And we’re off on our two family vacation!
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I mean, they had a star.
We were at Costco and saw that Tom’s and David’s favorite whiskey had a * on the price tag—which means they aren’t going to be carrying it anymore. It’s legit $10 less a bottle here so we picked up a few extra bottles.
I loves me some Honey Bear.
And I think she likes me a little bit!!
I went over to Anna’s for a walk and while I was waiting Honey came to visit me on the couch! She can be such a cuddle bug when she wants to be!
A real friend lets you sit in her egg chair.
We were over for dinner and I was in a mood so Anna let me sit in the chair. And it was PERFECT.
Another delicious brunch!
Ladies Lunch
Since we’re all fully vaccinated, some of our mom’s group met for lunch out today! We had a great time! I love these ladies!
Guys out and in!
Last night some of the women got together… Tonight we invited everyone over for a fire but just the men came…so Anna and I hung out on the couch and just let the men do their thing. They rotated between the campfire and the bar depending if it was raining.
I told Anna this was my perfect life. Girls hanging out one night, guys hanging out another. Hanging out together. Everyone has a good time. She agreed with me.
I may or may not be having a margarita with my bestie.
Anna wanted me to run an errand with her and Tom said we might as well go out for lunch. Okay then! You don’t have to tell me twice!
What was actually funny is that Anna ordered the Hibiscus Margarita and I ordered a Rum Barrel Punch—and we both liked each other’s drink more so we switched!
Primo Mother’s Day
The men took us to our favorite restaurant for what turned out to be an amazing brunch!
We got roses so tried a fun pic. I look ridiculous but oh well.
One of the four courses! This was after the seafood ceviche and before the meat course.
Cinco de Mayo get together!
All of us moms have been fully vaccinated so decided a Cinco de Mayo get together was called for!
It was SOOOOOO great to feel somewhat back to normal!
We each went to Costco for thing.
Anna and I joked upon walking in that we were here to spend $200 on stuff we didn’t need. Because, you know, that’s what happens.
We each got a cart because we’ve learned and by the time we got to the end, this is what both our carts looked like.
The freaky thing? Our totals were only $10 difference and we had totally different stuff in our carts! We joked that we really are the same person!
Maker Faire
The local college held a zoom Maker’s Faire so all four kids did it at Anna’s! They started by making rockets! It was only a bit of a cluster the rest of the day but they had fun!
And Tom and David built a rocket launcher so the kids didn’t have to go to the college to see them launched! It brought all the neighborhood kids over!
Today’s rule? ALWAYS BORROW THE TRUCK.
Just like Anna and I had to learn to always get a cart…
This car is big but not THAT big. One shed barely fits (the tailgate is open) and definitely no room for the second one.
The boys are out.
Anna and I were awake. The boys were not!
Anna and I each needed one thing at Aldi.
HAHAHAHAHA. We’ve learned our lesson over the months—always ALWAYS get a cart.
It’s crazy to shop with two enablers.
- Want a Sangria? Yes, how about a white, too? Yes.
- Bellini? Yes, of course. Six? Yes.
- How many cheese bread? 10? Sure!
- Peanut butter cups? Duh.
- The boys want a Summer Shandy. Okay I’ll get two.
We just ended up splitting the bill since we are still eating together 5-6 nights a week. We’ve both discovered that we love crowdsourcing meals!!
Waiting for election results!
Anna and Brianna are running for school board and tonight we get the results! I might have brought over all the frozen pizzas from our freezer than had thawed…
Then the boys and kids went home and we moved inside. Honey thinks she’s a lap dog.
We hired out Maggie’s nail trim.
Anna said David was the cat whisperer when it comes to nails so he offered to try Maggie’s since they were long overdue. She didn’t mind it nearly as much as when Tom and I try to do it. He’s hired.
Brunch is served!
We’ve started doing Sunday brunch with Anna and David. Sometimes we order out, sometimes we go out, and sometimes we cook. Today we cooked.
- 2 kinds of bacon (sweet and hot and Kirkland regular)
- 3 kinds of sweet rolls (cinnamon, apple cinnamon, and caramel)
- 2 kinds of scrambled eggs (plain and cheesy)
- 2 kinds of drinks (fuzzy navel Bellinis and Bloody Marys)
- 5 kinds of fruit (not pictured—apples, oranges, cantaloupe, strawberries, and pears)
- and friends and parents!
It’s time to smoke the briskets!
Anna had three briskets in her freezer and we’re both on Project Freezer Cleanout…
Legwork for Anna!
Anna is running for school board so asked for help passing out fliers. Angela and I did a few neighborhoods today—she drove and I delivered! I was surprised how tired I got!
This was our proof to her that we were actually doing it!
A margarita spiced with ginger, cinnamon, and chili pepper?
It’s definitely not a favorite but it’s interesting.
Charlie hiding from Honey
We had brunch with Anna and David today and they brought their dog, Honey. She’s a great dog and we love her but she wants to play with Maggie and the cats and they want NO part of it. Charlie actually lasted fairly long in her bed but eventually she snuck up the stairs and just sat there. She RARELY goes upstairs so you know she wasn’t herself.
The cherry vodka matrix!
After the boys did their Matrix we wanted to try one, too. The only thing we found that we really all agree on was Cherry vodka and pop. So you can see our 7×4 matrix below. Probably half of them were beyond awful so we had just the tiniest sip and dumped them. One vodka was definitely the best (Oma’s) and one was the worst (Effen).
Bubble dinner and a movie night!
The Manhattan Matrix
One of the YouTube channels Tom watches is called How to Drink with a non-professional home bartender that likes to “make drinks and drink them!” He’s funny and we enjoy listening to his reviews.
One recent episode was called This episode tried to kill me where he did a Manhattan Matrix…with like 42 different versions to try (6 vermouths by 7 Bourbons)! The boys decided to try it with 3 vermouths and 3 Bourbons…
Both looking up the recipe that was used because neither could remember and they wanted to do it exactly right.
Don’t worry—they did not drink all of all the trials. It was mostly small sips of each one. They also rated them all 1-9.
Besties then and now!
I was going through some old photos on my phone and when I saw the 2019 photo I had to do a Before and After.
I mean we look great in both—duh!—but we just look… BETTER now. Right?
Owen’s second birthday dessert!
This was his second dessert but the actual official birthday dessert—a chocolate peanut butter ice cream pie from Oberweis. It was tasty.
Birthday cupcakes and brownies!
Celebrating with our bubble!
Better them than me!
We got a bit of snow today so David offered to take the kids sledding. Yay!
Waiting for their ride!
This is what needing absolutely nothing looks like at Sam’s Club.
Anna and I stopped by Sam’s today—I wanted to see if they still had clearance Christmas candy and she needed chicken stock. We decided one cart would obviously be enough.
Haha.
Hahahahahaa.
I taught Anna that the reason you go down every aisle is to look for clearance stuff! Today was Tootsie Rolls ($3.47!), Laser tag guns ($14), holiday jar sets ($5), satin pillowcases ($6 for two), and a styling doll head for Katie’s birthday (didn’t want to pay $49 at Christmas but I’ll pay $14.81 now!).
There was another layer, too. Both husbands love Snowdrift Vanilla Porter so we stocked up.
Please tell me we are not alone. Everyone else does this, too, right?