our annual birthday boy dinner

 

Thanks,  Mom and Dad, for taking us to another AMAZING dinner.  This time at Nick and Sam's.

Such a great night! As always.

 

 

 

 

 

Brian's 30th birthday

My brother and his wife were in town for the baby shower and his 30th.  We went to Maggiano's to celebrate.  I hadn't been there in a while.  I had forgotten how yummy it is. :)

Brian and Abby

 



 

 The whole crew...

 

 

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you...

 



 

 Happy 30th, dear Brian, Happy Birthday to you....

 

Without flash...

 



 

  From afar...

 

With flash...

 



It may be B's birthday, but it's my post... So I can be in it more.  ;) 

Happy birthday, B!! Love you!!! LOVED seeing Abby and you! See you soon... when the boys are here! :)
xoxoxo

Caroline's wedding

Not my Caroline of course.

My cousin, Caroline. 

Not my cousin' s daughter, Caroline.

My mom's cousin's daughter, Caroline.

 

You follow?

 

I love family, am close with extended family, and-- clearly-- we all tend to use the same names for our kids.

 

Anyway, Caroline got married and what a beautiful ceremony it was!

 

And the reception??
Get a good band who will sing current hits and throw in some college kids and you've got a party!

 

 

 

My sister was out of town so my BIL brought my niece Rachel as his date.

 

We ate... and we hit the dance floor.

 

 

 

I must've burned a gazillion calories out there. Even the bride needed a water break.

 

 

 

My sweaty mess of a face and my awesome dance partner.  No one can accuse us of not having a good time!  ; )

  

 

Congratulations, Sweet Caroline :) 

 

Al and Jason's Birthday Dinner 2013

My brother-in-law and Jason have birthdays a couple of weeks apart.  Because the dates are so close,  it is a tradition to celebrate "the boys" sometime in late April/ early May.

This year we went to The Capital Grille.  I hadn't had a steak in a loooong time, and this was a great place to have one!!  The food was delicious.  The service was great.  We had a really fun night!

Happy birthday, Jason and Al!

Wasn't sure which pic was better... So I decided on both...

Mary Poppins

Last night we went to the theat-uh  (That's "theater" written in a British accent.) to see "Mary Poppins". (I don't know how to type it the way Bert says it, but that's the way I'm saying it in my mind.)

I spoke in a British accent a lot yesterday. (It's hahd to stop a British ahccent once you've stahted.) I think my kids grew a little sick of it... especially because my accent sounds a whole lot like Eliza Doolittle before Professor Higgins helps her.

We all went to eat at the food court in our mall before our night out.

Then everyone in this picture (+) my mom (minus) the men (minus) Kate went to see the show.

More easily said-- Sarah, Jack, Caroline, Mom, Hilary, Rachel, Alex, and I went to see the show.  Hmm.  Maybe that wasn't more easily said. 

The kids loved it! I think if they had one word to describe it, it would HAVE TO be... supercalifragilisticexpealidocious.

The dancing was fun!  The actors were so talented.  Even watching the sets change was spellbinding.  But I'm pretty sure their minds were blown when Mary Poppins flew with her umbrella and when Bert walked on the wall and on the ceiling.  I, of course, saw the cables, but Sarah was convinced that he had on suction cup shoes.

It was a late night, and Caroline ended up sleeping through most of the second act.  But Sarah was still talking about it this morning.

Jolly good show, ol' chaps!

(That's British, right?) 

Ok, I'm done with the accent.

Dinner last night

Dinner at Del Frisco's was a success! Steaks just don't come any better than at Del Frisco's in my humble opinion.

And the kids LOVED Sydni. It all worked out very well. :)