Time for school!!!

Another year upon us another school season starting.  Abigail and Chloe were super excited (and a little nervous) to kick off another school year.   We got 'em cleaned up and ready to hit it hard.    Good stuff!

What an awesome time with great friends!

yes.  That's lobster tails, cheeseburgers AND crabcakes :)

We had a special opportunity this summer to go on a vacation with some dear friends of ours.   My friend Tara's parents own a beach house and there was room for 2 families to spread out, kick our feet up and watch the "chillen".    We excitedly accepted the invite to play for a week with our buddies and make some surf and sand memories!    It was a noisy week with 4 little girls from ages 4-8 but it was a welcome rowdy noise we were all accustomed to anyway so we just talked over the little princesses and had a blast.  Luckily Nick and Tara vacation at our speed...which is relax first then play, eat sleep repeat!   It was a wonderful time.  We scooted around all week in Tara's dad's golf cart which barely fit all 8 of us but we made it work.   We bounced up and down the sandy roads to the beach and back.   Nick and Brian cooked the ENTIRE week and when Tara and I tried to help put together the final meal before heading home we giggled in our guilt that we barely knew where the pots were.   We got us some fantastic hubbies and it was a heavenly break for my buddy and me to sit at the counter chatting up a storm and watching the fellows rock some kitchen duty.  They enjoyed it and the food was fabulous.  We didn't want to come home.   That's always a true sign of a great time had by all.  :)