Work Baby Shower, Baldwin Move & Roof Raking Invention

What a busy weekend! :) It all started off on Friday with a wonderful work baby shower hosted by my friend MW who made the most decadant desserts! She is the best cook/baker that I know so I knew everything would just taste unbelievable. She made 2 types of cupcakes that I dare say taste better than cupcakes from Crave! She also made pecan walnut chocolate chip cookies that even Bryce enjoyed (who doesn't typically like nuts in desserts). We also enjoyed "B" shaped short bread cookies and cranberry iced tea punch. The theme was pink, pink, pink! :) Thank you MW for planning and hosting such a wonderful event in honor of Baby Baker!!





Then on Saturday we helped my sister and BIL move from their townhouse to their new house 4 blocks away. It was a fun group effort with all of our friends. :) Obviously I did not help with the heavy lifting but I at least help put away items in the kitchen pantry. :) Almost everyone except Bryce and I had even participated in the ConocoPhilips Rodeo Run that morning so their legs were already tired! But the move went really quickly between 5 SUVs and about 12 people. Great team work! Afterwards everyone enjoyed BEvERages on the front porch. :)







Then Sunday was our day to run way overdue errands. First I hit up Walgreens, Party City, Michael's and Target. Then later in the afternoon Bryce and I hit up Academy, REI, Costco, Lowe's and HEB all in one day! The only noteworthy purchase we made was a new contraption Bryce thought of to help rake the pine needles off of our roof. This is the alternative to what he did in the past which was to harness and tie off to the chimney and dangerously scale our metal roof with a rake and blower. We were originally looking for some sort of telescoping aluminum pole to attach the rake to but then we found two 1"x10' schedule 40 conduit instead. This way Bryce could just climb up a ladder and reach the pine needles - MUCH SAFER for the dad-to-be! And it worked like a charm!