Maryland Baby Shower
We were so blessed while in Maryland to be surprised with a baby shower. We went to my brother and sister in law’s house for what we thought was just a last family meal before we left to head to Iowa, but upon arrival I started seeing friends and family come out of the house…..it didn’t really sink in until my nieces explained to me that this was a shower for me and the baby! How wonderful and unexpected!
What made it even more special is that my brother and his wife who hosted the evening had only been in their new house for a week and did so much preparation to make the evening just so enjoyable. They are hard workers and troupers to pull this off without a hitch. You guys were so cool about having everyone over…thank you so much!
It was just wonderful to be surrounded by friends and family. We really didn’t think we’d get to see any of the attendees were it not for this shower…so that was really amazing that they all made the effort to come. We are blessed.
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| Maryland Baby Shower |
Summer 2009 USA Visit!
Here are some pictures from our time in the states. Maryland shots are first followed by pictures from our time in Iowa.
I will have some other baby shower pictures to post in a bit, but here is a sample for now of all that we were able to do.
We were in Maryland from July 2nd to the 14th and then flew to Iowa on the 14th and left on the 25th arriving back in Edinburgh on the 26th. It was a nice long visit because we’re anticipating that it’ll be the last visit before moving back to the states next summer.
Thankfully, we’re still planning to see some family when the baby arrives, but they’ll be coming this way. So we took advantage of our time while home and saw lots of people, ate lots of food and enjoyed a wonderful time!
Hope you enjoy!
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| Summer 2009 |
Christmas with the Naylor’s in Iowa
Here are a few pics of our time with the Naylor’s. We had such a wonderful time with them…..hope the pictures capture some of that. Enjoy!
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| Naylor Christmas in Iowa 2008 |
Showalter Christmas 2008
I’m finally getting around to blogging Christmas pictures. This set of pictures is from when we visited my family in Maryland and Pennsylvania. We had a great time with them. I think the pictures explain it all very well. Enjoy if you’re interested!
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| Showalter Christmas 2008 |
Surfin’ USA
For those of you who don’t know it, Mike and I just returned to Edinburgh from our first visit to the states since our move here in August 2007. We had a great time with family and friends, though sadly Mike was not feeling well for a great portion of our trip. We spent a week with my family at the beach in Delaware and then went on to Iowa to spend time with Mike’s family. Before heading back to Edinburgh we also had the opportunity to visit our church in Chicago, which was a blessings and a blast!
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| Beach 2008 |
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| Iowa 2008 |
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| Moving Flats |
