Tropical Engagement Party

We celebrated with Sara and Adam on December 20th in tropical fashion! A surprise engagement party followed Ruddy Christmas at RoseMary and Ed's, complete with a poem, festive drinks, and cosmic bowling! It was exactly 6 months prior to their wedding day - how special!

Everyone had a good time, and we're all looking forward to celebrating with them in May!

Race for the Cure - Go Jarret!

Jarret and I participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K walk/run on Saturday - along with my volleyball team. Jarret actually ran the race while the rest of us walked, and he beat his personal goal. There were over 24,000 people at the event to raise breast cancer awareness - very cool!

Happy Birthday Sophie

Sophie turns 4 years old today - yahoo! Enjoy these photos from when Uncle Jarret and Aunt Andrea took her bowling for her special day. I think Jack had fun too :)

We love you Sophie!

Happy Birthday Chuck

I just had to share this photo of Chuck's birthday party.

News Article

Hi All,

The following link is a nice article I came across this morning in the DM Register.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080926/SPORTS05/809260374

Mark your calendars

We did manage to have a great time! And in case there are family members who haven't heard the big day (for Adam and I anyway!) will be June 20, 2009 so mark your calendars now. Andrea and J, thanks for hosting me again this weekend at Ruddy Inn West (I don't remember if you're back or front).
We're waiting for some more of you to join in the postings. Don't be shy!

Sophie and Jack

Too cute not to add to a post - Sophie and Jack party with the pink flamingo last weekend at Fall Fest.

Here comes the bride...

Just wanted to say what a great time I had shopping for bridesmaid dresses with Sara and the girls this weekend! Looking forward to sharing the big day with her and Adam - we Ruddy's do know how to celebrate!

Great Idea

This looks great Sara. It's nice to have a fun, family blog. All my blogging is usually work-related. Here's a fun pic for the whole family to enjoy (& feel free to comment on). :)

Ruddy family

Thanks to Sara for setting this up. Now if I can only find time to use it.

Awesome!!

So glad this seems to be working! I will have to get some pics on here soon too. Glad to hear you're ready for the weekend. I have been really productive the last 2 days and feel like I'm on a roll.

Sara's Maids

Woo hoo - this is fun! Just wanted to let Sara know that two of her bridesmaids are ready to rock and roll this weekend during the dress shopping extravaganza! What do you think of the feather motif???

This site is cool - I like it!

Testing

Hi Sara - just testing this out to see if it works!

Let's give it a try!!

Ok, Ruddy family.....the website so far hasn't worked but I thought maybe a blog would be better. We can add pics and and whatever if I have it set up right. Let me know what you think!