What a weekend!

This weekend was one of the busiest but most enjoyable weekends of the summer. On Friday, Mom, Michelle and I went out to celebrate "Mom's last night out". It was a good time, chatting about what's going on in all of our lives, with our kids and with our friends. It's nice to share your opinions with people that truly understand where you're coming from. You know how it is...you share a story with someone and try to portray your excitement and they kind of just look at you with that "big deal-nice story" kind of look but when you tell someone that really knows you, they find it just as hilarious as you did when it happened to you. That's how it is with my sisters and my Mom. They just know me...and connecting with those people in those moments is a neat feeling.

I'm sure some of you were wondering why I said "Mom's last night out". It was hush hush for awhile so I hope I'm not spoiling any surprises...but MOM AND DAD RENEWED THEIR VOWS YESTERDAY! Their first wedding took place at Pinewood Supper Club in Mosinee, WI 28 years ago. They were married by a justice of the peace, and always wanted to get married in a church. Well yesterday, at the church they have belonged to for awhile now, renewed their vows with Father Louis. It was a very simple, but amazing event.

Afterwards, we went to Pinewood Supper Club, just our small group of my two sisters, their hubbys, grandpa & grandma and Father Louis. Dinner there was awesome...I had the crab stuffed salmon. The drink I consumed at dinner (Raspberry Truffle Martini), however, got me buzzed at dinner and hopefully I didn't do too many embarrassing things. Everything else was great...the company, the atmosphere and the cake. :)


Earlier in the day, we installed our new lawn. The dirt was delivered at about 10 am and we spent the next 5 hours spreading the dirt, seeding the lawn, raking the seed, throwing out straw/hay and setting up the sprinklers. Then we really watered it last night. Today's weather was not what we expected, so hopefully the inch of rain didn't wash away all of our seed. I am excited to watch the progress...but here is where it stands currently:

I really hope that this lawn turns out, because our deadline to list the house by Oct. 1st is coming up fast!

We plan to re-seed later this week, depending on what comes up with the seed already out there.

And can you tell our fence really needs to get stained too?!


This morning everyone was slow to wake up, except for me, who was up with Mason at 5:30 am. Luckily, I decided to spend the night at home after dinner, unlike my siblings that were out until bar close. It sounds like I missed the fun though, especially after my husband accidentally "butt-called" 9-1-1 from his pants. They called to check in twice and make sure it wasn't a real call. Apparently, when your phone is in lock-mode, even though you don't actually dial 9-1-1, the phone can make an emergency call just by hitting one button twice. Oops.

Today we're just hanging out inside, catching up on those icky household chores like laundry and dishes. I'm not a fan of household chores, but we try to get as much of them done on Sunday as we can so that we're set for the week. So I'm going to go work on those now, then have a glass of wine and cuddle with my two boys.

Cheers to a fantastic weekend!