I love weekends like this

I thoroughly enjoyed last weekend. It was social and productive and the weather was absolutely perfect.

On Friday night, Jack and I met one of his old co-workers for dinner. John and his wife, Janeen, were in town on business and asked if we wanted to get together. John and Janeen live in California; John worked with Jack about 20 years ago. I had never met this couple, but feel like I know them from the yearly Christmas cards. We ate at the Union League Club and it was delightful. I even stayed awake til 11 pm, which is a record for me after a week of work.

On Saturday, Jenny and I took Abbie and Nina to spend some time with Marmar and Susie. The girls love to go there and they especially like to give Brooke, Sue's Newfie, treats. Karen and Sue often give the girls presents and you can imagine how much they love that!

You can't see the bows in Brooke's hair!

I just love this picture of Marmar getting some loving from the girls

On the way home, we stopped to see Sally at the high school. Sally is an assistant girls' swimming coach and the team was sponsoring a car wash to raise money for underprivileged kids. We got there just in time to help them put things away. Abbie and Nina are very good at cleaning up. They get that from Beth and her side of the family!

I had time to run a few errands and then it was time to get ready for a couples' shower for Caylen and Joe. It was the most incredibly beautiful setting and so well done. There were about 50 people there, including some of Caylen and Joe's friends.

How beautiful is that?

Parents of the happy couple

Hanging around with Caylen, Teri and Britt

 It was a bit stressful for Chuck and Teri because Chas (their 22 year old son, brother of the bride) had just undergone an emergency appendectomy less than 24 hours before! Chas was already home (I cannot believe how fast they send people home after surgery!) and they were busy checking in with him. Luckily, the shower was right across the street from their house.


Thankful for the fun times with friends and family!