Mindy Smith!

For part 2 of Shatrine's birthday (after the Murder Mystery Dinner), Rob and I surprised Shatrine with tickets to see one of her current favorites: Mindy Smith. It was actually somewhat comical, because Rob and I had been planning it for a long time, and the week before, Shatrine called me into her office and said, "GUESS WHO IS COMING TO TOWN!?!?" I had to tell her that Rob and I had something else already planned for that night, and we couldn't change it around. She was seriously disheartened. I promised her we'd catch Mindy next time she came through. So we went out to an awesome German restaurant, and when we rounded the corner and it said, "Mindy Smith Live In Concert" on the marquee, Shatrine put two and two together. A good time was had by all.

Side note: Mindy is like the official sponsor for Propel. it was hilarious. She was making all of these product placement comments between songs. Fabulous.

Murder Mystery Party

For Shatrine's birthday, we had a murder mystery dinner! We transformed the downstairs family room into a 1920's French Rail Car (complete with steam locomotive sounds and big band music in the background!). We each had personas, and I played a war hero whose plane was shot down over Germany. Fittingly, Shatrine played the part of a princess (an heiress). We had a blast, and Marilyn catered with some incredibly fine French fair... filet mingon!

Exclusive Pregnancy Photos!

As camera shy as she may be, I was able to snap a few at her family birthday party. (She's 6 months prego here). She and cousin Kari shared a birthday crab-fest (Brian brought a bunch of Dungeoness, and we feasted).

Croquero Wedding

Well, I got to make my way down to the "Croquero" wedding (That's the marketing name for it... you know, Crockett + Romero... www.croquero.com). Anyways, it was great to see the whole gang... Stephanie looked stunning, Frank-dashing. Got to catch up with the Sharps as well (here's Pax)

Here's all the college buddies.