We had a great Mother’s Day celebrating with our moms!
Friday after work, we headed to Trussville for a couple of days. It was a nice change to see my family two weekends in a row! That night, Jenn and I made a pie for Mom as a Mother’s Day dessert. We ended up running out to Publix twice because we forgot all of the ingredients the first time…oops! It was worth it though…that pie was yummy. If you’re looking for a rich, creamy chocolate pie, you need to try this Rich Chocolate Truffle Pie. Another allrecipes.com winner!
Mom threw a small graduation party for Jenn on Saturday for lunch. It was a lot of fun! We ate hamburgers, several sides, and the best strawberry cake I’ve ever had from Edgar’s Bakery.
That night, after eating pizza and a tiny sliver of pie (because we were so stuffed from all that food), Travis and I headed back home. We are both teaching Bible classes at church right now, so we had to be back in town by Sunday morning.
We ate lunch with Cheryl, Emily, and Melissa on Sunday. Travis is getting to be a pretty good grill master because the steaks were awesome! He’s had his eye on a nice grill for a while (because we still haven’t bought one), but he’s waiting on it to go on sale. Hopefully we’ll be able to get it sometime soon though!
Last night, with Alisha and Tyler back in town, we all ate supper at Phil Sandoval’s. It was our first time to eat there, and it was really good.
Now after eating all that food this weekend, no wonder I felt like I needed to go running this morning! :)
I guess I’m unofficially a mom to the kitties, so of course they wanted to celebrate. In honor of Mother’s Day, they left me a nice present to find when we got back home Saturday night. One of them had thrown up all over the carpet and rug in our living room…yuck! Luckily, we got it all cleaned up pretty easily. I think it must have been a combination of eating too much at one time + a hairball. Gross. They must have felt bad about it, though, because when we got home last night from supper and running a few errands, they’d left me a nice present on the bathmat in the guest bathroom. Yesterday afternoon, I “deadheaded” a few flowers in our flower beds, and I’d brought them inside and thrown them away in the trashcan in the study. Well, someone (probably Miss Gabby) decided to go digging in the trash, and she carried one of the flowers all the way from the study into the bathroom. Ha! What a silly cat. I guess I’d rather find dead flowers than the alternative though… :)
Speaking of our flower beds, flowers are blooming, and shrubs are growing…so I guess we’re doing something right! It’s really cool to go outside every day and see how all of the plants are growing and changing. Here are a few pictures so you can see for yourself!
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| Astra Double Blue Balloon Flower |
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| I love the color! These are in our left flower bed… |
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| Our hydrangeas are blooming too! |
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| Lots of daisies popping up now… |
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| Very pretty! |
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| Everything is really growing! |
As usual, our summer is starting to get really busy. We don’t have a free weekend until mid-June! This weekend, we’ve got 3 parties/showers to go to between the two of us. Next weekend is Memorial Day weekend, and I’m hoping we can go to the lake for a couple of days with my family. Then the next weekend, we leave for Fripp Island! Can’t wait for that! Not sure if I’ve mentioned this already, but we are going to stop in Savannah for the day before heading to Fripp. Neither of us has ever been, so we’re looking forward to it. Any suggestions on things to do/places to eat? I’m thinking we’ll definitely have to try Paula Deen’s restaurant!
Well, that’s about it for this update. We’re just staying busy as usual! :)
