Busy Bees

Last week, my good friend Catherine was in town with her little girl Madeleine. We took all the kids to the zoo and had a great time. The funny story from the day was at the Children's zoo. Matthew was really enjoying petting the goats. There was one goat that was standing on a bench. He really liked this goat. Well I'm not sure the goat was in the mood to deal with kids on this particular day because as Matthew went back to pet him a second time he turned around and pushed Matthew over with his big head. Poor Matthew was devastated, but recovered quickly. Here's a picture right before the incident.


Thursday we had Andrew's end of the year picnic. It was so fun to see how much he has matured. We had a great time, and I think he may have his first crush! Mary Catherine is our neighbor and they have suddenly become great friends. It's so cute.



Friday was my grandma's 80th birthday! My parents had a cocktail party for her on Friday night at their house. Everyone had a great time. Poppa took a trip to Target before the party and bought the kids lots of bubbles so they had a blast. We had great food and drinks and enjoyed being together as a family.



Saturday we worked outside getting ready for our Sunday Open House. Then we took the boys over to meet their new cousin Josie before heading to another birthday celebration for my grandma. It was so good to see John and Christina at home with their baby girl. Everyone seemed to be doing well. There's nothing like the fear of being a new parent. I wish I could ease their worries but everyone goes through it. After our visit with Josie, we headed to my aunt and uncles for a Casino party for my grandma. She loves gambling so it was the perfect theme. Everyone had a blast.


Sunday we forced ourselves out of bed early to go to early mass then come home and clean, clean, clean for our Open House. Then we headed to my parent's for naps and then home for a quick dinner and bed. WE WERE WORN OUT. The good news is 8 couples came through. Drew and I were not sure what to expect since it was a holiday weekend so we were pleasantly surprised.

Monday, Memorial Day, was stormy so it was the perfect morning to just hang out and have some family time. We grabbed lunch ran a few errands then came home for naps. We planned on grilling an All America meal but the weather didn't seem too promising so we went with the All American Poppa John's instead.

Now it's back to reality. We had another showing tonight during dinner, of course. We are praying something comes of this showing. We've been lucky to have so many showings but are just praying for someone with real interest!

Andrewism of the week: "My owie (scab) looks like a snail that's coming uncurled, it's coming out of the covers."