Girls night temple trip

We had a little girls night temple trip. Tacos at rubios, temple, and then hanging out talking til after 11. That was a fun filled 5.5 hours. Can't wait to go again next month! 

Haaaa.

After rubios.

At the temple. I may have been mentioning that I accidentally stroked Andreas backside. Somehow I was talking in a vast majority of the pictures taken tonight.

Sarah's attempt at photography. (Shannon took the ones above)

And my attempt to get a better shot.

Seriously so much fun. 

Other notables from today:

It was a busy day. We were 45 minutes late to the park group today in our neighborhood but there was a good turn out and excellent weather. My arms got sunburned. I had an awesome time staying after and talking to Jenna more. When we got home, there was an enormous bee flying around in our kitchen so we all hid in my bedroom while Abigail went potty and then we ran outside to eat our sandwiches on the lawn. More "picnics" except that we all know I'm just doing it so my kitchen stays cleaner. I put Brady down for nap and Abigail and I stayed in her room and read books until my honey got home. He had to work from home for a while but still... He was home by 4!  That's crazy!  And thankfully he got that bee out of our kitchen. We ate enchiladas together (well, the three of us since Brady was napping) and discussed the pros and cons of preschool. Chris is all for it. I'm dragging my feet hardcore (Ps- Liza, I found out this morning that our kindergarten here is half day) because I'm lazy and hate committing to things. And then I got ready and was actually on time/early to Sarah's house at 5:40. And then I drove us all... Which was amusing. And then I decided to go to Walmart at 11pm. Because we were almost out of milk and today was the last day it was on sale and I needed more produce. Well, between tonight and last night's epic Costco trip, I'm hoping I don't need to go real shopping for a looong time. So today marks the start of that challenge... I'll see how long I last! 

Cleaning and Costco

This morning (like many) was super rough with Abigail. But eventually she ran out of steam and I turned on some pandora and busied myself cleaning. That dissipated the rest of her tantrum and although we had our (many) moments, the rest of the day was alright. 

Honey and I made plans for a family home evening outing to Costco. But he also reminded me that we need to watch the bachelorette. He knows two of the guys on there. Which really doesn't speak highly of my honey but neither of those guys were real friends... So we're okay. (By the way, in case you watched the first episode tonight, they were the first two picked).

Brady only napped for an hour but I somehow still managed to get a good amount of cleaning done. But since my kitchen was clean and all of the floors in my house were vacuumed, I opted for a front yard picnic of sorts to delay a crumb ridden floor for as long as possible.

Swimming and girls night

This morning we all took it easy before heading to home depot and getting new lightbulbs for our laundry room and then going swimming at the indoor pool. It had a super fun water slide. I really love water slides. Abigail and Brady went down a bunch. Brady was freaking out the instant he saw the pool but an hour later, he was a total water baby. Good because I plan on living at the pool this summer.

On our way home we super spontaneously (like Chris cut off three lanes of traffic as he swerved to make a right turn) stopped at a burger place for lunch. I got the Colorado burger minus the pepper jack and it was superb. Just provolone, bacon, and guacamole. I didn't add a single thing to it and it was perfect. Also, the chocolate shake was to die for. It seriously tasted just like the ones at chick fil a. Best chocolate shakes ever. 

We came home and Brady went down for a nap, I took a shower and then hung out in bed, Chris took a nap, and Abigail played on her own. 

Then Andrea picked me up to carpool for our girls night out. We went out for pizza and then gotcha. As always, so much fun. I left at 5:45 and got home after 11. My honey is wonderful. He took the kids on a walk and did all of that stuff, plus cleaned the whole kitchen and great room. My love abounds for that guy when the first thing I see upon walking in the door is the "clean" light lit up on my dishwasher. I couldn't care less about flowers... a clean house is my love language. 

It was a wonderful day. 

lens day two

my new lens

it finally arrived on tuesday afternoon and i couldn't wait to try it out.  i think i've taken like 500 pictures since then.  here are the ones from the first hour or so.