The Ambrose Family: February 2009

A New Addition

We didn't have anything exciting to blog about so I haven't for a long time. Then, WHAM! It all happens at once! Now for the best news yet: we have a niece!

We are so excited! Her name is Abigail Elizabeth Granados. She was born on February 15th. She is darling. She's so perfect. I really can't get enough of her. It's pretty obvious from the pictures below.

Congratulations, Liz & Isaac!

Cakewalk

Last Friday, there was a Cakewalk at The Skillet. I didn't know what it was prior to it, but I sure like it now. It was a blast. For those who don't know, the cakewalk originated among from slaves on plantations. The slaves would mock their masters' style of dancing. The masters found it amusing & held competitions. Often times, the winner would receive a cake. Hence the name "cakewalk" and the phrase "takes the cake."

Below are pictures of our cakewalk. The guy in the awesome suit took the cake on this one.

Valentines Surprise

Since Allan & I were going to be driving on Valentine's day this year, Allan decided to celebrate a day early. Friday at 4:30 in the afternoon, the receptionist at my office asked if I could come downstairs because someone was there to see me. I about lost it. It had been a very long week & I was going crazy. Then, somebody has the nerve to come in at 4:30 on Friday afternoon. I really had to work hard to not blow a fuse. Needless to say, I wasn't happy with this person.

However, when I got downstairs and opened the door, there was Allan with a huge bouquet of flowers. They were beautiful! And I was so relieved that I didn't have to deal with a client. Allan was much, much better.

Below are the pictures of my beautiful bouquet. Yes, they are in a pitcher because I don't have a vase. Hey, it works. The top picture is the bouquet about a week after I got it, all bloomed. Lillies are some of my favorite flowers & in that picture, I can see why.

Lots of driving but well worth it

My little (5'11") sister, Chelsea, is currently on a basketball scholarship at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, CO. A few weeks ago, my family drove to Riverton, WY to see a couple of her away games. Allan ended up having drill that weekend so I went too. It was a blast! Below is my sister coming off the floor and (counterclockwise) my dad, mom and brothers, Jackon & Brock.

Then this last weekend, Valentine's weekend, was my sister's big game against the rival school. I tried to get a big group of her friends to go and surprise her, but they all bailed on me. It ended up just being Allan & me. However, my parents decided to go last minute as did Chelsea's best friend and the best friend's boyfriend. Chelsea knew that my parents & her best friend was going, but not me. I wanted it to be a surprise. And what a great surprise it was!

When Allan & I got there, my parents were at Village Inn with Chelsea so we met up with them there. When Chelsea saw me, she teared up. It was so awesome! It made the very long 9ish hour drive more than worth it!

On our long drive, we went through the southwest corner of Nebraska. Neither Allan nor I had been there so we had to take pictures of it. See below.

While I didn't get many pictures of Chelsea playing, I did get one awesome one and saved the best for last. Below is Chelsea shooting a free throw. As you can see, she has perfect form (granted, I may be slightly biased). Just look at that follow through and arch! I love it. Oh, and she made it. :) Go Chels!