I'm old!

I'm in denial that my class reunion was last weekend, surely there's been some mistake and I haven't been out of high school for 10 years, because it doesn't feel like I'm 27 years old, it doesn't feel like it was 10 years ago that I was standing in that hot and humid gym waiting to switch that tassel from one side of that silly mortarboard hat to the other (why do we have those crazy hats anyways, they really are quite bizarre don't you think). But I guess since I did recognize all people as my classmates, I must be that old.........I mean a grown-up.

The only pic of me from the night
because I totally forgot to take our family photo
Me, Jessica, Mike, Natalie

But then I see all of our children - and since we didn't have any when we graduated, I guess we have aged a few years.........but 10, I'm just not sure.

Jenelle & Colter - such a silly, fun boy!

It's funny that age really doesn't bother me, I'll happily turn 30 in a few years, yeah I guess, it really will just be another birthday, but it will be a nice round number, but I don't think it will stress me out or anything.

Jenelle, Colter & John Woods

But for some reason, having a 10 year reunion did kinda make me feel old..........Oh well, I guess everyone has them :)

Riley making a Play-Doh tower, and then not sure about sharing it

My friend Katie, her hubby and four children (yikes her hands are full!)

FFF - Horray for the Red, White & Blue

Sarah's theme this week was all about the 4th of July and this year's celebration was by far the most fun for Riley! Huge Castle Bounce house, daddy in the dunk tank, water balloon fights toss game, yummy food, sno cones, friends, fireworks (which after every single one she said "that one was my favorite" - what's not to love?

Daddy giving a big grin in the dunk tank

Riley giving baby Lucas some love in the bounce house

Riley's favorite Steve

My dear friend Gina's little boy Evan - a little unsure of the loud fireworks
(but only for a minute because he settled right in!)

One of her favorite parts of the holiday was that she was able to do a few fireworks herself, since she's 2 1/2, and she was REALLY excited about picking out which ones we were going to buy (although I had to do a little convincing on the smoke bombs since she kept saying "I don't like smoke"). She loved the little snakes, just like I remember loving them - although I must say looking at them now they really do look kind of like a pile of big poo, and the parachutes and sparklers were a hit too.......somehow I'm thinking next year I won't get away with $5.92 at the fireworks stand, she's realized they really are pretty cool and only come around once a year.

The most fantastic part of the evening though was when Riley held her own sparkler (with mommy hovering very close because truth be told I was a little lot nervous about this!) When there was only one left, I asked her one last time if she wanted to do a sparkler and she said the cutest thing! "I think I'm scared of that" but she did it, she didn't even drop it and run away like I thought she would, she held it like a big girl, oh I'm so proud of her!

Wordless Wednesday - Wedding fun

Our good friend Pat got married this weekend - and man was it a hectic weekend, the extra day off definitely did not buy me any extra relaxing time andI was ready to get back to work on Monday so I could relax......man I hate admitting that - and while it was literally the shortest wedding ceremony I have ever seen, it was great fun!

Kisses for the best man - Daddy

And she was done...............
well until the 4th of July party that night at our
church where she got her 3rd or 4th wind for the day :)

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Riley Has Facial Hair

Ok - so she really doesn't have facial hair, but she sure loves to shave, or help daddy shave, or "shave" her own face by herself of course - she just thinks it's the best!!!

And she's pretty good at getting her jawline (just like daddy does)

And pretty good at her "mustache" too

And don't worry - her razor doesn't have a blade (duh) and the shaving cream is some fancy Mary Kay stuff that promises not to burn your face (and no it doesn't come in a pink bottle or smell fancy, my husband definitely wouldn't use it if that's the case - in fact it doesn't even say Mary Kay in big print, just MK so he can still feel all masculine)

Anyone know how to get rid of these?

I have a bush that was totally infested and it makes me sad to think that the hour-and-a-half that I spent picking these little things off might be wasted if my poor bush is still gonna die. Hopefully someone out there has a magical cure!

If you ever have to pick 100's (which feels like 1,000,000's) of these little guys off, a shop vac works wonders for sucking them up so you don't accidentally drop one and then all your hard work is wasted if that one little guy reproduces like crazy! Just a practical hint I learned last night (although I'm sure the neighbors were wondering why I was vacuuming my bushes!).

PS - obviously I stole these images so thanks Google images for providing lovely pictures of my dreaded pest!

I'm Excited!

I get to spend some (much needed) time with my dear friends Jenelle and Gina tomorrow. We don't really have any plans and that's super ok with me. We'll just have time to talk, and catch up on life and be silly girls, because of course we are silly and we are girls so it just makes sense that we would be silly girls.

I'm not sure at what point life gets soooo busy, but it sure seems to be that way lately which makes finding time, without a scheduled event like a birthday party, to get together hard these days so I'm thankful for tomorrow already and it's not even here yet.

In case you were wondering - none of these pictures have anything to do with this post - really - except that they all show people excited and that's what I am.

Wordless Wednesday - silly girls

Man it's hard to get pictures thru a trampoline safety fence thingy - not sure why, but I just love this one which is odd because there's a fence in the way, and Riley's eyes are half closed, and you can only see half of her friend, but man were they having fun! It also kind of makes me think of the old Uncle Sam posters that were for recruiting Army guys or something where he was pointing and saying "We Need You". Either way - I like this photo :)

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