Gotta love the "group" picture!
on what was a great weekend, I just wanted to check in, report some highlights and share some pictures! Meg (Chris' sister) and Brian and the boys arrived Friday---We had a fun filled weekend with lots of outside time, yummy food and just general good times! Thanks Richards for making the trip from Michigan--we will see you in a little over a week! Some highlights...
- A great steak dinner on Friday night--complete with rosemary potatoes and carmelitas (if you are lucky, I will share the recipe soon)--all washed down with two very yummy wines--Cono Sur ( a Pinot Noir from Chile) and Alexis ( a Cabernet from Swanson Vineyards in Napa)--all while...get this ALL the children were asleep!!!
- Tractor rides around our yard Saturday a.m.
- 2 runs--one where I unintentionally lost Meg--I do hope she blogs about this....and if she does she will get a link....my version of the story includes loading 3 kids into the mini-van to drive around and around and around our neighborhood trying to find my m.i.a. sister-in-law...good news is a.) we found her and b.) she had a great workout due to the directional challenge she experienced!
- Fun times at the pool--Clare can now do forward and backward somersaults in the pool and Addie showed us her "new" move called the "spinning wheel"!
- Watching the kids "help" our neighbors pick up sticks and then turning around to see them (our children...not our neighbors) on top (like as in riding) the fake deer in their lawn...All I kept thinking was "Dear God...please don't let them bust one of those things"...there are plenty of things I would enjoy buying....a fake deer is not one of them.
- Wonderful babysitters--Miss Katie and Miss Tori showing up like clockwork at 6:00p.m. so we could have some adult time--a yummy meal at El Jardin and then a tour of some local places in Beloit, So. Beloit and Roscoe---Meg and Brian were most impressed by the Whiffle Tree--where a 24 minute Pink Floyd song was playing and Jerry Springer was on the tube...gotta love the Tree!
- Sunday morning fun--swings, bikes, trikes and lots of giggles with cousins!
2 comments:
What a GREAT weekend, indeed!
I might not be able to provide a more suitable recap...this one's perfect! When I get my arse in gear you'll be sure to see some pics of our own!
But what good times.
To be repeated real soon...
And oh, the deer...had totally forgotten about those.
HIGH-larious.
And I'm so glad you found the wine! Was going to look online yesterday for it, and never got around to it.
Can't wait to hunt it down...
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