We had a great time at the block party again this year! The sun was out for a bit and the sprinkles didn't come until we were ready to go inside for some Texas Hold'em. The adults played a lot of volleyball while the kids played on the swing sets, trampoline, and bouncy house. Good food, good people, good times! It was the first time having a non-family member watch the kids. I found a nice girl from our neighborhood that watched the kids and it went great!
Yesterday Karli earned $5 helping my mom with chores such as vacuuming etc. I asked Karli what she was going to spend her money on and she said,"I'm going to buy my brother M&M's." It melted my heart, so unselfish! Although it was followed with she will also buy a slurpee for herself. It's probably because my kids don't get much sweets, so they are going to spend all their cash on SUGAR!
Awesome! For those of you with Facebook check on there. What a great concert! A long one though. It started at 4:00 and I think ended around 11:00. We got home at 1:30 after stopping through late night drive-thru. Opening was Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Montgomery Gentry, Sugarland (MY FAV), and ending with Kenny Chesney!
Tailgaiting :)
We've had a busy weekend. Friday we went to see Madagascar 2 at Movie under the stars in Macomb. That is always a fun event and FREE! Yesterday we all got together at Cara's house. I think I counted 16 adults and 15 kids in attendance. It's a good thing the rain stopped! We had good food and conversation. It's always fun to get together with everyone and catch up on life. Thanks for hosting Cara! Our original plan was at Stoney Creek, but I think this worked out better! Today with the temps feeling like mid 90's, I think we'll go hang out by grandma's pool!
We stopped by my dad's house yesterday and the kids were able to meet his new kitten SoCo. Once SoCo decided to stop hiding from Cameron, who was running around screaming, he finally came out. The kids had a lot of fun playing with him. Karli talked about it the whole day.
Yesterday we went to Tony Roncelli's graduation party. Kim and I used to babysit Gino, Tony, and Vinnie when they were infants until they were about Karli and Cameron's ages. I think it has been about 15 or 16 years since I have seen them. Their property has changes so much since we used to go spend the weekends there. What handsome boys they have grown up to be! Although it made me feel old, it was really nice reminiscing on old times with Kim yesterday. Here are a few pictures of the evening. I have to say I've never been to a graduation party quite like this before. They had Valet parking, a band, a Nino Salvaggio's fruit stand, corn on the cob stand, popcorn, a mechanical bull, National Coney Island hot dog stand, delicious food catered from Papa Jo's, and a train from Blake's Orchard that took rides around the property.
