally out of my comfort zone. We left the Piano Bar and started walking the strip. I think we got back in to our rooms around 4am. On Saturday afternoon we lounged by the pool, ate dinner and then it was another night of fun and adventures. We had a scavenger hunt on Saturday night as well. I remember my girlfriends decorating me for my Bachelorette night so I made sure I had different decorations and shirts each night so all of Vegas nknew it was Stephanie's bachelorette party.




The following Saturday, May 20, 2010, was the wedding. It was Beautiful! All the Bridesmaids met at one of the Bridesmaid's home. We had mimosa's and fresh strawberries in the morning and hung out while everyone had their hair done and makeup professionally done.

The wedding was at 4:00pm and it was beautiful. Stephanie walked down the aisle and it so sweet to watch Ryan's face when she came around the corner and down the aisle. Jim was also in the wedding which was a lot of fun. I have never been in a wedding before so it made it extra special to look acrossed at Jim standing up there with the groomsmen while Stephanie and Ryan said their wedding vows to each other. It was crazy to think that 4 years and 1 week before this day, Stephanie was standing up with Jim and I as our Maid of Honor.

Rockin the Keys

I have been telling Aunt Lynne about a Dualing Piano Bar called ROCK THE KEYS for months now and this past Saturday, we finally went. It was a BLAST!!! It was Jim and I, my Mom, Aunt Lynne, Archie, Brandon and Jessica (Brandon's new girfriend). Jessica fits in just fine and was such a trooper... ;)

Later on, Katie and Jarrod joined us. There was a Bachelorette that entertained the crowd as well as a few birthday girls and Jose, a birthday boy. It's a lot of fun and I love all the songs throughout the night. The Performers were definetly on their toes and so creative when it scome to making up your own verses to a song. They had split the audience to see which side sang the loudest and there was a lot of friendly bantering as well. So much fun!!!

They Cant Wait...

These two cant wait... Only 13 more days until Mother Mitchell/Grandma comes to stay with us. That means good food, a clean house and Hannah will get a lot of attention.

Garth Brooks in VEGAS!!!

This past weekend, Jim and I went to Vegas to see Garth Brooks. Let me say that words can not describe how amazingly spectacular his show was. But just know that it was AMAZING. He is the one country performer I have never seen and have always wished to see. Everything about the concert was an event. To purchase the tickets was an event in itself and it took Kristin 7 hours to get them. Then we had to pick up the tickets at will-call which was at the opposite end of the Wynn hotel. Each one of us had to privide our ID's to prove that we were who we said we were and then we had to get the ticket, a wrist band was out on our left wrist and a stamp on the top of our hand. As you could probably imagine we were not able to take pictures but I did get sneaky and took a picture before he came out on stage. Geesh!
The stadium held 1500 people so it was an intimate concert. There was not band or backups. It was Garth and a guiter. He came out in jeans, workboots, a sweatshirt and baseball cap. We discovered that Garth was not just an entertainer and singer but he is also a comedian... really funny. Half way through the show, Trisha Yearwood came out to sing "run away Joe" and "she in love with the boy". Wow, she can really sing.
I can now check that off my Bucket List...

Jim's New Toy

For Christmas, my Parent's got Jim a jalapeno popper cooker so we decided to try it out. There are so many recipes to choose from so we decided to try stuffed shirmp jalapeno poppers. They were surprisingly easy to prepare. The jalapeno peppers consisited of jalapenos (well duh), cream cheese, shrimp, and bacon. It's not so Weight Watchers friendly but it was fun to try. So, here is the before and after.





Next time, We are going to try italian sausage instead of the shrimp. yum!