Sat. Jan. 17 Baby Shower

What a cold snowy day we had. It started out at -16 and snowing. As you will see Evette and her girls all came surprising Ash and Dago. It was obviously God's hand getting everyone here safely and on time. Brooke arrived after a 5 hour drive Friday night around supper time. I was up in Detroit waiting for Ashlin and Dago to fly in. It was near 7 PM when they called for me to swing into the arrivals lane and pick them up. Evette and two of her girls took off from PA around 5PM while her older two were flying into Pittsburgh from NC. She was half way into her drive here when picking them up. We were all traveling at one time..... four flying and 7 driving. Amber and Jess (apollo too) was coming in from DC and on our way home from Detroit we found out they were just 7 miles behind us on the freeway. It was really amazing how it all came together. Evette and her girls didn't get in until around 2:30AM but we had made reservations at a hotel so they cold suprise Ash and Dago the next morning. (actually the same day but they did get a little sleep before coming over) You can see them at their hotel...Karen and Lil Evette look mad, sad or something at what they woke up too. You can see in the pics we already had a bunch of snow from the days before they arrived. We certainly didn't need anymore. Ash and Dago was a bit excited to see it come down and even couldn't wait to shovel the stuff around. (that don't last!!!) They did great..thanks for helping out. Too bad I didn't give Dago the shovel before going out and having my hair go flat after spending an hour curling it! LOL (UGH!! Good thing I don't get worked up over the small stuff. The shower went off fine without my curls!) LOL The last time all our girls were together was in 1996 in Havelock NC. you can see a pic below of them and their ages. We tried to stage the new pic. with them all in the same order. Kristian thought we were funny. Also, you'll notice we are laughing with the Kristian pic. Brooke hollared like Kristian ran over her foot. Well, for those of you that know jumpy Kristain he didn't let her down and it really made us laugh! Poor Kristian...LOL We had an awesome time. Even had time to play lots of the card game "scum". Wow 12 people around the table that was a hoot. Four decks of cards is not easy to shuffle! LOL You can see Ash brought home pics of Makayla's baby bedding and her bedroom. I thought you'd like to see it too! Enjoy...More to come! =)