date night

John and I got a date night this weekend. His mom was in town so we took a much needed break together. Since we don’t get many of these anymore we wanted to try a new restaurant with great food and good ambiance. We decided on a restaurant down town (Z Fusion). We had reservations for 8:30 but arrived early for a drink at the bar. During our drink we decided the restaurant was not all we were looking for, the food looked great but the ambiance was very lacking. So after our drink we walked to another restaurant (Proof). The next restaurant had the opposite problem. Lots of charm but there was nothing on the menu that really jumped out at us. Neither of us is picky eaters and like a lot of different foods so it came as a surprise when there was nothing on the menu that sounded good. We had already ordered a bottle of wine so we took it to the bar. After our bottle of wine we decided to try one more time to eat. By this point we were pretty hungry. The 3rd restaurant was Jeff Ruby’s. The food ended up being very good but the restaurant was a little different then we pictured. It was like being in Vegas. It was dark but still had neon lights everywhere, crushed velvet booths, glittery mermaid tacky décor and a very loud band. We should have stayed at the first place. That’s what happens when you think the grass is greener elsewhere. We had lots of fun together though, just what we really needed!

happy mother's day

I had a great Mother’s day. My first being a mom of two wonderful girls. It was a nice quiet relaxing day with my family. I had time to thank my lucky stars that I have such wonderful family. Unfortunately I was not able to be with my mom, I missed her so. We will celebrate soon. I got to sleep in which was the first treat of the day. Around 9 when I did finally get out of bed the first thing I saw was a beautiful new framed pic of my girls for my desk at work. Then Av handed me a home made card. My request for breakfast was bagels and coffee during which I was surprised again with another charm for my bracelet. It is one with a November birthstone on it for Av. After breakfast John worked on making a garden area for us while I lounged in the grass and played with my girls. The weather was beautiful and hanging out with my 3 favorite people made my day. Then it was off to buy some plants. We got red, green and orange peppers, tomatoes, banana peppers, cucumbers and a cantaloupe plant. Hopefully we will have a nice crop. John made dinner. Grilled steak, corn on the cob, sweet potato fries and mushrooms with onions. Yummy.

moms night out

It was a bachelorette party for my good friend’s brother’s fiancé. We started out at her house (Marci’s) with dinner and drinks. The surprise for the bachelorette was a ride to 4th street (bars) in Pool Party Express. It is an old fire truck that is hollowed out and has an empty pool in it. You ride standing in the pool. Very safe. We had a great time riding in ‘style’ to the bar. John and two friends took the kids to dinner. Between the three dads there were six kids. The first time any of the dads had taken both kids anywhere. They survived.

playing with our neighbors

  

They were fixing their lawn mowers with real tools.  Boy were they having fun.

cute girl in a hat-mothers day

Av would not let me take any of her in her hat.

Camille sleeping with the lovie over her head

Sisters