fun weekend....

As I have mentioned often lately.....our son is getting married!

And he and his groomsmen along with Johnny and our 

brother-in-law embarked on a journey via train

to Philadelphia for the weekend

All I can say is it's not just Vegas but also what happens

in Phila, stays in Phila!

Our sister-in-law Joanne invited all of the groomsmen's

wives and girlfriends along with the bride down

to the Chesapeake Bay for a weekend of fun

A few negatives.....the bride couldn't make it, our daughter

Jacquelyn couldn't come, 2 of the groomsmen's wives

couldn't come and the weather was less than great.

But the positives, we had a lot of fun!! And so appreciated

Joanne inviting us all down.

Their place looking so beautiful to start the summer season

Of course Joanne and I started our morning with

delicious Bloody Marys that Joanne made

One of the first things we had to do was due to hard rain

the pool cover was filled with water

the new pump was not working

but have no fear....Jo and I actually figured it out

and got the pump to working

then of course we had to take a picture showing the

water flowing to send to Tommy to show

him we were able to fix it

Just hanging out and waiting for Brianna and Kendall to arrive

we were going to go out but decided to stay in and celebrate

Cinco with nachos, guac and margaritas

and a few shots!

the next morning Joanne made us a fabulous breakfast!!

Bar hopping along the Northern Neck....

and the last day cleared up so pretty that

Brianna and Kendall took the kayaks out

it was a fun weekend and we missed the other girls

later.....

Home camera .....

I thought it would be fun to have a camera in our home

where we could view what our dogs are up to when

we are not home

So I asked around, I did some research and found the

camera that would work for us

and though Bella Boo and Pippa Lou pretty

much just sleep all day, Khaleesi provides some laughs

and we can talk to them....so that is entertaining!

It even has night vision

we were out one night, went to check on the dogs and

realized we forgot to turn any lights on

this is what we saw....

throughout the day when I check the camera, the picture

below is pretty much what I see. 

and apologies for the poop.....but when you have a puppy on

the loose, you have wee wee pads and lucky for us, she always

uses them!

we have put a camera in the den too but I cannot

get the color straight on it. I guess I need to 

call tech support and ask....

I do not have a pink/purple den!!

I was a little thrown off the other day at work when

I turned the camera on and saw someone in my kitchen!!

for a split second, it really scared me

then realized it was our daughter Nicole

I had forgotten she was stopping by

to pick something up

later....

May ....

Check out my May chalkboard

so many birthdays!!

Our sweet princess granddaughter Avery Grace turned 2

Jake, our youngest who is getting married in just

a few weeks turned 29....last year in his twenties!

My brother Tracy and brother-in-law Xel 

celebrated birthdays...we won't tell their age

Our almost daughter-in-law Kayce will have a birthday this month

and our niece Christy too

My dear sweet friend Glenda, friend for 39 years now will

celebrate her birthday this month

And my Daddy....boy I sure miss him!

Also anniversaries but a real important one....

I quit smoking 10 years ago on May 14th

Seems like we just celebrated Christmas and now

we are only 4 weeks away from the wedding!!

So exciting....

later.....

Pippa Lou ....

Our sweet Pippa Lou turned 6 years old 

on May 10th.

She is by far just one of the sweetest little dogs ever

and she gets bullied a lot!!

Bella earned the nickname of Bella the bully from

her picking on Pippa so much

And now Khaleesi picks on Pippa. She is def not 

the alpha dog in our pack

She loves to lay on the top of the patio wall and guard

our home. If anyone dares to walk past our yard she races

so fast to the fence and let's them know this is our yard!

Now if those same people were to actually come in to our yard,

she would take off for the deck and scratch to come in....haha

We took her to the vet the other day for her annual check up

She weighed in at 14.7 lbs and the vet said she

is in excellent health

here are all 3 dogs enjoying vanilla frozen 

yogurt from Sweet Frog....Pippa's birthday

treat that she shared

later.....

38 years ....

On Friday Johnny and I celebrated 38 years of marriage

and when I say we celebrated, I mean we sat on the patio

and drank a couple of beers, ordered some take out

and watched a movie!

haha.....well normally we do go out for a nice dinner

but I was having issues with my eye so we decided to stay in

We just have a good time doing nothing but hanging

out together. I guess that's why we are looking

forward to retirement so much.....just hanging out together!!

My sweet hubby sent me this beautiful basket of flowers.

they are in individual containers so after enjoying it indoors

for a little while, I'll plant them outside. I have some that came

back from last year's birthday basket. This is my second basket

this year, he gave me one for my birthday this year.

later....

Irish Festival ...

well here I am....over a month ago with no post!

Back on March 25th we went to the Irish Festival here in Richmond

that is in the historical area ... Churchill

My sister lives down there so we go there before the festival for brunch

what fun

then walk just one block over to the festival

The weather was great this year so the crowds were big!

Declan had the perfect view on the shoulders of his Daddy

St Patrick's had a booth for alumni to sign up for updates

My husband went to school at St Patricks so he was excited

to see this....and yes, signed up for updates for events, etc. 

We walked down Taylors Hill to head down to Station 2

for an awesome hamburger

Jake and Kayce 

aka...bride and groom

my darling and I ....

later.....