Lovin' the 3-day weekend!

I mean, how could you possibly NOT enjoy a 3 day weekend?? It's still very rainy and gloomy here in the Pacific NW, in fact, Friday evening by 6:30pm I was in my fleecy jammies and under the covers watching TV. Saturday started out with a massage (now I have a matching bruise on the other hip, last time it was the right hip), and then we spent the day at the Robillard's for a huge celebration: Jim's 50th birthday, Katie celebrating her commission into the Army and college graduation, and Katie's high school graduation! Wow! It was a lot of fun, and there was a yummilicious Mexcican buffet :)

Today started off with bacon sandwiches and coffee for breakfast a la Carl, then a nice walk with my girl and our dog. I even ran a few steps - don't fall over with laughter! Emma says she's going to get me in shape ;) We treated ourselves this weekend with Super Mario Galaxy 2 and just completed an hour of play - it's a really fun game we play as a family - Carl controls Mario, Emma is his sidekick, and I'm the director (yelling instructions!) :)

Tomorrow Emma and I are going to see Alice in Wonderland with Kennedy before it leaves the theater. I love me some Johnny Depp, so this movie is a must-see. Oh, and speaking of must see, SATC will be next weekend if we're not moving!!! Here's a recent picture just for fun - E & K being goofy at lunch :)

Fun weekend!

Boy, busy weekend here - but fun!  We had a neighbor friend, Jordyn, staying with us while her parents enjoyed a weekend away - and she and Emma had a great girls' weekend.  Jordyn straightened Emma's hair for her (much better than my work!) and that started a fun Friday evening "makeover" for them.

Saturday afternoon I took them up to the Family Fun Center for some go-kart riding and video games, then a fun dinner at Red Robin.  Coincidentally, they both recently purchased the same cute shirt at Aeropostale,  so of course they had to each wear it :)  Today we all went to see Shrek 4 and Kennedy joined us as well... fun weekend :)

More photos from the program...

Sorry, I had to create two different posts in order to incorporate the video.  Here's some cool shots of the stage, and the one with Emma in the bottom left corner with the yellow bandana and guitar (dancing around like a hillbilly) at "Splash Kingdom".

Spring Program

Tonight we spent the evening at Emma's school for her Spring Program. No great photos with my phone, but ... here's her solo... our proudest moment... doing the worm across the stage - HA!

BFF Time

BFF time is the best time... today I got to spend my much-needed day off with Kristy.  I picked her up at 10:00 am and told her not to eat breakfast, because I was taking m'lady out for a fun bite.  The next time we looked at our watches it was 4:15 and we had to head home.  When we are together the time literally flies by - we have been known to start at 10:00 am for a visit and come home after midnight.  Isn't that what BFF's are all about?  She knows me better than anyone ~ knows when I need to talk and lets me ~ tells me when I need to take a second look at things ~ understands what I'm saying without an explanation ~ loves Madonna as much as I do ~ loves to dance with me and shake her booty like nobody's business ~ loves my daughter like her own ~ shops for bras with me ~ tells me to stop bossing her around when I need it ~ but loves me unconditionally through it all.  She is my Best Friend Forever.

Tropical Spirit Day

I know, I know... another spirit day picture.  But she just cracks me up that she gets so into these!  And my scrappy friends will truly appreciate this one :)

So Emma had a red t-shirt from Grammie's trip to Hawaii that had some stitching on it - and we added a lei made of Prima flowers, a shell necklace, and check out the flower in her hair:  a layering of Heidi Swapp and Prima flowers (sprayed with some Perfect Pearls) and then a giant rhinestone in the middle - all glue dotted together and then onto a bobby pin!  That was our creativity for the night to get her in the tropical mood.  FUN!