Back at it!

It has been several months since my {this is Courtney} last post. So long that I am scared to even go back and look when that was—so I am not going to!

These past few months have been absolutely crazy and amazing! God is so good. 

Here is a quick re-cap through photos. 

Nick and I took a long road trip to Montana, which was amazing, beautiful, relaxing and so much fun. 

I will do a separate post specifically about our trip to Montana and visiting with Roo and Chet.  

This picture above is Glacier National Park. 

We have had several family members visit us. 

Grandma, Em, Dad and Chris visited us in the fall!

Mom and Dad Parsons also visited us in the fall. 

This is probably my favorite picture from the week they were here. 

We spent Thanksgiving at a deer camp in Texas with Chris, Mom, Ron and a bunch of the Runnels crew. Nick got quite a bit of hunting time in. 

I traveled to California in early December for my sister's baby shower! And it was so much fun. 

While in California I finally got to meet my dearest friend Courtney's little girl, Reese K. 

She is precious.

Mom and Ron braved the cold and the ice storm to join us in Tulsa for my birthday. She even brought me a Nothing Bundt Cake and it was amazing! You should try it sometime. 

Christmas was super! We did not go anywhere and we absolutely loved it. On Christmas day we made a BIG delicious meal for the two of us and feasted on it for several days after. 

We celebrated New Years Eve with dinner and drinks with friends. We were home and in bed by midnight! haha. 

Starting the new year off right!

Somewhere in between the posts above we had lots of snow! This is our house a few days after the snow, we got a pretty good amount. 

My adorable nephew made his entrance into the world on January 23, 2014. 

Truman Jeffrey Todd 

{I'm sure Corynne with post more later}

Lastly, the reason I have not been posting much the past few months is because I have been studying for a big exam. I am a member of the Society for Marketing Professional Services and I took the CPSM (Certified Professional Services Marketer) Exam this last week followed by the Southern Regional Conference. It has been a rough couple of months preparing for the exam, but I am relieved it is over. 

Hopefully I will have some good news in the next few weeks!

Hope you enjoyed my recap of the past few months!

-Court

Event Planning -- Baby Shower Fun!

The baby boy is already 2 months old, so I am really late with this post. I've been meaning to post this for a while… Oh well!

A couple in our life group was pregnant so all us girls decided to plan her a shower.

We all chipped in on the planning, so that was a great help. We decided to do a casual brunch shower and there were about 20 people that attended. 

The inspiration for the colors was an orange and white chevron rug in the baby's room. Plus mommy and daddy both went to OSU, so the orange fit perfectly.

I designed the invitations and put them together which helped save on cost and they turned out fantastic! We made signs for the different food and drink stations and we even had a cute menu.

We found this great shop online, ShopSweet Lulu where we found orange and white rectangle plates, striped straws, striped napkins and orange and white tissue balls to hang. They have the cutest stuff at the shop—check it out! We also used mason jars as cups, which was super cute.

For food, we had mini quiche, mini fruit and yogurt parfaits, fruit, cinnamon rolls and blueberry scones. Then for drinks we had mimosas, coffee and water. We only played one game—bingo! Bingo was played while opening gifts. Everyone filled the squares with gifts they thought mommy would receive and if she opened that gift, then you could cross off the square. It really was a fun game.

Overall the baby shower was a success. The food was great, decorations were great and we all had fun. What is even better, is that baby boy is healthy! His mom is also super mom, because she birthed a 10 pound boy! Oh man!

I love the awesome ladies in my life group and I had so much fun planning the shower with all of them! I think we make a pretty good team. 

Hope you enjoy the photos. 

~Court