Jake’s youngest sister is getting married and today was her “family” shower. Jake was at the bachelor weekend for his future BIL, so Grandpa Dave helped me out by watching the boys while the girls came to the shower with me. It was breakfast themed, which was delicious! Only three more weeks til the big day!
Today we gathered to celebrate Jake’s youngest cousin graduating from high school. These three cuties all showed up with pigtails. (Shecklet #3 had hers in braids, so they’re a bit hidden in the photo.)
Our friends had a birthday party for their two-year-old today. As always, there were lots of laughs and a piñata and new this year were edible bubbles and sack races!
We signed Shecklets 1, 2, and 3 up for a month-long track season in a neighboring suburb. Today was their first meet. They each had three running events and one field event.
Shecklet #1 spent time with two of his aunts and one of his (almost) uncles this past weekend. He went to a state park with caves with Kari, Stacie & Nick on Saturday and then spent the night at Kari’s house. On the way to Kari’s, they stopped at Hobby Lobby and he picked out a catapult kit. Upon finishing building (and decorating) the catapults at home this afternoon, #1 and #2 decided to create a game – complete with a board, cards, and rules. I’m amazed (and impressed) by the level of thought and detail they put in to it – without any encouragement or help from anyone else.
My friend, Michelle, and I don’t get much of an opportunity to catch up (uninterrupted) when we see each other. A few weeks ago, she threw out the idea of a pre-baby girls weekend. (She’s expecting another sweet baby and we both know that life gets more complex when adding a new member to the family.) Anyway, we accomplished the feat of finding a weekend that worked for both of us and decided to keep our plans to a minimum. In fact, the only thing we decided on by the time we pulled our of her driveway late Friday morning was that we would head south in I-35. We figured we could stop once we didn’t see snow anymore. That put us smack dab in Des Moines, IA. Not exactly a common place to road trip to, but for us, it wasn’t about the destination. Rather, we were hoping to get a chance to talk, laugh, and sleep. All of which we accomplished. Well, maybe not so much on the sleep end, but it was still nice to sleep through the night and not be woken up by a child.
On Saturday, we did get out to see the botanical gardens in downtown Des Moines, had dinner at a taco restaurant (food was tasty, but the service was terrible,) and saw the 9:30pm showing of I Can Only Imagine, before continuing to talk until almost 2am. We got up Sunday morning, had breakfast at the hotel, and found a church nearby that had mass at 11am. After mass and a stop for a cup of coffee, we headed for home.
Both of us are grateful for our husbands who managed things on the home front so we could get away and recharge. (Here are the Shecklets with the homemade pizzas they had for dinner on Friday night.)
What do you do when there’s a snowstorm in April? Go get haircuts, of course! Shecklets 1 & 2 got cuts and were shown how to style their hair. Don’t they look sharp?
