Chrissy's Wedding

On Saturday our good friend, Chrissy tied the knot! I have known Chrissy for years and am beyond over the moon happy for her!

This was a super exciting night us! It was our first official date night since adopting Addy Grace! 

I bought a new dress and everything! Ha! And the icing on the cake? I got to hang with my BFF's, too!

Go Ninja, Go Ninja!

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Sara called to ask if she could borrow Ava for a night out. Well, it was last night! And to say she went over the top spoiling my girl is an understatement! They left OC at 4 and headed to the mall to get their nails down. In Ninja Turtle colors…

And then off to Build A Bear for the New Ninja Turtle 

And capped off the night to see the new movie in 3D! 

But not before they got pizza "Just like the inja's eat" 

A big thank you to Sara for taking such good care of my girl!!!

And while Ava Kate was enjoying her Ninja Turtle experience, we got to visit with little Sammy Smithers! Although, he wouldn't sit for a picture unless he was with his mommy. 

Imagination Station with Daddy!

John kept the girls home from school for Daddy/Daughters play date. He actually was just going to keep Ava but she didn't want to leave Addy behind. She was excited to take Addy to Imagination Station for the first time! It's safe to say they had a blast!

Can Ella come over to play?

We got a message on Thursday night that our friend, Ella was super sad. Her BFF, Roz's flight was delayed and wouldn't be home until the next day. Not one to have a sad kid on my radar, I texted Ella's mom to see if an Ava/Addy fix would suffice. And it turns out, it did! We enjoyed our Thursday night swim with Heather and Ella! Thanks for coming out and thanks for the pizza!

And before they left, I asked Ella to help us decorate a bag. I have a stack of bags that we need to decorate for Food For Thought. My team at work are bagging lunches for the homeless next week and we are decorating the bags. Thanks for your help, Ella!

Welcome Back, Confessional Friday!!

On a Saturday, but whatev's….:)

1. I confess tonight is our first true night out since before we adopted Addy. And I'm over the top excited. Like bought a new dress, excited!

2. Last week we hosted Pool N Ponds for the church. And a couple of the leaders had gotten married the night before. And their contribution was wedding cake! And I confess it made me the happiest girl in the place. There can never be too much wedding cake!!

3. I confess I went back to work full time three weeks EARLY! People said I'm probably the only person who did that. I love my kids but for everyone's sanity who is involved, it was the best decision. And everyone is surviving and thriving!

4. I confess that every single time I get out of my car and close the door, I look to see if I have my keys AFTER! I need to break that habit.

5. I confess I am a nervous wreck about my Ava Kate starting Kindergarten in a couple weeks. Like on the verge of an anxiety attack! Will she make friends, will she get bullied, will she know how much I love her and will come to me if something happens? But on the upside, one of my BFF's will be her teacher. So that will help tremendously!

That's all I got today, friends! But I wanted to give a big shout out to my cousin, Lisa! One of her pictures was chosen to be the picture of the day at her photo lab! I'm pretty proud because the subjects of the picture are super cute!

Don't have chopsticks? No problem!

I got this little picture from Addy's teacher on Friday. They were having breakfast and served mandarin oranges. Addy picked up two straws and ate all of her oranges using them as chopsticks!

What a babe!

Just Stuff

We've had a very low key weekend. Like I haven't even left the house since I got home from work on Friday. Isn't that weird for us???

Anyhow, Thursday night we did the girls pictures again. The first round didn't go very well so we tried again. And we got some great shots!! More to come on that!

John headed to Medina on Friday and I was debating on what to do with the girls. And then this happened…

So, that set the stage for the evening. We kept a quiet night and went to bed early. And it felt good! 

Saturday, Nana and JoJo stopped over. And the girls love playing with their JoJo!

Uncle George, Nick, Megan, and Leilani came up for a visit on Saturday. And we enjoyed our Lei Lei time!!

Tonight we hosted Pools N Ponds for Mainstreet Church. 

A good time was had by all and even this little munchkin!