Girlfriends

June 8th, 2010 by Mollie

I think it’s awesome that a group of my childhood friends stayed close through the years and we still get together often.  Maybe not everyone can make it every single time since we are all busy gals and spread out over California, but a small group makes for a great dinner party.

I got to play hostess this time around– summer dining on the patio!

The beautiful ladies… so glad to have them in my life!  There is never enough time to say everything that needs to be said!  Thanks for being so funny, informative, and honest, girls. 🙂

Made-from-scratch chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting… rich and perfect, thanks Hannah!

Memorial Day Weekend

June 5th, 2010 by Mollie

The kids helped me prep my new flower garden… pictures of the finished product to come. 🙂

We had  Memorial Day BBQ at my parents’ house, where Natalie and Ben each quickly found a group of friends to hang out with.

The kids also got to pick out new pajamas on Memorial Day.  Apparently this is a very exciting thing, and that’s why Natalie wore hers to the BBQ. 🙂

Noah’s Ark

May 29th, 2010 by Mollie

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Last week Natalie and I got to see a real ballet!  This was not Natalie’s first trip to the theater– we also saw Beauty and The Beast here back in March.  Never too early to appreciate the arts!   This ballet was a a brand new show, a retelling of Noah’s Ark.  I didn’t know what to expect, but blown away by how amazing it was.  The story was beautifully told through the dance, and even quite moving at times.  I was telling Andy that there was “like, a hundred” people in the cast and he didn’t believe me, so I looked it up online and the newspaper said it had a cast of 150, and 80 of them were the animals.

Natalie sure enjoyed it.  Despite the lack of dialogue, she followed the story very well (with a little explanation from me along the way) and didn’t get restless until near the end of the 90 minute show, when she wanted to get up and dance herself!  I was very proud of her for sitting still and paying attention.  She loved the dancers in animal costumes… the bumblebees in the picture below (children who could not have been more than 7 years old) were her favorites.  Perhaps Natalie will want to dance on stage some day?  She told me she did, after this!

Here are some of the sweet little friends we went with… looking a little tired after the show but all the girls did SO well! I think they were all inspired!

Weekend In Pictures

May 17th, 2010 by Mollie

We didn’t do anything out of the ordinary this weekend,  but I did take a lot of pictures.

New necklace, a gift from my sis for Mother’s Day! Roses from the property we live on. I’m really into braids right now.

It seems that I am loving orange and green this week? Andy likes the way Natalie carefully separates her veggies.

I often dress us alike subconsciously and don’t notice till someone points it out to me, or I see it in pictures. Do see this weekend’s theme?

We found this grasshopper in our garden. I love bugs! What a great weekend.

Family Dinner

May 12th, 2010 by Mollie

Last week Ted and Lennie had us over for this delicious spread…

We’re hoping for at least one more family dinner before Jake and Joanna move to Maine in just two weeks! So sad for us!  And Natalie will miss spotting their yellow bug driving around town!

Our Benjamin does love to gnaw on a rib!