president's day weekend

... a few months later. ;)

On our way to see Juju for teeth-cleanings... in the new car! :)

All of my pictures in mom's office, haha.

#THANKYOUAPPLEPRODUCTS

Dinner afterwards!

Visiting Daddy on our Monday off :)

Laura Petrie 2017.

 

farewell, tonya & stephen...

Our last hang-out in Texas before Tonya and Stephen moved to New Mexico. :)

 Sadie the hairstylist ;)

And then, there was this... thanks, Dana! (and Snapchat, haha)

birthdays galore!

Alright, get ready for a doozy of a post. We got 3 (3!) birthdays, a Carly Rae Jepsen concert, father/daughter date and a Repticon event comin' at ya. All from ONE weekend! (EH, why break it up into smaller posts? ;))

First, Carly Rae! I've been so in love with her E*MO*TION album that I convinced Richard to go with me to her shoe at House of Blues. It was sooo fun! She's a great live singer - it was like one big sing-a-long! We even met up with friends John and Travis and got ourselves a VIP table (because general admission is for suckers... and youngins not like myself). It was simply marvy!

Me & John :D

While we were out, Meghan took the kids out to Mooya and sent us a few snaps (including a very blurry one of R3 - that kid moves around alot!).

(Not pictured - our Uber driver getting hit by a drunk driver and nearly run the hell over on our way back home afterwards! We had to help him file a police report! It was nutzo!)

For Valentine's Day this year, Richard decided to get all the kittens a "daddy date" of varying degrees. Sadie was up first, and they went for pedicures! Apparently they were quite the spectacle at the salon - but I wouldn't expect anything less. ;P

When Sadie came back, I took her to our first of our THREE birthday soirees - Miss Kennedy Bayer's first birthday party! (I asked the other littles to come with me and they were thoroughly not interested... screens > babies... but not for Sadie!)

The party was donut-themed, and Janine had it DOWN. Donuts everywhere! (Including adorable "Mom," "Pop" and "One" shirts.. in which all the Os were donuts... so cute!)

Me & Janine <3

Sadie with her party favors... (Which says, "Thanks a HOLE bunch!")

After Kennedy's party, we rounded up the whole crew (sans Meghan who went to Repticon Saturday morning... more on that in a second) to Miss Vera's Sweet 16th birthday bar-b-que!

(interchangable boys in pics, haha)

Culinary chaos.

There were no candles to be found, so we stuck one lighter in the cake and held a few others around while singing Happy Birthday. Making due with what we got!

Not pictured - Vera and her friends hurling cake & icing at each other post-birthday song. ;P

The whole night was filled with ping pong (notice the boys with a paddle in one hand, drink in the other...), Just Dance video games, hula-hooping... no wonder I passed out on the couch at 10 o'clock. ;P

Fur-baby lovins... :D

We even got to Skype with Ashlee from Europe!

We just love this girl.

The next day, I went to have a birthday lunch with Tristan + friends! He actually had a party on Saturday as well, but... that obviously wasn't going to happen. Thank goodness he was flexible with me. ;P

We went to Goodfriend, which is an adorable spot with delicious food.

You can even bring your doggies on the patio! So Norman had to join us, of course. He was impossible to photograph (what a brat ;)). 

After lunch, we hopped across the street to a little cafe for some tea and coffee... and Shaleah trying on baseball hats under her helmet (important to know if it fits, duh!).

Meghan at Repticon in Houston. We were sad to miss her amoungst our partying, but at least she had a swell time!

 Would you believe that I got sick two days after this mayhem? I think it was my body's way of going "WOAH THERE." But that's a story neither glamorous or interesting, so let's just appreciate how blessed we are to be so busy with people we love in one single weekend. :)

valentine's day weekend!

We had a very fun and busy Valentine's Day weekend with family this year. (Par for the course!)

Friday started off with yummy dinner and the most beautiful red tulips from my husband. :)

And on Saturday we went to Waxahachie to hang out with mom and Tonya! Mumsie had been wanting to do a pub/antique crawl in the downtown area for ages, and we finally got it on the calendar (unfortunately, Stephen had to work... of course! ;P). We moved alot quicker than I expected, because mom had a "3 minute rule" in the antique shops - "I just wanted to see if it was a bunch of crap... and it was!"  

At our first stop, The College Street Pub - best fried green beans ever!

We even ran into Roxanne! :D

Although Stephen had to work, R, Tonya and I met up with him after we got back from Waxahachie to have a good ole Chipotle dinner back at the hill. We got home late and got up early to hang out with Tonya and Stephen again for some girl-time and boy-time! Tonya and I went shopping for President's Day sales, and Stephen and Richard hung out at home and cleaned car headlights (FUN TIME?! ;P). After we all met back up, we went to a FABULOUS Ethiopian restaurant, Desta. Meghan and Nick went on a date by themselves to Mumtaz, because we converted her!

Family Valentine's Days are the best Valentine's Days. :)