our memorial weekend

Had to add a pic of this little cutie right after I woke her up one morning. Her hair is so crazy & I love it!

Our Memorial Day weekend was seriously awesome! First off I have to say that it is so incredibly nice that Josh now has a job where he actually gets the day off on holidays. Life changing! Our fabulous friends Ronnie and Kristen along with their three daughters Brinley, Teagan and Savannah drove up from Tulsa to come and stay with us. B & T are twin girls who are 10 months older than Harper and Savannah just turned one in April. Needless to say Harper was in playtime heaven with all these little girls around all weekend! 

They drove up Friday and got here right around 6:00. We ate Jack Stack Barbecue (and it was oh so delicious....my mouth is seriously watering just thinking about the leftover cheesy corn I a going to have with my dinner tonight) and we had a big ol' family dinner in the dining room. It was filled with lots of little girl giggles and really great conversations. I have missed these people.

Saturday morning we all got up, I popped in a breakfast casserole that I had prepared the night before, ate breakfast and all got ready to go to Deanna Rose Farmstead. This was Harper's second time there and she pretty much thought she owned the place. If you know Harper at all you know that she is far from adventurous but when she goes to Deanna Rose she is completely in her element. She runs around everywhere checking out all the animals and is just happier than I have ever seen her. All of the little girls had a blast as well as the adults. We ended our time there with ice cream cones for everyone, except poor Pax, next year buddy!

That afternoon Kristen and I took a trip to Trader Joe's to load up on yummy inexpensive wine and a few extra treats for our dinner that evening. I cooked up a 4lb pork butt, grilled tons of veggies, roasted garlic to put on our olive demi baguette from Trader Joe's along with leftover beans & corn from our Friday night dinner. I will have to give myself a pat on the back because it was such a good dinner! I successfully cooked pork to where it just fell apart and was incredibly juicy!

Josh and Ronnie went out that night for some "guy time" while Kristen and I stayed at the house and had some really great girl time. Wine, s'mores, a movie and just talking. It has been a while since I have had a really good girl talk and it was just what I needed!

The next morning I whipped up yet another yummy meal of homemade cast iron biscuits, homemade gravy, scrambled eggs, and Ronnie's famous baked bacon. Mmmmmmm. We took the kids to the park right before lunch and had a picnic to end our time with them. It was honestly a perfect weekend and I cannot wait until we are back together with the Pike's again. They are not only great people but really wonderful friends.

Waking up Monday morning and realizing Josh was off work that day was such a treat! I went to my Kosama circuit training gym class (to attempt to work off all the food I consumed over the weekend) and then played at the house with the kids all afternoon. That evening the Lurvey's invited us over for some BBQ pork sandwiches that Dustin had prepared & we can never turn down smoked/bbq meat from Dustin, he is seriously a pro at making it! Then to end the long weekend perfectly, Josh and I called our babysitter and went to go see the Avengers. The movie was pretty good. I'll admit I probably fell asleep for maybe 10 minutes because the ending fighting scene was like 45 minutes long no joke, plus I am pretty lame when it comes to watching movies in the evening. It was really lovely though just getting time with Josh. The thing I love most about going to the movies is that we get at least 2 hours of uninterrupted hand holding. It makes me happy. =)

Hope everyone has a fantastic short week this week, I am headed to the dentist on Thursday. Me and the dentist never have a good time. This could get ugly...