Poor Lucy...

The 4th of July is over and I can finally have my "normal" dog back. Not that Lucy is normal but that is why we love her. Lucy has always been scared of fireworks but this year was the worst we have seen her yet. In our city, fireworks are legal during the weeks of 4th of July and starting about 2 weeks ago, Lucy became a ball of anxiety. Every evening around 7pm, she starts to breath heavier and once she hears a firework, she is in our laps trying to hide. Now we all know Lucy is not a small dog and 50+lbs of dog in your lap in not fun. So as you can imagine, yesterday was terrible. Lucy hid all day and when she did come out for food or water, she was shaking so much it made my heart drop. We did everything we could imagine to try to keep her from panicking. We closed up the house and kept the AC on (even thought the weather was beautiful), we turned on the TV louder than normal to try to hide the noise of the fireworks, we turned on fans to mask the fireworks and we got out her crate so that she would have a place to feel secure. Unfortunately none of these things helped. Next year, a trip to the Vet will be a must to see what they sugguest to help her anxiety and fear of fireworks.

We love being Uncle Meme and Aunt Lara

Being an Uncle and Aunt is the BEST!!! Jim and I are an Uncle and Aunt to 4 (soon to be 5) Nephews, 2 Neices and 2 Great-Neice and we love every minute of it. One of my favorite sayings is "Aunt... like a Mom only cooler."
Well this past month we had some proud and exciting moments as Aunt and Uncle. Daniel, our oldest Nephew, graduated High School. It was so exciting to hear them call his name and watch him walk acrossed that stage. It gave me goosebumps and tears all at the same time. I didnt know I could scream that loud with tears overflowing. We couldn't be prouder.






Another exciting moment was that Chris, our second oldest Nephew, lost his first tooth. This doesnt sound that exciting but Uncle Meme and I got to be the tooth fairy for his first tooth which was also our first time as the Tooth Fairy. Chris had wanted to spend the night (before the tooth fell out) and later that day it did. It was so much fun to see him wake up to find a crisp 5.00 bills under his pillow. He even explained to us how the first tooth is alway worth the most. Wow, good thing the Tooth Fairy had a 5.00 bill and not a 1.00 bill. Then again, its a good thing the Tooth Fairy didnt have a 20.00 because that could really cause problems when the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. fall out and his parents have to explain why the tooth fairy only gave 1.00 for those and 20.00 for the first one. lol.

Next Aunt and Uncle adventures... We are taking Gwen to the Aquarium of the Pacific for her birthday and waiting for our newest Nephew to arrive. We cant wait to meet Baby "Tres" in October.
(get it Becky???... B.L.T.)

The BIG 3-0... ouch!

Well this year I turned the dreaded 3-0. I cant believe I am actually 30 years old. I have been trying to figure out why I am disliking 30 so much but still haven't figured it out quite yet. I think a part of it is that I thought my life would be different at 30. Some of those "ideas" I have no control over but there is a positive to that as well.
For part of my birthday celebrations, my friend and I went to Rock the Keys. It was great to have my friend there with me to celebrate. Later that evening Katie, Jarrod, Jim and I decided to go to the Brandin Iron too. I started going to the Brandin Iron when I was 20 and have been there every year for part of my birthday celebrations so I guess it was something we just had to do... its a Tradition! Katie and I laugh when we think about being 21 and would say "Can you imagine us coming here when we are old and 30?" Awwww, to be young again naive again.

On my actual birthday, I worked that day and came home to a great surprise. Jim has a bouquet of balloons, decorations, presents, dinner (made by Jim and he never cooks) and the pool was ready. I got some very thoughtful gifts from Jim this year. He got me a thermos coffee mug since I cant live without my morning coffee, the Wave by the Firm (excersize program that I wanted) which I have been wanting for months now and the best present of all, a set of our wedding china. I was so surprised that he thought about the wedding china since it is not something that I have told him I want more of and because I never thought he would know which one it was in a department store full of china. I have an amazing husband!!!




As a birthday present to myself, I cut my hair. I have had my hair long for years and decided that it would be nice to have short hair again. They cut about 6 to 7 inches atleast. Its a fresh starts...

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.